Owner's Manual

GETTING SET UP: SCENARIO TWO – POD PLAYS LIVE

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SCENARIO TWO – POD PLAYS LIVE

If you’re going to be using your POD in a live situation, as either the “front end” for a

guitar ampliﬁer, or for its direct output to a sound system, here’s what you need to know

to get set up:

Mount Up

If you perform live, you’ll probably want to have the POD in a handy spot on

stage. One of the easiest ways to get it there is with the optional POD mic stand /

amp top adaptor you can get from Line 6 – it’s described on the POD Tools CD-

Rom and the Line 6 web site (where it can also be purchased). We know this is

another shameless plug to get you to buy more gear, but what the heck – this really

is a handy little item to get the POD’s righteous red aluminum chassis wherever

you need it for mid-show tweaking. And that custom POD carry case is just the

bomb.... Now back to educational stuff:

Gimme Some A.I.R.

When you’re playing live with POD, you’ve got a choice of setups. You can plug

straight out of the POD’s outputs into the house system for awesome tone without

the hassle of mics and cabinets and all that other stage setup. You can also choose

to run POD into a power amp and speaker cabinets, using it as a preamp. Or you

can plug your POD in between your guitar and a guitar ampliﬁer so the POD acts

as a tone shaping front end for the amp.

For plugging into a PA or other sound system, ﬂip the

A.I.R. switch to its

DIRECT position. In this mode, the A.I.R. DSP is active, and you are getting a

virtual version of the speaker-cabinet-air-microphone experience that’s so good you

may never use a regular guitar ampliﬁer and microphone set up on stage again. The

POD 1/4" TRS outputs are versatile, merrily sending their magic tones into +4dBu

balanced, or -10dBV unbalanced inputs. Quality cables are obviously

recommended for best performance.