Well, I just went and ordered a Pod XT Live.

!_Brian_!

Baggio... wrote:

Hey Karl,

What's the distortion like on one of those new PODs? I had a POD 2.0 but I did not really get the distortion sound I was after, although it was a pretty decent all round unit. Like yourself, I'm doing quite a bit of recording at the mo' - so I bought a Digitech Black 13 (Scott Ian signiture pedal) it's pretty darn cool. I get a really nice sound from the EMG's on the Ecplipse. It also has on output so it can go directly into a Mixer (handy). I also bought a digitech Death Metal pedal – I was very dissapointed with it. It definitely does not sound the same as the demo on the Website:( . But the Scott Ian definitely makes up for it.

I might pick one of those new POD up at some point.

Cheers,

B.

I've been wondering the same thing. I'm looking for a new pedal board recently but distortion on boards like that usually dosnt cut it for me. Have a look at the Zoom G9.2tt - it actully has 2 12AX7 valves in it to create a genuine value distortion and it has a USB for direct recording. You get a version of Cubase with it also which is a nice bonus and all for under 330 euro off Gak.

Click Here for a gander.

Could defo be a winner the more I read up on it, the only thing actully stopping me buying it is I havent heard the distortion, if I had, it would be on the way as we speak!

Baggio...

!_Brian_! wrote:

I've been wondering the same thing. I'm looking for a new pedal board recently but distortion on boards like that usually dosnt cut it for me. Have a look at the Zoom G9.2tt - it actully has 2 12AX7 valves in it to create a genuine value distortion and it has a USB for direct recording. You get a version of Cubase with it also which is a nice bonus and all for under 330 euro off Gak.

Hey Brian,

Man that's an impressive piece of kit... It's got everything on it and for less than 330! Is there any on line demos? I's love to hear the Distortion myself. I recently bought a Zoom mrs8 Multi Track studio (which is class). So if that pedal board is as good as my other Zoom products I'm there. From the sound of it it might be better than getting a POD (I'm a bit wary of them after buying the POD 2.0)

While the music I play is very basic (Punk/Hardcore). I'm really picky about my Distortion sound. I know I should have got tube amp - but as I'm a singer. I only use my guitar for recording - so that's why I went for the Scott Ian pedal it's pretty darn cool for the price (115 Euro from Tohmann. It's 225 over here... no thanks!!).

Here's a demo http://www.digitech.com/products/Black13/main.htm

As I said I bought their famous “Death Metal” distortion pedal. I read loads of really good reviews, so I went for it. It's pretty crap in my opinion. But the Black 13 is definitely satisfying my Distortion needs for now .

Cheers,

Bagg.

Karl Hungus

Hey guys...

The distortion on the Pod is good, but you've got to do some tweaking to get it right. When I was playing the Line6 presets, I thought the distortion sounded like a wet fart, but creating my own presets, I've got it sounding really really nice. Obviously, it's nothing like the distortion I get from my Engl, but for recording, I think it sounds fantastic.

You'd be welcome to try out mine Baggio, if you're ever over my way.

As for the Zoom one, no idea there I'm afraid.

!_Brian_!

Have you played it with the 7 string? I did read some where on here that you play a lot of stuff on a 7 string didn't I?!

Anyhoo, yea I play in a death metal band and we tune down to C standard and the problem I find is a lot of distortions turn to mud down that low so my question would be how would you feel the distortion holds up when you banging out power chords on the B string?



:edit: Jesus Baggio .... that Digitech pedal sounds amazing. Defo going to look into that some more

Karl Hungus

!_Brian_! wrote:

Have you played it with the 7 string? I did read some where on here that you play a lot of stuff on a 7 string didn't I?!

Anyhoo, yea I play in a death metal band and we tune down to C standard and the problem I find is a lot of distortions turn to mud down that low so my question would be how would you feel the distortion holds up when you banging out power chords on the B string?

You're quite right, and sometimes I tune to A, but mostly I'm playing in B flat, so I'd be playing at least a full step lower than yourself.

I just gave it a lash there, and although my headphones aren't the best, the low-end distorted well, it was tight, clear and didn't seem to get muddy at all. I'll give it another go during the day tomorrow and see how well it sounds when I can make things quite loud.

But if you're really looking for something that gives you the best of your low tuning, then I cannot recommend Engl enough. Over on www.sevenstring.org right now, there's a few people who've just got Engls, and are quite literally blown away by the tone. One guy on there sold off his Mesa Boogie Triaxis/2:90 rig and got a Fireball instead, which he thinks is even better.

So honestly, nothing beats Engl for low-end respsonse. Unless you're on a serious budget, then I can't recommend 'em enough!

Karl Hungus

Just uploaded a little something I did with the Pod here. It's just in standard tuning though.

Baggio...

Karl Hungus wrote:

You'd be welcome to try out mine Baggio, if you're ever over my way.

Thanks for the offer man, I'd love to check it out. I was talking to a mate of mine yesterday and he has one. He thinks it's really good. I'll check out that clip you put up later - I'm supposed to be working at the mo'.;)

Cheers,

Baggio.

fish-head

Norrabadclip. Not a fan of prog metal or nuthin' but you can tell that the POD has got what it takes.

Karl Hungus

fish-head wrote:

Norrabadclip. Not a fan of prog metal or nuthin' but you can tell that the POD has got what it takes.

