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stolenwater Just Startin'
stolenwater
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Mar 18, 2010 7:54 AM

X3 Live as just an effects processor

Hello everyone. Do forgive me if this question has been asked before. I looked around but couldn't find much about it on here, but I am new to this board. Anyway, my question is how does the X3 Live function as just an effects processor? Like if I were to say plug it into the front of an amp and then turn the amp modeling off so I could just use the tone of my amp plus the effects from the X3. Would that sound ok? Is there some of kind of bypass switch if I wanted to go back to just the tone of my amp without the effects? I mean I'd still use the X3's amp modeling for other stuff like direct recording and such, I was just curious about how it fuctions as only an effects processor in front of an amp. Thank you.

  • pbear5 Just Startin'
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    Mar 18, 2010 11:18 AM (in response to stolenwater)
    Re: X3 Live as just an effects processor

    it should work great--i have an XT not an X3 and you can definitely bypass the amp and cab modeling and just use the effects.  as far as a Bypass i suppose you could save your D patch as a Bypass patch with nothing on it then A, B & C could be set up as 3 different pedalboards.  you also have the option of individually turning each effect on or off with the dedicated foot switches.

    • stolenwater Just Startin'
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      Mar 18, 2010 1:22 PM (in response to pbear5)
      Re: X3 Live as just an effects processor

      Thanks. I've never used either the XT or the X3, but am considering using one of them in conjunction with a tube amp, mainly for the effects, but for the amp modeling to. The reason I am interested in the PODs as opposed to one of the stompbox modelers is because I have a guitar with both magnetic pikcups and variax guts in it and syncing up the variax electronics with the the POD would allow me to do some interesting things, but I also like the straight up sound/feel of a real amp. I never thought of just setting up an empty patch to "bypass" the POD and go straight to the amp but I suppose that would work. Now would doing that cause any tone loss from the amp? Or it would it just sound like I had the guitar plugged straight into the amp?

      • pbear5 Just Startin'
        pbear5
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        Mar 22, 2010 5:55 AM (in response to stolenwater)
        Re: X3 Live as just an effects processor

        Well, anything that you put between a guitar and amp (including the cable that you choose) has the potential to effect the final tone.  the fact that your guitar signal would still pass through the A/D-D/A processing of the POD is something to consider--this would not be a Tru-Bypass setup but the intent would be to pass the pure signal through.  compared to my experiences with multiple stomp boxes i honestly think that the impact of a POD in "bypass" would have less of an effect on your tone than a reasonable collection of stomps.  best thing to do is to work with your music store and run a quick hands-on comparison.

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    Mar 21, 2010 8:03 PM (in response to stolenwater)
    Re: X3 Live as just an effects processor

    I also have the same question.  I have a PODxtLive, and instead of using it in front of the amp, I wanted to run a send from the amp to the POD, then back to the effects return.  Has anyone tried this??  What level settings etc. have you used?

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