Owner's Manual

POD Farm 2 Advanced User Guide – Troubleshooting
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• Is the guitar input working with your Line 6 hardware? – The LED light on the GuitarPort
hardware also acts as an input level indicator, flashing orange when medium volume sound is
being received at the guitar connector, and red when the maximum level is reached. If the light
doesn’t go orange as you play your guitar loudly, you may have the volume turned down on your
guitar (been there, done that), a bad guitar cable, the cable not plugged in all the way to the Line
6 hardware (been there and done that, too!), or a broken guitar. Try plugging the guitar into an
amp or other device to see if it’s working OK with them.
• Are the meters showing levels in the POD Farm 2 software? – The meters at the top right of
the POD Farm 2 standalone application’s window show the level of audio that is being output by
the software. If they’re moving but you don’t hear sound, be sure you’ve checked the hardware
output volume. If they’re not moving as you play guitar, playing a different audio source through
the hardware, such as your DAW software playback. You could have the Tone 1 or Tone 2 Mute
button activated (at the top of each Tones signal path in POD Farm 2), the Monitor Volume
knob turned all the way down, or the Amp Model’s volume turned all the way down. It is also
possible that you’ve got the Gate effect on with too aggressive a setting. Try bypassing the Gate
effect in the POD Farm 2 Tone Signal Path View to check for this problem.
• Are some of the TonePort UX8’s inputs muted? – In the ‘Outputs & Monitoring’ tab of the
Line 6 Audio-MIDI Devices application, you can mute/unmute UX8 inputs as well as POD Farm
2 record sends. If you want to hear the POD Farm 2-processed audio from either Send 9-10 or
Send 11-12, make sure that these inputs are not muted. If you are recording a dry signal into your
recording software, but want to hear the processed signal, simply mute Inputs 1-2, unmute Send
9-10 and select the Input 1-2 as your audio source within your recording software.
Note that all settings in the ‘Outputs & Monitoring’ panel affect only the UX8 hardware
monitoring levels. These settings do not affect signals that are sent to the recording software.
• Is the TonePort UX8 plugged into an AC outlet? Is the power switch on? – Unlike other POD
Studio/TonePort units, UX8 does not receive power from the USB bus. Make sure the unit is
plugged in and switched on.
• Is the Monitor Level slider up? For POD X3 & PODxt, there is a Monitor Level slider in the
‘Inputs & Recording’ tab of the Line 6 Audio-MIDI Devices dialog.
• No system sounds or sound from other audio programs while using Line 6 hardware – Do these
programs allow you to see and choose your Line 6 device or audio driver in their preferences? If
not, then the Line 6 driver may not be installed correctly. You can run Line 6 Monkey with your
Line 6 device connected and choose “Drivers” in the Updates tab to make sure you have the
latest version. Or, just try re-installing the driver using Monkey, following the installer steps it
provides.
• If your Line 6 Hardware is not configured as your computer’s Sound Card: You must connect
a cable from the Output of your Line 6 device to the input of your sound card.
• POD Studio & TonePort Users: Connect either the ¼-inch Analog Outs or the Headphone
Out to your sound card
• GuitarPort Users: Connect an 1/8-inch stereo cord from the Monitor Out to the Line
input of your sound card (very likely another 1/8-inch stereo connector).
• POD X3 & PODxt users: Connect the ¼-inch Left & Right line outs, or the Headphone
Output to your sound card.
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