LINE 6 FBV Express MkII Manual [20/82] Controlling dual tone presets

FBV MkII Advanced User Guide: POD X3

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effect results in less gain - placing the volume after a distortion effect reduces the overall volume level

without affecting the gain. With the Volume in the Pre position, and using the Delay effect, you can

swell in your guitar volume and then roll the pedal back and still hear the delay repeats - but placing

the Volume pedal Post conversely turns down the original signal AND the delay repeats... Get it?

Note that this VOL effect block is the same volume that is accessed by the POD X3 Tone Volume

knob and, therefore, each Tone has its own independent VOL effect. So, if your preset has two Tones,

then you can press the TONE 2 button to independently configure these three settings for Tone 1 and

Blend”, where you utilize both Tone 1 and Tone 2 on a single input, such as to process a guitar with

two amps, with each Tone having its own set of effects, speaker cabinet and mic! You’ll see that your

POD X3 already comes loaded with Single Tone presets, as well as Tone Pairs and Tone Blends, so you

can take a look at how these are constructed - as well as modify them to your heart’s content, and save

your own creations as presets within the User folder.

For a thorough understanding of all this business of creating Dual Tones, please check out the “Dual

Tone Concept”

section of your POD X3 Pilot’s Handbook.

Your FBV MkII allows you to navigate through the 128 memory locations within the User folder. As

modify the selected Tone of the currently loaded preset - stepping on one of these effect buttons will

toggle on/off ONLY the function for the currently selected Tone. You can optionally configure your

FBV MkII Shortboard FUNCTION 1 switch to perform the same functions as the TONE 2 button

on the POD X3 unit. This allows you to toggle between Tone 1/Tone 2 as the “selected” Tone, as

well as allows you to hold down the button to toggle the Dual Tone feature on/off. To configure the

FUNCTION 1 button’s assignment, go to the SYSTEM screen on your POD X3 and access the LP SW

options for Tone 1 and Tone 2 (see the LP SW descriptions starting on page 2•6 ).

TIP: When calling up one of the factory-created “Tone Pair” type of Dual Tone User presets, you’ll see

we added an “L” and an “R” at the ends of many titles for Tone 1 and Tone 2 respectively. (Call up preset

12A as an example.) Adding a unique identifying character to each Tone’s title like this is handy when