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Sure, it can be done. You just have to create a dual tone with Path 1 and 2 completely separated and hard panned at the mixer block. I'd start off with something like this. Just don't put anything in the amp blocks.

Well, good luck with your Nova Systems guys... I tried one myself for a little while, but after a few months on my smaller board, but I got frustrated with the interface and got an M9 instead. I also didn't think the OD/distortion section was anything to write home about even though it was analog. Then after that, I figured I didn't really need two pedalboards, so I got rid of my smaller one, and just focused on the M13 board. Personally, I do like using analog dirt pedals, but I've had more luck with just using the actual pedals I like. I've got to say that even thought I own all the components of the Dream Rig, I'm a pedal junkie at heart, and I still will gig most of the time with my M13 board and a tube amp.

I still have my X3L, but, really I haven't used it much at all since getting the HD500. Even when I would have used it for something - like for recording bass - I've had other options. I just used my UX2 with POD Farm for the bass parts. Even if the HD500 dual tones are more limited in some ways, there's still way more flexibility with the HD500's signal chain that there is with the X3L.

When you look at portable battery packs, you'll see them rated in amp-hours, or AH. That will give you an idea of long they can power a certain load. I'll use this one as an example. It has a rating of 12 AH, and its terminal voltage is 12V DC. http://www.amazon.com/Duracell-DRPP300-Powerpack-Starter-Emergency/dp/B009YR00L4/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1374584969&sr=8-7&keywords=portable+battery+pack+duracell The HD500 power supply is rated at 2500mA at 9V, so let's assume the HD500 actually runs at 80% of that. That means the HD500 consumes 18W. At 12V, the current drawn by the HD500 would be 1.5A. So 12AH/1.5A = 8 hours. So at you could expect about 8 hours from that battery pack. But even then, that's assuming a pretty linear performance of the battery. In real batteries don't necessarily perform that way, but that's how you could get an idea of your run time. It's also ignoring the fact that there's probably some internal losses inside a battery pack like that when you transform the voltage from 12V DC to 120V AC.

There are few ways to do it. You can put your amp model before the split and then put different delays in the separate path after the amp. Then you'd just have to hard pan you tones in the mixer block. Turn the pan control for Path 1 to 100% L and the control for Path 2 to 100% R. This will separate the delay into the left and right channels coming from the USB audio. The other option is to stick to one stereo delay block after the amp block. As long as you don't put anything else after the stereo delay, the left and right separation will be maintained to the mixer block. In this case, you could mute one of the paths in the mixer and leave the other panned to center. As far getting the USB audio in your DAW, you have to make sure you have either a stereo track setup or two mono tracks. If you have two mono tracks, you'll have to make sure they're panned hard panned left and right so you hear the separation.

Split your guitar signal is what way exactly? The short answer is yes, probably, but you need to give us a few more details first. Are you wanting to have different amps go to the left and right sides?

I had that cap come off of my model selector knob as well. It's just glued on. I did what was suggested by musicsingle above. I just took a little bit of epoxy around the bottom of the cap, and it's been fine since.

Even though you say you don't want to use latch mode, you really do want to use latch mode... trust me. :) Essentially, you can use latch mode in pretty much the same way you use momentary mode, but the only difference is that the M13 won't go into the scene you select automatically. When you select a new scene, the screens will still show the names of all your scenes. But to get into your scene, just hit the "Scenes" switch. This will take you in the scene, and you can turn individual effects on and off just like you would in momentary mode. To change to another scene, you hit the "Scenes" switch again to go back out to the scene selection view. The nice thing is in latch mode if you want to bypass the scene that's active (and turn everything off like you're wanting to do), you just hit the switch for the scene you're currently in when you're in the scene selection view. The LED for that switch will start blinking to show you it's bypassed. If you want activate the scene again, just hit that switch. Or if you want to go to a new scene, you just hit the switch for that scene. When I first got my M13, I assumed I wanted momentary mode as well. But after using latch mode, I wouldn't go back. It gives you the best of both worlds.

Yeah, of course. Although, I do remember being around when the X3L came out, and there were plenty of complaints then, too. There were a lot of people upset that Line 6 was releasing a product with all the same amp and effects as the XT. Not to mention all the hardware complaints... I actually think that spending more to make the hardware more robust in the HD line was probably a decision based on Line 6's experience with the X3L. The X3L had dual processors, but the housing was thermoplastic, and overall it wasn't quite a robust as it could have been. It seems to me that Line 6 decided rather than going the dual processor route with the 500X that they would spend a bit more to make a sturdier product. In the long run, it's probably not a bad thing.

Well, the X3 was essentially a hardware reboot of the XT series. The XT came out in 2003, and the X3 stuff came out in 2007. So by the time the HD stuff was released in 2010, the XT firmware was getting a bit long in the tooth. I'm not sure why you consider me more of fanboy than a customer. I've bought all the units I own as well. I haven't bought an HD500X, and I'm not sure if I will. But I don't really understand the level of butthurt surrounding this release. I don't believe Line 6 is going to stop supporting the HD500. As far the people who bought the HD500 shortly before it was discontinued, I can understand some amount of disappointment, but I'm not sure how a company can actually avoid that. There's always going be people who by the previous model right before the new model is released.

By the way, is it a shameless money grab when car companies release new models every single year? It's just the way of retail. If anything the life cycle of Line 6 products is much longer compared to other tech driven industries. If you're business is based on selling products, you have to keep selling new products. It's not a mystery.

Well, first of all if you're looking as guitar modelers as an investment instrument, you probably should start diversifying your portfolio. They all lose their value as time goes by. They're essentially computers in custom-built shells. People should really think of these modelers as something more like a laptop or other piece of tech. They start losing resale value the moment you buy it, but the resale value isn't generally thought of when buying new tech devices. We buy tech devices because of their usefulness over their life cycle. The way I look at is this. I bought my HD500 for $425 (I had a 15% coupon at one of the online retailers) at the end of 2010, so I've had it for almost three years now. Even if I sold it as a crazy low price like $200 now, I be out a net of $225. So let's say I've had my HD500 for 144 weeks. That means my cost of owning the HD500 over that time period is $1.56 a week... I don't know about you, but I spend more than coffee per day. It's an OK deal if you ask me. Even if the resale value went to zero, and some paid the full street value for the HD500, the cost of ownership would $3.47 per week. Again, it's really not bad considering all the HD500 offers.

I understand what people are saying regarding levels, but I guess it's never bothered me enough for me to really notice it all that much. I switch between the mags and models pretty frequently. If I were switching between guitars, though, I had to take into account the different output levels, too. I'd say that on my 69, the level of the single coils is pretty close to the Strat model and the humbucker seems to be similar to the bridge of the Les Paul model. But again, it's not really anything I've felt has been a struggle dealing with.

These aren't all related to the HD500, but it lists awards Line 6 has won over the years in various publications and at trade shows: http://line6.com/press/awards/

You can disagree with their design decisions all you want, but there's no reason to call it an "engineering failure" simply because you don't like the way it works. Engineering is all about designing within a budget, and it often comes down to making these types of decisions. The fact is that the HD500X (and 500) are $500 modelers, and for that price they give you quite a bit to work with. If you want more than what they are providing at that price, you have two options. Buy another product that does what you want, or augment the HD500 in some way. It's really not that difficult.

Are you saying you added the PhD amp model to a patch with an amp model already and then added reverb? I believe the Dr Z. model is one of the most DSP intensive amps, and if you used the Spring or 63 Spring reverb model, those are some of the most DSP intensive effects. So depending on what all you have in your chain, yeah, it's still possible. The added DSP headroom is about 20% or so I believe, so it's not unlimited by any means. The one thing I found with the HD500 is that if you can live without a spring reverb and even use the plate model or one of the other reverbs, it does let you do other stuff.

What issues with signal levels you're having? I've used my 69 for probably an of average 3 or 4 shows a month since I got it last August, and I've never had any issues. I also take it nearly every rehearsal. I know there are plenty of other guys gigging with JTVs here as well. Not meaning to argue with you, but I'm genuinely curious as to what issue you're having.

It depends what "100% wet" means. In some (perhaps most even) parallel loops, even if you set the loop to 100% wet, you still have the dry signal going through the preamp to the power amp. The whole idea of a parallel effects loop is that whatever you put in the loop won't affectt the dry signal, it will just be mixed in with the dry signal. The wet/dry mix for the loop is essentially a volume knob for the signal going through the loop. So if you have it set to 100%, that just means you have the signal going through the loop at its maximum level. It's still being mixed into the dry signal. The reason there's phasing is because the dry signal is still present in the HD500 in the loop. And that signal is going through the HD500's A/D converters, and because of that there's a small bit of latency being introduced. This makes it out of phase with the dry signal going through amp. Some digital effects have a "dry kill" feature that's meant to prevent this. Unfortunately, the HD500 does not.

This doesn't really answer your question, but first, I don't think using the term "opposition" is necessarily a good thing. Sure, Boss is Line 6's competitor, but there's no need to make it like we're picking sides in a war. When we start talking in these absolute terms, that's when people start getting offended and feel like they're being demeaned based on what product they like better. The only other thing I've seen such personal identification with products is with some of Apple's more extreme fans. It's a weird thing. It's not like I go into my neighbor's house and see their Whirlpool refrigerator and say, "my LG totally kicks your refrigerator's butt..." Anyway... There's part of me that has been tempted to pick up a GT-100 for the effects alone, but I just have never liked the way Boss designs their interfaces. It just seems that for me they are hard to understand and navigate. I've tried reading the manual for the GT-100, and I felt like I was looking at hieroglyphics at some points. So to me, this kind of trumps anything they may have sound quality-wise. I've found if I don't like the ergonomics of a product, I simply won't use it in the long run. I think this is why I end up using my Line 6 stuff at the end of the day. It's easy for me to use, and I feel like the controls make sense.

You need to go to the "Controllers" tab and disassociate the position with EXP-1 (select "OFF" for the controller for the position parameter on the wah effect). Once you do that and go back the effects page, you can turn the knob for position to wherever you want, and you'll see the percentage values changes in the "Position" field.

Well, that's simply incorrect... All PODs since the XT are using Sharc chips, but they've gotten more powerful for each generation. The X3 did have dual processors, though. That's the main reason the dual tones work differently on the X3 than on the HD. On the X3, the two tone paths are always completely separate. Here's a rundown of the processors used in the last few generations of PODs. POD HD DSP: SHARC ADSP-21369 at 333 MHz (KSZ-2A), 2.4 GFLOPS POD X3 DSP: SHARC ADSP-21369 at 266 MHz (KSZ-1A), 1.6 GFLOPS POD XT DSP: at 60 MHz, 180 MFLOPS

Not really... The X3 is a completely different platform, so it's not really fair to compare the two products. On the X3, for instance, you're limited to one instance of each effect in a tone, and the way you can arrange effects in a tone is much more limited. So there are some relatively simple things that you can't do on an X3. You can't, for instance, have a tone with two different distortions. Really, most of the limitations that people run into with the HD500 come when people start doing dual tones. It's my understanding that during the beta testing period, it came down to either getting rid of the dual tone option altogether or adding the DSP limit. The designers understood that some people would be frustrated with the DSP limit, but they left it in just for some extra flexibility. But the DSP wars have already been fought, and the dead buried... I have no desire to fight them anymore.

:blink: It's the same price as the HD500 was... How is it being greedy selling an updated product for the same price as it predecessor? It's an incremental upgrade. If you have the HD500, it may or may not be worth your while to upgrade.