POD® XT Live has a simple, gig-ready setup that’s adaptable to all your different stage and studio needs. Whether you’re running it as a multi-effect pedal in front of a guitar amp (or into its FX loop), or straight to the house PA, PODXT Live is the best way to take total control of your sound at the gig. USB - PODXT Live’s USB jack lets you connect to most computers and record directly to a wide variety of popular recording software packages. We’ve even included a USB cable for use with our GuitarPort® Windows® based software and PODXT Live Mac®/Windows® driver software. All this software - along with directions for using it - is free for you to download at www.line6.com.
Variax® - Connect a Line 6 Variax guitar here and experience a whole new world of possibility and sound-control power. In addition to a direct digital audio connection between the guitar and PODXT Live, you can even have the Variax change guitars, pickups, and tone control settings each time you choose a new channel from your PODXT Live ’s footswitches. Learn more about it here!
MIDI In & Out - Connect PODXT Live to your MIDI equipment to select Channel Memories (via Program Change messages), or automate PODXT Live settings (via controllers and/or SySex). You can also use MIDI (or USB) to communicate with the free Line 6 Edit software downloadable from www.line6.com.
Phones - When you want to listen with headphones, plug them in here. PODXT Live automatically switches to Studio Mode whenever headphones are connected. Learn more about studio mode here.
Output To Amp/Line - The unbalanced 1/4-inch connectors get your PODXT Live’s sound to a guitar amplifier, recorder, mixer or PA system. Flick the rear panel switch to AMP when you’ve got your PODXT Live feeding into the front of a guitar amp, or choose LINE to send you signal to a mixer or PA. The rear panel LEVEL knob sets the - you guessed it! - output level. Changing the OUTPUT level does not change your tone, so you can get the tone you want at any volume level.
Aux Input - Connect a CD player, MP3 player, drum machine, virtual accordion, or other device here, and you’ll hear it at PODXT Live ’s headphone and Amp/Line outputs. Very handy for jamming along!
Input - Your guitar goes here. Set the switch to norm for use with most passive pickup guitars. If you have to put two 9-volt batteries in your guitar to make it shred, point your guitar down and use that “shark” headstock to flip the switch to pad. (Also handy for those stompboxes that have ridiculously hot output levels.)
Pedal 2 - You can add even more real-time control by connecting a standard expression pedal, such as the Line 6 EX-1. You’ll be able to control Wah, Volume, and Tweak functions all at the same time.
