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165. Jan 19, 2011 12:49 PM (in response to JB1973)

Re: MerlinFL's (aka Neal) Forum for all things JTV, POD HD500, & DT50

JB1973 wrote:
I need to get used to using my guitar volume instead of pedal volume between songs anyway
so the variax will save power

You will be using VDI to connect JTV to HD500, right? With VDI the HD500 powers the JTV, no need to worry about saving JTV battery power.

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166. Jan 20, 2011 2:32 PM (in response to MerlinFL)

Re: MerlinFL's (aka Neal) Forum for all things JTV, POD HD500, & DT50

Copied this from a question posted elsewhere on the Line 6 website...

Re: interconnection of the Vetta with the new HD500

michellenweiter wrote:

I'm the owner of the Vetta II Combo and I'd like to connect the HD500 to it to use the Power Amp and Cab of the Vetta and the preamp, amp simutation and fx of the HD500.

Is there a way to do it properly (respecting the impedance, levels, etc) and wha't the best way to connect these 2 together, using the best of both?

Maybe, it makes no sense to buy an HD500, if we already have a Vetta II, does it?
I havn't compare them yet.

Thanks for your help
mitch

Yes - I have all the older and brand new L6 gear. I can answer this 100% accurately and hopefully get the points for it too. :-) I'm also hoping to get hired by Line 6 as a representative and instructor. IF you (or anyone else who might read this) like my answer enough, find that it all is as accurate as I claim, and benefit from it...would you be kind enough to put in a positive word with either Rich Renken, Rick Miller, or anyone in the Human Resource department of Line 6?

You have a few ways to connect from the HD500 into the Vetta.

1) Connect a standard 1/4" cord from the HD500 FX out to the 1/4" input on the Vetta and then use the MIDI ins/outs from the HD500 into the Vetta so that your patches line up from the HD500 into the Vetta amp. Doing a set up this way allows you to have BOTH sounds from the Vetta and the HD500 at the same time, alternating, or any combination you wish.

2) Bypass the front end of the Vetta completely by connecting the HD500 LINE OUTs into the LINE INS on the Vetta. No signals or ohms to match as it is line level on both ends. I personally just would run the output of the master volume of the HD500 at about half so that you have NO CHANCE of overdriving the power amp input of the Vetta. This way all patches and sounds will be coming from the HD500 and just the power amp and speakers of the Vetta will be producing the sounds from the speakers. Also, it gives you a simple choice of whether to connect the XLR DI outs from EITHER the Vetta or the HD500. The sounds will be the same either way since they originate from the HD500.

3) Use the FOUR CABLE METHOD which has a video on YouTube and on this website to take full advantage of ALL ASPECTS of BOTH the HD500 and the Vetta. It's a bit complicated to understand how this works within the signal chain coming from the HD500 and how you have your patches set up on your Vetta, but it gives you the most flexibility of accessing everything both products has to offer.

I hope these different ways of connecting the older gear to your newer gear work out as well for you as they have for me.

Here's a photo of my current set up... (1) Vetta I upgraded to V2 hardware and software, FBV Longboard, (2) DT50 1x12, POD HD500, And James Tyler Variax Model 59US that I have been a Beta tester for over a year and a half. This is a REAL wall of sound once it gets going!! I just wish I could afford a roadie...LOL

Take care,

Neal

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167. Jan 21, 2011 12:54 AM (in response to MerlinFL)

Re: MerlinFL's (aka Neal) Forum for all things JTV, POD HD500, & DT50

Okay - a quiz for all who stop by and read my forum. Can you tell me which of these choices is correct regarding the .mp3 audio clip I've posted. It looks like a blank window box, but it IS and actual working .mp3 link. I just used the post image to get the link inside this posting.

Here are your choices and there is NO tricks here. This is a sample recorded into my DAW.

1) Tyler Vax model 50 - Mag pups - DI from my DT 50 - then pitch altered down to Baritone AFTER I played in standard tuning using pitch changing software in my DAW.

2) Tyler Vax model 50 - modeled Les Paul Standard Bridge pup - Baritone alt tuning on the guitar - DI from HD500 using combination Bogner Uber/4x12 & Engel Fireball/4x12.

3) Variax EC700 - modeled Les Paul Standard bridge pup, Workbench tuning altered to Baritone, altered output gain & tone pot, POD HD500 combination Mesa (Treadplate) pre & Engel Fireball pre, DI from TWO DT 50 1x12 amps.

4) Tyler Vax model 50 - modeled Les Paul Standard Bridge pup gain & tone pot altered in Workbench, Baritone Alt tuning, DI from Vetta with a combination of Soldano/4x12 & Bogner Uber/4x12

5) Real 1994 Les Paul Standard with DiMarzio Super Distortion Bridge pup, DI from DT50 in Mode III-Pentode-Class A.

6) Variax EC700 - modeled Les Paul Standard, Workbench modified gain & tone, Vetta DI with combination of Mesa Dual Rec/4x12 & Bogner Uber/4x12.

One of these IS the correct answer. Can ya guess which one after listening only once or twice? And please for give my playing. It's just a quicky for the purpose of this demonstration.

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168. Jan 21, 2011 3:27 PM (in response to MerlinFL)

Re: MerlinFL's (aka Neal) Forum for all things JTV, POD HD500, & DT50

Yet another posting taken and copied here...

Re: (8>*}... You called, Abbott?

JellyWheat wrote:

... who is this Neal guy you were talling to? Is he NEW? [...must be, judging by his POINT SCORE!]

[Don't forget your meds, amx... you know how you get when you forget to take your meds!!!]

J/W

LOL - I'm pretty certain many on here (including Rich...LOL) would PREFER if I were truly an quiet and unknown person.

Sorry I got the wrong impression of the joking bits of this point system discussion, but it really does not seem like a fair system to judge who has helped who by answering or suggesting things on the majority of posts that are not set up as questions. Perhaps some people only answer point related questions, but I know that many here just try to help or give some personal experience about questions relating to "how to...", "or how can I...", or "has anyone tried this?..." etc.

I've asked in a couple of posts since that e-mail went out to every register product owner to write something to Rich R. Rick Miller, or just the HR department recommending me as someone suited for the jobs being offered in my area of the world. I've been asking the company and Rich has had me bugging him about the need for people like us who have multiple levels of experience with a variety of Line 6 products. We could help this company by leaps and bounds if Line 6 had a GOOD rep in the real world and KNOWLEDGEABLE retail sales people. Line 6 gear keep getting more sophisticated, while the real world people have NO CLUE how any of it works. one of the reasons I believe for the failure of the Vetta amp plus the price tag.

BUT here we are again. Line 6 has a relatively inexpensive POD HD500 that can stand by itself IF you have a excellent monitor system, OR then you are back into the same $2,000.00 price range by getting the HD500 for your front end, plus a DT50 for the back end. And this combination of equipment is far more complicated than the Vetta is, And of course this is not including the JTV line of guitars which are "more complicated" than their predecessors unless you just use the mag pups.

Yet all three of these piece of gear "should" be connected together to make the "ultimate" guitar rig. I believe it is VERY POSSILE, but I also believe that it's not likely to happen as often as the company might need to make the profit column look the way they are probably hoping. Meanwhile, Spider amps will continue to fly off the floor in any of the five versions since they are relatively simple to work and much less expensive to buy.

Anyway - I've rambled too long again. I sincerely would appreciate any recommendations on my behalf to help get me working officially for Line 6.

Thanks everyone for reading this - if you took the time,

Neal aka low points guy.

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169. Jan 21, 2011 8:11 PM (in response to MerlinFL)

Re: MerlinFL's (aka Neal) Forum for all things JTV, POD HD500, & DT50

Then there is option 4) S/PDIF out on the HD500 to S/PDIF in on the Vetta II. Keeps it in the digital realm, transports stereo on a single cable and you can add post effects from the Vetta II.

You can also program the HD500 footswitches to send MIDI to the Vetta II (add a MIDI cable to the above scenario), for switching the additional effects in the Vetta II on and off.

There's much more than just the obvious that can be done when connecting multiple Line 6 devices.

Cheers,

Crusty

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170. Jan 21, 2011 8:23 PM (in response to MerlinFL)

Re: MerlinFL's (aka Neal) Forum for all things JTV, POD HD500, & DT50

Found on another forum and just thought that it was nice to read others who seem to think I'm not totally clueless or just annoying when I write the things that seem negative... This is Jelly writing to AMX on the original forum this came from. I only took a small section as it was fairly long and confusing if not in context with the rest of the thread......

"As I have posted at length, elsewhere, for me, it doesn't matter how stellar a concept is. I just want to be able to use it to help me make better music. I realize that every good thing has a price, and that - as Neal has pointed out so many times - Line 6 users have a certain amount of homework to do in order to avail themselves of the benefits of the product, but come on folks:

... learning the ins and outs of a horrendously complicated technological product doesn't lay tracks, nor does it guarantee that anyone is going to pay to download them. To me, what Line 6 offers the market is gravy for the potatoes that we musicians whip up over and over again, every day of our professional lives. It can only enhance, and NEVER replace or upstage our God-given musical gifts.

Anyone who has tried to make a living playing music knows that consistency is of paramount importance to the audience. People expect to hear you at your best. You can only get them to pay for a bad performance once. They won't risk their money next time on the hope and prayer that you will be having a better night. They don't want to hear: "The Variax made me do it!"

For me, Line 6 is failing in the consistency department, and what's even more of a letdowen is - as Neal says - they don't seem the least bit interested in listening to the people who could help them out.... a LOT. [Ummmm. that would be ... US]

My $0.02/YMMV

JellyRant"

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171. Jan 21, 2011 8:32 PM (in response to Crusty_Old_Rocker)

Re: MerlinFL's (aka Neal) Forum for all things JTV, POD HD500, & DT50

Crusty_Old_Rocker wrote:

Then there is option 4) S/PDIF out on the HD500 to S/PDIF in on the Vetta II. Keeps it in the digital realm, transports stereo on a single cable and you can add post effects from the Vetta II.

You can also program the HD500 footswitches to send MIDI to the Vetta II (add a MIDI cable to the above scenario), for switching the additional effects in the Vetta II on and off.

There's much more than just the obvious that can be done when connecting multiple Line 6 devices.

Cheers,

Crusty

Thanks Crusty - I have never used S/PDIF so I appreciate you catching that option. Perhaps I'll give that atry while I'm trying everything else.

I am familiar with the use of MIDI - but I've not seen or read anyone being able to figure out how to get the MIDI to work with the DT50. I 've got my bases covered with communication from the HD500 to my Vetta as it does still sit at the top of my gear pyramid.

Thanks again,

Neal

PS - if you wouldn't mind, I would greatly appreciate it if you thought I'd make a good representative for line 6 gear in my part of th world. I'm trying very hard to get respected people n these boards to email in to Rich R., Rick Miller, or just HR about me and my interfacing with those on the boards and others who know as much or more about the older and new gear Line 6 is/has offered to the public. I KNOW anyone would take your word seriously and an idiot if they didn't. My opinion of your product knowledge - and I'm sticking to that point of view...so there LOL!!

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172. Jan 29, 2011 6:49 PM (in response to MerlinFL)

Re: MerlinFL's (aka Neal) Forum for all things JTV, POD HD500, & DT50

Has anyone figured out WHY the JTV guitars plugged into a Vetta are "seen" by the Vetta as a Variax Acoustic Model 700??? I presume this is part of the reason why the patches do not save, nor recall directly between the JTV & the Vetta using the VDI like the previous models accurately do.

Anyone think line 6 might simply create a DI box of sorts that WILL allow the older Vax guitars plug nearly direct into the Vetta so that the guitar patches CAN be saved and recalled like the previous Vax models do? Right now, I'm using a $500.00 VDI interface called the POD HD500. It's a pretty big waste of money for such a simple task, but I am trying to create patches on the HD500 that I can not create on the Vetta so I can actually use the unit for something other than just an interface.

Thanks,

Neal

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173. Jan 30, 2011 4:46 PM (in response to MerlinFL)

Re: MerlinFL's (aka Neal) Forum for all things JTV, POD HD500, & DT50

MerlinFL wrote:
patches do not save, nor recall directly between the JTV & the Vetta using the VDI like the previous models accurately do.

Could you post the info you wrote about here so we could try to figure out what is going on?:

Jan 6, 2011 2:34 PM MerlinFL wrote:

And for ANYONE who might wish to have a list or chart of sorts on EXACTLY how to work the Workbench software as well as program tunings on the guitar, how to save alt tunings to the JTV so that they will be recalled by the Vetta,...

Just ask if you wish a...

"Neals Guide to JTV patch saving & recalling features for both new & older VDI equipped gear".

It will be a typed out, VERY FRIENDLY, step by step instruction guide from me on how to get the new JTV to work with your older gear

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174. Jan 30, 2011 7:37 PM (in response to johnnyayyy)

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johnnyayyy wrote:

MerlinFL wrote:
patches do not save, nor recall directly between the JTV & the Vetta using the VDI like the previous models accurately do.
Could you post the info you wrote about here so we could try to figure out what is going on?:

Jan 6, 2011 2:34 PM MerlinFL wrote:

And for ANYONE who might wish to have a list or chart of sorts on EXACTLY how to work the Workbench software as well as program tunings on the guitar, how to save alt tunings to the JTV so that they will be recalled by the Vetta,...

