Line 6 POD X3 Family manual Tempo that you’ve tapped

Controls & Connections

	setting to just the right value. See Chapter 5 to learn how to set up effects to follow
	the tempo that you’ve tapped.
	Press and hold the Tap button for 2 seconds to activate the tuner. You can also add
	footswitch tuner activation with an optional FBV foot controller.
		Drive – controls how hard you’re driving the input of the chosen Amp Model.
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	Like	the input volume control on a non-master volume guitar amp, higher settings give
	you more “dirt.”
3•4	This knob, along with the Tone Controls, Reverb, and Tone Volume knobs, adjusts
	the Tone that is currently selected – Tone 1 or Tone 2. See Chapter 4 for more info on
	Dual Tone and how this all works.
		Tone Controls – Bass, Middle, Treble, Presence. Just like any guitar
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	amp.	And when you change Amp Models, the response and interactivity of these controls
	change, too – so they act like the tone controls of the original amp that inspired the Amp
	Model you’ve selected.
			Reverb – spin this knob to set the Reverb level of the Tone that is currently
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	selected.
			Tone Volume – this knob controls the relative volume level of the current
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	Tone.

14 Master Volume – this controls the overall output level of POD X3 and also sets the headphone level. Changing the MasterVolume level does not change your tone, so you can get the tone you want at any volume level. This setting is not saved when you store settings into one of the POD X3’s memory locations.

When running into line level gear (like recorders, mixers and PA’s), POD X3 will generally give the best signal-to-noise performance when you have the Master Volume control at max. With the Master Volume control turned down low, you may get extra hiss – which obviously isn’t what you want – if you turn up your mixer or recorder’s output to compensate. In order to allow you to set the Master Volume as high as possible when connecting to recording, mixing, and other studio gear, be sure you are plugging POD X3’s outputs into line level, not microphone or guitar level inputs. Line level inputs should allow you to turn POD X3’s Master Volume up all the way (or close to it) and thereby get the best sound possible. If your gear has inputs that function as mic/line level inputs, try to set the trim for those inputs to the minimum level, and POD X3’s Master