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xChainzx Just Startin'
xChainzx
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Jul 13, 2011 10:59 AM

POD HD 500 Goes Silent When Selecting Preset

I have some presets on User Bank 1. When I hit the Up and Down arrows then select another preset on that bank it goes silent. Then it will sometimes will cut on really loud and have some static. If I unplug the power to the POD and power it back on and do the same thing, it works as it should sometimes. Sometimes it just goes silent again. What can I do to get this fixed ? I have checked/switched cords and changed guitars. Still getting the same results. Just bought this in April. Hate this is happening but we are about to do some shows and I can't have this acting up like this on stage.

  • Nick_Mattocks Best of the Best
    Nick_Mattocks
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    Jul 13, 2011 12:12 PM (in response to xChainzx)
    Re: POD HD 500 Goes Silent When Selecting Preset

    Do these patches have a Volume Control effect in their signal chain?

     

    If so, try saving with the Volume Pedal at 100%.  Try moving the Volume Pedal effect to the end of the chain after the mixer block.

    • xChainzx Just Startin'
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      Jul 13, 2011 2:51 PM (in response to Nick_Mattocks)
      Re: POD HD 500 Goes Silent When Selecting Preset

      The preset I moved to the User1 Bank along with my self-made patch is MasterPuppetSolo and yes it has a volume pedal 2 places from the end of the effects chain. There is a noise gate and the looper after it. So move it past the looper and save it ? It is already at 100% too by the way. Thanks for the quick response nick.

       

      Also my Wah pedal in my patch quit working too. I know that's another issue though.

       

      Update: Fixed the Wah Pedal with a calibration. Powered it off and back on as in the instruction on calibration. Played my patch, sounds great. Hit the MasterPuppetSolo preset and it went silent, then went nuts again. Really really loud and twangy with static like a bad volume pot on a guitar.

       

      Message was edited by: xChainzx

    • litesnsirens Iknowathingortwo
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      Jul 13, 2011 3:12 PM (in response to Nick_Mattocks)
      Re: POD HD 500 Goes Silent When Selecting Preset

      Hey Nick I recall a work around that you had come up with awhile ago regarding the volume pedal but I thought that was for the volume spike when changing presets. I too have experienced occasionally a complete volume drop out on a preset.  I don't want to say it only happens when changing banks but it seems to me that it usually is part of the equation.  I would have to say in reality I rarely if ever use a volume pedal so if the volume pedal is part of the issue I would be happy to go through and totally remove the volume pedal from all the presets that I use.

      • xChainzx Just Startin'
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        Jul 13, 2011 3:33 PM (in response to litesnsirens)
        Re: POD HD 500 Goes Silent When Selecting Preset

        Thanks take a bow my friend it worked !!!. I removed the volume pedal for the MasterPuppetsSolo patch. I tried it several times to make sure all the patches work when switching banks/presets and all still work with no volume swells or cut outs. Thanks again. Have a good one !

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          Jul 14, 2011 6:00 AM (in response to xChainzx)
          Re: POD HD 500 Goes Silent When Selecting Preset

          Update : Just plugged it in this morning and played. Hit the pedal to change banks and selected preset and dead silence again. Looks like I spoke too soon. My problem has not been solved. Had to unplug it and plug it in again and it worked. Do I need to take this in to be fixed ? it's 3 months old. Man what a bummer.

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            broadfca
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            Nov 23, 2011 2:42 PM (in response to xChainzx)
            Re: POD HD 500 Goes Silent When Selecting Preset

            I'm having the same issue with my 500. When I hit a preset foot switch (5 -8....ABCD) the volume goes silent. If I hit the same foot switch 1 or 2 more times, it all of a sudden gets really loud.

             

            I'm going thru all the post I can find, but as of yet...I haven't seen where this problem has been completely solved.

             

            If anyone has found the final fix, please let me know. Until then, I'll keep looking and wondering if I made a mistake investing in this thing???

             

            Thanks for any help,

            Carl

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    Oct 29, 2012 11:18 AM (in response to xChainzx)
    Re: POD HD 500 Goes Silent When Selecting Preset

    Has this issue benn resolved?...I'm having the same problem, and i can't find much about it on this forum, or when i google it...Any help would be appreciated...

    • jimsreynolds Power User
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      Oct 30, 2012 5:54 PM (in response to fusionarts)
      Re: POD HD 500 Goes Silent When Selecting Preset

      I don't think there has ever been a definitive answer but one piece of advice would be to check your output levels coming out of each effect in your chain in turn.  If any of them are cranked way high then try dialing them down a bit and making up any volume shortfalls elsewhere (e.g. mixer, amp or downstream effect). 

       

      It may be that you are boosting way high with one effect then cutting back down with the next.  I think that can cause momentary noise bursts on patch change,   I used to get it occasionally when I first go the pod but am way more conscious of levels within the patch now and never run into it anymore.

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