joel_brown

The line6 driver must be the ONLY audio driver installed or it will crash. Sounds like you still have others installed. The line6 driver and ASIO drivers don't work together.

I assume it works with PODHD Edit ? Just Ableton is having the problem ? It sounds like Ableton is still trying to communicate with other device drivers in addition to the POD device driver. Has it ever worked ?

You don't have ASIO installed ? You don't have any other audio interfaces installed or drivers other than the POD ? You have tried other USB ports ? You have Windows 10, 8.x or 7 ?

Usually the ASIO driver is what causes the problem. Sounds like you may be good to go now.

I can't believe we're having this discussion over a tuner.

Guitar Amps, monitors, PA speakers, all sound different. Sometimes way different. Hook them up to play an MP3 through them and see how much different they sound. This is why you can't expect the PODHD to sound the same with just a flick of the switch. A $99 dollar solid state guitar combo amp will not sound the same as a $5000 Marshall stack, which won't sound the same as a $2000 PA speaker. There is NO magic button that can compensate for the thousands of different amps/cabs out there. Find the amps/cabs that you want to use your PODHD through and build pre-sets specifically for that.

Buy a Helix.

Yes it was.

Because 10 years ago it was the best choice. Helix LT is a better choice now.

Get the Helix. This shouldn't even be a discussion. The PODHD is at the end of it's life and is old technology. What you're getting ready to buy will last for many years. Look at how long the XT lasted for you. Wait and save up for the Helix.

This is an old dead thread.

Maybe if you posted this in the correct forum you would have better luck.

I hope you understand that your HD500 tones will sound different when going straight into the FoH than when you're using it with your Blackstar. Guitar amps color the tone quite a bit.

The number of watts is equal to amps multiplied by volts. The HD500x requires a 3 amp by 9 volt power supply. 3x9=18 watts.

Even though this is the PODHD forum the answer to your question is still no. Amps are programmed in by Line6 as updates or addons. The POD XT is not receiving anymore updates or addons.

Except the PODHD Desktop doesn't have a midi connection. btw - the other pedals also get their power from the PODHD. More than likely the power connections are the same. But the signals to changes patches are different and don't work. Bottom line is: Line6 says it doesn't work and I'm not going to try it.

Everything I've read about this says it won't work with the PODHD Desktop or any of the PODHD devices. It'd be nice if it did. With it's limited capabilities it still does what I need and is a lot smaller.

Hmmmm, I would like to know this as well. I only switch between four presets and this might do it for me too. I also have a PODHD Desktop.

It's still the same problem.

Whoa, I think you need to explain in more detail what happened. Sounds like everything got zapped.

Pianoguyy is very helpful but can also be a lollipop. He's like that to everyone so don't feel singled out. Anyway, there are some aftermarket gadgets that will let you to CustomIRs with the PODHD but you have to be very careful not to overdrive them. The PODHD will take quite a bit of time to get the tones you want. Once you get over that learning curve of do's and don't's it'll pump out some very nice tones. That was a big complaint about the PODHD was the presets were not very good. Some "Do's" and "Don'ts" to be aware of: 1) Make Input 1 guitar and Input 2 something besides guitar, otherwise it doubles the input volume and overdrives everything. 2) Play with Input impedance. Usually the default is fine but sometimes a lower Input Z helps with fizz. 3) Try different cabs and mics. 4) Start with a simple patch and EQ till it sounds good. EQ is key.

Did you try a different USB port on the computer ?

I have the PODHD Desktop. They're harder to find since they don't make them anymore. But if you do find one they're less expensive. The only feature the PODHD Desktop doesn't have is the ability to have FX sends and returns in it's chain. I've never needed it because it does everything I need with it's own effects.

And it only took and year and a half from the last post to fix it.

I think the dummy plug is just for this particular amp.