I've been the happy owner of X3 LIVE since 2008, and I never needed any other effects ever since. In my humble opinion the X3 is still so capable today as it was twelve years ago. Considering the differences in sound, time, technology, and the price gap between the two models I don't see any justification to upgrade to the newer one.
@@UditKondalMDMPH It's difficult to find X3 LIVE presets online because it's too old. You need to be lucky. However, you can be creative by reproducing the built-in presets manually by copying the settings of each preset and experimenting with them. This teaches you so much about the capabilities of your device. This is what I did!
Jeff Bateman I actually use my PODxt due to the “inferior” sound quality at times. As audio equipment gets better and better I think some of the noise from old gear is going away. I like a hybrid vintage/modern tone that is not so clean that its surgical and not so vintage it loses all its tightness. I add tape hiss clips to my recording demos now too lol.
I have three X3 live pedal boards (please don't ask me why). This pedalboard is simply wonderful, easy and fun to use, especially with his dedicated software on a big pc screen. The sounds are more than great even when playing on a ugly cheap guitar. Remember all sounds are good and all sounds are bad. It's not the price you pay that makes the sound great. The construction and parts used may be "better", but that's about it. Shape and colors are just a selling thing. If you ever opened an fx rack, pedalboard or small fx pedal you'll see there is nothing but a print, some capacitors, pots and an on/off switch in it. And a fancy colored led. People are looking for the newest technology spending tons of cash in order to have that vintage sound. Well, you will never be able to have that perfect Hendrix sound, never! You might get a similar hendrix sound. If you want THAT sound you have to have his amp, his guitar, his pedals, his cables, his pick, his his his.... oh yeah, you have to have HIM to play it for ya. No machine will ever emulate the original sound (mostly remixed by a sound engineer) not to mention on what amp, home speakers, pc speakers or car speakers you listen to it. We are living in a clone era. Get yourself a pedalboard, rack or normal fx pedals, stick with it and start having fun. Don't throw away your money in "updated" boxes. People want to hear YOUR sound, not THAT sound from you.
I have read many comments related to this topic of pedals, but your comment is by far the best I have read, the most real, the most accurate. I completely agree with you.
I think its about how much perfectionist you are and how good you want YOUR sound to be. In my case I have been trough a lot of amps (Marshalls, Roland, KMD, Egnater, Fender ) and know how these amps sounds. But due to space limitations I had to sell a lot of them and now I'm focused to get some of these amps sounds on Modellling amps devices. It been in software version (Guitar Rig) or hardware wise (POD X3, POD XT, AMPLI 150). Yes it's about having fun but again it's also about how good you want your sound to be. One will just prefer to take a factory preset and knock himself out and the one will spend hours dialing in on that perfect spot. That can be "having fun" too. New technology has always been a marked as the bastard child, but thankfully history has shown us otherwise.Now a days they use samples of bands who made their music with the new technology of that time. Musical talent guitar abilities will get you far but combined with the spirit of embracing new technology can be a winner. A musical sound is not related to no instrument or device , its wat you create and get out it.One love !!
haha I too have three x3 Live boards. Used one live for over a decade and toured locally and internationally with it. No issues from In house mixers saying "Use a real amp,Bro!" haha but I still have a Marshall Jcm800. A mate sold me his X3 for $100 and that lives at home in studio setup and I have a spare from an old bass player as a back up. Only issues I had over the yrs was a few buttons getting stuck and the springs falling inside unit.Not fun to open unit to find it lol. Been thinking of a Helix maybe in a FOMO(Fear of missing out) with new tones and people saying Kemper,Fractal,Neural Dsp blah blah. I still think the X3 has so much more to still offer and explore. I use same tones live as I do at home with recording. I still think "Don't fix it if it aint broke".👍
Great comparison video...in a blind test the pod x3 sounded better and definitely NOT A $2000 DIFFERENCE but i know the helix could do more...the real test here is the helix using 3rd party cabs while the pod x3 using 3rd party impulses through a mooer radar...
I had a POD HD 300 and a POD HD 500X, and before those, I had an XT Live (I think the XT Live sounds similar to the X3). I sold both HDs and repurchased the XT Live because I couldn’t achieve the XT's nice, superior sound, and I don’t mind that it’s much older. When I used the HDs for mixing, they always behaved in a strange way, whereas I could work easily with the XT Live. Moreover, when I was just playing around, I was always tweaking the HDs, whereas with the XT Live, I could just forget everything and enjoy playing with the device.
Is there a pedalboard mode in the X3 Live? Like can you use each A B C D button to turn an effect on or off and function as some sort of a pedal (like an HD500x does) ?
Damn i have The x3 live and i really loves his sound...is more warm and analogic......is a more Natural simulation. Well...The price is a very important factor
Ya llevo un rato usando la x3 live con la que he tocado en vivo varias veces y en verdad es impresionante!! Tampoco tengo el dinero para una helix, pero creanme que no les envidio nada :) el modo dual tone de la x3 live me permite tener un total de 8 presets o 4 mezclados ;) o bien permite usar un bajo con su propia cadena de amplificación y emulacion :) ademas a todo eso puedes poner un microfono por la entrada balanceada para microfono y enviar todo junto y bien seteado a la mixer :D es fantastica. Obviamente tiene control midi y asi puedes simplemente programar los cambios de preset para los dos instrumentos y agregar EQ o efectos a la voz. Sinceramente es una maquina asombrosa y muy muy util, jamas me deshare de ella aunque tuviera una fantastica helix.... Aunque en dado caso preferiria una kemper antes que esa helix la verdad
@@oscarborbonhernandez7135 ah huevo, en facebook soy Cristian Rojo Luna y vemos cuales tengo porque descargue algunos, tampoco creas que tantos amigo, serán unos 10 y si quieres te paso mi banco principal. Soy más de moverle en el momento y luego ni guardo pero sirve compartimos ideas sobre este aparato que la neta es genial.
I like the X3 live models better. I've always gotten the best tone out of my Line 6 Pod X3 live by playing it through a stereo keyboard amp. Never got a satisfying sound trying to play through guitar amps. The closest tone to headphone tone has always been through a keyboard amp.
in my Gear I Owned a POD X3 live for 7 years which I used specially at home practicing and composing and occasionally for recording..what a piece of gear...recorded with some stuffs which sound once mixed very warm and full...but the engineer did a great work...than when i begun to use it with real pedals as BK tube driver, Ibanez TS9, Animal by JR audio Proco rat and so instead of the ones modeled cause I replaced the most ones with their real models...it reveals its weaknesses ! Once i upgraded to the Helix...wow was stunned ! really knocked out, specially in the studio miked with some good mics via Tech21 power engine or sometimes on valve amp using mods and reverbs or directly plugged into the interface...it's a huge thing...love the whole dynamic and how it could mimic real amps and easy to go to achieve exactly what you expected once well tweaked...! once i add real pedals it's just Awesome... i succeed to get very good tones from the Pod X3 so such thing like helix could offers to people like me who could easily passing a day tweaking without getting bored he perfect result..each i don't buy the fact it sounds like such or such amp it's just a piece of gear of the ear future...it sounds decent and fit perfectly people who want get their back broke using amps on stage or people without a budget to get a lot of stuffs ..it's all in one...and it sounds like itself..accurate great and sharp. i like Line 6 stuffs and tried the HD series which I didn't find em worth the upgrade from the POD X3 but when the Helix arrived ..yeah guys...it's another thing...absolutely different in many ways..and of course well worthing each cents..
@blownspirit Channel You can play with your Pod X3 Live better than Kemper, Axe Fx or Helix, if you use it in the right way and compensate for those things that you need to compete, as it is to modify the EQ yourself and use IRs to bring everything out the potential that the Pod X3 can offer. If you only use it with the factory cabs without touching the eq, helix and the others will surpass it without problem since all the others use IRs and improved factory cabs. But if you take the time to manually polish your tone, you will not believe what you can achieve, I sold my helix, I get better than Axe fx and now I get better results than the Kemper profiles with my Pod X3 but modifying my patches not with the Factory configuration
POD X3 LIVE is really good, the complaints about the sound are from people pretending some knowledge. But the Helix is full professional for people who needs to make lots setting and even changes while PLAYING on stage. Those patches can be settled much better in the X3 LIVE. $$$$$HELIX
Increíble pero sí. Acabo de comprar una x3 nueva. A estrenar. Sabeis si debo hacerle alguna actualización de software o algo? O no hay que tocarle nada en ese aspecto?
This was a great comparison for me. I keep hearing about guitarists just using Helix boards but I actually bought a second hand Pod X3 Live from a pawn shop here in New Zealand for only $180nzd and judging by this video I don't feel like I'm giving up anything at all - I feel that if I just spend the time and get the maximum performance from my X3 it's going to be just as good for me. I don't feel like I need a Helix at all. Also as good as this video was I don't think the poster was using either board anywhere near their sonic potential....Thanks for the post. Made me very happy.
This is the opposite of a good comparison, please listen to the X3 on dozens and dozens of other videos, Not a single one sounds like this guy. I have both the Helix and X3live (as well as the XTlive and HD500x). I tried to duplicate the sounds in this video and the ONLY way Icould duplicate it on the DualRectifier, Mark2, JTM45 was to turn the gain to ZERO on the X3 or turn the guitar volume all the way down to barely a signal. Enjoy the X3 in NZ. NZ is on my Bucket List to boat from North Island to South Island. I lived in Australia for 3 years in my early teens... When we were moving from Australia to Italy, we had planned to spend a week in NZ, but something significant derailed those plans and unfortunately have not been back to that side of the world.
@@conspiracytocommit Well when the world returns to normal make sure you come here my friend. Your countryu is pretty amazing too I have many wonderful memories of many places there - tearing around Sorrento on a vespa, going to Capri on a whim and going to Pompeii the next day. Yes i think ill just squeeze all the juice out of my X3 that I can - and hey i can always augment it with some DAW plugins or fool around with Guitar Rig 5. Stay healthy and safe.
So...if you just added a boost pedal and maybe another eq its 99% as good as the helix.. could you do a video for x3 with boost if its available to you?
There is a reason why they discontinued x3 live and after that they made a worse pod the HD for the same price. X3 live is the real ADN of the helix. Helix is awesome but x3 live do the job as well, you just need to tweak it. Still, x3 live did better than helix in some presets, but most of them are more balanced in the Helix cause they did a better job in the creation of them, i think x3 live is as good in sound and for me is pro level entry and i am glad i have one. Just put a Mooer Radar on x3 live and a wah pedal and for the money you have an Helix on steroids. You could have done a better job on sound in the x3 live, i only record with mine and i can surely match that Helix any day of the week, and surpass it even.
Anyone use custom settings/ I cam adjust both of those line 6 to sound perfect/ its all about how you can adjust/ how ypo can hear the sound and nothing more/
Helix sounds so much better, for the Fender it has a warmer mid range tone, for Mesa Boogie obviously it was premature to insert this tone patch in the X3 live but with Helix they managed to build it around 90% accurate IMO. I still own the X3 live however Helix is next in line for me!
...giving us a sharper visual picture of the Helix won't make me forget the X3 is not the dull box we are hearing here ... and: yes, lot of brilliance is nice for a me in front of the mirror job, but not necessarily what we need in the mix. So in the end there will sure be a chance to use the Helix and be happy, but in my world it is not what we like to believe is true advantage
@AGGIO You can have equal or better tones with Pod X3 than Kemper, helix or Ax Fx, but as you say it takes time is not an immediate result, since it takes time to learn to equalize correctly and get the most out of Pod X3, but after you know how to use it in the right way you do not go back I spent several years and now I can have the high gain tone I want and it does not sound thin or artificial but like the original tone. If you want I can help you and you will see that you do not need more to have a quality tone.
Butcher _ 03 I just bought an x3 live and am trying to figure it out. Did you learn mostly from trial and error, or did you have some kind of resource?
@@Stardust31b Hi friend I'm glad you are a new owner of that wonderful pedalboard. I'm looking to see if I buy one or two more in good condition to have them backup in case it damages mine. Bro the truth this pedalboard needs a lot of knowledge of mixing and handling of its analog part, to understand how to get each tone in the right way, there is not a tutorial that teaches everything or a page where they show secrets, I read many forums about the Pod X3 Live as well as real amplifiers, pickups, etc. So I understood how each amplifier works and effects in real life in order to bring those attributes to its digital counterpart. Now with my technique I get 90 to 99% of most high gain tones and clean tones. What tone do you like? And if you want to sound better than Kemper or Ax Fx or helix, I can sell you the tones by working directly with the sound of your guitar and your full Rig. Unlike most companies that sell generic tones and they never consider what their customers use.
Hi, yes There's difrent options. 4 method cable (fx loops) or Yo can go to global setup and select Power amp in. Or you can simply stay on studio out. Just create a patch whitout amp simulation, and choose the stompobox of your choice. Lo
@@kinotorres i tried the 4 cable method and that just gives the sound from the x3 live, what do you mean with studio out i can only see live out and fx loop and guitar input
Bajate la app monkey y el podfarm de la página de line6.. Esta pedalera es muy sencilla de Equalizar con el podfarm.. Con las perillas es un dolor de cabeza 🤪
Woa, everone has strange ears. The Helix sounds MUCH better to me, and I love my Pod X3 live. I don't have money for the Helix, but all the comments that say it sounds better than the Helix... seriously? The Pod X3 sounds just dull and smothered compared to the Helix, and that is not a personal taste. I am very impressed by how people are so subjective that they can't hear such a huge difference. Still, maybe not a fair comparison, I'm not sure.
X3 Live is cheap...with some eq, it works.....Tech is leaving old tech in the dust....but X3 is still worthy of young players, and hey, I like having an extra effects looper .
Oh Dear ,....! My X3 Live still sounds full and rich,... yours appears to have a few issues.... it doesn't sound like mine. Seriously,.. I don't have the same fizzy background on mine which yours appears to have....
Can you please share your presets? Seems not so many people use this device nowadays and theres lack of community support. I would like to have some new presets to try. I can also share my own presets as well
@@thedisbelieverdoom Hi' Doom,... That's not really an option right now as I've got it setup to record BASS for our bands next album... once the kit is setup it needs to be consistent so I avoid changing.. Best option is to go to : line6.com/customtone/ and you'll find a multitude of user tones for download.
I have pod x3 live connected directly into a return plug on marshal vs8080, i am having problem with clean tones, when i pick any power chord sometimes sounds like little buzz, can someone give me an advise ?
Actually the Pod X3 sounds more like a real amp IMO .... Helix has more details in comparison but that way is more HiFi sounding coz real amps doesn't have such amount of details due to the speakers EQ curve
Hello, thx for the comparison, I’m a pod x3 owner and I like it but wonder maybe upgrade to helix. I like some sounds you have on the x3. Could you share it with me. I have some nice tone too. Thx for your video !
Really appreciate this video. It's peculiar because many sounds on the X3 will be more favorable, but the Helix is newer, and newer is always supposed to be better, right? LOL. Sadly, we are taught not to trust what we hear and all gets more complicated.
@Geoffrey Merrifield That is called misleading advertising, and about valuing a product, we must bear in mind that companies like Line 6, Fractal, Kemper etc are not musicians who seek our benefit, but on the contrary their goal is to earn more money so the business works . And many musicians are so naive that they sell them smoke through famous musicians or with advertising and they buy it, spending thousands of dollars on something they did not really need at first. With old tools and much cheaper, you can get the same or even better results, but we know few. Let's take advantage of the possibilities we have available and enjoy their benefits, which in the end is the most important thing.
First let me start off by saying I’ve never touched a Helix, Axe FX, Kemper or any of these other high-end guitar culture phenomena. Just not in my budget, and not really accessible. I have been an unabashed POD lover since the Bean 1.0, although I was not as impressed by the XT generation (I do have a Bass XT, but it serves a peripheral function in my rig. I think, though not “HD”, the X3 was the peak of the POD form factor and feature set. Paying to play through the HD model packs in the following generation felt like a cash grab, and ran totally contrary to the very idea behind the POD. Do any of them really hold up at this point? Matter of opinion - I love, love, love the vast feature set of the X3, and it is an integral part of my rig, although I find the pairings of the modeled amps I use are becoming more and more unexpected. What this comparison does illustrate well, however, is the fact that every version of the Bean has sounded simply good with the amp model alone, but they really get multidimensional once you add proper effects chains, and tweak them to accentuate the models’ strengths. It’s been that way since the Bean Mk I. This may sound like a no-brainer, but a lot of TH-cam POD demos seem to leave this out, and it’s a fundamental element of the devices’ design and features. Small thing, but it makes a decent modeler into an awesome tone generator. We grow when we can discuss our shared lives without feigning superiority and shitting all over the joy of other people, just to give ourselves a feeling of importance. Let’s play nice together, and give every piece of equipment we have access to a chance to show what it can do. I’ve had quite a few revelations lately about my 15+ yo X3, just by approaching it with fresh ears and no preconceptions. Let’s just make some music - the world needs our kind of joy and beauty, if we can get past our own egos 😊
it looks like helix makes you play better.. helix has a stereo sound while pod x3 live has the mono. I am trying to utilize my pod x3 live for a better sound after 10 years.
I got both and it’s day and night .. the X3 could sounds good and decent .. but the helix is more natural has more dynamic and sounds close to the original model it built on !
X3 holds it's own against the helix and then some. 2 generations behind It's a shame these units get outdated and lose value so quickly when they have lots still to offer .
I just picked one up for 200 bucks I feel it was well worth it.. Original box with all the packaging i was ecen able to register it with line 6 lol not that it means a damn thing a decade later
@@cncnmore4505 Hi, it means something. You can use it as a dongle for the Software "Pod Farm II" what you get for free if you got the Hardware. And the software is really worth it. I use it still tody because it's just good. It's like having the pod x3 again as a vst-Instrument. And its visually nice. you see the effect pedals and cabinets and so on.
Dude come on, X3 sounds horrible. X3 is horrible . If you play a full chord with high gain you can't hear all the notes in your chord ! Granted it's good for lead stuff but it doesn't do well with chords
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I've been the happy owner of X3 LIVE since 2008, and I never needed any other effects ever since. In my humble opinion the X3 is still so capable today as it was twelve years ago. Considering the differences in sound, time, technology, and the price gap between the two models I don't see any justification to upgrade to the newer one.
@@UditKondalMDMPH It's difficult to find X3 LIVE presets online because it's too old. You need to be lucky. However, you can be creative by reproducing the built-in presets manually by copying the settings of each preset and experimenting with them. This teaches you so much about the capabilities of your device. This is what I did!
Greetings from Mexico, I recommend you use an IR pedal in the FX Loop and you will notice the difference, it will sound better than a Helix
@@UditKondalMDMPHhere are free presets from line 6 website: line6.com/customtone/browse/podx3/
i sorry i sold mine
I agree,its 2024 and I still play the xt3 live out.
For the difference in price... Wow! Glad I have the X3 live!
X3 Live still kicks ass!!!
I actually like how warm the old model is.... I think the clean tones are a lot fuller. Distorted tones are smoother.
Jeff Bateman I actually use my PODxt due to the “inferior” sound quality at times. As audio equipment gets better and better I think some of the noise from old gear is going away. I like a hybrid vintage/modern tone that is not so clean that its surgical and not so vintage it loses all its tightness. I add tape hiss clips to my recording demos now too lol.
I bought an x3 live last week for 90 dollars w/ the carrying case. Money well spent.
I have three X3 live pedal boards (please don't ask me why).
This pedalboard is simply wonderful, easy and fun to use, especially with his dedicated software on a big pc screen. The sounds are more than great even when playing on a ugly cheap guitar.
Remember all sounds are good and all sounds are bad.
It's not the price you pay that makes the sound great.
The construction and parts used may be "better", but that's about it.
Shape and colors are just a selling thing.
If you ever opened an fx rack, pedalboard or small fx pedal you'll see there is nothing but a print, some capacitors, pots and an on/off switch in it.
And a fancy colored led.
People are looking for the newest technology spending tons of cash in order to have that vintage sound.
Well, you will never be able to have that perfect Hendrix sound, never!
You might get a similar hendrix sound.
If you want THAT sound you have to have his amp, his guitar, his pedals, his cables, his pick, his his his.... oh yeah, you have to have HIM to play it for ya.
No machine will ever emulate the original sound (mostly remixed by a sound engineer) not to mention on what amp, home speakers, pc speakers or car speakers you listen to it.
We are living in a clone era.
Get yourself a pedalboard, rack or normal fx pedals, stick with it and start having fun.
Don't throw away your money in "updated" boxes.
People want to hear YOUR sound, not THAT sound from you.
I have read many comments related to this topic of pedals, but your comment is by far the best I have read, the most real, the most accurate. I completely agree with you.
