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evh5150combo
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Nov 10, 2012 2:06 AM

Master volume in 4 cable method

When you use pod hd (500) with 4 cable method, it's obvious that you control the total volume of your ampli with the "past volume" knobs of the amplifier. When i switch to the pre models of the hd 500 i have every time to re-match the output volumes with the "volume" knob of the hd. But I have to do this operation with ALL THE PRESETS. The "master volume" knome is always all the way up, it's completely useless because if I turn it down, it affects also the volume of my REAL amp presets. It would be WONDERFUL if I could use the "master volume" of the HD to control ONLY the volume of the internal AMP modeling and bypass this feature when I use the PREAMP of my amplifier. Please, tell me that this is possible!!!

  • jimsreynolds Power User
    jimsreynolds
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    Nov 10, 2012 10:44 AM (in response to evh5150combo)
    Re: Master volume in 4 cable method

    The MASTER knob is applied globally at the outputs of the HD500,.  With 4CM you need to use the 1/4" output so no, there is no practical way of having the Master volume operate on the modelled amps only.

     

    I balance off my modelled presets for  Modelled amps against presets for 4CM by using the modelled amp volume and/or mixer and/or studio EQ boosts to match the level of the real preamps and saving the preset.  The Master stays on 100% the whole time.  More details in the doc I put together here --> http://line6.com/support/docs/DOC-2522

     

    I will say that it ain't trivial balancing off modelled against real presets. I tend to try and play a loud, clean chord passage into the looper (in post) and leave it playing while I move to other presets and match the levels manually before saving them.

    • evh5150combo Just Startin'
      evh5150combo
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      Nov 10, 2012 12:40 PM (in response to jimsreynolds)
      Re: Master volume in 4 cable method

      In this case, it could be wonderful having a knob to change the volume of all the modeled amps in one step instead of doing it in every preset. Line 6 should implement a sort of choice in the global settings where you can choose to use the "volume" knob as a volume in the current preset or global, for all the amp models. Unfortunately, I have an 5150 peavey and the master volume of the power amp could not affect the effects loop, so the volume of the amp models is controlled only by the hd500. Every time I play in a different place I have to rebalance all the amp models for matching the volume of my real amp.

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