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Re: How to use Volume pedal HD500

support@line6.com — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:32:17 GMT

it will only do that until you leave the master volume alone... go and call up and set your patches where you want them and re-save....

then the master volume raises and lowers all tones equally... meaning you would set it for the venue/situation and not fuss with it much.

Re: How to use Volume pedal HD500

support@line6.com — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:23:09 GMT

This is something that would come with difficulties with the HD500 setup. If what you want is a dedicated, post-effects master volume, you may be better suited by simply buying a volume pedal and placing it after the Pod in your setup. Then it will not be altered by changing patches. The onboard pedal could then be applied to other settings within the signal chain (wah, delay feedback, etc).

Should Line 6 implement this as an option in a future firmware? I dunno, it's not useful to me. Drop them a line and let them know it would be useful to you.

http://line6.com/company/contact/productfeedback/

Re: How to use Volume pedal HD500

support@line6.com — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:12:34 GMT

Yes you are right, I am confusing Master volume with the channel volume. But my point is that when using the x3live it was very usful to be on say bank 1 a, then use the volume pedal to volume down, then switch to bank 1 b and use the volume pedal to volume up as needed. On the HD500 you cant do this because when you switch from bank 1 a to bank 1 b the volume goes to your saved position and not to where the volume pedal is set. So in a live setting you will be on stage and volUme down 1 a then when you switch to 1 b your volume will jump to who knows where!

Re: How to use Volume pedal HD500

support@line6.com — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:02:40 GMT

You have to include it in every patch. There is no global setting for this. You need to do this manually in every patch, or set up a template patch that includes the VOL FX and copy that patch to a new location as a starting point every time you create a new patch.

Re: How to use Volume pedal HD500

support@line6.com — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:58:02 GMT

O.k. ...so how can you set the volume pedal to control volume fx to always be present in the hd500 then?

Re: How to use Volume pedal HD500

support@line6.com — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:57:01 GMT

that's just asking for trouble... because the master doesn't save with the preset etc... lots of blown speakers and bleeding eardrums from one patch to the next....

if your patchs have been relatively leveled between them you shouldn't need to touch the master volume often at all.

Re: How to use Volume pedal HD500

support@line6.com — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:44:52 GMT

Actually, I think you misunderstand. The Volume pedal on the X3 Live does not control the device Master Volume. It controls the VOL FX where it is positioned in the signal chain, PRE or POST. That's what the HD500 does too. The difference is, in the X3L the VOL FX is always present in the preset; in the HD500 it is not necessarily present.

I'm not disagreeing with you - I think it could be useful to have a pedal that controls the device Master Volume. It's just that neither the X3L nor the HD500 provide it.

Re: How to use Volume pedal HD500

support@line6.com — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 20:36:37 GMT

Hey Silverhead, you misunderstand. Not the Amp Volume Knob, the Global Volume of the entire unit OR Master Volume. You should be able to set the physical volume pedal to control the global volume OR Master Volume of the entire unit just like you could with the X3LIVE. And yes there is something special about the volume pedal, like I stated above you should be able to Control the global volume of the unit just like you could with the X3LIVE. A Volume pedal should be able to control the Master Volume imho?

Re: How to use Volume pedal HD500

support@line6.com — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 14:37:03 GMT

I really don't see any difference between the saved setting of the Volume Pedal in a preset and the saved settings of other parameters that have physical counterparts, like the Drive knob, the Bass/Tone/Treble settings, etc.....and in this context especially the Amp Volume knob.

I don't think the HD500 should ignore any of these saved settings when recalling a preset, and simply set the values to mirror the physical knob positions at the moment that you recall a preset. Or is there something special about the Volume Pedal that makes it different from these other parameters?

Re: How to use Volume pedal HD500

support@line6.com — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 23:38:49 GMT

The best way to predict where the volume of the unit will be when you switch patches would be to look down at the VOLUME PEDAL and see where it is set to physically and not have to rely on remembering where you programmed it to!!