I think its about how much perfectionist you are and how good you want YOUR sound to be. In my case I have been trough a lot of amps (Marshalls, Roland, KMD, Egnater, Fender ) and know how these amps sounds. But due to space limitations I had to sell a lot of them and now I'm focused to get some of these amps sounds on Modellling amps devices. It been in software version (Guitar Rig) or hardware wise (POD X3, POD XT, AMPLI 150). Yes it's about having fun but again it's also about how good you want your sound to be. One will just prefer to take a factory preset and knock himself out and the one will spend hours dialing in on that perfect spot. That can be "having fun" too. New technology has always been a marked as the bastard child, but thankfully history has shown us otherwise.Now a days they use samples of bands who made their music with the new technology of that time. Musical talent guitar abilities will get you far but combined with the spirit of embracing new technology can be a winner. A musical sound is not related to no instrument or device , its wat you create and get out it.One love !!
I'm gonna ask why!?
@@HammyHavoc can't tell you 😄😄😄😄😄
haha I too have three x3 Live boards.
Used one live for over a decade and toured locally and internationally with it.
No issues from In house mixers saying "Use a real amp,Bro!" haha but I still have a Marshall Jcm800.
A mate sold me his X3 for $100 and that lives at home in studio setup and I have a spare from an old bass player as a back up.
Only issues I had over the yrs was a few buttons getting stuck and the springs falling inside unit.Not fun to open unit to find it lol.
Been thinking of a Helix maybe in a FOMO(Fear of missing out) with new tones and people saying Kemper,Fractal,Neural Dsp blah blah.
I still think the X3 has so much more to still offer and explore.
I use same tones live as I do at home with recording.
I still think "Don't fix it if it aint broke".👍
Great comparison video...in a blind test the pod x3 sounded better and definitely NOT A $2000 DIFFERENCE but i know the helix could do more...the real test here is the helix using 3rd party cabs while the pod x3 using 3rd party impulses through a mooer radar...
Yet you can find a X3 live used and mooer radar new for less the price of a helix. A lot less. But I understand what you're saying.
I had a POD HD 300 and a POD HD 500X, and before those, I had an XT Live (I think the XT Live sounds similar to the X3). I sold both HDs and repurchased the XT Live because I couldn’t achieve the XT's nice, superior sound, and I don’t mind that it’s much older. When I used the HDs for mixing, they always behaved in a strange way, whereas I could work easily with the XT Live. Moreover, when I was just playing around, I was always tweaking the HDs, whereas with the XT Live, I could just forget everything and enjoy playing with the device.
X3 sounds warmer more amp like
Is there a pedalboard mode in the X3 Live? Like can you use each A B C D button to turn an effect on or off and function as some sort of a pedal (like an HD500x does) ?
@ryanvergara3603 stompbox mode. No there's not.
Damn i have The x3 live and i really loves his sound...is more warm and analogic......is a more Natural simulation.
Well...The price is a very important factor
Ya llevo un rato usando la x3 live con la que he tocado en vivo varias veces y en verdad es impresionante!!
Tampoco tengo el dinero para una helix, pero creanme que no les envidio nada :) el modo dual tone de la x3 live me permite tener un total de 8 presets o 4 mezclados ;) o bien permite usar un bajo con su propia cadena de amplificación y emulacion :) ademas a todo eso puedes poner un microfono por la entrada balanceada para microfono y enviar todo junto y bien seteado a la mixer :D es fantastica. Obviamente tiene control midi y asi puedes simplemente programar los cambios de preset para los dos instrumentos y agregar EQ o efectos a la voz. Sinceramente es una maquina asombrosa y muy muy util, jamas me deshare de ella aunque tuviera una fantastica helix.... Aunque en dado caso preferiria una kemper antes que esa helix la verdad
Podrias compartirme algunos presets?
Yo también tengo esa bro, podrías pasar algunos presets?
@@Theflow55 claro agrégame en facebook como Cristian rojo luna
@@oscarborbonhernandez7135 ah huevo, en facebook soy Cristian Rojo Luna y vemos cuales tengo porque descargue algunos, tampoco creas que tantos amigo, serán unos 10 y si quieres te paso mi banco principal. Soy más de moverle en el momento y luego ni guardo pero sirve compartimos ideas sobre este aparato que la neta es genial.
@@scrattenherz Excelente amigo! también te pasaré algunos de mis presets
I like the X3 live models better. I've always gotten the best tone out of my Line 6 Pod X3 live by playing it through a stereo keyboard amp. Never got a satisfying sound trying to play through guitar amps. The closest tone to headphone tone has always been through a keyboard amp.
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I love my Live POD X3.. Helix owners are not happy!
I have them both ! No man ! The game drastically changed to better with the helix ! It’s alive .. and I did with both records !! I know the 2 beasts !
in my Gear I Owned a POD X3 live for 7 years which I used specially at home practicing and composing and occasionally for recording..what a piece of gear...recorded with some stuffs which sound once mixed very warm and full...but the engineer did a great work...than when i begun to use it with real pedals as BK tube driver, Ibanez TS9, Animal by JR audio Proco rat and so instead of the ones modeled cause I replaced the most ones with their real models...it reveals its weaknesses !
