barneybrown

Hi everyone, I was playing around with Dual Cabs this evening - sounded fantastic, lots of really interesting and satisfying cab combinations in the HD series. I was wondering if anybody else had tried using the Vintage Pre 'phase' parameter as a way of eliminating phase sounds when using dual cabs. I tried it out a couple times and there did appear to be a significant change in the sound when the phase was switched from 0 to 180 or vice-versa. I must read Meambobbo's guide on Dual Cabs next. I'm aware of the spreadsheet describing which empty effect blocks can be added to the signal chain to reduce phase, but was wondering if the Vintage Pre phase parameter could be used instead for most situations.

Your set-up should work. Make sure you have the FX Loop block open and the mix for that block isn't 0%.

Thanks for your replies everyone. I've spent much of the past week creating my own set-list (instead of writing my PhD, which is what I should have been doing). I've created 50 banks now (one bank for each amp - this includes the full bundle amps recently purchased). There are 4 patches for each bank/amp, each patch has a different microphone and altered EQ. These should work-well as starting points for each amp. I'm going to take a few days out from the guitar now and revisit the presets next week hopefully. I also need to adjust the levels so they match - then I can finally get on and write some songs! The process of going through each amp one-by-one has been very valuable, just as valuable as the presets themselves. It's given me a real feel for what each amp can achieve/where to go for certain sounds. I've actually found most of the amps very easy to dial in good sounds, in most cases simply using the default cabs and by manipulating the EQ knobs only. FYI, I use the LPF and HPF to roll-off highs and lows in each patch. I also have input set as Input 1: Guitar and Input 2: Same. Thanks for the setlist files. I look forward to giving them a go and in particular, comparing them to those I created this week.

Thanks Rocco_Crocco - I've downloaded a few patches from Customtone already but haven't really searched it in a very systematic fashion yet. I guess I was hoping that a single experienced user of the HD series had uploaded their best attempt at creating a good sound with each amp. If not, I will certainly start searching through Customtone more thoroughly in the coming weeks/months...

Hi all, I bought a second-hand HD500 at Xmas. Done lots of reading since and getting some nice sounds now. I'd like to now create a set-list (or 2) of my own; specifically, I'm looking to create a clean, crunch, heavy/lead patch for each amp. I'd like these patches to focus on the amp settings and use minimal FX if at possible; though, I anticipate having to use EQs, compression, overdrives etc. to sculpt the tone in some situations. Anyway, I was wondering if anybody has done this already and made their patches available to download. It would be really useful starting-point for me.

Hi, I'd advise against using the Flip Top Bass amp for this experiment as I believe the Microphones available for this amp are different to all the other amps in the POD. Barney