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Well, start with Jazzbox position 4 (I can't remember which guitar model this is) and a Fender bassman. Keep the amp drive clean. Turn the tone knob down to taste on the guitar and adjust the amp tone controls. Then try all the different mics. Then try all the different cabs adjusting other amp parameters as you do this. If you still don't get what you want, go to other amps, starting with Fender and repeat the process.

I hear three repeats per note in the video. Check me on this. You can hear it the clearest at approx. :52,:53 The bpm is about 140. 140 bpm is approx. 429 ms. Try a delay of approx 215ms to 107 ms and then adjust your feedback so you hear 3 repeats. Mix should be at least 40% I think. I'm doing all of this wihtout hearing it so sorry if this doesn't do it. Anyway, then play arpeggios at the tempo of the song and see what you get.

No. There is no such thing as a normal amp. They all have their own "voice". At least could you say whether the cabinet is 1, 2 or 4 speakers, closed back or open and what size the speakers are?

What kind of guitar are you using? And what are you playing through? It will make a big difference if whoever might do this, doesn't have your exact setup.

Which tone are you refering to???? What you are asking people to do will requirea lot of time. I will give you a method to get there (and keep in mind, this is just one way. Feel free to improvise as you follow along). First, the amp. There are 3 amps I would try to get this sound they are (using the HD500 names The Divide 9/15 The PHD Motorway The Class A 30 He has a video where he demos a Bad Cat amp which I assume is a main amp for him. It looks like he’s going straight into it so go to his website and try and match the sound you hear from his demo trying those, or any other amps, to see which one sounds the closest to his. So now you have the amp. It is going to be impossible to get his board into one patch. For one thing he has 11 effects and you only have eight FX slots. You can however break it down so by replacing one thing for another you can get his sounds. Now, again, on his website he as a video where he goes through his pedal board. As with the amp you can go through it the way he does and try to emulate what you’re hearing. A big tip to matching the sounds he gets is to find the effect in the 500 that comes closest to what he’s using. I am going to again suggest comparing the actual sounds of these effects to the 500 and use what you think is closest. Thanks to the internet and Youtube, this is easily done. Take each effect alone going through the amp you've picked and compare them to the youtube clipps. There are many variables (different guitars, different amps) but this will help you get close. So here we go. Let's find those effects. You can think of his chain as several blocks in this order. Block 1-Boost and compression. POG (an octaver) Block 2 Distortion Block 3 Modulation (Tremolo) Block 4 Delay/Reverb So his Block 1 consists of: RC Booster by Exotic Effects Walrus Audio Deep Six Compressor Of course I would use the Boost Comp to try and do what both of those do. Or you can go to the internet and find and compare each effect with what the 500 has. Each Compressor can be used as a “Boost†just keep the compression down. Here’s some Youtubes to do that. RC Booster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VW0c9d4P1k Walrus Audio Deep Six Compressor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfHba9p9Zrk In his effects video it appears that before Block 2 he has an Electro Harmonix POG which is just an octaver. However in the written description, it sounds like it’s after Block 2. You decide. Since it can add an octave above or below if you need both octaves you’ll need to use two effects in the 500. You can use the effects in the PITCH section of the 500. I’ll leave it up to you to figure that out. Here’s a Youtube site demonstrating the POG. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTPBzy0dxVE So, Block 2 is distortion. It looks like he is capable of having more than one of his distortion pedals on but I’m pretty sure he doesn’t do that. Here’s the list of distortion pedals and my suggestions and/or the Youtube sites you can use to compare with. Emerson Paramount Distortion This is fairly mellow. Try the Tue Drive or the Overdrive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McjgA01RhWs JHS Superbolt Maybe the Fuzz Pi using low settings? Maybe? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4P8TeFbvGM Pro Co Rat modded by Kelley C’mon. Do I really have to tell you which 500 distortion model to try for this one? Although his is modified. Maybe try the Heavy Distortion pedal as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Grol8Vr84o8 Walrus Audio Jupiter Fuzz Try any of these, Buzz Saw, Jumbo Fuzz, Fuzz Pi. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=him9mDYhC2Y He has his Volume pedal after block 2 (or the POG if you put the POG after the distortion) although he can move it to several different locations. That’ll be up to you. Now comes Block 3 Modulation which is the Tremolo. This is a Cusack Tap-A-Whirl. There are only two Tremolos in the 500 so take your pick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuK9l3pbHtc Now there comes a delay pedal called the Black Fountain. This pedal has reverb and does a few more things than any of the 500’s delay pedals alone. You’ll have to figure things out based on whatever song you’re trying to do. It’s pretty cool and I think with a combination of different effects, you can emulate what the Black Fountain does. This is totally you’re problem now. I think he uses this pedal more for an effect than actual delay. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHdArjHRI2M Lastly the Dealy/Reverb section. The Delay/Reverbs he uses are both capable of many things. So, like the Black Fountain, you’ll need to use different combinations of 500 delays and reverbs depending on what kind of effect your looking for. So if you need a delay with modulation, you’d use the Digital Delay w/MOD. So that’s how to determine what effects to use. Since you can’t emulate his whole pedal board in one patch you will need to build your patches with certain sonic goals in mind. You may be able to get most or all of the distortions into one patch without running out of DSP but you’ll have to make compromises. So keep the order of effects the way I described but swap and switch effects based on the overall sonic/song/group of song’s needs. As you can see, just this explanation took some time. I've already spent more time than I was planning on doing. What you were asking, getting to the exact patch or group of patches that would emulate his setup, would be a huge task. That task is yours grasshopper (A Kung Fu TV show reference. I’m old). I hope this helps. Know that you will definitely need to create your patch/patches on a song by song/group of songs basis. Good luck

Have you checked to see if the global output is the same as before? i.e. Studio direct, combo, etc.

Here's an easy way to do it. Grab two spoons. Again, protect the top of your guitar with some cloth or something. Put the tip of one spoon under the edge of one side of the knob and the tip of the other spoon on the opposite side of the knob. Now just press down on the handles of the spoons and the tips of the spoons should lever the knob up. Once you get it started, you should be able to take it off the rest of the way by hand.

One trick I do is to put the chorus in one of the paths, let's say A, after the amp and start with the chorus mix at 100% so the B path is still pure amp . Keep A & B at the same levels and pan them hard left and right in the mixer. Then tweak away. Start with the chorus mix. That way you still have the pure amp sound all the time no matter what the mix is. And the stereo effect of it seems more pronounced. Technically this is what is supposed to be happening internally in the effect but I often like the way this sounds better.

Igloo's statement is the only reason I thnk there might be more "stuff" (amps effects ins outs etc.) coming. But it could just mean there is'nt anything new on the new product horizon.

One thing you may try is putting a chorus on the delayed signals path (after the delay) and adjust the mix on the chorus.

Thank you all for your help. I have Firefox on my computer just because it does things IE doesn't. Now there's one more thing.

Whenever I click "QUOTE", I don't get the quote. I cannot cut and paste either into my posts. If I want that, I have to physically type it in. Does anyone have any idea why this would be? This is a relatively new computer to me that I put a fresh install of Windows 7 on.

Yes, it sounds like you're not saving your patch before you go to another one. If you don't it calls up the original patch.,

I love ambient patches and I likey all of yours.

I use the USB which essentially turns your HD500 into a sound card. You then select it (make sure you choose ASIO for your driver mode in your DAW) as your recording source in the DAW's preferences. That way you skip two converters that would be used if you do it the other way.

I don't know specifically. I use auto. But it can be used as another tone shaping tool. It's subtle, but I can hear the difference.

Then I apologize for misreading your comment. And I'm pretty sure I now understand why we won't get the Hz & Freg. It appears it would require another piece of hardware and therefore there isn't a software/code solution.

Hmmmmmmmm...OK. Whatever. So the "cry" comment wasn't at all directed at me? You weren't lumping me in with that? Fine. And you need to look up the word sarcasm. Your post appeared to be a direct comment on the subject and not sarcasm. I don't see any sarcasm in it. Unless you meant people really don't "cry about things...". If that's the case then that would be sarcasm and I apologize. And don't tell me what I knew or didn't know. I knew it was a subject that had been belabored for awhile hence the "beating a dead horse" in the title. To avoid the responses you say I should have known I would get. I had hoped that would have been enough to keep people like you away from this thread since I don't want to irritate or offend anyone. You weren't "playing", you were insulting with a direct comment. You're not exactly new to the forums either and if you're aware of me (I have actually defended you on occasion) you should know that when a response like yours is made quoting me, I will respond accordingly. So your supposed to be able to post your little quips and people are just supposed to shut up and listen? Go ahead and respond to things the way you want. But don't expect me to just sit back and go :"DUH OK Mr. expert. I guess I've been told". If I'm misreading your intent and you were really laughing along with me then I apologize. I don't think you were.

I am not a programmer but it just seemed to me if you can tell a screen to show "this1" when it senses "this2", you could relatively easily change "this"1 to something else. It sounds like that's not the case. I think I kind of understand. Dutch guitarist, your post helped a lot. Thank you. But I still can't help but feel there's gotta be a way. Oh well. Just curious. By the way Zap, I wasn't crying, I was enquiring. There's a difference ya know. And I made it clear I knew I was pretty much beating a dead horse in this thread in the title. That's why I put that. So if you were tired of the subject, you could avoid this thread. But I did have a question that I didn't feel had been ASKED or ANSWERED. Given your snide little response, I don't know why you even looked at this thread unless it was only to chastise. I will continue to ask questions that I don't think have been answered no matter what any "Expert" ;like you thinks. It must make you feel warm and fuzzy and superior to knock people with questions that you THINK have been answered. I still don't think my specific question has been definitively answered. I know the "will we have 'Freq & Hz' " question has been answered (no) but that's not what I was asking.

"Agree, why not use your ears." Well, then why put any numbers anywhere? Why bother wasting all that screen space, cluttering it up with numbers? Why bother with L & R for the pan parameter? Why bother with any kind of indication telling you where your relative level/position is? Why even label the amps and effects? You should just use your ears. If you can't figure out why the question was asked all by yourself. Then no explanation will help.

"Use your ears. Kaboom!" Gee golly wilikers, what an amazing commentary. Oh how you've opened my eyes and changed my thoughts about what I was asking. Thank you Soooooooo much for your compelling insight and ability to think outside the box.....Use my ears....Hmmmmmmmm....I thought I was when I was LISTENING to my patch while EQing it. I guess not. I'm sure your wit is a hit at all the best keggers. :wacko: Bakoom!!!!!! :rolleyes: :P

You cannot use Pod Farm tones on the Pocket Pod. The Pocket Pod amps are based on the vey first POD bean, often referred to as POD 2.0.

So is it me? I know there was something mentioned about something's tied into something and it would require too much deep programming to change it. I bought that at first but can't you just substitute one number for another. So if 50% is 1 KHz, why can't you just make the screen show that? don't show me 50%, show me 1KHz. or even just 1000 if letters are too hard. Could someone please tell me why changing from showing me 50 to showing me 1000 when it's at 50 is so hard?

Sag, hum and bias are pretty subtle things that have to do with how the tubes react. If you're used to not using them then don't. The effect isn't that large. I do personally use them but again, the effect Is relatively subtle. The sag, besides subtley changing the sound, adds a little compression the higher you have it. The main thing would be to listen to your amp dry and then try them, just to experience what they do,.

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