Bringing The Pod HD Pro Back To Life

Hey nice to see the pod alive. I personally use the pod hd bean connected to my ThR 10 X. And gives me some sick tones, actually is no need of new gear for me. I like to record metal so the rest of the job is made on reaper.

I think this video and a lot of your others drive a very important point home, which is even if newer, more advanced gear continues to come out, it's not a reason to get rid of what you may already have, if you can use your own IRs. The cabinet/speaker/mic combination is what makes or breaks the tone and how you get there is truly up to the end user

I still have my X3 Pro and Floor Pod, still sound kickass to this day, I think to get the best out of them through an amp is to turn off cab simulation and boost with a tubescreamer or a model of one, sounds huge even to this day. If fizz is bothering you then nuke the higher end with the EQ. Love old Pods 😂

I picked up the mooer radar for this reason. I do have a kemper but I also have a pod hd500x that suffers from bad cab sims. I figured hey, $100 pedal will give this unit a sick face lift. Especially since I can load my own IR’s!!!

"Weedle wee wee's!" HAHAHAHAHA. Holy cats that's hilarious!

Is that the successor to the Mooer Radar?

Not entirely pertinent to the video, but that Fortin capture is just amazing. Using it on my Mooer GE200 with an Ola Englund IR and it’s awesome.

I want to run that but with a eleven rack can you make a video for that gear !!! Great video.

Interesting test, id rather go back and turn on my HD pro again too

Amazing video \m/

The cabs in the X3 aren't anything to write home about either. Running it through a Two Notes CABM helps that SIGNIFICANTLY.
I don't know if this is the same but I have a Mooer Radar and if you want to save 3rd party IRs to it, you have to overwrite the stock ones, otherwise there are only about 10-12 'user' slots to store some.

I got an inexpensive sonicake IR pedal for my HD500 and it sounds great 👍. Even uploaded my fav IR in the pedal.

Line 6 is killer! I love my Kemper but so many are so happy for a reason with the Helix!

I did this with a mooer radar and a pod HD and it sounded great. However, since I wanted to downsize I sold it and bought a Mooer ge250. I miss its whammy and particle verb.... The fxs in the mooer ge250 are a JOKE.

I ran PODs for years and really liked my PODHD. Then I bought a Fractal FM3. I'll never use anything else again. It's like pro versus consumer gear. Blows the doors off the competition.

Would you happen to have tips on how to connect an IR loader pedal to the HeadRush MX5? Similar to what you did here? I have IRs loaded on the Boss IR 200. Since that pedal is not an effects processor I’d like to figure out how to connect it to the MX5 for effects. As always thanks for your tips and options. Very good info on your channel

I started running my HD500 through a Mooer Radar with IR's, and it sounds fantastic.

en vérité c'est de la nostalgie qui nous fait croire que le son est pas si mauvais, mais en vrai si on compare avec ce qui existe maintenant, c'est vraiment pourri ,ça nous a pas empêcher à une époque de s'amuser avec ces vieilleries...

in truth it's nostalgia that makes us believe that the sound is not so bad, but in reality if we compare with what exists now, it's really rotten, it did not prevent us at one time from having fun with those old things...

Would you recommend this or another IR pedal to revive my current POD HD500X or recommend just making the jump to a POD GO, Hotone Ampero's or HX Effects/Stomps? Given I am not currently gigging much.

This is definitely the best solution, as the effects and preamps are good.

I think it was the power amp sim the destroyed the HD series. It sounded like a badly biased power amp that needed repair. The power amp sim is turned off when you turn off the cab sim, that’s why people blame the cabs, but really it technically sounds like a malfunctioning power amp section. Using EQ is a terrible bandaid to the problem, as the problem still leaks through. Line6 should have stepped up and released an update, but ego got in the way and they remained silent, sometimes using users to attack others, whenever asked about it, waiting for it to disappear when HX was released. Sadly the culture of not addressing issues and bad ears follows them to this day.

Too bad, as their previous effects and gear were great.

Too much gain, bro)

Hi, im just now getting into cam sims and IRs. Can this be used alone at the end of a signal chain to run direct? For example, guitar>OD>reverb>CabX2? Thanks! Great video btw!

JTV69 to HD Pro use preamp mode.
Line 6 link out to DT50.
No need for IR. Sounds good too

Most of my pod preset are dual amps so this thing should work perfectly

There were some seriously amazing effects in this unit.

those satan and hellfire stickers are super lame ass poser sh*t LMAO

Did the same with mine. But used mooer radar))

Lol “incessant widdley weez”. That’s the only part I understand

I've upgraded my HD Pro with custom impulses on an external IR loader. Yes, the internal IRs are crap compared to what you can get on the market. Huge upgrade!

Did I miss what you use a as a power amp? And how do you set the power so it doesn’t “color” the sound from the Pod and the cab sim?

Wait a second... If the Line 6 can't load custom I.R.'s.... Then how does the stomp box magically load custom I.R.'s......

The hd pro x is about 30 on reverb I might just buy another one! Owned a half stack and power amp with mine and it sounds amazing without IRS, at the time I didn't know about IRs but for 300 for a decent sound amp sim out the box and throw on some bogren digital IRs this thing will scream!

Can you tell me if it has the same quality as Mooer Radar? I would also like to know if it is better than Flamma fs07.

@taylor what’s the difference this be the Mooer radar?

I have one. Sounds great. But the dsp makes dyal Amping pointless

Brother, this is an SUPER video that solved EXACTLY the problem I've been having. That said, you went into turbo mode during the actual explanation of the usage of the Cab 2x. I found myself stopping and rewinding the video too many times. You need to slow down and get off the caffeine 🙂 Good work !!

Is there a rack version?

Sick! So to get a left cab and right cab mix happening I can just run my setup in a single mono and then stereo out to my audio interface?

And then set the cabs up in the software or on the pedal it I can remember them on the dial?

Thank god I found you can you please help me use this I’ve had it for a while but I don’t use it How to set it up

So you could also send one signal path like you did to one cab and another to the other cab and aswell as being able to blend them you could use the Cab X2 as a sort of channel switcher if you wanted?

I have one of these in my home studio rack. Even though I also have Helix and Kemper units that are newer and sound great, I’m always happy every time I play thru the HD Pro. There’s something about the way that the stereo delays sit in the mix with this unit that is better than the Kemper or the helix in my opinion. I also love the computer editing software on it. It’s my favorite UI, and the dual amp tones are excellent.

Hello

Can i use my POD HD Pro for effects with a Tube amp?

I just load it in my DAW

Hi, I really like your videos, I came by on them by accident. I really like the idea of reviving my old 500x with cab sims. I watched both of your videos and I’m wondering which one you think would better : joyo cab box or mooer cab x2?

Holyyy what guitar is that my guy

i love my 500x i plug it right into my kat head into the 212 it rips

Getting one of these for $150 in great condition, this is awesome to know and making my investment even more awesome! I don’t have the money for newer gear and this has always been on my bucket list of pieces of gear to own. I’m excited