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the above comment doesn't make much sense to me.. the summing to mono feature exists for a reason.. If the guy connects the POD 1/4" jack output to the EFFECTS RETURN of his amp, ie to a single mono amp, the POD 2 channels signal needs to be summed to mono not to lose any part of the intended sound... so why on earth should he put a dummy plug into the other 1/4" jack? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Of all the possible connections between POD and an amplification system, the one between POD and the front panel input of a guitar amp is the worst (especially if you use the POD amp or preamp models). I would rather suggest connecting the POD to the EFFECTS RETURN input of your Prosonic, this way you will avoid passing the pre-amp signal from the POD into the Prosonic pre-amp and it will go directly into the power-amp. Doing so you should get a much more balanced sound, less fizzy and boomy. (If you do, remember to set the 1/4" Out switch next to the pedal to LINE). As for whether or not to enable cab models when POD is connected to a guitar amp, nothing prevents you from experimenting. Perhaps the cab models sound good through the Prosonic's amp/speakers. Certainly patches built to sound through FRFR monitoring will never sound the same through a guitar amp. The suggestion here is to always build the patches with the same rig system that you intend to use live. Regarding instead your question about FRFR monitors the best thing is to try them live with your own equipment, it is the only way to understand if you really like them. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

The driver did not install properly in your pc. Try uninstalling the driver and installing it again. This time instead of using Monkey download the driver installation file directly from the DOWNLOADS section of this site and use that. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

If all of his patches use the same input configuration and all he has to do is change input1 from Guitar to AUX the global setting could only be an advantage, not to waste time patch by patch. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Since you were using the single input approach [ie with input2=variax (like saying: null)] I suggest using the setting you said above to retain the same response you had previously from your patches.. FYI several POD users prefer to use use the fixed 1 megaohm impedance input setting instead of AUTO in their patches. (eg you get a better bypass signal) The AUTO setting exists only to have a slightly more faithful response from a very few effect models like the Fuzz Face, and to do so the Guitar In input impedance circuit AUTOmatically changes its configuration depending on the very first effect model (on or off doesn't matter) placed in the chain. However the fixed 1 megohm impedance you get from the AUX input is perfect for all amp models and most of the effect models. When the Guitar In input is set to 1 megaohm impedance it behaves exactly like the AUX input, no differences at all. The good news is that the input settings can be set as Global, doing so all your patches will use your Global input settings and you don't have to change them all one by one. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

I suggest trying the AUX input instead of Guitar In to see if the problem depends on the input used. The Guitar In input is equipped with a particular circuit for impedance change, while the other inputs do not. Maybe there is a problem in the Guitar In input circuit, if you do the test above you will find out. If the AUX input works well you can use it regularly if you want, it has a fixed impedance of 1 megaohm which matches that of most guitar amps _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

How do you know that the floorboard works properly individually if the connection with the POD isn't working? Are you sure the floorboard model you are trying to connect is compatible with the POD model you have? What floorboard model do you have? The Complete Line 6 Pedal Compatibility FAQ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Unfortunately no. As you can see in the downloadable model gallery document some models are not available for the HD300. POD HD Model Gallery _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

AFAIK the USB firmware has never been available as a separate file for download. You can check by yourself in the DOWNLOADS section of this site. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

I suggest you try to contact directly the official Line6 support guys by opening a support ticket: https://line6.com/support/tickets/ Here in this forum we are all just normal users like you and we help each other if and when possible. The answers to your very specific and technical questions about eeprom programming and the like, if they will ever be given to you, it will certainly not be from us normal users. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

USB\VID_0E41&PID_4159&REV_0000 is the hardware id I read for my POD HD500X, line6 driver v. 4.2.7.6 running on a windows 10 pro pc. since perhaps a power glitch has occurred in your studio it may be that some driver files in your pc have become corrupted, and for this reason I would suggest to uninstall and reinstall it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Yes, it would be a mistake,.. connect only the guitar to the POD if you really have better options for the voice.. If you buy another (supposedly better;.. and the Motu M4 could be one) audio interface mainly to get a better mic preamp, the mic should be connected directly to it and not to POD, otherwise this solution would not make sense. In this context the very first pre-amplification encountered by the mic signal is what makes the difference. In this way, for the effects on the voice you can use only the plugins available in the recording software, for the guitar you can use the effects available in the POD and/or those available in the recording software. PS. I just discovered that the two of us have talked about similar topics time ago: https://line6.com/support/topic/55928-is-a-preamp-like-gap-pre-73-can-be-good-for-the-hd500x/ _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

In your audio configuration above your computer records through the POD but plays back the audio through the internal speakers which in turn are (and can only be AFAIK) connected to the system's integrated audio interface. Normally speakers (or headphones) should be connected to the device currently selected as the AI by the OS and/or application in use, thus by the AI generating the audio (i.e. the POD in your case, and not the built-in AI). Therefore in your audio configuration as an output device you should choose the POD and you should connect some external speakers (or headphones) to it. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

At this point open a support ticket to speak directly with the Line6 official support guys https://line6.com/support/tickets/ Good luck _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Regarding high impedance headphones I can confirm that they sound softer than low impedance headphones and therefore require a higher volume setting in comparison. But,... probably the perceived volume difference between your headphones and monitors is mainly due to a reason you haven't still considered. Your monitor inputs are designed for LINE-type (i.e. strong) signals, but POD's XLR outputs are capable of providing only MIC-type (i.e. weak) signals. Therefore, with the same setting of the Master knob, the headphones will always receive a stronger signal than the monitors connected to the XLRs. The solution is to connect instead the 1/4" jack outputs to the monitors and set the 1/4" Out switch (next to the pedal) to LINE. By doing so, the volume perceived through the headphones and the monitors will be much more similar to each other, and the signal/noise ratio of the monitors will improve too, and they will work more efficiently.

