Jalevinemd
Inspired
I posted most of this in another thread about adjusting the pitch shift block to allow me to have the sound of harmonizing lead guitars. Some of the members here were kind enough to pull me out of the mud. Anyway, I thought I'd start a new thread on one aspect of that post to see if there are others who are feeling what I am.
I think one of this device's greatest assets is also one of its greatest shortcomings - at least for guys like me who aren't well versed in all of this fancy equipment...it's the adjustability, tweakability or whatever you want to call it. There were so many fewer options on the POD HD500X to get the same desired results and it was so much more intuitive.
As an example, a Tube Screamer has 3 knobs. It's as basic as they come. The overdrive pedal on the FX8 upon which this modeled has 17 different adjustable parameters in the edit menu! I think one of the top things on my wish list would be for Fractal to highlight those options in the edit menu which are most crucial for basic control (as if you had the actual pedal in front of you) and leave the other 80% meant for uber-fine adjustments to those who actually know how to use them...like professional musicians, recording engineers and people a lot smarter than me. :lol
I think one of this device's greatest assets is also one of its greatest shortcomings - at least for guys like me who aren't well versed in all of this fancy equipment...it's the adjustability, tweakability or whatever you want to call it. There were so many fewer options on the POD HD500X to get the same desired results and it was so much more intuitive.
As an example, a Tube Screamer has 3 knobs. It's as basic as they come. The overdrive pedal on the FX8 upon which this modeled has 17 different adjustable parameters in the edit menu! I think one of the top things on my wish list would be for Fractal to highlight those options in the edit menu which are most crucial for basic control (as if you had the actual pedal in front of you) and leave the other 80% meant for uber-fine adjustments to those who actually know how to use them...like professional musicians, recording engineers and people a lot smarter than me. :lol
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