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I have some experience with MIDI (especially for keyboards, audio/midi interfaces and DAW interactions) but to be honest till now I've never used any DAW to remotely control my device (HD500) automatically. However this is what I think you should do: make sure that the device connected via MIDI directly to the DAW has the MIDI OUT port configured as MIDI THRU, the second (chained) device will be connected to the latter and in this way will be able to receive (through the first device) its own MIDI commands independently. Each device must be set to a different MIDI channel number. In regard to the POD (the only device I own of the two mentioned above) I know that once connected via MIDI it responds (on the set MIDI channel number) to MIDI program change commands following the scheme: value 0-63 for Preset 01A - 16D for the desired Preset within the current Set List . If you also want to control the effects contained in the currently selected Preset, the necessary MIDI commands are listed in the following table: In conclusion, read in the Helix manual the MIDI scheme for preset changes and the MIDI commands needed to control the effects within the presets. Then in the DAW insert the necessary MIDI commands at the desired points of the songs, the MIDI commands for the POD will use their set MIDI channel number, and those for Helix will use their own. Nothing else should be needed. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Unfortunately the physical EQ knobs on the device work exclusively as controls of the guitar/bass amp models (if any and active in the virtual chain) and as such they can't be used for any other purpose. And all guitar/bass amp models always color the signal (not necessarily a bad thing but that's how it works). However you could consider as flat response (ie not specifically tailored for guitar/bass but for anything) pre-amps the available EQ effects, especially the ones provided with a general GAIN control (Studio EQ, mid focus EQ, vintage pre). If you choose an EQ effect and move the pointer over it on the screen you can use the rotary encoders knobs under the screen to tweak its parameters as needed. And if you save the patch directly on the device while the pointer is over the EQ when you re-call that patch the pointer will be already in the same position. Ie the pointer position is always saved along the other current parameters values. If you want you can also assign one or more or all EQ parameters to be controlled live at the same time by the pedal. Eg by moving the pedal you can increase the GAIN and decrease the BASS frequency/bands at the same time with just one move of the pedal, etc. etc. Merry Christmas to you too and thanks for your kind words. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Not much.. It seems that the Nektar Pacer is provided with several factory presets, and two of them are for the the POD HD, one (B3) to control Pod HD pedals 1-8, tuner and tap tempo, and the other one (C3) to control Pod HD Looper functions. Line6 Presets for Pacer I guess that some ready made presets for the POD HD exist also for the FCB1010, do a search and see what you can find. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

POD HD Pro X & Midi FCB1010 https://line6.com/support/topic/2677-pod-hd-pro-fcb1010-midi-foot-controller/?do=findComment&comment=18651 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Yes, it may very well be, since it is already for some time that the development of the POD and related software/drivers have been abandoned. But what matters is: have you solved your problem? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

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same to you! _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Great! Don't worry!.. no need to send me anything.. I am already gratified to see that my advice was useful _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

1) make sure the POD output mode is set to Studio/Direct, the other output modes of which some colour the signal matter only if you use/enable the cab models (which you don't need) when you connect the POD to a guitar amp instead of a flat response system, Studio/Direct doesn't colour the signal at all. 2) make sure the Global EQ is off 3) the Guitar Input is affected by its impedance setting, to get an unaffected/transparent bypass signal set the impedance parameter to 3.5 megaohm or 1 megaohm (avoid the AUTO setting). the impedance of the other POD inputs (AUX, RETURN) is fixed to 1 megaohm (good one for the purpose).. 4) if you connect the POD to the front panel input of your amp the 1/4" OUT switch near the pedal should be set to AMP, if you want to use the POD preamp models (bypassing your amp preamp) and connect the POD directly to the RETURN input (probably on the rear panel) of your amp the 1/4" OUT switch should be set to LINE. 5) set the POD master volume knob quite high if not at max. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

No, you shouldn't. It's much simpler The purpose of that setting which in particular has to do with physical components (therefore not digital) of the Guitar Input circuit serves to have an even more realistic response from the first model in the chain that is reached by the guitar signal. It is a part of the final emulation that cannot be modeled but can be reproduced with real components. If you connected your guitar to a real amp its input would have 1 megohms of impedance and this factor affects the resulting sound, if you connected your guitar to a Fuzz Face its input would have a much lower impedance and also in this case this factor affects the resulting sound .. What happens with the POD is that if you set the impedance parameter to AUTO the device will automatically configure the Guitar Input each time depending on which is the first model (on or off) to the left in the chain. If you set the impedance parameter to a fixed value it will no longer change depending on which model is the first in the chain, so if for example you set it to 1 megaohm and the first model in the chain was an amp you would get a faithful response because all the amps have the input with 1 megohm of impedance, but if the first model in the chain was instead a Fuzz Face the response would be less faithful since the impedance of a Fuzz Face is certainly not 1 megaohm but much less. So in conclusion the impedance parameter is not designed in origin as a function of the particular guitar, but as a complement for a more complete/faithful emulation of the amps and effects modeled. An example of reasoning could be: I know my guitar connected to a Fuzz Face would sound a certain way. How can i achieve the same result in the world of modeling? If the modeler is provided with a real impedance input circuit and it can be set to the value corresponding to the Fuzz Face the result of that combi guitar-fuzz will certainly be more realistic/credible.. But, if you want, the impedance parameter can also be used in a different or creative way, that is to customize the general tone response of the connected guitar. In this regard it is useful to know that at a value of 3.5 megohm the guitar original signal is completely unaltered, at 1 megohm it is still almost unchanged, then as the value is lowered the signal darkens more and more and its level is lowered as well. In any case it would not be possible to obtain the same impedance-dependent tone variations/results by simply equalizing the signal instead of having an input circuit with real variable impedance. That's why they implemented it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

AUX and MIC are instrument level and there is no setting setting to change their behavior. However one the rear panel there is the RETURN input which depending on the dedicated physical switch setting can work at LINE or INSTRUMENT (STOMP) level, but to use it you need to put the FX LOOP block somewhere in the chain. I must say that I find it hard to believe that a human listener is able to clearly perceive a misalignment of +/- 2-4 ms. Luckily the listeners get the audio, but if instead they were to see the waveforms in millisecond detail along the time grid what would they think of who recorded those tracks? .. I think it would be fun _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

You can build a Simulated Feedback Patch by yourself if you follow the suggestions given below here: (copied form here: https://line6.com/support/topic/4542-how-use-pitch-harmonic-pod-hd-500/?do=findComment&comment=40034) Effect type Pitch --> Pitch Glide Place right after noise gate and before any other effects or amps. Turn on in FX tab of HD Edit and set pitch to +12 for one octave up. Go to Controller tab and set Pitch Glide mix to Exp 1 or 2, min 0, max 100. Now when playing with heel down you get your normal tone, when you go toe down it jumps one octave giving you that pinch harmonic/feedback effect.. You can add a compressor to get a longer sustain _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Actually no testing is needed if the settings are in a certain way. Any decent DAW should automatically compensate for the amount of latency in the system in use, and if you only use the hardware direct monitoring (POD) you should not have any problem of synchronization between the recorded tracks and the one in recording. The synchronization problems/tracks misalignments occur only when instead of the direct hardware monitoring (POD) you use/enable the monitoring of the recording track in the DAW as auditory reference for recording, for example if you need/want to monitor live a plugin loader of impulse responses. So in conclusion I recommend enabling only the direct hardware monitoring (POD), and applying any plugins if necessary only later on the track already recorded. To enable the direct hardware monitoring (POD) you should use the Line6 ASIO control panel, to disable/enable the DAW track monitoring you should use your DAW dedicated commands/buttons. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

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It depends on the particular patch chain, generally IMO (if using the single input approach) Threshold at 50 and Level at zero are a good starting point for the TC. Then use your ears to adjust the TC to perfection for you. Also, I suggest to put the TC just after the amp model and not at the very end of the chain after the time based effects, the time based FXs will thank you. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

You don't have a defective unit, your POD sounds as it should. Whether you like squirrels or not I'm sorry to inform you that to some extent they are part of the game. There are ways to try to minimize them if necessary, some of which have already been suggested before. (A further suggestion I can add is that squirrels are not present in all amp models in equal measure, so choosing a different model may be another solution). Even upgrading to a newer and more expensive modeler will not necessarily solve your problem; try to google "tube amp crackle on note decays" and you will understand what I'm talking about. The following reading copied and pasted here from the Fractalaudio (Axe FX) wiki could be useful: (about crackling sound through FRFR) "That's what amps sound like. Go put an amp in an isolation room with an SM57 on it. Listen in the control room. You'll hear the same thing. You don't hear it as much using a real guitar cab because the high frequencies are rolled off which softens the sound. "You're probably just hearing "tube crackle". This is most noticeable when letting chords ring out as the sound decays. It's more noticeable with FRFR because of the extended high frequency response of near-field IRs. Tube crackle occurs when playing more than one note typically. When you play multiple notes (as in a chord or even a diad) the amplitude "bounces" around as the multiple notes reinforce each other or cancel each other. The result is an envelope that is not uniform. The peaks of the waveform clip but the troughs do not. This causes a crackling sound when you get on the edge of distortion because the points at which distortion occurs are far enough apart in time to be audile." _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Even if your unprocessed signal is not clipping the device input it doesn't necessarily mean that the same signal (if doubled or too strong) could not overload the amp model virtual input. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

