#Line 6 pod manual#
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They even took it a step farther claiming to not model based on schematics or theoretical, but discussing and describing specific amps to which they painstakingly compared in order to ensure ultimate authenticity, an absolutely brilliant marketing move painting the illusion of owning a room full of expensive vintage amps at a very affordable price. If my memory serves me well, Line 6 was the first company to actually advertise the actual name of the amps they modeled. And not just in the quality of the tone but in the feel, which, at the end of the day, makes all the difference in the world. Going Back for MoreДЇrom the first not I played through the new POD HD500, I knew something was different about it. Literally, within minutes, I had created and saved half dozen tones using unique amp models and effects rigs that truly sounded as distinctive as their real world counterparts, without looking at the manual. DonвЂ™t like it there? Hit the вЂњMoveвЂќ button and place it somewhere else, just like you would in the real world. Add your effects anywhere in the signal path-before or after. DonвЂ™t like them? Spin the knob and audition them all until you find the one you like. Spin a knob and select an amp model, which loads with the appropriate speakers and cab.

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The display shows a series of easily recognizable icons laid out in a signal path just like a real-world amp and effects rig. The new interface Line 6 developed for the POD HD500 is a guitar playerвЂ™s dream come true.

#Line 6 pod manual#

(Not only am I not going to take the manual to the gig, but IвЂ™m not going to spend hours burning the midnight oil studying it like a law student preparing for the bar.) In what I believe to be the true test of a companyвЂ™s ability to think like a guitar player and design a unit that performs well during a heat-of-the-moment, middle-of-a-song tweak, I refused to look at the POD HD500 manual. And if thatвЂ™s not enough, thereвЂ™s a 48-second looper and pitch/intelligent harmonizer effects on board as well.

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30+ distortions, EQs and compressors 35+ analog and digital delays, echoes, wahs, and reverbs (from surfy springs, to studio plates, to cutting-edge digital rooms) 45+ swirly phasers, filters and other mods including opto and bias modulating tremolos, choruses, and rotary speakers. POD HD500 contains a full compliment: over 100 pro-grade effects found in their acclaimed M-Series pedals. Line 6 may have been forced to skimp on the effects. Thick Layers of Luscious IcingД®ver the skeptic, I thought perhaps with all the focus placed on building the new modeling technology, and selecting, restoring and modeling a new collection of vintage amplifiers. Every ampвЂ™s front-end will react differently to the same pedal, and the new Line 6 HD models responded like they should. This very real feel and response was also found when I began to add overdrive and distortion effects to the front end of the signal chain. Most remarkable to me was the natural from-end compression and power amp вЂњsagвЂќ that happens when you crank a tube amp and dig in with your playing. Switching from pick to fingers, even using the most overdriven, maxed-out high gain tones, elicited the tactile reaction I hoped for. Subtle differences in pick angle and force were plainly evident. The HD amp models responded as I expected to the varying dynamics of my playing. There is a very authentic, overall tube warmth that has been oh-so-close but not quite there in earlier generations. Gimme The CakeДo the models actually sound and feel like the real amps? Do they behave as uniquely as the classics they aspire to be? When I back off my guitar volume, will the amp model clean up and maintain the similar tonal characteristics of the original tube amp? The answer is a very emphatic, yes.Д®ach and every last one of the 16 HD amp models created with this new generation of modeling technology sounds and feels like the real deal to me. So when I was approached for my take on the new POD HD500, and I was told that вЂњall-newвЂќ Line 6 HD modeling technology вЂњrepresents a giant leap forward for amp modelingвЂќ and delivers вЂњpreviously unachievable realism,вЂќ I plugged in with some skepticism. But when IвЂ™ve tried taking those sounds to the stage, they have sometimes fallen a bit short. It is by far, the easiest and fastest method of recording guitars. Over the past decade, I have always used some variation of POD for recording.