Line 6 POD ver. 2.0 ...help - need some good settings

[Jupiter]

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Hello, everybody !
* * * * * * * My friend just got a Line 6 POD 2.0 off of Ebay, and has so far been dissapointed in the tone of the thing...we need some good settings. Especially good, heavy, Death Metal distortions. Please don't post downloads , as he has no midi cable . If you could post written settings, it would be greatly appreciated. Oo, and if you have Dino's { formerly of Fear Factory } POD settings, that would be great.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Thanks !!!
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[Two hands31]

For some reason I've been having trouble accessing the archive on line6.com, but they have Dino's settings on there I'm pretty sure. *I'll send you mine when I get home if you like. *What kind of pickup do you play through?

[Carlo]

I used to be pretty content with the sound of my POD. *But now, it's just frustrating me. *Sof anyone has any decent settings to share......please

[Jupiter]

Two hands31 on 2:25 pm on Mar. 21, 2002
For some reason I've been having trouble accessing the archive on line6.com, but they have Dino's settings on there I'm pretty sure. *I'll send you mine when I get home if you like. *What kind of pickup do you play through?

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Yeah , that would be great ! My friend is playing a bone-stock AX7621, so i believe it has the Ibanez V-7 7 and V-8 7 pickups in it. I may be wrong, though. It's a good sounding guitar, very full. Please post them here so everybody can use them ! *
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[thepumpkinkid]

If you're recording you should make sure that you are panning the the tracks hard left and right because if they're centre panned, or at least in my experince, they will just sound like sh*t
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[keith]

Well...i got a POD 2 as well and i'm liking the tone. Ran direct it sounds crap but i plug it into the clean channel of my Laney LC-30 which adds ALOT more ooomph, life and balls to the sound.

I saved the settings but since i dont have the midi cable either i cant say what the EQ is exactly, however i can tell you this:

I set the gain at full, gain boost also full. I found the POD to be kinda lacking in the gain department so i use it this way, although your tastes may vary.


Then bass at about 2 o clock, mids at 11 o clock and treble at 12 o clock. Something like that. However the tone varies immensly wheter plugged in a valve amp or direct. Settings which sound great direct sound like crap on the amp and vice-versa.

It's best deriving your own settings as its useless having other people's settings since you will undoubtedly have different gear and that alone will affect your sound. So creat your settings according to your rig.

I plug my RG-520 into this rig and I almost forgot, I use the Mesa Tremoverb [chunkier than the Dual Recto] and if I remember well the cab knob at 5 o clock, i think it was the marshall 4x12. Anyway, good luck, and dont forget adjusting the AIR switch accordingly, it makes all the difference :biggrin:

[JFT]

Hi Jupiter,

Did your friend get the Pod 2.0 manual? And if so did he reinitialise the memory to factory? There ought to be some preset good enough already to serve as a basis there. In case he doesn't know how: turn the POD on while pushing both arrows will do the trick.

As somebody pointed out it doesn't have that much gain for death metal. The 2 recto-model have a lot of crunch but the overdrive never saturate as much as the Soldano models. Bear in mind that I've never tried a real Recto nor a Soldano so the comment only applies to the POD model. To boost the overdrive I got myself a TS-9DX (awesome combination) but still not enough "chuck-a-chuk" for heavy rythm, finally got a Boss MT-2. Now IMO the MT-2 sounds like @#$ with most of the POD presets. I found only one that I really dig to use 8-B which is based on a Mesa Mark IIC clean, now this produce some very good results.

It's very though to provide "precise" settings as the pickups, wood etc make a world of differences. A setup that I like with my Jem may sounds like crap with my semi-hollowbody and vice-versa. So the EQ section is difficult to share.

Myself I stumble on a few good settings while editing using SoundDiver (which came with the POD) on the computer. A midi cable is dirt cheap and if your friend didn't get the SoundDiver CD he can download the OEM POD version at http://www.emagic.de
Quite a few parameters can't be edited otherwise. For example the delay is potent but hard to adjust with the POD interface.


BTW Keith is right about the AIR switch it's day or night. If you drive your amp with the POD make sure you don't have any headphones connected as they bypass the switch position and and activate AIR (which you don't want when driving an amp!)

JFT




(Edited by JFT at 10:05 pm on Mar. 25, 2002)

[Merlin88]

Here is dino's Crunch settings:


Amp Model: Rectified

based upon: 94' Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifired Tremoverb

Drive: 10 (full)

Bass: 10 (full)

Mid: 7

Treble: 10 (full)

Presence: 0

Channel volume: 10 *

Drive Boost on

Reverb : 0

Effects: Bypass


Here Are Dino's Clean Settings:

Amp Model: Line 6 Clean

bassed upon: Line 6 21st Century Clean

Drive: 2

Bass: 6

Mid: 4 1/2

Treble: 8

Presence: 0

Channel volume: 10

Reverb: 0

Effects: Delay/Flanger1

Speed: 2

Depth: 2

Feedback: 10 *

Delay: 400ms


Hope this helps!! If you want anyone else just tell me and i'll see what I can do.