This is so cool. One of the guys on my team who loves electric guitar, but who hasnt been able to afford any line 6 stuff just got engaged. I think this would be an awesome wedding gift!
I think the 5150 model in this unit can sound good, but the settings used in the video were bound to result in a bad tone. As a metal player, I would like to make suggestions when using high-gain amp tones. There is a reliable formula that results in a good metal tone. Rule number 1: DO NOT completely scoop out your mids!!! The guitar IS the midrange of the band's overall mix. With rule number 1 in mind, I suggest the following: 1) A guitar with a humbucker in the bridge. Active or passive doesn't matter, but any pickup with mid to high output is preferable 2) Overdrive pedal (Tube Screamers are commonplace) with the level about 90% and drive below 10%. This helps tighten any flub in the low end and helps to add aggression, attack, and clarity 2) Only use as much amp gain as you need. DO NOT crank the gain. Even though your tone is heavy, you still want clarity. It still needs to sound like a guitar and not complete white noise 3) Start with your amp's EQ flat. Only make minor adjustments to start. I like the following - Bass: 50%, Mid: 60%, Treble: 65-70%. You can use presence to add more brightness instead of scooping out the mids 4) Cab or cab sim: 2x12 or 4x12 with a dynamic 57 or 421 mic is a good starting point With any amp modeler, the POD included, the high-gain sounds can be great but they will sound bad if you do not set them up properly. Hope this helps!
Now we know why Line 6 came out with the HX one first then this. They want beginners to get both. This for three amps and the HX one for all the special effects that this one doesn't do. Great setup for a beginner just 2 pedals covers 80% of what they'd need for a long time.
I am a 100% tube amp guy, but when it comes to playing "worship" at church modeling tools are most practical in most situation...THIS pedal/tool is something that I may need to add to the arsenal. THANKS BRADFORD AND BRIAN!!!
These would be incredible to take on the mission field and gift to musicians in tiny churches all over the world! No need to worry about power supply type, just run on AA's. Incredible tone with easy to use controls for beginners or those who don't speak much English. Such a cool product!
@@Paragorn I just looked it up, It really doesn't do anything, just a high-gain distortion sound. It might be a really great distortion pedal for people who want that specific sound, But it's not really in the same category as this pod expressed. I would say it's in the category of like a blues breaker pedal. Are you sure you weren't thinking of something else?
Man, this sounds really great. Line 6 finally did it, they put out a product that sounds great without having to tweak it like with the Stomp and Helix and it's intuitive to use!!!! Quick and dirty and great!!!
Batteries! Love not tripping over power cables. I practiced at home for about an hour with it, took it to rehearsal for 3 hours and the batteries are still over half full. This pedal rocks!
Honestly for the cost and the functionality, it’s sort of an iridium/acs1 killer…. Going back to the interview y’all did with Eric and Ben at L6 and Eric basically saying “we prefer to create a new market rather than just release what everyone else is doing”, this is basically that in a nutshell. It’s not for a guy like me with a full helix and/or native, but it’s definitely different enough from the competition to stand out
Outstanding review! I had no idea this thing had so many settings!!! That's a huge game-changer! It looks so simple but there's a LOT you can do. I think if they had first put this out in a metal enclosure at a higher price it would have gotten major respect as a very powerful battery powered tool we can have as a backup in our gig bags.
I've been hesitating on this pedal, thinking it was Too Good, to be true... So many options and effects at the price point of One good popular pedal. This has been the best explanation and demo video of all its attributes, the I've seen on UA-cam. This will be my next pedal.
When I saw the price and another worship guitar player demoing it, I was like I gotta have this thing !, I travel to Thailand and I’ll just take it with me in my carry-on bag and I’ll have something to practice with. I am one of those guys that’s played amps, my whole life either mesa boogie or my Soldano 2x12 Thanks for the demo 🙏🏻 you guys did great!
