Features
The desktop-friendly Line 6 POD X3 represents the exciting evolution of the classic bean-shaped digital guitar amp modeller, with an expanded array of 78 guitar amps, from high-wattage heavyweights to boutique beauties and vintage treasures.
Guitar amp models are just the beginning: With 24 guitar cabs, 98 stompbox and studio effects, 28 bass amps, 22 bass cabs and six vocal preamps - POD X3 comes complete with the all-around sonic firepower of a top-tier major-label studio, ready to tackle guitar, bass vocals and beyond. What’s more, its larger LCD and smart new editing workflow pages make it easier than ever to find, tweak and save tones.
POD X3 also offers powerful new Dual Tone processing and routing options. Split your single-input guitar or bass signal through two different amp and effect chains simultaneously to create gorgeous new hybrids, or use the dual inputs on POD X3 to individually process two instruments - a microphone and a guitar, for example - at the same time. Whether you’re playing through a P.A., amp or recording rig, plug your microphone into the XLR input on the POD X3 to make vocals and acoustic guitars sound their absolute best.
Computer recording enthusiasts will want to exploit the USB 2.0 connectivity provided by POD X3 for multi-channel recording as well as its S/PDIF Stereo Digital Audio Output for sending an ultra-clean signal to their DAW. While commanding the studio with the classically styled POD X3, you’ll be outfitted with even more of the flexibility and timeless tones that have made POD the global standard for the discriminating guitarist.
Quite simply, there has never been an amp modeller with this much sheer firepower. The awesome amp arsenal in POD X3 boasts a whopping 78 guitar amps and 24 guitar cabinets, from boutique beauties to screaming monsters, along with 28 bass amp models and 22 bass cabinet models. With the new POD X3 Dual Tone processing, you can double your trouble by running through two amp rigs simultaneously, pairing any of the rumbling amp models in POD X3 for new and adventurous hybrids. And, the POD X3 uses Line 6's A.I.R. II microphone modelling to give you four mic options (with control of mic positioning and room bleed) for every single cab. Here’s what you get:
Guitar Amplifier Models based on:
1. "Wide panel" Fender Deluxe Reverb
2. Fender Bassman
3. Fender Deluxe Reverb
4. Vox AC-30
5. Marshall Super Lead
6. Marshall Super Lead ("jumped" channels)
7. Roland JC-120
8. Marshall JCM-800
9. Soldano SLO-100
10. Mesa/Boogie Dual Rectifier
11. Marshall 1974X (18W Reissue)
12. Orange AD30TC
13. L6 Treadplate
14. L6 Chemical X
15. L6 Insane
16. L6 Piezacoustic 2
17. L6 Spinal Puppet
18. L6 Tube Instrument Preamp
19. Bogner Uberschall
20. Cornford mk50h
21. Diezel VH4-Lead
22. Diezel Herbert
23. ENGL Powerball
24. Marshall Silver Jubilee
25. Marshall JCM-900-Clean
26. Marshall JCM-900-Dist
27. Marshall JCM-2000
28. Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier
29. Peavey 5150 II
30. Bogner Ecstasy
31. Diezel VH4-Crunch
32. Fender Vibroverb
33. Fender Dual Showman Head
34. Marshall JMP-1
35. Vox AC-15
36. Mesa/Boogie Mark IIc+
37. Fender Bassman Head
38. Gretsch 6156
39. Fender Mini Twin Reverb
40. Gibson GA-18 Explorer
41. Marshall Super Bass
42. Marshall Major
43. Silvertone Twin Twelve
44. Supro Thunderbolt
45 . Vox Fawn Non-Top Boost AC30
46. Dumble Clean
47. Soldano SP88
48. Marshall JCM 2000
49. Marshall Super Lead Variac
50. Matchless DC-30
51. Blackface Fender Twin Reverb
52. Marshall "Block Logo" JTM-45 head
53. Matchless Chieftain
54. Supro S6616
55. Fender Tweed Champ
56. Hiwatt DR-103
57. L6 Big Bottom
58. L6 Fuzz
59. L6 Octone
60. L6 Smash
61. L6 Sparkle Clean
62. L6 Throttle
63. L6 Clean
64. L6 Mood
65. L6 Agro
66. L6 Class A
67. L6 Variax Acoustic
68. L6 JTS 45
69. L6 Lunatic
70. L6 Bayou
71. L6 Crunch
72. L6 Purge
73. L6 Sparkle
74. L6 Super Clean
75. L6 SuperSpark
76. L6 Twang
77. L6 Chunk Chunk
78. Budda Twinmaster 2x12 Combo
Try to picture this: a pedal board that’s 30-feet long, with close to a hundred of the all-time greatest stompboxes (in pristine condition!), along with an effects rack that houses top-notch outboard compressors, reverbs, EQs and vintage preamps. And imagine that you could play and record through this über-board with no noise at all, only one power supply and only a couple of knobs and switches to control the entire thing.
