Owner's Manual
POD Farm 2 Advanced User Guide – Using Your Line 6 Hardware
2•1
USing YoUr Line 6 Hardware
The POD Farm™ 2 software is designed to work with the Line 6 POD Studio™ family of USB audio
interfaces, as well as with the Line 6 TonePort™ and GuitarPort™ devices. Additionally, a POD
Farm™ 2 Plug-In license can purchased for Line 6 POD
®
X3 and POD
®
xt family devices, and for
any iLok USB “smart key.” This chapter includes details on using POD Farm 2 with all Line 6 USB
hardware. Please be sure to see the additional documentation on the POD Farm Online Help site for
more details on conguring POD Farm 2 with your favorite Mac
®
or Windows
®
DAW software.
All Line 6 USB audio interfaces utilize the high-performance Line 6 audio drivers, and, therefore, are
easily congured to work all your audio software applications. This means that you can access all your
POD
®
tones directly from most any audio recording application, all at the highest quality. But you are,
of course, not just limited to using your Line 6 hardware to record into your computer – the outputs
provided on the back of your device additionally allow you to feed your POD Farm 2 signal to external
power amps, tape machines, DAT recorders, PA systems, or any other external audio hardware!
Note: It is also possible to use any other manufacturer’s audio interface with your DAW software and
POD Farm 2 Plug-In. You will still need to keep the Line 6 or iLok device to which POD Farm 2 Plug-In
is authorized, connected to your computer to allow the POD Farm 2 or Elements Plug-Ins to launch in an
authorized state. The POD Farm 2 standalone application always requires that you use your Line 6 USB
POD Studio, TonePort or GuitarPort device for its ToneDirect™ audio output.
If you are using a non-Line 6 device as your DAW audio interface, you can skip ahead to the “POD
Farm™ 2 Plug-In” chapter. But if you’d like some info on using your Line 6 hardware in your DAW
setup, or for POD Farm 2 in standalone operation, then read on!
MIDI Controller Hardware
The POD Farm 2 Plug-In and standalone application both support the use of external MIDI controller
devices to remotely access most parameters. You can use any MIDI controller device that is capable
of transmitting MIDI CC, Note-On, Pitch Bend and/or Bank & Program Change messages to access
POD Farm 2 functions. If you have a Line 6 UX2, UX8 or KB37, then you can utilize the MIDI
controller features of these devices with POD Farm 2, as described in the device sections that follow.
Better yet, the Line 6 FBV™ MkII Series controllers offer even more options for MIDI control and
can be connected to your computer along with your Line 6 USB audio device or iLok for complete
audio & MIDI control with POD Farm 2! Once you have your POD Farm 2 license successfully added
to your iLok key, just keep the iLok in your USB port and you can skip ahead to the “POD Farm™ 2
Plug-In” chapter. Please see “POD Farm 2 Plug-In for iLok” on page 1•7 for info about conguring your
iLok key & license.
Making the Connection
You need to connect your Line 6 hardware to your computer via a USB cable to utilize POD Farm
2, POD Farm 2 & Elements Plug-Ins and/or to use your Line 6 hardware as your computer’s audio
interface. Note that you should always connect to a separate USB controller channel from other USB
audio or MIDI interfaces to provide your device with the full USB bandwidth. You should also always
connect directly to a USB 1.1 or 2.0 USB port on your computer and not into a USB hub.