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The guitar should be connected to the guitar input of the POD, and one of the POD standard jack outputs (doesn't matter which one, L or R) should be connected to the VOX amp input. The switch 1/4" OUT near the pedal should be set to AMP. Turn up on full the POD master volume physical knob. It should surely work, unless there is a problem with the POD standard jack outputs, or if you are using a bad cable for the connection, or if the current preset has a particular setting which is blocking the output signal. If you are using headphones connect them to the VOX amp since it's the last piece of gear in the above rig. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

There are a couple of settings that have to do with the input signal that can be set globally or for each individual patch, and have a big influence on the results. They are: 1) the input impedance setting, which, given your problem with the bypass signal, I recommend adjusting to the maximum value 3.5 megahoms for maximum transparency. (Lower values less than 1 megahom make the signal progressively darker and weaker). (Also, if the amp slot in the chain is not empty and the amp model which is there is turned off, make sure that the bypass volume is set to 100%) 2) the setting of the sources of the virtual inputs 1 and 2, if (and only if) you still need more signal make sure that input 2 is set the same as input 1. Having the master volume physical knob on full is perfectly ok in your particular configuration, it corresponds more or less to unity gain. Since you're connecting the POD to the front panel input, the 1/4 "OUT switch near the pedal must be set to AMP (if the POD was instead connected to the RETURN input of the FX LOOP of an amp the above switch should have been set to LINE). The different output modes can be useful only if you use the amp models with the cabs enabled, so if the latter are not enabled you simply use the default Studio/Direct mode. PS. cables and their lenght also affect the tone.. eg specially if you use very long cables, when you connect the guitar directly to the amp you use 1 cable/lenght, but if you put the POD between them the cables/lenghts become 2.. (anecdote: Santana does not use wireless, but instead very long cables on purpose since they contribute to darken his sound) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

The only way to keep the delay going after a rig/chain change is by building 2-patches-in-1 presets, ie by taking advantage of the 2 parallel paths to make 2 different rigs, and making them mutually exclusive. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

I guess not.. surely there is a limited number of available parameters per FX, but in this specific case the chosen frequency bands in the model are not only less than the inspired MXR equalizer. they are also different, ie: 80, 220, 440, 1100, 2200 Hz.. ..however the first 2 bands (31.2 and 62.5) and the last 2 bands (8k and 16k) of the above MXR graphic eq would be quite useless for electric guitar in particular, the 4k missing band in the model could have been useful to tweak the very high end, but considering that you can combine two or more different EQ FXs in series, you can easily cover the whole spectrum of audible frequencies, if/when necessary. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

If your POD USB port is not damaged you can try the following firmware flashing procedure in safe mode: disconnect everything from the device connect the power cable while pressing the nav down button (the LCD screen will say "update flash") connect the USB cable (the device will be recognized by the computer if the USB is ok) run the Line 6 Monkey program (the device should be detected by the program) select "flash memory" and "re-install latest version" when done restart your POD if the above procedure worked ok to solve the boot loop issue, don't forget to do also a global reset and finally the pedal calibration If the USB is broken the above procedure would be impossible to do, and the port should be repaired as soon as possible. At times also a faulty power supply, a bad VDI cable connecting the POD to a Variax could be the culprits of the boot loop issue. Also corrupted presets/patches could cause problems. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

When weird behaviors of the POD happen the suggested cure is always the same, ie: 1) - save your patches to your computer 2) - re-install the latest firmware without retaining your patches when asked during the flashing procedure 3) - do a global reset (important step which needs to be done after any flashing, to avoid unexpected weird behaviors) 4) - do a pedal calibration (important step which needs to be done after any reset, to avoid unexpected weird behaviors) 5) - re-load your previously saved patches in your device by using the editor _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

As you can verify by yourself here: $100Instant Rebate on POD HD500X Plus free HD ModelPacks – a $99 value the above offer is only for the purchase of a new POD HD500X and is only available to Line 6 customers with mailing addresses in the United States. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

You're welcome!.. I would suggest also to give a read to the downloadable advanced guide, "Features & Functionality" chapter in particular.. link here: POD HD500 Advanced Guide v2.10 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Drag and drop all the effects dedicated to channel A to the upper line (after the split point) in the screen, and drag and drop all the effects dedicated to channel B to the lower line, in the mixer block make sure that channel A is 100% panned to the LEFT, and channel B is 100% panned to the RIGHT. Connect the LEFT and RIGHT outputs to the different amps you are using as needed. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Watch all the following short video clip, in particular at 3.55 they also say that no dirty pedals are used by Neil Young, but just a customized LP, a cranked tweed Deluxe, and a gizmo to easily change by remote the amp settings,.. That's it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq2CcsRmtnw _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips eg the single input approach benefits

