Pod Farm vs Gearbox

[Sean in Silence]

any major differences between the two?
If not I'll continue using gearbox as it uses a hell of a lot less cpu than pod farm
haha
Thanks

 

[HandsOfDespair]

Dont think there is any sound differences between them, except that you can blend 2 amps in pod farm. But I prefer gearbox interface a lot.

 

[brianhood]

seems like it pod farm would be better if you decided you wanted to change the tone after recording, as you're not stuck with what you recorded with. Even if you record with a DI, it's a pain to reamp after you've done all the editing.

 

[Sean in Silence]

Gearbox is the same sort of reamping plugin as pod farm
It just doesn't look as good
haha
As far as I know, Pod Farm is basically the new Gearbox
but I'm not sure if there is a noticeable difference in sound quality between the two
I love having the option to change the amp settings or the entire amp post tracking though!
It makes things sooooo much easier
lo

 

[Erkan]

I have no experience with Line 6 stuff, don't own any hardware or so but I thought Gearbox was the cheap version while Pod Farm is like all Pod hardwares combined into a software package? I heard Pod Farm has the same sounds and stuff which you can get in POD XT and whatever people use these days. Sounds like a pretty cool investment if that's the case, but I wonder how much it costs.

 

[jipchen]

You can't use the GearBox as a plug-in (without paying extra, but that would be the pod farm) and it has less amps. I think thats the only difference.

 

[Sean in Silence]

I have a pod x3 live
so I automatically get all of the amps no matter what plugin I use
I bought the gearbox plugin in September I think and then right after that they came out with Pod Farm
so I now own both
Thanks for all of the responses!

 

[netbob]

I have been debating the value of getting POD Farm for recording.
I currently have an POD XT Live and Gearbox.
Let me see if I have this right:
I know that POD Farm is a version up of GearBox with a better interface.
What would POD Farm get me that I don't already have?
Thanks in advance for the n00b question.
Nb

 

[HandsOfDespair]

I have been debating the value of getting POD Farm for recording.
I currently have an POD XT Live and Gearbox.
Let me see if I have this right:
I know that POD Farm is a version up of GearBox with a better interface.
What would POD Farm get me that I don't already have?
Thanks in advance for the n00b question.
Nb

Nothing except the capability of blending 2 amps.

 

[Harry Hughes]

I have been debating the value of getting POD Farm for recording.
I currently have an POD XT Live and Gearbox.
Let me see if I have this right:
I know that POD Farm is a version up of GearBox with a better interface.
What would POD Farm get me that I don't already have?
Thanks in advance for the n00b question.
Nb

Hate to be pedantic, but Gearbox nor POD Farm are interfaces.
The POD XT Live would be the interface in this situation. A recording interface is a physical piece of *hardware*, not software on a computer.
That said, yes the dual tone thing sounds much better IMO.
If you want to play live with a POD, it's worth upgrading to the X3 Live. After hearing the dual tone feature, I cannot go back to the older PODs, it really beefs up your rhythm tone for practicing outside of a computer, rehearsing or playing live or whatever.

 

[Jevil]

Do both of these plugins sound like the PodXT or not?
Are they free for Pod users?

 

[Instant_Noodles]

Do both of these plugins sound like the PodXT or not?
Are they free for Pod users?

POD Farm is free for:
- POD X3 Users
- Gearbox Users (Toneport, POD Studio.... or PODxt Users who bought Gearbox plugin)

 

[Harry Hughes]

Do both of these plugins sound like the PodXT or not?
Are they free for Pod users?

It is the Line 6 POD XT or X3 sounds, yes.