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You have to turn on/place the FX loop block in your pod signal path for your FX send to the amp's input to be heard.

Haha!!!!

While we're at it. Can someone please call Apple and give me an upgrade with the iPhone 6 comes out, and someone please call Dodge when the 2015 RAM comes out so I can upgrade my truck? LOL. Lame.

The Vetta was 300 watts. 150x2. This little toy is just 150 total. My guess also, is that the Vetta had a different design. I had a Vetta head years ago and it pumped.

You're responding by way of another planet my friend. Nobody's arguing about needing to crank a 100w tube marshall head to hear over a drummer. Solid state wattage is a completely different animal than tube wattage. Yes, yes...typically a standard 150 watt solid state amp will not be able to keep up in terms of stage volume with a a rock drummer in a gigging, medium venue scenario. That's not opinion...that's a fact. If this string if full of bedroom players...then fine, that amp would suffice. Yes you can mic any lower volume amp and if there's enough sound system/PA headroom...it will translate in the house. Yes, if you're playing in a "clean tone", blues...funk...non full blown rock band...it "may" suffice. You'll find the majority will tell you, that 150 solid state watts is nothing for a rock setting. Even solid state watts, modeling amps...need to be pushed to feel that natural headroom and that "tube like" articulation...and yes, this opinion comes from a large amount of pro players. No they are not doing it wrong. It's gear 101.

Don't use the bomber amp then. Try the Engl amp. To me on the 500X for high gain, this sounds the most authentic to a big sounding high gain head. I use it with the gain at about 60% and a tube screamer or tube drive in front of it.

I've used it in different ways. Currently, I always keep an mxr 10 band on flat at all times (doesn't alter the tone)....and instead of adjusting POD patches on the fly for different rooms, where you need, less bottom, more bottom, more highs, less highs...like you would adjust on a regular amp for different rooms.....I use the MXR for it. Leaving my presets in tact. There's nothing worse than soundchecking for a gig....and the sound guy goes "Hey can you pull down the low end a little...or give me some highs"...and you gotta get on the ground and go through every patch you're using and adjust the eq. HELL NO. I've also used the effects loop with a simple patch cable jumper between the fx send and return...no pedal...and strictly use the loop for solo boosts. It's the best, cleanest way to boost for solos. I've noticed some pedals don't play well in the POD HD loop. Some chorus's and analog delays...seem to darken things sometimes...or really alter the tone. Some pedals play nice with it though. Another trick is...between the 1/4 out and your power amp's in or amp you're using....pedals can be places there....sort of a "line level" type of out. I have a carbon copy delay placed between the 1/4 out and my matrix power amp...and it sounds and behaves exactly like an effects loop scenario.

Damn, it's gone. What a great great amp the SV was. What a f***ing shame.

Yes, absolutely. That's what it's there for.

My concern is the ability to get loud enough, convincingly. 150 non tube watts...is NOTHING. I have a 1000 watt Matrix power amp (non tube)...it gets loud...but I definitely have to push it for realistic rock band, gig volumes. I can't even imagine, this little boom box competing in a pro level way....with a hard hitting drummer and bass player with an 8x10 cab.

Its not a line 6 support issue. That particular mission pedal isn't 100% accurate. Mission support will stutter when you ask them about it...but bottom line...I returned mine. Wasn't worth the headache.

What is that link supposed to point to?

Yes! I stumbled on the JCM model for strat cleans too...and I was blown away. The fender models are good...but with the JCM...it gave that tube punch that lacks with lower output pickups. Sounds amazing.

Use, comps, eq's, comp boost, tube drive and crank the signal on the amp volume...and pull back the gain. If you're not diggin the fender models.....go the marshall models...and pull back the gain almost all the way. I've had an easier time with cleans and single coils than any high gains. Don't tweak the presets you already had set for humbuckers. Start with blank ones on another bank.

I did the same thing. I bought a Cantrell wah. I still have a wah programmed in my 500x....for when I toe down for solos/volume boost...in one motion...solo boost and wah engage...but I sacrifice wah tone a bit. For all other wah needs....external.

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Not sure what the mechanics are of a speaker being built...but the Alto's are not considered flat response speakers. Research flat response. NucleusX....all of the TS series are cheap in quality. I have a full PA of TS Alto's. They're fine for a small room gig...but in terms of needing a flat EQ response for a modeling amp....for the POD....with dirty tones especially...they are the bottom of the barrel. Clean tones are easier to achieve...but any usable dirty tones require two or 3 eq blocks in the preset...to get somewhere close to usable. Don't believe me...research it. Just cuz it's a powered speaker, in no way, means its an FRFR unit.

Pretty sure this isn't possible.

Sonic is right. I'd bet that preset has the exp pedal turned on.....so if you manually adjust the volume and try to save it, it'll revert back to what the exp pedal is saved at.

Alto's are NOT FRFR speakers.

LOL. F***ing genius. I guess if it's not possible in the software...make your own hardware. Thanks man.

