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MIDI Setup Guide: Controlling POD Farm 2
This chapter includes instructions for using your Line 6 UX2/UX8/KB37 to control POD Farm 2
when run in standalone operation, or to control POD Farm 2 Plug-In within your DAW software. It
is all pretty simple, thanks to the pre-configured MIDI assignments in the provided POD Farm 2 Tone
Presets and the nifty MIDI Learn functionality!
MIDI Device Setup
The first step is to configure your Line 6 POD Studio or TonePort MIDI settings. If you have not
already done so, we recommend that you read through the previous “MIDI Control Configuration”
chapter. Covered there is Line 6 MIDI Control Settings dialog where you can configure the specific
MIDI commands sent by each controller on your device. POD Farm 2 parameters can be accessed by
MIDI CC, Note-On and Pitch Bend commands. Additionally, navigation of POD Farm 2 Setlists
and their Tone Presets can be accessed via MIDI Bank and Program Change commands. There is not
a “POD Farm 2” preset available within the Line 6 MIDI Control Settings preset menu. However,
you can easily create custom mappings to access the numerous POD Farm 2 parameters by manually
entering MIDI settings into the MIDI Control Settings dialog.
Recommended MIDI Control Settings for POD Farm 2
Within the POD Farm 2 Plug-In or POD Farm 2 standalone application, you’ll find the “POD Farm
1+MIDI” titled Source Folder, which is filled with Tone Presets that include “pre-configured” MIDI
control assignments. To reference the existing MIDI assignments for any loaded Tone Preset, just look
in the POD Farm 2 MIDI Assignments View. The MIDI Assignments View’s “Event” column tells
you what command your MIDI controller needs to transmit to access each pre-configured assignment.
Please see the POD Farm Basic User Guide for details, available from the POD Farm Online Help
site.
The following table lists recommended MIDI settings for your UX2/UX8/KB37 device’s controllers.
These MIDI commands will access the “pre-configured” MIDI assignments within the POD Farm 2
Tone Presets. Just find the POD Farm 2 functions you’d like to trigger, then configure the “To MIDI
Out,” “MIDI CC/Action” and “Switch Mode”columns in the Line 6 MIDI Control Settings dialog as
shown in the following table for your device’s controllers.
POD Farm 2 Preset Function To MIDI Out MIDI CC/Action Switch Mode
“Stomp” effects (Distortions,
Dynamics, Filters) - On/Off
MIDI CC CC 012 Toggle
Mods - On/Off MIDI CC CC 013 Toggle
Delays - On/Off MIDI CC CC 014 Toggle
Reverbs - On/Off MIDI CC CC 015 Toggle
Wahs - On/Off
Bender effect - On/Off
MIDI CC CC 102 Toggle
Wahs - Adjusts Position knob
Bender - Adjusts Position knob
MIDI CC CC 011
POD Farm 2 pre-configured MIDI Assignments