POD HD 500 Test Mix! (Ibanez ARZ-307, S2.0)

[Dakota]

Just got my hands on a POD HD 500 recently, and it is quite the upgrade from the ol' X3! I just threw a few riffs together and made this little mix, what do you guys think?

Also, the bass is coming from my guitar that's just been pitch shifted down an octave with no amp and some eq/comp etc, so it might sound a bit weird!

POD HD 500 Demo by Dakotak on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

 

[HaloHat]

Sounds good to me.

Did you have the X3 rack mount model? Why do you like the HD500 so much better? Just an improvement in sound or more than that? Are you going direct from the HD500 to your DAW?

Any full songs posted somewhere we can listen/buy?

 

[Dakota]

Thanks man!

I have the X3 Live, I used it through my solid state B-52 LS-200 Head and Cab for my tones and as a controller. It was great for what it did, it was a DI box that I could use to record and to play shows with. Though, the distortion tones were just no match to the HD's after I made a simple patch and put it in a mix. The modeling on the HD is obviously just a huge leap from the X3 in every way. I'm going direct into Cubase 5, and I applied a little bit of eq just to slip it into the mix.

And I currently don't have a solo project, but I am in a band called 'Aestus'. Check us out here: Aestus | Facebook. I mix our music.