You can try to find some pathes at yahoo u2_recording group. I my opinion, you can find very good patches there.
There are pathes that will give you good sound withoth any tweaking, but for others try to change the DRIVE and TONE settings to adapt it to your guitar and amp. That is what I...
I would also say POP because of effects. Concerning playing techniques some song from UF like, Wire, Unforgettable Fire, Indian Summer Sky 4thJuly are very difficult to play.
What is effects return of an amp ? How to run the guitar into effects return ?
I bought Pod XT live a week ago. It does not sound good with my Vox AD30, so I use amplifier of my home stereo as an amp for XT.
I like distorted and overdriven sound of XT, but for clean sound I prefer my "old"...
I used to build guitar pedals. It was a several years ago and I stoped because at that time it was not easy to get the good componets. Now it is easy beause there are many internet shops (like: www.musikding.de or www.smallbearel.com).
If you like experimenting you can build a great sounding...
Some new effects come with spc-01, like auto-wah which is essential for #76 patch and some new distortions as well.
I can give you the settings for any spc-01 patch but it will not work without spc-01 uploaded on A3.