In this way you can still use the pod farm plugin later on the dry track if you are unhappy with the results on the wet track.
I believe the XT also supports both dry and wet inputs, so you could even record dry on one track, and wet on another. If you then would like to record, fire up Reaper, tell it to use the XT as the audio device and select one of the XT 'inputs'. You would NOT use the plugin then, but would use the built-in XT tones (or perhaps the standalone POD farm application). You then get (close to ) zero latency, and are independent of the DAW. plugin your (powered) monitors into it, and plugin your guitar into it. The Line 6 POD Farm Plug-In puts the sounds of hundreds of fully adjustable guitar amps and speaker cabs are at your fingertips. latency is a problem): use the XT as your 'soundcard' i.e. You are essentially using the XT as a dongle, with POD farm as a plugin, and that's totally fine, keeping the above in mind.Īlternatively what you could do (if e.g. Whenever there is too much latency, guitar playing won't feel right, or might even become impossible. In any case, you will incur latency in your system, potentially increasing if you add other plugins to the track or other tracks. The method you mention will work, but might not work for some people because of their latency settings, or perhaps because their soundcard/interface doesnt support very low latency settings.
Cudos to Cockos for getting out the regular Mac OSX updates. I'm sure this seems basic to many of you but for all of the other noobs out there, I hope this helps. Latency does not appear to be an issue as of yet but I've just started putting it through its paces.
POD Farm and Reaper simply need to have the XT Live drivers available to process the dry input.
It should then be able to process the dry signal any ol way you like. Next, select "Insert", "Virtual instrument on new track" and select POD Farm. In my case, I used the inputs and outputs for my Apogee Duet.Ĥ. Launch Reaper and select the input your guitar is currently connected to using the "Preferences" "Audio" "Device" menu (Select the sound card or audio interface your guitar is plugged into) The output should be set to whatever you want to monitor with. Nothing else inline, no effects, boxes, pedals, nothing! This will represent the "Dry" signal that is so frequently mentioned in other post.ģ. Plug your guitar directly into your sound card or audio interface device. and Reaper to recognize that the device (and its drivers) is available.Ģ. No headphones or monitoring of any kind from the POD!!!!! No guitar plugged into the POD!!! You simply want the P.C. All that should be plugged into the XT Live is the power chord and the USB chord to the P.C. Plug in the XT Live USB cable from the back of the POD to an empty USB port on the PC. Here is what I did to get POD Farm and XT Live working fabulously in Reaper.ġ.
For the record, I'm using a late 08 Macbook Pro - Snow Leopard OSX, Reaper as my DAW and an Apogee Duet as my audio interface. I am totally new to digital recording and POD Farm so what may seem basic for most of you has been a bit more challenging for me. I hope to save others the aggravation I've experienced.
I've driven myself crazy the last 3 hours trying to figure it out using bits and pieces from the Reaper and Line 6 forums. The one thing you don't get is a pitch shifter, for creating a slightly detuned sound - which is a pity - and a tube-mic model would have been nice too.Hola! I'm creating this thread in hopes of providing a short guide to those using POD Farm with XT Live. A noise gate is always available, so its a good idea to employ this when creating heavy overdrive sounds. There's also no shortage of fuzz and distortion devices, each of which has its own character. Of the effects, I particularly like the tape delay, rotary speaker and spring reverb, but the designers have really gone to town on filter pedals, and even some pseudo synth effects. There are some nice, jangly clean amps in there too - and they don't sound clinical or sterile: they ring nicely and respond well to dropping a compressor in front of them. If Uber Filth is your thing, there are plenty of more aggressive combinations to get you shredding, and no shortage of inspiration amongst the presets. Despite the huge range of amp types in the Platinum version, most players will quickly gravitate to the few that suit them best: I invariably end up looking for the best blues sounds that are just slightly dirty, because these tend to be the most difficult sounds to get right - but Pod Farm tackles them really well. Farm it may be, but there's nothing agricultural about the sound.