black_JazzGuitar Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Have anyone tried to connect a the POD HD500 / X through a 5.1 system? No matter how did you connect it. I mean, it could have been passing through an audio interface first. Just interested in the sound it would provide since 5.1 systems tend to sepparate frequencies very well and have dedicated speakers for almost all audible frequencies. Maybe a dumb question :-D but I love those kinds of questions that puts me to redefine things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 The HD500/X output is stereo - two channels, L and R - not the five channel output of a 5.1 system. As I understand it the dedicated speakers in a 5.1 system are not frequency based (unless you have a 6th subwoofer speaker) they are position based - L, R, C, RL, RR. I don't know how you would connect it, but you will only hear the L and R stereo channels, even if those 2 channels are duplicated in some fashion across the 5 speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triryche Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Most 5.1 receivers have presets that can create "pseudo surround" from a stereo signal. I tried it with a PODxt a long time ago with a Marantz receiver which is in my living room. A ran the analog outs of the PODxt to Line level RCA ins of the receiver using 1/4" to RCA cables, it was fun for a bit. If you try this and you ins are not line level, you need to very careful with the output of the POD. I also did this with 2 Boss HR-2 Harmonist pedals as 4 discrete channels basically achieving an old school quadraphonic sound, that was pretty interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoguyy Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Depending on the system, you can hook it up. But it will never truly be 5.1 because the source is only stereo. And, as far as the sound quality goes --- it is the same as everything else. Your dime store surround sound in a box system is not going to sound as good as the seven thousand dollar per speaker systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panaman Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 what do you hear on your favorite records, mono? the guitar is typically a mono instrument, so how do they make those surround mixes ... it is all in the effects in a chain the (pseudo) surround information is generated from phase variations in the stereo image (simplified). plenty of time related effects in the pod with surround potential: phasers, chorus, flanger, vibe, reverb, delay. just make sure you dont put any mono effects towards the end of your chain reducing the signal to mono the 5.1 is ok, i prefer a 4.0 setup for a better stereo effect besides the pseudo surround of my hifi amp which is always on i`ve used plugins like spatializers and stereo expanders with great results. often, the wideness setting will control depth from the rear speakers, just great. then the fx loop send can be taken from a dual path patch giving a 4 ch (2 different stereo channels) most modern pc mainboards have on board surround with 6 or 8 analog out jacks, only problem is to feed the pod into the pc with a decent interface, not using the pod as default soundcard some plugins split the signal into frequency bands processing each separately with individual settings the one weakness is that listening position drastically changes the surround experience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panaman Posted July 3, 2016 Share Posted July 3, 2016 almost forgot the most important effect for surround: dimension... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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