cboyle7 Posted January 29, 2016 Share Posted January 29, 2016 500x + boss ME-80 + Boss OD 20 Bugera vintage V22 infinium. How should I have this set up???? ive been experimenting with a few different methods and would like some feed back and suggestions. 1. guitar>me80>OD20>500x guitar in>front input. 2. same as 1 but bypassing the the preamp of the Bugera. 3. Guitar>500x>500x FX loop SEND> ME80>OD20>500x FX Loop RETURN>Amp FX RETURN. 4. same as 3 BUT! 500x FX LOOP SEND is SPLIT! 500x FXLOOP Send 1>OD20> OD20 Send>500x Return RIGHT> / 500x Send 2>ME80 Input>ME80 output L/Mono>500x FXLoop Return L/Mono>Amp FX Return. (4 sounds the best but i hit my DSP limit :( ) ANY IDEAS????? CHEERS! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cboyle7 Posted January 30, 2016 Author Share Posted January 30, 2016 Thanks for the reply! I still dont quite understand where i would place the Boss ME-80 and OD-20 in the chain.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schweizt Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 I actually place my compressor, gain/distortion/fuzz pedals, and my EP Booster *before* guitar in on the HD500X. (I did the same thing with my former HD500.) I leave the compressor on. The gain/distortion/fuzz pedals and my EP Booster are connected to a unit with true bypass switches for each one. I reserve the FX loop for FX that are post-amp. I love the choruses, delayes, reverbes, etc. in the HD500 and HD500X and use them as defaults. However, sometimes I need more variation on the fly. I may need a completely different reverb or delay setting. So I have additional mod, delay, and reverb pedals available in the FX loop. This also saves DSP. I like the sound and control of the gain/distortion/fuzz pedals and my EP Booster better than the ones in the HD500X. I've even run a noise gate as the first HD500X "effect" and it still sounds great. Set up this way, the FX loop is also quiet - there is no noise. I'm running out mono direct into FOH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickolds Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 All of that sounds cool, but I bought my 500x to handle all of my effect needs. I play out a lot and set up, break down, and functionality is why I went with a multi effects unit. Each to their own. Rock On! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoguyy Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 What the F was the point of reviving this post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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