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.
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'. 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.
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