Got a POD XT tonight

3fingers · 03-05-2004, 07:21 PM

What do you guys think of them...?? I fell head over heals in the store...I will probably be up late tonight messing around...as a former v-amp2 owner..this thing intriques me... [img]images/smilies/jot.gif[/img]

El_jalepeno · 03-05-2004, 07:25 PM

Whatever wets your whistle [img]images/smilies/icon_thumb.gif[/img] I personally love my VAmp, and I don't know what friggin' rock I have been living under up until Gary introduced me to it! [img]images/smilies/icon_bowdown.gif[/img]

ericgtr · 03-05-2004, 08:31 PM

Way to go dude! I completely love mine and wouldn't have it any other way for PC recording [img]images/smilies/icon_thumb.gif[/img] You made a good choice.

wahwah · 03-05-2004, 11:02 PM

You'll love it mate...I keep saying, Line6 don't pay me to promote their stuff so I won't! Let us hear your first thang with it. [img]images/smilies/icon_thumb.gif[/img]

**VHF** · 03-06-2004, 06:36 AM

These POD clips sound awesome around here. The only reason I started with a Vamp is price. I paid $175 for the rack mount Vamp and the POD XT rack mount is $600.

What really blows me away about these things is the sound you can get from a solid state device. I can get a great recording from my tube amp, but I had to buy a good mic and preamp and it's mono unless I add effects during the mixdown.

POD's are fast and easy...I cannot imagine anyone not liking one for home recording and practice.

**rolsguitars** · 03-06-2004, 08:54 AM

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What do you guys think of them...?? I fell head over heals in the store...I will probably be up late tonight messing around...as a former v-amp2 owner..this thing intriques me... [img]images/smilies/jot.gif[/img]

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you'll love it, honestly in the headphones nothing sounds better, the trick would be getting it to sound good live, at first I did not like the XT, I couldn't get a good live tone from it thru my rig as I did with the original POD but I found my problem you need to turn off the cab simulator on the XT for live aplications and it sounds a ton better, still working on it though. It's not the end all there are a *lot* of tones in that thing that sound like shit and you wonder if the guy programming the preset actually listened to the real recording or to the patch he just created.
you can get tones here www.customtones.com for whatever you want.
Rol.

**Scott Parnell** · 03-06-2004, 12:30 PM

well.. i hope you like it serg! congrats man.. I hope to probably get one someday aslo.. I mean,, I love my V amp 2.. i can't imagine the quality of the pod xt.. who knows.. maybe ill get that instead of the jackson dinky guitar i wanna get,, but i saw this guitar i want and i might be getting that first hehehe

**Geordie** · 03-06-2004, 02:50 PM

IM LOVIN IT LOVIN IT LOVIN IT >>>>>LOVIN IT LIKE THAT !!!!!!

**stingx** · 03-06-2004, 06:41 PM

I love my XT. Lemme ask you guys with more recording experience a question. Would the final sound to my PC be improved greatly if I ditched recording to the SB Live and go for something like a firewire M-Audio device? I was thinking of getting the 410. What you fo's think?

ericgtr · 03-06-2004, 07:01 PM

I think any move you make to a 24 bit card/USB would be a major improvement, I just switched to a Audigy2 and its like night and day compared to the SB Live.

**stingx** · 03-06-2004, 07:03 PM

Eric, you have any luck recording with you POD via USB, or do you just go into the soundcard mostly?

ericgtr · 03-06-2004, 07:10 PM

Actually I had a bit of trouble with latency but I am just now getting it worked out but yes, I am using the new Audigy2 USB. Its so much better than the SB Live! so if you have that setup I definitely recommend it.

**stingx** · 03-06-2004, 07:17 PM

Eric, I am going to go this route:

http://m-audio.com/index.php?do=prod...1119907053a313

A colleague at work picked it up and I listened to some of the music he produced with it...it was awesome.

We should compare patches and tones, etc. I love Line6 products, esp. my POD