Gfer1484 Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Has anyone tried using an XLR to 1/4 adapter. POD HD500X. XLR out to 1/4 input to front or FX loop on guitar amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Yes, I have used an adapter like that to connect an HD500 to a pair of studio speakers. no problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radatats Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Has anyone tried using an XLR to 1/4 adapter. POD HD500X. XLR out to 1/4 input to front or FX loop on guitar amp. The real question is why would you? The XLR signal is at mic level not line level like the 1/4 out so is not really suitable for insert to an amp or the FX loop. In addition, the XLR does not sum to mono like the 1/4 outs do so you may not get a full signal. However, as noted above it can be done... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelForbin Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Has anyone tried using an XLR to 1/4 adapter. POD HD500X. XLR out to 1/4 input to front or FX loop on guitar amp. Chicago!! Whaddup man, it's been snowing all day in Glenview, how's the city looking? So, in answer to your question, pretty much, what Radatats said.. I guess it would help to know why? Everything he mentioned is pertinent, the XLR's are mic level, and they are fixed as Left and Right, so if you only connect one of them, no matter what, it's only going to be the left or right half of the signal. Whereas, the 1/4" can be switched from line to amp level, and if you connect only the left, it sums to mono. I used to connect my HD500 to my amps with the 1/4" out to the FX return of the amp, it works great! I would go back and forth, if I just wanted to hear the sound of the amp models with no mic modeling, i would use the combo/poweramp mode. If I wanted to also be sending a signal to the mixer, for a gig, or recording, or rehearsal, etc, I would use studio/direct. Both sound fine in that way - since you are going to the FX return of the amp, you bypass the amps preamp, so it's relatively clean tap right to the poweramp. I moved on to using a DT25, so now I use the combo/poweramp mode all the time, and send the XLR from the DT25 to the mixer; but when I jam at home, when my DT is at the practice spot, I still use my old solid state Fender and go to the fx return routing, works great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gfer1484 Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 Just something I heard on a different forum regarding XLR connections, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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