Help transferring patches from pod hd 500 to pod hd pro

[ericpburt]

I have the dreaded usb prong death issue with my pod hd 500, so I can not connect to it with a USB cable. I recently upgraded to the pod hd pro, and would like to transfer my saved sounds. Is there a way to do this without the usb, or without going in sound by sound and manually changing? Also has anyone had this fixed, and how much was it?

[silverhead]

There is no way to transfer tones from the HD500 to a HD Pro without using a usb connection on the HD500 to get the tones to your computer using HD500 Edit. Unless you have previously saved your HD500 presets/setlists to your computer while the USB connection was working, you will need to recreate from memory your customized HD500 tones manually on your HD Pro.

 

I have had the USB connector on my HD500 repaired. I can't recall offhand the exact amount but I know it was more than $100. It is not a simple matter of replacing the port itself; there's an internal hardware component/chip that also needs to be replaced.

[ericpburt]

Thanks for the reply. I ended up copying by hand all of my sound chains, just need to do the same for the dials. Is there a better way other than turning the dial a little bit then taking a picture with my phone? Can you push a button and see where all the tone controls are set?

[silverhead]

If you select the amp in the signal chain view then hold down the ENTER key you will get to a display of all the amp's tone stack settings.

 

You can also do this with each of the FX to see their settings.

 

As an alternative to taking a kazillion photos I would consider building a quick Excel or Word table to manually record all settings while viewing them as described above.