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Re: Trying to get up and running - Gig this weekend - yikes!

support@line6.com — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:06:47 GMT

That does help, thanks so much!

Re: Trying to get up and running - Gig this weekend - yikes!

support@line6.com — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:04:31 GMT

Thanks so much for your help! I'm getting the hang of it now at least enough to get started. I'm having a little difficulty focusing right now with things I have going on in my life, thanks for bearing with me.

Re: Trying to get up and running - Gig this weekend - yikes!

support@line6.com — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 12:42:30 GMT

You need to develop a "System" that works for you! I can offer you an Idea though....

Pedal "A" Clean

Pedal "B" Crunch

Pedal "C" Rhythm Gain Or Special effect for the specific song...

Pedal "D" Lead

Whatever you choose.....

The Important part is that you NEVER vary from this scheme.. Keep the Same Amp/Amps too for each of the "Song" Banks...(see below)

Now Use the Bank up/down to select what song you want to use, that you have organized, either by your set list order, Alphabetically. From Music type (Light to Heavy...), Amp type in order of tone type.. and so on... You could be a One Amp type of dude too... So do it by order of the channels you are using...

BUT..

Keeping the Pedals (A,B,C &D) The Same will keep you from loosing your place if you lost your Place? "Lead" Now!!!!!????? LOL (Press the "D")

Re: Trying to get up and running - Gig this weekend - yikes!

support@line6.com — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:19:00 GMT

babealicious wrote:

Silverhead - I understand (kind of) the difference between the green and amber modes and what word/numbers above and below the A-D switches correspond with each mode. Still a little confused about the best way to set up AND access a bank and patches/FX WITHIN the bank..
Lets say I want the same amp and basic lead and delay sounds in more than one bank, but wanted a different Mod sound for each of those banks. What would be the easiet set up with easy access?

Which makes the most sense of these two set ups?

1a V-Twin
1b Line6 Drive
1c Analog Chorus
1d Digital Delay
.......

I don't think you fully understand yet. Each bank contains four presets/patches. So your identifation of Bank 1 containing 1A through 1D is correct, and so on.

But each preset/patch is a full set/combination of amp + 3FX. Your description above suggests you are thinking of patch 1A as only being the amp , patch 1B as only being the drvie, etc. That's incorrect. Each of patches 1A through 1D contains different selections of ALL of those things.

So to answer your sepcific question:

Lets say I want the same amp and basic lead and delay sounds in more than one bank, but wanted a different Mod sound for each of those banks. What would be the easiet set up with easy access?

First off, your terminology again indicates confusion. It's different patches, not different banks, that differ with respect to amp and FX selections.

Try this approach. First we'll set up some patches. For convenience, use HD Edit.

STEP 1: Select patch 1A. Make the following amp/fx selections: Amp = V-Twin; FX1 = Line 6 Drive; FX2 = Ananlog Chorus; FX3 = Digital Delay. Make sure each of these is turned ON. Tweak parameters in each of those to your desire. SAVE THE PATCH (that means use the HD Edit SEND SELECTED function to load/save it to the HD300 device.)

STEP 2: Copy patch 1A to patch 1B (click and CTRL drag in the editor window.

Select patch 1B: Change the FX2 setting to Flanger; tweak parameters and SAVE THE PATCH.

STEP 3: Repeat Step 2, copying to 1C this time. Change FX2 to Tremolo. Again SAVE THE PATCH.

... and so on....

Close HD Edit.

Using the HD300;

- Select Preset mode (hit the Mode footswitch until the green light comes on.)

- Look at the LCD display. If a Bank 1 patch is not currently displayed (1A through 1D), navigate to Bank 1 using the up/down footswitches.

- tap on the A footswitch to select patch 1A. At this point you will not see any amber lights, and you will not have control over the FX on/off switches. You could do that, but there's no need. You will hear the amps and FX that you selected for 1A in Step 1 above, including the analog chorus.

- while still in Preset (green) mode, tap on the B footswitch. The display will change to show that you are now hearing patch 1B. It is identical to 1A except that you now hear the flanger instead of the chorus.

- repeat the last action but using the C footswitch. You will hear the change to tremolo from flanger.

If you want to control individual FX you can do that at any time. Just step on the Mode footswitch until you activate Pedal Mode (amber light). Now the same fooswitches will turn the amp/FX on/off individually. If you want to change patches in this mode, step on teh up/down footswitches rather than the A-D footswitches (which are responding in FX mode at the moment).

So that's the basic idea. Now you have set your patches up so that you can switch among your different FX2 settings with a single footswitch stomp (A-D) in Preset (green) mode. Optionally, you can go to Pedal mode and navigate to ADJACENT patches wusing the up/down footswitches. When you are comfortable doing this other setup options will become clear to you - but do the above first so that you can gain a full understanding of the concepts.

