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Jan 21, 2013 3:30 PM

POD HD500 Looper Question

When I record a distorted guitar part in POST and let it play..I play a lead over it and the lead gets buried...seems there's no distortion on the guitar at all...am I doing something wrong ?

  • silverhead Expert Line 6 User
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    Jan 21, 2013 4:10 PM (in response to xChainzx)
    Re: POD HD500 Looper Question

    Try lowering the playback volume of the looper. To do this, select the Looper from the signal flow display and turn knob#1.

     

    This should allow the lead guitar sound to be heard more.

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      Jan 23, 2013 8:27 AM (in response to silverhead)
      Re: POD HD500 Looper Question

      Thanks I guess I should have made my question a little clearer. That did solve the volume issue but it sounds like 2 guitarists sharing the same amplifier instead of a loop of recorded rthym distorted guitar playing and a distorted lead. Sounds like they are both fighting for the distortion sound if that makes sense. Is there anyway to solve this where they are 2 seperate things? I am guessing because the pedal is doing the processing, it has to pick one or the other to send the distortion to. Just guessing here.

      • phil_m Expert Line 6 User
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        Jan 23, 2013 8:34 AM (in response to xChainzx)
        Re: POD HD500 Looper Question

        Typically, I'd think that you'd want the rhythm part to be less saturated than the lead part. If you have the looper set to post, the loop will be recorded with what ever effects and amp you have active in the patch. Once you record the rhythm part, you can add effects or even change patches to use whatever lead sound you want.

      • silverhead Expert Line 6 User
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        Jan 23, 2013 8:35 AM (in response to xChainzx)
        Re: POD HD500 Looper Question

        Make sure the Looper is in POST position. That way it will record and play back the processed tone of your backing loop. WHen in PRE position the looper records the dry (unprocessed) tone and applies the current preset to the loop when playing it back.

         

        Her is more information about how to use the Looper:

        http://line6.com/support/thread/76582

        • xChainzx Just Startin'
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          Jan 23, 2013 3:56 PM (in response to silverhead)
          Re: POD HD500 Looper Question

          silverhead: Thanks for the help...since I have owned this HD500 which is a while I have just started experimented with the looper...I did checkout the link you put there and it was helpful...lowering the loop volume was the fix...thanks again.

           

           

          mdmayfield : The looper was/is in POST not PRE.

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        Jan 23, 2013 2:30 PM (in response to xChainzx)
        Re: POD HD500 Looper Question

        xChainzx wrote:

         

        ... it sounds like 2 guitarists sharing the same amplifier instead of a loop of recorded rthym distorted guitar playing and a distorted lead. ...

         

        That sure as heck sounds to me like the looper is actually in PRE, not POST.

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