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Published on 10/09/12 at 13:25Originally I took to replace my X3 live to keep only the USB part (I went to all analog pedalboard). At the same time I wanted to keep the elbow in POD Farm plugins.
I plug my preamp output lamp emulated on the entry line and I have monitor speakers to the outputs ... monitoring. Simple and effective.
UTILIZATION
Use in Reaper 4 (which by the way is a small bomb) is simple and intuitive, a new track is added VST FX, a full instance of POD Farm, a category (amps, modulation, dynamic ...). After some trial and error, the automation of effects parameters is quite simple. Overall, side effects quality is Line6 spitting image. Some effects are very successful (reverbs, delays, chorus ...) and will sound very professional, others less (simuls hp unequal Univibe ...) and some anecdotal or very nazes (filters, synths). What I enjoy most is being able chaining in any order of POD Farm effects on any audio source: guitar, bass, drums, mp3 ... So creativity up a notch, put a plexi simultaneously with 4x12 cab and a big compressor outlet on a drum set a little soft sometimes gives very interesting results ... Unlike the X3 live, the usefulness of dual tone seems to me less clear since it seeks rather to overload the least sound.
GETTING STARTED
The installation was done very quickly, must say I had already, Monkey, POD Farm, drivers ... I had, however, much more stability concerns with my X3 live (his loss, latency too high, crashes and reinstalling drivers and firmware ...). I even had to change the BIOS settings on my PC (thank you knowledge base on the Line6 site). After several hours of splashing and making my head, I ended up getting a config stable, with a slight lag but bearable.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for a month, but I am four years behind me ... Line 6 It is a pretty well thought e interface, not the best in its class but still well placed, its great strength is the POD Farm.
Its defects? No external power supply, and precisely, only works with POD Farm (in fact I wanted standalone mode just to play quietly with headphones with the sound of my fabulous little preamp AMT without the PC on).
And eagerly awaits the blow POD Farm HD ...
I plug my preamp output lamp emulated on the entry line and I have monitor speakers to the outputs ... monitoring. Simple and effective.
UTILIZATION
Use in Reaper 4 (which by the way is a small bomb) is simple and intuitive, a new track is added VST FX, a full instance of POD Farm, a category (amps, modulation, dynamic ...). After some trial and error, the automation of effects parameters is quite simple. Overall, side effects quality is Line6 spitting image. Some effects are very successful (reverbs, delays, chorus ...) and will sound very professional, others less (simuls hp unequal Univibe ...) and some anecdotal or very nazes (filters, synths). What I enjoy most is being able chaining in any order of POD Farm effects on any audio source: guitar, bass, drums, mp3 ... So creativity up a notch, put a plexi simultaneously with 4x12 cab and a big compressor outlet on a drum set a little soft sometimes gives very interesting results ... Unlike the X3 live, the usefulness of dual tone seems to me less clear since it seeks rather to overload the least sound.
GETTING STARTED
The installation was done very quickly, must say I had already, Monkey, POD Farm, drivers ... I had, however, much more stability concerns with my X3 live (his loss, latency too high, crashes and reinstalling drivers and firmware ...). I even had to change the BIOS settings on my PC (thank you knowledge base on the Line6 site). After several hours of splashing and making my head, I ended up getting a config stable, with a slight lag but bearable.
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for a month, but I am four years behind me ... Line 6 It is a pretty well thought e interface, not the best in its class but still well placed, its great strength is the POD Farm.
Its defects? No external power supply, and precisely, only works with POD Farm (in fact I wanted standalone mode just to play quietly with headphones with the sound of my fabulous little preamp AMT without the PC on).
And eagerly awaits the blow POD Farm HD ...