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did this start before or after the microsoft windows 7 update that screwed up everyone's computer? and then, did you get the update for the update?

If you are just going to do some online gaming computer recording, then I agree with the guy that says to get a guitar cord that is 1/4" to usb, and then let the studio programs do the rest. In fact, you could maybe even buy a midi guitar? HOWEVER The HD500 (HD500x if you want to buy it new at a store) will give you everything in one box. Live. Studio. Band practice. Home practice. Literally, you take the same single pedalboard with you. None of this crap where you have the live rig and the live rig for big shows, and a studio rig, and a rig for practice, and a rig for at home. One box, all applications.

never use untested gear. I had my pod months before I used it outside of the house. First practice. Then a "open mic". Then a little show that didn't matter. Hell, I still am not 100% pod'd. For some things, I am all pod, but others, I am still using my old stuff. Because, like you, I just don't have the time to learn everything all at one time. Especially since this old dog has been doing the same trick for 30 years. But, yes, I concur with the other guy: it sync's when you are connected. Disconnect.

no offense to line6 when I say this: Instead of buying two or three pods, why not just buy one of the better, more professional grade, units.

up until 1994-ish, my personal rehearsal compound (which is different than where the bands rehearsed) was about twenty feet from a major highway, with no 'privacy wall'. All of the utilities wires were above ground and ran along the highway and then, of course, branched off to connect with the building. I did not even have a pod back then, but I picked up every trucker's CB that drove by. We did not have wi-fi, cell phones, or satelite radio back then. So, I have no idea how those things may have affected the same gear. But terrestrial radio did not interfere. Cordless telephones did not interfere (but I can't know if any were around). Only the CB's. I never found a cause. It happened to every combination of gear. Except using a guitar with a Rockman Soloist with headphones. Oddly enough: the only thing that ever had interference was my gear and one fm radio (not all of them). BUT if I recorded (onto cassette tape) the radio while a cb ran by, I would hear the cb live but not on the tape. Which makes me think that it had something to do with the speakers and not necessarily the electronics. Sorry I am no help. But I know your pain.

when you say that you disconnect and it goes nutso, I can only assume so much as to your actual usage. So forgive me if I am way off bass (get it, bass? lol). First, I agree with BillBee. Edit and save on the unit itself. But here is another option: I am constantly making 'setlist' changes based on the next gig. That way I do not have to scroll all over the place. So I have every individual file saved. What I would do, if I were you, and this is something I learned through trial and error: dial in your sound. save the patch to the pc. bring the patch back the the pod. here is the important thing: do not do anything once your stuff gets "sync'd" disconnect the pc. Switch out of the current patch, and then switch back. See if your sound works better that way. ===== maybe, even then try to do the edit on the machine too

of course, the obvious answer is NAMM and new stuff. Combined with every major retailer discounting items for christmas --- or whatever the pc term for it is. But, Best Buy (who's ceo left to go run guitar center) is also having some major sales on music gear. The catch is - its unadvertised and is on a per store basis. So you may find a Gibson Les Paul, I may find a Marshall. I know, I know, I know. BEST BUY? But yes, actual gear, not the Maestro and other generic stuff that they normally stock.

The pod is not a power amp. It does not replace a head if you are using a cabinet. But it does replace the need for an amp. I plug the guitar into the pod. I plug the pod into the pa. *The days of me lugging gear around are over. Today, I carry a couple guitars, the pod, and a utility bag. *The days of me showing up at 2pm for a 10pm gig, so I can set up and run sound check are over. I need ten minutes to set up and sound check. *The days of me paying a sound guy while using my own speakers to hear myself are over. The sound guy puts my guitar through the floor monitors. ================================================================== Prior to my pod... I plugged the guitar into my fx. I plugged the fx into an amp. I plugged the amp into a speaker. The sound guy mic'd the speaker. The mic went to the pa. Two steps with the pod, 5 steps before the pod. Don't misunderstand. You can still use the pod with an amp. But I don't. A lot of us don't. Its no longer an fx signal going into a 'whatever you plug into'. Which will sound drastically different depending on what you plug in to. The pod simulates amps/cabs. So, its actually best to go straight to the pa, or to some form of a flat unresponsive amp that puts out true tone instead of adding its own tone. Unless you want to use the fx and not the simulators. That's a possibility too.

I've never used the pod with an amp, so I don't know. But I never got into loops. Everything I ever did was always a straight signal chain. That may explain why I needed two of this and three of that, so that I could have an effect before of after another certain effect depending on what I needed. But I like the guy that said --- there are no rules Because its so true. Work it anyway you want. Work it different ways. Jimi Henrix took that nasty sounding feedback that used to be against the rules to have, and he turned it into a beautiful creative sound. fyi--- hooking up my dvd player to my tv was my first real time ever using something that wasn't a straight signal path. I hate it. I want to turn something on and use it. But I understand why it needs its own pathway.

well, if you are hearing samples (something that I can't find, even with you saying its there), then the only difference between what you hear online and what you hear when you play is going to be gear. In the digital world, there is no ones and zeros work different on my machine than it does yours. They are ones and zeroes. Everyone in the world is going to download and play the same patch. The only audible difference is going to be what gear we use. so,,,, with that out of the way,,,, talk to me more about these samples. like, tell me step by step what I need to do for this.

i deleted my original post after reading your other topic... 1. where are you hearing these samples? I'd like to know where I can hear before I download stuff. 2. you will only sound exactly alike when you are using the exact same gear and exact same playing technique. If I make a patch, it sounds great. But I used a Les Paul and a set of headphones. If you use a Strat and a Marshall, it will sound different. Even if you go and look at some of the editing capabilities of the Pod, it sounds different you program a straight mic vs a mic at an angle. So it makes total sense that if you have different gear than the sample you are listening to, it won't sound the same.

