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That top pic is a single path.... you should run it like the bottom pic but without anything after the mixer. Keep the guitar effects in one path, the MIC effects in the other... the two should not meet. Now assign the guitar input to the guitar path, and the mic input to the mic path.... then hard pan the mixer left and right. That will give you two independent sends. WARNING: If you use 1/4" for guitar and XLR out for the mic, you will need to insert a dummy jack in the unused 1/4" out.

Follow these instructions.... https://line6.com/support/page/kb/pod/pod-hd500-hd500x/installing-hd-model-packs-on-hd500x500hdhd-prohd-pro-x-r730/ When you install the license manager on Windows 10, it's easy to find. Press the Window icon on the lower left of the screen and type the word Line. You should see "line 6 license manager" listed under apps. If it's not there, then you have only downloaded the installer... it will likely be in the "downloads" folder, although that is not a given depending on how you setup your computer. When you run license manager it will ask you to log into your Line 6 account. When you do that, your purchase will already show up (providing you bought it under the same account)... you shouldn't have to enter any codes. Just follow the instructions from the link I provided.

You might want to change the title.... these are nuts, not bolts. I don't know the answer, but where are you located? Do you have a hardware store you can visit? Take the nut down and match it up to a bolt... then you will know the size and thread type.

Just for the record... I don't find your setup over complicated at all. If you look at some of the "Rig Rundowns" on You Tube it is evident that many guitar players we may assume have simple rigs actually do not!

PRS guitar are usually loaded with high output humbuckers, in my experience anyway. You cannot copy that exactly, but you can try to shape the tone to varying degrees of success. Put the strat in the bridge position. Insert the Graphic EQ at the front of the chain Roll off the highs a little (subtle is best) Boost the mids a little (subtle is best) Boost the overall gain about 3 db. I don't recall if that EQ has an output gain... if not you may need to add a gain block after it. I'm not saying this will work as expected... but it doesn't hurt to try I'm fine with the PRS part of the question but the exact model listed does leave me scratching my head as well.

As already stated.... no you can't. The middle position of a Les Paul is a difficult one... and the magic of that tone is a "bridge & neck" pickup combination. You don't tell us what you are playing :) If you have a Tele you can start by putting it in the middle position. Then thicken the tone with a "slight" mid boost (250 - 800) using the Graphic EQ model on the POD. If you are playing a Strat it will be even more of an upward battle because there is no "bridge & neck" combination on most Strats. You can try the middle position, but that's really not the same... IMO, you are better off trying with the neck pickup alone. In this case you can use the Graphic EQ model to shape the tone, but it will require a lot more experimenting than if you had a proper pickup combination to begin with. Just my 2 cents...

I see you got things mostly figured out... good to hear. It's not random... it's program changes. This is why I said you have to shut down all "defaults" and explicitly connect the two devices. By default, midi devices listen on ALL CHANNELS (aka OMNI mode), and will usually send and receive PC (program change) without doing anything. This is likely what you are seeing with FS5 - FS8. 1: Make sure OMNI mode is turned off of both devices... setting a discrete channel means nothing if each device is sending and receiving EVERYTHING! 2: On the HD500... try to find a way to turn off "global PC changes".... 3: If you can't turn them off, set them to a completely different channel than the NOBELS is listening to. Now even if FS5 - FS8 is sending them, the NOBELS won't respond to it. Program your footswitches to send on the MIDI channel the NOBELS IS listening on. I don't have my HD500 in front of me so I can't dig in and find out to manage the global PC changes. Sorry I can't be of more help there.

The HD500 is a decent midi controller.... not great, but decent. Each button (and expression) can have a different midi assignment, and each preset can load completely different midi assignments for those buttons. To avoid unpredictable results, turn off any global send/receive on every midi unit you are using. You will want to explicitly set the channels and actions so you have full control over what is sent and received. If the amp is midi... why do you have the Nobels in the midi chain? Is it controlling other items as well? IMO.... If it's not needed, remove it.