Just ask if you wish a...

"Neals Guide to JTV patch saving & recalling features for both new & older VDI equipped gear".

It will be a typed out, VERY FRIENDLY, step by step instruction guide from me on how to get the new JTV to work with your older gear

Johnny - I'm curious why after reading the headline of this Thread/Problem I'm having, you are asking me for something I certainly PLANNED on producing, BUT since the Vetta or the JTV or both decided to NOT KEEP WORKING 100% correctly, there was no reason to send out something that would not do what I did have going for a total of three whole days and was SO FLIPPIN HAPPY ABOUT IT TOO!! Remember my post that you copied a small section of for this post?? I've NOT been able to recreate that functionality again. Would that in itself not give you a clue why I've not sent out or posted a users guide for something I KNOW does not work 100% oof the time???

That would be like giving out prices of JTV guitars then changing them after they've been advertised, or finding out AFTER the JTV guitars have been put into production that they WILL NOT be 100% compatible with the Vetta or other older VDI equipped gear.

Others people or company's might work like that, but I DO NOT. I ONLY can report my personal experiences as I have them (which is what I was doing - remember??), BUT I will not give info that I KNOW is incorrect as that would just be plain WRONG & IRRESPONSIBLE. I feel worse than most most about what I thought I got worked out and made ME VERY HAPPY, turned out to NOT continue to work and there is no reason I've found for it working or working then stopping to work.

Have I cleared everything to do with me, my Vetta and my JTV up for ya yet Johnny? If not, please let me continue...

So as of now - the answer to the question..."How you get a Vetta to work perfectly with a JTV guitar"...is to buy a POD HD500. So you need to do two things on the HD500 FIRST THING...well actually MORE THAN TWO, but I'll leave it there for now.

STEP 1__Plug the JTV into the HD500 using the VDI cable.

STEP 2__Connect it to the Vetta using a 1/4" output from the FX out on the HD500 into the 1/4" input on the Vetta.

STEP 3__use MIDI IN/OUT of BOTH UNITS to change Vetta patches when changing guitar patches saved on the HD500. Easiest way is to just create guitar patches that you have on your Vetta for each bank/patch you've created on the Vetta. What I mean is...Bank 10 Patch B for example, should be IDENTICAL on the HD500 so you will have immediate correct MIDI channel accuracy with no MIDI MAPPING needed. Understand so far?

Here's another way of saying what I mean...With the HD500 coming with TWO Users blank sets, this is very easy to accomplish. Just open up Workbench or if you KNOW what Vax guitar patches you used in each bank/patch on the Vetta, just use the same ones for the same bank/patch numbers on the HD500.

Now this gives you MANY output options. However, since I'm just speaking about the Vetta and the JTV, I'll stick only there for now.

Then once you've matched up all guitars with all banks/patches on the HD500 and the Vetta, you can now use your Vetta with the JTV as the guitar and have both your guitar change with the amps patch changing - just like the Vetta does with just the Vax 700 or older plugged directly in using the VDI interface. So what you have is the following IF and ONLY IF you choose NOT to explore all the sounds and effects the HD500 is capable of putting out all on it's own. Right now, I'm using them both as well as the outputs of the (2) DT50 1x12 amps. It's an amazing true "WALL OF SOUND" with all three units working together. The JTV is just plain awesome all on it's own. Even my 700s sound a bit better coming out of the HD500 and the DT50s. I also can and DO leave a Vax 700 plugged directly into my Vetta via VDI which now sits on a walk-behind stand for some stage show two guitars at the same time kinda tricks.

The flexibility of these pieces of gear all connected together is mind-numbing - IN A GOOD WAY, but seriously not practical for the typical guitarist playing in local bars. I'm one of those guys most of the time and do bigger shows some of the time. So I primarily bring the Vetta, HD500, and my JTV Model 59US, and my (2) 700s to my typical show. I honestly use the 700 more often than I use the JTV, but for the models I feel MOST IMPROVED, I use the JTV. Such as all acoustic songs, and others that I need a Gretch or Strat or Tele. I think the LPs and other Gibson electric models are close enough when amped up with some overdrive to not bother to use the JTV. I'm still getting used to the difference in the neck of the JTV which is EXCELLENT, just DIFFERENT as I've been playing the 700s exclusively since 2006. I can't move quite a fast on the JTV as I can on the 700. ONLY because it's what I've gotten so physically used to.