If possible always connect the POD to USB 2.0 only ports (avoid USB 3.0 ie those with the blue internal tab). If the problem persists it could be due to a momentary malfunction of the Line6 servers that provide the firmware file in streaming to the monkey app which in turn installs it in the POD. Maybe at this Christmas/new year's eve time the Line6 guys are all on vacation and no one is checking if everything is working properly here. However as a workaround you can download the firmware file manually from this site (from the DOWNLOADS section) and then choose the "update from file" option in the Monkey app. If the USB connection works fine, the firmware flashing should proceed and finish successfully since when done in offline mode there is no need to be connected to the Line6 server . PS. If you want you can open a log generated by the monkey app to read what it did last time, if it had any problems and which ones. To do this, with the app window open, click on the monkey icon in the upper left corner and in the menu that appears click on "Diagnostics" .. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

From what I see in your pic monkey cannot connect with the Line6 server but it is succesfully connected via USB to your POD so if you have manually downloaded the firmware file (from the DOWNLOAD section of this website) as I suggested in my previous post you should be able to install it in the POD without problems (you dont't necessarily need to be logged in from within the app for this specific operation in offline mode). All you have to do is click and highlight where "flash memory" is written (see my previous pic, please notice that I'm not logged in over there), after which the "update from file" button will appear, press it, find your previously downloaded file, and wait for the procedure to finish. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

A few other times it has happened to some users that the monkey app was unable to complete the login to the server. It's only an occasional problem that is solved by Line6 sooner or later. You can try uninstalling and reinstalling the monkey application, or installing an older version, perhaps it solves the issue. Or if you need only to reflash the firmware you can use the monkey (even without being logged in) and choose the offline mode for updating it. To do this, however, you must first manually download the firmware file corresponding to the model of your device from this website, and then install it by choosing "update from file" from the monkey application. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 port 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 Notice that if the USB port is broken the above procedure won't work, and the port needs to be replaced. At times also a faulty power supply or a bad VDI cable connecting the POD to a Variax could be culprits of the boot loop issue. Also corrupted presets/patches could cause problems. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Make sure to connect the HD500 to USB 2.0 only ports, avoid USB 3.0 ports with the POD.. and make sure the driver is installed succesfully in your computer.. If the problem persists check if the POD USB port is broken.. (check also the USB cable) broken---> fine--> If the USB port is broken your only solution is to replace it, and maybe you need to replace also the USB controller chip _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

The POD unlike some other MIDI equipped audio interfaces does not pass any MIDI messages over the USB connection and therefore cannot be used to control plugins directly. To be able to control plugins from the POD at least a simple MIDI-USB interface (or an audio interface equipped with MIDI) must be connected between the POD and the computer. Once you have the MIDI interface it's just a matter of programming the necessary settings in the DAW and in the POD patch dedicated to MIDI control. On youtube you can easily find some tutorials that explain how to use the POD as a MIDI controller for plugins, but in any case you need a device that acts as a MIDI-USB interface. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Follow the instructions given at the link below here, the only difference from when that post was written is that now the latest version of POD HD500X Edit software is 2.27 (no longer 2.26): POD HD500X/HD500/HD/HD Pro firmware v2.62 and POD HD/HD500/HD Pro Edit v2.26 update instructions _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

surely there won't be any other firmware in the future with improvements or fixes for the HD500/X.. the latest was released on 4/9/15.. development of the HD500/X ended years ago .. the only thing that maybe will be updated again at least while the unit is still in production is the asio-audio driver needed for communication between the device and the audio programs running on the latest computer's operating systems, the latest driver for windows has been released on 6/11/19 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

I'll try to explain myself better.. when you select preset A of bank 1, POD automatically sends a program change corresponding to 000 to the device connected via MIDI, so you have to make sure that in the connected device the preset you need is stored in the memory slot 000. if from the POD you select the preset B of bank 1, the POD sends a program change corresponding to 001 to the connected device, therefore make sure that in the connected device the correct preset is in the memory slot 001. if from POD you select preset A of bank 2, POD sends a program change corresponding to 004 to the connected device, if from POD you select preset B of bank 2, POD sends a program change corresponding to 005 to the connected device, and so on .. basically all you have to do is sort the presets of your connected device in order to get the right matches with the POD presets, possibly even copying the same preset (eg same delay) in several memory slots if and where necessary ..and yes, you don't need to program MIDI program changes into the presets, unless you want to stay fixed in the same POD preset but change the presets of the connected device at some points. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips

Whenever and as soon as you change presets on the POD it automatically (fixed non-changeable behavior) sends out the corresponding MIDI program change on its same set MIDI channel number (and this behavior overrides any program changes that may have been programmed into the POD preset). Therefore, since the above behavior of the POD is unfortunately fixed, the solution is to store the presets on the connected external device in such a way that you get the desired correspondence between the presets of one and the other. Eg, if when selecting preset A (FS5) on the POD you want to automatically select a certain preset on the external device, the latter must be stored, copied or moved into the first memory slot available of the external device. PS. Program changes programmed within a preset are useful when remaining in the same already selected preset on the POD, you want to change presets on a connected external device by using the POD footswitches. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips