djspleen

Yeah...that makes sense. I'm usually tweaking at night when people are in bed so it's at a pretty low volume. *adds 'sound proof head gear for wife' to shopping list* Actually I could start looking for some AKG K240s, I've seen them mentioned on here a time or two. I've never used headphones for this purpose before, but it evidently can work.

I hear what you're saying, phil, but I was using the same amp for my monitor that I used when making the patches. Things just always sound different once everything is set up and everyone is playing together. Maybe I should tell the band that we need to have all of our gigs in my basement so I know what it's going to sound like...?

Hi HD users! I had my first live gig with the HD500X over the weekend. I set-up 4 patches with various effects during different songs to use during the evening. The acoustic pre-set (DI Dreadnaught) served it's purpose for my 12-string. I did add a bit of chorus so it didn't sound quite so dry, but other than that it worked. I also created a patch for a "clean" and tube driver type model that I ended up using most of the night, so that one seemed to work ok. However, the Recto and Marshall sounds I attempted didn't sound good in my monitor at all, so I ended up staying away from them most of the evening. These were primarily canned pre-sets so I'll likely need to start from the ground up and re-design these two. It's amazing (read "frustrating") how things seem to sound ok in my basement when coming up with the tones but then with the full band things sound tinny, overly saturated with treble, thin and just plain "blech". I was using a Pod 2.0 previously and I wasn't pleased with how I was always getting lost in the mix during practice so I thought maybe the 500 would help that out. I'm not completely there yet. When creating the tones I use my amp (Peavey Bandit-112, which I also use as my stage monitor). I have all my amp EQ settings set to 12:00 and it's running on the clean channel but maybe it's still coloring the sound somehow. Our band uses QSC K12s for house speakers so I decided to take one of those home and use that for my "design monitor" instead of my amp. Maybe something will start to click soon and it will all come together! No, there isn't a direct question here. I'm just throwing some thoughts out and if anyone happens to have a comment/suggestion about my logic I'd be happy to hear it. dj

Yeah...that might do it. Glad you got it figured out!

That happened to my first one too. I ended up returning it, but the second one works fine!

I haven't noticed any of that with mine. Not sure why it would make that noise with everything.

Great news! You've given me some hope...if you can do it, so can I! :) I'll have to look for that Dreadnaught patch...I don't think I've seen that one yet. Thanks for the post.

warcloud, I think if you start up the Edit software and head to the SETLIST area, you can drag/drop whatever patches you want to a new setlist. Then navigate to that setlist and use those patches during your gig. I say "I think" because I just purchased a 500X a few days ago and haven't yet done this, specifically, but I've done similar functions. Should work.

I'll be using my 500X for some live gigging and wanted to bounce some things off of the viewing audience here . Thanks for your help with past questions and thanks in advance for this one too. I've used a Pod 2.0 for the last couple of years. When playing live I would use the Left (mono) 1/4" out to a DI box, then XLR from the DI to the snake and 1/4" from the DI into my guitar amp which was being used ONLY as a personal monitor. Using the 500X I'm assuming that I can forgo the DI box and XLR directly to the snake AND 1/4" to my monitor with little to no adjustments needed by the 500X. Assuming I'm on the right track, I haven't yet designed any stereo patches, but should I use BOTH XLR outs anyway? We have plenty of mixer space so that's not an issue. We are NOT using a stereo setup with the sound gear so it will end up being mono anyway. I guess my question here is, if only one XLR is used, does the HD know that and send both Left and Right signals through the one XLR line?

"My Bad" is #7A in the Best of HD Setlist on the 500X. At least it is on mine, anyway.

There is a preset called "My Bad" that could be used for a U2 delay type sound.

All is right again with the world! I called Guitar Center and they were happy to exchange the first one. I took the new one home, hooked up the USB, updated the flash with Monkey just like it's supposed to, started the Edit Software and BAM! Everything works perfectly! So, it was a faulty original unit. Who'da thunk it? I'm marking this thread as SOLVED! Thanks to Guitar Center and to everyone here that offered their expertise and suggestions. There is a great wealth of experience and knowledge here!

I'm sorry I wasn't clear earlier. I tried the re-flash using the power up holding D pad down method. The Pod is ready to update via Monkey, but the timeout error keeps appearing so Monkey won't update it the way things sit now. Both Monkey and Edit software recognize that a 500X is attached, but when a working connection is attempted I instantly get the timeout error.

Monkey won't update it because it keeps giving me the timeout error. If I can't get a good connection to the Pod then I don't know how it could update the firmware. Unless I'm trying to flash it using a wrong procedure, which could be the case as this is all new to me. This could likely be a moot point now anyway, as when I power up the Pod it won't go beyond the Line 6 splash screen. It just keeps cycling through that screen every 5-10 seconds.

Ok...last update for the evening, I hope. I tried a different USB cable that has been working fine connected to the printer. I tried all three USB ports on the laptop (I skipped the desktop this time...what's the point?) and same results. I grabbed another cable from my scanner and attempted on the first USB port on the laptop with the same results. I moved on to the next USB port but this time I got a message "Could not detect a Pod HD500X connected to your computer. Pod HD500X Edit will run in offline mode." I thought that was strange so I looked down at the Pod and the Line6 splash screen was cycling on the LCD screen. I left it plugged in while I was typing this post and it's still just cycling through the splash screen. I've also tried unplugging it for a moment and plugging it back in several times, waiting different lengths of time before plugging it in...still cycling. Line6david, I'll send my official reply via the support ticket as you requested. Thanks.

Update: I've tried all 4 USB ports on the back of my desktop and I've tried all 3 USB ports on my laptop. After it did it's plug-n-play thing on each of the ports...same results. I'll try a different USB cable but Monkey currently seems to recognize that a 500X is attached. It just can't do anything with it. I'll post another update after the different cable attempt(s). One thing that I noticed on the laptop that I don't remember seeing on the desktop, right after I start up the Edit software an error message flashes for a second "Invalid data found in one or more patches. These patches have been reset and named "New Tone (Reset)". But then the Edit software starts, the timeout message shows up and there are no patches from the unit anyway, so it probably doesn't mean much, I just wanted to be thorough. Thanks everyone for all of your suggestions. It will work eventually!

Out of all that, my main question is what is "flashing in safe mode"? <---newbie

Oh boy...I was really trying/hoping to avoid that alternative. I did open a support ticket with Line 6, maybe they'll come up with something. I'll give the printer cable a try and see what's up.

Thanks Uber. I've tried multiple ports, but not all of them yet. I'll swap some things out and give it a try. I have several things plugged in the other USB ports, mouse, printer, scanner, external hard drive, etc. None of them sound too exotic but I'll give it a try. After last night's fiasco, the two ports on the front of my computer don't work with the Pod at all anymore, for whatever reason. They just give me three nasty beeps meaning, "hey, I don't like it when that's hooked up to me!" but I can attach other items to those same ports and it works fine. I don't own a USB hub so that's not an issue. I do find it interesting that my Windows 7 laptop gave me the same connectivity error as my desktop.

I don't think I have an issue with the driver. The driver installed when I installed the 500X software several days ago (before I had the unit, similar to what SiCantwell mentioned). When I plugged in the Pod to my computer, it did it's normal plug-and-pray operation and proceeded without issue UNTIL I try to connect it to the Edit software. mazua, I'll try what you say, but you're describing the process I used already. I didn't have anything hooked up during the initial driver install or when I de-installed/re-installed the drivers downloaded directly from Line 6.

Hmm...Monkey says the installed Flash Memory version is "unknown" and should be updated (it has the yellow exclamation point sign). But every time it tries it says it's timing out (after only a few seconds?) so it fails. I attached some screenshots. Something screwy is going on here.

Interesting. I'll make sure to give the Monkey a try. I tried to connect to my laptop but I received the exact same error message as I got on my XP desktop. I'm pretty sure I don't have any 1.0 USB ports on any of my computers, but stranger things have happened, I suppose. I did notice that two of my USB ports didn't seem to like the Pod. So I tried another port on the back of the computer and it at least recognized it. Crazy stuff!

I hooked up my HD500X via USB for the first time tonight. After the initial driver installation (with seemingly no problem) I received an error message when connecting to edit software (see posted pic). As suggested, I disconnected/connected the hardware and started/re-started the software (more than one cycle) with same results. So then I tried to start completely over by uninstalling the Pod drivers. Now when I plug it in via USB it can't find any drivers to install...how cool! So, it won't install or recognize when the Pod is plugged in. Off to a great start! I searched for a similar error code on here but didn't find anything, so hopefully I'm not rehashing something that's already been discussed. I know how you guys love it when that happens. dj

I did wipe it off but haven't had time to test it yet. I'm not holding my breath, however. I'll contact Line6 and see what they recommend. Thanks!

I'll post some pics of what I'm seeing: 1) With the top removed: http://home.dejazzd.com/spleen/IMG_0998_s.jpg 2) With the bank of buttons unattached. Note that only circuit board is under the buttons, no switches: http://home.dejazzd.com/spleen/IMG_0999_s.jpg 3) The plastic housing that holds the buttons together has been removed. Only a sheet of rubber buttons remains: http://home.dejazzd.com/spleen/IMG_1000_s.jpg 4) This shows the backside of the rubber button sheet. Also visible is the part of the buttons that contacts the circuit board: http://home.dejazzd.com/spleen/IMG_1001_s.jpg I don't see any moving parts relating to the tuner.