1. learning electronic gizmos can't be done by reading a couple posts. you gotta spend time fiddling with it. 1a. just start by toying with the factory presets. 2. part of your job as a musician is to know your gear. -- could you imagine showing up to play a Vai song and then saying "sorry, I have a 6 string with 22 frets and no tremolo." 3. there are plenty of musicians that are willing to take your spot. they know the songs. they know the gear. and if they don't, they would take the time to learn it. 3a. or pay your roadie to learn the stuff. that way all you need to do is play the notes. he can be responsible for changing sounds, just like he is changing strings. 4. I suggest using your old gear, and then learning the new gear in your spare time. and slowly working it in to the live sets, until you are familiar with it enough to use it full time.

I am sure its been answered, but I am not about to read all of the responses. There is no step tuning. But there is a very good pitch shifter that can easily tune a half step down.

I am a guitar player. But I also use my pod for my bass. I would not suggest getting one exclusively for bass usage. But it is fine for the part time usage that I need. At the same time, since I am not a full time bass player, I do not know if this would be good for a full time bass machine because I do not have the bass knowledge that a ft player would have. In fact, before I even started using it for bass, I started my own thread asking what I should do. Check this out: http://line6.com/support/topic/8395-any-bass-tips-hd500/?do=findComment&comment=58062

I asked a similar question the other week. I wasn't looking for control, just some loading of patches. The consensus is: no, phone stuff is not available for for the 400/500. And most of what we would want will not be available due to hardware limitations. now, of course, getting into business practices, which is a separate issue: if line6 isn't going to provide that sort of innovation for older products, they shouldn't have a problem releasing the needed information to app builders. I am sure someone would be able to build something.

being that most live scenarios should be run in mono, left and right do not matter. but, yes, you are correct. put your left in channel 1 and your right in channel 2. And then, if the mixing console runs it stereo or mono is up to you.

they are set to run that way. is there a setting that can change this, I don't know. But what I do, since I have the same music on my pc and mp3 player, I use the usb port. For me, I actually use the 3.5 input as a volume check. To give a "line" test. Like when building sounds, I do not want the volume to be overpowering on one and quiet on the other. And I never want to crank the master volume too loud. So, since the 3.5mm doesn't change with master volume, that is my 'constant' that I match everything up with.

I have an old Jackson, with a 1200-midboost circuit. The effect is awesome on my 'old' gear. But it seems non existent on my hd500. So, in other words, its not just you. But I am not too concerned with it. One of the reasons I got the pod was to update my gear and become more modern, more generic. Pink sparkles is not usable in every situation.

I am not going to mark this as 'solved' in case anyone has more questions or answers =================================================================== But for the most part, I think the issue has been solved because: 1. I can use the HD500 with bass 2. I don't really need to adjust the input or other settings. 3. Those patches (Ed Saxman) will give me (and anyone else reading in the future) some good sounds, but also good examples of what to get started with. And that was pretty much all I needed - a starting point. I know enough about music that all I really need is the starting point, and that is what I got. I should be able to take it from here. Thank you.

I would be lying if I said that I knew that song, or all of the compatibility issues between various products. But, HD500 custom tone has one called Pantera CFH Hopefully, this takes you to the right place http://line6.com/customtone/tone/219445/ Its a really good WALK, which is really the only Pantera song I know.

Simple question. Long, drawn out, pre-story -- but its needed to understand where I am coming from. 30 year veteran guitar player. Went from pedals to racks, and amps to stacks, to microchips. In other words, I've been around the block and have seen a lot of technology changes -- some of which I am not 100% expert like I am other stuff. Now I have the HD500 and I do not use anything else. No effects. No amps. But here is where the question comes; I never owned a bass, but I have played them. All of my previous gear was guitar stuff. Playing bass through any of it would have been bad, Older stuff was made for one or the other. Plus, they weren't mine. If I needed to play one, it was always set up through a bass players setup. But now I am the owner of my very own 5 string bass. I use my HD500 for guitar. I have plenty of experience setting up sounds for guitars. But now, its about a bass. First, am I correct in my thinking that I can use it for my bass too? But more importantly, other than plugging it in - what should I be doing? I will be switching back and forth between bass and guitar, do I need to adjust any of the global settings? I know nothing. I don't know what, if any, effects I should run on a bass. I don't even know how to set an EQ for one. Please don't ask what kind of music, because it will be all of them. But if it helps, I am using an Ibanez with passive pickups but has an active circuit. I believe they call it a PHAT pre-amp. Any advice is appreciated.