The Line 6 Fan thread, heh...
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THOA
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Like Sub, most people who swear by the POD usually have them plugged to a flat monitor speaker or headphones rather than an amp. That is because the speaker have a rather flat frequency. Nothing to colour the already coloured tone of a modeller. Putting an amp modeller into another amp... it is a bad mix unless done right.
de la Serna
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Anyone knows where I can get the Line6 Digital Wireless?
shinobi
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maybe i can offer a more complicated way to describe it. bear in mind though that with every generation of digital effects produced, the sound quality gets better and better
pros:
No noise - Even though some digital effects can be inherently more noisy than their analog counterparts, digital noise gates are also very powerful, and can make the noise unnoticeable while you're playing, and dead silent when you're not.
New effects - It is possible to create new sounds that have never been available before. True harmonisers are a good example of this. Also, overdrive effects can have far more gain than is possible with real components, which would suffer uncontrolled oscillation (caused by "electronic feedback").
cons:
Realism - Many players find that even the most powerful processors are not as natural as a analog processors. There are lots of reasons for this. There may be one or more analog digital to digital back to analog conversions in your gear. This requires an extraordinary amount of accuracy to faithfully reproduce the enormous dynamic range of a guitar. It also takes time, so players sometimes perceive a tiny delay between what they play and what they hear.
Blackouts - Sound can be cut out for a short period when changing patches. This should not be major problem with new equipment. Changing patches, particularly if it changes the algorithm used by a processor, is effectively the same as closing a program on a computer and reloading another. This takes time, and because nothing can be processed during the changeover, there is a short silence between patch changes. This is most noticeable when you sustain a note or chord then change patches. Some newer effects can mask this blackout to a small extent by letting the echo effects (delay and/or reverb) ring out while the underlying patch is changed.
True vintage effects - Some vintage effects cannot be reproduced. Modulating delay time is something that cannot be easily achieved, however, this is precisely how the original flanging and chorus effects were produced. Instead, manufacturers have to fake these effects using different techniques to give a similar sound.
Customisation - Despite offering several parameters to modify effects, they cannot be customised any further. Some of the best vintage effect sounds came from basic effects that were customised either deliberately of accidentally by tinkerers. Jimi Hendrix is reputed to have had most of his effects customised. This problem can be quite serious in digital effects, because you are at the mercy of using emulated effects that sound the way the manufacturer wants. Generally they try to make effects sound impressive (so you buy them), but the down-side is that the great subtle vintage effects like true phasing and true chorus are simply not available. I have heard phaser effects which are clearly a watered down flange effect, however, vintage phasing and flanging were produced in an entirely different manner, making them very different effects. Likewise, most digital chorus effects are emulated by mixing a delayed and detuned signal with the original. This was only ever a side-effect of vintage chorus when you set the rate too high!
High bandwidth - It might seem strange to say that because digital gear reproduces the full frequency range well, it is a disadvantage. This is mainly troublesome with digital overdrives and distortions, where even the built-in equalisation cannot effectively remove the high frequency harshness of these sounds. I use a Roland GP-100 that has an excellent speaker simulator that does roll of these offending highs. It is strange that it is necessary to use this in addition to real speakers to get a natural overdrive sound. Rocktron make a digital rack box that advertised limited bandwidth as a feature! Of course, some players will like this new shred sound. The original analog stompboxes have the opposite problem: if you use many of these in a chain, their limited bandwidth can accumulate to give you a muddy sound.
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THOA
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Revival of this thread! :mrgreen:
My Line 6 line up of gears expanded: Toneport KB 37, two Tonecore stereo docks one mono dock, and four tonecore modules.
Latest inclusion: ECHO PARK!
My band mates have personally witnessed its mighty powers for the past two weeks of jamming. I have also recorded someone with this pedal. Hehehe :twisted:
My Line 6 line up of gears expanded: Toneport KB 37, two Tonecore stereo docks one mono dock, and four tonecore modules.
Latest inclusion: ECHO PARK!
My band mates have personally witnessed its mighty powers for the past two weeks of jamming. I have also recorded someone with this pedal. Hehehe :twisted:
firebreather
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I want a Vetta II!
The toneport series of audio interfaces are just incredible, I personally use the UX2 with POD Farm extensively for my project home studio. Then there is the venerable Echo Park one of the most efficient and reliable stompbox digital delays. I'm eyeing the digital wireless system it'll probably be my next buy. In retrospect Line6 has done quite a whole lot for musicians.
I only hope they will improve on their POD modeling technology, like employing some of the features used in Waves GTR.
I only hope they will improve on their POD modeling technology, like employing some of the features used in Waves GTR.
loldude333
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Haven't been talking abt guitar gear for months! Its great to see so many Line 6 users here, i am a big fan of their Pod series, though their amps leave quite a bit to be desired. I love the EchoPark yes, and the DL4, 2 superb pedals that anyone can use. My PodXT Live turns 2 on Dec 10, but no worries, its in tip-top condition. No falling screws or anything. Sub, ur using the X-Mini capsule speaker right? That thing is MONSTROUS! For such a tiny speaker, it can produce such sharp tones and does not distort at a high volume. The new one jus came out, a 2-in-1 that has a stereo option. Haha yea L6 rockszzzzzzzz.
subversion
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the speaker was a gamble that paid off. it occurred to me that digital signals i come across sound better through a non-amp output & the X-mini just did it for me...
anyway, bought this today: http://theguitaraddict.blogspot.com/2008/12/pocket-pod-express.html
anyway, bought this today: http://theguitaraddict.blogspot.com/2008/12/pocket-pod-express.html
Tairaa
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hey guys, i'm planning to get a multi efx, and deciding between the BOSS GT-8/10 and the PODxtLIVE/x3LIVE. i realised the PODS are really common. care to describe the pros and cons of both pods? :X and somehow help me decide?
*i got a feeling i'll be psyched into getting a pod!*
*i got a feeling i'll be psyched into getting a pod!*
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