wfaraoni - I wish I could tell you a patch or something, but the truth is i just tweak the knobs in manual mode until I get what I am going for. Heres what I remember. In manual mode use Modern Class A, I have found this to be the best amp model to use for Smoother Jazz type tones. Drive at about 4, Bass on 1, Mids on 5, treble on 5, Channel volume on 10, reverb on 2.
I have also found that if you run the effects in bypass it really seems to bring the richness of the tone down. I usually will run it on with a minute amount of delay or chorus just to keep that stereo spread happening.
Also Someone else on this board said that POD sounds are setup to sound full and great by itself and when you go to add it in with other instrumentation it hogs to much frequency. I have found this to be true also, it seems to be extremely Bass heavy. You can even drop the bass knob to zero and it still has enough bass.
Just a note also, this was recorded with a Strat. So it is pretty chimey with alot of pop. Next go around I will use my 335 and see how much warmer I can get it. Oh and its the Small POD 2.0. There is some noise in the track that comes from the drums, they were a sample I used and looped. Not a very clean sample though.
Muzeman - Like I was saying, I think the POD is a great thing but it takes time to get it where you want it. Its so easy to add a little to much of something and ruin the sound. I think the reason why poeple are always frustrated with the POD is because they lead you to believe you can just plug in, turn it on and BOOM, you get this great sound your happy with. But it doesnt work that way. Guitar players have this sound in their head and we try to match that with whatever amp we are playing, be it the POD or a real amp. One sound may sound great to the 18 year old who is into PANTERA or something, you flip to that patch and think its the worst thing you ever heard. When I tried the J station out in the store it seemed to be oriented towards heavy metal to me, but I am sure if I had it for awhile and tweaked on it I could get it to sound like I wanted it. Do you have anything posted using the J station? I would like to hear it.
Toki987 - Thanks for the words, I am glad you liked it. Started out as a practice session and kinda turned into a song, not a very complicated one, but poeple seem to like it. I guess I need to write more smooth groove stuff. I thinks this genre gets a bad rap alot of the time. Alot of people try to take it to far, to complex. A simple groove with some tasty yet simple stuff can work pretty well. Simple can be good, just look at most POP music. May not be the most inspiring for musicians but it sells, because people like it. Jamming would be cool, No one ever wants to play stuff like this, I guess its not Hip enough. Well I need to stop writing a book here. Thanks for taking the time to listen and respond. Very much appreciated
Brian
Very good, in the genre. Probably avoided this... since most "smooth jazz" I've heard (esp. on mp3.com) just has that one depth, cheapo synth feel to it... like the eurythmics without voice or drums... (yuk)... This has a quiet confidence, and it works. There's some 70's Motown flavor in it, and it's cool...
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