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They also need to be high speed SD cards. Not sure exactly what that means in terms of data transfer rate, but check to see that your cards are advertised as high speed.

Can you please clarify what exactly the i/o is that you speak of? Is it a separate audio interface device, or are you just talking about the i/o (inputs and outputs) on your HD500? If it's a separate device please provide the manufacturer and device name.

Make sure you set the Output Mode switch on the rear panel of the Hd300 to STUDIO. Also, look further in Reaper for the Audio Device setting. You should see, and select, the HD300 and its ASIO driver for audio input and output.

Have you considered a Stagesource speaker instead of an amp? Set your Hd500 to Studio mode and go FRFR. Hassle free acoustic and electric guitar sounds.

Sorry - I have no idea.

It's more a matter of receiving than sending. Each speaker has only one L6 LINK IN jack. Hence it can only receive L6 LINK data from one device; either the HD500 or the other L2 speaker - not both. In other words, the analog audio connected to the L2t speaker to which the HD500X is NOT connected has no way to get to the other L2t speaker, because the HD500X is already occupying the required L6 LINK IN port.

Try this: - connect the two L2t speakers together via L6 LINK as I described above, each one's OUT to the other's IN - connect your other devices to your BOSS Looper as it seems you are already doing, and connect the BOSS audio outputs to L2t #1 stereo line inputs on the rear panel - connect your HD500X audio outputs to L2t #2 stereo line inputs on the rear panel. Do not use L6 LINK output from the HD500X. - balance the BOSS and HD500X relative levels using their respective output levels. If you want to experiment, some pieces that you are now connecting to the BOSS device can be connected directly to other inputs on either of the L2t speakers. If you want to use the side panel mixer for these inputs you have other control and FX options to play with.

But the POD HD400 does not have MIDI I/O ports, and the only available MIDI over USB is sysex stuff (e.g. system dump/restore). I don't think you can get individual MIDI commands into the HD400.

Nope - you won't find an app for that. The required API is proprietary; Line 6 doesn't provide it. In fact, they probably haven't developed it - they do their own editors and probably don't use a standard API for it. It's all in-house proprietary stuff.

Note: your two L2t speakers include the only mixer(s) you will need on their respective side panels.

In situations like that I use the HD500 audio outputs (not L6 LINK) to connect to either one of the L2t speakers. I use the Line In jacks on the L2t rear panel. The connect the two L2t's to each other via L6 LINK - each one's L6 LINK IN to the other's L6 LINK OUT. That way all sound coming into both speakers is heard through both speakers, in full stereo reflecting any stereo inputs.

Yes, I have used an adapter like that to connect an HD500 to a pair of studio speakers. no problems.

Try opening a support ticket to work directly with Line 6 tech support. http://line6.com/support/tickets/add.html

Since a distortion FX typically is placed pre-amp in the signal chain, simply connect your guitar to the distortion pedal input, and connect the pedal's output to the HD300 Guitar In.

1) You need to use the editor's SEND SELECTED button to send each preset to your HD500X device. When doing so, make sure all FS settings are in the on/off state that you want for future recall. In other words, if you have a certain FX in the ON state when you SEND the preset, it will be in the ON state when you subsequently recall the preset using the HD A-D footswitches. 2) The editor's workspace mirrors the HD500X preset memory space. Both are organized into 8 setlists of 64 presets each, further organized into 16 banks (1-16) of 4 presets each (A through D). When you SEND a preset from the editor to the device, it stores the preset on the device in the associated preset space. In other words, if you are working in the editor on preset number 12A in Setlist #2 and then SEND that preset, it is stored in the corresponding preset space. Later, you recall that preset by using the HD footswitches to select Setlist #2, Bank 12, FS A. So the simplest thing to do is organize your presets the way you want them using the drag/drop method of moving presets around between banks/slots. Drag/drop swaps presets; CTRL drag/drop copies a preset.

Interesting find! Thanks. Could well be an explanation as hurghanico suggests.

