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I agree with Charlie_Watt here. Before I bought my POD HD Pro I had my POD XT mounted in my rack together with my power amp and a mixer. By some reason I had a envying hum so I one day disconnected everything and first tested a minimum configuration and then started connect everything together part by part. The last thing I added was the USB to the back of the XT... I was sitting on the floor and could see the spark when the ground hit the connector. No more USB... I was lucky the rest is intact and works, still us it sometimes. Conclusion, I had a ground loop. First mistake was not to connect all parts to the same grounded extension cable. The second "mistake" was not to connect the extension to a grounded outlet, as I did not have one in the room. I made a ground by connecting a wire from the radiator (has to be in metal all the way to the heating system) to the extension cable. Lazy me did not power down the units while making the changes, that might have saved me, that time... In Sweden we can turn the power plug any direction (ea US and England can't). This had the effect that my PC was probability had the the "live" wire opposite my rack and no ground... A huge potential difference => No more USB. I still had some hum, not in the same way though. I found the second source to the problem - a transformer to a halogen light that I disconnected a few days later, by “misstateâ€. As the transformer was always on even when light was off I did not made that connection... All hum gone. So back to you... Grounding, neutral and live wire can be a serious problem here. There was a good post here on the forum (could not find it now, come back if I do) about this. Could be worth search for. Don't know if above helps or give you any idea, hope it does, but just feel bad about what happened to you. Take care //Per

Hi titcy When you upgrade to v2.62 you get all packages in the software. The modelpacks are opened with a licens key, the one you buy for the model pack you whant. So when you buy the model pack for your device licens manager will keep track of you authorazation for you, stored at line 6 for your convience. You can use this licens code for up to 4 devices. You don't need to handle the licens codes, licence manager do that for you. Back up then - what I know you can't back up the model packs, they are allready there, ther rest is licens handling with line 6 and your license manager. But you can back up your patches, recomended if you whant to keep your own during upgrade to 2.62. Conclution - Line 6 made it easy for you -> upgrade to 2.62 -> Authorize your device -> Buy the license packs you whant, I did it through licence manager -> Check they are in -> play and have fun -> if you don't like them, money back in 30 days or go on enjoy them. If I'm wrong I'm sure someone will correct me... Have fun //Per

It is a heave best. I have had it outside the house, there is handels on the side, but we need to be two. I will split it later but as i use it home most of the time it's not a problem. It's convinient to have it like this and even if it's a lot if gear all wiring are inside. Very clean. I have speakers to the rigg so it's like a small pa. It's two modified hifi speakers sounding really good. No problem to run the inter M 500 into them, very responsiv and handles the power great. Almost forgot so say, they are heavy too ;-)) the speakers are located on another wall so that why you don't see them. They are grey and boring so its' s not much to see, not like my rack. Sounds great and can stand a bear poring in to it. And yes, there are weels on the stand ;-) //Per

He he, this was fun... I need to show off too :D Rebuilt my rig last year I have started to improve it a bit this last year. To long to describe. But the path is LP/strat > Pedal board with Korg Pitchblack+ > boost pedal > compressor > Boss NS2 > to rack with POD HD Pro > Boeringer Mixer UB 1622 > Inter M 500 > Speakers/Monitors. In the rack there is also in the bottom a power conditioner Furman M10xE, my sound card Focusrite Scarlet 18i6 (connect my PC fro rec/play back) and a RJM Effect Gizmo loop switch with 5 pedals (dist and od)) connected to the effect loop in the POD HD. There is also a patch bay for Variax-input and one day a L6 pedal board, midi in/out and 3x tele connectors for ea Input 2/effect loop. Today i control it with a UnO-modded Behringer fcb1010, works great. My playing is nothing for the rest of the world to listen to, but the tone is great (thanks to this forum) and the rig is fun... makes playing fun Looking forward so see more exhibitionist... Take care //Per

Hi you have got some good comments here. I can just summarize my experience in two parts. I did also run my pod direct into my stereo amp and it worked fine. My experience was that you can easily overload the input on the stereo amp and on hi volume als the speakers. Does not sound good, so start low. I also have a Inter M 500 and it’s a very good amp. My rig today i LP/Strat > pedalboard > POD HD Pro > Boehringer UB1622 mixer > Inter M 500 > homemade stereo speakers/passive monitors. To the mixer I also connect my PC for recording and playback (through a Focusrite Scarlett 18i6) and I use it as a small PA and have space to add mic’s and more stereo equipment. From the Inter M you can get a lot of power but there is two pots on the fron to set the levels and mine are set to little below 11 o’clock. The rest of the volume I control with the mixer. Or in other words - I did set the mixer controls in optimum position, played somthing nice and the turned the pots on the amp til the loudest I wanted (equal to my neighbors complaining :-). I use it to play guitar at home, as a small PA sometimes, as my stereo and listen to music on it, run backing tracks to play along to... At my girlfriends house I have a small Roland Cube CM-30, my POD xt and my Variax. Realy neat if space is a problem. Sound just OK and its 30 w so I can play with friend at home. Summery - You can use your Inter M on your speakers, watch the power rating on the speakers though. If it's convenient or not together with your home stereo, I do not know. It will sound great though. Just a little review from my rig... Good luck and take care //Per Edit - You can see my show off here>>. Not the speakers, thay are on the other side of the room...

Hi I better clarify myself... Practice for me is when sitting home or at my girlfriends house and run scales or practice on backing tracks to some nice Blues or Rock grove. Or try to learn a new song. The alternative to the CM30 would be a powered monitor, but I liked the idea of the build in mixer, mic and stereo inputs and a aux as this gave me the possibility to also practice with friends and not have to carry the rest of my rig. I really like it - Small, portable, a good sound and a good functionality... Really good advice. //Per

So, now I'm a Roland CM30 owner. First test went great... A bit brighter than my ordinary speakers but absolutly OK. Hope it will work even if it will be in the tv room :-) Thanks for the reply. /Per

Hi Sorry to interrupt your thread, Just a quick one... Kopfschmerzen (ore anyone else have used the CM30) - I've bin looking at the Roland CM30 too, as i need a small practice amp to bring with me when traveling. Thought of taking my old XT and my Variax with me. Even as a "small rig" when playing with some friends, Leaving the rack with my HD Pro and power amp home. I understand it works for acoustic sounds and voice, all most 5 stars every ware. But how does it handle if it moves into the crunch/dist territory? I play rock and blues and a little jazz, no have dist

Thank you so much Peter. Tried it quickley and it works and sound sweet. Try it more tomorrow when the neighbores are awake... I will not reach your level of playing but will definitly have fun. Again, thanks for inspiring //Per

Great job Peter... impressive. So close to the sound I have tried to get. Looking forward to get the hands on the patch or a post with your settings. Have a hd pro, not an x and not a 500... hope I don't run into dsp limit. The rest is just routing, I hope:-) Please drop a line here when in custom tone (think the search function is still shaky). Think more then I looking forward to this patch... Thanks /Per

I do not have the 500 so I'm not familiar with how the feet are located, but I found a method that helpt me to fix my Behringer FCB 1010 to my Pedaltrain. I made two al-plates about the with of the velcro and the hight between the two bares on the Pedaltrain. Then I added Velcro in both sides of the plate and the oposit side under the FCB1010. Placed the FCB1010 in the pedalboard. Sits like a rock and I did not need to remove the feet. On the FCB1010 the feet are not that high. In case on the 500 you might need a thicker plate, like plywood or something, but you figure that out. Biggest proboblem now is hard to remove it ;-) I use the FCB1010 with my POD HD PRO and it works great. I control both my Pro and a loop switch, RJM Mini Gizmo, for my pedals. All placed in my rack. Good luck

Hi I also use the fcb1010 for many years (had it for my pod xt) and its a pain to program... There is some editors making thing easier but, I was on my way to give up when I came across this... This guy has made some improvements and corrected some errors in the basic product. Have his chip installed and its really nice. It can work as the original FCB1010 (program it according to zubalas great description above, even I would have been able to follow that) or it can be used in stomp box mode setting sw 6-10 (I used it to set FS1-4 + controlling the wha on my POD HD Pro) as "global" and giving you 20 banks to play with. There is also an editor for it and it helps a lot, not perfect but it does its job and it is easy. - The upgrade chip for the controller - http://www.ossandust.be/ (there is some comparison sheets under the download tab and a manual and a programing sheet to study) - The editor - http://www.lg-fcb.com/lgfcb_software.php (to download it or manuals go to the download tab - http://www.lg-fcb.com/lgfcb_downloads.php) Worth every penny of it. A whole new experience... Take care //Per

Hi Had the same probem and found three issues. Groundloop was one, that coverd above. I have two lamps in my music room one flourescent lamp and a halogen lamp. One plugd in the same outlet as my poodhd pro. Bothe caused a backround hum. The flourescent lamp was easy as it was only heard turned on. The halogen lamp was not that easy as it was no corelation turend on or off. I found it when I moved the pluggs around and forgot to connect the transformer... / Per

Hi Know that this is on the limit of what the forum is about, but from the perspective that it is my POD HD Pro, which is in the center and I'll take the chance. Knowing that the expertise is available here... The thing is that I'm going to shrink my pedal board by moving my external pedals into my 19 "rack. To do that I planning to use a loop switch, RJM Mini Gizmo, with 5 loops. Controlling both my POD and indirect the Mini Gizmo via my Behringer FCB1010 modified with UnO chip and runes in pedal switch mode (pedal 1-5 in 19 banks and pedal 6-10 becomes "global"). The first image viewer how the different parts are joined together physically. Shortly, I plan to have a small external pedal board with a tuner, a boost pedal and an isolation transformer (to prevent ground loops that have been a previous problem). And the FCB1010... The rack contains more than what's in the drawing - a mixer, an amplifier, my sound card, a patch panel, a Furman power distributor and of course my POD HD Pro, supply a link to how it looks today (excl the FCB1010) if any help - https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26726734/L6-ForumMIDI-topic%2C20130807/IMG_4528.JPG. And now I add my OD and distortion pedals mounted on a pull-out shelf (including power supply). The second picture shows how I was going to solve the midi communication. I thought about putting up my FCB1010 (previously used to control my POD XT) to control the POD HD Pro and use the POD's ability to send different midi commands too other devices. FS1 will control the Gizmo (and not link it to any other controls in the POD). FS2-4 control will be assigned to control the POD. Do not know if this was clear ... Hope so. Some comment to my drawings; – My pedals, why not use the one inside the POD...? I think mine are better, gives a beefier sound and as I have build them myself I also have mod'ed them to match my sound. I also use some of the L6 OD and dist pedals, but not together with mine. I do use delay, reverb and sometimes other effects from the POD and those are great. - The external Boost pedal is perfect for soloing. Gives a focused boost working great with other pedals and to push amps into OD or dist. - The Honey Bee and the Folk Drive in series, why...? Well they are great together, the Folk Drive pushes the HB into a real focused snappy sound, good with some amps. So to my questions - Can my POD HD Pro be controlled and control other devices via MIDI in this way? - Will the loop in the POD handle my pedals in this way (there may be other pedals both before and after the loop in the POD depending on patch)? - I thinking of adding in a an ISP Decimator in the end of the loop. Any comment/experience in that? - Other comments based on your experience would bee so much appreciated. Both in terms of connecting devices in this way and to install devices like this (I had a grounding problem in the past but have rebuilt the entire rack, separate wiring, put in Furman, isolated my patch panel in a custom made isolated box, made the isolating transformer box on the pedal board etc., so today I am hum and noise free... :D). Would greatly appreciated your honest comments on this, in all perspectives. Even if it means you cut me close to the ground...