Questions About Connecting To An Amp?

[ddufour]

I just purchased a Pod500X and plugged it into a Behringer Eurolive B205D that I use at home

and when I play out as a personal monitor for my guitar. I have been using a Boss GT100 going to

a direct box to the pa on the left output, and the Behringer plugged into the right output. That way

I can set the monitor to any volume so I can hear it, and not affect the volume out of the pa. So my

question is, if I can make the Pod sound great thru the Behringer monitor, would it sound the same

coming out of the pa if I connect the output of the monitor to the pa? Or if I played into the effects return of

an amp that also had a line out, and go to the pa, would that sound the same as an amp?

[oehman]

I don't think using the B205D to tweak your settings on the POD500 is a good idea.

It only has a 5.25" speaker, so it won't give you a very good idea of what your sound is going to be like through a PA with 12" or 15" subs.

 

The POD's EQ section is pretty dynamic to changes as heard through my PA. But I could crank the bass on the POD into my Behringer B205D and it wouldn't make that big a difference because that 5.25" speaker doesn't project much bass.

 

You would be much better off plugging in to your PA and setting your tones at the volume your audience will hear.

Use your AUX out from the mixer to the B205D and use the volume, bass and treble on the B205D to tweak what you want to hear. It isn't going to sound as good to you as your audience, but it will probably be ok.

 

Running a POD into an amp will sound much better than into the Behringer. But in that set up, I would mike the amp for the PA.

[ddufour]

The only problem is I only have access to the pa once a week at practice.

Need to be pretty close to getting the sound at home because no time to

tweak at practice. May need to get an amp.