POD HD 500 does not automatically assign the toe switch for volume/wah. Here is how to set it up.
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Mix Recipes: Clear and present vocals
Getting your vocals to sit right on top at the front of your mix is desirable for any vocal focused song. Lackluster vocal production is like a glowing neon sign that says, "home studio recording!" This tutorial covers a simple mix recipe for getting your vocals right out there in the front of your ...
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Mix Recipes: Heavy guitar Haas and EQ
There are many approaches to mixing heavy guitar tracks. Striking a balance between clarity and thickness is a constant struggle. There is a general tendency in the recording of heavy music to layer many guitar tracks, but how do you maintain that razor's edge clarity of a single track? Here is a mi...
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Mix Recipes: Snare Drum EQ and Compression
A great snare drum sound can really drive a mix. If you start to listen critically to a lot of dance, rock, metal, modern country, pop, funk, and other kinds of popular music you will notice the next loudest thing to the vocals is typically the snare drum. No matter how much is going on in a great m...
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Mix Recipes: Kick Drum EQ and compression
There is no reason to settle for lackluster kick drum sounds on your home recording. This article explores some great mix recipes for equalizing and compressing your kick drum tracks. While every kick drum has an individual sound there are some general guidelines you can follow to get a great start ...
Line 6 POD HD500 tone “Hell’s Bells” by AC/DC
Here’s a rhythm guitar tone for playing “Hell’s Bells” by AC/DC.
Line 6 POD HD500 tone “Ballerina 12/14” by Steve Vai
Here’s a rhythm guitar tone for playing “Ballerina 12/24″ by Steve Vai.
Line 6 POD HD500 tone “The Animal” by Steve Vai
Here’s a rhythm guitar tone for playing “The Animal” by Steve Vai.
POD HD500 Initial Thoughts
Line 6 have released the next evolutionary step in their modeling family with the POD HD series. The new HD modeling aims to set new standards for routing flexibility, realism, feel and overall quality. Here are my initial thoughts after spending a little time with my new POD HD500 along with some comparisons to the unit’s direct ancestor, POD X3 Live.
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Mix Recipes: Heavy guitar Haas and EQ
There are many approaches to mixing heavy guitar tracks. Striking a balance between clarity and thickness is a constant struggle. There is a general tendency in the recording of heavy music to layer many guitar tracks, but how do you maintain that razor’s edge clarity of a single track? Here is a mix recipe to take a double tracked rhythm guitar, give it the thickness and stereo spread of a quad tracked guitar but the clarity of a single tracked guitar. This technique will also work on guitar styles other than metal.
Line 6 BackTrack and POD Farm
Line 6 have some new portable recording devices coming out soon (BackTrack series) and have revamped their TonePort hardware as POD Studio products (which now include a software plugin, no need for an extra purchase any more).
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Spotlight: Digitech’s “The Weapon”
It is no secret that I’m a big fan of the Line 6 tones and method of doing things. Back before POD XT had the Metal Shop amp pack, there weren’t really any outright, crushingly good metal tones on that unit. I experimented with integrated The Weapon into my setup to fill this gap. Though a bit focused in the type of metal tones it offers, this pedal sounds fantastic. I did eventually sell the pedal but I have regretted it ever since. Check out this sound sample of me playing through all the settings of The Weapon
straight into my computer.
- The Weapon – sound sample
Be sure to pay special attention to the sitar sound around 2:30 of the clip.
POD Patches – Guitar World (June 2008)
I have been way behind on cooking up some tasty guitar sounds to go along with the June 2008 issue of Guitar World. So in the interest of actually getting these posted there are no sound samples this month. As always, these guitar tones can be directly loaded into any Line 6 product that uses Gearbox as its editor. This includes POD XT, POD X3, all the TonePorts, and even the Gearbox Plugin. A few of the patches this month are dual tone pairs so you will only be able to use one part of the patch at a time if your device does not support dual tones. If you don’t have Line 6 gear you can still try dialing these settings in on your amp to see how close you can get.
Included this month:
- Children of Bodom – Lake Bodom
- Dethklok – Thunderhorse
- Avenged Sevenfold – Almost Easy
- Foghat – Slow Ride
- Heart – Barracuda
DEAL: Free ToneCore module with purchase
Line 6 are offering a few ToneCore module with purchase of any ToneCore pedal. The ToneCore effects pedal system is modular allowing you to swap modules between pedals to create a customizable pedal board. More details