Just bought a Bass Pod XT

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Sun Apr 24, 2005 11:21 am

I like the distortion better in my pod ... the sans amp distortion doesn't sound good to me ... it's all a matter of taste ... which do you like better vanilla or chocolate?

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Mon Apr 25, 2005 8:09 pm

here's a sound byte done with my 2020-5 with a bass pod direct into a $100 cassette recorder and a cheap drum machine ... go to track seven ...

http://www.3dentourage.com/425/jeffbass.htm

turlu · Post by **turlu** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:30 am

Just received the Pod XT last evening. I played with it for one hour and a half.

I find it has some good features but would need some work to get to the Tone wanted.

I basically want some overdrive with a bit of chorus added. I will give it another try this week.

dean712 · Post by **dean712** » Wed Apr 27, 2005 7:46 pm

I am still breaking in my new Bass PODxt. Because of my travel schedule, I have had a lot of time to read its manual and plink around and figure out the systems, and I've had some (but not enough) time to try out the sounds. The layout, logical nature, and deep editing features of this unit pass with flying colors. I am going to spend some time this weekend with the tones and post a review. It IS an amazingly logical and functional tool to program, though, from first look.

hieronymous · Post by **hieronymous** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:09 am

Hey Dean, I'm still pretty sure you can do what I was talking about - recording a track dry and then applying different POD settings to it later - it's not internal to the POD, it's a mixing board thing. I'll shut up about it now

I'm excited to find out how the whole thing works out! It's great that you've had the time to figure out the programming and editing aspect beforehand. Then you can experiment and save away...

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 3:40 am

I found the first bass pod has a weakness ... I can't seem to get a good sound with 2 effects ... when I apply the second effect it seems to ruin the patch ... maybe the xt is better ...

dean712 · Post by **dean712** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:41 pm

Harry, thanks for that last post. If that is a possibility, I would like to try it. The most important aspect of the bass tone is how it fits in the song's mix, not necessarily how it sounds just on its own, so if I could apply and tweak effects after the fact, that could be very helpful.

One thing I was happy to find out is that you can save over any of the factory presets, and then at some point down the road, either re-load the factory presets one by one, or completely reset the whole thing back to the original factory configuration. And you can give them your own names, too... that is pretty cool.

Jeff, I will examine the 2 effect phenomenon on the xt when I get a chance. Thanks for the alert.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 4:31 pm

A good rule of thumb ... standard patches on all guitar and bass processors suck ... you will have to make your own ...

hieronymous · Post by **hieronymous** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 4:35 pm

Hey Dean, I just downloaded the manual for the Bass PODxt, and you're right, it doesn't say anything about recording direct and using the POD afterwards. If you have a high-speed connection, you can go to the line 6 website (www.line6.com) and download the manual for the regular POD 2.0 (for guitar). It starts on page 3.4 by their numbering, or page 27 in the PDF file.

RE: more than one effect - I wonder if it has anything to do with the order of the effects? One of the nice things about pedals is the ability to put them in different orders...

dean712 · Post by **dean712** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:05 am

Jeff, yes I would suspect that the standard patches won't work for everyone. Even the same player, with 2 different basses (like my 4003 and my Stingray) would need 2 different settings, I would suspect, just to approximate the same sound. I just think it's really interesting that Line 6 actually included settings that attempt to model a specific recorded tone of Geddy Lee, John Entwhistle, Chris Squire, JPJ, McCartney, etc. Of course they probably won't work for most players exactly as is, but it's fun to use the information for comparative purposes. I'm not trying to copy any of those guys' tones exactly, but knowing more about what I'm hearing might help me get closer to where I want to be, tonally. Or, at least I hope so. If I can't get there, I always have the old approach to fall back on. I am going to let my ears be the final judge. Whatever sounds best for the mixes we'll go with....

Harry, I will check out that link later tonight. Thanks!

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 7:37 am

another quirk ... when running the pod directly into a board or a recording device ... set it to amp instead of direct ... the direct setting gets muddy the amp setting has more mid punch ...

turlu · Post by **turlu** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 11:31 pm

Well I had the chance to play with the POD XT and it looks like it`s not made for me. The features, EQ`s, effects possibilities seem very powerful and wide but it just does not do the trick for me as it does for Jeff.

This is just a pure question of taste and opinion, cause the POD is well built with great quality. It has so many Tones that are possible to get and tweak it makes it really versatile.

I prefer my EBS pedals and will continue using stompboxes in the future.

Anyone looking for an absolute mint condiion Bass POD XT in the Forum, I have one for sale now !!!

rickenbrother · Post by **rickenbrother** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 5:57 pm

Stephane, it seems you are giving it up almost as fast as I did !!

turlu · Post by **turlu** » Sun May 01, 2005 3:00 am

I actually tried it for several hours. I can see the possibilities with the Unit, but this is just not for me. Too many tweaks, etc. I realized I prefer the simplicity of stompboxes like the excellent EBS ones.

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Tue May 03, 2005 3:49 am

I might be interested in it ... I have the old one ...