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So based on this from above post you can just center L/R pans in the mixer block to get the full sound (which I usually do anyway since it just sounds better) or put the mono FX at the end of the chain (like a noise gate on zero). Or I'll just use the 1/4" left output and then go into a DI and out to the PA via XLR. I know I'm kind of dummying it down but I really don't need distinct L/R signals from just my guitar....too complicated for the situation where I'm playing live. Thanks all for all of this information on the XLR vs. 1/4" outputs and the L/R panning. "If there is a stereo fx (ie giving a signal made of 2 slightly different parts) at the end of a path (A or B ), the respective path Pan/Balance control needs to be centered, otherwise there is both a significant loss of sound and level.. In the latter case, connecting only the Left or Right outputs to a system will inevitably result in the above loss, unless you put a mono effect after that stereo fx to convert the stereo signal to dual-mono.."

Thanks! Yeah I didn't know that about needing to use both XLR outs to get the full sound. That certainly explains why I was getting lower volume and different tone when going out of just the left XLR to the PA! They really should make that more clear in the manual for dummies like me. I've usually been taking the L/R pan off (centering both of them) in the patches because I just think it sounds better usually. Still learning a lot about this machine. I'll try running two XLR's to the PA next time and see what my sound guy thinks about the difference. He might question why I'm running two XLR's to two channels in the PA from one guitar.

Thank you for the information....that explains a lot. I actually did not know that the XLR output was only half the output while the 1/4" is both halves. I must have missed that in the manual. Seems like they would make that more clear. I'll just use the 1/4" out all the time then and then if I do go back to direct to the PA without the amp I can go into a direct box with the 1/4" and then out of the direct box with an XLR to the PA. I use a lot of the CustomTones presets and customize them but don't want to have to do too much every time to make the XLR output sound right. I'm just getting started on designing patches from scratch so I may figure out ways to make it sound better through the PA I'm dealing with. It's a really nice PA by the way. Problem is I can't spend time there to experiment with the sound. It's just go in and plug in and play. And the in-ears are terrible so I have no idea really how it's sounding through the PA. That's why I'm trying going through the amp so at least I can hear that and the sound guy was saying it's way better through the PA that way anyway (but again I was assuming the way to go there was XLR out). So thanks for this information!!

I noticed when I first used one of these that you really have to push down hard to switch the pedal. I actually thought something was wrong at first. But I got used to it.

Thanks for the reply. That's good to know. I'll just keep it on that setting then. The sound guy agreed it sounds way better the way I'm running it now. Running direct out of the XLR to the PA sounded really thin and lame compared to going through the POD then the small combo amp first and then to the PA via the H&K Red Box DI out of the back of the amp (and I still don't have to mic the amp). And definitely better on the Studio Direct setting rather than the Combo Amp setting. Hey by the way what is an "FRFR rig"?

I bought the HD500x mostly because I play at my church and have to go through the PA and they don't want to mic amps. When I play with my band out in bars I've always just used an amp and sometimes mic it. So I tried it for a couple weeks at the church service directly through XLR to the PA with the POD set on "Direct to PA" in the menu. This just did not sound good either listening with or without in-ears. The in-ears sound terrible anyway but I have to hear myself. So I decided to try plugging into the POD and then from that into my Fender Deluxe Reverb via 1/4" and then into a H&K Red Box (like a DI) out of the external speaker out in the back of the amp and THEN out of that via XLR to the PA. So I can get a little stage monitor sound from the amp and the sound guy still has full control over the house sound of my guitar. So the interesting thing is I've noticed the quality of the sound is WAY better with the POD still set on "Direct to PA" or whatever the setting is called instead of through the "Combo Amp" setting. I've tried them all and going through the amp and then through DI and into the PA still sounds much better on "Direct" setting in the menu and that's quality of the sound coming out the amp's speaker and what is being sent to the PA. It sounds more like the actual patch that I hear when I listen through the POD's headphone jack which is the best quality sound I've gotten. Just curious if this is the same for other people.

I've been playing out in bars and stuff for many years and now I'm playing at a church (surprise!) where we really need to run direct through the PA. So that's one of the main reasons I bought the POD HD500x but I'm having a huge issue of having to play using ear buds which is a TERRIBLE way to hear yourself play. Now I'm thinking of buying one of the new Fender Bassbreakers (the 15W version) because it has an XLR out and running the POD through that and then the amp can go direct out of the back of the amp and I'll have a bit of a stage monitor. I know this isn't the forum maybe for this but looking for some advice.....Thanks

I've had this issue with an older Line 6 POD unit and now the same thing with the HD 500x, which I just bought. There is something where the volume knobs on the unit, volume and master, get saved in new positions where for example 2 o'clock used to be really loud but something happens where 2 o'clock becomes the new 9 o'clock (for example) so then I have to turn the volume knob up to max to get what used to be the 2 o'clock volume. Then I go into the mixer and turn up the left and right volumes just to get the volume I had before. So this topic is really important and I'm glad someone brought it up. This is running it direct through my PA and I didn't touch anything on the PA volumes. It's something to do with the volume and master knobs getting re-calibrated. It's a major problem in the situation the OP is talking about and it's exactly what happened to me.

Thanks for the replies and explanation. That makes sense. Thanks again!

Probably a very basic question but I'm a new HD 500x owner. I'm seeing a lot of mentions on the board here about running out of DSP space. There are a lot of the factory pre-sets on there that are basically useless to me so I'm wondering (and I assume this has to be possible) if you can just delete presets that you'll never need (the ones with bizarre sounds not really functional musically). I haven't seen anything in the manual yet because I imagine they don't want people deleting pre-sets but is this an easy process?? Seems like the best way to give yourself plenty of headroom and space as you add your own patches and customize pre-sets. Thanks!

Thanks for the advice. Yes, I clicked "send/receive" so it saved the changes. Two patches that I brought into that setlist overwrote and deleted two of the existing patches (actually two of the pre-sets that I had customized) and it was the top two on my list. Live and learn! And yes, I did a file --> open and I'll try click and drag next time, thanks. I think maybe whatever setlist you have open is probably where it puts the patch when you do a file --> open so I should have just had an empty setlist open instead of a full one. At least I only lost two. Thanks again!

Hello, new POD HD 500x owner here. I downloaded a couple of the patches off of the Line 6 website which worked great but apparently when I did that it deleted a couple of the presets in my main "setlist" I had my top two (one called "Tweedy" and another clean one) at the top of my list and they're now gone. Do the downloads delete and replace the top ones on the setlist that you have open?? I'm bummed I lost those two best ones that I had customized. Nothing in the manual about that as far as I could find. I apologize if this is a very common question but I'm a newbie! Thanks for the help