Snapshots cannot change the board layout, the effect order, or the effects themselves. What they can do is change the on/off state of an effect, and "almost" any parameter in each effect. In other words, no... you cannot change which effect "FS5" manages, and you can't move things on/off the board with a snapshot. This is the mindset I approach it with.... Presets: Each preset loads a separate pedal board layout Snapshot: Each snapshot loads a different "default state" for that pedal board, but it cannot change the physical layout of the pedal board created by the preset. Stomp: Gives you access to on/off status for 6 of the effects.... (effects can be combined or toggled, but not controlled separately)

Could it be a currency change on the shopping car? Are you sure it's showing US Dollars?

Didn't you say you own a Helix? One of the greatest features of a Helix is that it can replace your external amp/cab/mic and go direct. It has several "Amp / Cab / Mic" options..... choose the ones you want, and adjust as necessary. No external amp needed. If you have an amp loaded and find it too shrill... you may not have loaded a cab/mic. Double check! It is generally the cabinet and mic that roll off the high end of a guitar amp... same thing in the modeler.

If you are asking if your approach will work... yes, it will. That is exactly how you can set it up. Don't forget to insert a LOOP Block in the HX Effects and turn it on. All of these units (ES-8, HX Effects, etc... etc... ) have multiple in/out/loops for a reason. If you need them, use them! It doesn't matter if someone else finds your setup complicated... if it works for you, that's what matters.

I said the idea to exclude the VDI port "puzzled me".... that's it! I'm not upset, I bought an HX Effects knowing what I bought.... I'm fine with that!

No reason to add another request - it will split more votes. Just upvote the four separate requests that are already there for this feature.

I did say "full functionality" in my post :)

Although I have no problems with USB Audio being absent from the HX Effects... I do find the absence of a VDI port puzzling. The HX Effects is geared toward guitar players and their pedal boards, yet L6 excluded their own products/users in this regard. It seriously limits people looking at a Variax.... their only logical choice for "full functionality" is to pair it with a Helix. Having it on the HX Effects would have provided more options in that regard.

That is worth questioning. The HELIX and HX Effects will share software, I can't see it being too much different. If the Helix is not locking up or failing at a similar rate that would point toward a hardware problem. For example, a single batch of faulty filter caps that cost 2 cents can wreak havoc on a thousand units in a heartbeat.

Although I have never had the freeze problem (knock on wood... big gig tonight) I'd be happy to help in the troubleshooting. If you (or anyone) finds a patch that is causing grief, try and share it here... either with an HX edit patch export, or manually providing some settings. I'd be more than happy to test a troubling patch or settings on my machine to see if we can start to find any consistency.

Did you disconnect the HD from the computer (unplug the USB cable) before trying to start it? That would be my first suggestion.

This is where I am confused. What you describe here is actually a trick... a way to use a volume pedal without using up an effect block for a volume pedal. But as you have learned, it only works when you use an amp in the POD. The normal way (not a trick) is to insert a "volume pedal block" then make sure the pedal is tied to that. If you do that it wouldn't matter what you use for an amp, you will always have a volume pedal in the patch. Normally you would put the VP block after any comps and/or overdrives, but before any delays and/or reverbs.

Yes to all three of your scenarios. That would be the general approach that most people would practice. But there is no law that says you can't experiment with different combinations to see if you come up with something you like.

I've never bought into this excuse because the acoustic Variax guitars have a great sounding nylon patch. A bronze string isn't nylon either ... it's just a different metal than nickel or stainless. If it's a technical reason (hardware/software) we don't get a nylon model then I can understand that, but if it's just a marketing decision to exclude it I'd be very disappointed. In the meantime.... the Martin 0 Series model, an aggressive LPF around 5K and a little EQ can get you in the ballpark... not as a solo instrument, but in the mix it seems to work for me.

Why not just insert a volume pedal block in the HD500.... then make sure the volume pedal is assigned to that block? Or am I missing something in your post?

If you take the same tone and boost it harder, it will not be the same tone anymore. The gain will increase, the low end will become flabby and your solo's will sound thinner in comparison. In 1979 a pedal was released that dealt HEAD ON with this very problem. It is not transparent because as stated above, transparent DOES NOT WORK! It rolls the lows off so they don't eat the power... in turn this emphasizes the mids which allow the single notes of a solo to ring through louder, thicker and clearer. Basically.. it makes solo's sound the way the rhythm was sounding. That pedal is the tube screamer and there are two versions of it in the HX Effects.

Yes... the same principle will work with the HX Effects