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More details if you will. What Amp model are you using?pre or full? Output settings?

In the preset mode, you can toggle through 4 presets in the bank. Each preset within the bank can be shaped by 4 fx that can be toggled on/off. That gives you 20 different ways to drastically alter your tone without having to bank up and down. Least not I forget to mention the 2 expression pedals that could be assigned to eq's, gain on distortions, speed/feedback on delays, Q's on filters, etc. You really need more than that in one improvised song? If so, the midi pedalboard may be your best bet. Let me know where you guys play. I want to see the band with the guitarist who's tone changes over 20 times/song! ;0)

can you clarify what you mean by "tone" change? For example turning on a chorus is a tone change. You could go to th FS1-FS8 foot switch mode and go to a performance view. That way you can turn on and off fx amp models etc with one click. You could do a dual amp patch with an external expression pedal. You would then assign one amp to exp 1 and the other to exp 2. Fade them in and out blend them pan 'em. Lots of tonal possibilities and you never have to change a patch.

I have it on my Mac and it works fine.

Most certainly could benefit all who use an HD and Variax. But really....? "I'll just have to bookmark two Line6 forums?" If that is the worst of it, then you are doing pretty well! Trust me, I have no desire to work your bookmarking tabs to death, but I and others feel that it would be nice to have a forum that is dedicated to The Dream Rig. I'm sorry if that places an over the top bookmarking burden on those who follow and participate in the forum. What it boils down to is this, If one doesn't have all three components, (HD, Variax, DT50) they don't have the number of variables as those that do. Because of that, Dream Riggers should have a place to share and discuss those variables that are unique to the Dream Rig. Even if it means that one may have to get an email alert from another forum.

Had my first "real" performance with the forumless Dream Rig last night. All in all it it was a success. We rocked a sold out house for 3 hours! I have some Dream Rig specific findings that I would love to share on a dedicated Dream Rig forum. But that ain't happening...yet! What I will say is that sound check would have been so much easier if I had HD Edit and Variax Workbench in a single program on my iPad. It would be incredibly helpful during performance as well. For example, I found that the room was a bit boomy during sound check. I had a great tone through the HD 500 and the DT50 and when I roll back the bass, I lost the quality of the tone. I pretty much use various modified spank models on my JTV69. So what I did was hook up my laptop, opened workbench and slid the pickups toward the bridge a scosh. Bam! Booming gone tone compromised very little. During the performance, how cool would it be to be able to teak the gain of your tube screamer or roll up some bottom on your eq or change out a pickup without having to bust out your laptop! Just mount the iPad on the mic stand and there go! I'll tell you more when our forum is up and running!

Now That's What I'm Talkin' 'Bout! AMEN! Bring It!

Thank you for digging deep for that meaningful contribution to the discussion. Got anything else?

Line 6...are you listening?

That may be a good start.Ultimately, The Dream Rig should have it's own community support heading.

That's a fair argument. A global search of the forum will get you any info about individual components. So you really won't miss out. I disagree with phil_m on one point. While the vast majority of tweaking is on the pod itself, hooking up the Variax through the Workbench and your Pod and your DT or L2t/L3t is a whole different and unique tweaking ordeal. And because there aren't as many of us Dream Riggers as the rest of the forum participants, it's even more important that we have our own sub forum because I find that getting answers to specific Dream Rig questions difficult. Pod questions are one thing, but pod answers may be completely different when using a Variax and a DT. I found a great way to double up a single coil and a lipstick pickup in the neck position of a Rickenbacher body.I run them in parallel. I blend the Variax mags with the Rickenbacher using the exp2. In the pod, I use a Gibtone amp full. But I switch the the A/B to A and switch to Triode instead of pentode. All through the VDI, which I had made for me by a guy at my local computer store. It cost me a lot less than the Line 6 and I got it in a custom length and color. I digress, I also connect a 1/4 inch out of the Variax into another amp just because I can. I find that the Variax pickups can be a bit thin sounding on their own, so I assign the gain of the Gibtone to the tone knob of the Variax. I can roll up warmth when I need it. Also, turn down the master dep on the Gibtone, roll up the volume on the lipstick pickup and set the volume pot control @ 250. It's pretty sweet. I have a whole bank set up with this patch. Patch "A" is set to an open G tuning, patch "B" is set to an open blah blah tuning..... You get the point. I really want to share my findings with this set up. I want to share my tones..... But... Where do I post this? If you don't have a Variax, my pickup choices are meaningless to you. If you don't have a DT, who cares if I stick my Pentode up my A/B and out my Triode. Who cares about changing turnings on a preset basis if you ain't rockin the The Dream Rig? Yes, I am talking about individual components, so I guess I could post my Variax stuff on the Variax forum and my DT stuff on the DT forum and my pod stuff on the pod forum. Or we can have a Dream Rig sub forum where all Pod, DT, and Variax questions are asked and answered under the common understanding that we are talking about The Dream Rig and what works well for that particular setup. Can I get an AMEN!?!

