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RunningGargle Just Startin'
RunningGargle
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Jan 11, 2012 12:13 PM

Using Pod HD500 as a mic for Acoustic and Vocals?

How's it going line 6 gents, newbie here. Have a few quick questions about using my Pod HD500 as a mic through the mic input, or if its even possible.

 

Alright, my friend lent me his Heil PR40 dynamic mic for recording purposes. I was wondering, since i dont have a seperate pre amp or interface, if i could use my HD500 to mic my acoustic guitar since its not a acoustic/electric through the "mic input" connected to the PR40. It's a fantastic mic and sounded great at the loaners house, but he had a seperate interface that he used.

 

Just wondering if anyone could help or has any good experience with using mic's with this device. Any advice helps along with patches that contains this setup. Thanks

  • silverhead Expert Line 6 User
    silverhead
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    Jan 11, 2012 1:42 PM (in response to RunningGargle)
    Re: Using Pod HD500 as a mic for Acoustic and Vocals?

    In the latest HD500 firmware (v1.4) there's a factory setlist called Bass/Aco/Voc. It has presets designed for bass guitar, acoustic guitar, and vocals. The vocal presets are set up to take a mic input. They usually do not use an amplifier - just some FX. You can look at them to see the general setup and play with tweaking the various FX. Don't be thrown off by the fact that many of them use some crazy FX - they are designed to show off the range of possibilities. Use them as a starting point for tailoring your own vocal presets.

     

    Similarly, there are some acoustic guitar presets. All of them are set to take the Guitar input from on-board electronics of an acoustic guitar. But  for mic'ing a guitar you could simply change the Input to MIC and test out the various FX. Again, you'll see that an amp is rarely used - just different combinations of FX.

  • defected07 Just Startin'
    defected07
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    Jan 11, 2012 2:00 PM (in response to RunningGargle)
    Re: Using Pod HD500 as a mic for Acoustic and Vocals?

    I believe you can also set up one patch, to have the Left channel for one input, and right channel for another. Then, if you got another mic for vocals with a 1/4" adapter, you could plug that into AUX. Plug your acoustic's mic into MIC, and you could direct the respective inputs to their own channels. This way, I believe you can record by singing and playing simultaneously. Though, this may not be ideal for recording, as you'd certainly get bleed into each mic from the others' intended source. Could be nice for gigging though!

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