A little issue here...

[EugeneSmasher]

I tried the set-up below:

Solid-state amplifier > Beta Aivin HM-200 (analog high-gain distortion) > Line 6 Floor Pod > Guitar

On my HM-200, its my usual 'fat metal' setting. Its a full analog distortion pedal using a 9V power supply. My Floor POD has no amp models activated, just the cleans because I was intending to use it for cleans and effects, and my HM-200 for my high-gain distortion.

Well, tonewise it wasn't bad, but the effects were quite screwed up. The delay, even on 1/10, would repeat at the same volume and slowly die away, not like how a delay normally behaves. Also, the other effects I tried also sounded just weird.

Anyone has encountered this before? And any solutions? Thanks very much! I know that digital MFX processors do not usually work well with analog pedals, but is this the reason, or is there something wrong elsewhere?

* note, I tried the above set-up mainly as experimentation, I was never interested in effects, since I'm a purely drive kinda person, so please do not tell me to get a delay, or chorus, or whatever pedal... Because I'll ignore. Haha!

 

[dir]

try putting your dirt pedal before your floorpod. dirt pedals are usually placed first in line before any other effects, other than wah/tuner/volume/compressor.
I use my multifx regularly with my other analog pedals. If you setup right, you can have killer tones.

 

[EugeneSmasher]

I tried that too but for some reason the head of my patch cable won't go into the input jack of my Floor Pod. Quite strange, though, its also a quarter-inch head...

 

[astaroth]

issit a mono jack? cos i wire stereo jacks and some cant plug into pedals.

 

[EugeneSmasher]

Not sure... All my cables are Tone Drive Professional Noiseless.

 

[Godspeed64]

Like you mentioned, mfx weren't meant to be used with analog, unless of course with the inclusion of an effects loop on the mfx itself..
I used to do this too.. Metal Muff into Zoom G2.1U (or other way around) and it really sucked tone.. Took out the Zoom, and my metal muff became a monster again.. With the zoom it sounded thin and weak, and the modulations on the zoom sounded not as good as well..

 

[EugeneSmasher]

Come to think of it, my tone wasn't that good... Kinda degraded my HM-200's tone by making it muddier. Guess my Floor Pod is more of a standalone kinda thing...

I'm back to my barebones pedalboard now.