LINE 6 POD 2.0 [61/97] Customizing amp models effects

CREATING & STORING SOUNDS: CUSTOMIZING AMP MODELS & EFFECTS

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better that way) you should use the Save button to save it. This is what’s called

Edit Mode since you’ve done just that: edited a stored channel. To commit your

edit to POD’s memory, press Save and it will start to ﬂash. Press it a second time,

and the sound will be stored into the currently selected memory. If you want to

choose a different memory location for the save, then use the Up and Down

buttons once you’ve got Save ﬂashing and pick the memory you want.

If you don’t want to save your edit, that’s OK, too – just ignore the Save button. If

you decide not to save after pressing Save, you can touch the Ta p , Manual,

Tuner, Noise Gate, or MIDI button to abandon saving. Keep in mind that if

you switch to another channel without saving your edit, all your sound changes

made during that edit will be forgotten.

CUSTOMIZING AMP MODELS & EFFECTS

New with Version 2.0 software, you can customize the settings that are called up

by the Amp Models and Effects knobs. Using this powerful new feature, you can

pack your POD with all the special sound genius that only you possess, and have

this brilliance available instantly at the turn of a single knob. Here’s how it works:

About Customization Mode

Hold (and keep holding) the Save button, then press the Manual button. The

Save, Manual, A, and B lights will all start a-ﬂashing (and you can let go of those

buttons now). You have entered the Customization Mode where you get to put your

very own stamp on the settings called up by the Amp Models and Effects knobs.

To understand how this Customization works, we’ll start with an explanation of

what happens when you turn the Amp Models and Effects knobs:

Turning the Amp Models knob picks an Amp Model, and turning the Effects

knob picks an effect, right? Actually, each of these knobs is setting a number of

parameters behind the scenes. When you pick an Amp Model, POD sets the

following controls to values determined by the Amp Models knob: