Line 6 POD Farm UX1 - Manual (Page 156)

POD Farm 1.01 – Glossary (What Is...?)
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Amp Bypass Button Amp Model Menu
Cabinet Model Menu Room (Early Reflections) Value Mic Model Menu Cab View
These controls are covered in detail in the Panel View section.
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What is ASIO ® ?
ASIO ® is a protocol for computer audio that allows audio software to communicate with audio
hardware. It is a feature available on many recording programs, which use ASIO ® to communicate
with a sound card or other audio device. Line 6 POD Studio, TonePort, GuitarPort, POD X3 and
PODxt devices all come with ASIO ® drivers for Windows ® - these drivers are installed when you run
the POD Farm application installer, or can be downloaded individually from the Line 6 Support -
Software Downloads page.
ASIO ® was designed with the assumption that a single sound card would provide input and output
to your audio software application. When you choose set your audio software to use the ASIO driver
for your Line 6 device, it will act as that single sound card. Your guitar (or whatever you are plugging
into your Line 6 hardware’s input) will feed into your computer through your Line 6 hardware, and
your audio software will play back through this hardware’s outputs, and not through other sound cards’
outputs on your computer.
ASIO ® also provides better performance on Windows ® systems since it allows the input signal that is
fed into the sound card travel through the computer, your audio software, and back out the sound card
outputs in a very short amount of time. This is what is referred to as “low latency” operation. Please see
your Windows ® recording program’s instructions for details on ASIO ® operation.
Note - Line 6 hardware utilizes ASIO ® drivers for Windows ® systems only. For Mac ® computers,
Line 6 hardware uses the Core Audio driver, which also offers low latency operation, and is the
driver format compatible with most popular Mac ® audio software.
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What is BPM?
BPM stands for “Beats Per Minute”, which is the common unit of measure for musical tempo. POD
Farm offers a BPM option which allows you to enter in a specific tempo for Delay and Modulation
effects to optionally “sync” to, thus allowing your echo repeats and swishy chorus or flanger be in time