When you say "the dream rig" are you referring to the actual dream rig or just to the DT50?

Post on the thread I started! If we get more post, they will just have to make it happen!

So, I've got this incredible new rig. It is the Line 6 flagship amp. It is called the DT50. I have a 2x12 model which is the largest and loudest and most expensive amp combo that Line 6 sells. I also have a Pod HD 500 which is the newest and most powerful and expensive foot controlled fx processor that Line 6 makes. I also have a JTV 69 which is this incredible guitar that can change tunings and change from a Strat to a Les Paul to a Sitar at the flick of a switch. Together, these powerful individual pieces make up what Line 6 markets as the Dream Rig. With this rig you can change guitars, tunings, amp models and fx on a preset by preset basis. Guess what it doesn't have?...... A FORUM!!!!!!!!! WE WANT A FORUM! WE WANT A FORUM! WE WANT A FORUM! What do we want?... A FORUM!!! When do we want it?..... NOW!

If what you mean by "home using" and "live application" is playing with the volume low and playing with the volume high respectively, then, YES, there is a big difference in what the amp will do. Which is why I made the point of mentioning that you need to find a place to teak your settings "At Volume" meaning, the volume turned up as if you are playing live. jws1982 mentioned the same thing: Every amp is going to be different from room to room. so you may have to make some minor adjustments to basic amp eq and possibly reverb. But if you have set everything up at volume, it shouldn't be that difficult to dial in a great tone no matter what room you are playing in.

Ah ha. So I am using a DT50. What I find is certain frequencies sound better with different amp models. For example, I was attempting to dial in a good Plexi tone. Not realizing that the output settings were global, I started messing around with them. I dialed in this sweet Plexi tone. To my horror, my other finely tuned presets sounded terrible. Which is why I wanted to know the default settings. But now that I am back to the default settings, my current patches sound good but the plexi sounds like crap! Back to the Plexi drawing board!

Well that stinks!

Is that a Global setting or can that be a preset setting?

Anyone know the default Focus, High, Low output settings for the Pod HD500?

I think its best to let your ears make the final call. In a live situation, I only use a couple of amp models. The Gibtone is a pre and the Blackface is full. That works for me pretty well. Now I am experimenting with a Plexi and I am starting with the full model. Remember, when using full models, there is more fine tuning available to you. Adjusting the Sag, Hum, Bias Bias X along with the Early Reflection and other cab options gives you the opportunity to explore some good stuff. You just gotta find the time to tweak and a place to tweak at volume!

Yep, Operator error!

I tried that and when I published the url, it wouldn't show in the final posting. I'm sure it's a case of operator error. Let me try again. Maybe it doesn't work on my mobile device.

Hee-Hee!

I guess I can't post a YouTube link. But if you look up Dream Rig Tips and Tricks # 2, it helped me a lot with setting up dual tones.

I have started a discussion about creating a Dream Rig specific sub forum complete with a Dream Rig Customtone section. Would love to have those interested in this comment on the thread. http://line6.com/support/topic/872-where-is-the-dream-rig/?p=4751 Maybe if we make enough noise, we can make it happen.