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Throughout this thread people seem to have forgotten that Line 6 have not attempted (with the Pod) to create a device that replicates standing in front of a tube amp etc. They have always been explicit that the Pods are intended to recreate the signal one gets from a microphone placed in front of an amp. All discussions must be about comparing the sound one hears back through monitors (be they studio or live). Ive never played through a DT series amp, but these will always be compromised when the tone one is building is based on say, a 4 x 12 (we call then "quad boxes" over here) and the DT is an open back 1 x 12 (or whatever configuration you have). My own perspective is that I don't care at all if the medium gain crunch sounds are exactly like some specific model of Marshall, or if the high gains models are the exactly the same as an UberSchall or whatever....cos thats simply irrelevant. What matters is this: Does the HD500X provide me with a range of great sounds that I can rely on at very gig, at a low cost, with a simple setup, at any volume, and replicate exactly in the studio. Hell yeah! So Modelling has therefore surpassed analogue which simply cannot do this.

Sorry...Im not in the habit of posts that argue with people but this is just completely wrong. The dynamic range of 16bit audio is greater than tape and much greater than vinyl ...once you get to 24 bit the difference is huge. The usable range of vinyl i.e.. the range between the noise floor and the highest peak is not great - not sure of actual figures but I think 40dB is a good guess - Im sure some one will tell me if thats wrong. One of the things people like about recording on tape is the fact that it compresses on its own..... Music is heavily compressed today because record companies and radio stations and , Im sad to say, artists done care about audio quality they just want it loud.

if you read this thread all is revealed. http://line6.com/support/topic/8852-m20-input-level-disappears/?hl=input+level

Hi everyone. I thought it time to update on where this got to. After several emails - mostly helpful in tone - I ended up being told to take the mixer back to my retailer. I did this, but showed them the post where a user modified their mixer with a dedicated ground buss. I had this done and overnight all the level drops have gone away.....Ill refrain from drawing any conclusions on that matter. ;) I remain a dedicate fan of the system. I await version 2.0......

Thanks - email on the way

Let me start by saying 2 things. First, the Souncdscape system is fantastic. I used to teach audio, have a long background in live and studio engineering, and I researched a lot before committing a lot of Money - 2 x L3S , 3 x L3M, 3 x L2M and the m20 mixer. I love the rig . second, I get frustrated with posts from users who clearly lack the knowledge required to understand equipment of this type, and who don't read the manual. Time and time again there are crazy complaints that are not the fault of the gear but the fault of a user who has not taken the time to learn how it works etc. I think companies like line 6 cope very well with this frustration and remain polite etc........ I also understand the liability that a company faces if it publicly acknowledges a problem and realise that this is a decision that cannot be taken lightly. Not withstanding the various responses I have seen to the volume drop issue are troubling. My M20 exhibits this fault on a regular basis, on both jacks and xlrs and on multiple channels. Thank God it has not yet happened at a gig. Replugging the input usually clears the problem. On my guitar input ( HD500X going direct) the fault shows up in 1 or other of the stereo linked inputs . The difference in level is clearly visible on the channel meter and the master meter. At my last rehearsal the fault exhibited on a vocal channel as soon as it was plugged in......then cleared on replugging. The gain drop looks to be 12 dB or so...enough that it sounds like its one speaker only at first. As my guitar rig runs direct I use the M20 every day. When I get back from rehearsal it gets set up and remains so for a week - unless there's a gig in between. During that week I may have the level drop once or twice on average over 8 - 12 hours of use. whether this is hardware or software is hard to judge ....but the fault is real. If acknowledged us users could at least see a future where this might get sorted. I remain a fan and advocate of the system. I just want it to be reliable.

I have been experiencing this level changing issue. It's happened on stereo inputs with one side suddenly losing gain as well as om momo inputs. It responds to being unplugged and replugged. My guess is that this is the connectors faulting...so far it's always been on the combo inputs using jacks rather than xlrs . Does this make any sense?

....of course eventually some new rock/ pop/ hip hop whatever star will have a hugely successful recording using some old Line 6 tech...maybe a flexsys or a gen 1 pod and suddenly the second hand price will rise and forums all over the interwb will be discussing how much better it sounds than current models.... Or it might be the old Yamaha digital amps and everyone will be demanding Yamaha models in the superpod2000xxxx Nothing new in any of this Btw I love my 500X.

Hi yes Ive tried two cards and a USB Disc Drive. As I said in my opening post, it does not show up at all. No icon, no presence in the record folder navigation at all.

I see that I'm not the only one........I think I'll log this with Support..

Me again... So I have been able to use an oldish USB stick to run a playlist, but no other devices are recognized. When the SDcard is plugged in there is no reaction from the M20D..no icon and no access in the record menu. I tried a USB disc drive and got the same result. I haven't tried the PC connector at this point. I have V1.2 loaded, and all other functions are behaving. It's looking like a hardware fault of some kind.......

This is my first attempt to record. I have a Sansdisk, SDHC 32 GB card, formatted to FAT32. The M20D will not recognise it at all. In record mode the lowest folder level shows my USB drive (for the media player) but not the SD card. Ive rebooted, reformatted etc... any ideas?