Quick Start Manual

amp (instrument) or line level.
Having said all that, it is recommended that you start with the
MASTER VOLUME control set to minimum and slowly turn the
control clockwise towards maximum before any audio clipping (the
bad kind of distortion) occurs.
13. Foot Switches - In standard operation your foot switches work as
follows:
Bank Up, Down - Thesechooseamongst16banksofpresetsinyour
current
Set List. Once you've navigated your way to a new bank, step
on the
A, B, C or DFootSwitchtoactuallyloadapresetfromthat
bank.
FS 1- FS 4 - (Top row) These assignable foot switches turn the effects
andampmodelsonoroffjustlikeaMIDIcontrollerorboardfullof
analog pedals.
A, B, C & D - (Bottom row) From the factory these foot switches provide
instant access to presets
A-D from the current bank selected. You can
change this behavior in the
SYSTEM & I/O pages to provide four
additionalassignableon/offcontrols.Eveninthismode(
FS 5-8) you
can still access presets by pressing the
Bank Up, Down Footswitches.
Pressing either the
Bank Up, Down Footswitches cues the current bank
for access to
A, B, C or D – loading the preset causes the footswitches
to instantly revert to
FS 5-8 mode.
Tap Tempo - StompingtheTAP button a few times sets the tempo
of all effects with the
TAPfeatureassignedtothem.Mosttime-based
effectsinPODHD500canhavethe
TAP setting affect parameters set
toaspecicnotevalue.Pressandhold
TAP to enter Tuner Mode.Now
you've got a fancy chromatic tuner in your
Display.
Looper - EquipsyourPODHD500withupto48secondsoflooping
capability. The
PRE/POST footswitch allows you to set your loop
recording and playback either before amp and effects modeling or after
(LEDoff=PRE,LEDon=POST).Recordingin
PREmode(LEDoff)
let’syourecordyourguitar,thenauditionvariouseffectswithyourloop
playing back, while recording in
POSTmode(LEDon)capturesyour
amp and effects in the loop and then layer different sounds by changing
presets.Stomp
REC/OVERDUB to start recording a loop then stomp
PLAY/STOP to end loop and immediately start playback. You can
overdub additional parts by again, stomping the
REC/OVERDUB
switch.Stomp
PLAY/STOP to stop or start playback. If you make a
mistake on your last overdub press
UNDOtoeraseit.Use1/2 SPEED at
anytimetodoublethelooptimenormallyavailableatFullSpeedand
hear playback at half the original loop speed - this changes the pitch of
everything down 1 octave too. Press
REVERSE to hear your playback
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Looper Mode even
when a loop is still playing to switch presets or turn amps and effects
on/offandreturnbacktoaddadditionalloops.Howcoolisthat?
ThefactorydefaultsettingsfortheLooperDisplayis
ALL VIEWS. If
the user wants to set it to
PERFORMANCE VIEW then it will only
show in the display while in this mode.  The benet to the default
is the user will always know if they're in looper mode or not. The
PERFORMANCE VIEW setting has the benet of being able to
manipulate model parameters while looping.
Note: Changing the state of the PRE/POST footswitch while the loop
is playing back can dramatically change the volume, so be careful!
14. Expression Pedals - The lights to the left of this pedal show when an
Expression Pedal is engaged and active. The pedal equipped on your
PODHD500cantogglebetween
EXP 1 and EXP 2 functionality via
thepedal’sintegratedtoe switch.Youcan addasecond
Expression
Pedal to give simultaneous controls of EXP 1 and EXP 2 via the
PEDAL 2InputonthebackofyourPODHD500.Youcanassignthese
pedals for
Volume, Wah, or to tweak multiple parameters of any effects
and amp models in your signal path.