Today I opened up the unit. removed the connections to the board that has all the control pots. then took a can of D5 De-oxit and sprayed all the contacts of the connectors, and sprayed into every pot as well. turned the pots back and forth a dozen times to work the deoxit in well to clean the pot's wipers, put the connectors back on and tested. the crackling went away !!! put the unit back together and put it back in the rack case. Ready to rock once again! :)
After updating both the POD XT PRO and the FBV MKII Shortboard to the latest firmware and software via Line 6 monkey, I now have the ability to turn the compressor ON/OFF with the FUNCTION 1 button on the switch. Here's how:
- push the I/O & DIG SELECT button on the right side of the POD XT PRO
- scroll down through the menus with the SELECT page knob until you reach the GLOBAL OPTIONS page
- change the LP SW option from LOOP to COMP
that's all there's to it. I don't use the POD XT PRO's effects loop, but I do like using the compressor as a solo boost for patches. Now I have that option at my feet! :-)
