eightthree Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 I've been an HD500 owner for a few years now, and recently upgraded to a 500X. I plan on "starting over" with the tones I've been using on my 500 for a while, and am just wondering if there's any consensus on how to best setup my POD and patches for studio/direct output in mono. I've read through a bunch of this guide, but I'm wondering if there are any differences in the HD500X, and whether or not that guide is up to date? Has anything changed since it was written? Is the 500X documentation any better than the 500 was (i.e. does it include some of the "nuances" of the unit and how signals are routed through it)? Basically, I'm just looking for some current advice on how to best setup patches in the 500X. I plan on creating both single and dual-amp patches. Any advice? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazzy Posted January 23, 2015 Share Posted January 23, 2015 (edited) I plan on "starting over" with the tones I've been using on my 500 for a while, All I know for sure is that the mixer levels, volume pedals/levels are crucial to dialing in the amps tone. Depends greatly on what your piping it into. For instance I've been piping the left 1/4 output of an HD 500 into a Spider Jams Aux input. Then I set the Pod to Combo Front and set the Highs & Lows to Flat, then I fool around with mid focus to see what gives. You can try the other settings (studio direct, etc.) to see what gives too. Then I pick an amp in an empty patch, then pan the mixer Path A to center and mute Path B. Then add a volume pedal after the mixer and go back to the mixer to adjust the volume level to hone in on the amps sound, kinda like focusing a microscope on an image. After that, I add effects such as noise gate if needed, tube comp, distortions to the beginning of the chain and readjust the mixer volume again. Then I add modulations and delays after the volume pedal and readjust the mixer and volume pedal if need be. Also, the master of the Pod was at 12 o'clock, 1/4 switch was set to "amp", guitar in switch was at "normal", guitar Z was at 3.5m, guitar in settings was input 1=guitar, input 2=variax. Guitars I use would include Ibanez AS73 "humbuckers", Burswood Strat (3 single coils), Shecter Devil Custom (EMG's), Schecter Omen 8, GFS Tele kit guitar and others. Obviously this is just a single path but sometimes simpler is better you can always complicate things later,lol. This is just one way it can be done and very opinionated. Just thought I'd share. Edited January 24, 2015 by Brazzy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoguyy Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 1. I would set it up the same as you did your 500. There is not that much of a difference between the two that you would need to re-learn anything. 2. Line 6 puts out updated guides when things need updated. As long as you download the right pdf, it is up to date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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