Do they make a Tube product that does the following

[ibanezcollector]

well im not dis-satisfied with the pod at all, I just wanted to smooth it out a little. I dont intend on running it in front of the pod it will be ran after the pod thru the "tube product" and then into my monitors.

[red5]

Originally Posted by ibanezcollector

well I have heard about 20 or so people use a tube to remove fizziness from the pod with success. now getting them to give up the secret weapon seems to be more a issue.

Im not asking for it to turn my tone to gold, just remove some of the harshness of a digital product.

I think using a cleaner patch and an actual tube for gain shaping would be an improvement

However, these things are really made for tube amps.

[eviltwin]

How about the Groove Tubes Ditto:

http://www.groovetubes.com/product.cfm?Product_ID=1605

like some of the aforementioned products it's a Direct-In box, used in studios for an assortment of purposes. GT even advertise the use of it with a POD. (point #4)

POD 2.0 and POD xt users - whether direct recording or in live performances, placing the DITTO between the POD and the amp, recorder, console, or house system will give a warmth to your signal and tube feel, sound, and playing dynamics. One more time, proper level can now be set on the POD output control so signal to noise ratio is optimized. In the high gain POD models, this can really help the background noise to the amp, console, or recorder for a cleaner and quiter signal.

[stratoskier]

Yo,
Yesterday I happened upon a thread in another forum where a player (a very good player, from what I've heard) said he uses one, and sometimes two, Valvulators in line before his POD. Here's an excerpt from that thread:

"This is why I use the Valvulator with my POD-XT'x & Bass POD-XT. In fact I have two Valvulators, one has an Amperex BugleBoy & the other has a Telefunken Long Plate NOS tubes. By changing the tubes you can affect how the Valvulator affects tone and you playing dynamics"

Interesting -- maybe I should experiment with that application myself. I never would have thought of running the tube device before the modeler...

There are also a number of relevant discussions at StompBox.net The main suggestions from that site were 1) run an EQ post-modeler to notch out the offending frequencies, and 2) always run a modeler through an FRFR (Flat Response Full Range) amp, such as a keyboard amp. However, in a separate thread on that site, it was pointed out that the XTL might be an exception to the FRFR rule, and actually sounds best through a tube power amp. Sounds like experimentation is the only solution with this modeling stuff...

Bert