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Hey all, I just got hip to the whole Wet/Dry rig via That Pedal Show: Just curious if anybody out there in POD land is doing this, and having any success with it. I'm curious about trying it with my two Alto TS10As. Thoughts?

I used my HD500x with my Vetta 2 for a while before I switched to a FRFR rig. I used the L & R outs of the HD500X, into the Return of the Vetta. This bypassed all of the Vetta's modeling and it basically became a powered cab. I also turned the Cab Modeling OFF on the HD500X so I didn't get double speaker/cam sims going on. You do need to enable the FX loop on the Vetta to get this all to work right. I just created a patch that had nothing on except the FX loop. The only odd thing with doing this, is you need to plug a 1/4 cable or plug into the input of the Vetta, or it doesn't work. It wasn't to see a "connection" there I guess. It worked well for a while... but moving over to a FRFR rig gave me better tones, and MUCH less weight to haul around to gigs.

The HD500X doesn't do 4CM right out of the box. You have to insert the FX Loop block as needed - depending on your patch - to choose what FX are going to be pre Mk5 input, and what are in the Mk5 Fx loop. I would double-check your patches on the HD500x to make sure you've a) got the FX loop in the patch, and that it's in the right spot for what you want. After that... it's all about getting the levels right as rd2rk said.

Chiming in on this... I'm running the Alto TS10 and never encountered had a problem with volume. It's been plenty loud for just about any rehearsal or venue I've played at. However, the key for me was getting a stand for it and getting it up off the floor. PA speakers are pretty direct in their sound delivery - very poor off-axis sound - so getting it up off the floor I think is a must. I bought a used stand for 30 bucks I think from one of the local shops around here, and it made a HUGE difference. You might look into one.

Bit depth makes more a bigger impact on the "quality" of sound than the sample rate. 24 bits give you much greater headroom, and a lower noise floor. More headroom, means better potential dynamics.

More than you ever wanted to know about headphones: http://www.innerfidelity.com/ My personal choice: Sennhiser HD280 Pro

The Samson Graphite 25 has MIDI over USB, so you just plug the keyboard straight into a USB port on your computer.

If you have the delay in the POD *before* the amp, then things can get muddy quickly- especially if you are using the F-ball with a large amount of gain. This is of course is a particular flavor, and has its advantages (think early U2, Flock of Seagulls, etc). If you put the delay *after* the amp, you might get a result a bit more to your liking.

You will have to tweak the patches some.. but shouldn't be too bad. Our old friend the "Fletcher-Munson Curve" comes in to play. In short: At low listening volumes, mid range frequencies sound more prominent, while the low and high frequency ranges seem to be lacking. At high listening volumes, the lows and highs sound more prominent, while the mid range seems a bit relaxed. If you can, the best thing to tweak your patches... thru your PA BEFORE the bad get's there. Or if you have your own FRFR rig (I use the Alto TS10As), try to get your patches tweaked thru them - at as loud a level as you can... without pissing of the neighbors/partner/spouse of course.

No such luck... the Chem X is not available on the HD500X, and not part of the current amp updates. As far as what amp is closest to the Chem X... can you post a sound sample of what the Chem X sounded like?

When I do record... I use SPDIF for recording, because: 1) I already have a good interface (PreSonus FP10) that I've had for years, 2) my monitors are already hooked up to the FP10, and 3) I get less latency with the FP10. That being said.. I don't there in there is any major difference sonically between the two. Use which ever is the easiest for you.

I'm probably in the same boat. I use it to round off some of the high-end from my sound/TS-10A. Besides... wrong is only a point of view ;)

Well... The first thing I would check is how do you have your output mode set? If you are going in the mixer, I would make sure you have the Output mode set to STUDIO/DIRECT. This gives you the full Mic/Cab/AIR modeling. Also remember that the XLRs give you DISCRETE L&R outputs... they don't sum. So, if you have stereo FX going on, you will need to run XLR to two channels on the mixer and pan them full Left and Right. Lastly... the XLR outs from the HD500X are MIC level rather than LINE level. You will need to adjust the level/trim pots accordingly to get the best signal in to the AW16G.

No worries.... didn't mean to spam the group. Just a happy HD500X user. I'll make sure to post them here going forward.... assuming we have more gigs ;)

So this is another shameless plug for my band... This time we are in Los Gatos for those of you who care/can drop by. This will be the 2nd live show with my HD500/Alto TS10A rig. Hope that some of you local peeps can come by. Los Gatos Lodge Saturday, July 25. 8PM - 11PM 50 Los Gatos Saratoga Rd, Los Gatos, California The FB event listing https://www.facebook.com/events/1595770134004794/ The band page: https://www.facebook.com/rubberoom UPDATE 7/21 - The gig has been canceled.

You could use it to control the mix of the Glide Pitch as an example... or to control the mix of the Octo Reverb (kind of a The Edge trick).

I've got the TS10A... it's plenty loud It's got plenty of bass it's easy to carry I have heard - anecdotally - that the bass on the TS112 is a bit "flabby" compared to the TS110.

If you haven't already.. have a look at this thread/video... it relates to going direct from the HD500(x) into the input of a Marshall: http://line6.com/support/topic/14526-part-5-in-my-video-series-on-the-hd500x-now-uploaded-and-updated/

LOL... Despite our best efforts... we were pretty loud by the end of the night. Our other guitarist has a partial hearing loss (ironically from playing in loud bands for years), so he tends to turn up to hear himself... which means we all have to turn up. Oh well... the crowd dug it, and I heard no complaints about the volume.

So last night (June 26th) was the first time I've used my HD500X and Alto TS110A for a real gig... not just rehearsal. So I thought I would share a few thoughts for those who may be coming up on a similar situation. For our gig, we only had mics for the vocals, and the kick drum. The other guitar, and the bass were not mic'd. Mid-range - Most of my patches seemed to get a bump in the mid-range when playing at on-stage level. This was good is some ways - cuts thru the mix - but it also seemed unusually high in a few spots. I might tweak them a bit to drop the mids some or use the global EQ the shave a bit off. Get it up off the floor - Getting your FRFR speaker up off the floor and at a waist/ear level is a must I think. Not only do you get to hear yourself better, but for gigs when only vocals get mic'd... you can cover more of the audience with a higher vantage point. I had brought my speaker stand along, but ended up just putting it on the Bass Player's amp. The Pioneer Saloon has a small stage, and every inch is needed. Low cut - It's your friend. Use it. I had already used the low cut on just about all of my patches to tame the low end, and it made a big difference in stage volume. Also, my Alto TS110A was on top of our bass player's SVT and 2-15" cab... so there was NO WAY I could ever compete in the bass department ;) Gain - Turn it down. As I expected - at least to some degree - my patches had a bit to much gain to them. I will definitely going back in and dropping the gain (aka distortion/overdrive) down some. One patch in particular - a Brian May AC30 style patch for Queen's Dragon Attack - was the killer.. straight to squeals when not playing. Overall volume - I had done my best to tweak all of my patches at home - at a loud level - to get them all about the same overall volume level. I use a SPL meter app on my iPhone. I did some further tweaking live with the band at rehearsal to get them closer. This was a BIG help. It's didn't mean that patch to patch, song to song was perfect... but it sure did help. Boost your solos - There are a few ways to do this, and it's really a must. My current method is to use the Tube Comp at the end of the chain - but before the reverbs - with the Threshold set to 100% (no compression) and the Level set to 15%. I have this set to FS8 for all my patches to give me a nice bump for solos - kick it on and go. I may swap this technique for the FX Loop boost trick... just have to try them both and see. Overall, the HD500X and TS110A were a great match. A buddy of mine who is also a player, said that we sounded great and my tone sound good from the front to the back of the bar. That's about all you can ask.

My .02 cents... I just got back from rehearsal with the band for our gig Friday night. As we played each song, I would tweak the Chanel Volume to what I thought was the right level with everything else. It took only a few seconds.. sometimes at the beginning of the song, a few times in the middle. Once I had it dialed in.. I re-saved the preset. DONE. Now all I have to do is play with the MASTER volume at the gig to even it out with the band at full stage volume. It's really that simple.

Thanks... bust a leg up on your gig too!

Hey all, Friday the 26th my band will be doing a gig at the Pioneer Saloon in Woodside, CA - 9PM to 1AM. This will also be the live debut of my HD500X & Alto TS110A rig. If any of y'all are in the neighborhood... come on by and let me know how it all sounds. Here is the event listing on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/653375634807362/ ...and the band's page of FB: https://www.facebook.com/rubberoom Hope to see some of y'all there...Cheers!

If you just want to use the HD500X in your amps physical FX loop... then just use 1/2 of the 4cm setup. Guitar in to your amp. Amp FX Send --> HD500FX Return HD500X Mono Out --> AMP FX Return. Put the FX Loop block first in your HD500x chain, and then anything after that will be in your Amps FX loop. I don't use the 4cm personally, so someone should verify my directions for accuracy.

In the 4cm, the FX Loop block is the gateway to the input on your amp and the FX that go in the physical FX loop on your amp: Any effect blocks you place BEFORE the FX Loop block (on the HD500x) are going to be IN-FRONT of your amps input (Wha, Distortion/OD, Compression) – just as they would in real life. Any effects block you place AFTER the FX Loop block are going to be in the physical FX loop on your amp (between the pre-amp and power amp). Typically you would put your delays and reverbs here. If you dig the sound of your guitar going straight into your amp, then don’t put any effects BEFORE the FX Loop block. More than likely, you will still need to adjust the FX Loop SEND volume to make sure you aren’t overloading the INPUT on your amp. Look up section 5*4 in the Advanced Guide for how this works.