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Hi Triryche, Thanks. I'm aware of these these. I'm just curious how the two options in the control panel actually differ. The ToneDirect slider appears to be connected to the latency for realtime listening. So I guess the ASIO settings section is for buffering during regular recording an playback only. Which means you could set it to like 4096, but use the ToneDirect slider to have low realtime latency. I did some testing with CEntrance's ASIO Latency Test Utility using the Line 6 Audio-MIDI Devices panel slider. I found that when the slider is maximized ("Extra Large" position 6) the tool shows 512 as the minimum available buffer size. When slider is at positions 3, 4, and 5, the tool shows a minimum value of 256. As positions 1 and 2, it goes down to 128. Based on that, I'm guessing that maybe the slider does something like this? 128 (Extra Small) 192 256 384 448 512 (Extra Large) I'd be very curious for Line 6 to pipe up and provide specifics on this.

I'm trying to understand the difference between the ASIO Settings section and the ToneDirect & USB Audio Streaming section a bit better. I've found that the ASIO settings don't seem to impact my latency for direct monitoring with PodFarm or say using Reaper to listen to Superior Drummer being played by an electronic drum kit through MIDI. So it seems the ToneDirect & USB Audio Streaming is solely responsible for that. What is the ASIO settings for then? Just playback? Does anyone have information about what the buffer sizes (or corresponding latency numbers) for each of the ToneDirect & USB Audio Streaming categories such as "Extra Small" or "Medium" are? My TonePorts inputs have recently gone bad. I'm contemplating having a repair shop work on it, but I'm torn between paying for repairs on and older device or moving to a Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 or similar due to their proclaimed low latency. Any thoughts would be helpful.

AHHHHHhhhhh That makes sense. I was using REC/OVERDUB to stop the recording because I thought the PLAY/STOP would stop the loop completely. In this case, it does what I wanted. Just tested it. Also good to know the UNDO would fix the overlap. Didn't think that through. Thanks so much!!! Bummer that the looper is mono though. Was just testing with my new Mimiq. Would have been cool to have double tracked rhythm backing and then switch over to mono leads. The loop just plays back mono if I turn the pedal off (it's running in the effects loop).

I robio1206. I'm on the latest firmware. You stated "the left button immediately starts overdubbing". Yes, that's what I DON'T want. I want to press the record to start a loop, then press the record to stop the loop. Then I want to have to press the record button again to start recording an overdub. Instead, it immediately starts recording an overdub, and any accidental notes I played before ending the loop are layered onto the loop.

In looper mode, when you stop recording, it immediately drops into overdub mode. If you don't stop playing the riff exactly when you hit the stop recording button, you'll over dub that first note. That causes volume of the first note of the loop to double. I'd prefer that you aren't dropped into overdub immediately, and instead have to press the rec/overdub button again to start recording a new layer. Is that configurable anywhere? I can't seem to find it.

Done!

Didn't find one on IdeaScale so I submitted this: http://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/HD500-Automatic-and-Manual-Phase-Compensation-with-Dual-Path/864571-23508?submitted=1 Please spread the love!

I was aware of the polarity switch. That'd work for the example I provided, but probably not well for other combinations. I considered doing the work meambobbo has done. I'm really glad you just saved me several hours of work! lol Sounds like we need to convince L6 to add a phase rotation knob on the mixer for each channel for a proper solution.

About 2 weeks ago, I contacted L6 about an issue in Pod Farm 2. When using a dual channel preset with an identical amp, and selecting two different speaker cabinets, there are some phase issues with the cabinet sims. Some combinations are almost 180 degrees out of phase in fact. After talking to L6 about it, they thanked me for the info, but stated they wouldn't be updating Pod Farm 2 with anything to adjust this. As a result, you must record your dual tone as two tracks and use a phase correction plugin to rotate the phase for coherency in some cases, unless the phased sound is what you're going for. In Pod Farm 2 the Digital Delay only goes down to 20 ms, and the channel delay option in the mixer only affects the DI signal, not the signal with effects. So it has to be compensated for externally. An example of this is a patch with an Angel P-Ball (the amp shouldn't matter) with the 4x12 Line 6 cabinet and the 2x12 Class A-30 cabinet, both using a 57 On Axis. Pan them hard left and right. Record a stereo track, then look at the waveform and see that one is pretty much inverted in polarity vs the other. Summing them to mono leaves a very thin and comb filtered sound. A phase rotation plugin can bring back the bass properly. I just purchased a Pod HD500X, and am curious if the same issue applies here... Is there a way to compensate for this in the Pod? Thoughts?