That’s what you get with POD X3: 98 stompbox and studio effect models, the most mammoth collection of tones and timbres ever assembled. You can quickly create a custom effect path with up to nine simultaneous effects, and with POD X3 Dual Tone processing, you can even run through two completely independent effects chains at the same time, to create totally original (and insane!) walls of sound. POD X3 includes:
- Stomp: Fuzz, Distortion, Overdrive and every flavor of delicious dirt.
- Mod: Chorus, Flanger, Tremolo, Rotary, Phaser; some serious swoosh.
- Delay: Multiple types of Analog, Digital, Tape and other echoes
- Reverb: Multiple types of Room, Hall, Chamber, Plate, Spring and more.
- Beyond: Compressors, Gate, 4-Band Semi-Parametric EQ, Guitar Synth, Filters, Wah and the entire galaxy of otherworldly timbre tweakers.
Stompbox and Studio Effect Models based on:
1. Teletronics LA-2A
2. EP-1 Tube Echoplex
3. Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man
4. Uni-Vibe
5. MXR Phase 90
6. Fender Deluxe Reverb Tremolo
7. Leslie 145
8. Arbiter Fuzz Face
9. Ibanez Tube Screamer
10. Big Muff Pi
11. ProCo Rat
12. Maestro Bass Brassmaster
13. Sans Amp Bass Driver
14. Arbiter Cry Baby
15. L6 Vetta Comp
16. L6 Sub Octaves
17. L6 Slap Plate Reverb
18. L6 Male De-Esser
19. L6 Female De-Esser
20. L6 Vetta Wah
21. L6 Digital Delay
22. L6 Six band semi-parametric EQ
23. L6 Flanger
24. L6 Sine Chorus
25. L6 Noise Gate
26. L6 Standard Spring Reverb
27. L6 Brite Room Reverb
28. L6 Medium Hall Reverb
29. L6 Cavernous Reverb
30. L6 Bender pitch effect
31. Boss CS-1 Compressor (treble switch)
32. Tycobrahe Octavia
33. Binson EchoRec
34. Maestro EP-3 Echoplex
35. Boss DM2 Analog Delay
36. Roland RE-101 Space Echo
37. Square CE-1 Chorus
38. A/DA Flanger
39. Boss CS-1 Compressor
40. MXR Dyna Comp
41. Vox V847 Wah
42. Custom Vox V847 Wah
43. Colorsound Wah-Fuzz
44. Maestro Boomerang Wah
45. Cry Baby Super - Jen Electronics
46. RMC Real McCoy 1 Wah
47. Mu-Tron III Down
48. Moog and ARP style synth filters
49. Moog Lead
50. ARP Solina / Elka Strings
51. Boss Metal Zone MT-2
52. Chandler Tube Driver
53. Fender Vibratone
54. L6 Sweep Echo
55. L6 Reverse Delay
56. L6 Stereo Delay
57. L6 Ping Pong Delay
58. L6 Small Room
59. L6 Lux Spring
60. L6 Auto Swell
61. L6 Auto Pan
62. L6 Large Hall
63. L6 Vintage Plate
64. 64 Mu-Tron III
65. 1960 Vox AC15 Tremolo
66. L6 Tiled Room
67. L6 Rich Chamber
68. L6 Large Plate
69. Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble
70. L6 King Spring
71. L6 Dark Hall
72. L6 Chamber
73. Boss Metal Zone
74. L6 Vetta Juice
75. L6 Boost & EQ
76. L6 Clean Sweep
77. L6 Seizmik Synth
78. L6 Double Bass
79. L6 Buzz Wave
80. L6 Rez Synth
81. L6 Saturn 5 Ring Mod
82. L6 Synth FX
83. L6 Synth Harmony
84. L6 Squarge Chorus
85. L6 Expo Chorus
86. L6 Random Chorus
87. L6 Square Flange
88. L6 Expo Flange
