monstermanoxar Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Hey guys, I am thinking of purchasing a POD HD300 or a POD X3 Live as these are the the FX units in my price range (will be harder to get my hands on the X3 live though since it's not in production but let me worry about that.) My main purpose of purchasing these would be for: 1. Primarily playing live 2. Recording at home I usually play modern progressive metal, and enjoy the tones of bands such as Periphery, The Faceless, Tesseract, Skyharbor etc. Firstly, Some questions about the POD HD300 1. Does the POD HD300 allow 'dry signal' recording ? I might want to use VST amps and impulses while recording instead of the amp models on the HD300, so i'd probably want to bypass everything on the HD300 while recording. 2. I am really bummed about the fact that i can't use both a tube screamer and parametric EQ at the same time, both of which are essential to 'djent' tone. Is there a workaround for this ? This almost might make me not buy the HD300. 3. What is the overall quality of guitar recording on the POD HD300 ? How does it compare to an audio interface ? Finally, i am satisfied with the amount of effects/amp models on the POD HD300, as i usually just use this signal chain gate > ts9 > amp > cab > eq, not much variations just a couple metal amps and a couple for some clean ambient tones. Should i get the POD x3 live or the POD HD300 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealZap Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 for the recording option you requested and the screamer/eq request sounds like you'd probably like the x3. however... if you can deal with the trade off's the HD has better sound quality... we all have our budgets certainly.... but you'd probably be much happier saving up for a used HD500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstermanoxar Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 I read somewhere that even the HD500 doesn't have a true dry signal recording ? If i am paying that much, i'd expect it to at least have everything i want in an effects unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealZap Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 it does not have a dedicated dry out, unless you go from the SPDIF into another interface. you can however, work your tones to create a dry signal. (dry right, wet left for example) not even the new 500x or pro-x have a dedicated dry usb stream... both alot more expensive than what we're talking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
id3m Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Analog workaround (not using POD as audio interface): Output from SEND jack, placing it first in effects chain on POD.But in Audio Pannel for POD you should be able to choose the way your pod outputs the sounds, you can output either processed sound into your DAW or dry. My POD XT has this option, I don't see a reason why HD wouldn't have it.Look at pic, options are self-explaining. V https://www.dropbox.com/s/aiccfi0tih7t7ph/podopt.And if you'll be so kind to post your screenshot, I will be really glad - I wanted to see which output options POD HD provides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monstermanoxar Posted February 4, 2014 Author Share Posted February 4, 2014 I don't have the POD HD yet so i can't help you out with a screenshot, i am trying to make my decision based on this. Maybe someone else could rectify this ? Does the POD HD300 have option for dry too ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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