Got a Line6 POD XT

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    • April 25, 2009 at 11:12 am
    arc_of_descent
    Member

    Hey,

    After much deliberation and budget crunching I finally made up my mind and bought a Line6 POD XT around a week back.

    Here’s a pic:
    podxt.jpg

    And you can read more about it here –
    http://line6.com/podxt/

    To be honest, I’ve not really dived into it yet, but I’m more than pleased with what this processor can offer. Recording guitar sounds into the computer works amazingly well, and the POD XT is perfect for starting with a home studio.

    The manual is superb! It reads like a novel. Grab a beer and you’re set. It has good humour thrown in too. The guys/gals at Line6 are definitely guitar/sound maniacs and the manual is testament to this fact.

    Although its a bit expensive, its well worth the investment. Considering all the amp models and effects are modeled in software, they do provide patches and more amp models which you can buy.

    My conclusions?
    1) The POD XT is a marvel of electrical, sound and software engineering
    2) Line6 is great at product marketing! šŸ˜€

    Cheers!
    Rohan

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    • April 25, 2009 at 11:34 pm
    Coop
    Member

    I have a POD XT Live, the best product I have ever had.

    Line 6 makes some fantastic gear.

    Coop

    • April 26, 2009 at 9:01 am
    Sean Conklin
    Sean Conklin
    Member

    Yes! Excellent choice Rohan. The POD XT is awesome. I agree with the compliments of Line 6 too. They’re a great company.

    Have fun with the new toy and be sure to post a couple recordings sometime!

    • April 27, 2009 at 5:16 pm
    billmeedog
    Member

    Hey Rohan, šŸ™‚

    I just got a POD-XT Live about 6 weeks ago, and it’s GREAT! Just last week I used it in a professional environment for the first time (I got hired for a songwriter’s demo project of three (3) songs.) and it worked GREAT! Straight into an M-BOX using Pro-Tools LE. Very nice! šŸ˜Ž

    Anyways, best of luck, and I think you’ll be able to get a lot of use out of it. šŸ˜‰

    Also, I agree with your assessment of Line 6 as a company! šŸ˜Ž

    ~Bill Meehan~ šŸ˜€

    • April 28, 2009 at 1:10 pm
    arc_of_descent
    Member

    Thanks guys!

    I couldn’t resist putting together a recording with the POD XT. Do give it a listen. Note its through POD > Marshall Amp > Line out > PC and not the USB stuff.

    http://rohan.almeida.in/songs/random/pod_xt_recording.mp3

    —
    Rohan

    • April 28, 2009 at 4:43 pm
    hscalfo
    Member

    Nice sound and nice groove! Did you create the entire track with drums and bass?
    Throw some cocky vocals in there, a bridge and you have a cool song.

    • April 28, 2009 at 5:13 pm
    billmeedog
    Member

    @hscalfo 7154 wrote:

    Throw some cocky vocals in there, a bridge and you have a cool song.

    Hey Enrico, šŸ™‚

    LOL! šŸ˜€

    ~Bill Meehan~ šŸ˜‰

    • April 28, 2009 at 7:56 pm
    arc_of_descent
    Member

    Yeah, two guitar tracks each panned 70% left/right. Bass is normal guitar with EQ applied (via the POD) to make it sound like a bass šŸ˜® Drums is a pattern stolen from the Hydrogen drum machine software.

    • April 29, 2009 at 12:33 am
    billmeedog
    Member

    Hey Ro, šŸ™‚

    Nice groove bro! Excellent rhythm tone too! šŸ˜Ž

    ~Bill Meehan~ šŸ˜€

    • April 30, 2009 at 6:42 am
    Overthinker
    Member

    @arc_of_descent 7152 wrote:

    Thanks guys!

    I couldn’t resist putting together a recording with the POD XT. Do give it a listen. Note its through POD > Marshall Amp > Line out > PC and not the USB stuff.

    http://rohan.almeida.in/songs/random/pod_xt_recording.mp3

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    Rohan

    Sounds pretty good. I have a Podxt also, had it for a few years, at first i was ready to send it back before i even gave it a try. All the tweaking, i wasn’t use to. After finding a few good patches i was like YEAH, it can sound good. That’s when i really started tweaking it.
    Line6 is really making some good quality stuff, atleast IMO. Enjoy your new toy man!

    Also, you said …line out?? Did you mean line in?

    • April 30, 2009 at 9:40 am
    arc_of_descent
    Member

    @Overthinker 7178 wrote:

    Sounds pretty good. I have a Podxt also, had it for a few years, at first i was ready to send it back before i even gave it a try. All the tweaking, i wasn’t use to. After finding a few good patches i was like YEAH, it can sound good. That’s when i really started tweaking it.
    Line6 is really making some good quality stuff, atleast IMO. Enjoy your new toy man!

    Also, you said …line out?? Did you mean line in?

    Thanks man!

    Yes, line out from my Marshall Amp, and into the Line In of my sound card.

    • May 2, 2009 at 4:37 am
    Sean Conklin
    Sean Conklin
    Member
    arc_of_descent;7152 wrote:
    Thanks guys!

    I couldn’t resist putting together a recording with the POD XT. Do give it a listen. Note its through POD > Marshall Amp > Line out > PC and not the USB stuff.

    http://rohan.almeida.in/songs/random/pod_xt_recording.mp3

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    Rohan

    Sounds great Rohan! Keep up the recordings.

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