Controls & Connections
8 MIDI In & Out - Connect Bass PODxt to your MIDI equipment to select
Channel Memories (via Program Change messages), or automate Bass PODxt settings
(via controllers and/or SySex). You can also back up Bass PODxtOs memory to your
computer by using free softwareNcheck www.line6.com for details. The Bass PODxt
2Y 3MIDI OUT connects to another deviceOs MIDI IN; its MIDI IN goes to another
deviceOs MIDI OUT. Please also see Chapter 7, Deep Editing and MIDI Control,
to setup your MIDI gear with Bass PODxt and find out what MIDI can do for Bass
PODxt and you.
9 Drive - This knob controls how hard youOre driving the input of the chosen
Amp Model. Like the input volume control on a non-master volume bass amp, higher
settings give you more Odirt.�
10 Tone Controls - BASS, LO MID, HI MID, TREBLE. Just like any bass amp,
only when you change Amp Models, the response and interactivity of the controls
changes, too N so they act like the tone controls of the original amp that inspired the
Amp Model youOve selected.
11 Chan Vol - This knob controls the relative volume level of the Ochannel� you
are playing through N thus, CHANNEL VOLUME. Use this to balance levels between
the sounds you store in two different Bass PODxt Channel Memories (say between your
clean and distorted tones). In general, you want to set the CHAN VOL as high as
possible to get the best signal-to-noise ratio performance N but back off on this control
if youOre seeing CLIP in Bass PODxtOs display. HereOs an important tip:
TIP: You probably want to have all of your favorite sounds as loud as
possible, while also having the right difference in volume between your
standard and lead sounds, clean and dirty sounds, etc. Right? OK, then, to
get this happy balance, start with your favorite �cleanO sounds. Turn up
their Chan Vol as high as you can without getting the CLIP indicator in
Bass PODxtOs display when you play hard and save them that way. Then
switch amongst them to see if some are too loud, and turn them down a
bit to match well with the others. Next, its time to move on to select your
�dirtierO distorted and lead tones, comparing them to the clean sounds
and saving them with lower Chan Vol settings to match well with those
clean sounds. Now, each time you use your Bass PODxt, you just have to |
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