Once the icon relating to your choice is in the centre of the screen, you just drag it down into the assembly area. Clicking on any of them brings that section into view in the carousel for selection, but if you find the blur of countless amps and pedals whizzing by too distracting, you can make your choice from the pull‑down menu. Buttons on the left of the screen offer a choice of Gear, Panel, Presets, Tuner or Mixer, and when Gear is selected, the categories of amp and effects types are displayed along the top of the window. Both versions can be used as a plug-in or in stand‑alone mode, where Line 6's Pod X3 paradigm allows two parallel chains of amps and effects to be set up and then mixed. Of course, if you buy the Platinum version you already have all the available add‑ons. You can add model packs to the Basic version, or use ones you already own, but only if you have a Line 6 audio interface (you can't do it with iLok), because this is where the extra plug‑ins are registered. Although the model list is shorter in the standard version, you still get five dedicated bass amps, 20 effects and all six preamps in addition to the guitar amps. Platinum includes 78, as well as 24 cabinets, 28 bass amps, 22 bass cabs, 97 effects and six mic preamps. The basic version has 18 classic guitar amp models, including the most obvious US and UK choices. There are also mute buttons so that you can set up each signal path individually. Both input and output gain controls are available on the Gear page, along with metering and panning for the two chains in dual mode. Pod Farm also includes a large guitar tuner, and another browser to access the wide range of presets. Activating dual mode allows you to create two separate setups, which can be balanced and mixed, or used as two separate record sources. Your choice of stomp effect is placed to the left of the amp and insert loop effects to the right. The user interface is based on a carousel browser, with graphic representations of the amps, cabs and effects - more about how that works later. You can select up to two to go before the preamp, and build more complex chains in the effects loop. Pod Farm includes a good range of effects.
#LINE 6 POD FARM PLATINUM SOFTWARE#
This is the first Line 6 software that can be used without owning one of their hardware products: authorisation is linked either to a specific piece of Line 6 hardware or an iLok dongle. Authorisation is completed on‑line using the very friendly Line 6 Monkey utility software, which also looks after updates and purchased add‑ons for you. The basic version features fewer models, but otherwise offers the same functionality. It's essentially the software version of a fully expanded Pod X3. The latter comes with 250 models covering amps, cabs, studio effects, stomp-box effects and a handful of studio preamps. There are two versions: regular and 'Platinum'.
#LINE 6 POD FARM PLATINUM FOR MAC#
Need some fuzz? Load POD Farm Distortions.Pod Farm, which replaces Line 6's earlier Gearbox software, is a VST, RTAS and AU plug‑in for Mac and PC that offers Line 6's amp and effect modelling for guitarists, bassists and even vocalists. Small but powerful, POD Farm Elements offer the world-class tone of POD Farm 2.5 while conserving valuable CPU power. Each POD Farm Elements plug-in delivers a streamlined experience by providing access to single amp, preamp and effect models-the same inspiring models that are available in POD Farm 2.5. If POD Farm 2.5 is the toolbox, then POD Farm Elements are the tools. Pan the signal chains hard left and right for an incredible stereo experience, and control the whole thing using the new virtual A/B/Y box.Ĭonserve CPU power with POD Farm Elements. You can also create Dual Tones-dual amp and effect signal chains that can be played simultaneously or one at a time.
Even add post-cabinet mic preamps, and control both chains with the virtual A/B/Y box. Route up to 20 FX models (10 per chain) in any order, before or after your amp and cab models. Split your guitar signal and create two separate and simultaneous amp and effect signal chains. More flexibility than a real rig and pedalboard.įeaturing incredible routing capabilities, POD Farm 2.5 gives you the flexibility to create your perfect signal chain. POD Farm 2.5 is more than just a plug-in-it’s a dream collection of gear for guitarists, bassists and vocalists. Or you can choose from more than 1000 presets and dial up timeless tones in an instant. Each model is fully adjustable, and a lightning-fast workflow makes it easy to create classic tones and imaginative hybrids. Using a simple carousel-style gear browser, choose from an arsenal of vintage and modern amps, cabs, studio-standard effects, classic stompboxes and colorful preamps.
POD Farm® 2.5 is a premium tone plug-in that brings world-renowned POD® tone to your favorite DAW.