All POD's are mono - FYI

Paul Osbty · Post by **Paul Osbty** » 19 Mar 2003 9:13 am

While dealing with an earlier issue with my POD 1.0/2.0 I found another issue. All POD's are mono.

The outputs are labeled stereo and do have a Left and Right signal. But, it is not stereo. Dual-mono would be a better description. I removed one output that went to my mixing board and panned it to the center. The guitarist never knew and I noticed no difference. Notice that in the control software (Sound Diver) and on the unit themselves (all POD's) there is no balance control.

If someone knows otherwise I would be interested in hearing about it. You may soon see a POD, with footswitch, in the For Sale listings!

I had encountered a frequency response issue with my POD (1.0 and 2.0). I discussed this here:
http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum11/HTML/003537.html

Joey Ace · Post by **Joey Ace** » 19 Mar 2003 9:41 am

Their web site says it's Stereo.

Maybe they're only talking about the effects, such as Delay and Chorus.

Paul Osbty · Post by **Paul Osbty** » 19 Mar 2003 9:49 am

Yes, it does say that. But, "stereo" has been as flexible a term as much as "digital".

Like I say, dual-mono is more descriptive. There are no stereo controls and each signal sounds the same.

Larry Bell · Post by **Larry Bell** » 19 Mar 2003 11:48 am

There's only one input, so any stereo is 'synthesized'. I agree that the definition of stereo is somewhat subjective. Two output channels is enough for some and I suspect that's Line6's approach. Most guitar fx are like that and, unless you have a stereo pickup to start with, it doesn't really matter much.

I don't use my POD much anymore, but I thought I'd heard a different signal ('stereo'?) in fx like the stereo delay and chorus.
Onstage, it doesn't really matter much (IMHO) anyway. It all sounds the same out front unless you are going exclusively through the board and sending one channel to one side and the other channel (with a different signal) to the other. It all just kinda melds into the sound of the ensemble, which IS stereo. I feel that the overall sound of the band, in a live situation, is the most important outcome and using a steel amp on one side, a guitar amp on the other, and a bass amp and drums somewhere in the middle produces what I call REAL STEREO -- not the PERCEPTION of things being at different right/left positions, but them actually BEING THERE. I usually settle for that. It's one problem I have in micing everything. But that's just me.

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Timmy Witt · Post by **Timmy Witt** » 28 Mar 2003 9:57 pm

The effects are stereo, chorus, delay, some of the reverbs. alot of the editing has to be done via a computer.
tim

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