In conclusion ------- A $500.00 POD HD500 interface is what you need to have at this point in time to guarantee 100% correct functionality betweenthe JTV line of guitars and the Vetta or other older POD XT products with a VDI connection. Only the X3 series is excluded from this limitation.

Also why I posted this question. I want someone who might know more than I do about these two pieces of gear to give some answer why the Vetta "sees" the JTV connected through the VDI as a Variax Acoustic 700??? What was different about the VDI output of the Acoustic Vax from the Electric Vax that the Vetta thinks it's an acoustic Vax? ALL older Vaxs use the same output channel, so what's the deal???

Also - Also - the HD500 "sees" the 300/500/600/700 ELECTRIC Vaxs, the TYLER Vax, the ACOUSTIC Vax, ALL DIFFERENTLY. Could this be a BIG CLUE TO THE ANSWER?!?!? I think so, but I'm not the tech who designed it, or the tech who knew how to get the HD500 to recognize these guitars differently. If they were all the same, why would it need to be set up to recognize each of the OLDER Vaxs differently???

Lots of high IQs here - I hope one or more will work this out and post an answer that will help solve my Vetta/JTV problem. THEN I can send out instructions on how to to all the things I intended to do back a few months ago. What I honestly respect but do not need to read anymore about, is how I should move forward to let go of my Vetta. I'm NOT going to do that, so why not try to solve this problem?

Thanks everyone, and best of luck to us all,

Neal

DIE HARD VETTA LOVER!

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175. Jan 30, 2011 10:46 PM (in response to MerlinFL)

Re: MerlinFL's (aka Neal) Forum for all things JTV, POD HD500, & DT50

MerlinFL wrote:
Johnny - I'm curious why after reading the headline of this Thread/Problem I'm having, you are asking me for something I certainly PLANNED on producing, BUT since the Vetta or the JTV or both decided to NOT KEEP WORKING 100% correctly, there was no reason to send out something that would not do what I did have going for a total of three whole days and was SO FLIPPIN HAPPY ABOUT IT TOO!! Remember my post that you copied a small section of for this post?? I've NOT been able to recreate that functionality again. Would that in itself not give you a clue why I've not sent out or posted a users guide for something I KNOW does not work 100% oof the time???

There were others here with JTVs and Vettas or XTLive who were asking about it and any information you could provide would probably help.

Obviously you had it working 100% perfectly at one point, this tells me someone with the right info can get it working again.

There is no way for any of us to know why it stopped working for you but the more people who have the information you told us you would share if we asked and the more people we have working with that information the better the chance those of us with the older VDI gear can figure out how to get things working for all of us.

I have a JTV on order, when it shows up (could be months) I will be doing everything I can to get the Vetta to work with it and will share any info I can with others here. It sucks that everyone will have to wait for someone else to stumble upon whatever information you are sitting on, but witholding the info is of course your right. Hopefully Crusty or someone else will get their JTV and figure this out soon, the people with Vettas and XTLives have been saying they were going to send the JTVs back if they cdouldn't get them working. Rock on.

MerlinFL wrote:

"How you get a Vetta to work perfectly with a JTV guitar"...is to buy a POD HD500.

Yeah, we all know this already. Just wondering what you did to get it working without the HD500.

MerlinFL wrote:

I want someone who might know more than I do about these two pieces of gear to give some answer why the Vetta "sees" the JTV connected through the VDI as a Variax Acoustic 700???

I doubt anyone here knows more about JTV+Vetta than you do, you have had a few months head start on all of us.

The Vetta probably wouldn't "see" the JTV as a JTV because JTV didn't exist at the time of the final Vetta update.

MerlinFL wrote:

Lots of high IQs here - I hope one or more will work this out and post an answer that will help solve my Vetta/JTV problem.

I am betting most of the people trying JTV with Vetta and XTLive will not take the time to work on getting the gear functioning properly and will either give up on Vetta or send the JTV back in frustration.

I am not planning to use my JTV with my Vetta, I will be using it with the HD500. I will however be doing everything I can to help people here with any info I can provide. Hopefully some others here will do the same and we can figure out how to get back to where you were on January 6th when you had it all working properly.

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176. Jan 30, 2011 10:54 PM (in response to MerlinFL)

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MerlinFL wrote:

I will not give info that I KNOW is incorrect as that would just be plain WRONG & IRRESPONSIBLE.

Could you at least give us the info on how to get the 10 JTV custom banks to recall with Vetta? That might be enough to get some people going and maybe hold on until somebody figures out the rest.

