Getting the ass sound out of POD tracks

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HangDawg said:
Is this possible?
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Your POD has to be better than my V-amp.

I don't have any peddles, so I am going to attempt to hook it up to my 18 watt plexi clone. :rolleyes:
 
But can you get a POD tone out of a voodoo modded 5150? That's what I want to know, otherwise I'm gonna have to trade mine in!
 
I fucking hate PODs, some guys love em... I think they sound like shite. It's an age old debate, impossible to win - tone is in the ear of the beholder after all.... if you are talented and can afford to dick around with the unit for a long time, yes you can get a pretty good sound out of them. I just havent the time for that, with a wife and kids I need something that sounds good as soon as I turn it on, that's why I ditched my PODxt and invested in a Prophesy II - more expensive, about 10% of the features but about 1000% higher quality all around. If you are working on a budget, PODxt is a great buy at that level, if not then shop around and you can do a lot better... for a lot more...
 
rgraves said:
But can you get a POD tone out of a voodoo modded 5150? That's what I want to know, otherwise I'm gonna have to trade mine in!
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Probably not. My mesa was just modded by voodoo. I love it. Taking it back up soon to get the new output transformer.
 
I have a few POD tracks stashed away. If you guys figure this out, pm me so I can take the ass out.
 
I'd try to cut from about 20hz to 20khz about 90dB. That should get rid of most of the objectionable noises.
 
ermghoti said:
I'd try to cut from about 20hz to 20khz about 90dB. That should get rid of most of the objectionable noises.
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Hahaha that actually made me laugh :p

But what about the transients?!
 
My bass POD sounds pretty good. Is the guitar POD really that bad.
 
A GUY NAMED JON said:
My bass POD sounds pretty good. Is the guitar POD really that bad.
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no, it's not. i'll admit, it can be a pain to get good sounds out of it, but you just have to know how to use it. i just edit the sounds on my PC, much faster and easier that way.

i'm fully expecting to get flamed, i don't really care. i like the tone i get from my POD/Atomic amp, so flame away.
 
tom18222 said:
i'm fully expecting to get flamed, i don't really care. i like the tone i get from my POD/Atomic amp, so flame away.
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If it sounds good to you then who cares? There are worse things in the world than some dude direct recording with his guitar.
 
A GUY NAMED JON said:
My bass POD sounds pretty good. Is the guitar POD really that bad.
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I think my V-Amp is way better than my POD. And for bass I use a J-Station but bass is a very different matter.
I've heard ................ well, now that I think about it I've never heard one sound good live. Seems to me that I've heard some tracks that were ok but I couldn't swear to it.
 
For most people that usually trash Amp Modellers, using one would be an immediate improvement over the guitar tone they have.
 
amra said:
For most people that usually trash Amp Modellers, using one would be an immediate improvement over the guitar tone they have.
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ZING! :p


I think you're right to a certain extent, but there is alot more to it than that. An amplifier has so many qualities to the sound that a modeler can't touch.
Alot of people may not be able to capture those qualities the way they really deserve (I may be one of them - but I'm getting better), but that doesn't provide a difinitive answer to the debate.
It does take ALOT more gear, ALOT more money, and ALOT more experience to get golden tracks with an amp and a mic - but it's worth it for so many reasons. Surely you wouldn't argue with that. Alot of people would tell you that any amp and any recording chain is better than a POD and I wouldn't say that at all. In that case I'd agree with you 100%.
But for anyone who's ever captured a tone from their amp that really did it justice - a modeler will eternally sound like cock and balls to them. I'm not a master of capturing perfect tone, but I've gotten close enough in my own tastes to put me firmly in that camp.
 
metalhead28 said:
ZING! :p


I think you're right to a certain extent, but there is alot more to it than that. An amplifier has so many qualities to the sound that a modeler can't touch.
Alot of people may not be able to capture those qualities the way they really deserve (I may be one of them - but I'm getting better), but that doesn't provide a difinitive answer to the debate.
It does take ALOT more gear, ALOT more money, and ALOT more experience to get golden tracks with an amp and a mic - but it's worth it for so many reasons. Surely you wouldn't argue with that. Alot of people would tell you that any amp and any recording chain is better than a POD and I wouldn't say that at all. In that case I'd agree with you 100%.
But for anyone who's ever captured a tone from their amp that really did it justice - a modeler will eternally sound like cock and balls to them. I'm not a master of capturing perfect tone, but I've gotten close enough in my own tastes to put me firmly in that camp.
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modelers suck. :D

they're better than nothing though.
 
HangDawg said:
Is this possible?
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Play it through a nice tube amp. I have a buddy that does this with good results. Or is recording direct your only option?
 
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