Hi Folks:

Probably nothing new to you, but haven't found a thread as specific.

As you might know, many famous bass players use signal splitters on their equipment to achieve specific sonic combinations.

Even in the studio, many engineers and musicians combine direct signal from the bass with amp + mic signals to get more "body" in the mix.

Looking at the X3 Live dual tone possibilities, it's easy to find oneself experimenting a lot with it, and with some information, you can build a "Dream Rig" out of it.

I'm not saying that the POD would replace real hardware, but with some skill, you can compensate and get very good sounding results.

Say, for getting something similar to a Geddy Lee's live rig, using dual tone you can use the same concept of overdriven thin trebly sound on one tone, and a more natural fat undistorted signal on the other tone. The POD have emulators of almost everything needed to achieve this if you look into many of the sites describing Lee's rig. I.E.: http://www.uberproaudio.com/who-plays-what/94-rush-geddy-lees-bass-gear-rig-and-equipment

So in the X3 there is a stompbox called bass overdrive which is an emulator of the SansAmp preamp circuit. On of the "vocal" preamps is an Avalon emulator, and of the many amps he has used, there are two, the Ampeg and the Gallien-Krueger. Add signal boosters, compression, EQ, 4 microphone choices... Those are the ingredients needed, tweak to taste.

So looking into famous rigs you like, you can get ideas for programming dual tone patches for your X3 and try them on your instrument and your playing style. It's sometimes easier than get all the tone blocks in bypass and start to try every amp and effect in the POD.

For tone freaks, you can even use some "guitar amp" emulations on the bass. I.E.: The Fender bassman for bass has 4 mic choices, but there is the same Bassman for guitar with more mic options, so you can get mid high definition from the guitar part, and combine something bassier for low end like the Eden.

If any of you have ideas of tone combinations that would like to share, would be nice.

Chalo