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BSMR
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Ive heard arguments for both sides . Please fill in the blanks preferably with experience with both in recording enviornment
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nuss
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Most definatley the Pod Pro for recording.
A lot more versatility and connection options and control.
With the pro, you can choose either analog directs or s/pdif for 24 bit digital. You can also use it as a stand alone effects processor for other things as well.
It is definatley worth the extra little bit of money!
A lot more versatility and connection options and control.
With the pro, you can choose either analog directs or s/pdif for 24 bit digital. You can also use it as a stand alone effects processor for other things as well.
It is definatley worth the extra little bit of money!
Blue Bear Sound
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Not to mention the +4 gain structure....
Bruce
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BSMR
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Thanks for the responses. But i am also wondering if it is worth selling the pod to buy the pro. In other words does the recording sound significantly better and why?...for direct recording of course. The pod seems muddier when recorded then when you play live.That is annoying. Does the pod pro get past this hmmmm.
Thanks
Thanks
Blue Bear Sound
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The sounds are identical between the POD and the POD Pro... the difference is essentially in features and gain structures.
And I have NOT noticed a difference between the POD sound going to tape and the sound coming off the tape after recording.... I would look at your signal chain if you are hearing a difference - unless you're using a cassette-based multi-tracker... that would explain the loss...
Bruce
And I have NOT noticed a difference between the POD sound going to tape and the sound coming off the tape after recording.... I would look at your signal chain if you are hearing a difference - unless you're using a cassette-based multi-tracker... that would explain the loss...
Bruce
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robert jaybird
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Hi,
I own the pod 2 and personally I feel no need whatsoever to purchase a pod pro (for my needs). If I was to get another unit it would most likely be a yamaha dg. But, If I had a POD pro I imagine living without its extra's would be a drag. Personally I have felt no need for an spdif out, though if I had that option it would help. And as far as gain stages if you run the pod into a pre amp ...
If you need the pro's versatility go for it.But for that price you could double up and get a j station and a yamaha dg. Or a pod and a dg.
I own the pod 2 and personally I feel no need whatsoever to purchase a pod pro (for my needs). If I was to get another unit it would most likely be a yamaha dg. But, If I had a POD pro I imagine living without its extra's would be a drag. Personally I have felt no need for an spdif out, though if I had that option it would help. And as far as gain stages if you run the pod into a pre amp ...
If you need the pro's versatility go for it.But for that price you could double up and get a j station and a yamaha dg. Or a pod and a dg.
Wide Awake
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I think the Pod Pro has an effects loop and the Pod doesn't, correct ? That might be a big deal to some people. I like the option of putting time-based and modulation effects like chorus, flanging, pitch-shifting, and delay after the preamp.
The one thing I like about the Bass Pod(same shape and size of the Pod) is that it is small and it can sit right next to my recorder and mixer. That makes it easy to hold the bass while sitting down, and reach over and adjust the Bass Pod, trim controls on the preamp, and the faders on the recorder. If I had the Pod in a rack all of that would be tougher to do. Then again, you don't have to put the Pod Pro in a rack.
Question for Pod Pro owners, do you like the effects and do you use them ? I have played the thing in a store but was just curious to know if you found them good. Which ones in particular do you like ?
The one thing I like about the Bass Pod(same shape and size of the Pod) is that it is small and it can sit right next to my recorder and mixer. That makes it easy to hold the bass while sitting down, and reach over and adjust the Bass Pod, trim controls on the preamp, and the faders on the recorder. If I had the Pod in a rack all of that would be tougher to do. Then again, you don't have to put the Pod Pro in a rack.
Question for Pod Pro owners, do you like the effects and do you use them ? I have played the thing in a store but was just curious to know if you found them good. Which ones in particular do you like ?
Blue Bear Sound
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I've never touched the reverb or delay... I find them pretty substandard. The other ones (choruses, tremolos, rotaries, etc) have been useful for very specific applications. I really don't like their compressor - way too noisy.
But hey - I didn't buy the unit for its effects!
Bruce
But hey - I didn't buy the unit for its effects!
Bruce
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Jim Marquard
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Hey Bruce, I kind of have to agree with you about the efffects on the POD, especially the compressor. It is noisy. I have found some of the delay combos kind of neat when using the SounDiver deep editing. I love my POD, but overall, I think people who are interested in buying the POD should do so because of its amp capabilities. For effects, a good rack system would be money better spent.
Peace, Jim
Peace, Jim
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robert jaybird
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I just run the pod straight into my digi 001's pre. Then, I e.q. the sound with my mc dsp filterbank.Man, with a good eq you can have that thing sounding sharp. The McDsp filterbank is an inspiring tool. For compression I use plug's too, the bombfactory la-2a modeled plug is exceptional. Ill even use a plug for the verb on a guitar track(in small quantities mind you). Generally I use the pre's on my 001 to boost the pod just a slight tad little bit, if I do it too much I end up accentuating the bad points. Once I get the sound into pro tools I can basically use the e.q.'s, compressors and plug in tube modeling to make it really happen. If mcdsp's filterbank is available for the format you use you should get it!
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mjames
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digi-001
I personally play through the pod directly into an analog input on the digi-001, and it sounds great. I did all the eq in the software that comes with the pod and it sounds great..
I personally play through the pod directly into an analog input on the digi-001, and it sounds great. I did all the eq in the software that comes with the pod and it sounds great..
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nuss
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recording example
for the capabilities of a pod pro, you can check out www.gravelband.com (no not my band!) These are friends of mine here in vancouver who did all of there tunes on a roland 1680 using pod pro's only for the guitar. Their engineer is their drummer and i think he did an awesome job!
You will here the true capabilities of the pod pro here.
for the capabilities of a pod pro, you can check out www.gravelband.com (no not my band!) These are friends of mine here in vancouver who did all of there tunes on a roland 1680 using pod pro's only for the guitar. Their engineer is their drummer and i think he did an awesome job!
You will here the true capabilities of the pod pro here.
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Dark Fader
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Impedance?
In response to BSMR commenting on a muddy sound a while back...
It sounds like you might have an impedance problem... I get these everyonce in a while and I hate them. A guitar amp is a different impedance then recording gear, and I am assuming that the pod's output is impedance-matched for a guitar amplifier. If you try to plug this into recording gear with a different impedance, your sound will be dulled, and will even be a little distored at some points. (it's not a nice distortion, either.) What you can do, assuming the output of the POD is at the guitar's impedance (Hi-Z, I think), is to run it through a direct box first. Then your impedances will match up, and peace and harmony will once again reign in the land of audio.
hope this helps,
Matt Good
In response to BSMR commenting on a muddy sound a while back...
It sounds like you might have an impedance problem... I get these everyonce in a while and I hate them. A guitar amp is a different impedance then recording gear, and I am assuming that the pod's output is impedance-matched for a guitar amplifier. If you try to plug this into recording gear with a different impedance, your sound will be dulled, and will even be a little distored at some points. (it's not a nice distortion, either.) What you can do, assuming the output of the POD is at the guitar's impedance (Hi-Z, I think), is to run it through a direct box first. Then your impedances will match up, and peace and harmony will once again reign in the land of audio.
hope this helps,
Matt Good
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BSMR
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Thanks Dark,
I tried running through a preamp before the pod and it sounded a whole lot better. I f this is what you mean it worked. And would confirm what i stumbled upon. If not i'm not sure what a direct box that you mentioned would be. Anyway thanks for responding!!!
I tried running through a preamp before the pod and it sounded a whole lot better. I f this is what you mean it worked. And would confirm what i stumbled upon. If not i'm not sure what a direct box that you mentioned would be. Anyway thanks for responding!!!