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NPD - will it replace my entire board? Possibly...

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I believe there is a factory reset, but I don't know how to do it. Manual is online and should have it.

I actually wish that would happen to mine, I would prefer the new space! I'll eventually wipe em anyway.

Will get its first live usage this Sunday. Only using about 5-7 patches, with two different basses, eager to see how the direct signal sounds.
 
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singlemalt said:
I had an extremely productive wrestling match with my new iMac and line 6 software this morning. The HD500x and editing working great on the ten year old iMac, but wouldn’t talk to the new Mac. I thought it was usb speed incompatibility, but what do I know? When it comes to computers not much...

But I got it going, and that’s really cool, because the old Mac is getting creaky, and won’t support a lot of web content. Figured out the line monkey, license manager, updated flash memory, got my new amp models going...(the Ampeg is so cool, and the GK is an amp I’ve had before)

Sound is awesome.

Anyway, here’s the rub... I promise I didn’t push any buttons...

All of the presets are gone. Every patch location says “new tone”. Best of HD? All gone. Bass, Voc, Acoustic? Clean as a whistle. Fx heavy? Nothing.

Is there a magic reset dance? Some kind of “hold this and power up” step? I can’t find anything in the manuals. I, literally, have nothing to lose.

I figured on building my own patches, but if I find a preset I like, I deconstruct it as a basis for my new patch recipe. Plus, the presets are kind of a tutorial on how to set up patches.

One step forward, two steps back.

I could use some help.
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Here my friend!


Line 6 said the same procedure is used for the HD500x
Hope this helps!
Best wishes,
Brent
 
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Thanks guys! I recovered the whole shooting match this morning.

I think I may have checked a wrong box on one of my trips through the flash memory updates on one of the computers. Reinstalling the flash memory will prompt you to power down and back up after five seconds. No buttons to hold.

Like most multi, the presets seem to have random volume levels and little rhyme or reason on how they configure control switches. It’s still a place to start. Just dropping the Ampeg in place of those British tube heads is a quick way into bass sound.
It’s kind if irritating that the mixer is always panned hard left and hard right, every time. Bass sounds better to my ears more up the middle.

So much to explore! Starting to figure out how it does things.
 
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i use dual tone patches most of the time for bass...One is an SVT with the 8x10 cab and the other in the SVT PRE with NO CAB...I have a setup for all of the bass amps like this. This allows me to control both of my channels and have a discrete PRE and MIC for live and tracking work with no noisefloor at all.
 
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Used at rehearsal last night with my DP custom 5 single cut. I tweaked "mics" this past week on the active bass channels, switching to the RE20, which retains low end, but doesn't scoop like the D112. It really sounds incredible running the GK or SVT clean through the 810 and I really am starting to appreciate the tube compressor. I am fairly confident it has replaced my standard board. I am getting the hang of live tweaks, finding them fairly easy to do.

I also built a "synth/key" patch that is basically a highly compressed channel, no amps, that sounds like keys bass. Just constant with seemingly infinite sustain. Works really well for the songs that call for it. I am finding good use with the "rhythm guitar" patch that I use an octave up and an added 5th into a HiWatt amp, slightly driven. In the mix, sound very close to a rhythm guitar strumming eighth or quarter notes along with the driving bass line (which is an SVT clean channel) .

The overdrive and distortion patches are amazing on this unit, simply due to the ability to dual channel. All the low end retention needed, with any amount of crisp or crunchy drive layered on top. I am a fan
 
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Welcome to the club! Old tech works well for cheap

I used the HD500/X series for years and the now the Helix for the last 8 months (minimally). I played acoustic and electric in a country band, and played bass semi regularly for sub gigs with it.

I had to create different presets for different basses with the 500. This was way more important for guitar player, but for bass it just made it easier to dial in tones. I bought the add on bass pack - well worth the charge and Line 6 does do sales at a time on the add on packs. Sign up for an account with them and you will get marketing emails.

I enjoy the option of IRs now in the helix, but I will say for bass, I was always happy with the what the 500 series tech could do for bass. I upgraded to the Helix LT for the guitar side mostly.

BTW - Sweetwater - has a HD500x for $399 new and a demo for $349. I've bought demoes before and they have never had a problem for me. (not affiliated, I just shop there).
 
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