If the "squirrels" subtle crackling noise on notes decay is what's annoying you play with the BIAS and SAG parameters, I don't remember now at which value zero or 100 they kill the squirrels (IIRC if one kills at zero the other one kills at 100), easy try... doing so the sound IMO becomes more fake/plastic but surely much cleaner.. personally I prefer some dirt.. Your audio clip doesn't seem excessively squirrell-ish to me (but using headphones I guess it could be more apparent).. However your patch inputs on my editor look like guitar/guitar (ie doubled input) that you are using with the hot signal of a LP _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Your audio clip link doesn't work.. However, try 2 things: 1) set input2 to Variax to get a standard single (instead of doubled) input signal to avoid overloading the models inputs.. 2) set the HUM parameter to zero to get rid of the emulated dissonant ghost notes phenomenon

Those very few times that I have done a global reset I have not noticed any difference in the response of the models. But I don't use Global EQ apart from rare cases after which I turn it off again. I wonder if in your case it is not the Global EQ that makes the difference between the before and after of the reset, since after a reset the Global EQ is reset to default values that no longer affect the sound. Another option that after a reset returns to the default values is the output mode which also affects the sound. Check also the input settings if before the reset they were set as global and differently than the defaults. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

When the mic source is selected, the mic's analog preamp operates, and like all analog preamps produces some hiss noise in proportion to the setting of the mic gain/level control (there is a dedicated physical knob on the rear panel). All POD inputs are analog except Variax which is digital and as such produces no noise at all. If multiple analog inputs are selected/enabled the hiss noise increases accordingly, and even more if input2 is set to SAME (thus duplicating what input1 does). It is all quite logical. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Applying low cuts (and/or high cuts) to amp models (but also to tracks with real amp recordings) is a fairly common practice. And so with the POD the same goes. There are some modelers that have low and high cuts incorporated as deep parameters in the models (see Ax-Fx), other modelers have by default at least one input EQ and one output EQ in the chain (see Amplifire) and many of their presets have a low cut applied on the input and a high cut applied on the output (quite trendy as a cutting methodology). With Line6 modelers every adjustment is left to the user, who if he knows where to put his hands can get excellent results. Regarding Helix I believe that some sort of low cut (probably on the input) but not adjustable by the user has been applied to many of its amp models, and probably for this reason they are brighter in comparison. In regard to Peter Hanmer Low Cut in cab's DEP at 150 Hz you said that it is huge but actually is not huge as it seems because the cutting curve of the Low Cut filter is not steep, but gradual. A very steep cutting curve (like a scalpel) can be obtained instead by using the High Pass Filter contained in the MID FOCUS EQ, but the threshold frequencies are unfortunately expressed in percentages (but kindly translated into Hz by pfsmith0 in this forum). Therefore setting the High Pass Filter to the percentage corresponding to 150 Hz would have a much more dramatic effect (probably excessive) on the sound than the same setting for the Low Cut parameter. In any case, you should always decide your settings on the basis of what you hear and not what you see. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

With my K240s but also with my monitors the Plexi normal channel is darker than the bright channel, as is the case with the real amp. Regarding the comparison in the video clip between the Marshall models of POD and Helix, if you pay attention, you can notice that the models of the POD are much heavier particularly in the low frequencies. Lowering the BASS control a lot (even to zero in some cases, which is normal even with real Marshalls, see for example the videos of Johan Segeborn who always puts the BASS at zero with the Marshalls) the models of the 2 different platforms would be much more similar between them. Also, only in the POD the cabs are equipped with resonance controls, and one of these (Thump) emphasizes the bass response. In conclusion, the POD and Helix amp controls work differently and therefore must be adjusted differently, what is important is that excellent results can be obtained with both platforms. Just use your ears and not your eyes when doing the settings. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Until now I have only used AKG headphones, in the past I used the K141 Monitor (600 ohms impedance), which in my opinion were the best, then since the K141s had worn out too much, I decided to buy new headphones, the K141 Monitor were discontinued so I tried the K271 but I sent them back after a few days because the sound was too harsh for my taste, so I got the K240 mkII which sounded a little warmer, and I'm still using them, but the K141 Monitors remain at the top of my preferences. If I found them in good condition and at a good price, I would buy them again. Generally high impedance headphones compared to low impedance headphones require a much higher volume setting from the source (some of them may require a headphone amplifier), but have a more harmonious and balanced sound, they never add own clipping/distortion, both low and high frequencies are of higher quality, more pleasing to the ear. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Normally without a guitar connected, the POD should be totally silent. Then, depending on the type of guitar connected (with humbucker or single coil) and on the selected models (and related settings) in the chain, the background noise can increase to varying degrees. I don't know what particular headphones you have, but with no guitar connected and with the chain empty I never heard any background noise, whether listening through good low-impedance or high-impedance headphones. I wonder if the previous owner of your POD hasn't enabled global eq (which has active controls) and emphasized the high frequencies a lot, which thing could generate some hiss noise. But almost certainly the problem is due instead only to your IEMs system since even with the POD master volume at zero you still hear the hiss noise where you should hear absolutely nothing from the POD. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips