EQ for the POD

The speck would work. Great EQ. Thats actually what I use and I have been putting the pod into the line in on my api and using a tad of distressor. It makes the POD a little more "real" to my ears.



Its too bad I can't get a clean guitar tone to save my life on it with all the hiss and noize it makes. Oh well time to get off my ass and mic a jc 120 or a fender.



-Z-

Originally posted by bassmac:

What do y'all think?



I think you should play around with the pickup configuration and alternative picking techniques, and get the thing to sound right before it goes to "tape".



Hey, you asked for it... :D

On that subject are you using 'sound diver' or whatever it is to access the extra tweaks possible via a computer linked to the Pod?



You get more tweakage to mess with..



My Pod chums swear at it, (I mean by it!)



:)

Originally posted by bassmac:



I think you may have missed my point, I am trying to get the sound I want *before* tape.





I think you should read Ang1970's point again. It is about getting a sound before the tape. Stings and pick-ups and technique have a great effect on the sound, more so than just EQ

I like the old TC parametric thing when I want to give the tone a real bend.



Grab the knobs and start turning and sweeping and boosting and cutting and bending etc.



It has clip light at every stage and is a pretty cool thing.

Something that caught my ear about the IK Multimedia Amplitube (Ampfarm copy) is how vibrant the _unprocessed_ sounds are on their demo page. If someone could reveal how to capture a direct sound like that, it would probably do more to liven up a Pod than anything. You can hear the examples by clicking download [[url=http://[/URL]="http://www.amplitub…"]here[/]="http://www.amplitub…"]here[/] (sorry for not having a direct link, they're using a wierd kind of frames).



FWIW, Blue Steels on guitar & Elixers on bass & acoustic guitar make a huge difference over here.

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Hi Ang ,



I hate to say it , but those samples from that example are terible!



They do not sound at all like amplifiers!



In fact besides the ovious direct sound it seems to have on each model , they dont seem to sound all that different from one another.



I thought the AC 30 was the worst!



Mad John

Zythum Studios



"The present day Composer refuses to die!



Edgar Varese - 1921

Well, I never said anything about the *processed* sound. ;) The point is that the direct guitar sounds (before amp processing) sound pretty good & whatever they did to get it to sound like that ought to help out a Pod, too.

Hi John,

Hey, don't blame me, I was just helping Eric post the link! hehe

I love the pod for quick-easy-good sounds...I run mine into the toob vmp-2 ..nice.

I have had 2 seperate players get two totally different sounds with the same settings.It's all in playing style,strings,setup, Patience will get you the sound without any further eQ..Best ;)