I test my 500 patches out at home by running into a mackie srm450v2. Ive always been a fan of fusion and metal and chimp spanner found a way to fuse both genres effortlessly. Some interesting things about the new pod hd500 i have had some modelers before but these units really impress me with the level of adjustment and tweaking they have. Sign up list of my favorite for now patches for the pod hd500x. He recorded, produced, mixed and mastered in his home studio, both the 2005 album imperium vorago and 2009s at the dreams edge. Stream tracks and playlists from chimp spanner on your desktop or mobile device. Some interesting things about the new pod hd500 gearslutz. Patches for the fractal audio axefx standard, and ultra please note which. However, when i read about the recent substantial update to the pod hd line my curiosity was piqued. Setting up your tube amp with a pod hd500 january 29, 20 pod hd500 tips no comments this is the best information i have found on using the 4 cable method to get the best of both worlds a line6 pod hd500 floor pedal and an evh 5150 iii 50 watt head. Its quite heavy to learn at least for a newbie like me but totally worth it. In addition to full tone array controls of the amp and various cab selection, one gets these new power amp tweaks which just nothing else comes close. Pod hd pro, reamping with audio interface by manu1980 on 20120831 22.
Pod hd500 patch conversion pod hd line 6 community. Customtone is a place for you to trade line 6 presets, and connect with other line 6 users. I got the pod 500hdx a week ago and im loving every minute of it. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Loading and sharing presets for line6 pod pedals requires line6 monkey. If you read my blog last week, you learned about the analog echo delay model in the pod hd series and some useful ways it can be used. Pod hd500500x rockmetalblues patches created by pdx. Chimp spanner dark age of technology official hd audio. A mid focus eq will roll off the harsh top end and tame the bass frequencies from getting too flabby. Get info on all the modeled amps that pod, pod pro and flextone ii offer. I have posted to line 6 custom tone several patches for the 500x.
Hello everyone, i own already a pod hd 500, but i will sell it because i need. I immediately updated all the software and firmware after getting it and am also using the hd edit software but it would be nice to find some. Hd500 setlists, banks, patches, amps the gear page. Tonespatches are in a zipped folder, all files are in 5xe. If youve been following my blog series youve already read about the history of three very popular delay models in the pod hd multieffects processor family. Actually olas pod video made me pull the trigger also, i had good luck with xt, and thought id give it a try. Tones contributed by users to the public tone exchange are made by individual users, who are in no way affiliated with line 6. All flextone ii pod 2 bass pod xt vetta pod xt flextone iii guitar port hd 147 variax pod x3 m only bose patches. Jan 29, 20 setting up your tube amp with a pod hd500 january 29, 20 pod hd500 tips no comments this is the best information i have found on using the 4 cable method to get the best of both worlds a line6 pod hd500 floor pedal and an evh 5150 iii 50 watt head. Line 6 has updated its flagship floorbased pod hd 500 modeller, beefing up the dsp power and adding more professional build quality to an already successful unit. Having had both, you need to stick with the hd pro x. Does it really take things much further than the older model.
Today, well learn a little about the tube echo and tape echo models on the pod hd series of multieffects processors. Line 6 pod hd500x patches used in the baxshop demo harry maes. They will arguably be on parbetter than the stock metal amps for reaching a quality djentmodern metal tone. My sons pod hd pro drops volume siginificantly, randomly, when starting up. Very versatile line 6 pod hd500x patch based on the phd motorway dr. We created this patch with a mexican made fender telecaster with a humbucker in the neck stock. See below for more details about different effects and their usage, including a video which walks through and demonstrates the different sounds. Paul antonio ortiz is an english multiinstrumentalist, best known for his work under the pseudonym, or solo project, of chimp spanner. Theres a touch of plate reverb at only % wet mix with 14ms predelay and very short delay.
The four patches are set up to give you a range from clean a to lead d. At the default setting of 50%, the differences between the various cabs and mics seem greatly overexaggerated, with cabs like the xxl being pretty much unusable. Create, record and perform with guitar in new ways. I have had a lot of fun recording with my pod hd desktop but will probably reserve that as an audio interface in my studio and bring in the pod hd500x for more creative patches where i need additional effectsdsp. Line 6 diagrams, schematics and service manuals download for free. Line 6s pod hd500 used to be their pride and joy, but their flagship multifx pedal has now been superseded by a newer version, boasting improved dsp power and the expected set of wellmodeled amplifiers and effects. The switches are better on the x version compared to the normal hd version and they work like a charm. I used absolutely no pre or post processing on the signal, other than to slightly boost the volume and level the clips. I dont put it in my fx loop as i have an acoustic sim pedal there that i use in a different patch. As of september 2007, all new pod patches will be uploaded to my new tone monster blog. These new tones will be for pod xt, pod x3, and other line 6 products from that generation though they may be adaptable for owners of other modeling products other line 6 gear or other manufacturers.
Chimp spannerpaul ortiz has a couple of good youtube videos detailing his exact settings for getting clean and crunch progressive metal tones on pod hd. One thing weve noticed about the pod is that the patches can be very sensitive to different guitars and pickup types. Since then chimp aka paul antonio ortiz has come to be an integral player in the international online progtech djent scene, having joined the ranks of the boundary pushing basick records label to release a further two records. Chimp spanner paul ortiz has a couple of good youtube videos detailing his exact settings for getting clean and crunch progressive metal tones on pod hd. Glenn delaune premium patches for line 6, fractal audio, bossroland, kemper, mooer. Download over 400 patches for pod, pod pro and flextone ii. All the clips below are recorded direct from a pod hd 500 into my computer via an.
Here youll find files that you can download up to your pod x3, podxt, pod 2. What a value for my pod hd 500x your work is impressive. Ortiz has also composed for computer games, advertising, television and radio and for clients ranging from red bull to dolby. The pod to me opened up more creativity but, for raw amp sounds the 11r has it beat. Chimp spanner began as a one man multiinstrumental progressive metal entity, with the independent release of imperium vorago in 2004.
Albums include at the dreams edge, all roads lead here, and imperium vorago. The cleanest tone you can get from the pod hd is to not use any amp models at all, but to use a compressor and eq to simulate one. Today, chimp spanner his daddy calls him paul takes us on a stepbystep. In an issue where we also feature a variax 69 guitar and line 6s groundbreaking stagesource pa, tom quayle gives his verdict on the fx section. Now that the hd pro is rack mounted i want to be able to dial in tones with the pro and then, when i need to take the 500 to a gig, transfer the tones to the 500. But is the pod hd500x promising more than it can offer. The images below are from the pod hd edit software using the pod hd500 exclusively.
All the clips below are recorded direct from a pod hd 500 into my computer via an maudio firewire solo interface using a spdif connection with 24bit 96 khz settings. Listen to chimp spanner soundcloud is an audio platform that lets you listen to what you love and share the sounds you create england. With 512 presets and endless ways to combine, loop, customize, and control your signal and onboard hd effects, this multifx unit is a sonic command center. For a while i had a line 6 vetta ii hd which was in essence an x3 pro strapped to. Check here for answers to your technical questions. Line6 pod hd500x custom patches by glenn delaune home.
You can load them via midiusb using the gearbox, line 6 edit, guitarport editor, vboard, patchmanager, xt organizer, sounddiver or patchwizard software, or workbench for the. You just have way less work youll need to do tweakingwise for your styles of music. Any product name or trademarks used by the users to describe their tones are the sole property of their respective owners. Meambobbo has actually cloned multiple periphery, vildhjarta, and meshuggah tones. Pod hd bean custom patches i immediately updated all the software and firmware after getting it and am also using the hd edit software but it would be nice to find some custom presets of the rock and metal style. Some more noodling with the hd pro, this time going for some nice moody clean tones using the dual path option to create a 3 octave patch. Patches for the line6 pod hd any model please note which model in the file. First one is a rip off of chimp spanner s paul ortiz clean lead tone second is my attempt at replicating dougfknsteels distorted lead tone third.
Worship artistry on the pod hd500x the greenroom, a blog. Hd 500 doesnt give exact frequencies on this eq but just dial in hp and lp filters until they perform the stated functions to your expectation. List of my favorite for now patches for the pod hd500x mattgrahampod patches. Wellmodeled amps, over 100 mseries effects, parallel signal routing, 12 footswitches and included expression pedal, free reign over signal chain order, improved footswitches and increased dsp power. Line 6 pod hd500x patches used in the baxshop demo. Recently got the newish pod hd desktop black bean and i really like the sound but the factory presets really are mostly nonsense except a few nice rock and metal tones. Hd pro, touch wood, has not had any problems since going to 1. Took all of 30 minutes to reorganize my entire hd, and gave me standing access to every amp model. Apr 04, 20 videos play all chimp spanner at the dreams edge playlist basick records chimp spanner supererogation official hd audio basick records duration. The compositions, instrumentation, recording and production are all in the hands of paul ortiz, a 26 year old multiinstrumentalist.
I did a lot of searching prior on getting one, and this one seemed to be the best out there for what it is. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Tones patches for the line 6 pod hd 500x ac 30 tb submitted by dean on july, 2015 10. Just mucking about with the hd pro ill do a proper video soon but just wanted to quickly show you guys how it works compared to the x3 pro. Being a guitar player, do you have any goto guitar rig presets in reason or special tricks on nailing that sound. Its totally free, so trade and download to your hearts content. Chimp spanner biography paul antonio ortiz born february 19, 1984 colchester, uk chimp spanner is a oneman techprogressive metal project from essex in the uk. I had already mentioned the price versus performance differences between the pod farm and the pod hd. The metal pack adds two of the best metal amps for the pod xtx3farm series of modelers, the big bottom and criminal.
The computer software sucks imo, and the ui on the pod itself is kinda bad, but you get used to it quickly. Get chimp spanner setlists view them, share them, discuss them with other chimp spanner fans for free on. Fs1 to fs4 are still assignable to single or combinations of effects. I bought your first set for the gt and just purchased this new set. Our engineers have worked long and hard to bring you the new pod hd series of multieffects processors.
Unfortunately this patches cannot be opened with pod x3, they are not compatible. I use this approach, but i also want some warmth to the tone. Ive uploaded these tones to customtone, line 6s free tone sharing website, and included pod hd300 and pod hd400 versions as well. There are a kazillion djent progressive metal patches for pod hd over at. Hi everyone, the other day i just got a hd pro unit for my studio.