Where I come from, the POD sells for $415 Cdn. and the VF1 thing sells for about $599 Cdn., so already, price is a factor and it probably indicates that it's tough to compare them one on one for that reason alone. The primo thing with the POD is, you just reach over and turn a couple nobs and you're customizing your own manual settings or you're customizing(editing) the preset sounds. And, you do this all on the fly with instant changes. The thing about effects processors with "BANKS", is that they are just way more complicated and time consuming to use. As far as I'm concerned, "BANKS" are for depositing money, not for depositing effects settings! Sure the POD comes with 36 presets in 36 "BANKS", but to change these settings it just takes a couple turns of various nobs and you hit save if you want to keep the changes. I just gave up using
a Boss ME6 effects processor because I was tired of being a "BANK MANAGER" instead of a home recording/musician type guy. The POD can't produce all the sound combinations the VF1 thing can, but it will give you great sounds for recording direct in to your computer. It just sounds great and it's easy to use! The drawback that I've found is that you can only layer certains effects with others depending on how they sit on the effects dial. I'm not using the midi interface yet, so maybe in midi, you can get around this. Anyway, I'd love to hear sound soud samples from
the VF1 thing as I'm sure it also sounds great. The POD is the best device I've ever used for under 420 bones.......You can take that to the BANK.....Wait until the cats on the west coast start rolling out of bed....they should have lots to say regarding the POD.....
Thanks, STOOPERSONIC(I got loaded last night, so until I recover, I am no longer SUPERSONIC).
[This message has been edited by Supersonic (edited 04-09-2000).]