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Rotary -

 This effect simulates the effect of a mic’d, rotating high frequency 

speaker horn, like on a Leslie. Listening to this effect in stereo through 
headphones could cause motion sickness. Rotary speakers have two speeds: slow 
and fast. We’ve set up POD’s Rotary Speaker emulation to select a fixed slow speed 
if you tap slowly, and a fixed fast speed if you tap quickly. When you switch from 
one speed to the other, you’ll notice that the speed doesn’t change immediately, 
but gradually changes from one speed to the other, just as a real rotating speaker’s 
speed would ramp from one setting to the other. The 

Effect Tweak

 knob controls 

the amount of Doppler effect (pitch modulation); 

Tap

 controls the speed.

Delay -

 Sometimes referred to as echo or slap back. The 

Effect Tweak

 knob 

controls the level; 

Tap

 controls the delay time – in other words, how far apart the 

echoes are spaced from each other. When you are using quicker delay times, we 
cut down the number of repeats so you can get those rockabilly and surf slap back 
sounds. You can fine tune the number of delay repeats by holding the 

Tap

 button 

and turning the 

Bass

 knob, set the delay level by holding the 

Tap

 button and 

turning the 

Middle

 knob, and fine tune your delay time by holding the 

Tap

button and turning the 

Effect Tweak

 knob. By the way, we let you set the 

maximum delay level high enough that your delay’s echoes can be louder than 
your direct signal. You may find this handy for getting delay effect setups like U2’s 
The Edge is known for.

If you’re using POD with a Floor Board or MIDI control, the delay is always 
available, even when some other effect is selected. Just switch it on from the Floor 
Board Delay On/Off switch, or from the Emagic Sound Diver software, or with a 
MIDI Controller message (

Appendix D

 lists MIDI Controllers).