Re: Line6 HD500 short review

[Boris Plotnikov <ploboris@gmail.com>]

Yesterday I tried POD HD bean in music store. I really liked looper.
It's much cooler for real livelooping than mine RC-2, fast undo, 1/2
speed, reverse. Only 40 secunds or so, but it's actually enough. But I
tried to change patch while looper was in play mode and I couldn't. No
sound after changing patch, loop is going on, but no sound. Maybe I
skip something, as I spent about 20 minutes, but very strange.

2011/9/22 Gareth Whittock <buddhamachine@live.co.uk>:
> Well I went ahead and shelled out for a Line6 Pod HD500.
> Here's what I found:
> 8 effects at once - up to the limit of the DSP - awesome mangling
> possibilities!
> On screen editor - a godsend not to have to bend down with a guitar on 
> your
> lap under the table when you want to play with the sounds.
> Functions as a usb soundcard - simplifies setting up.
> Loads of cool features which you need to read the manual to fully 
> acquaint
> yourself with.
> The looper is ore or less the same as the M13 though with 48 seconds of
> record time instead of 24
> But..
> When you change patches on the pedal ALL of your sound blanks off for a
> split second. That includes any swirling, looped gorgeous gooiness you 
> might
> have going -ARGHH!
> Even if you use your computer for loop capture, which is what I do, when 
> you
> switch patches the sound coming from your DAW mutes briefly.
> The slight good news is that if your recording this into a DAW the audio 
> is
> continuous, it's only the monitoring that glitches.
> This does however render the pedal a very dubious choice for live 
> looping.
> I am most disappointed.
> I contacted Line6 and their response was "change patches on your loop 
> join"
> They're thinking phrase looping here aren't they?
> Fellow loopers - BE WARNED!
> Peace
> G
>



-- 
Thanks, Boris Plotnikov