genaearon Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 sorry for the ignorance, but I don't know what it is :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealZap Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 digital signal processing.... it's basically the speed, capacity, and capability of the electronics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genaearon Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 why is it limited now then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealZap Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 it's just a slower processor... it's limited when the current processor is working at capacity.... the new HD500x will also be limited... just a a higher capacity... which is more models... (it could have been higher quality models i suppose... higher quality requires higher processor capabilities too) Â it's just like opening alot of programs on your computer... things get real slow... the firmware on the pods do not allow things to get slow... because the quality would get bad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiCantwell Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 You only get so much of it. I think of it like RAM in a computer. Some models (effects or amps) use more DSP than others. When you're creating a patch, you may get a message that says something like, "DSP limit reached." Then you have to take something out to make room for the new effect or amp. Here's a chart on which models take more DSP than others: http://line6.com/support/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/2-405634-123729/DSP+usage.JPG 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genaearon Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 so i cannot have my full amp with, reverb, delay, chorus and some other stuff at the same time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealZap Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 depends on your amp, and your reverb, and all those other choices... i know you can put together an effects chain like that easy enough.... you may have to compromise here and there though. Â so i cannot have my full amp with, reverb, delay, chorus and some other stuff at the same time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genaearon Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 but you can have them turned off... but selected... Â kind of adding all the effects to a chain but just have some on and some off and turn them on when you like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mralmostpopular Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 but you can have them turned off... but selected...  kind of adding all the effects to a chain but just have some on and some off and turn them on when you like  Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way. It doesn't matter if you have an effect on or off at the time. If it has the potential to go over the DSP limit with all of the effects in your chain on, you won't be able to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genaearon Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 I didn't know that, thought you could have your amp + 8 effects.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mralmostpopular Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 I didn't know that, thought you could have your amp + 8 effects.. Â Sorry, I may have misunderstood what you were asking before. Â Yes you can have you amp and 8 effects, but only as long as those 8 effects don't go over the DSP limit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozbadman Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 I didn't know that, thought you could have your amp + 8 effects.. Â You can have your amp + UP TO 8 effects, depending on your amp and effect choices. You couldn't have 8 Spring Reverbs for example, as they use a lot of DSP. Most common combinations are fine though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genaearon Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 have you ever encountered problems with the DSP limit?... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genaearon Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 I mean if i want a bit of spring reverb, with my tredplate, a phaser, delay, a screamer.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRealZap Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 you can hit the dsp limit alot if you insist on using dual amps... Â you can also avoid the dsp limit alot if you're fine using a single amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genaearon Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 is there a REAL use for dual amps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mralmostpopular Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 I can give you an example. I use one of the darker amps for distortion tone, and then one of the cleaner, brighter amps on top just a little for some added clarity that a presense not knob can't give you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genaearon Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 so... you can choose an amp like you would choose an effect? with one of the footswitches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mralmostpopular Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 so... you can choose an amp like you would choose an effect? with one of the footswitches? Â If you have two amps in a chain, you can set up a footswitch to switch between them if that's what you mean. Â Otherwise, you can use footswitches 5-8 to select patches A through D in each patch bank (there are 16 banks of 4 patches for for each set-list) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
genaearon Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 so that works for no gaps in the change of presets? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mralmostpopular Posted July 16, 2013 Share Posted July 16, 2013 Changing presets will result in a temporary audio gap. Switching amps within a patch will result in a slight pop/click sound if there is signal coming through. Neither scenario will give you a seamless switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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