We might be getting confused on terminology here - you can't have multiple patches going at any time. All HD models load and play one patch at a time. Each patch can have multiple FX that can be turned on/off by footswitches. Patch selections and FX on/off switches are performed by the same set of footswitches, in two modes:

- Preset mode (green light): The Up/Down switches queue the adjacent bank of patches; the current patch remainds loaded. The A/B/C/D switches select and load a specific patch within the queued bank.

- Pedal Mode (amber light): The AMP/FX1/FX2/FX3 switches turn on/off the amp or FX model associated  with FX blocks 1, 2, and 3 in the current patch. The lights indicate which blocks are currently ON. The Up/Down switches immediately load the adjacent patch.

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.

As Ozbadman stated, download that user manual. It will give you a much better understandaing of your unit, then things will start to make more sense to you. Of course feel free to ask questions here as there are some very knowledgeable people on this forum that I'm sure are more than happy to help you out.

Dan

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)