Cool - I'd be interested how you get on as I was thinking of doing something similar myself...Originally Posted by nocaster
Will try tonight if I'm not home too late. Failing that it'll be tomorrow.
Seems to be quite a common thing (according to Google) and the fix I posted in the link seems to fix it so I'm quite confident.
K
It didn't fix it for me when I had one. Such a shame, because in all other respects, the HD500 is perfect. It really could replace someones entire pedalboard without issue. Ah well, I've got the M9 now and I'm really happy with it!
Did you tweak the focus control? There's not much in the book about it, but since it has a frequency as a value and you can sweep through the frequencies......it reminds me of a wah.
In other words, the problem I have is that it sounds like a half-cocked wah and this control seems to operate like a wah.
Will have a wee tweak later.
K
I read the thread on the Line6 support forum and it sounds a nightmare. I was thinking of getting a Pod HD but this has put me off - I just want to plug in and play, haven't got the inclination to faff around with hacking the signal routing just to get a half-decent sound.
It's not really hacking or faffing! It's simply setting the unit up to work best with your rig.
I suppose that's the downfall of making a unit with so many options. It can't come out the box suitable for every different setup in the world.
K
Last edited by nocaster; 20th January 2012 at 03:39 PM.
The thing is, they've got the capabilities to make the unit pretty transparent, and to work fine in front of an amp. Because they put it in the M5/M9/M13!
But I found the Pod sounded drastically different in front of an amp to me. It was a little better in 4CM, but you shouldn't be forced to running it like that, esp. if you just want it for an effects board.
To me it seemed like it was an impedance mismatch. I tried setting the 2nd input to variax, making sure the signals were central and hard-panned. I tried the focus stuff, but all it really seemed to me was to be an EQ, and not really doing anything to correct for the input/output mismatch that I was experiencing.
Basically - it was noisy, and my amp seemed undergained when using it too, regardless of the input and output switches. I tested this by just putting a volume pedal in a patch, and nothing else, and having it at zero DB. Ideally in that situation, there should be very little difference between going into the HD500, and going into the amp without anything in the signal chain.
But the differences were drastic. I ended up selling it on. I do considering it a lot of faff; especially when they could've had an "effects only mode" and just cut out all of the extra crap that you have to deal with.
If you just want effects... get an M9 or M13 in my view.
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Fair enough. I've only had one quick play with it so can't really comment on your pain. If I'm still searching for transparency in a few weeks then it'll go in the bin. Until now, it's been decent though.
K
Let us know how you get on, and if you get it as transparent as an M9/M13, tell us how. Would be good reference knowledge!
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