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  1. To use the Spider V as a power amp and speaker, you would need to patch from the Pod Go into the Aux In on the back of the amp. You'll need a special cable to go from the Pod Go's 2-1/4in jacks to the Spider V 1/8in stereo jack.

    The other option is to do what you're doing. Try any of the "Clean" amp category but I would set up a signal chain with either the "No Amp" or "Studio Preamp" so you're not getting the coloration of the amp model of the Spider. 

    Here's a sample chain I would use:

    > Gate>Wah>Comp>Studio Preamp...

    You can't delete the gate, wah or any of the other effects in the signal chain, but just turn them off and use the Pod Go's effects instead of the Spider V's. Good luck!

  2. On 2/15/2021 at 8:44 PM, 01GT said:

    Isn't the FBV3 the only pedal that will hook up with it?

    Any of the currently available floorboards will work. They have different amounts of functionality and cost to go with it. I wouldn't go for less than the FBV Express MKII personally.

  3. Yes, you can use the aux in to connect the output of the HX and because the Spider V has a tweeter, it should sound better than going into a regular guitar amp. But the Spider V is not a "flat" reproducer so YMMV about how good it sounds. 

  4. Start by reading the manual, and learn the front panel controls. It can be as simple or complex as you like. You can start by tweaking the normal amp controls- volume,  drive, bass, etc and then start checking out the presets. After you're familiar with the amp controls, and how to save a preset, download Spider V Remote software or IOS/Android app to connect your amp with a device to control the different controls. Good luck!

  5. What recording program are you using? There are different reasons you are having the problem.

    1. if you are recording into a typical daw- Pro Tools, Cubase, Cakewalk, you have to designate which is master and which is slave. The Spider should be the master and you can monitor through the Spider speakers or use the line outputs into your system to monitor

    2. the sample rate of the Spider is not matching the sample rate of your recording program. Try different sample rates in the recording program- 44.1, 48k etc and that should solve your problem.


    Check out this video which can help explain. 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeWtRSGHlYw

  6. First, there is no Spider V15, it's a Spider V20, so I imagine that's the one you've tried. The difference between the 20 and the 60 is night and day in terms of sound quality and flexibility.

    - updated modeling based on Amp Farm with new algorithms

    - over 70 amp models and 130 effects with full tweakabiliy

    - the drum loops, metronome, guitar riffs, tuner, looper

    - built in wireless capability

    - usb recording

    - customtone, and cloud preset sharing

     

    The Spider Jam is 12 year old technology, no warranty, and missing many features of the current Spider V series. I think it's a no brainer to get the newer amp, and my suggestion would be to move up to the Spider V 120 because it will keep up with a drummer if you ever want to jam with other musicians. My $.02

  7. I'm not certain what you're trying to accomplish. First, which Spider V do you have? They have different options for outputs.

     

    If you don't use the internal speaker, how are you going to amplify the Spider? Are you going to use another cabinet, the line out into another amp or the line out into a powered speaker? You know you can't plug a speaker output of an amp into another amp. 

     

    Before you go through the hacking up of your amp and void the warranty, I'd make sure you do the update to Spider V MkII if you haven't already. The revision of the amp models is dramatically better and you might be satisfied with the sound of the speaker with the firmware update. 

  8. On 9/2/2020 at 9:25 AM, JamesOldfield1 said:

    Yamaha need to get straight into this Line 6 crew and fire the entire application interface dept. I have just spent good money on a £400 Spider V MKII 120w and it is a bloody joke. The tones from the amp are stunning and that side of everything is excellent.

    But then you start on the pathetic software...

    I actually LIKE the sliders on the interface - a lot easier to adjust quickly than Boss Tone Studio... BUT BUT BUT

    1 There is NO manual or guide whatever for the app!

    2 NO drag and drop of presets into it.

    3 ONLY a pathetic copy and paste way of moving blocks of presets around

    4 NO way I can find of making saves onscreen, other than pressing and holding the save button on the amp

    5 NO way of getting cloud tones or my tones, unless you connect it to an Android or Apple device...

    6 And when I bought an adaptor and connected my Samsung mobile, the app locked the bloody thing up and I had a hell of a job getting the phone to work again!!!

    How do Line 6 seriously expect to compete with the likes of the Katana, with this shambolic connectivity?

    The sounds are great. The amp is great. The interface is KACK.

    Are you using the Spider Edit app on PC or Mac? That will do just about everything you've asked for. You can't drag an drop presets, but you can save on the app, go directly to the cloud, reorder presets by dragging, import or export presets, etc. Check it out.

  9. I'm not sure what you mean by "table top amps", but there are a variety of clean amp options under "Clean" (lol) when you look at the amp menu on Spider Edit-Line 6 Super Clean, Sparkle Clean, etc. Most of the time, when using pedals, you'll want to look for an amp model that has the basic tone you want and put the pedal in front of that model. In other words,  if you want a Marshall type sound, find a Marshall amp model that sounds close to what you're looking for, and use that as your pedal platform.

     

    HOWEVER!  The Spider V series are digital modeling amps, meant to be an all in one solution to recreating a variety of amps and effects. They don't act like a normal tube guitar amp when using stomp pedal, etc, plugged in front. Most of the time it doesn't sound that great, but you can try it out. 

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  10. 7 hours ago, Bergcph said:

    i wrote  "

    i got the remote  and its working   what abaut the program    edit      or simulary to that

    were can i download it

    so it is not the remote    i have that                i meen the       edit         program    i have seen on youtube     maby this is not for spider v 120  ?  is there another one ? 

     

     

     

     

    That is not the right software- you need Spider V Edit- the one you've got is Spider IV Edit. It won't work with Spider V's. You need to download Line 6 Updater, and drivers before you load the software.

    Here's the link- https://line6.com/software/index.html

  11. On 7/17/2020 at 8:15 PM, clfnole123 said:


    Another question for you. I have some tones I have worked on for several songs and some I feel quite good about but a few are close but sound a bit “muffled” like someone put something over a speaker. I feel like the tone would be right if I could lift off the muffle. Would I correct that in EQ or PEQ?

    You can use either or both. I usually use the tone controls on the amp to get the sound I'm looking for. If you're in Full Range mode, you can try changing cabinets and mics. Then fine tune it using the post eq. I prefer the classic mode and usually can get good tones by starting with an amp model that's in the ballpark of the tone I'm looking for. 

  12. On 8/25/2020 at 11:50 AM, bruce9432 said:

    What sad is that I have no idea how to work this thing, Line6 always comes off as if just professionals use this stuff. I bought it for wireless, figured out the tuner, but the rest is arcane and nebulous.

    You know you can work this amp very simply- just twist the knobs on the front! Twist the knob under the display to scroll through the presets. Twist the knobs and get the amp sound you like when the lights are white. Push the effects button and the lights turn to colors and turn the knobs to add effects. If you like what you hear, just press and hold the button under the display- press it again to save the sound.  Spider V's do have many options, but you can use it very simply if you want. Then take some time and explore other options if you like- it's easy to get some very good tones.

    Also, if you're connected to a computer using the usb port on the amp, go to Customtone and try some of the presets others have made.

  13. On 8/14/2020 at 2:16 PM, rodgerraino said:

     

    Thanks for the reply. My initial post apparently was kinda ambiguous.

     

    I don't want to do anything to the physical guitar. I just want to explore making changes using Workbench HD to the modeled guitars but am overwhelmed because there are a large number of different possibilities and I'm ignorant about 99.99% of them. As an example there are 30+ pickup choices each with options for position, angle, level, wiring & polarity. Multiply that by all the other settings that can be changed and it gets hard to sort through. So I'm looking for resources that can help me get my head around all the various possibilities and provide advice on what changes have what effect.

    There is only one rule- use your ears! If you have some Variax models you like, keep those. Then start experimenting with different bodies, pickups, all the possible changes and listen. There is no right or wrong, and everyone will have their own preferences on what sounds good. Have fun, that's the beauty of a Variax- no soldering necessary.

  14. 3 hours ago, Pacemaker1000 said:

    i have been able to rollback the firmware as some kind guy had a copy

    will let you know how it performs from now on

    If I could get a copy I'd really appreciate it. I have had no overheating issues with the earlier firmware. Please PM me. Thanks

  15. When you are in Classic mode, it bypasses the cabinet modeling because the amp model is tweaked to sound through the speaker. The Full Range mode is more like sending the amp model through a PA speaker with a tweeter (like the one built into the Spider V's). So in Full Range mode the amp model is sent to the speaker cabinet model to emulate the sound of a recorded amp.  That's why you have a whole range of different speaker cab models to choose from.

     

    Use whichever sounds best to you. IMO, the Classic mode sounds much better than most of the amp models in the Full Range mode. The Full Range mode is still useful to me when playing an acoustic guitar or other acoustic instrument.

  16. You are in the same boat as the rest of us. If you search The Gear Page, you'll see that the update of the G10 basically lowered the amount of storage that the battery contains. And so the battery life is about half. I put in a support ticket because my older G10 transmitter was getting less than 2 hours of life. The new one is better, I haven't been able to determine exactly how long it will last, but I think it's around 3-3.5 hours. Nowhere close to the 8 hours advertised.

     

    If you haven't upgraded the firmware on the G10 transmitter- don't, if you don't have an overheating problem. You have to upgrade the Spider V AND the G10 transmitter. I know this is against Line 6 policy, because they consider it a safety issue,  but I had my G10 for over a year without any overheating. It's up to you.

  17. Tube amps distort more as you increase level incrementally. So there is a sweet spot on tube amps where the output tubes distort in a way we find pleasing. Solid state amps, though, don't behave this way. They produce power up to their rated watts, and louder than that they produce a very different kind of distortion that we usually hate. This is a simplification but it generally is how it works. Pedal create distortion using solid state components, but are designed to distort in a more pleasing (amp like) way. 

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  18. What kind of guitar are you playing- single coil or humbucker. If it's a single coil, you'll hear hum especially if you are playing a high gain amp model. It's picking up electrical noise around the guitar. If you have a dimmer on your lights, you might try turning it off. They are notorious for sending electrical noise around the house. If it's a humbucker guitar, you might have a problem with the AC wiring in your house. In either case, use the gate module to reduce the loudness of the hum. Just be careful not to set it too high, or you'll choke off the sustain of the guitar.

  19. #1 is the best way, even though this is a solid state amp. Set the Master at a desired level, and use the Amp volume to set the preset volume level with your other presets. With a tube amp, the master volume can be used in different ways to get power tube distortion, but obviously it doesn't apply to Spider amps.

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