Once i upgraded to the Helix...wow was stunned ! really knocked out, specially in the studio miked with some good mics via Tech21 power engine or sometimes on valve amp using mods and reverbs or directly plugged into the interface...it's a huge thing...love the whole dynamic and how it could mimic real amps and easy to go to achieve exactly what you expected once well tweaked...! once i add real pedals it's just Awesome...
i succeed to get very good tones from the Pod X3 so such thing like helix could offers to people like me who could easily passing a day tweaking without getting bored he perfect result..each i don't buy the fact it sounds like such or such amp it's just a piece of gear of the ear future...it sounds decent and fit perfectly people who want get their back broke using amps on stage or people without a budget to get a lot of stuffs ..it's all in one...and it sounds like itself..accurate great and sharp.
i like Line 6 stuffs and tried the HD series which I didn't find em worth the upgrade from the POD X3 but when the Helix arrived ..yeah guys...it's another thing...absolutely different in many ways..and of course well worthing each cents..
@blownspirit Channel
You can play with your Pod X3 Live better than Kemper, Axe Fx or Helix, if you use it in the right way and compensate for those things that you need to compete, as it is to modify the EQ yourself and use IRs to bring everything out the potential that the Pod X3 can offer.
If you only use it with the factory cabs without touching the eq, helix and the others will surpass it without problem since all the others use IRs and improved factory cabs.
But if you take the time to manually polish your tone, you will not believe what you can achieve, I sold my helix, I get better than Axe fx and now I get better results than the Kemper profiles with my Pod X3 but modifying my patches not with the Factory configuration
Can you send me some patches?? I can't get software to download either ??
POD X3 LIVE is really good, the complaints about the sound are from people pretending some knowledge. But the Helix is full professional for people who needs to make lots setting and even changes while PLAYING on stage.
Those patches can be settled much better in the X3 LIVE.
$$$$$HELIX
no manches que perro tutorial, si se oye la gran diferencia, sube más vídeos amigo
The second patch reminds me of Heroes del Silencio.
Totally true
Es casi maldito duende
Pensé lo mismo
Increíble pero sí. Acabo de comprar una x3 nueva. A estrenar. Sabeis si debo hacerle alguna actualización de software o algo? O no hay que tocarle nada en ese aspecto?
Helix was in stereo and X3 is in Mono,
What a fair comparison ???
bouth pedalboars are conected the same .
STEREO.
X3 is still a great solution!
This was a great comparison for me. I keep hearing about guitarists just using Helix boards but I actually bought a second hand Pod X3 Live from a pawn shop here in New Zealand for only $180nzd and judging by this video I don't feel like I'm giving up anything at all - I feel that if I just spend the time and get the maximum performance from my X3 it's going to be just as good for me. I don't feel like I need a Helix at all. Also as good as this video was I don't think the poster was using either board anywhere near their sonic potential....Thanks for the post. Made me very happy.
gl3nnium hi what’s the latency of the x3?
This is the opposite of a good comparison, please listen to the X3 on dozens and dozens of other videos, Not a single one sounds like this guy. I have both the Helix and X3live (as well as the XTlive and HD500x). I tried to duplicate the sounds in this video and the ONLY way Icould duplicate it on the DualRectifier, Mark2, JTM45 was to turn the gain to ZERO on the X3 or turn the guitar volume all the way down to barely a signal. Enjoy the X3 in NZ. NZ is on my Bucket List to boat from North Island to South Island. I lived in Australia for 3 years in my early teens... When we were moving from Australia to Italy, we had planned to spend a week in NZ, but something significant derailed those plans and unfortunately have not been back to that side of the world.
@@conspiracytocommit Well when the world returns to normal make sure you come here my friend. Your countryu is pretty amazing too I have many wonderful memories of many places there - tearing around Sorrento on a vespa, going to Capri on a whim and going to Pompeii the next day. Yes i think ill just squeeze all the juice out of my X3 that I can - and hey i can always augment it with some DAW plugins or fool around with Guitar Rig 5. Stay healthy and safe.
In general Helix sounds a bit more transparent than X3 which is more usable for recording purposes
Both setting volume, bass, mid etc are same ?
So...if you just added a boost pedal and maybe another eq its 99% as good as the helix.. could you do a video for x3 with boost if its available to you?
Um...bump the mids and hi's a bit on the x3 and they would pretty much be identical
podrías compartir los pataches del pod x3? saludos gran comparativa
Line 6 Variax 600 & POD X3 live - єто фантастические возможности;)
There is a reason why they discontinued x3 live and after that they made a worse pod the HD for the same price. X3 live is the real ADN of the helix. Helix is awesome but x3 live do the job as well, you just need to tweak it. Still, x3 live did better than helix in some presets, but most of them are more balanced in the Helix cause they did a better job in the creation of them, i think x3 live is as good in sound and for me is pro level entry and i am glad i have one. Just put a Mooer Radar on x3 live and a wah pedal and for the money you have an Helix on steroids. You could have done a better job on sound in the x3 live, i only record with mine and i can surely match that Helix any day of the week, and surpass it even.
Anyone use custom settings/ I cam adjust both of those line 6 to sound perfect/ its all about how you can adjust/ how ypo can hear the sound and nothing more/
Helix sounds so much better, for the Fender it has a warmer mid range tone, for Mesa Boogie obviously it was premature to insert this tone patch in the X3 live but with Helix they managed to build it around 90% accurate IMO. I still own the X3 live however Helix is next in line for me!