Do a simple patch by yourself with a cranked Deluxe Reverb model, add some reverb, before the amp for a vintage little messy response, or after the amp for a cleaner more modern response. You could also add a marshall type amp model in parallel for a beefier sound. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Don't worry. It will work perfectly 100% guaranteed. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

What you need to know is that the POD always sends automatically a MIDI program change every time you select one of its presets. The automatic MIDI program changing is a fixed behavior that can not be deactivated, but the good news is that by default it happens only on the general MIDI channel set for the device. Solution: The MIDI commands sent through your patches can be set to a different (than the device general one) MIDI channel and the same different channel can be set in your amp to respond accordingly, and to ignore the MIDI program changes sent automatically by the device when selecting patches. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Whenever you try a new patch through the editor you must send/save it to the device to make it permanent and use it even when the device is disconnected. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Go to DOWNLOADS section of this website and verify by yourself which are the latest versions available.. (USB firmware is not diplayed separately as it is part of the Flash Memory firmware) _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Good that you have sorted it out.. In any case you don't get any new factory presets/patches when you buy the model packs, you get only the new amp models which you can find listed among the other stock ones into the amp menu when you build/tweak a patch. Also, if you press and hold the VIEW button on the device to access the system settings and go to the last page 12/12 you can see all the model packs which have been successfully authorized of which the amp models are ready to be selected and used. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Given that the Variax modeling is in simple terms a make-up applied to the pure signal coming from each single string (ie each string is processed separately), obviously if the pure sound (still make-up free) darkens due to string wear, even the "make-up" applied will have a somewhat different effect on it. In particular the models (both electric and acoustic) in the Variax were constructed and applied over the pure (piezo-transduced) signals coming from each of the "10-46 nickel wound D'Addario EXL110BT Balanced Tension" strings. If you change brand/gauge/type obviously the make-up free pure tone will change, and conseguently also the results of the applied modeling, which thing can be good or bad depending on your taste and needs. Similarly if you change the piezo transducers with a different type it will affect the results of the applied modeling too. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Is your mailing address in the United States? In the pdf you posted above is written in red "United States promo only" and in the "Terms and Condition" at the bottom of the page: "This offer is only available to Line 6 customers with mailing addresses in the United States." In my opinion an unfair condition by Line6, but unfortunately it is as it is. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJXMSH-ODRk _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

get a second monitor and position it differently to cover your eventual movements on stage, or switch to using in ear monitors _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

rewire both pickups "backwards" as they were and probably the bridge PU will work again as before.. probably they were wired "backward" (as you say) for a reason

Don't rely to the numbers, the same number can give much different results for each different patch.. especially comparing the cleans to the distorted ones the volume value needed in each case can easily differ much from the other, generally the cleans need higher volume level values/numbers than the distorted ones.. In my previous post I said use only the ears to make decisions and set each level (number), and when I said use the chosen clean patch as a reference I meant to say memorize your perception of its volume (again don't see the numbers or db meters), and set the leveles of the other patches to get the same volume perception of your reference patch, all by ear. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Before gig you should level your patches, and possibly at gig volume.. using db meters as a reference for leveling/comparing different patches is not a good method , as they work quite differently than human perception.. use only the ears, choose a clean patch, set the maximum possible volume for it without getting unintentional distortion, and use it as a reference to set the volume of all other patches, clean ones and in particular distorted ones _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Among the Pod HD 500 amp models there is not the equivalent of the Chemical X (belonging to POD XT modeling technology IIRC).. Its name is due to the fact that its main components are unknown and secret (X). But rumors say it is a modded Marshall JMP.. so by pushing some of the available Marshall based amp models you could come close.. The amp models belonging to previous modeling technology are optional, you can have only some of them if you buy the HD model packs, which at the moment of writing are on sale with 50% discount. The list of all the old amp models available with the model packs (model packs which for the record include also amp models ported down from Helix modeling technology) is: Line 6 Insane Line 6 Big Bottom Line 6 Variac'ed Plexi Line 6 Purge Line 6 Aggro Line 6 Smash Line 6 Octone Line 6 Acoustic Pete Anderson Custom _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

It can not. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips