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Sep 8 2006, 11:34 AM
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Do i need an amplifier to use POD 2.0 or can i use my headphones?????? :?: :?: :?: :?:
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Oct 3 2006, 10:46 PM
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Sorry to bring this topic back up, but would it sound good on a solid state amp?
I have a Marshall MG and it sucks big time......... |
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My baby :)|
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Dec 11 2006, 10:59 AM
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QUOTE (Mark Schiewe @ Dec 11 2006, 12:41 AM)  Sorry for sounding like a noob but wat exactly is the pod. Do you plug it into your amp and it givs you different amp models and effects or something like that? I guess the question im asking is do you plug it into your amp? Good question. I remember when I wondered what a lot of "stuff" did - and everything I read included the word POD and I did not have a clue what one was... Basically a POD is an amp Modelling device that is designed to shape the tone or sound of your guitar for recording purposes primarily. So, if you are recording your guitar you dont need to have to mic up your amps/speakers etc, the POD is a device that goes in between guitar and recording device (mixer/computer etc). You can set just about anything on the POD from the distance of mics from the amps to the room size, to which type of sound or effect you want to put in etc etc etc and all you need is the guitar and the POD, no amps or mics or effects - the Pod takes care of all that stuff - you just plug the guitar in one end - the computer into the other and the pod can be adjusted to send just about any sound or effect to the recording device. Before Pods came along - you would have to have all the effects/mics/amps etc plugged in and be something of a sound engineer - now even an idiot like me can do it. The best thing about the POD is that it emulates the sounds of many famous amps and effects. As I am sure you will know - all amps give out different sounds, and many amps nowdays have modelling effects so the amp you have, possibly, emulates the sound of other amps at the switch of a button..the Pod does the same thing and also adds lots of cool effects that would traditionally have come from pedals. POD for recording - essential The Pod is primarily for recording or listening through headphones but that is not all - you can put it through an amp also. The problem with that is that as we have already mentioned - guitar amps have a "tone" or sound of their own and so if you dial in a sound in a POD and put it through a guitar amp - then the sound is going to be changed by the guitar amp to something different and so its difficult to get accurate settings through a guitar amp. POD & guitar amp - not recommended. The solution is to get an amp that is a flat response amp, one that does not alter the sound. Normally this would not be the best buy for a guitarist as you only get a clean sound out of the amp and they dont have much in the way of effects built in so are pretty limiting for a guitarist but if you put a POD between the guitar and the amp - then what comes out of a flat response amp is the tone you dial in - pretty much like recording. Flat response amps are also typically cheaper than guitar amps. To find a flat response amp - look at Keyboard or "multi use" amps - these do not shape tone in any way so are ideal - another good feature is that many of them have 3 or more inputs so you can actually play a guitar, a keyboard, a bass and a mic all through just a single amp - stick your POD between guitar and amp and the amp puts out sound you dial into the pod on the channel your using and stays clean on the others - pretty cool eh? POD & Flat response KB amp - fabulous. Hope that helps. ps I have a POD XTLive which is like a Pod on steroids - has lots of built in Pedal effects and stuff - and the best thing is you can download tones from the internet and dowload straight into the pod so in seconds you are playing the guitar sound you searched for and there are millions of them!! - no playing with dials or knobs any more - just search your favourite song or artist = dowload the tone and off you go - and you can save 132 of them on the POD and any you want on your computer This post has been edited by fretdancer: Dec 11 2006, 11:08 AM -------------------- its not easy
banging your head against some mad buggers wall. Variax 300. Pod XTL & Crate amp some of my recordings are here: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/petergb/ |
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Dec 11 2006, 11:17 AM
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fretdancer: interesting and informative post!
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Dec 13 2006, 06:06 PM
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QUOTE (n0x @ Dec 13 2006, 01:11 AM) fretdancer: I agree with kris, very nice post.. However, I must correct you on one thing. I also own a POD XTL, and according to my knowledge, you do not have to own a flat response amp. Lots of amps out there that contain an FXloop also have an input at the back that is labeled "FX Return" and what that basically does is it bypasses the FXloop within the amp, letting it use only the poweramp section of the amp itself.. Meaning, that the POD XTL is the only Preamp that is used - u can get the pure POD XTL sound out of ur guitar amp :]. Of course you dont need to use a flat response amp - its just that guitar amps are designed to colour the tone of your guitar - that is a good thing normally because a guitar through a flat response amp (withouth a Pod or similar product) sounds awfull. Similarly, Amplifying voice or a CD player through a guitar amp even at very clean settings never sounds very good - the frequency and speaker shapes are designed to make guitars sound good but sound bad at amplifying other instruments and mics etc. This is one reason Guitar amps only have one Input. Whereas keyboard/multiamps and other flat response amps have several inputs, as several things sound good through them such as keyboards, mics, mic'd drums - even bass guitars. Its just the way they are designed. You are correct that you can effectively bypass the effects in many amps such as yours but that does not make it a flat response amp, it simply means you are bypassing the effects and modelling that is built into it. Underneath, generally speaking, it will still be a guitar designed amp and as such will or should colour the tone to a greater or lesser extent. Therefore, what comes out of a guitar designed amp via a Pod and a FR amp through a Pod will be different things. That is not to say that one is right and one is wrong but if you were to set up the Pod for recording and then play that through a FR amp - it will sound pretty much the same whereas through a guitar amp you will almost certainly have to make changes to the POD tone output to compensate for the tone changes via the amp. All I am saying is that a Flat response amp is the ideal partner to the Pod and to explain what a Pod is doing and how. Traditionally, tone has come from the amp and different types of sound are associated with different amps. With a Pod the amp is no longer as important and can be used simply to "amplify" the sound not to "colour" the sound (as the Pod is doing that) and so this is why a FR amp would be preferable when using a POD to shape the tone. -------------------- its not easy
banging your head against some mad buggers wall. Variax 300. Pod XTL & Crate amp some of my recordings are here: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/petergb/ |
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. Cheers for the advice 
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Dec 25 2008, 04:16 PM
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QUOTE (Papakautis @ Dec 24 2008, 11:46 PM) Hello guys, I've got a Toneport GX and some spare money... would you recommend me to get a POD? I must admit that I'm not 100% content with the sound I get from the Gearbox program I got with the Toneport... but then I don't know that much about recording I would appriciate any help and information about the differences  Well as far as I know (and I own a Toneport GX & a POD X3) the sounds you get are the same, as both devices share the same amp models, effects and extra model packs. So if you are unhappy with the sound delivered by toneport chances are you won't like POD soun either. Toneports are pretty much like PODs, but they can't opperate on their own, they need Gearbox to run. PODs on the other hand can run alone or through Gearbox. I must say I'm quite happy with Line-6 tones. Best out there imho. -------------------- Guitars:
Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster, Ibanez RG2570MZ, Epiphone SG G-400 Amp: Vox AC4TVH head + V112TV cab Effects: Vox Satchurator, Vox Time Machine, Dunlop CryBaby, Boss MT-2, Boss CE-5, Boss TU-2, Boss ME-70 Recording: Line-6 POD X3 + FBV-Express, Pandora PX5D GMC wants YOU to take part in our Guitar-Wikipedia! Have a good time reading great articles and writing your own with us in our GUITAR WIKI! Share your playing and get Pro-advice from our Instructors: Join REC |
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