Line 6 Bass POD xt Live User Manual - MIDI Manuals

MIDI • MIDI BasicsPODXT Live’s MIDI channel, press the OUTPUT MODE/SYSTEM button (which willlight up). Use the Select knob to find the MIDI page that looks like this:Channel—Press the button under CHANL and start spinning the EFFECT TWEAKknob to change the MIDI Channel. You can choose channels 1 thru 16, or OMNI—this means Bass PODXT Live will ‘listen’ on all MIDI channels, which is fine if it’syour only connected MIDI device. Bass PODXT Live always accepts SysEx data onany channel, so if you are only working with Sysex data, this channel setting is onlyimportant to determine what channel your Bass PODXT Live will send on.7• 2Program Change—Bass PODXT Live allows you to process incoming MIDIProgram Change messages (PGM ON), ignore these messages (PGM OFF), or pass thereceived program change regardless of the MIDI Output setting (PGM ECHO).Output—Bass PODXT Live’s MIDI Out generally sends out the MIDI messagesgenerated by your Bass PODXT Live when this parameter is set to OUT. You also havethe option of changing it to act as a MIDI Thru. When you choose THRU for theOUTPUT, Bass PODXT Live will not generate any outgoing MIDI messages. Instead,it will take whatever comes in at its MIDI In and send it straight “thru” to the MIDIOut so you can get this same info to some other MIDI device. Note that in Thrumode, the MIDI Out simply passes on what’s received at its MIDI In; it does notcombine Bass PODXT Live MIDI messages with this incoming MIDI data.Variax—See page 3•2 to learn more about using your Bass PODXT Live with Line6’s unique Variax line of Digital Modeling Basses and Guitars, each of which providesthe sounds of a whole collection of basses or guitars in a single, quality instrument.