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It's OK now. Seems that this XT model has got some strange ways about her.

Don't know what's going on but I unplugged my headphones and plugged in a new pair of Audio Technica phones and all of a sudden my XT has gone into some kind of Live mode. And it sounds bad. I saw something flash on the LED saying that it was going into some kind of Live mode. I have not been able to get it back into normal headphone mode. I have headphones plugged in but the sound is obviously not right yet. What's the deal?

I have made a preset for myself I call YJM Tone. It's saved in my XT memory. It's in there. But when I open Gearbox instead of the program showing my YJM Tone preset in the window, Gearbox always shows the same American Punk preset instead. I don't understand why it does this. Any clues?

It's OK now. The fellow I bought it from gave me a bad USB cable. I replaced it with one of my own and now it works great.

I just picked up a nice POD xt Pro and I installed the drivers for it. Plus I installed Gearbox too. So I turn on the POD and then double-click the Gearbox icon on my desktop and Gearbox says: No Hardware Found No Compatible Line 6 USB Devices have been detected Great. So when I click the OK button and dismiss this screen and I look in the lower right corner of the Gearbox interface I see a flashing USB cable icon and this means the status of my connection is obviously not right. I don't get what's goin' on here. I installed the correct drivers and Gearbox but I'm getting this error message. What is the fix here? I'm on Windows 8.1.

But how do I shut these things off? I put the cursor on the amp and hit the Move button so I'm now into that menu. And it says double-click to assign controller. But how to I tell it None? As in no assignments at all? What button do I hit? Alla condo delete?

On some of the presets I've downloaded whoever set them up made them to use the expression pedal. I'm using a rack POD HD Pro X so I don't have a pedal. If you look at my screenshot you will see on the volume it says EXP-2 and on the drive it reads EXP-1. How do I get rid of the EXP? I'd like mine to simply read Drive and Volume.

I'm curious if anyone here has any first hand experience with one of these Boss emulators? I would like to try that GT-001 or whatever the model number is. I like the small footprint and the fact that it doesn't have an expression pedal which I don't need. The interface looks fairly pleasing and the price is only $299.00. Was wondering which company has the edge in terms of amp modeling and sounds?

Thanks. I downloaded that video. That actually gives me some useful info.

I don't use nor want an expression pedal. To me the filter control sounds like lollipop. Anyway, I would be willing to try and get a grasp on the equalizers if someone made a page that was really a clearcut explanation of how to set it up. I'm not talking about Bobo's page either. Most people who explain things do a very poor job. They always make assumptions assuming that the recipient knows what they're talking about. It's been my experience that you should never make assumptions period. Most of the time the listener has no clue as to the jargon that you are using. This is a very common mistake regardless of what field we're talking about. A video is the best way to go. That way you can clearly see how to go about doing something. It's much more helpful than reading words on a page which tend to be unclear.

I usually don't use the EQ because they're too hard to set up trying to understand those percentages. I mostly used Marshalls and Parks.

The Classic Distortion is definitely usable but I don't know what the purpose of the filter control is. I'm suspecting that is what is contributing to that really snarling, nasal tone that just screeches. But is there a way I can use the pedal but really tone down that screech?

I think I'm okay. My gain was too low. And I gotta move the knobs around. I've always noticed even going back to the X3 models that you can't just download and install a preset. There is something about moving the knobs to reset the unit so you get more gain and punch.

I'm doing some monkeying around with trying to use two amps. I have a Park 75 and a Plexi 100 Normal. When I solo the Park it sounds fine. Strong, lots of gain and sounds like it should. But when I solo the Plexi it sounds weak and pale. Very tinny. Like there is no power going through. I should be able to solo either one and hear how good each one sounds on its own. I've enclosed a screenshot. Not sure of where I'm going wrong:

What was preventing me from finding a Randy Rhoads tone was the fact that I was using a Duncan Custom in the bridge. No not work. Wrong pickup. So I decided to order the Dimarzio PAF 36th Anniversary model and put it in the bridge of my Les Paul. Excellent tone. Now I have the PAF Pro in the neck and the 36th Anniversary in the bridge. I'm using a preset downloaded from Custom Tone that uses both the Park 75 and a Marshall JCM 800. Works beautifully! High gain pickups = this way lies mud.

The problem I have with them is they are very dark. And I'm currently using a Les Paul. So how can I brighten up the speaker some? I love the sweetness they have. They sound sweeter than any other speaker. I try to avoid the equalizers in this unit because they are simply too hard to understand and configure. And the Q Filter at the front of the signal chain idea is not a good one either because that queer device is so strange it makes your guitar sound like a thousand bees that have nasal allergies.

I would not agree with his tone being unattractive. His tone on the Diary album was fantastic. But his tone on the Blizzard album got a little buzzy indeed. And his live tone was very good indeed. I think his tone was way better than Stevie Ray for sure. I never did like Stevie Ray or his tone much. Many other Strat players had a much better sound than he ever did.

Thanks for the Firehawk video. I don't know what a Firehawk is though. But when I get my Les Paul back from the shop I will try some of his settings and stuff and see how my POD responds to it.

This is one thing I would like to accomplish on my HD PRO X. I know there are some Rhoads presets on the Custom Tone site but they just don't work for me. Maybe they aren't interacting in a favorable way with my Les Paul. I've actually come much closer emulating the Yngwie tone (even with my Les Paul too). I've also looked at a few YouTube videos too but so far the tone has eluded me. So if you guys can post some tips on things which you feel are the most important elements to capturing his sound with my HD PRO X, please post your suggestions.

I have never been able to make the T-75 sound good. And isn't that what Yngwie uses? And I love him. But they sound almost too clear and clean and they don't want to break up very easy. So if anybody has any tips to make them give an nice high gain tone that works well for hard and heavy stuff please post. I've used mostly Marshalls in my experiments so far.

I need to find an adapter to take the eighth inch plug and convert it to a quarter inch. The one I have here at home has threads on it. I need an adapter that does not have threads. Something that I just stick the plug into and it clicks in place and I'm done. If you know can you post a link?

Thanks!

I'd like to play along to a backing track using my HD but I would like to have a friend be able to listen as well. So I would imagine I could pick up some kind of adapter to plug into the phone jack on the front of my HD and be able to hook up two sets of headphones? My local Radio Shack closed (the company went bankrupt) so can't do that. But can someone give me a link that would show an example of what I need?

What do you mean not synced? I'm not using a floor pedal or anything, I'm just plugging my guitar into the front of the HD Pro X.