Giorgos02

Hi, I just finished installing the new firmware update and the modelpacks and I saw in the forum that I need to do a global update? http://line6.com/support/page/kb/_/pod/pod-hd/after-pod-hd500x500-flashre-flashupdate-man-r160 and then a Pedal Calibration? http://line6.com/support/page/kb/_/pod/pod-hd500-hd500x/pod-hd500xhd500-pedal-calibration-r161 Could anyone confirm that these are true and mandatory? P.S: I haven't reboot my Pod yet in order to see if it's all done, because I was worried about the consequences of not doing a global update: "If you do not do this, one of the tell-tale symptoms that may surface after a Monkey Flash Memory update is that the HD500 will be stuck in a continuous re-boot/power cycling state (you'll keep seeing the Logo and the unit keeps re-starting itself). Sometimes this may not occur, but a secondary telltale sign that a user has not performed a Global Settings reset is the USB communication between the HD500 and HD500 Edit software will be extremely slow/sluggish."

Thank you for accepting my apology and I should thank @phil_m too, who made me realize that I misbehaved. Do you find good results with res being set to 0 in both cab sims? I think I had tried placing res to 0 in the past, but I didn't like the tone that much. Do you guys think that this is all about? Killing the resonance and everything is good to go? P.S: I had totally given up on Pod and I was waiting for the v2.6 to be realised so I can see if it's worth to try again. :/

I have tried it in the amp model I mostly use (Fireball), and I didn't like that much the sound of it. Do you guys always find better results placing res to 0? Edit: Thanks for trying to help me after my bad behaviour though.

You are right, I'm sorry for my attitude. I didn't mean to attack anyone and I didn't realise I called someone a liar as was doing it. I rushed, it was bad of me, I am sorry. I'm just really frustrated, because all the study and the effort I have made, trying to do a decent dual amp patch, was in vain. (Plus many people encouraged me to give up on trying to combine cabs from Pod, because it's a real mess and you can get better results from IR's.) That's why I gave up on trying to get a decent heavy, bright, prog tone and now I just use an f-ball into an XXL. That's my story. P.S. I really haven't listened to anyone having a decent dual amp prog tone, apart from this guy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39rvm-peVMg And even this tone, has severe flaws in the high end that are being covered with his high gain. Again I'm sorry for my attitude.

That's a great tone, but unfortunately I don't play this kind of music. I also think that this tone is pretty easy to be dialed in. As for the rest, I won't even bother answering, unless you post a short mono track recording of something heavy and bright, using dual amp ofc. I don't think that this little thing would be that hard to do if you can all handle dual amp setups with that ease :) Cheers!

I don't know you and your standards, as you don't know me, my mental abilities and the effort I have made. I don't know why are you so butthurt, but, either way I shall not lower my "attitude level" because of you. Most of the people I know (that have high standards with their tone) gave up on the Pod's cab sims for a reason. I think most of us that have spent a decent amount of time, know that Pod HD is doing the exact opposite thing than to help us get a decent dual amp tone out of it. I am not asking for a software that would be addressed to stupid people. I am just asking for a function that would actually correct the Pod's flaws in cab sims. Either way, this thread says it all: http://line6.com/support/topic/403-had-enough-of-the-hd500buying-a-kemper/

I don't need warnings on how to talk. I have sacrificed huge amount of time studying and patch building on the pod HD, achieving absolutely nothing great. Not even decent. Unless your tone standards are really low, I don't know how did you find a way getting yourself a decent sound out of 2 amps in the same time.

Unfortunately I haven't. Even if I tried sample and phase correction according to "meambobbos" guide. Nothing sounds better than the simple 1 amp setup. And 1 amp setup has a really poor tone generally.