Aug 6, 2012 12:44 PM
HD500 as effects only - effects in front of amp and others through the loop
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I am a long time PODxt pro/ Tech21 PE60 user.I have recently been doing many more fly in gigs and cannot get those PE60s. So, I am considering the HD500 for effects only. My questions - 1) Is it possible to get some effects(overdrive,distortion/wah) to go into the front of the amp while others(Delay/Chorus/Flange) go through the the amp's effects loop(as if I were using regular pedals)? 2) Can selected effects be routed through the FX loop of the HD500 to go in and out of the amp's loop?
Any assistance would be appreciated.
ASH
Sure, you can do that. What you're describing is referred to as the 4-cable method (4CM). There's a tutorial video about it here: http://line6.com/support/docs/DOC-2112
Perfect. Thank you sir!!! I'm in!!!!
ASH
One more for ya....What if i want ti run a second amp?
I really appreciate all of your help!!!
ASH
It would be sort of tricky doing something like the 4CM with a two amp setup (really becomes something like the 7 cable method at that point), but I think it could be done. Noise will most likely become an issue, though, and it will need to be addressed in some way.
But from a connection standpoint, it would be pretty straightforward. You'd have to get a TRS to dual mono cable to take the stereo out from the HD500's effects send and take the left side to one amp's front input and the right side to other's. Then you'd take cables from the amps' effects send and back into the HD500's effects return. Finally, you'd take cables from the HD500's outputs to the amps' effects returns.
Where it gets a little tricky is setting up the dual tone in the HD500. You'd have to put the loop before the split, and any of the pre effects you want sent to both amps before the split. Actually, you'd be limited to sending the same pre effects to both amps. After the loop block, you go to the split and then you could put different post effects in each amp's loop.
This might help also .... for the first four cables !!!
---> Primer ---> http://line6.com/support/docs/DOC-2523
---> details for an HD500 --> http://line6.com/support/docs/DOC-2522
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