I know this is a long shot...but I often hit the looper switch (just to the left of the exp pedal)...by accident...on stage. It's way annoying. I'm pretty sure this answer is no, but is there a magical way to disable that function completely if not being used?

gunpointmetal hit it right on the head. Like I said above...I tried full amps, pre's. Yes there's a difference in comparison to one another, but not a difference in achieving anything usable. Yes, you can add an EQ to the end of the block and...again...a difference...but ONLY in high gain modes or even AC/DC gain modes...the tones aren't realistic or anything usable. The additional tweak settings beyond the amp modeal's EQ...like DEP and damp...etc....again....slight difference...but anything with higher gain...sounds plastic, harsh and brittle. PA channels were always flat, tones were always started from scratch. In response to stumblinman...not humorous with it being easier to achieve clean or bluesy tones...cuz if you notice, this thread is based ONLY around tones with more gain/distortion/drive. Clean and a bit of break up...that's cake....in this set up. That's where the lack of capability comes in direct to a PA. That's where a guitar speaker and guitar amp or power amp smooth and flatten those frequencies out. Now, "obviously". Thanks everyone for responding. I was just looking for something or anything that maybe I haven't tried or heard of. Shot in the dark. The HD series is a great tool and works very very good in a pro live or gigging situation, used with a quality amp or power amp....into a guitar cab...with the ONLY exception of high end FRFR drivers. Direct to PA in this set up requires too much of an extreme EQ "band aid" to use in comparison to a POD/amp set up. That's a fact. All good...thanks guys.

gckelloch... Ya I hear ya. There are a couple things you can attempt, as you mentioned. All have been attempted. My switches are set to "line" already, being that I'm usually running line level into a power amp. I'm aware of how tube amp compression works in terms of the different result in smoothed out tones. In inZ setting doesn't really make a noticeable difference either. I'm aware of all the technical results with those different aspects. Greg D's tones on his vid's so far, are either direct into the clean channel of a tube amp, in the loop return of a tube amp or into an interface...to his computer. I'm talking usable tones into a live PA or PA/active monitors-speakers....as I've heard people speak on it in terms of achieving usable tones...but most are not speaking in terms of high gain...most or all. More background...I'm ONLY looking to achieve this as a back up scenario...if for some reason I were to lose signal on my power amps. I'd obviously have a bank of patches configured for the back up scenario. I do have full range headphones....and I do start there...and it's similar harsh result...unless you really pull down most of highs...resulting in a smoother yet muffled tone. I'll tweak some more, but really the reality is, achieving realistic high gain...full bodied tone isn't entirely possible unless you really cut things or add things EQ-wise in extreme ways....to get maybe half way there. I probably shouldn't have even posted this. I'm pretty much highly proficient in these HD500 and X units enough. I was just 2nd guessing myself. "If" very high end full range active monitors make that much of a different, then that would be literally the only solution short of running your HD so extreme with EQ settings...still giving you a generally crap tone. Maybe I'll just buy a 2nd Matrix power amp. Ugh, another $800. It's an amazing flat EQ'd powerful power amp. Really brings out the best in the HD series. My tube heads and power amps are sitting gathering dust right now cuz of the Matrix's tone. Anyway thanks.

Hey there... A little background. I'm incredibly familiar with the whole range of POD series. Esp the HD series and the X3 series. I've always been able to dial in really really amazing high gain, full round, huge sounding, real world...usable live tones. I've been able to always configure my POD's for full blown big rock band original and cover band situations. I've always used a POD with a tube power source, whether it's 4 cable method to a tube head, or using the amp sims and using a tube head as just power or more currently using my Matrix GT1000fx. I'm really proficient with use of the different output settings, the different input settings, getting the most out of punchy loud, usable tones with the mixer, etc, etc. So w/out getting into the A, B, C's of the most basic common sense suggestions....is it possible that the HD's really, for the most part....short of over tweaking and having to go to extremes....that they sound like "lollipop" overall going direct into powered speakers or PA's? I'm 95% speaking of high gain tones. I've tried this for hours with my HD500, My HD Pro and now my 500x. Right out of the gate, and I know most of you who have tried this...know this....the higher gain tones or any subtle use of gain or drive....sound brittle, harsh, overly out of control. The tones are cheap sounding and not meant for practical use in a pro situation. Even after EQing the crap out of everything, even on direct output, even using stack out and dialing back the global highs and mids....on full amps and pre's...mixer in front and back of the amps, after relfashing a few times, after resetting....the high gain tones....running direct....just suck overall. Does anyone have anything they've done to make these usable running direct? I'm not talking your bedroom, blues, clean guitar....tele/strat guy. Those tones are easy to achieve. I'm talking any of the amp models that are higher gain...looking for that fluid, gain, pro level, big, round, brown...smooth overdrive. My rig is simple....my pod pedal board into a Matrix....and either a mesa 4x12 or two Orange 1x12's....with some analog pedals mixed in...and "yes"...I've done the physical troubleshooting w/out pedals or anything in the way. I DO NOT think there's anything wrong at all with my 500x...I guess effortless amazing high gains tones running the pod into my Matrix or any amp. Again, this has been the case of all POD's I've ever had, running into all kinds of PA's, or powered/active speakers. Any thoughts? Thank you.