DolurumMafikala Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 Hello All, I know there has been previous comment about the inability to use the expression pedal to control looper volume making the HD500X looper less useful. Given that, what is the next best approach to use with the 500X when trying to gracefully end playing with the looper? My current best method is to start playing along quietly with the loop, to sort of take it over, then turn off the looper and play out. This nearly works but still tends to be a little jarring when I turn off the looper. Does anyone have any other tips they use? I realise that "buy a dedicated looper" is an answer but I am interested in any techniques people are using with the Pod itself. Thanks in anticipation, DM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurghanico Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 On 3/4/2023 at 10:16 AM, DolurumMafikala said: Does anyone have any other tips they use? If you don't need to change presets between une overdub and the next, you could place the Looper fx at the beginning of the chain (using the dedicated command directly on the device) and insert a Volume fx assigned to the expression pedal at the end.. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DolurumMafikala Posted March 7, 2023 Author Share Posted March 7, 2023 Thanks @hurghanico, I tried that and was able to fade out. What a great suggestion! I find it quite difficult to control the expression pedal smoothly so there are not jumps, but I can practise. I also need to tighten up my expression pedal which will probably help. Thanks again, DM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurghanico Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 You're welcome.. Some years ago I suggested on "ideascale" to implement different response curves for the pedal since it only responds linearly. You would probably need a logarithmic response curve to be able to smoothly adjust the volume from zero to 100. Linear response is fine for adjusting many parameters but not ideal for volume. I wonder if in Helix they finally implemented differentiated pedal response curves. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ All about POD HD500/X help and useful tips Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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