All user reviews of 5/5 for the Line 6 POD XT Live

See specifications on previous opinions

I wish to add that the beast is very robust, it's solid, while scrap metal, though sturdy, well OK, I stop

UTILIZATION

- The general configuration is it simple? Yes

- Publishing of sound effects or is it easy? Yes

- The manual is clear and sufficient? ... Indeed, yes, and funny and more user-friendly

SOUND QUALITY

- Effects are they effective, responsive and realistic enough? Apparently this is a matter of taste but for me, yes.

- Which instruments do you use? Guitars

- Which ones you prefer, you hate? I have not toured the owner, I stopped in a room that I liked and I took my foot soon enough ...

OVERALL OPINION

First of all, I give my opinion to offset the disastrous note given by a non-user (since sold it very quickly) of the object, I think it's a bit disappointed in his purchase. But we all make mistakes in our choices (see photo)

- How long have you use it? I do not know

- What is so special that you like best? The sound and the amount of opportunities that I'm not about to have done the trick. The fact also, and not least, to have the headphones & do not necessarily exceed my neighbors with a big stack of families that apartment living permanently excluded.

the least? no I / O on XLR. It is missing.

- Have you tried many other models before buying it? I have an old rotten zoom all without interest that I keep out of nostalgia, something of the 90s ... I was young. Otherwise, competitors of the times.

- How would you rate the quality / price? Well, it sure must have the means but considering the qualities above named above, it is worth it.

- With experience, you do again this choice? ... The answer seems obvious: yes.

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UTILIZATION

So voila, I was looking for a pedal fairly easy to use, fast sounds good, with lots of different sounds and effects, all to play live on a sound system (included coffee concert). I used to date a little digitech rp-250 did not sound that bad but the realism of the sound did not suit me perfectly. And after reading several reviews of Pod XT live and also being the owner of a Variax 300 I am persuaded by the purchase of the Pod without trying!
Well after only one week of use on computer speakers with little bass I'm really happy with my choice. Since we are in the use I would say that the editing of sounds is really intuitive and easy, we understand very quickly (as long as we are accustomed to a minimum multi effects) functions, for my part I hate floor on a manual, I have looked for some clarification. Not really use level for me no problem, simple and effective.

SOUND QUALITY

Come in to his: I first started playing on the factory sounds (with a PRS SE Standard, my Variax is being repaired, I have not been able to use the Pod) and j I found the sound nice, but I never liked the sounds of general works, so I quickly began to tweak the sounds to create my own, and, soon, I thought this thing sounded really! To start I took a bank then User blank and I just used the amp in simus clear sound with the HP simulation to see the quality of basic sounds, and I soon found some settings that sounded very realistic. I was looking for a while (without having tried everything) a pedal connected to a live sound that can sound as close to an amp (tube if possible) and voila my wish come true! Very realistic, clean sounds Vox, Line 6 Hi-watt and warm sound, with real bass, good midrange fleshy, sharp highs, we believe it really is stunning! Crunches are great too (Vox, Line 6 Mood, Mesa Boogie ...), with my Start Texas Special is equipped with a treat. Large saturations out with the big sound: rhythmic rock, metal, incisive solos, everything goes well with the right settings. The effects are also well made (chorus, flanger, phasing, delays, etc ...) and distortion pedals and other overdrives, compressors, booster, etc ...
In only one week of use I'm really pleased with the sound of this machine and that does not end to amaze me every day!

OVERALL OPINION

Now it remains for me to use with my Variax because of the characteristics that made me decide to buy the Pod is the ability to also change the settings of the Variax just by changing bank for scene is really great!
I am really pleased with my purchase, I would do without hesitation, absolutely what I was looking (for a while) for use on a live sound live (I play pop rock especially).
I did not use connected to my amp and I would not do it because it's not that I use request.
For pedals I find really good value for money (paid 360 euros new).
I play for several years on a digitech RP-7 connected to a tube amp and I found my sound for quite some time, and I'm used tellemnt I've always struggled with other pedal, especially connected to a live sound system.
I think I finally found the solution and I doubt (although I have not tried but heard the Vox Tonelab) I can do better for this configuration.
So very happy!

