vvilela13 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 In few words: I want to start a song with a clean sound of a fender tweed and then change it to a distorted sound of a Mesa Boogie. Let's say that I want to play Fade to Black from metallica, how can I change between these two amps using just one footswitch? I have pod hd500X for over a year and I just can't do that, its so frustrating. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorneven Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Have you tried assigning the 2 amps to the same footswitch in controller view and have 1 amp off and the other one on? Then, when you press that footswitch, it would toggle the 2 amps to their opposite status. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinon2 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 If you want a nice clean transition between the two tones, set up a dual amp patch. Clean amp in PATH A, and dirty amp in PATH B. Assign each one to the expression pedal, and you can morph seamlessly between the two sounds without changing patches or engaging any footswitches at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingSquirrel Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 I'd you want a nice clean transition between the two tones, set up a dual amp patch. Clean amp in PATH A, and dirty amp in PATH B. Assign each one to the expression pedal, and you can morph seamlessly between the two sounds without changing patches or engaging any footswitches at all. Best option, and I've been going from clean to crunch this way for years! Smoothest transition ever, and you can apply effects to each amp path discreetly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceatl Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 You can also Morph a Soldano crunch...It will get fairly clean and works pretty good for me on some tunes that need the morph with more FX than a dual tone morph can bear in DSP. There are few other models that can do it, but not many....so this is a limited option. Using expression parameters you can setup a clean tone on pedal min to crunch on pedal max. Takes a bit to dial one of those just right, but can save quite a bit a of DSP and give an instant clean crunch toggle. I have used a expression FS for it at times and that approach can save an FS for other stuff...lots of way to skin the cat here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvilela13 Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 Have you tried assigning the 2 amps to the same footswitch in controller view and have 1 amp off and the other one on? Then, when you press that footswitch, it would toggle the 2 amps to their opposite status. I tried this, but the sound is not good. There is a clean awful sound when you turn any amp on. But thanks for the help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vvilela13 Posted January 19, 2017 Author Share Posted January 19, 2017 If you want a nice clean transition between the two tones, set up a dual amp patch. Clean amp in PATH A, and dirty amp in PATH B. Assign each one to the expression pedal, and you can morph seamlessly between the two sounds without changing patches or engaging any footswitches at all. this is a good solution, but I am trying to do this change with a footswitch, I mean, the smoothness is not my priority. But i think your solution is the only one existent hahahaha thank you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncann Posted January 19, 2017 Share Posted January 19, 2017 I tried this, but the sound is not good. There is a clean awful sound when you turn any amp on. But thanks for the help! When you bypass an amp, the channel volume of the amp changes to bypass volume, which if I remember, defaults to 100. Change it to zero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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