...giving us a sharper visual picture of the Helix won't make me forget the X3 is not the dull box we are hearing here ... and: yes, lot of brilliance is nice for a me in front of the mirror job, but not necessarily what we need in the mix. So in the end there will sure be a chance to use the Helix and be happy, but in my world it is not what we like to believe is true advantage
I love my X3 but I have to give this shoot out to the Helix. A fuller sound to my ears. Way too expensive for me but it is what it is.
Volume differences skew the comparison. Sill somewhat useful.
Both models feature useable tones. And to be honest, the best way to evaluate each is to hear it in a mix.
Nice! No need to upgrade my X3 Live!
it sounds to me,almost like comparing tube vs solid state , x3 sound more tube and helix sound more solid state
X3 is a great pedal. But the helix is much easier to work with. Maybe in 10 years I’ll buy one.
@AGGIO
You can have equal or better tones with Pod X3 than Kemper, helix or Ax Fx, but as you say it takes time is not an immediate result, since it takes time to learn to equalize correctly and get the most out of Pod X3, but after you know how to use it in the right way you do not go back
I spent several years and now I can have the high gain tone I want and it does not sound thin or artificial but like the original tone.
If you want I can help you and you will see that you do not need more to have a quality tone.
Butcher _ 03 I just bought an x3 live and am trying to figure it out. Did you learn mostly from trial and error, or did you have some kind of resource?
@@Stardust31b
Hi friend
I'm glad you are a new owner of that wonderful pedalboard.
I'm looking to see if I buy one or two more in good condition to have them backup in case it damages mine.
Bro the truth this pedalboard needs a lot of knowledge of mixing and handling of its analog part, to understand how to get each tone in the right way, there is not a tutorial that teaches everything or a page where they show secrets, I read many forums about the Pod X3 Live as well as real amplifiers, pickups, etc.
So I understood how each amplifier works and effects in real life in order to bring those attributes to its digital counterpart. Now with my technique I get 90 to 99% of most high gain tones and clean tones.
What tone do you like? And if you want to sound better than Kemper or Ax Fx or helix, I can sell you the tones by working directly with the sound of your guitar and your full Rig. Unlike most companies that sell generic tones and they never consider what their customers use.
Hi do you know how to run the x3 live so i have the sound of my real amp but the fx from the x3 live.
Hi, yes
There's difrent options.
4 method cable (fx loops) or
Yo can go to global setup and select
Power amp in.
Or you can simply stay on studio out.
Just create a patch whitout amp simulation, and choose the stompobox of your choice.
Lo
@@kinotorres i tried the 4 cable method and that just gives the sound from the x3 live, what do you mean with studio out i can only see live out and fx loop and guitar input
but yes i only want the x3 live to only make the stompbox sounds to my real amp so i can get phaser chorus and flanger.
X3 low gain or clean sounded as good if not better than the helix to me. I did prefer the helix on the higher gain models.
Que gran video!!! Podrías pasar los Patches de la x3?
Bajate la app monkey y el podfarm de la página de line6.. Esta pedalera es muy sencilla de Equalizar con el podfarm.. Con las perillas es un dolor de cabeza 🤪
the helix is good for modern metal.. i still have my pod x3
Woa, everone has strange ears. The Helix sounds MUCH better to me, and I love my Pod X3 live. I don't have money for the Helix, but all the comments that say it sounds better than the Helix... seriously? The Pod X3 sounds just dull and smothered compared to the Helix, and that is not a personal taste. I am very impressed by how people are so subjective that they can't hear such a huge difference. Still, maybe not a fair comparison, I'm not sure.
X3 Live is cheap...with some eq, it works.....Tech is leaving old tech in the dust....but X3 is still worthy of young players, and hey, I like having an extra effects looper
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Whoa dude, someone has different opinion than you, wtf?
x3 sounds much better in the dual mode, specially if you struggle a little matching cabs
Oh Dear ,....!
My X3 Live still sounds full and rich,... yours appears to have a few issues.... it doesn't sound like mine.
Seriously,.. I don't have the same fizzy background on mine which yours appears to have....
Can you please share your presets? Seems not so many people use this device nowadays and theres lack of community support. I would like to have some new presets to try. I can also share my own presets as well
@@thedisbelieverdoom Hi' Doom,... That's not really an option right now as I've got it setup to record BASS for our bands next album... once the kit is setup it needs to be consistent so I avoid changing.. Best option is to go to : line6.com/customtone/ and you'll find a multitude of user tones for download.
0:47 maldito duende héroes del silencio xd
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This is very helpful Thanks a lot
I have pod x3 live connected directly into a return plug on marshal vs8080, i am having problem with clean tones, when i pick any power chord sometimes sounds like little buzz, can someone give me an advise ?
try lowering the drive. also chek you pick ups.
Close my eyes then listen.
I prefer the x3live than the Helix.
Are these stock sounds or tweaked?
Both sound fine to me!
Actually the Pod X3 sounds more like a real amp IMO .... Helix has more details in comparison but that way is more HiFi sounding coz real amps doesn't have such amount of details due to the speakers EQ curve
Hello, thx for the comparison, I’m a pod x3 owner and I like it but wonder maybe upgrade to helix. I like some sounds you have on the x3. Could you share it with me. I have some nice tone too.