CHARACTERISTICS to see other opinions

UTILIZATION

The instalation took me quite some time on my pc, and I do not really know why ...
So you have to start monkey, log in, drivers updater (all this with the pod color), it's going to launch the drivers, it installs them, then the end must turn on the pod. Windows and window recognition material appears, and it will install itself, is what I did but nothing given T_T So I manually installed, and I have shown the path to the drivers that the program has Tlcharger (program files/line6/tools/driver something like that) and then it's good

I dcu t I could not play and hear the speakers on my pc that I play, it would have t more, but ultimately it makes sense: my speakers are plugged into my sound card when I plug the pod xt live, it is the sound card and so my speakers are disable. Still, I play with headphones, I register on audacity (log free) with a quality in-Croy-able

The edition of the sounds is very simple, either on the PC (very, very simple in this case, one has the guts with all the effects, we chose the effect, we change, we module, is the foundation of happiness ... in short, that) and even on the pod, is used as the two knobs near the notch ^ ^

The manual, silent in English I am not used, but frankly, a little dde hack alone and very quickly found work as they do this big beast

SOUND QUALITY

Then the effects it's still the big slap, really full effects. There are tons of effects, from the simple (clean) to bizarre (something alien xD) and it's really great! Ay headphones, the sounds are warm, full Vitali one wonders how it brought out a beautiful sound of his guitar (I played on a Marshall Valvestate 8040 who had a problem before, and I could only play in saturated xD) and it's really amazing. In addition to the gearbox software is downloaded sounds on the Internet, double click it and bam disappointed, the pod preset plays that atlcharg! Some are really great ralistes, even the simus amp (I love the vox ac-30: D) Anyway, really great!

Since the version 3.0 drivers, there is even a whammy (well a pitch shifter, but that's about the same) and you can really enjoy themselves disappointed ^ ^

I use it with a guitar Weston (a pure beautiful guitar, for connoisseurs of matsumoku xD) and also with a telecaster that I bought like 40 on ebay, and it sounds good!

Still, the 32 sound banks, there are a dozen that are unusable without a download packs and more, but it's no big deal, the strength of this beast is to find these sounds on the internet Or make them yourself

on the other hand, it sounds not very good on my amp (yes I know it's not a great amp either) but the sounds lose all their heat, they are no longer round. They become FOID, mtaliques, but I heard it sounded wrong on Marshall and also small precision:

> I play mode with the saturated gain a 0.5/10 for sound almost clear, how clean is unusable, the knobs problem xD

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for one week, and I redcouvert guitar. Before I was playing on my amp with only one crados dunlop wah wah classic c'tait super good, but then, this is really a killer!
This is the essential asset of the guitarist, there are all the distortion pedals as possible, there are big muff, the wah wah dunlop, vox, full of fuzz, many of modlisations amp and very versatile, c 'is really standard

I had a small ssay Korg and Vox ToneLab is also, but frankly this is a strong line 6!

I pay 250 used, it's really a matter I do not think 450 is worth the price ca, ca still represents a standard bundle of money but if you can get it for under 300 then go for it !!!!!!

Of course I would do with the exprience this choice

I bought mine from OCCAZ on AudioFanzine with fx packs, classic metal. User FBV4 pod 2.0 with (my bass pod) for over two years (fawn intensive) with all the travel that entails (repeat, concert, studio), j'tais looking for p Dalier more complete, without compromising the quality of the sounds of harico red of course.
to see CHARACTERISTICS. Line 6 site.
therefore it is more complete with MIDI and more!

UTILIZATION

I branch when I reu and, without reading the instructions on, it's almost as simple as the pod 2.0 to program its first sounds of the first day and get to know the bte. APRS and have read the instructions in all directions (which I highly recommend taking the type of hardware for that matter) it goes further: rglages sounds and connection CONTRL noon (I a branch evolution UC-16), levels of presets. plus they put a little humor into the docks ... at least they tried ..
Finally, for the settings is easy! basically it's two buttons for the most part!

SOUND QUALITY

The amp models are nice and varied, and there is something for all tastes. with the packs, even better (fender, marshall, roland, Engl, Diezel, HIWATT ,...). is not the real amp, it's on! but I could make a blind test with fender deluxe double and a mesa is correct and the road. and much cheaper with more versatility.

effects are mostly simulations of pedals that I find ralistes for the blind tests also ProCD: Big Muff Pi, Boss MT-2, cry baby wah, ... the effects of line 6 is not bad at all, and even better with the pack fx (synth and so on.). the Leslie is also very beautiful. missing is an arpeggiator, a feedback and a talk box (but it is less easy, it is placed or tube?)

depending on where I play the pod is plugged in or on a peavey bandit 112 (15 years of age) or on the sound systems of any type (of course pass the sound of Yamaha concert hall), or direct console in the studio or home studio soundcard.
and according to the music I play Fender Fat Start I branch, ibanez rg 6 and 7 strings, ibanez archtop, classical and folk, and even bass.

Personal for clean sounds, I have a preferences for simulation and fender deluxe HIWATT (jazz and rock) and for saturated dpend style jou L6 Big Bottom / Diezel VH4 for and death metal, smash box and ProCo Rat for the edgy rock and many others ... there is not that I dtest, it's just that I did not express srieusement!

OVERALL OPINION

- How long have you use it?
a few months I have and I always amuses me as above.

- What is the particular feature you like best and least?
most: versatility, ease of use and sound!
minimum: no true zero level with the volume pedal, no arpieggateur

- Have you tried many other models before acqurir?
Boss GT8, zoom G9.2tt, Vox ToneLab v2. and I have always returned to the heat line 6 sounds, even if there are no lights.

- How do you report qualitprix?
very good, but I bought it for 300 of OCCAZ with 3 packs and the cover line 6 all in a state nickel.

- With the exprience, you do again this choice? ...
yes, especially because I have tried all the competing products and is the one that suits me more. after the tastes and colors, it's something else! but for someone looking for versatility for a reasonable price is the solution, whatever the style jou

The Line 6 POD XT Live is a multi-effects board that models amplifiers, stompboxes, and effects. It has a 1/4" inputs and 1/4" left (mono) and right outputs. There is also a 1/8" input for CD or MP3's player at line level with adjustable gain for that channel. There are also MIDI connections which can be used with a sequencer to change patches. There is also a connection for the Variax guitars, whose one tone patches can be saved into each patch bank for easy switching.

There are large buttons to switch on and off the amp, stompbox, and effects for each patch. There are also two buttons to switch between patch banks, each of which have four buttons to change between the patches of each bank. The patch information is visibly displayed on a screen on the floorboard. Each patch can be named.

The amp, stompbox, and effects models can be updated by purchasing patches from the Line 6 online store.

UTILIZATION

Editing the patches is very easy. The manual is extremely helpful and offers further insight into how the POD XT Live operates.

The preset sounds are pretty each, and each of them are around 80% of the way there but will probably require some tweaking to meet your individual needs. Many, many factors can be edited on each patch, including the type of microphone that is being emulated as well as its placement in front of the synthesized speaker. The amp models are EXTREMELY close to the originals in most cases.

SOUND QUALITY

The models being amplified are EXTREMELY close to the originals in most cases. Many like the sound of the POD right out of its outputs and simply record that. I only use my POD XT Live for practice and shows, and prefer to play straight through my Mesa Boogie Single Rectifier for recording. If I needed some kind of specialty patch or live effects in a studio recording environment, I would probably implement the XT as it is definitely usable. I have used it in the studio to record scratch guitar tracks.

OVERALL OPINION

At this point, I couldn't do it live without one of these wonderful Line 6 products. My only gripe is that when switching patches, if using a delay the delay is cut prematurely, with no option to continue the rest of the delay when switching patches. The original POD and POD 2.0 did not work in this way, so if there was a 2 second delay set on one patch, it would continue with the rest of the delay when another patch was punched up, making for a seamless transition. That being said, I don't have any other problems with the XT Live, and that one thing is only a minor annoyance. The consistency that the XT Live is able to provide me from show to show is tremendous and prevents me from fiddling with my amplifier too much before each performance.