wow!

meambobbo, if what you say was true, that would be a BIG BUG !

from the first day I had my Pod HD, I understood his signal routing and never had a doubt that using only one input, except when othewise needed, was the way to go, so all my patches have only input 1 active when I have a simple [gtr>fx>amp>fx] setup

[EDIT: this is no longer true, see this thread http://line6.com/support/thread/90441 What every POD HD 500 owner *REALLY* needs to know! for an explanation]

when using using two parallel amps, I noticed some little phasing problems (e.g. when blending them with two volume pedals) but thought it was due to different algorithms going on on the two paths causing different latencies, wich is what also happens in real-life dual-amp setups (line 6 should introduce a sample delay function in the mixer to overcome this)

can you please tell us how did you find out this?

I found the time to do a quick test:

sine wave > audio card out > pod blank patch* > audio card in

(* with both mixer channels at unity and pan-centered)

i recorded the same thing two times one with only input 1 active (input1: guitar; input 2: variax)

and one with both inputs set to guitar

then I gave 6dB on my daw to the first one and inverted the polarity: they cancel perfectly

[EDIT: this is not exact, see my next post here: http://line6.com/support/message/405120#405120 ]

this means that the sentence: "setting Input 1 Guitar Input 2 guitar/same means that the two input signals are slightly out-of-sync" in itself is not true

to clarify, I'm not saying that what you hear is wrong, I just want to be able repeat it

hope this helps on the road to clarify the problem

ciao

Lore

mario, there are no manuals translated to italian

I'm sad i just learnt this trick after fighting with the unit for 2 years, but man i love what it does now sounds way better and more defined !!!! Even when i plug my vintage Fuzz face or other stomp boxes now it sounds good, before it was unusable !!!    Any other tricks i should know about ???? 

Actually, to be precise, the tuner only works for INPUT 1.   It would appear that INPUT 2 does not get routed to the tuner.  So if you want to use the onboard tuner, and you have INPUT 1 and INPUT 2 set to different inputs because of the reasons outlined above, then you will only be able to use the tuner for whatever is selected for INPUT 1.  My work around is to use GLOBAL setting for input, and then I can temporarily switch the inputs around to tune before playing. Obviously this is no good for live performance if you need to retune in between songs or during a song and you are using the instrument connected to INPUT 2.  However, for live work, I normally use just the VARIAX so it isn't a major issue for me, but I can see that it is a problem for anyone that uses both Variax and Standard guitar for a live set and may need to quickly adjust tuning during the performance.

I don't know why it is designed this way and I wonder whether it can be altered so that both INPUTs will get routed via the tuner.  Perhaps a future firmware release will address it.  For now, I guess it is a design limitation we have to live with.

Can you elaborate for this newbie on exactly what you did to secure needed tone.

Hi guys,

I bought my HD500 a few days ago so I'm still trying to understand how it works.

First of all I've to say that I'm using it in studio/direct mode, right now directly into my soundcard+studio monitors.

I'll probably use a stereo configuration for my band gigs (= both XLR outputs directly into a PA), but for now I'd just like to build a solid set of mono patches (= gtr in > 1/4" unbalanced L out) to have at my disposal for a quicker/simpler backup in case I need it.

So, if I use a dual-amp patch with input1=guitar / input2=variax and a mono 1/4" unbalanced out (both amps panned to center), do I always have to put a mono-summing fx in the pre position?

I began to build dual cab patches without putting anything before the split, but when i tried to add a noise gate the sound completely changed.

Also, I seem to understand that the simplest way to get a mono rig is putting everything in the A path and mute the B, but in this case you can only use one amp slot. I was thinking, according to your experience, is it possible to achieve an usable sound with just one amp/cab?

Thanks a lot!

Sorry for the noob question and I did not read through all, if someone can help me open her up that would be killer

. Where in the menu do I set the inputs? In HD Edit or physically on the HD 500? Thanks in advance!