thijst75

I know, but it’s a Pitchblack+ and apart from switching it’s also a great, clear, tuner. So I will keep that.

My idea is to use the POD HD500 for both acoustic and electric guitars, for which I have created separate patches. I want to send XLR to FOH, and jack to my own 2-channel monitor. The electric patches will be panned left, and the acoustic patches will be panned right. This way, I will have 2 separate signals (electric (L) and acoustic (R)), both for FOH and my own monitor. I have been reading a lot about signal routings and +6dB and spillovers etc but in all fairness I am a bit lost... will this work? Should I take anything into account? Signal flow should be this: Electric\ XLR-L > Electric FOH A/B switch >>> HD500 guitar input >>> XLR-R > Acoustic FOH Acoustic/ Jack-L > Electric monitor Jack-R > Acoustic monitor

Happy to report that it works! I've set the global output to studio/direct, and the slide switch on the front for 1/4" output to amp - this seems to overrule the global setting for the 1/4" outputs. I'm still using the A/B switch though because it gives me a mute, and the tuner is much clearer.

I trust you ;)

Looking at these instructions again ... in step 4 you say that I should plug a dummy into 1/4" right to prevent the acoustic from merging to mono - but it is in fact the electric that is going to 1/4" so the acoustic has nothing to do with this, correct?

Thanks for all the suggestions! Good to know that it can be done :) I will experiment tonight!

Yes, both guitars plug into an A/B switcher (Korg Pitchblack Plus), and then onto the HD500 guitar-in. I have created several patches, for electric and acoustic. I have not yet managed to separate the outputs per preset so all patches use the balanced XLR outs. Subsequently, the electric patches include amp sims. It all sounds fine, but I do prefer the sound of a mic'ed real tube amp. So I was looking for a way to route the electric patches to unbalanced output (set to amp), and the acoustic patches to the balanced XLR (set to direct). But I will definitely try the FX-SEND option, even though it would mean adding a DI-box. We play fairly large theaters so cable length is definitely a factor and 20+ mtr is not uncommon. Resulting question however is ... what would be the best global output setting? Studio/direct or Combo Front? This global setting affects all presets. btw I have looked up the Helix manual and it appears that the Helix will allow output routing per preset.

Thanks, that's helpful. Btw I usually also employ a AB-switch to quickly change guitars, and this plugs into the guitar-in. So to get this straight, what I have to do is the following ... Electric: guitar > AB-switch > guitar-in HD500 > fx chain > unbalanced output (L) > amp Acoustic: guitar > AB-switch > guitar-in HD500 > fx chain incl FX LOOP > FX send > mixing desk The (minor) downside of this would be that I would have to use an external DI-box, instead of using the POD as DI-box. Out of curiosity: would the HD500X or the Helix be able to do what I am looking for? Revert the signal to a dedicated output per individual patch?

I have a Takamine acoustic guitar with pre-amp built in. I can of course plug this straight into a PA (with or without DI-box), but I would like to add some fx like chorus/reverb/delay/boost. Currently I'm using a POD HD500 for both my electric (guitar-in) and the acoustic (aux-in). I have a couple of patches for my electric, including amp/cab sim, and 2 for the acoustic without amp sims. Works wonders, but it means both signals go to direct-out. Ideally however, I would like to route the acoustic to direct-out, and the electric to line-out so I can use a real amp... but I can't find anywhere if and how output routing can be changed per patch. So the question is ... can I program the HD-500 so that patch 1 takes the input from guitar-in and leads the output to amp-out (unbalanced), and patch 2 takes the input from aux-in and leads the output to direct-out (XLR)?