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177. Jan 31, 2011 9:23 PM (in response to johnnyayyy)

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johnnyayyy wrote:

MerlinFL wrote:

I will not give info that I KNOW is incorrect as that would just be plain WRONG & IRRESPONSIBLE.
Could you at least give us the info on how to get the 10 JTV custom banks to recall with Vetta? That might be enough to get some people going and maybe hold on until somebody figures out the rest.

Okay - here it is...ready???

1) Plug in the JTV using the VDI cable

2) Dial up a patch in one of the tem slots in the two custom banks.

3) Make sure that the Alt tune knob is on MODEL.

4) dial up the patch on the Vetta you want THAT guitar to be associated and recalled to.

5) Got the guitar ya want, plsying through the amp patch ya want??

6) Hit SAVE on the Vetta & THAT should work.

Done - so their ya are, plain, simple and right to the point you asked for. If this does not work, then it's appraent that even the custom banks aren;t responding properly either which brings me back to what I wrote the first time you asked where "Neals Users Guide" is.

Best of luck and I hope it works,

Neal

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178. Feb 1, 2011 8:30 AM (in response to MerlinFL)

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gjahnig wrote:

Hi There:

I'm a proud new owner of a JTV-69 and have had no problems with switching patches on my Vetta II HD. It may be due to the fact that I have two earlier Variax models - a Vraiax 500 and a Variax Acoustic. When I plugged my JTV into the Vetta with the digital cable, it displayed that the Variax Acoustic was paired with the Vetta. So, while I agree with most of the posters here that there is no setting on the Vetta for the JTV, it DID find the guitar.

A couple of things I noticed with my setup...
I cannot use the midi interface on the Vetta II to utilize the Variax Workbench. I tried and tried but no deal. It wasn't until I hooked up the USB Interface and deleted all JTV midi references in Workbench that everything worked. I created 2 new guitars and tunings for the "Custom" settings on the JTV and it worked just fine.

Also, I was able to save these custom guitars into a patch on the Vetta. In my case, I cannot just hit save on the Vetta. I have to scroll through all the guitars until I find the one I want to save with the patch and then save.

You just need to fool around with your particular setup. I don't know if it's because I had used the Variax Acoustic before that everything works.

Best to all!

Maybe this will help.

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179. Feb 1, 2011 7:55 PM (in response to johnnyayyy)

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johnnyayyy wrote:

gjahnig wrote:

Hi There:

I'm a proud new owner of a JTV-69 and have had no problems with switching patches on my Vetta II HD. It may be due to the fact that I have two earlier Variax models - a Vraiax 500 and a Variax Acoustic. When I plugged my JTV into the Vetta with the digital cable, it displayed that the Variax Acoustic was paired with the Vetta. So, while I agree with most of the posters here that there is no setting on the Vetta for the JTV, it DID find the guitar.

A couple of things I noticed with my setup...
I cannot use the midi interface on the Vetta II to utilize the Variax Workbench. I tried and tried but no deal. It wasn't until I hooked up the USB Interface and deleted all JTV midi references in Workbench that everything worked. I created 2 new guitars and tunings for the "Custom" settings on the JTV and it worked just fine.

Also, I was able to save these custom guitars into a patch on the Vetta. In my case, I cannot just hit save on the Vetta. I have to scroll through all the guitars until I find the one I want to save with the patch and then save.

You just need to fool around with your particular setup. I don't know if it's because I had used the Variax Acoustic before that everything works.

Best to all!
Maybe this will help.

Thanks for your personal experience with the old and new gear.

However, I ask you to try this and see what happens. Try going into ANY bank that is NOT a Custom bank and try saving one of those guitars into that amp patch. For example - try saving a Les Paul into any of your amp patches that might work well with a Les Paul modeled guitar. Then once it's saved, see if after leaving and going to another patch, come back and see if it still calls up that same guitar patch you saved?

Perhaps you might have stumbled onto something a bit obscured, but perhaps IS the answer that might allow us to use the ENTIRE Vax guitar produced before the JTV with a Vetta or XT POD. Perhaps it's the "scrolling through" you did instead of just dialing up the guitar from the guitar to get it to work.

I'm pretty certain I've tried this already, but if it works for you in any bank other than the two custom banks - I'd love to read your results one way or the other. I STILL can't figure out what it is about a Vax Acoustic guitar that the JTV is sending out which causes the Vetta to see my 700 electric guitar as a Vax acoustic guitar??? Very strange to say the least!!

Take care,

Neal

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