duncann

Pretty cool. I noticed with the Djent Engl Rhythm patch, the EQs have way too much signal going into them. Even with the studio EQ with neutral settings when turned on has a really nasty over-driven/distorted/digital clipping type quality. Turning the mixer volume down fixes it sort of. I can start to hear this through headphones with the mixer at around -4dB. Maybe my guitar's pickups have something to do with it, which are evolutions, but putting EQs after the mixer is usually a bad idea, from my experience. The EQs in the pod are really quirky.

I generally agree with this. Nothing really wrong with it. There's tons of devices that do this already. In fact, a computer is capable of doing what this device can as far as the sounds it makes. The device might be more fun though. But the video makes it seem as if this device could be taken seriously as a sole means to an end. As a guitarist, I just don't see that at all, and have to laugh at it.

Indeed. It might make creating music more accessible to more people and has the possibility to steer someone's life choices towards music, which is a good thing. But in my view, music inspiration should come from within yourself by constantly engaging in self-discovery. Ultimately, isn't that what music is? An external expression of the uniqueness of a person's mind? With devices like this, I can see a lot of that process being bypassed and good amount of the music created with it will just end up getting 'lost in the mix'. I can see it as a good starting point though, to help a person determine if they're interested in music to begin with. Edit: Keep in mind, this is all from the perspective of a guitar player. There is something about wood, strings, and metal, and the interactions/feel of this instrument in the hands that contribute to inspiration. With devices like this, most of the physical interaction with an instrument is absent. There is really nothing there to literally feel as the music happens.

Unfortunately, only temp control, no moisture. I do treat the fretboards once or twice a year with peavey lemon oil though.

Terrible. I hope things like this don't become popular at all. But, it most likely will. :(

Why would you want anyone else's fingers? Sounds kind of disgusting. :lol:

How can you only break one string a decade?!? I use 10s and am lucky if I can go one session of playing without breaking at least one string, usually high E or B. And to make matters worse, I've broken 6 tremolo arms in the past 3 years.

A lot of good tips and advice. I used to use the blue dunlop tortex 1mm picks but have since switched to dunlop ultex sharp 1.14mm for guitar and 1.40mm for bass. The ultex picks are awesome. They produce a unique attack sound and are smooth yet grippy, and last quite a long time. I believe ultex is the material Steve Vai uses for his picks. How do people that live in constantly arid environments deal with cuts to the fingertips? We've had a long stretch of cold dry weather in Wisconsin recently where the humidity, indoors, was a constant 28%, and several cuts on my fingertips just refused to heal properly. Makes it almost impossible to play high energy licks with any feeling.

Don't forget about the car elevators.

Actually, can't this sort of be done already using maybe the pattern tremolo, or seeker, or obi-wah?

When using the edit software, I have become so accustomed to doing something that it's second nature. But sometimes this can work against you by blindly hitting the send or receive button with no focus on accuracy. Ugg! So don't feel too bad about hitting the send button. (hint, redundant backups backups) The rest of your post is a well thought out rationalization for something you probably truly wish never happened. Nice one. :D And like you, I've had the edit software cause the pod to crash because of the expression pedal, several times. A couple of times required at least a global reset and once required a firmware flash.

One day, even this will be replaceable. First by analogs, then by digital simulacrums. Will the digitals be better? But more importantly, will the digitals be better guitar players? And what will the coexisting analogs think of their digital counterparts? Will the analogs be referred to as cellular snobs?

Well, that sucks. If it's a new device, just return it to the store if you can. Otherwise, it looks like you'll have to contact Line 6 support or an authorized service center.

Yes. I remember reading that. The info out there is conflicting. But I also trust my ears. I don't hear any difference when changing thump or decay when with res at zero. Try it. Here's a video of the cabinet parameters done by the same guy who looked at the EQs. At the end of the video he changes the res. Unfortunately, while he was changing the res, he kept thump and decay at 50%. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SXWIXHBpWY

Unplug everything from the device, then hold the left directional key while powering on. This does a global reset and should get rid of the flashing logo. It's happened to me before on my hd500x. After doing this you could reflash the firmware or not, depending if it works now. You'll have to go through the system menu and change any settings you had customized and also do an expression pedal calibration. I suspect the cause is a corrupt patch or temporarily corrupt data as a result of loss of sync between the edit software and the device. A loss of sync can be caused by usb port problems of some kind or more likely, changing things on the device while the edit software is running. Best not to touch the device while edit is running.

Funny. But it only sucks(ed) in a retrospective sense.

This actually sounds something along the lines of having to get up to change the channel on the television.

If you have the resonance at zero, thump and decay effectively don't do anything.

There's no way they're going to do this. Think of all the complaints along the lines of, "Why does my patch sound different now, you dumbass mo#$!@!!#kers!". Digital_Igloo will then pop in here trying to calm people down, and try and explain things, fruitlessly. Definitely agree, this forum and it's people are a very valuable resource. But as valuable as it is, it still can't force someone to play guitar better.

A great song and playing, and the name fits what you hear. Simple, straight-forward, and easy to take in on one listen. If that's what you were going for, you definitely succeeded.

Interesting thread link. Now I kind of regret getting rid of the sustainor I had. Damnit.

I believe it's a 3 band parametric and with high and low cut. It's simply assigned to the output of all patches. It can be shut off though.

Glad to help. Make sure you check out the new one I just posted.

I quickly spent a little more time on this patch, so here's an updated version. I changed the cabinet to a 1x12 blue bell. Seems to be a little closer to the correct voicing. I also added a stereo delay at the end before the room reverb. This simulates the delay part of the stereo chorus delay module, with the stereo width switch set at wide. Changed the mic to 57 on axis too. Sustainor02.zip

I would say the only not free features would be the model packs.