Thx for your video !
Really appreciate this video. It's peculiar because many sounds on the X3 will be more favorable, but the Helix is newer, and newer is always supposed to be better, right? LOL. Sadly, we are taught not to trust what we hear and all gets more complicated.
@Geoffrey Merrifield
That is called misleading advertising, and about valuing a product, we must bear in mind that companies like Line 6, Fractal, Kemper etc are not musicians who seek our benefit, but on the contrary their goal is to earn more money so the business works .
And many musicians are so naive that they sell them smoke through famous musicians or with advertising and they buy it, spending thousands of dollars on something they did not really need at first.
With old tools and much cheaper, you can get the same or even better results, but we know few. Let's take advantage of the possibilities we have available and enjoy their benefits, which in the end is the most important thing.
Not a big fan of Line 6. But,these items sound pretty good
x3 live is overcompressed
Its over compressed if you make it over compressed
God!! Patchs x3 live?
X3 Forever..
First let me start off by saying I’ve never touched a Helix, Axe FX, Kemper or any of these other high-end guitar culture phenomena. Just not in my budget, and not really accessible. I have been an unabashed POD lover since the Bean 1.0, although I was not as impressed by the XT generation (I do have a Bass XT, but it serves a peripheral function in my rig. I think, though not “HD”, the X3 was the peak of the POD form factor and feature set. Paying to play through the HD model packs in the following generation felt like a cash grab, and ran totally contrary to the very idea behind the POD. Do any of them really hold up at this point? Matter of opinion - I love, love, love the vast feature set of the X3, and it is an integral part of my rig, although I find the pairings of the modeled amps I use are becoming more and more unexpected. What this comparison does illustrate well, however, is the fact that every version of the Bean has sounded simply good with the amp model alone, but they really get multidimensional once you add proper effects chains, and tweak them to accentuate the models’ strengths. It’s been that way since the Bean Mk I. This may sound like a no-brainer, but a lot of TH-cam POD demos seem to leave this out, and it’s a fundamental element of the devices’ design and features. Small thing, but it makes a decent modeler into an awesome tone generator. We grow when we can discuss our shared lives without feigning superiority and shitting all over the joy of other people, just to give ourselves a feeling of importance. Let’s play nice together, and give every piece of equipment we have access to a chance to show what it can do. I’ve had quite a few revelations lately about my 15+ yo X3, just by approaching it with fresh ears and no preconceptions. Let’s just make some music - the world needs our kind of joy and beauty, if we can get past our own egos 😊
Do you have the X3 Live patches on line?
Add1
My x3 live doesn't sound that dull!Stop being biased(and manipulating EQ)just cause you own a Helix👀
Heroes del silencio? helix clean sounds are much more organic
Link patch download?
it looks like helix makes you play better.. helix has a stereo sound while pod x3 live has the mono. I am trying to utilize my pod x3 live for a better sound after 10 years.
X3 is better for me ! Also i like more the oldest sound !
I got both and it’s day and night .. the X3 could sounds good and decent .. but the helix is more natural has more dynamic and sounds close to the original model it built on !
Hey, nice video. I need your help can you provide me pod x3 live service manual?
Lenny Kant yes I can . This is my phone number 6461193687
kinotorres which country are you in? Because i need to have extension number so
Lenny Kant mexico
Try 011
You can Send me a wats up.
kinotorres sorry, some how the number you provided doesnt appear on wtsapp, you can add me +91-8469401011 wtsapp number.
kinotorres sorry if im distrubing you, but need service manual. Waiting for you reply.
X3 holds it's own against the helix and then some. 2 generations behind It's a shame these units get outdated and lose value so quickly when they have lots still to offer .
I just picked one up for 200 bucks I feel it was well worth it.. Original box with all the packaging i was ecen able to register it with line 6 lol not that it means a damn thing a decade later
@@cncnmore4505 Hi, it means something. You can use it as a dongle for the Software "Pod Farm II" what you get for free if you got the Hardware. And the software is really worth it. I use it still tody because it's just good. It's like having the pod x3 again as a vst-Instrument. And its visually nice. you see the effect pedals and cabinets and so on.
put these into a clean channel of a marsghall valvestate or lany tube fusion n they sound better
Pod x3 the best
Pod x3 live is the original line 6 flagship
That Line 6 POD X3 LIVE is very badly set.
Without a doubt the Helix sounds beautiful, knowing how to set the x3 takes time.
GREAT VIDEO
So you’re paying for prettier make up?
definitely not the best setting for the X3, just check Glen Delaune's tones
Hay una diferencia notable, sólo que la helix es muy cara..
x3 live forever !!!!!!!
Suenan mejor la distorsión en la x3 muy seca la helix
X3 is best
Needs more work programing both pedals, no fair comparison this way.
El pod,suena mejor que eso
HELIX
Mejora en tocar
Helix by a mile.
Idk ...some places its better some its not...used market value id still keep a grand in my pocket and go with the x3
Dude, get your tone dialing act together. Those were some awful tones all around. Sounded like a cheap single coil guitar with a broken tone knob.
Dude come on, X3 sounds horrible. X3 is horrible . If you play a full chord with high gain you can't hear all the notes in your chord ! Granted it's good for lead stuff but it doesn't do well with chords
funny enough thats exactly the sound I am after, and plan to rule the world with it.