I have some minor global EQ and loop quibbles that you can read about here.įor the price point this is a great sounding unit.If you’re using a DSP intensive amp and effect, you can get the DSP limit screen pretty easily. On the down side – the unit doesn’t have the horsepower that a laptop has so you can’t use any combination of amps cabs and effects on the unit.Particularly the particle verb, which is a gorgeous sonic mangler. The unit has some tricks up its sleeves that are unique.I’ve never liked USB recording, but the USB recording in the HD works well. It’s extremely flexible in that way, has a built-in expression pedal and a looper. As a hardware unit – it has a number of ins and outs.Much better than the POD FARM distortions at that setting. While the unit supports 96k as an output, the distortions sound good at 44k.a new variable input impedance that affects the tone of certain distortion pedals when you back off the volume (so they behave more like the real thing). As of this writing, Line 6 updated the HD500 and HDPRO w. You can roll off the volume and the signal acts in a musical way. The amps themselves have controls like BIAS, BIAS-X, HUM and SAG that the POD FARM amps do not and when plugging in the guitar signal feels like it’s plugging into an amp. There may be much fewer amps – but they all sound really good. Having said this, the architecture of the modeling is completely different and the tonal detail is stunning. The POD HD has substantially fewer models than POD FARM.They may have a similar shape, but they’re very different things. Comparing this to POD FARM is kind of like comparing apples and onions. This review is specific to the 500 as it’s the only unit I have (and have played through). Why? Because when the power goes out at my place for 4 days and I have to type this from a coffee shop, being able to discretely pull out an electric and play in a corner with a set of headphones (and not take up multiple tables) is a GOOD THING!Ĭonclusion #1: If you’re the type of person who like’s to get a great tone and park it – this may be a good option for you.Ĭonclusion #2: If you’re the type of person who wants to reference guitar tones (clean, dirty etc.) but then go beyond that into the stratosphere tonally – this is the unit for you.Ĭonclusion #3: If you want more amp, effect or cab options than you ever imagined – you know the drill.Ĭonclusion #4: If you expect different tones from your guitar when you roll off the volume, or the thought of using a laptop guitar on stage makes you nervous, this may not be the unit for you. It means that I can run (for example) pre-amps or compressors in my AU LAB shell anywhere in the signal chain. Breaking out POD Farm into individual elements is really smart – and very cool.
I can run two rigs with more pedals than I could ever run live and, furthermore, when I run it through the Atomic tube amp – even the 44k sounds come alive and works well live. I can get sounds out of this rig that I could never get out of a conventional amp.
#POD FARM 2.5 PLUS#
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