EDIT: corrected mistake in identifying FX2 at several points above. I had used FX3 wrongly when referring to the MOD block of FX; it should have been FX2 (and now is)

Re: Trying to get up and running - Gig this weekend - yikes!

support@line6.com — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:21:38 GMT

I think he is really stuck on the terminology. Let's see if this helps: Think in terms of analog gear. A 'patch' would represent the total signal chain of guitar -> floor effects pedals->rack units -> amp -> speaker cabinet. So realistically in the analog world you would only ever have one signal chain available at a time. So the patch represents that complete signal path. When you change a patch on the POD you are basically unplugging your guitar from that signal chain and taking it another complete signal chain with different effects, rack units, amp, cab, etc. Kind of like walking around a music store with your guitar and plugging into all different types of gear. So that's what you're doing when you change patches. Now when you are in 'stomp' mode on the POD you are basically turning on/off each individual item in your signal chain. So one button might turn on/off the distortion, one button might turn on/off the delay, etc.

Does that help?

Re: Trying to get up and running - Gig this weekend - yikes!

support@line6.com — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:00:07 GMT

Silverhead - I understand (kind of) the difference between the green and amber modes and what word/numbers above and below the A-D switches correspond with each mode. Still a little confused about the best way to set up AND access a bank and patches/FX WITHIN the bank..

Lets say I want the same amp and basic lead and delay sounds in more than one bank, but wanted a different Mod sound for each of those banks. What would be the easiet set up with easy access?

Which makes the most sense of these two set ups?

1a V-Twin

1b Line6 Drive

1c Analog Chorus

1d Digital Delay

2a V-Twin

2b Line6 Drive

2c Flanger

2d Digital Delay

3a V-Twin

3b Line6 Drive

3c Tremolo

3d Digital Delay

and so on...

1a V-Twin

2a Line6 Drive

3a Analog Chorus

4a Digital Delay

1b V-Twin

2b Line6 Drive

3b Flanger

4b Digital Delay

1c V-Twin

2c Line6 Drive

3c Tremolo

4c Digital Delay

and so on...

Re: Trying to get up and running - Gig this weekend - yikes!

support@line6.com — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:29:25 GMT

Hey good luck on your gig this weekend. Hope it all falls into place for you!

Re: Trying to get up and running - Gig this weekend - yikes!

support@line6.com — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:08:00 GMT

Babealicious, I don't have the 400 I have a 500 but I am sure they are all the same. I would suggest to check out the HD400 Edit Pilots guide. (link below) The piece you were looking for I posted below.

http://l6c.scdn.line6.net/data/l/0a06434dc0864ca4b2359feda/application/pdf/POD%20HD400%20Edit%20Pilot's%20Guide%20(Rev%20B)%20-%20English.pdf

To Open a Preset or Bundle File from your Computer When opening a Preset or Bundle file, the Preset(s) are loaded into the application and appear as "edited." Once you are ready to commit these to your device, use the Save Panel "Send" functions.

•

To open a Preset - Select "Open" from the application’s File menu and browse to the location where your Preset (.h4e) files are stored (the default Preset folder locations are shown above). Selecting a Preset file loads its saved settings, replacing the currently loaded Preset and its Channel location within the application.

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To load a Bundle - Select "Load Bundle" from the application’s File menu and browse to the location where your Bundle (.h4b) files are stored (the default Bundle folder locations are shown above). Selecting a Bundle file loads its full set of 128 Presets, replacing all the currently loaded Presets within the application.

• Alternatively, you can drag a Preset or Bundle file from any folder on your computer and drop it directly in the POD HD400 Edit window to load the file’s settings.

Re: Trying to get up and running - Gig this weekend - yikes!

support@line6.com — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:32:24 GMT

Thanks Frozen...can you tell me how to pull a custom tone into the Editor to use it as a preset?

Re: Trying to get up and running - Gig this weekend - yikes!

support@line6.com — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:13:05 GMT

I think the last two posts may have helped with the conceptual problem: you are always in only ONE Mode at a time with respect to how the switches operate, and the Mode light colour indicates which mode you are in. From the top they are: Pedal Mode (amber), Looper Mode (red), and Preset mode (green). Associated with each mode there is a row of text that describes what each switch does in that particular mode. These operations are exclusive of each other; in other words when you step on the leftmost footswitch (other than the mode footswitch itself) you are EITHER:

- turning on/off the Amp in the current patch (Pedal/amber mode), OR

- setting the Looper function to operate pre- or post- amp (Looper/red mode), OR

- selecting patch A within the currently queued Bank (Preset/green mode).

You are never doing more than one of these at a time. Which one you are doing depends on what Mode you are currently in as indicated by the Mode light.

Now, way back in your original post you wrote:

babealicious wrote:

.............
Also what's the real difference between Pre and Post (amp) on the presets?.....

The Pre/Post function is effective only in Looper mode. It determines whether the loop will record the guitar signal before it reaches the amp (the dry signal - no processing) or after the amp and FX have been applied. For details check the manual section on the Looper.

Once you get the hang of it you will figure out the best way to set up your patches for gigging. For instance, you could arrange your patches for a given playlist in order of songplay, so that patch 1A corresponds to your first song, 1B the second song, and so on. Then you remain in Pedal Mode (amber) throughout the gig - using the switches to turn FX on/off at certain points in the song. When it's time to move to the next song you just hit the Up button once. You remain in Pedal mode for the next song.

But there are lots of ways to set things up - you'll figure out what's best for you pretty quickly.