Syncing Two Pod Devices Via L6 Connection

[wcmexbm]

Hey,

 Here's a weird question for you all, I heard  that you can sync two L6 Pods together using the L6 connector.

Is this possible?

[Rewolf48]

No

 

L6 Link is for connecting a Source to one or more L6 Amp/Speakers.

 

The Source can be HD500 (Pod), M20d (digital mixer) or a L2t/L3t (mixer part of PA Speaker)

The Amp/Speakers can be L2t/L3t/L2m/L3m/L3s (PA Speakers) or DT25/DT50 Guitar Amp

 

The source sends a digital signal that a number of Speakers will actively and intelligently interpret - the Speakers also send back configuration to the Source and have detectors that change their own configuration so placing them on their side or on a speaker pole change their config.

 

For example connecting an HD500 to a L2t will change the output mode of the HD500 so that it is set for a Guitar Amp and the L2t so that it pretends to be a Guitar Amp by reducing the highs.  Daisy chain a second L2t or L2m and they will form a stereo pair.  Plug in a JTV set to an acoustic model and the speakers change to full range mode.

 

However you cannot connect HD500 to M20d or HD500 using L6 Link (even though it appears to make sense) because they are both Sources and can't talk to each other.

 

Look up the details of the DT and L series speakers to discover what they are capable of. The L speakers are on my wish list but it might be a while yet.

 

You can connect 2 x HD500 together synced using FX Loop and MIDI which sort of works as long as you stick with the way L6 made it work - unfortunately you cannot MIDI Map the Patches so going to a patch on the master HD500 will sync the second to exactly the same patch changes.

 

Or if you want to stick in the digital domain the HD Pro has Digital In and Out, so you can connect HD500 digital out to HD Pro digital in for them to be in series with minimum noise, but control still has to be via MIDI