M4L666 Posted May 9, 2009 Share Posted May 9, 2009 Does the POD X3 work like a pedalboard? i.e, would I be able to string effects (stomps specifically) together? My Bass PODXT only lets me have 1 of each effect at a time. Or would I be better off buying an actual pedalboard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velvetkevorkian Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Looking at the manual, I think you can only have one effect from each block at a time, so that would be a no, unless you can have 2 signal paths on at once; ie you could have filter and distortion on at the same time but not filter into distortion on the same channel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 [quote name='M4L666' post='483986' date='May 9 2009, 08:11 PM']Does the POD X3 work like a pedalboard? i.e, would I be able to string effects (stomps specifically) together? My Bass PODXT only lets me have 1 of each effect at a time. Or would I be better off buying an actual pedalboard?[/quote] As VK has described, you get the ability to drop a selection of 'effects' into the chain, but there are limitations. It's hard to explain.. but the manual is your best bet for getting an idea of what you can do. You can have an preamp/amp+cab sim, a 'stomb box' a 'modulation effect' and a 'delay' in the chain along with a Wah/volume pedal and compression/boost level. There is also a stereo effects loop available for other pedals. The stomp section includes a massive selection of distortions, filters, octave, synth, compressors etc. The modulation block has all manner of choruses, flange,phase and yet more filters. The delay block.. well.. fairly obvious is a massive selection of delays and echos from strereo multitaps to space tape echo! Ahh.. what else.. oh yeah.. the compression boost button allows you to either compress the signal, boost it or both.. handy for soloing etc. What makes the X3 pretty cool is that you have the ability to run two totally seperate stereo signals and run them as two totally seperate processors. Its up to you how you mix the signals at the output... or not as the case may be! That's only touching the surface of the X3, but I have already found that I havent missed the ability to arrange effects in every possible order on my ole TC Gforce. I guess ultimately it depends on what effects you want to use and what order and whether the X3 can do what you need. If you have any specific questions, there are a few of us on the board with X3's (Or X3 Live in my case) who will be able to help you more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velvetkevorkian Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Something I did wonder about- if you set it up as two separate channels (with separate ins and outs) could you run a lead from output 1-->input 2 to combine effects? Not sure how useful it would be, right enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archetype Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 you could run a lead. Levels might get a bit high though since it would probably be adding a bit at each stage. Also not sure if it would give a delay or not though! G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4L666 Posted May 11, 2009 Author Share Posted May 11, 2009 (edited) Could I run, say, 2 stomps in a row, into a modulation, and then 2 delays? And could I change the order of those? Edited May 12, 2009 by M4L666 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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