nibbana Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Hello community, I can't find any custom tones on the Line 6 website or anywhere else on the internet that actually use any of the HD Metal amps. I feel like I am taking crazy pills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinon2 Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Consider yourself lucky, then. You just saved days, if not weeks of time downloading patch after patch that, in all likelihood, would have been horrid and unusable. Creating your own tones is the only way to get the tone(s) you're after. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillBee Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 Crazy Pills :D When you go to Custom Tone, try some of the higher rated patches under a search like "metal". As the packs came out last spring there may or may not be a bunch there so even sorting by date may help. What you can do though is try some of the patches and change the amps out and look at the structure of the build. IE: How the eqs are setup and any gain stacking going on, cabs mics etc. While yes there are a lot of bad ones in CT there are some that are decent starting points. Keep in mind that one person's rig will differ from another (in addition to taste) :) -B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arislaf Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 check on mine ''the first time'' it uses a 5150 and sounds like a jcm 900 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoguyy Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 I thought the entire idea of metal was --- turn everything to 11. ------------------------ There are plenty of 'metal' tones. They may not necessarily use the specific amps you are looking for, but they are there. One of the problems with 'metal' is the fact that it covers everything from Poison to Legion of the Deceased. Sorry, but a 1968 Deep Purple tone isn't going to satisfy a 2012 Morbid Angel seeker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meambobbo Posted January 4, 2016 Share Posted January 4, 2016 http://foobazaar.com/podhd/patches Mostly metal tones. check the modern metal and 7 string folders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunedinDragon Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 I'm with Cruisinon on this one. It makes little or no sense to me to waste time dowloading patches regardless of their ratings given that you're not likely to be using the same amp or FRFR monitor setup or the same guitar as the author of the patch. All of these things make a significant difference in the overall sound of the patch. With all the time people waste trying to get a downloaded patch to do what they want they could have simply started from scratch and built the tone they're after. The only thing useful about a downloaded patch in my opinion is looking at the details of how the patch was put together. That might prompt a few ideas you could use in building your own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillBee Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Well that's the goal - try to get in the ballpark and learn. For a new user the HD can be a can of worms. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinon2 Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Well that's the goal - try to get in the ballpark and learn. For a new user the HD can be a can of worms. :) True, but randomly hoovering up a couple of hundred patches in the hopes that you'll stumble on the one that's useful to you, is the musical equivalent of driving blindfolded through Macy's in a payloader, scooping up 813 lbs. of clothes, then getting confused when you don't come up with any pants in your size...you've got better odds at a craps table. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillBee Posted January 5, 2016 Share Posted January 5, 2016 Can't argue with that :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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