Im thinking about getting a pod hd500x. I know they have been discussed here before which Ive read but Im Just wondering what the current gereral view is on them?
Ideally Id love to have pedals and a real amp but Im just a bedroom guy and its not really feasible. There seems to be a lot of available patches for the hd500x and a lot of them Ive heard sound great.
Im currently using the old UX1 and Pod farm 1, it's okay - not great. Will the hd500x be a lot better?
I can get one new here for about £360 which is a big chunk of my 'I want a telecaster' money but Im thinking that it makes more sense to have a decent sound before buying more guitars.
Well, I think there's too much stuff just for a bedroom guitarist. I haven't tested HD500 but what I read from their website, there's tons of stuff to adjust. At this point of my playing "career" I just like the easiness of pluging in my guitar and playing straight away. Of course there's lots of effects to use and an expression pedal. Also loads of different audio outputs. But then again it's quite pricey. And holy s***, that thing is huge
If I were you I would get a newer audio interface (Focusrite, Presonus etc.) and plugins. Either from Toontrack's Ezmix2 or Guitar Rig 5. I own both and there's not much hassle to deal with. Just fire them up and plug your guitar and play Also you would probably spend 150euro at max so you could save plenty of money and still get good sounds. Oh and IMO
My personal recommendation would be the Avid 11 Rack (without Pro Tools).
I picked mine up for $350 - and although I was on the fence about whether or not to get the pod 500 I'm glad I got the 11 rack instead.
In my opinion it can handle the higher gain settings better than the pod.
The downside is no included foot controller which is one of the things you liked about the pod.
Just my two cents.
One of my good friends had a pod HD500x. If you want my honest opinion, for my personal taste sound a little synthetic and lacking soul. But of course, this is me and my madness because I'm always looking to find the perfect tone full of life and very warm
I'm agree with WeePee and I also think that maybe a newer interface and plugins are a good alternative.
Actually, I made the same step in December. After couple of conflicts between my old interface Line6 UX2 and Poulin plugins (and other annoying problems) I decided that it's time to buy a real audio interface and save a lot of time and nerves. So, I bought Presonus FireStudio Project. It wasn't very cheap but it was worth every penny (2 months I ate only crackers to buy this )
As plugins I use Guitar Rig 5 and Poulin and I'm very, very, very satisfied about results
As I am at the same point right now I spend some time at a large music store nearby. Not me - but an experienced guitar player - played both Guitar Rig 5 and Boss GT100 for me and there was a hugh difference in quality of sounds. Although I had a great preference for Guitar Rig 5 , I will most likely purchase a GT100.
As far as the PC spec goes - not really.
I have a generic laptop that's designed for personal use - not so much recording but I don't have any latency issues when running my 11 Rack into my DAW.
The POD isn't a bad choice either - it's going to come down to which sounds better and which has better features in your eyes.
Well said Any PC would work as the 11 Rack does all the processing inside of the unit. WHere TH2 or AMPLITUDE does all the processing inside the PC. The 11 rack goes from VOX clean to Mesa Crazy and I still love mine For the money, I just could not find a better value/tone proposition in a hardware unit (used of course) and believe me I looked high and low.
Pop on youtube and maybe watch some more vids from folks you trust using both units. In the end, it comes down to one thing. Is the tone your looking for in the box or not. As long as the answer is yes, the sticker on the box is almost beside the point. I"ve tried a LOT of boxes and so far the 11 is the only one I've kept.
can anyone tell me how the average Pod HD connection works?
I thought it was just 'guitar > pod > PC' but Ive been watching a load of tone demo vids and one video mentioned that his chain was 'guitar > pod > Focusrite 2i4 > PC.
do you need an interface between the pod and the PC?
You can use the USB record method just fine However, if you have preamps in your external interface that you want to use to "color" the signal, then sure you can run it through your interface However, I honestly doubt it's worth the effort.
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