Thanks. I started off on a pretty awful note though, but thankfully I managed to get on track after that.

Baggio...

Hey Karl,

Like that clip:) . The POD sounds really well - good chrunchy distortion. I'd still like to hear the Zoom to compare.

Cheers,

Bagg.

Karl Hungus

Thanks Baggio.

Karl Hungus

Just updated my page with another clip I recorded this morning. This one has more of an Opeth vibe going on.

Baggio...

Like it!!

I wish I could play guitar like that. I'm a liking the sound from POD too.:D

Karl Hungus

Baggio... wrote:

Like it!!

I wish I could play guitar like that. I'm a liking the sound from POD too.:D

Thanks, but I've a long way to go with my playing yet.

fish-head

Karl Hungus wrote:

Thanks, but I've a long way to go with my playing yet.

Don't we all?

Well except for Yngwie, who rules over all of us '****ing guitar n00bs'.
Hehehehe I love that vid on YouTube..

Karl Hungus

fish-head wrote:

Don't we all?

Well except for Yngwie, who rules over all of us '****ing guitar n00bs'.
Hehehehe I love that vid on YouTube..

Petrucci > Yngwie. Can Yngwie control the speed of time with his playing? I think not!

gizmo

As a matter of interest Karl how would the Pod behave if you were to only use it for effects and more classic distortion sounds then switch to the Lead of your Fireball for your main metal sounds? Thats what I was considering anyway.

Karl Hungus

gizmo wrote:

As a matter of interest Karl how would the Pod behave if you were to only use it for effects and more classic distortion sounds then switch to the Lead of your Fireball for your main metal sounds? Thats what I was considering anyway.

Depends on whether or not you're going to run it before the amp, or in the FX loop.

If you run it before the amp, then you could try using an OD stomp model like the Tubescreamer to drive the clean channel harder to get a classic distortion sound, rather than using an amp model. Or if you'd rather an amp model, then that's perfectly do-able.

Amps or stomp models running after the preamp could be horrible, but I've never tried it.

Ravioli

I had some thoughts about the Bass expansion for PODxt Live.

- When you install the expansion, do you get somekind of
guitarmode/bassmode?

- Do you get some new presets for the Basspart?

- Will the bassexpansion make my xtLive compatible with BassPODxt customtones?

If anyone could answer any of these Q's I would really appreciate it.

Cheers!

fish-head

Karl Hungus wrote:

Petrucci > Yngwie. Can Yngwie control the speed of time with his playing? I think not!

Can Petrucci crush all n00bs with one single badly played run?
I think not!

Beecher

Ravioli wrote:

- When you install the expansion, do you get somekind of
guitarmode/bassmode?

Not really. You can just pick modelled bass amps aswell as guitar amps. The advantage however of upgrading a pod xt live over just getting a bass pod is that you can mix bass heads with guitar amps leading to more sonic variety.

Ravioli wrote:

- Do you get some new presets for the Basspart?

You get the bass pod xt presets.

Ravioli wrote:

- Will the bassexpansion make my xtLive compatible with BassPODxt customtones?

Yes.

Ravioli

Big thanks for that info!!

Another (hopefully final) question: Does the BassPOD presetpack reduce the number of userbanks?

Cheers!

gizmo

Karl Hungus wrote:

If you run it before the amp, then you could try using an OD stomp model like the Tubescreamer to drive the clean channel harder to get a classic distortion sound, rather than using an amp model. Or if you'd rather an amp model, then that's perfectly do-able.

And have you tried it yourself yet? Are the results anyway decent? Should be in town on Wednesday so I can give both the Engl Screamer and Flextone another proper try.

Beecher

Ravioli wrote:

Big thanks for that info!!

Another (hopefully final) question: Does the BassPOD presetpack reduce the number of userbanks?

Cheers!

The amount of user banks on your pod remain the same. Its up to you what patches to put in them whether they be bass or guitar. Luckily you can just save all your extra banks on your computer

Karl Hungus

gizmo wrote:

And have you tried it yourself yet? Are the results anyway decent? Should be in town on Wednesday so I can give both the Engl Screamer and Flextone another proper try.

Nope, haven't had any need to try it, I got everything the way I like it now. Besides, with the amount of gain on the Fireball, I'd be genuinely scared of what a boost would do.

Ravioli

Beecher wrote:

The amount of user banks on your pod remain the same. Its up to you what patches to put in them whether they be bass or guitar. Luckily you can just save all your extra banks on your computer

Thanks!

With that information in hand Line6 will earn some extra bucks tonight!

Thanks again!

Cheers!

Ravioli

...Or not. Get some kind of "internal error no: 8543859743897554353". Online shopping as we know it.

Well, will probably hear from Line6 Support in a near future.

Cheers!

aphex™

Have you tried controling any other Midi-enabed devices with the XT Pro? Does it work well?

Ravioli

Well, I tried again for a few minutes ago and everything went well.

Now to some questions again:

- Do I have to download the bass presets from somewhere?

- (this one is because Im a lazy SOB and havent checked yet) Can I see witch amp is Bassamp and witch is guitaramp? Or do I have to go back to ampschool to find out the difference? [EDIT] Just found out! Phew! [/EDIT]

Will probably harass you guys again with more Q's.

Cheers!