Sorry, Nicos. I don't think you can appreciate why your request is quite unreasonable. As outlined above each of the 8 presets you would like are not only a fair bit of work to prepare, but are also highly subjective. What exactly is 'an acoustic guitar like tone for melody lines'? Some nice person might spend a fair bit of time creating something that they consider to fit the bill, but you might think it's way off the mark. And until you spend the time learning how to use your new gear (and, yes, reading the manual) you won't even know the basics about how to tweak that sound until it fits your idea of the desired sound. As suggested, start with Customtone and learn how to edit presets. Expect to spend some time learning; there's no shortcut and no one can know what's in your head re: the sound of your desired tones. For starters, search Customtone for Steve Vai (your FS4). You will find (as of a few seconds ago) 26 different presets. You will need to download each individually, load them all individually into HD500X Edit program to audition them. Then you can decide which, if any, come close to your desired sound and tweak them to get exactly what you want. Then you will have to load (SEND) them to your HD500X device and assign them to the desired bank/preset slot in the device. Nobody can help you do that any more easily than you can teach yourself by reading and experimenting.

While you can arrange to have two active soundcards as described above, it requires the use of a non-ASIO compliant audio driver such as ASIO4ALL. The ASIO protocol requires that the same audio device be used as both the input and output device. Working around that specification by using ASIO4ALL has unpredictable results for many users as reported here. It seems to work well for some people and it definitely causes problems for others. The most important thing to note is that if you're do use ASIO4ALL and encounter problems, there will be no support from Line 6. They will tell you, rightly, to use their fully compliant Line 6 ASIO driver; they do not, and realistically cannot, provide support for other drivers, especially ones that are known to be non-compliant.

It should respond to the changes without having to upload. Can you provide more info to help diagnose the problem? For instance, when you try to upload changes can you do it successfully?

Make sure that your HD500X Input settings do not include Variax Mags. Also make sure that you are not using a Variax model that has been customized in Workbench to include a mix of the mag pickups. I know you can't imagine that you are hearing the normal acoustic string vibrations, but they are usually discovered to be the source of the problem - especially by those who are so convinced that it can't be that they don't test for it. To test, record a short clip of the sound. If the playback of the recording includes both standard and alternate tuning, then there is a problem. If the playback only has the altered tuning then what you are hearing is the natural acoustic vibrations. Please test and let us know the result.

fflbrgst makes a very good point. In re-reading your question you may be more interested in simply recording a dry signal using the Pod HD as the audio interface rather than actually reamping as clarified above. My earlier answer was based on actually reamping. If you just want to record a dry signal (and even a wet signal simultaneously) try this preset: http://line6.com/customtone/tone/217206/

The pre and post terms refer to the position of the FX relative to the amp in the signal chain. Any FX can be placed anywhere in the signal chain - either pre or post. There is no right or wrong place to position any FX; whatever sounds best to you is right for you. However, there are common practices. I usually will place things like distortion, overdrive, wah and EQ FX pre-amp, and delays and reverb post-amp. Mod and chorus/flange FX I use regularly in either position. Of course, having said that I expect others will chime in with their preferred common usage. And they are right, too.

The Pod HD500X is not tonally different from the HD500. It has about 20% more DSP capacity which is enough to create more complex tones (more FX or a 2nd amp) but the underlying modeling as well the number and type of all amps and FX is the same. If you weren't happy with the HD500 it is unlikely that you'll be any happier with HD500X.

I suggest you open a support ticket. Line 6 tech support will help you get it registered. http://line6.com/support/tickets/add.html

I believe you are well informed. Line 6 provides simple and convenient tools and products for recording and reamping, but they are based on older technology (POD Studio UX series and X3/XT interfaces with Pod Farm plugins). The newer POD HD technology is more focused on live playing; there is no Pod Farm HD. The HD devices do not easily support reamping unless you also use another audio interface with the HD ProX (or 500X as long as your interface has s/pdif input). So I think what would work best for you depends mostly on whether you want simple workflow at reduced cost, or superior tone. Your call.