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== Understanding Output Modes ==
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=== Simple Guide for Settings ===
== Internal Signal Routing ==
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All the lines you see in Edit and the signal path window on the device are stereo signals.
== Running Direct (PA/board/computer or DAW/monitors/headphones) ==
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Use this method if you want to run the Pod straight into a PA system, mixing board or mixing board for live purposes or a computer/DAW, home stereo, or headphones for recording or practicing. The Pod will completely simulate a guitar rig - amp (including pre-amp and power amp) and speakers (including cabinet). If you want, you can disable some of these features and use other gear to get that tone - like a speaker simulator device or a convolution reverb device/software that is using an impulse response (IR) designed to mimic a guitar cabinet.
* 1/4" unbalanced cable is subject to interference, often produced by florescent lighting. Use XLR where possible for better tone, especially where long runs of wire are necessary.
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=== Simple method (no real amp) ===
== Running to an amp ("live") ==
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This is for when you are running specifically into a amp and speakers designed for use with guitar. Really, guitar speakers are what really roll off the high frequencies produced by guitar amplifiers or amp models. Guitar power amps also color the tone and may make it warmer, but their coloration is generally much less noticeable than guitar speakers.
== I Tried This and It Doesn't Sound Good ==
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The above settings should work well for most gear. But perhaps your gear is different, or perhaps you simply have different tastes about what is harsh or sounds good. As long as you're not running the output of a real power amp into the Pod or other effect (high watt power amp output should only be run into speakers or a dummy load) or sending a line level (mostly anything not coming from an actual instrument) signal into the Pod's instrument level Guitar In input, you probably won't break anything by experimenting.
== Dual Output ==
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Many have asked if they could run a "dual output mode" - IE, have one set of outputs send a signal without cab/mic simulation to a guitar amp and cab and send another signal with cab/mic simulation to the PA. There's no built-in feature to do this, but you can do it with some trickery.
== Wet/Dry/Wet Output ==
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Similar to above, you can place an FX Loop effect with Mix set to 0% to output a "dry" signal before the signal hits "wet" effects and sends the "wet" signal to the main outputs. By using Mix at 0%, the signal is basically split at the FX Loop, being sent out the FX Loop Send but also passing straight on down the chain, regardless of whatever (if any) signal is returning into the loop.
== Multiple Instruments/Independent Paths ==
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The Pod provides two independent signal paths. This path independence can also be used to handle multiple instruments, for example setting Input 1 to guitar and Input 2 to mic. Input 1 will go to Channel A, the top side of the path, and Input 2 to Channel B, the bottom. Just make sure you don't have any mono FX before the path/channel split. See the [[#Internal Signal Routing|input/output routing section]] to understand how the Pod routes audio, mixing down stereo signals when they hit a mono effect. Follow the instructions from the [[#Dual Outputs|dual outputs section]] to route the audio to different outputs.
== Input Settings ==
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=== Global/Patch ===
== The Effects (FX) Loop ==
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Keep in mind where you place your FX Loop in the Pod's signal chain, particularly in relation to the amp/cab modeling. Effects will sound very different depending on how they are ordered (see [[#Effects Order/Position|Effects Ordering section]]) and this is particularly the case for the amp modeling. Also note that you can change the send and receive levels for the loop.
== The Mixer Block ==
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The mixer allows you to adjust the panning and volume of both channels. The default setting has each track panned hard left and right with levels set to 0 +/-db - an ideal setup for a stereo patch. I generally use mono patches. I find the best way to do this is to mute one channel, and pan the other one to center. You'll get more volume by panning both channels to center, but I find this isn't necessary since the mixer lets you boost channel volume. There's another reason I like to only use one channel, which I cover in the next section. Just like the amp volume knob, the mixer boosts the level at that place in the chain, which can cause effects behind it to distort.
== Effects Order/Position ==
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See [[Effects Ordering/Position]].
== Gain Staging ==
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=== Principles ===
See [[Tone#Gain_Staging|Tone - Gain Staging]].