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But they aren't the same model packs that are used with the 500

hmmm.... could you expand on "the HD500 patch not working on the HD500X solution". I am not sure I know what you are talking about.

If you get one that doesn't require a lot of heat/ventilation space, you could use them in the same rack.

The * is a flaw that I wish would be fixed. The * stays. But send does actually save the changes.

you do it the same as you would any other effect. do you know how to do that?

well, if you are trying to change volume in your amp and not in the pa, then you need to put the vp between the pod and the amp.

There are "ways" to do it (one was demonstrated by HR). But there is no way to do it. If you want to go reprogram all of your patches and waste one or two of your 8 blocks, be my guest. We can help with that. But there is no independent volume control (as mentioned by BS). The easiest way to do it would be to control the volume on your (physical) amp.

A $500 product better be inferior to the $3000 products. The inferiority, however, isn't in sound quality. It is in the fact that if you want to virtually crack open your virtual amp and replace one brand of virtual tube with another brand of virtual tube --- you can't do that for $500.

That doesn't always work. It depends on the wiring. People have loved that feature and others have hated it. That's why some companies have wired to kill the kill effect.

If being able to resize is vitally important to you, then you probably have a computer that is dedicated to music instead of using it with you home computer. That means that you can adjust the screen resolution instead of the program interface.

Dumbass, you choose inferior sound from an inferior device so that you can resize on a computer? Brilliant. I guess we should all start buying our gear at Wal-Mart. Who needs quality anymore.

If you are trying to "effect" then I don't think you want to go drilling into the unit either. Buckethead's 'Jordan' uses a switch with his fingers, not the foot. The Pod cannot do that sort of kill because of the type of foot switches it uses. However, I would like to point out --- Your volume pedal isn't a volume pedal. It is an expression pedal. Depending on what you are actually trying to do, you may be able to use it outside of volume. You could try installing a noise gate to your patches. Make it 100%, that way it is virtually impossible to open. Turn it on and off as needed.

If you can't hear the cleans and can't take the dirties, then you need to program the unit better.

Real volume vs perceived volume. Distorted sounds are always perceived to be louder. Using a sound meter to get actual volume levels will help.

Have you never asked yourself what the various "SEND" and "RECEIVE" buttons at the top of EDIT are for?

Thank GOD for the search button --- so that I don't have to repeat myself... I am not a full time bass player. Therefore, I cannot give an honest opinion as to what a full time bass player would need. But, I do play bass. And the HD500 works fine. There are factory patches. There are user patches. There are model packs. Sure, the most bang for the buck is going to be for electric guitars. But, it works fine for other instruments, including vocals. ============================================================ The expression pedal can be used to control any value that can be changed. If the HD500 can do it, the exp pedal can control it.

As a professional, I wouldn't have bought the Pod if it was amateur quality. I eat because of gear. I can't risk taking a chance on inferior gear. It either suits my needs or I don't buy it. As a professional, I can't justify buying gear when I already have fully functional gear. As a professional, I don't have time to chase technology. I bought what I needed when I needed it. I will keep my Pod until the day it quits functioning. Your thoughts are misguided. You have a lot of learning to do about life. Everyone knows that people spend more money on hobbies than they do professional tools. I own a chain of music stores. Oddly enough, I don't cater to professional musicians. I consider myself a hobby shop more than a music store. I have little old ladies who have never played music before in their life, spending $100,000 on an organ because it is a hobby. They start with the $2,000 model and work their way up to the expensive ones. It is a hobby. They will spend money. Ever go to one of those vintage car shows? Their main car may be a $20,000 economy car. But they have a 1956 Thunderbird that they spent $50,000 to fully restore over a 5 year period. And then they only drive it 100 miles a year. Gun collectors? A sniper owns one gun. But the hobbyist will have an arsenal. People spend money on hobbies.

Why win these things if you can't throw 'em in someone's face every so often.

But as to the rest of your statement... The things that could be made for $500 in 2010 cannot be made for $500 today. The HD500. if made today, would cost almost as much as the Helix --- obviously, things like color touch screens and 100 various jacks cost more than what is available in Pod, but the manufacturing prices have changed for the things that are similar. And, on a side note, let's hope that Hillary Clinton does not win the election today. If she does, the cost of all products are going to go up. You think $1500 for a Helix is bad - imagine $1500 for a Chinese made Epiphone.

Mother lollipopper, you aren't going to win over any lollipopping friends by insulting us. You just called a Grammy winner a novice player that lives in his mother's basement. And at the same time you said his choice of gear was inferior.

Does GEQ work with SPDIF? I don't use either of them, but I remember that GEQ doesn't work with all outputs - thought I would toss that out there.

HAHA I was just on the Jackson site and somebody asked how to operate a 25 year old ART product. Here, on the L6 site, someone just asked what is better L6 or Boss. Well, since everyone here is an Kemper user, our opinions would hardly be biased.

Those are two totally different issues. OP wanted a list of the effects in the unit. You want a list of presets. L6 has not put out a list of presets. One of the Owner's Manuals has a list of the effects modeled in the unit. AND, the list of presets has changed dramatically between the various firmware versions.

Even if it did give out secrets, at this point in it's life cycle, they aren't going to lose anything (except model pack sales). They said that they can't make the product in this price range. They have moved on to new programming. It would be like Texas Instrument letting us in on the source code for the TI-99/4A. There is simply nothing left to gain.

There's an entire setlist designed for Bass, Acoustic, and Vocals. BUT, only if you are upgraded to one of the newer firmwares. I don't know when it first arrived, but I know that there are differences between the factory firmware (1.0) and the later ones. This could explain why people have such a hard time seeing the factory patches designed for bass. It also doesn't help that since the GEQ firmware, the firmware no longer changes setlist names. You have to do a reset after your flash to get the setlist names to change ---stupid stupid stupid.