Deep Editing & MIDI Control:  

MIDI B

ASICS

8•3

volume pedals of the Floor Board also transmit MIDI controller messages via MIDI 
when used with your POD. 

To minimize “zipper” noise when controlling 

parameter changes via MIDI, try making gradual, rather than sudden 
changes to POD settings.

MIDI Sysex Commands -

 Sysex stands for “System Exclusive.” Sysex 

commands are special commands that only a particular device understands – they 
are ‘exclusive’ to that device – as opposed to the more generic kind of program, 
controller, and other messages that almost all MIDI devices understand. POD uses 
Sysex to transmit the sounds that are programmed in its memory to another 
device, or to receive new sounds from another device. This exchange of data is 
typically called a “dump.” The 

emagic SoundDiver

 software included on your 

POD Tools  CD

 uses Sysex commands to dump POD programs to your computer 

for backup and editing, and to send programs from your computer to POD. You 
can also have your POD exchange sounds with a POD, POD Pro, or Flextone II 
series amplifier via Sysex directly, by hooking one to the other with a MIDI cable. 
The following sections tell you how all this works.