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Master of the Meh
Done.
HD 500 goes on CL tomorrow. Never again.
The gig last night was the stuff of dreams. It was a truly epic and incredible evening. It was the culmination, the realization of all of the sweat, money and toil I have invested in this band. It was everything I envisioned at the beginning.
I had the time of my life. The private home in the Temecula Wine Country that hosted the event was stunning, and nestled amongst lavish, extravagant and beautiful homes and wineries. The views were stunning, the weather was glorious, our hosts were wonderful, the crowd was enthusiastic, the food was to die for...
Spectacular.
It was slightly mired by that gawd forsaken shitbox that I now come to fully despise.
The wild volume discrepencies continue despite an enormous amount of research, fiddling and tinkering. I have exhausted every conceivable avenue short of simply maxing out every single effect and parameter that in any way affects total volume. I could do that, but then it will sound like shit... perfectly volume matched shit.
Before I left for the gig yesterday, I was packed and ready to go with plenty of extra time. I decided to recheck my set list patches for consistency one last time. I ran the output to my JC 55 and gave the amp a good dose of volume for at home levels... between 3 and 4.
To my ears, they all seemed pretty close. Close enough that I could presumably adjust the volume pedal slightly if needed. But, I wanted to be sure.
I had a stroke of genius. Or so I thought.
I ran the outputs to my interface and fired up a DAW with a signal meter. I laid the guitar down flat on the table top, selected the neck pick up, the set my EBOW straddling the G with the blue light directly on the pick up pole and switched it on
My logic was that the steady, constant, high output would be the perfect way to see exactly how much signal was reaching the outputs. In theory, this was pure brilliance.
I spent the next hour scrolling through the parches one by one and meticulously tweaking parameters until each had the same level. Patches that incorporated a drive pedal model that would be toggled on and off during the song were particularly tedious. I save each patch to the computer as I completed them. I then wiped all patches from the device before loading the newly adjusted patches back into the machine.
When I clicked the "Send All" button as I've done hundreds of times without issue, all fucking Hell broke loose. Everything froze, completely. After a few nervous moments, an error message apoeared that I've never seen before and the PC froze once again.
I had to hard shut down (press and hold the power button). When the PC restarted, the Line 6 editor couldn't "find" the HD 500. I tried everything, swapping USB cables and ports... everything. Nothing worked.
The Line 6 Monkey software was able to see it, and it stated that the drivers needed updating. So be it. I updated the drivers and got everything ported over.
Packed it up and split for the gig thinking I had slain the beast.
Wrong.
Worst volume discrepencies ever. My patches were either way way too quiet, ir way way too loud. None of them were even close to the others. I spent both sets fighting with and fiddling with that motherfucker, often at the expense of interrupting my playing, or my vocals, or both.
Unacceptable.
Never had this issue with any other MFX unit. Won't tolerate it any longer from this one. I'll gladly sacrifice some of the Gucci features in favor of hassle free operation.
Fuck you Line 6. I have read countless posts from other frustrated users having the same difficulty and begging for a global volume control via firmware update.
Instead, you gave us a global EQ that gargles donkey balls, and the opportunity to purchase a new model pack full of fucking headaches for just $100.
Fuck you in your stupid fucking meathead face.
HD 500 goes on CL tomorrow. Never again.
The gig last night was the stuff of dreams. It was a truly epic and incredible evening. It was the culmination, the realization of all of the sweat, money and toil I have invested in this band. It was everything I envisioned at the beginning.
I had the time of my life. The private home in the Temecula Wine Country that hosted the event was stunning, and nestled amongst lavish, extravagant and beautiful homes and wineries. The views were stunning, the weather was glorious, our hosts were wonderful, the crowd was enthusiastic, the food was to die for...
Spectacular.
It was slightly mired by that gawd forsaken shitbox that I now come to fully despise.
The wild volume discrepencies continue despite an enormous amount of research, fiddling and tinkering. I have exhausted every conceivable avenue short of simply maxing out every single effect and parameter that in any way affects total volume. I could do that, but then it will sound like shit... perfectly volume matched shit.
Before I left for the gig yesterday, I was packed and ready to go with plenty of extra time. I decided to recheck my set list patches for consistency one last time. I ran the output to my JC 55 and gave the amp a good dose of volume for at home levels... between 3 and 4.
To my ears, they all seemed pretty close. Close enough that I could presumably adjust the volume pedal slightly if needed. But, I wanted to be sure.
I had a stroke of genius. Or so I thought.
I ran the outputs to my interface and fired up a DAW with a signal meter. I laid the guitar down flat on the table top, selected the neck pick up, the set my EBOW straddling the G with the blue light directly on the pick up pole and switched it on
My logic was that the steady, constant, high output would be the perfect way to see exactly how much signal was reaching the outputs. In theory, this was pure brilliance.
I spent the next hour scrolling through the parches one by one and meticulously tweaking parameters until each had the same level. Patches that incorporated a drive pedal model that would be toggled on and off during the song were particularly tedious. I save each patch to the computer as I completed them. I then wiped all patches from the device before loading the newly adjusted patches back into the machine.
When I clicked the "Send All" button as I've done hundreds of times without issue, all fucking Hell broke loose. Everything froze, completely. After a few nervous moments, an error message apoeared that I've never seen before and the PC froze once again.
I had to hard shut down (press and hold the power button). When the PC restarted, the Line 6 editor couldn't "find" the HD 500. I tried everything, swapping USB cables and ports... everything. Nothing worked.
The Line 6 Monkey software was able to see it, and it stated that the drivers needed updating. So be it. I updated the drivers and got everything ported over.
Packed it up and split for the gig thinking I had slain the beast.
Wrong.
Worst volume discrepencies ever. My patches were either way way too quiet, ir way way too loud. None of them were even close to the others. I spent both sets fighting with and fiddling with that motherfucker, often at the expense of interrupting my playing, or my vocals, or both.
Unacceptable.
Never had this issue with any other MFX unit. Won't tolerate it any longer from this one. I'll gladly sacrifice some of the Gucci features in favor of hassle free operation.
Fuck you Line 6. I have read countless posts from other frustrated users having the same difficulty and begging for a global volume control via firmware update.
Instead, you gave us a global EQ that gargles donkey balls, and the opportunity to purchase a new model pack full of fucking headaches for just $100.
Fuck you in your stupid fucking meathead face.
