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leesteel

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  1. My MacBook Pro running Mojave and the latest version of Monkey will not update the audio drivers. Says that they download and install, prompts me for a restart and when Monkey starts up again, yellow triangle still indicates drivers are not updated. HD Edit will not detect my HD500X. I have downloaded the latest driver file and tried installing it without Monkey and still have the same problem. Monkey indicates that it can "see" when I plug and unplug the usb in for the HD500X.

  2. Been messing with a bunch of different smart harmonies to try to find the right combo for the intro licks on Blue Oyster Cult - Burnin For You. Just can't quite seem to replicate the setting. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

     

    Yes, I checked Custom Tone. There are patches that say that they are for this song but they don't have the harmony guitar part I am looking for.

     

  3. Can you post some links to the threads about burned circuit boards? I can't seem to locate them. I have a Variax 500 PCB that burned where the power connects due to reverse polarity. fried the diode and maybe a resistor on the opposite side of the board.

     

    Any ideas if replacing these components will revive the circuit?

     

    Also wondering if you can post some photographs of your Variax 700 circuitry. How the components are connected together. 

  4. What kind of cable do you use to connect the vp to the exp2 jack on the pod, and which jack or jacks are used? Also, how does the pod respond to the sweep of the vp? Some third party pedals have a dead zone; even after calibration.  Thanks for the response!

     

    I use a short TRS cable plugged into the lower of the two jacks. I have never noticed any "dead zone" behavior.

  5. Just a quick update…. I recently purchased a Variax 300 because I got it for a great price. Just took it apart and did the GHOST upgrade and thought I would share a few pictures. Now I have done GHOST saddles on 4 Variax guitars. I found that if you back the saddle all the way, then connect the wire, the service loop is perfect. On this 300 bridge, I used some adhesive copper strip to create the ground plane. There is a small exposed ground area on either side of the 8-pin connector. I folded a tiny amount of copper strip over and soldered the copper to that ground area. Sorry, I didn't get a before picture. I drilled an access hole in the circuit board that lines up with the very front of the slot in the bridge plate to run the wire through. from top to bottom. I hope this helps someone here on the forum. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

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  6. Which is what you might prefer using if you run into the FX loop on your combo (I'm assuming it has one). No real "need" to model a power amp, cab, and mic if the real McCoys are right there, but through an FRFR rig, a preamp only model probably won't sound very good. The cab/mic sims contribute substancially to your sound. It's a lot to remove from the equation

     

    That is a very good point.

  7. I know you know this, but there will be future readers who do not, and it is something to take into consideration... 

     

    The Pod is not going to sound like your Marshall. 

    It is going to sound like your Marshall after it has been mic'd. 

     

    So, just remember that when you are making tones. 

    You still need to mic your amp, which is going to change the final sound. The Pod IS the final sound. 

     

    I was under the impression that if you use the PRE version with no cab, you avoid extra coloration.

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