Jan 27, 2012 8:48 PM
HD500 S/PDIF Interface Dropout
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I have my HD500 connected to a Roland Octacapture interface via the S/PDIF connection. I really like the sound through the S/PDIF and I can definately say that I can tell the diffrence from using a standard 1/4" analog connection. With that being said, here is my problem....After using the tuner, when I exit tuner mode, all of the sound from the interface cuts out for about 2 seconds. This is a pretty big problem when I've got other devices/instruments/people attached to the interface..like another guitar player, a vocalist, drum machine..whatever. All the sound just stops for a couple seconds then comes back on by itself like nothing ever happened. I can see the reason this is happening is that the internal clocks of the interface and the Pod have to re-sync with each other..the interface displays the standard sync message everytime I exit the tuner. I just don't know to stop it from doing that. Why is it losing sync in the first place simple by entering (or exiting I guess) tuner mode?
Any ideas? Has anyone had this same problem with other interfaces (I saw a post on "thegearpage.net" where someone had a similar problem with a Presonus interface)?
A resolution to this problem would be great since I really want to keep using the S/PDIF connection for the sound quality.
I haven't used SPDIF for a while as my central heating also causes sync loss, but I remember this being an issue for me as well. I had the same issue with the X3 too. Not sure I ever got an answer on it!
It seems that on the HD500 the tuner function stops other things as well such as the looper. I think it's the nature of the beast as it stands unfortunately. Your best bet is probably to use an external tuner.
Nick
Ya. I thought of using an external tuner but I think I would probably just switch back to using 1/4" rather than have to worry about batteries or another power cord.
I would think they could fix this in a software update. What do you think? How can I make such a request to Line 6?
Hi,
This sounds like it would make a good feature request. Here is a link to our Customer Feedback page:
http://line6.com/company/contact/customer_feedback/
Thanks,
David
Line 6 Customer Support
Hi
I don't know if the problem has been solved and i have no solution (not yet) but what i can add that problem is the same as you but alos occured even if I am not using tuner or loop: just wait few time and the syncro stop for 2 seconds and then come back, and it can happen during playing but not so often, not very worry but enough to be uncomfortable with spdif.
(using pod hd 500 with roland octacapture and mac)
R
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