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Will the Powertrain 1250 work with the HD500X seems like it has like 1250ma's total that it can handle. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PT1250/

Ok took back panel off and removed input jack. Looks like everything is soldered to back of pots. The only wire i saw going to the body of guitar was a paper clip kind of metal wire. Is that the ground? It was connected to the guitar.

Ok took back panel off and removed input jack. Looks like everything is soldered to back of pots. The only wire i saw going to the body of guitar was a paper clip kind of metal wire. Is that the ground? It was connected to the guitar.

So wowza you mean to take the input jack out of the guitar and do what?

The only change i have made was the addition of using the fx loop for my external pedal the strymon bigsky. That said when i remove it from the fx loop the buzz is still there. Id say it was gradual change. Started out as a little buzz i'd have to set threshold to like 20 or a little higher, now im having to really turn it up. Also if i disable the amp in the signal chain it gets better...but thats probably just a result of it not gaining up the buzz.

Hi Yaron! This might be a silly redundant question, but are you hooking up those other pedals via the fx loop in the pod itself, or are you placing them pre or post pod. In other words if you aren't running them through the pod as an fx loop you are probably going to get some delay between switching. I have a Strymon BigSky studio reverb i use, and i have it hooked up like this: fx send >BigSky Left input >BigSky Left output >L/Mono FX Return. Then in the signal chain i place an FX Loop icon and assign it to a pedal.

First of all i really appreciate all the help everyone! pfsmith0 & alienux, i actually borrowed his guitar and brought it to work with me today and on my lunch break is where i tested it on my pod and the kona (strat style) and as i reported the buzz is horrendous! Unless of course i use the noise gate and bump it up to about 40 to 60% on the threshold. I've submitted a support ticket to line 6, so far their only reply is that this is typically caused by grounding from AC current...ie a wall outlet, and they suggested i try other outlets or other locations. So everyone in this forum is Spot On with your diagnosis, however i think i've debunked that solution, at least in my case. I really think the pod is the issue now.

Ok i borrowed a guitar from my friend. Its a strat style kona. Tone sounds great, but im getting the same loud buzz without the Noise Gate on. So im thinking this is a ground or sheilding problem with the POD.

Where do you buy these?

Yes. When nothing is plugged in its quite through headphones If i turn down the volume the level of hum and noise gets worse until the knob is completely turned off.

Does that mean that you run dual amps? Or that you set input 2 to something different even if you don't have a 2nd amp?

has anyone gotten the Vox AC30 amp to sound decent? I've really been tweaking on it for a while now and i can't seem to dial it in like i could if the real AC30 was sitting in front of me. I really like the Brit P-75 Bright that on sounds a lot nicer to me...however a lot of my favorite worship bands are playing AC30s i'd like to get it sounding good.

swapped the hd500x for my old x3 that has some issues but still lets me do some things. Buzz is till there :( The only other stomp i have is a strymon BigSky, but i can't really hear it and it doesn't really have a headphone jack so it needs to be patched into an amp...which i don't have.

would plugging into something like this help? http://www.long-mcquade.com/6781/Guitars/Cables_Power_Supplies/Voodoo_Lab/Pedal_Power_ISO-5_-_5_Output_Power_Supply.htm

Ok so i found an outlet in my home that has one of those little reset buttons on it. I think that one is suppose to be grounded. Anyway, same buzz. I will try the 1/4 outs at church wednesday night to see if that makes a difference there. But as for my home its just something i guess i'll have to live with. Wish there was like a grounding mat or something that could be placed under the unit. Anyone know of anything like that? Thanks for the help btw :)

It's the chrome/silver hum-buckers. I thought the ground lift was in for 1/4 out? Anyway no effect when I switch it.

Hello! Yes I've swapped cables from guitar to amp. Also as I said I took the guitar in to shop and they plugged it into the cheapest little amp I've ever seen and my SG with humbuckers was quite as a mouse. At church I run out xlr left to house PA we hear ourselves from an aviom system. I noticed a new firmware update I could try. The description mentions noise but not same issue as mine.

Hey Everyone, over the last couple months i have been having to compensate for excessive buzz and noise with the noise suppressor. I keep having to increase the threshold. When i put my hands on the guitar or on something medal the buzz goes away. Including touching the medal bar on the hd500x. I thought "it couldn't be the POD" so i swapped cables...from monster to just a cheap brand...no change. Then i thought, it must be the headphones. So i swapped those, still noisy. I have the threshold up to like 60 btw. Then i plugged the Left 1/4 out to a professional MAUDIO studio speaker....still buzzing. So my thought was then "since it can't be the pod" it must be my Gibson SG. So i took the back cover off of the guitar..all solder points are solid, no frayed wires...everything is perfect. Just for grins i blew some compressed air in there for good measure. Still Noisy! So i thought "it must be a functional problem with the Guitar" as it buzzes on almost every position but the loudest in the bridge pickup. So i took it in to my local luther (sp?) and had him check it out. He took the guitar out of the case, plugged it in with a cheap old cable, into a cheap looking solid state amp....The guitar was so quiet you could hear a mouse fart! So he says what are you playing though...i say the Line 6 HD...before i could even get out the model name...he says..."Thats the issue!" So now I'm here looking for answers on how to do the unthinkable troubleshoot the hd500x :( Anyone have any suggestions? Is this something that i should have repaired? Last time i got a repair on my X3 Live it didn't come back the same...acted weird and buggy. Incidentally i have massive buzzing and noise when i play at church too...sometimes i have to crank the NS up to 70. The best i can tell the noise comes when i add and amplifier. I can't hear the buzz on an empty patch. But as soon as i add any amplifier...buzz buzz buzz. HELP!

I didn't read all these posts but from an IT persons perspective here are some things to look for: 1. Did you install all the software BEFORE you plugged in the hd500x? Windows is notorious for USB driver issues. Most occur from people plugging in their devices before they install the software. 2. Try deleting the all the hd500x drivers before trying #1 that includes all the hd400 drivers you did previously. C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore 3. Make sure no other USB devices are plugged in. With exception of mouse and keyboard. Side note I would reboot after deleting all HD related drivers.

Is signal chain from left to right?

I didn't want to hijack someone else's post from earlier, but i have a question about 4cm with external pedals. I already know to hook fx send to pedals the back to the mono return. Just like you would if i were running to an external amp. But what output should i use for a PA system? I current run XLR left out to the PA, but i get hissing from the FX loop. The video i watched here shows using a 1/4 inch cable output to amp or pa. Is that correct? if my effects look is mono unbalanced (1/4) does my output need to be the same?

Im really just trying to truly emulate the sounds that others get with pedal boards. In fact nearly everyone that i know of with pedal boards run all their effects pre-amp....of course, in my opinion, nothing sounds better than a mic'd amp! But since i play in an environment without stage amps or an amp room, the pod hd500x sounds just as great! Just wish there were Matchless, Bad Cat, or Jackson amps!

This works great for me. I've been tuning like this for a couple weeks! And i've found that i have the most accurate tune i've ever had! Thanks For sharing!

Hey everyone, just curious if anyone has success in putting the amp at the end of the signal chain? Im think to mimic a true pedal board setup all the pedals are linked together with a final output going straight into front of amp. Does this work for anyone?

Im interested. Send me the deets!