maxnew40 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 I am moving from using my POD HD500 in front of a tuber amp power section and speaker cab to using a Line 6 L2m speaker. So far my clean and slightly driven clean tones are sounding great. However my attempts at making a good classic rock crunch sounds like 70s AC/DC, Aerosmith and so on end up sounding buzzy or like a bad transistor distortion pedal. I am using the direct mode on HD500 and the P.A. reference mode on the speaker and I am using the L6 connect between POD and speaker. I have been mostly trying to get this type od sound with the Marshall type amps and a tube screamer in front but it just isn't working for me. Anyone have some tips or a pointer to a good file that I can use a s a starting point? This is the last type of tone I need to get right for me to be happy with this set up. -Max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alienux Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 How are your presence and treble controls set? I find that too much (especially presence) can give a "mosquito attack" sound. Not enough mids can contribute to this too, and too much gain in a live mix can sound buzzy at performance volumes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelForbin Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Check your output modes on the HD500? Depends on how you want to set it up, but if you are running the L2m in that reference mode, make sure the HD500 is in studio/direct mode. Another way you can approach that, is put the L2m in 'electric guitar' mode, and run the HD500 in combo/poweramp, or combo/stack. Don't forget, that in Studio mode, your mic settings are all active - try cycling through the different mic options with all other variables being the same, and see if any of the mics respond better to the types of crunch tones you are working towards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxnew40 Posted September 30, 2014 Author Share Posted September 30, 2014 The problem ended up being that the POD HD500 had not saved my setting of studio/Direct and had reverted back to a different setting. I set it back and turned the unit off and back on and still had to set it again. I don't think I was saving the setting right as now it seems to be saving that setting. It sounds great with the Line 6 L2m speaker when set to the proper mode! -Max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyo78 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Thanks for posting back and letting us know. Good Info. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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