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Hello all...............I am just getting back into guitar in my mid-40s after taking a VERY long sabbatical. MUCH has changed during my MANY years off. I just picked up my first electrical guitar last week (a nice Charvel!!) but have NOT purchased an amp yet. Having owned MANY JMP45s back in the day as well as Rivera Knuckleheads (killer cleans), plus cabinets, not to mention a couple of racks full of rack mounted gear (Rocktron, Soldano, VHT, etc), I know how expensive AND expansive gear can quickly become when you don't want just one tone but rather ALL tones!! My primary influences were the glam hair bands of the 80s (Def Leppard, Tesla, Cinderella, Poison, etc) as well as classic rock (Bad Company, Free, AC/DC) etc but I LOVE clean sounds and some heavy Metallica like sounds as well. Part of what appeals to me is the ability of the community to create and share. Being able to download tones created by others is very appealing when you seek various tonal qualities. My playing will probably just be confined to home for personal enjoyment/relaxation only. I don't see doing gigs in my future. Been there done that. So, I don't think I need nor can I afford a room full of Marshalls, Mesas, Bogners, Soldanos, Diesels, etc. I can't believe I might be able to get a boat load of tones from a modeler now. Modelers had (*IMHO*) very little real world use (*such as practice when you were traveling and couldn't have your amps with you) when they first came out. Now, I am excited to think I might be able to actually do this and keep it to one room of the house, not break the bank, AND be happy with having MANY GOOD (if not EXCELLENT) tones. I was lucky to find Glenn Delaune's YouTube video and his custom artist presets. The quality and range of tones in his video are what is driving me towards Line 6. However, I really like the idea of keeping my gear in a rack (otherwise, it will be everywhere because, well, frankly, I'm just a slob). Therefore, I would prefer an HD Pro, but have not ruled out the HD500/HD500X. HERE is my question (finally, you long winded dirtbag!): will custom artist presets created for the HD500 and/or HD500X work on the HD Pro rack mount modeler? I have read that all of the HD, HD500, HD Pro and HD 500X presets are all interchangable by simply renaming the file extension. .hbe (bean) .h5e (HD500) .5Xe (HD500X )or .hre (POD HD Pro) so they would probably work but I would like to confirm. Does anyone know? Is this a factual assumption? I would prefer to keep everything racked if possible. However, if they do not, then I am looking at a used HD500 or possibly HD500X. I wasn't sure if there was any technical differences in the rackmount Pro and the floor model 500/500x that would allow or prevent patches from one to work on the other. Thanks in advance!! Looking forward to getting back into this!!!!

Hi all, As a total newbee I hope someone can/will help me out.... I bought a HD500x just yesterday.... playing in a ska/reggaeband I want some nice custom tones.... Searched the website; found several but none for the HD500x. (found: 'skankin' ska', 'reggae clean', 'papasote', 'punky ska', 'skankin' and more.....) Is there someone who can help me with the custom tones above but for HD500x ..... or someone who can tell me how to create these sounds on the HD500X ? Thnx ! Danny - Netherlands

Hello I am a HXFX user and i really like the custome tones But i think we really need to add a description of the TONE because we dont know what is it. So we download TONES that we dont need/ Thanx Very Much. \ Guillermo from Argentina

Hi, So I just bought a POD XT Live and in the process of figuring out how to add custom tones. I dont see a forum dedicated to this topic so I was hoping someone here could recommend some good clean and blues tones? While searching the custom tone webpage, the search and description aspect of it leaves a little to be desired in my opinion. Thanks

Hello, I visited the page "http://line6.com/spideriv/sounds75.html" and see some tones I would love to have. How do you download these? I looked in the Custom Tone Page and could not find them and they are not listed under the Spider IV preset list. For example, I would love to download the "Insane Green Pitch" and the "Metal Red Phaser Delay". Are these available and if so, how to get get them or download them? Thank you for your time, Brad

Newbie here. Just bought a Line 6 Spider IV 75W & FBV MKII Shortboard. I've downloaded dozens of .s4e custom tones to my Win 7 PC but have no idea how to load them into my Amp and MKII Shortboard. See attached file of one of the custom tones in .s4e format. I downloaded the Line 6 FBV Control app but when I do a File/Open it only appears able to address .fbv files. Have scoured numerous sources and have not seen this addressed. Stumped. Rikki

Quick, possibly easy question. I have a Sider IV 75 watt with FBV Express MkII and Spider edit IV software. Not that I would use all the presets on the amp anyway, but do you only get 4 open slots in the tone banks for user presets without having to overwrite existing installed presets? I believe there are 60 installed tones and 4 blank/user = 64 presets total? Any help would be greatly appreciated...Thanks!

I know how to download member created settings (Custom Tones) to my computer. How do I upload the Custom Tones from my computer to my Floor Pod Plus?