Recording POD HD High Gain

[TelT]

So my POD HD is an excellent practice tool.  I also have a lot of success recording cleans and low gain tones.

My woes set in when I try to record hi gain.  No matter how much post EQ I use or not, its just not sounding too great.

Before I make a hefty investment into a Helix or Kemper, thought I'd ask the community if there is anything I could do with the POD to get a good Hi Gain recorded tone.

I'm connecting the POD HD Bean to an RME Fireface UC via SPDIF.  Using Reaper at 24-88.2.

Cheers.

[TelT]

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[Triryche]

 A member put together a comprehensive guide.

 

Meambobbo Tone Guide - http://http://foobazaar.com/podhd/toneGuide/

[joel_brown]

Since you're doing recording you could try some plugins that give you better IRs.  Then just turn off the cab model in the PODHD to disable it's IR.  This will give a noticeable improvement in tone.  The PODHD does really well considering the built in IRs (Impulse Response) it has but it's not quite what high end modelers or plugins can do.

 

Or keep tweaking your tone until you find what you want.  It's there, other people have done it.  It's just not easy.

 

 

Here's a link to a high gain tone using only the Pre version of the amp and no cab (IR) modeling.

http://www.childrenofthegraveband.com/HiGainStereoPreAmp.hbe

[Brazzy]

You could check out this video too.