89. L6 Lumpy Phase
90. L6 Hi-Talk
91. L6 Sweeper
92. L6 POD Purple X
93. L6 Random Sample and Hold
94. L6 Tape Eater
95. L6 Warble-matic
96. L6 Low Rez Delay
97. L6 Phaze Eko
98. L6 Bubble Eko
POD X3 might just be the ultimate secret weapon for bassists, singers and songwriters too. Bass players can combine any of the 28 badass bass amp and 22 bass cab models with any one of its killer studio-grade mic preamps, high-end compressors and super-cool stompboxes. Better yet, why not use Dual Tone processing to run up to nine of those stompboxes and studio processors on each of your two simultaneous bass rigs . . . in stereo! Now that’s lowdown and dirty. . .
Singers can run their studio microphone into the XLR input and take advantage of the warm and rich suite of mic preamp and compressor models provided by POD X3. Adding a touch of top-quality vintage spring or digital reverb will put that professional touch on all your best songs.
Perform live using POD X3 Dual Tone processing to turn your POD X3 into both a vocal processor/preamp (via XLR input) and a guitar amp modeler/effector (via 1/4-inch input), and simply send a single stereo pair to the house as you sing and play your sensitive heart out! While you’re at it, why not a route a drum machine or sampler to the Auxiliary input for a little backing beat?
Bass Amplifier Models based on:
1. Ampeg SVT
2. Ampeg B-15A
3. Eden Traveler WT-300
4. Fender Bassman head
5. Gallien Kruger 800RB
6. Hiwatt DR-103
7. Hiwatt 200DR
8. Fender Dual Showman
9. Fender Bassman Combo
10. Mesa/Boogie Bass 400+
11. Polytone Minibrute
12. Sunn Coliseum
13. SWR SM-500
14. Versatone Pan-O-Flex
15. Vox AC-100
16. Marshall Major
17. Marshall Plexi Super Bass
18. Acoustic 360
19. Aguilar DB750
20. Alembic F-2B
21. L6 Tube Bass Preamp
22. L6 Classic Jazz
23. L6 Brit Invader
24. L6 Super Thor
25. L6 Frankenstein
26. L6 Ebony Lux
27. L6 Doppelganger
28. L6 Sub Dub
Vintage and Modern Preamp Models based on:
1. API 512c with API 550b EQ
2. Neve 1073
3. Avalon Vt737
4. Requisite Y7
5. L6 Solid State Console
6. L6 Lo-Fi
POD X3 is also a USB 2.0-based multi-channel digital recording interface, boasting top-tier specs like 24-bit studio-quality A/D and D/A converters and 32-bit floating point processing for sharp, clear audio imaging.
Its 1/4-inch and XLR inputs can be used to simultaneously record two individual instruments or microphones to separate tracks in your DAW, each in stereo and each with the option of recording a dry or processed signal. POD X3 also includes a S/PDIF Stereo Digital Audio output for recording direct to pro applications like Pro Tools, Logic Studio and others.
Tired of overtaxing your computer’s CPU for effect processing chores? Let POD X3 onboard, real-time processor tackle those tasks instead, alleviating the load on your computer and virtually eliminating annoying latency issues.
