Thank you Sir! for not complicating the dam thing and simplifying it... This is the best tutorial for this floorboard I've seen so far... I was just about to re-boxed the hd500x and return it to the seller for a refund till I saw this! You've just added lots of practical sense into the manual... Thank you Sir!!!
I bought one of these two years ago but me being a thick head I am when it comes to programming pedals, So after asking some of my mates for help I put it in the cupboard and forgot about it altogether, Ive just watched your demo this morning and got my HD500X out of the dusty cupboard and hey presto I've done it. Your demo has to be the best and easiest demo Ive seen in my 58 years of playing guitar, well done bud. Now I just need to lift it :0))
I got this particular model a couple of months ago. Used. But in great condition. This video has open my eyes. Just so busy with work I don’t have time to really get into it. Thank you for the lesson
I thought I had a good handle on my HD500x. I didn't really know how to use the Amp "Pre" models when plugging into the power section of an amp. It makes perfect sense now. I'm going to have fun this weekend.
I bought one of these used and have pretty much given up on getting a good tone out of it. This was very informative and I love this stompbox now. I know this is old but Great job!
My wife bought me a HD500X for Christmas, and I was about to sell it, as I couldn't get it to do anything I wanted until I watched this. I really like my own amp sounds (Boogie MKIIa & MKIIb), but really wanted a pedalboard. This seems like I can make this thing finally do what I want.
@@estimatora1419 There is a group of videos on here and this one guy has very easy to follow tutorials. I will try to get you a link later today to help. If I recall, you need to make a setting change other than just taking amps out of the chain. I'll post to you later.
@@estimatora1419 Disabled amp is not used in this content upload. only the effects pedals are Disabled during the setup to allow the addition of each and every effect pedal after each effect pedal has been added and adjusted.
Just got this this weekend and was super confused with other setup videos but yours is awesome! Thank you for making it simple & easy to understand :) I'm so excited now!
Robin Trower vibes, man. I was hoping for a little "Bridge of Sighs" Good playing non the less. I'm so glad I found one of these on the used market, now I might be able to figure it out.
I had to get the Stomp Box tutorial from Nevada Music UK because Line 6 doesn't have the info in the guide that comes with the HD500X nor on their YT page. They don't even group their videos into playlists for their different products. $500 and they can't even explain the unit. Thank you Nevada Music for doing it for them If you can't tell, I'm kinda pissed at Line 6 right now.
this is what im looking for to set up my new hd500x in stompbox mode, this review gave me an idea what to do on my effects.. thanks a lot... The best..."NevadaMusicUK"
Really good sound. I try it on my hot rod deluxe 3 and the sound is too treeble. What is the configuration of outputs in this video? and the switch of 1/4 output? Thank you veru much
Very good demo & further convinced me I don't want one. Little cartoony things on a bad display. Looks like a nightmare. Don't get me wrong. No complaint at all about you. It really was helpful & what I have been looking for. Something that informs me as to how intuitive the HD is. Clearly it is not. It would take me hours to get a single tone I would want using my 3 x magnifier glasses. Thanks, It really was helpful.
Or you could just download the free app software, plug the 500 into your computer and design your sounds from there. Now for sure in a live setup, you can bend down and on the fly tweak a stomp box or swap out a box in your signal chain but why? Keep your favourite stomps align them in your signal chain either on the floor or from your computer ahead of time. Yes it will take some time setting it up.
Why would you plug this into a nice fender blues amp and pic a marshall amp on the HD500X. How do you use your amp like the fender if you like it ? Thats the problem I am having I have a fender hot rod deluxe but cant figure out how to run it through my amp and not use a amp simulator ?? any help would be appreciated .
Final nail in the coffin! Im getting this as soon as I can afford it!! Just one question, can I use the looper button as a stompbox controller? Im not that much for looper pedals, but i like to have one around me when im writing new stuff. Thanks man!
The looper pedal can't be used as a stompbox controller. It's dedicated to the looper on/off. It is nice to have the looper there for practice and writing riffs :)
OK.........I want one. In this demo he is using a "Fender blues tone delux", I have both a solid state and a dual valve amp. Which one works best with the Line 6 500x?
I would like to know this as well. You’re talking about in the system settings? Also is the button switched to the “amp” or “line out” by the foot controller?
I want to use the distortion in my Engl amp. Love it!! Is there a way to not use any amp in the HD500X? I want to only use the effects. How can I do this? How would I hook it up as well?
Also, for example the switch from the intro to the chorus of paradise city goes from chorusy delay to a marshall rock sound. How would one be able to with the flick of a switch (in the same patch) be able to go from those two in fs1-8 mode? Would i need to assign the chorus and delay to one physical stomp on the hd500x then assign the distortion to another? I want to be able to change between the chorus and delay to the distortion all on the same patch with one foot switch. Is that possible?
I have been a Boss GT user for 20 years, but the HD500x is far better than what I have used and much easier to dial in a tone within minutes that work. I use mine either direct for recording or with a old Peavey Classic 60/60 stereo tube amp and it simply kicks ass. I can go from raging Marshall tone to Mesa death metal tone instantly. My only complaint is that the GT-75 speaker simulation sounds awful. When I try to setup a Marshall sound with that speaker cab which is "stock" Marshall sound it sounds nothing like it. So I use the v30 cabs more often.
@@jieunlee6470 If you want better amp modeling I would say yes. If you are using it simply as an effects unit no, the boss is a little better. I still use the Boss GT-100 with a Marshall and using 4 cable method. This allows me to use the amps sound while placing the effects in the loop. This allows a lot of tweaking power as well. I sold my Line-6 because I use VSTs amps on the PC 99% of the time.
@@Albee213 thank you for your response. I am going to be playing for church so I am going to be connecting it to amp. Do you think it’s better to upgrade to boss GT-100 than line 6 HD500X?
@@jieunlee6470 Well, if you want easy, use the Line-6. You set it up and plug it in. But if you want more tweaking and more complications then use the Boss with the 4-cable method. I know that doesn't really answer your question but its not an easy one to answer. Look up 4-cable method and then you will understand.
Why can I not find a SICK metal / distortion sound and touch it up to suit, from the off ??? I'm sure it's an awesome piece of tech, but I struggle with it, and everything techy.
Maico Play Guitar supongo que eres hispano hablante, si se puede, usando el metodo de 4 cables(4Cm) se puede hacer solo si tu amplificador tiene loop de effectos. if you not speak spanish tell me.
so what happens if you want to go to another tone you need to bend down and reset the setup to util and set set it abcd or is there a way to do it with your foot as in can i have jimmy got jipped on 1B amd have 1A just stomp boxes?
Fantastically - I use mine during live shows in fairly large halls. I've had it plugged into an 8000W PA system cranking at about 50%. It sounds loud, huge, and awesome. I seriously love my Line 6 equipment and wouldn't part with my HD500X for anything.
mac guinto 1) there's probably a switch/footswitch to activate the fx loop 2) some amps require you to plug a dummy cable into the input for fx loop to work.
You can push enter with the cursor on the simulated amp to turn it off. but you have to do that for every patch and there's no easy way to use it like you want. I have the same problem. look up the 4 cable method and hook it up like that and you can get somewhat of what you're looking for. if I knew then what I do now, I would've never bought one.
@@scotthoover6689 yup same problem if you like your amp this board isn’t a good choice. This is made for a powered speaker I found that out now 500 dollars later
No you can't run it straight into a Marshall cabinet (1960B)! It does not have a power amp built into it. It is meant to be used as either a pedal board into a regular guitar amplifier, as a pre-amp that goes into a power amp and then to a cabinet and finally as a unit that has simulated guitar amplifier sounds with adjustable effects to go directly into a PA system thus eliminating the need for a guitar amplifier on the stage or platform,
What about the digital hash that sits around 2.9kHz? It's in almost every preamp and is especially noticeable with any kind of overdrive. It just sounds nasty! I don't understand why Line 6 would release something that sounds bad.
Yes, for example: a delay for an angry gained amp. The delay will be gained too, an the volume for the repeats will get louder than after the amp, but for some reasons, it will be better, when U will get loud repeats (as an effect, fade in/outs, and only the delay repeats will stay). But there are no rules, what better sounds is the right way, but there are some tips, that U can use. Wah, Overdrive and Distortion gernally in Front of the Amp, Modulationeffects after the Preamp. Booster, EQ depends on, what U will get with them. But I still use Chorus and Phaser in Front of the Amp, for me, it sounds more Classic Rock n Roll like.
The 500x version has more computing power allowing you to use more effects and amps simultaneously. Typically if you have 2 amps going at the same time the POD runs into a limit to the number of effects that it can run. I find that amps, reverbs, and delays use the most amount of 'DSP' or computing power.
How hard is it to use a proper mic for voice on videos? Sounds like the video mic is recording his voice 50' feet away. Use a directional boom mic and crank the volume up on the mic.
I rarely comment on YT vids, but I have to say that this is, to me, the most useful video ever produced for the POD HD500. Thank you.
Thank you Sir! for not complicating the dam thing and simplifying it... This is the best tutorial for this floorboard I've seen so far... I was just about to re-boxed the hd500x and return it to the seller for a refund till I saw this! You've just added lots of practical sense into the manual... Thank you Sir!!!
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Simply the best HD500x review on the Internet. Thank you!
I bought one of these two years ago but me being a thick head I am when it comes to programming pedals, So after asking some of my mates for help I put it in the cupboard and forgot about it altogether, Ive just watched your demo this morning and got my HD500X out of the dusty cupboard and hey presto I've done it. Your demo has to be the best and easiest demo Ive seen in my 58 years of playing guitar, well done bud. Now I just need to lift it :0))
I got this particular model a couple of months ago. Used. But in great condition. This video has open my eyes. Just so busy with work I don’t have time to really get into it. Thank you for the lesson
Excellent. Wow, I am excited to explore my Hd500x...thanks, for being my tour guide.
I thought I had a good handle on my HD500x. I didn't really know how to use the Amp "Pre" models when plugging into the power section of an amp. It makes perfect sense now. I'm going to have fun this weekend.
Through an amp, the tone on this is sublime.
Thank you! Best tutorial I have seen yet. I learned in 10 minutes how to do what I want to do!
I bought one of these used and have pretty much given up on getting a good tone out of it. This was very informative and I love this stompbox now. I know this is old but Great job!
Do you think it’s worth upgrading to this from Boss GT-1?
My wife bought me a HD500X for Christmas, and I was about to sell it, as I couldn't get it to do anything I wanted until I watched this. I really like my own amp sounds (Boogie MKIIa & MKIIb), but really wanted a pedalboard. This seems like I can make this thing finally do what I want.
Loral Johnson I was just about to send mine back to Zzounds til I watched this!
So how do you use it as a pedalboard I am in the same boat. How do you kook up cables ? When I pic a patch and disable amp it sounds terrible ? Thanks
@@estimatora1419 There is a group of videos on here and this one guy has very easy to follow tutorials. I will try to get you a link later today to help. If I recall, you need to make a setting change other than just taking amps out of the chain. I'll post to you later.
@@loraljohnson thanks that would be great
@@estimatora1419 Disabled amp is not used in this content upload.
only the effects pedals are Disabled during the setup to allow the addition of each and every effect pedal after each effect pedal has been added and adjusted.
And now it makes sense. Straight forward guide. Thanks!
I have a Pod 500HD and this is great! Thanks!
I love it! No deep menu diving. So simple, any guitarist can get it! Thanks man!
Thank you for tutorial, I have completly learned to use the POD HD500X in Stomp box mode.
Such a good tutorial! Best one out there for the 500x I’ve seen, thanks!
Just got this this weekend and was super confused with other setup videos but yours is awesome! Thank you for making it simple & easy to understand :) I'm so excited now!
This vid is awesome! I can't wait for mine to arrive in about 2-days!
Just got an HD500X. Great tutorial video to get me started. 😀
Very helpful video! I've been thinking of getting HD 500X and this video has me sold!
Robin Trower vibes, man. I was hoping for a little "Bridge of Sighs" Good playing non the less. I'm so glad I found one of these on the used market, now I might be able to figure it out.
Thanks for a very enjoyable tutorial. It really helped me get started. This is a great bit of kit!
Awesome tutorial really great just got my pod today thanks for keeping it simple
God you helped me out alot. Setting my pedal board was confusing but you save the day. Thank you for your awesome tutorial.
Amazing video. quite helpful, Thanks!
Sick outro piece loop
I had to get the Stomp Box tutorial from Nevada Music UK because Line 6 doesn't have the info in the guide that comes with the HD500X nor on their YT page. They don't even group their videos into playlists for their different products. $500 and they can't even explain the unit. Thank you Nevada Music for doing it for them If you can't tell, I'm kinda pissed at Line 6 right now.
They have advanced user manuals you can download in the line 6 website. Free
This is a great user video
2021 and I like this video since I buy my pedal 4 years ago.
This was really helpful! Thank you very much!
Perfect! Exactly what I needed!
this is what im looking for to set up my new hd500x in stompbox mode, this review gave me an idea what to do on my effects.. thanks a lot... The best..."NevadaMusicUK"
Super helpful. Thanks a bunch!
The best review l have seen to date thank you ! l am also going to use my Beat Buddy ist it better to put this unit before Pod HD 500x ?
I'm Mexican musician, I love all music, but I want to see, what I can do now whit my HD500X, now I have all efects in one, good tutorial ;)
Thanks so much for this tutorial!!
Very useful. Thanks!
Really good sound. I try it on my hot rod deluxe 3 and the sound is too treeble. What is the configuration of outputs in this video? and the switch of 1/4 output? Thank you veru much
great video!
Very good demo & further convinced me I don't want one. Little cartoony things on a bad display. Looks like a nightmare. Don't get me wrong. No complaint at all about you. It really was helpful & what I have been looking for. Something that informs me as to how intuitive the HD is. Clearly it is not. It would take me hours to get a single tone I would want using my 3 x magnifier glasses. Thanks, It really was helpful.
Or you could just download the free app software, plug the 500 into your computer and design your sounds from there. Now for sure in a live setup, you can bend down and on the fly tweak a stomp box or swap out a box in your signal chain but why? Keep your favourite stomps align them in your signal chain either on the floor or from your computer ahead of time. Yes it will take some time setting it up.
How do you change between being able to change presets and the pedalboard mode?
This is THE BEST! thanks so much!
Why would you plug this into a nice fender blues amp and pic a marshall amp on the HD500X. How do you use your amp like the fender if you like it ? Thats the problem I am having I have a fender hot rod deluxe but cant figure out how to run it through my amp and not use a amp simulator ?? any help would be appreciated .
Nice tutorial! Can we assignt one patch to one footswitch?
Final nail in the coffin! Im getting this as soon as I can afford it!!
Just one question, can I use the looper button as a stompbox controller? Im not that much for looper pedals, but i like to have one around me when im writing new stuff.
Thanks man!
The looper pedal can't be used as a stompbox controller. It's dedicated to the looper on/off. It is nice to have the looper there for practice and writing riffs :)
Thank you much
do you need a special type of cable to connect from the POD to the Return FX (Power Amp IN) ???
OK.........I want one. In this demo he is using a "Fender blues tone delux", I have both a solid state and a dual valve amp. Which one works best with the Line 6 500x?
Thank you !
Good job
Are you using power amp output on POD? Nice tutorial btw! Cheers!
I would like to know this as well. You’re talking about in the system settings? Also is the button switched to the “amp” or “line out” by the foot controller?
I want to use the distortion in my Engl amp. Love it!! Is there a way to not use any amp in the HD500X? I want to only use the effects. How can I do this? How would I hook it up as well?
George Daily 4 cable method, uses the effect loop using your preamp and if you want only the effects in you'r pod. sorry for bad english
Also, for example the switch from the intro to the chorus of paradise city goes from chorusy delay to a marshall rock sound. How would one be able to with the flick of a switch (in the same patch) be able to go from those two in fs1-8 mode? Would i need to assign the chorus and delay to one physical stomp on the hd500x then assign the distortion to another? I want to be able to change between the chorus and delay to the distortion all on the same patch with one foot switch. Is that possible?
Still a toy to a fender twin with a kick ass distortion threw the clean chanel.
Also can i use my phone as a bluetooth to connect pod hd 500
what if I just want to use the effects like delay on a switch and a chorus on another switch without all the modeling, can it be done?
Please could you help me that how can i use mp3 speakers to pod hd 500
I have been a Boss GT user for 20 years, but the HD500x is far better than what I have used and much easier to dial in a tone within minutes that work. I use mine either direct for recording or with a old Peavey Classic 60/60 stereo tube amp and it simply kicks ass. I can go from raging Marshall tone to Mesa death metal tone instantly. My only complaint is that the GT-75 speaker simulation sounds awful. When I try to setup a Marshall sound with that speaker cab which is "stock" Marshall sound it sounds nothing like it. So I use the v30 cabs more often.
I currently have Boss GT-1 and I am thinking of getting this. Do you think it’s worth upgrading?
@@jieunlee6470 If you want better amp modeling I would say yes. If you are using it simply as an effects unit no, the boss is a little better. I still use the Boss GT-100 with a Marshall and using 4 cable method. This allows me to use the amps sound while placing the effects in the loop. This allows a lot of tweaking power as well. I sold my Line-6 because I use VSTs amps on the PC 99% of the time.
@@Albee213 thank you for your response. I am going to be playing for church so I am going to be connecting it to amp. Do you think it’s better to upgrade to boss GT-100 than line 6 HD500X?
@@jieunlee6470 Well, if you want easy, use the Line-6. You set it up and plug it in. But if you want more tweaking and more complications then use the Boss with the 4-cable method. I know that doesn't really answer your question but its not an easy one to answer. Look up 4-cable method and then you will understand.
Also make sure when using amp modals to go straight into the amps return on the effects loop and turn off speaker sims.
Why can I not find a SICK metal / distortion sound and touch it up to suit, from the off ???
I'm sure it's an awesome piece of tech, but I struggle with it, and everything techy.
can cabinets be used on this?
Active PA cabinets works well...
Video starts at 2:35
Where did u plug into ur amp?
And what is front end and back end?
how do u use tap tempo for delays and what not???? anyone know?
What's your output configuration for this scenario? Studio/direct? Also what about the switch, amp or line??? thanks
Paco I have the same cuestion..what its the mode of that configuration
Same question here
Same question here
It is correct to use the ipod on the amplifier without pre amp simulation, only Usasndo simulations of pedals?
Maico Play Guitar supongo que eres hispano hablante, si se puede, usando el metodo de 4 cables(4Cm) se puede hacer solo si tu amplificador tiene loop de effectos.
if you not speak spanish tell me.
so what happens if you want to go to another tone you need to bend down and reset the setup to util and set set it abcd or is there a way to do it with your foot as in can i have jimmy got jipped on 1B amd have 1A just stomp boxes?
If it's in FS1-FS8 mode when you tap the bank button it allows you to change presets. So you can still change presets in that mode.
Does HD500x work good when playing live shows? Or how it works on loud volumes?
Fantastically - I use mine during live shows in fairly large halls. I've had it plugged into an 8000W PA system cranking at about 50%. It sounds loud, huge, and awesome. I seriously love my Line 6 equipment and wouldn't part with my HD500X for anything.
Nice review! Does the HD500X works for bass ?? I can´t find any "review with bass" yet.
Is there some new version of the bass pod? I find it kinda vintage right now haha
Thanks for sharing the info!
Think I will upload a review with bass when I get the pod! ;)
Tried to plug into amp's return but there is no sound coming out. Even with the line/amp switch was already switched to line Any ideas why?
mac guinto
1) there's probably a switch/footswitch to activate the fx loop
2) some amps require you to plug a dummy cable into the input for fx loop to work.
if you like the preamp sound of your current amp that you're running this through, can you turn off the preamp modeling on the pod?
You can push enter with the cursor on the simulated amp to turn it off. but you have to do that for every patch and there's no easy way to use it like you want. I have the same problem. look up the 4 cable method and hook it up like that and you can get somewhat of what you're looking for. if I knew then what I do now, I would've never bought one.
@@scotthoover6689 yup same problem if you like your amp this board isn’t a good choice. This is made for a powered speaker I found that out now 500 dollars later
DAMN VIDEO WAS FILMED ON A POTATEO !!
Well things have moved forward since u were 10yrs old :) this is back in 2014
Can you run this directly into a Marshal cabinet(1960B), not using an actual amp head. If so, will it crank.
Yes, I have run it both through an amp (Marshall, Line 6 and Fender) or directly into a PA system. It works very well.
No you can't run it straight into a Marshall cabinet (1960B)! It does not have a power amp built into it. It is meant to be used as either a pedal board into a regular guitar amplifier, as a pre-amp that goes into a power amp and then to a cabinet and finally as a unit that has simulated guitar amplifier sounds with adjustable effects to go directly into a PA system thus eliminating the need for a guitar amplifier on the stage or platform,
Can this be plugged into boss katana 50?
This is how I use mine :)
What about the digital hash that sits around 2.9kHz? It's in almost every preamp and is especially noticeable with any kind of overdrive. It just sounds nasty! I don't understand why Line 6 would release something that sounds bad.
thanks
It's sound pretty silly but, can anyone tell me what difference it makes when effect pedals are before or after the amp on the HD500X?
Thanks guys
Yes, for example: a delay for an angry gained amp. The delay will be gained too, an the volume for the repeats will get louder than after the amp, but for some reasons, it will be better, when U will get loud repeats (as an effect, fade in/outs, and only the delay repeats will stay). But there are no rules, what better sounds is the right way, but there are some tips, that U can use. Wah, Overdrive and Distortion gernally in Front of the Amp, Modulationeffects after the Preamp. Booster, EQ depends on, what U will get with them. But I still use Chorus and Phaser in Front of the Amp, for me, it sounds more Classic Rock n Roll like.
At 10:35 you didn't say how to go back out of that function to assign the pedals.
How to resest my POD HD500X?Please help me
to reset just hold one of the arrow buttons while powering up. it's either the up down or the 4 way pad
What happen if we reset? All original patch comes back?
what kind of connection you used for the amplifier, I do not seem to see the method of 4 cables ....direct to amp?
And why one eath would u want hundreds a patches. They should of focus on getting better distortion. And way more easy to understand
Dont like the effects he use...But i learn about it.
hi. i have the hd500. what's the advantage of the hd500x?
The 500x version has more computing power allowing you to use more effects and amps simultaneously. Typically if you have 2 amps going at the same time the POD runs into a limit to the number of effects that it can run. I find that amps, reverbs, and delays use the most amount of 'DSP' or computing power.
+patmepin15 thanks alot sir.
How hard is it to use a proper mic for voice on videos? Sounds like the video mic is recording his voice 50' feet away. Use a directional boom mic and crank the volume up on the mic.
What?
The distortion is terrible
All this guitar effects tech and you can't record the narrator voice loud enough?!?
Presenters with accents this thick should be prevented from presenting anything
Bernard Danino this is a U.K. Channel you fool
Bernard Danino can you not understand English you twit?
So I'm supposed to learn about a recording product by people who can't mic a guy, and the guy can't even speak clearly. BYE!
The worst demo vid EVVEER!