Mo74

Thank you for the suggestion of checking out the Pod HD Desktop, and for all your other comments. In terms of tone, I am sure many musicians here have high standards and good ears. Me? Having started on some rather cheap and nasty gear years ago I am still blown away with what modern software can sound like. And on the vids I've seen of the Pod HD it sounds great also. People have mentioned the HD500x comes with a bit a learning curve. I do like sound designing/playing/programming synths so I do enjoy a bit of tweaking from time to time! Best wishes.

Hello again chaps, I was the original poster on this thread as I am interested in buying the Pod HD500x; many thanks you all for your replies and suggestions. I see there has also been a bit of upset, my apologies: I didn't mean to provoke any trouble. I'll continue to research the HD500x...I wanted to find out as much as possible as I can't try one before I buy. I think I'll have some saving up to do, eh. Best wishes, Mo.

Hello again chaps, Thanks for the quick and interesting replies. Yes, I'll check out the Amplifi, thanks for mentioning that. In terms of getting a quick, good sound out of the 500x I'm quite happy messing around to get what I want, so don't mind a bit of work with either amp of fx sounds. Afterall, once you have got some good patches it is easy to save them. Would anyone recommend the 500 rather than the 500x based on it being cheaper? My typical patch set-up in software is usually not much more than chorus/flange/phase going into the amp with maybe some delay/reverb after it. I usually add compression and/or eq in my DAW if needed for recordings. My favourite type of amp sounds lean towards those in the style of Hiwatt, Fender, and occasionally Orange, plus the Roland Jazz Chorus 120. Hopefully the 500x caters well for these classic sounds? Thanks again everybody.

Hello chaps, I've been looking at the 500x, (plus the 500, 400, and 300), as I'm looking for an all-in-one solution for practice and recording guitar. With two little children in a small home I am purely running just a laptop loaded with software such as Pod Farm, Amplitube, etc, and playing on headphones. This sounds good to me and is very convenient. But I'd like to use the 500x as a practice tool without the need to keep firing up the computer, then use it occasionally to record stuff on my laptop, hoping it will help with keeping latency down as the computer doesn't then have to run the guitar software. So, does the 500x record well? By that, I mean can you get quick and good results without too much tweaking? How does it sound recorded compared to software such as Amplitube, Bias and Guitar Rig, which of course are designed to be recorded in a DAW? Also, at some point, I'd like to record a bass through it: have any of you had much success with that? Thanks for any replies. Regards, Mo.