LINE 6 FBV Express MkII Manual [12/82] Fbv mkii with pod x3

FBV MkII Advanced User Guide: POD X3

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In this chapter, we’ll cover the speciﬁc features for using Line 6 FBV Shortboard™ MkII or FBV

Express™ MkII to control POD

X3 “Bean” or POD

X3 Pro devices. Instructions are the same

for POD X3 “Bean” and X3 Pro, unless otherwise noted. You should already have your FBV MkII

connected and working with your POD X3. If not, then head on back to “Getting Started” on page 1•1

for instructions. Here we go!

Quick Start

OK, we know you’re too impatient to read through this entire chapter before giving things a test drive!

As you likely already ﬁgured out, things pretty much work right out of the box with your FBV MkII

and POD X3, so here are a few quick tips:

• A, B, C, D Channel Buttons: Select to call up one of the four “Channels” in the current Bank

within your POD X3 User folder.

• FBV Shortboard MkII: Press the “Bank” buttons (labeled with the up and down arrows)

to scroll through the User Banks, then press A - D to recall the desired preset within the

selected User Bank.

• FBV Express MkII: Turn the knob on your POD labeled “Press to Save” to scroll through

your User Banks and you’ll see that these A - D Channel buttons let you select a preset

within the current User Bank.

• Pedal: Typically controls either the Wah or Volume of the current preset - press the pedal forward

to activate the toe switch to toggle between Wah or Volume.

• Tap: Tap in a tempo for your active Delay or Modulation effects of the current preset to follow.

• Effects Footswitches (Shortboard only): Press to toggle the labeled effect on/off in the current

preset.

• Function 1 & 2 Footswitches (Shortboard only): By default, these toggle the Comp effect and

Amp on/off, respectively, within the current preset.

Ready to dive deeper? Many more options and tips & tricks await you below!

Calling Up User Presets

This is likely what you’ll be using your FBV MkII controller for most often - freeing up your hands

and recalling those presets you so painstakingly created! It’s all pretty straight-forward here. Your FBV

provides you direct access to presets stored in the POD X3 User folder. You can see that when you

stomp on your FBV to call up a preset that this automatically switches to the User folder, regardless of

whether the previously loaded preset is one stored in this User folder or not.

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BANK UP/DOWN: Step on Bank Up or Down to ‘cue’ the next User Bank and Channel. For

example, if you currently have preset 1B loaded, press Bank Up and the FBV display ﬂashes the selected

Tone’s name for preset 2B so you know what’s there, but it hasn’t audibly switched you out of 1B yet.

LOAD CHANNEL: Press the Channel A, B, C, or D button to instantly load the respective preset

in the current User Bank. After pressing the Bank Up or Down button, the display will be ﬂashing,

waiting for you to select a Channel - As in the above example, pressing A will load preset 2A, or

pressing B will load 2B, etc.