People have really been wanting a patch list for the new Line 6 POD X3 and no one has done it yet, so I figured I would take ten minutes and make one. Patches marked with (blend) are dual tones designed to work on a single input. Patches marked as (pair) are designed to work on dual inputs, usually guitar and vocal, but this should be pretty clear based on the patch names. Patches that are pairs will have both tone names listed, separated by a / (slash). Without further ado, here are the patches in the Blends and Pairs folders:
- Folder: Blends
- 1 Jazz Jazz – L6 Clean / L6 Super Clean
- 2 Darkness Jazz – Jazz Clean / L6 Boutique 1
- 3 Clean Plexolay – L6 Super Clean / L6 Sparkle Clean
- 4 Acousticky – L6 Variax Acous / L6 Piezo 2
- 5 Ryan Twang – Blackface Vibro / Silver Twelve
- 6 Ac Twang – Class A15 / Class A30 TB
- 7 Bf Slappage – Blackface Lux / Double Show
- 8 Stereo 4 Swell – L6 Twang / Match Chief
- 9 Dominoes – L6 Variax Acous / Match Chief
- 10 Blown Up Blues – Gibtone Expo / L6 JTS-45
- 11 Texass – Tweed B-man / Silverface Bass
- 12 Two Tone Blues – Two Tone / L6 JTS-45
- 13 Brit Chomp – Brit Plexi Bass / Hiway 100
- 14 Fatt Cronch – L6 Purge / Bomber XTC
- 15 Chorus Chunk – Cali Crunch / Deity Crunch
- 16 Dark n Fuzzy – Plexi Lead 100 / Plexi Bass 100
- 17 Stompin Metal – L6 Big Bottom / Connor 50
- 18 UK Horns – L6 Smash / Brit J-800
- 19 Solo Screamin’ – L6 Treadplate / Brit Gain Silver J
- 20 Tremometal – L6 Treadplate / Brit JM Pre
- 21 Extreme Gate – Criminal / L6 Insane
- 22 Evil Mids – L6 Insane / L6 Octone
- 23 Megafuzz – Plexi Variac / L6 Agro
- 24 Gargull – L6 Lunatic / Solo 100
- 25 Twang n Crunch – Zen Master / L6 Super Sparkle
- 26 Neil Down – Silverface Bass /L6 Chunk Chunk
- 27 Spacey Phase – L6 Clean / L6 Clean
- 28 Vapor Trails – Zen Master / Zen Master
- 29 WholeNote Hold – L6 Octone / L6 Fuzz
- 30 PushComesToShove – Solo 100 / L6 Modern Hi Gain
- Folder: Pairs
- 1 Jazz Clean / DDL Voc – Jazz Clean / Console
- 2 Piezo Rock Strum / Verb Voc – Am. Classic / Console
- 3 Jangle / Slap Voc – L6 Sparkle / Console
- 4 Piezo FingerPick / Comp Voc – L6 Tube Preamp / Console
- 5 Term Twang / Vintage Voc – Blackface Vibro / Vintage UK
- 6 Fab Classic / Fab Voc – Class A30 TB / Vintage UK
- 7 Country Fried / Country Voc – Double Show / Console
- 8 Spank Chorus / Mod Voc – L6 Super Sparkle / Modern
- 9 Tweedle / Echo Voc – Sm. Tweed / Console
- 10 Blues Breakin’ / Blues Voc – Plexi 45 / Vintage UK
- 11 Travelin’ / Travelin’ Voc – L6 Bayou / Console
- 12 Double Rotor / Double Rotor Voc – Two Tone / Console
- 13 Plexish / Verb Voc – Plexi Lead 100 / Console
- 14 Limelight / Limelight Voc – Hiway 100 / Vintage UK
- 15 Heavy Crunch / Dly Voc – L6 Purge / Modern
- 16 Chunky Verb / Verb Voc – Cali Crunch / Console
- 17 Destruction / Verb Voc – L6 Big Bottom / Console
- 18 UK Machine / UK Machine Voc – Brit J-800 / Vintage UK
- 19 Lead Solo / Lead Voc – Deity’s Son / Modern
- 20 Double Grunge / Grunge Voc – Brit Plexi Bass 100 / Vintage UK
- 21 Phasey Flangey / Phasey Voc – L6 Insane / Modern
- 22 Sweepy OctoTrem / Sweepy Voc – L6 Spinal Puppet / Console
- 23 Echo Echo / Echo Echo Voc – Criminal / Console
- 24 Seaweed / Seaweed Voc – Solo 100 / Vintage UK
- 25 J Bass / Verb Voc – L6 Classic Jazz / Modern
- 26 Tube Bass / Smooth Voc – L6 Tube Preamp / Modern
- 27 Fab Bass / Fab Voc – Brit Class A100 / Vintage UK
- 28 Auto Wah Bass / Warm Voc – L6 Sub Dub / Vintage
- 29 Grizz Bass / Grizz Voc – L6 Brit Invader / Vintage
- 30 Darkside Bass / Darkside Voc – L6 Frankenstein / Flip Top
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8 replies on “Line 6 POD X3 Live: Blends and Pairs Patch Lists”
How do I download the new patches for the X3 Live and how do you load them without being able to use Gearbox?
Thanks
These aren’t “new” patches for your X3. They are the patches built right in to the unit as it ships from the factory! While on the “HOME” page (press the HOME button once) you will see a folder on the lower left corner of the screen. Spin the first of the four multi-function knobs to scroll through the different folders. You should be able to see all the built in presets!
I actually just figured that out. Hey, it’s nice to hear from you! I got one of the first PODs in Seattle and nobody at any of the music stores knew how to get it towork on my Mac. I spent a lot of time with Line6 Tech who was great. I found Malhavok and a new world opened up. My wife and I have Blues band and your tones were great for covers. Are you still in Eugene? We’re in Hood River now. I swiched to the X2 Live and she’s at Apple Music picking up my new X3 right now. W/o GearBox how do you I put patches on the X3?
Right on, man! Yeah, I’m still down here in Eugene (Springfield actually, but pretty much the same thing). She’s just getting your X3 now? Awesome man, you are going to LOVE this thing! The Apple music row sure is fun to go down and look now and then but they still got the same crusty, unfriendly sales folk they’ve had in there for seventeen years! Sometimes when I go in there I wonder if the place is just a front for some illegal activities because they act like they don’t want to have me in the shop, let alone sell me any gear!
Without GearBox you can only put patches in manually, or by using the bundle backup/restore in Line 6 Monkey. I’m going to try to find time soon to write an article about using that process effectively. Word on the street is we will see GearBox for X3 around Q1 2008.
Try Toby ay Apple, he’s taken good care of us and mention my name. With their location they get some crusty drop in’s. That might effect their attitude.
I got error messages when I tried using Monkey to do a restore with my X2 Live. It said the line was in use. I’ve done 100’s of live performances with my trusty orignal POD with early Malhavok patches in fact another last weekend but I’m looking forard to running my harp mike through the X3. Do you have any suggestions for the Little Walter, small overdriven miked amp sound, for the harp from their presets?
Sorry, I haven’t ever done any harp miking so I don’t have any good suggestions! What I usually do when creating tones for the site is to do some research into what kind of gear, effects, and signal chain the original artist used. Maybe you can hit Google a bit and see what kinds of amps some of your favorite harp players have used with that mic.
Good suggestion. Are you going to do a Patch List for the X3 LIVE?
The X3 and X3 Live have the same preset patches, so this list is actually double duty for both units.