nenic Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 is it best to go guitar, xt ,amp or to go through effects loop for live performance.marshall valvestate 100 watt.thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
epiphany1415 Posted July 13, 2013 Share Posted July 13, 2013 My advice is to go Guitar>Amp>FX Send>POD Input then POD output>FX return. This (in my opinion) the best setup for amps as far as keeping the inegrity of the signal. When I run the guitar straight into the POD and then into the amp, I lose integrity. In other words, when I switch on my distortion, it loses a lot of gain, even if/when I can get my clean channel to sound almost identical. The only problem is if your amp doesn't have a footswitchable FX loop button. Surprisingly, many amps don't, but if your amp does, go with the FX loop. If you DO go with the FX loop, make sure to check the rear panel of your POD (the panel with all the input/output jacks) and set the "Amp/Line" switch to "Line." This will give you the purest tone (in my opinion) as it switches the POD to "studio direct mode," which bypasses the POD's preamps and only adds on the effects you assign. I hope this helps!Also, I would like to add that I'm playing through an Egnater Vengeance, which is a pretty high quality amp, so the scenario could be 100% using a Marshall Valvestate. If you try my recommendation and aren't satisfied with it, please don't think any lesser of me, it's just what I've found that works for me! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laudani Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Hi epiphany1415, I'm using this configurarion:Guitar>POD Input then POD output>FX returndo you think this is a good setup to keeping the integrity of the signal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillBee Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Necro thread! \m/ Hey there, I have a VS100 head and have ran the XT Live the same way, it does sound great through a closed back 2x12. Run Studio Direct then try the other output modes to see what gets you close to what you like. Fine tune with the EQ. Its a Valvestate that you want to run an XTL into - what kind of integrity are you hoping to save? Yes, the VS can sound good if a decent guitar w/decent pickups is played decently into it. Plugging an XTL "can" sound great "if" you put the time in and build some quality patches. Tip: Customtone is not the solution - learn to build your own tones. -B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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