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POD HD300 - Help me make a great metal tone (and possibly mix)!

support@line6.com — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 13:37:09 GMT

So here's the deal guys,

I'm an 18 year old student in a heavy metal band and I want to start recording our stuff and other local bands material.

Problem is, I cannot seem to create a tone that sits well in a mix or that sounds professional enough (i've heard to many demos and EP's that sound like ***).

I'm using Logic Pro 9 as my DAW.

Toontrack's Ezdrummer + Metal Machine EZX for the drums.

Ideally I'd want this mix (and hell that guitar sound too)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLYSKHaXTGI (The Metal Machine EZX was used in this I believe for the triggers)

But that was done in a big fancy studio, i'm here in my bedroom with a POD HD300.

So here's a sample of the drum kit (with a small amount of EQ and a compressor on) Cut and paste and work with it ect.

http://soundcloud.com/mattmcloughlin/drums2

I know this is a pretty long shot, but if you could help me that would be fantastic (it would be helping anyone else who wants this too), the High Gain help guide that's been stickied is kind of helpful in places but the tones are basically all in .h5e instead of .h3e so are pretty much useless to me.

Just make sure you detail (screenshot, write down, type out ect) the settings you use on the POD or on your DAW (EQ's and added effects ect are all pretty similar and easy to replicate on most DAW's), e.g. any EQ'ing outside of the POD on the DAW (I often use post EQ to get anything near useable)

Hope you guys can help me with this, all I want is for my recordings and mixes and for other peoples to sound absolutely killer from the bedroom.

Any questions, just ask!

-Matt

Re: POD HD300 Update Problem

support@line6.com — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:59:39 GMT

Guitar > POD HD300 > into Logic Pro 9 via USB

I'm on Mac OSX

Edit: from what seems to be happening, when recording the treble/high end is dropping right out

POD HD300 Update Problem

support@line6.com — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 20:45:58 GMT

I've just updated my POD HD300 to the newest version and i've just been trying out some of the new sounds.

I decided to record myself and the sounds came out totally different to what i was hearing when not recording, it comes out all muffled, yet when it's not recording it comes out clear and like what it SHOULD sound like when recording, help?

(Uploaded what it coming out as)

(I'm using Logic Pro 9 if that helps)

Pod HD300 Macbook Pro Compatability and Quality

support@line6.com — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:56:55 GMT

I'm just about ready to purchase a Pod HD300 but I want to know how compatible and easy it is to use for recording into my Macbook, I use Logic Pro.

How does it connect up?, i've only ever used a Floor Pod Plus (which for recording sounded quite awful to be honest) and that connected up using a jack to mini jack and i believe the HD300 uses USB? Would it work the same, do I Need extra programs, all this kind of stuff?

How good would the recording quality sound?

Floor POD Plus into a Mac/GarageBand

support@line6.com — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 01:13:04 GMT

I'm stepping into totally new territory here so I have no idea what i'm doing.

My friend has a Floor POD Plus and said he'd be willing to let me use it to record with.

I'm using a Macbook and GarageBand. How would i connect up the POD so i can record my guitar/bass tracks straight into GarageBand.

Would it sound like a professional recording (obviously with the mixing tweaked) since the amps in GarageBand sound pretty dire when I plug my guitar into the line-in.

What cables would I need ect... all the stuff like that

I need to know since this would save a lot of money on recording since i'd be able to do it at home