Line 6 POD : Cubase Studio Module driver/mixermap and PC1600+ presets Gilbert Poliquin - 2000/03/06 ** Version 1.01 I. DESCRIPTION This package of utilities for Line 6's POD include: - a "device" (i.e. driver) allowing Cubase's Studio Module (PC) to interface with the Line 6 POD Amp Modeling Direct Box; - a (Cubase) mixermap, to control and automate POD's parameters; - a series of PC1600+ presets, to control POD's parameters. The above mixermap is designed to work as the graphic interface for these presets (i.e. move a fader or push a button and the corresponding fader, slider, knob or button will move on the screen. Of course, they can be used separately, if you prefer. II. WHAT's NEW - Modified the (standard) mixermap and added an alternate version; - Package now includes PC1600+ presets. III. CONTENTS This archive contains the following files: - POD.DEV: the driver for Line 6's POD; - POD.d: the source file for the driver; - Factory Presets.pod: a Studio Module Bank containing all 36 factory Presets; - POD.mix: the associated Mixermap (v. 1.01); - POD stereo delay.mix: an alternate mixermap (see note below); - POD A - Preamp.syx: | **** - POD B - Effects.syx: | 3 PC1600+ presets for Line 6's POD; - POD C - Delay+Reverb.syx: | **** - POD A - Preamp.doc: | 3 Word97 colour charts showing what the - POD B - Effects.doc | various buttons and faders do in each - POD C - Delay+Reverb.doc | preset. - POD.rtf: the same information as in the above WORD97 charts, but in a different format; - Line 6 POD Readme.txt: this text file. IV. INSTALLATION 1. Studio Module driver: Please refer to your Cubase manual; 2. Mixermap: Please refer to your Cubase manual; do not forget to properly set the output device and corresponding MIDI channel! 3. PC1600+ presets: set your PC1600+ MIDI channels to 01 for sysex dump. V. NOTES A. Studio Module: 1. You can rename Presets by Alt-clicking on the name of the relevant Preset. Just remember to update the contents of POD's internal memory by Ctrl-Clicking on the name afterwards. 2. Use the "Auxilliary" Bank to reorganize Banks and load individual Presets into locations of your choice: just click on the name of the patch you want to use and, within the next 4 seconds, press "save" on tho POD panel. You can then choose the location where the received Preset should be stored before pressing "save" a second time to commit the Preset to memory. B. Mixermaps: 1. The associated Mixermaps allow you to edit POD's parameters, even those not accessible from the unit itself, as you would in the Editor which came with POD. However, not only can you do it directly from within CUBASE, but you can now automate parameter changes (for example, try turning up the Drive fader during a solo). Alternately, you can take snaphots of your edits and save your creations with Studio Module. 2. The remote controllers use the same CC as the objects (fader, knob, button, etc.) that they control. This was done so that, when using the included PC1600x presets, the objects on the screen will move in tandem with the associated fader or button on the PC1600x. Remember to set the "MIDI to all" function in the mixermap's drop-down menu. 3. The order in wich the effects appear is (now) correct even though the same seems to have been set at random and does not mirror the order of the effects shown on the POD unit itself. 4. The alternate mixermap contains the Mono/Stereo switch and the right-channel knobs and faders which, according to LINE 6 documentation and MIDI CC/sysex charts, should allow POD's delay effect to operate in stereo. Unfortunately, this feature does not seem to be supported in my version (1.4) of POD's operating system. I suspect that the second delay line is used instead to allow changing presets without having the new preset abruptly cut the delay in the previous one. C. PC1600x Presets: 1. When using the included Cubase mixermap, the objects on the screen will move in tandem with the associated fader or button on the PC1600x, making the mixermap act as a kind of graphical interface for the fader box. 2. The presets were designed to follow the same signal flow as a real amp, with mic'd speakers and effects applied at the console. With this in mind, the wah-wah and volume pedals were placed before the Amp model selection. 3. The wah-wah (Preset A - fader 1) and volume (Preset A - fader 4) pedal effects can be controlled with pedals plugged into CV1 (CV1:CC4) and CV2 (CV2:CC7), respectively. This works in all 3 presets. 4. In all presets, fader 13 controls the level of the Reverb while button 13 turns the Reverb effect on and off. 5. Preset C includes a Mono/Stereo switch (button 4) and 4 controllers (faders 4 ~ 8) designed to operate POD's dual delay lines in sereo, the whole in accordance to LINE 6's documentation and MIDI CC/sysex charts. Also, faders 9 ~ 11 were intended as master faders to control certain parameters (time, feedback and level) in both channels at once. Unfortunately, this feature (stereo delay lines) does not seem to be supported in my version (1.4) of POD's operating system. As a result, faders 4 ~ 8 and button 4 currently have no effect on POD, while faders 9 ~ 11 are best left alone as they act as masters to faders 1, 3 and 4, only. VI. HISTORY Version 1.01 Added PC1600+ presets and corresponding charts; Included an alternate version of the mixermap; Slightly changed the appearance of the original mixermap; Corrected the order in which the effects appeared in the original mixermap; Corrected the CC value for the Reverb Level fader in the original mixermap. Version 1.0 First release (Cubase Studio Module driver and Mixermap). VII. FINAL All comments are welcome. Have fun, Gilbert Poliquin gilbert_poliquin@hotmail.com 2000/03/06