stefanha1

Wow! Really cool lead tone with the Tron Up. Stefan

I have found the Tron Up and Tron Down effects a little tricky to use in the past. The wah-like envelope filter is undeniable but often brings in harsh high frequencies. It can be hard to tame the frequencies and get a nice sound. Yesterday during a jam session I had a stroke of luck though. Playing through a dirty Blackface Double amp model, I dropped in the Tron Up stomp box and got a cool sound without much tweaking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG013J2LCVQ#t=7m29s Love how it screams through this amp. Enjoy! Anyone else liking the Tron Up?

I'm running a Windows 7 virtual machine. The POD HD300 USB is passed through to the virtual machine. So it's really just HD Edit on Windows :). If you'd like to try, I suggest using http://virt-manager.org/ with KVM although I've heard that VirtualBox works too. Note that I do not record or playback audio in the virtual machine. I only edit/save/load patches. Audio/MIDI can be done natively on Linux using the line6usb driver. Unfortunately most distributions do not ship the driver yet so it is necessary to build from source. Stefan

I have updated the blog post with .h3e download links: http://blog.jammr.net/2013/06/29/stefans-gear/ You can download my patches onto your POD HD300 using Line 6's HD Edit program. Keep in mind the patches were made for my Fender American Stratocaster with stock single-coil pickups. Depending on your guitar they may sound different. Try adjusting the guitar volume and tone knobs to find the sweet spot. Two fun things to play with: Change the Twin patch to use an Overdrive (Drive: 48%, Output: 40%, EQ to taste) for a great overdriven Twin with loads of harmonics. Change the Marshall patch to use a Fuzz Pi (Drive: 68%, Output: 50%, EQ to taste) for a different flavor of lead tone.

I will post the files tomorrow. It takes a little effort since there is no HD Edit for Linux, but I have a Windows virtual machine which should do the trick. By the way, the Crunch Plexi tone still has a lot more to it but I turned the guitar volume knob down to get a relatively clean rhythm guitar to solo over. I often use the Plexi without a drive, just with the guitar volume knob up - it sounds great with the neck pickup :).

I have uploaded sound demos of my POD HD300 patches played through a Strat: http://blog.jammr.net/2013/06/29/stefans-gear/ Check them out if you're curious if the tones of the HD300 are right for you. I'm still loving the amp models after two years of owning this box. My patches are optimized for jamming - each patch has an amp and reverb set up for a specific tone. You can toggle the stomps to add effects on top of the basic sound. In other words, each patch is like a mini floorboard and you can kick in stomps when you feel like it. Great for improvization and being spontaneous! I like clean and crunch, nothing too heavy. That's partly because I often jam online with 4 or 5 other musicians and things get crowded when you're ripping out a huge sound. Sticking to the cleaner end of things leaves more room for other musicians. Happy to get into details of the patches, just ask! Stefan