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Sorry to contradict you, but, actually when you hit the bank switches, a pop-up comes up showing you the presets in the current bank. If you hit the bank up or bank down switch again, you scroll through the banks not the presets. To get into a preset, you then hit the switch for the preset you want. The long and short of it is that if you want to change presets within a bank, it takes an additional step in FS5-8 mode compared to ABCD mode.

If you're in ABCD mode, you can't. You have to be in FS5-8 mode to access those switches to turn effects on and off. The idea is if you're in ABCD mode, you'll only use the top four switches to control effects.

First of all, these are the Line 6 forums, not Yamaha (even thought Line 6 is owned by Yamaha now). So you may have more luck going to a Yamaha-specific site. Anyway, though, that looks like something a good service tech could pretty easily take care of.

You just need to change the extensions for the file you're trying to open. For individual patches, change the extension from .h5e to .5xe For bundles, change the file extension from .h5b to .5xb For setlists, change the file extension from .h5s to .5xs You can also drag and drop HD500 patch files into the tone slot in HD500X Edit, and that should work.

He wasn't banned. For whatever reason, he decided to delete all his posts and his avatar and seemingly leave.

Those parameters can't be controlled by MIDI, at least not directly. You can have the tied to one of the expression pedal controls and control that by MIDI. But there's no extensive MIDI map that lets you control individual amp and effect parameters.

On the M13, if you hit the tap tempo button once, it restarts the LFO for the modulation effect you're using. I believe that works on the HD500 as well. So I guess what I'm saying is that I think it might already work like you're wanting it to. You just have to be careful to only hit the tap tempo button once.

Well, Digital Igloo called the Amplifi a modified version of POD Farm, if I remember correctly. So Firehawk is kind of an expansion of that theme. It's Amplifi with HD amp and (some) HD effects.

Lol... can't be too careful. I'm left-handed, well at least I write with my left hand, but I play right-handed. I also throw a ball right-handed, and use right-handed scissors. So I guess technically I'm ambidextrous. Anyway, this is sort of a timely thread to me. I was talking to a friend over the weekend, and she told me her 6 year-old daughter, who is left-handed, was interested in guitar. Her son's guitar teacher told her that she should definitely start with a left-handed guitar. I actually recommended that she at least try starting with a right-handed guitar and only go to a left-handed one if it felt completely unnatural for her. I told her it would make her life a lot easier in the future. Guitars are actually somewhat of an anomaly in the stringed instrument world. You very rarely hear of people playing a left-handed cello or violin. There is a very small percentage, but basically left-handed kids are taught to play right-handed. I know none of this actually is helpful to people who do play left-handed guitars... So, yeah, feel free to ignore my rambling. <_<

It sounds like perhaps you're asking for something like a Fletcher Munson correction. That's actually something that people have asked for for years on the various Line 6 products. I think Line 6 is probably hesitant to try to implement something because it could easily be misunderstood and misused. Anyway, here's an article they wrote up about it a few years ago. http://line6.com/support/page/kb/_/general-faq/studio-tone-vs-live-tone-and-the-fletcher-muns-r448

If you go to the Line 6 Audio-MIDI Device Control Panel application, you should see an option for a +18dB boost when recording. If this is checked, uncheck it.

You know based on what? A real A/B comparison? I don't have any Marshall amps, but I've done comparisons with amps that I do own and the HD models, and to me the differences are pretty negligible when comparing the HD to the isolated miced signal from the amp.

Apples and oranges. With a real amp, you're pretty much always hearing the same thing - the sound coming from the amp's speaker cabinet. Perhaps if you're standing far enough away from the amp, have the amp in a corner or something like that, you'll hear some of the room effects. But if you're micing the amp, I can guarantee that the sound guy is going to have to make adjustments to the EQ on the channel strip from gig to gig to account for the different variables. The thing with going direct is that you're kind of taking on some of the responsibility of the sound guy. The other side of that, though, is that it allows you to hear what you really sound like in the PA. With a miced amp setup, you never really know. It could sound great to you on stage, but it might sound horrible in the FOH mix.

X3 drivers have been updated as well... The Gearbox editor is the thing that hasn't.

Sorry, I don't understand what you're asking... Are you asking about the power supply voltage?

There's no magic bullet Line 6 could implement to give you great live tone in an instant through an amp. Whatever amp you plug into will have different tonal characteristics. The easiest way to get consistently good live tone is to create patches through the same system you're playing through live, or if you're going direct, to use great full frequency, flat response monitors while making your patches.

The L6 Link connection doesn't provide communication between different PODs. Actually, all of the PODs with the L6 Link only have an L6 Link out.

The HD500 will sync its tempo parameter to an external MIDI clock, but the tempo parameter has no effect on the looper. So there's no way to sync the looper to any tempo - internal or external.

The US JTVs aren't simply Korean guitars that are assembled in the US. All the woodworking is done in the US, and all the hardware is significantly upgraded. The necks on all the US models are quarter-sawn. The electronics and pickups are the same, but that's simply because it would make no sense to have separate electronics for the different models. http://blog.line6.com/2010/james-tyler-variax-and-wildwood-manufacturing/ Whether or not you think it's worth the price they're asking is up to you, but don't make it sound like something it's not. I'd also say that difference in quality between a US version and a Korean is pretty evident as soon as you pick the guitars up.

Like tribal tattoos for guitars...

That seems to be what I've experienced, too. BT is by design a short-range protocol.

You can save different presets on the receiver for different levels and signal routing. I wouldn't read too much into it.

Real electronic music where people actually play synths can be pretty cool. It's light years ahead of a DJ. I played a show a few weeks ago where this girl was singing and she had a "DJ" to play her tracks for her. The DJ had her whole rig there with the turntables and all that, but literally all the DJ did was hit play at the beginning of the song and stand on the stage with headphones on. I don't get that.

I'd be surprised if they offer the pre models on the Firehawk. Without L6 Link, you lose the ability to control the DT's power amp topology. It seems that a DT owner would still be better off going with the 500X for $50 more.

All this talk of the "best possible sound" reminds me of this...