jwelsh

I am running it through FX return or TM60... just using the Power Amp.. Select Combo direct in... which turns off speaker Sim.. and it is basically Line 6 pre-amp and TM60 power amp.. I have also used KC 150... lower powered version of KC 350.. also I have also used Mackir SMC150... a small 8 inch full range monitor.. in all cases... XLR going into PA.

Trust me I tried all method.. Line 6 XTL sound crap for live..

ghj

I have been using both an xt Live and subsequently an x3 Live through both our church's house PA and through a Peavey CS200 amp and my Marshall cabinet.  Both work fairly well.  The Peavey is only 80 watts and has a fairly flat response which makes it pretty much like portable PA just for the x3 Live.

For a normal church service, we keep things pretty light on the distortion.  My sounds for this situation are based on the Blackface Deluxe, Vibroverb and Boutique Overdrive #1 (I think) on the x3 Live and SOLO 100 set light on the drive level on the xt Live.

On the side, I play in a cover band that plays Third Day, Chris Tomlin, Todd Agnew and Jeremy Camp songs.  I use many of the same patches, but include a stompbox distortion in front of the amp model.  I'll try to upload a couple of the tones in the next day or two.

The big thing that I have found that helped me is consistency and moderation.  I took time to set up the majority of my tones with one rig at a time.  Using my wireless, I will either run through our church sound system while standing in the middle of the worship center and set the EQ flat on my mixer channel and adjust the tone controls on the amp model to get what I want.  I will then copy those tones to another bank and run the same process through my other set up using the Peavey and Marshall 4X10.  I have several guitars and make minor tweaks based on which one I am playing, but not very often or much.  I seem to have found a pretty happy medium with my gear and like the way my different guitars interact with the tones that I have set up.

I use quite a few lower gain settings and not very much in the way of effects.  A little chorus and reverb and the occasional stompbox distortion or compressor.  I do not use a lot of wild effects set ups.  The Peavey and Marshall rig are neutral enough that they allow me to run the cabinet emulations as well.

I have been complimented on my tone many times.

My big problem is that the same settings that I used on the xt Live do not work the same on my x3 Live, but I am learning to adapt to this.  I have just had to re-think where I build my tones from as far as which models I use.  (I just started a different thread on this subject over in the support area)

When I used the xt Live I found that it was most useful to have a direct box that has a direct out that allows the XLR to run to the board and the direct out to the amp that I am using for a stage monitor.  This feeds exactly the same sound from the POD to both the FOH mixer and the monitor amp.  On Sunday mornings, the pastor likes a clean stage and I get my sound folded back through the stage monitors, the singers may not like it, but it is what we have to work with, since we are small church.

To be truthful, I use the x3 Live because it gives me the flexibility I need for the different styles I have to play (I use it to preamp my acoustic as well).  If I could play my Astroverb at full volume and keep the clean in it, I would most of the time.  At bedroom / studio levels, it has one of the best clean tones, I have heard in that type of amp.

I use an XTL, and finally settled on these setups...

At home, I bought some powered monitors, because I was fighting too much latency when I tried to hear things through my Mac with external speakers.  I have some JBL 2P monitors, and have just plugged in from the output jacks of the XTL into the speaker's inputs.  I didn't want to take up too much room on my desk space, so the JBL's fit the bill nicely,

At church, I tried MANY setups, much frustration, and far too much "tweaking" mixed with bouts of inconsistency.  I had a Peavey Classic 30, a great little guitar amp in it's own right, but not enough flexibility for the way I play on different songs.  So I needed to stick with the XTL, but playing through the Peavey just added too much distortion, had too much trouble getting a clean sound.  I read through some of the columns on here, and found a lot of people playing through the PA, but I wanted to have some stage volume because I play right next to our drummer (good, but LOUD).  I play both electric and acoustic, but not both in the same service...  so I bought a Genz Benz Shenandoah acoustic amp (basically, it's just a PA), and now get a LOT more clarity out of the XTL, no matter which flavor of patch I'm using.  Was lucky enough to have found the Genz Benz used at the Reno GC, so that helped price-wise ($400).

Look at some of the blogs here about the atomic amps, and you'll see the direction that I took off in.  A good acoustic amp really fits the bill for someone who is going to be using a modeler, and will double nicely when you're just playing an acoustic in a mellower setting.

Happy hunting.