phil_m

No, they don't. The model packs work on the HD Bean, the 500 & 500X, and the HD Pro and Pro X. They do not work on the HD300 and 400.

You can disable cab modeling by selecting "no cab" as the cabinet model. This isn't quite the same as just using the preamps of the amp models, because the amp models themselves contain power amp modeling as well, but it generally does what you're wanting to do. I can't comment on how it sounds, as I don't actually own the Firehawk.

The only pedals that are officially supported are the EX1 and the Mission Engineering EP1-L6. There are other pedals that will work - you just have make sure they have the correct pot inside. There's a partial list of compatible pedals in this old thread: https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=mission+engineering+ep1-l6 Another one that's not on that list that should work well is the Dunlop DVP3. The nice thing about that one is that it can be used as a volume pedal, and it has internal controls that allow to reverse the heel/toe positions and adjust the min and max values. http://www.jimdunlop.com/product/dvp3-volume-x

It's hard for me to understand being offended at something like this... If you think the sale still isn't a good deal, don't participate in it. Honestly, I would probably be hesitant in investing money into model packs for software as old as POD Farm at this point, but some people might find value in it.

There is no calibration process for external pedals. The external pedal jack is simply looking at the resistance from the potentiometer in the pedal. The EX1 uses a 10kOhm linear pot (well actually it uses two 20kOhm pots wired in parallel, but the overall resistance is still 10kOhm).

Funny, I feel like a relative youngster here - I'm 38. I bought my first POD (perhaps Line 6 should start selling a children's version called "My First POD") when I was 25 or 26 I think. I had only been out of college a few years and was making a real salary, so I wanted to invest in some real gear. I remember I bought my American Deluxe Strat, the POD and the MM4 (I had the DL4 already) all in on order. It was like the largest single purchase of guitar stuff I had ever made.

1) Yes, that's still true. 2) It affects all the outputs except L6Link and the USB audio.

Yeah, you could use bass with it. Unfortunately, the Amplifi doesn't have all the bass models that POD Farm or the POD X3 had, but there are a couple. There's the Tweed Bassman and the Silverface Bassman. You should be able to get a decent tone with those. I've used my TT for bass, and it's worked fine.

Yes, you can still do this. If you manually set the BPM and save the preset, that tempo will be saved with the preset. If you hit the tap tempo button, that BPM is changed. Any delays or other effects that have note values saved in the time or rate parameter will respond accordingly. Again, this assuming you have selected "preset" for the tap tempo parameter in the setup menu.

Yeah, I think I remember reading Digital Igloo saying that this was the reason there likely won't be any sort of development with BT for the HD stuff. The amount of time needed to sync all the parameters becomes problematic. It takes a little while for the Amplifi to sync with the remote app, and it's much more limited from an editable parameter perspective than the HD.

I think a lot of the users of forums like this tend to be older, and they don't necessarily always represent the whole user base. For one thing, I think a lot of the posting that happens here is from people who work desk jobs and have some freedom at their jobs, so that demographic skews a bit older.

Bingo... If you're doing this while running Edit, all bets are off. For whatever reason, things like tempo changes in Edit cause strange behavior with the POD.

As long as you have the tap tempo set to preset instead of global it will work the way you want it to.

Well, if you save a delay time with a millisecond value, that can't be controlled by the tap tempo. However, what you're actually doing when you use the tap tempo button is setting the BPM. Whether that affects just the current patch you're in or all patches depends on whether or not you have chosen global or preset in the setup menu. So to get back to your question, if you had tap tempo set to preset, you could have your delay times set to a note value, tap in a tempo when you're in that preset, go to another preset, and then you come back the preset's BPM would be whatever you had saved it with.

Depends on what you're wanting to use each one for. In theory, using one of the digital connections is always going to result in less noise and signal loss, because you're bypassing at least two D/A and A/D conversion steps. But if you want to use one in the loop of the other, then there's no way to get around using the analog ins and outs.

So your wife told you not to buy it because it didn't have an EQ control? Nice of her to look out for you like that. :D

All of the pitch shifting is based on relative pitch, so you would probably be OK with down-tuning. I believe I remember reading threads about people doing it, and it being OK. I think the one issue may be that the whole ghost note thing on open strings might become more problematic. The other thing is that all the tunings that are saved on the alt tuning knob will be a half step lower.

I get the original point, but I don't think I've ever seen a pedal from any manufacturer with bank up and down buttons that behaves this way.

Not hard to say if you look at comment #8 in this thread... :)

Well the answer you got isn't quite correct. You can still power and select the model on the older Variaxes through the Firehawk. What you can't do is have custom tunings associated with the patch. Essentially the Firehawk gives you same functionality with the Variax that the XTL or X3L had.

I think that's probably the main reason, if not the sole reason, for these types of sales. I've noticed GC more aggressively cutting prices on a lot of stuff recently. I think they're just trying to generate cash flow so they can make their credit payments. It's kind of like when people start selling stuff to pay rent. You can only do that for so long before you run out of stuff to sell.

I just noticed you can get the DT50 412 for $299... :o That is crazy. Musicians Friend will even ship it for free. I have no need for a 4x12 cab myself, but, man, such a great deal. http://www.musiciansfriend.com/amplifiers-effects/line-6-dt50-412-4x12-guitar-speaker-cabinet?rNtt=line%206%20dt-50&index=4

I don't believe the JTVs have been discontinued. They're still making them as far as I know. I don't know about the DT amps - that does seem to be some crazy low pricing.

Click on the link in his third paragraph to hear the sample. The zip file is a patch.

I can't say I hear any real difference on my crappy computer speakers. That doesn't mean there isn't any, of course. I'll have to listen with some headphones or on some decent monitors.