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How to Plug a Line 6 Amp Into a PA

Line 6 entered the music scene in 1996 as the first digital sound-modeling amplifier manufacturer. The AxSys 212 amplifier, Line 6's first product, allowed users to model, or mimic, the sounds of a variety of other amplifiers in one unit. Soon thereafter, Line 6's POD lineup of effects processors brought the modeling software from the AxSys to a processor system. The company then took its proprietary modeling software and branched into an entire line of amplifiers, processors, guitars, basses and microphones. Live performances in large venues require running your amplifier through a PA system.

Things You'll Need

  • 2, 1/4-inch guitar cable
  • Snake cable
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Instructions

  1. Single PA Head

    • 1

      Turn the volume on your Line 6 amplifier down to zero. Turn the master volume on your PA system down to zero.

    • 2

      Turn your guitar's volume down to zero. Plug your guitar into the amplifier using a 1/4-inch guitar cable. Plug a 1/4-inch guitar cable into the line out jack on your Line 6 amplifier.

    • 3

      Plug the other end of the 1/4-inch guitar cable into the input on the PA system head unit. Turn the Line 6 amplifier volume up to the desired amplitude. Turn the PA system master volume to the desired amplitude.

    Mixing Console System

    • 4

      Turn the volume on your Line 6 amp down to zero. Turn the master volume on your PA system down to zero.

    • 5

      Plug your guitar into the amplifier using a 1/4-inch guitar cable and turn your guitar's volume down to zero. Plug a 1/4-inch guitar cable from the line out jack on your Line 6 amplifier into the proper input on the snake cable. The snake input correlates with the channel your guitar runs through on the PA system.

    • 6

      Plug the snake cable into the PA system's mixing console at the desired channel for the guitar. Normally, the drums occupy the first third to half of the channels on the mixing console, followed by the bass and then the guitar.

    • 7

      Turn the volume on your guitar fully up. Turn the Line 6 amplifier volume up to the desired amplitude. Turn the PA system master volume to the desired amplitude.

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