I had to buy it, waiting on delivery. I have listened to a few demos and there are more pos than neg points for sure. There is an undeniable digital nasal mid that is present in the gain sounds. I have had a helix, pod go, Tonex, tc and Onyx and even tried the NUX MG30 and Boss Me90. I think this box excels as a low price point solution. Its much nicer then the ME90. The battery feature is a big win. This little box has so many applications that it will be essential to have on hand. I was never a fan of the Spider style of effect editing but it takes you to useable places although not the exact tweak ability that a pro unit needs for dialing in the perfect tremolo for instance. This will be on my desktop and my gig bag. I wish it was released a year earlier;(could have saved me a bundle).well done
Hello WT! First of all I want to say I'm a huge fan of everything you do and especially appreciate the wide range of topics and tones discussed. In a world where 3 out of every 4 videos is how to get the best metal tone, you all restore my faith in the journey that is tone chasing. So, thank you! Now to the pedal.... I should preface by saying Ive had some experience with all of the modelers. Ive owned the FM-3, a Helix LT, and am now a QC owner and user and the QC will be sticking around for a while. My initial impression of the L6 pedal is "why would they make that? It seems like they're reverting closer and closer to the "red bean" days." The pedal was sounded ok to me with the clean tones. However, when it gets the slightest bit of dirt and increasingly worse with more dirt, it seemed like you struggled to get a useable tone out of this little mistake of a product. Thats not an admonishment of WT or their abilities, but Line 6 in general. In my humble opinion, Line 6 in quickly falling behind the pack in terms of authenticity in the modeling scene. It seems like they rest on their laurels, if I can say that, and milk the HX engines while their competitors seem to pour more energy and resources into capturing true essences and characteristics and general authenticity of amps. Some of the competitors don't have the library of effects than Line 6 has, but......so what. How many delays and reverbs do you need to be able to choose from? To me as a consumer, I once again have to ask "why did the make this?" Line 6 took what you already had in the HX stomp, in a not much smaller package, and repackaged it as something "new and improved." How bout you take a few years, stop releasing essentially the same product over and over, and sink some resources into R and D. Ive just honestly grown weary of seeing the market flooded with things from Line 6. There's a reason slowly but surely pro players are shuttering their Line 6 gear and moving to Neural, Fractal or Kemper. It would be refreshing to see something from Line 6 that makes us say "wow!". But they retain the same stale amp models that dont get any better, no matter what box it comes in. In fairness, sound and tone are subjective. So what I may think sounds like something Zoom released in the 90's, someone else may think its the greatest thing theyve ever heard. But, thank you again WT for the work you put in and dedication to the craft. God Bless!
Love that Bradford asked them about something like this to their faces in the interview you posted YESTERDAY, and their response was "We have to ask who would buy it . . . " 🤣
On page 13 of the manual the say that you can set the output to line levels through global settings but on page 27 and forward there’s no reference on how to do that. Do you guys know how to do that?
Pretty cool so far of what I've seen. I play in a church worship band, using a Variax which I sometimes model as an acoustic guitar (Martin D28 most of the time). I currently do this through my old POD X3 and I have a setup through a simple preamp instead of amp. Curious...if you plugged an acoustic into this POD Express and went with the clean amp, how might it sound?
Hey! I'm going to be hooking up my pod express to a mixer. I googled it and it said to set the output to line when hooking it up to a mixer. Does anyone know how to do that? Thanks
Absolutely love the pod. The matchless AKA “chime” with the Princeton cab is so good with just some gain and verb to taste. I’m trying to get better at the gain balancing. Having trouble with it being too quiet without the distortion, so I turn it up, but then it blows my doors off when I switch on the distortion that I have set to the footswitch. There are 3 volume controls. Alt + center knob, alt + tap + delay knob, and the headphone volume. I’m a little confused how to juggle these settings. I’ll keep practicing! God Bless!
Thanks for thorough demo on the Pod Express control settings. Nice to hear P90s demoing the effects section. Old fart, just recording casually now. I cancelled my IR-2 backorder, this better suits me. Skip using Bias/DAW and I can just turn knobs again (with labels I can actually read, cough, Boss). Now how many months we have to wait.
Does the software for it run on android? I'm guessing probably not, but if it could, that would be great if you could use your phone to control it on stage. Or an ipad or tablet.
The ultra-portable POD Express amp and effects processors lets guitarists take their tones wherever they go. Simple controls make it easy to use, while models derived from the HX family of processors ensure exceptional sound quality and authentic feel. POD Express offers seven amps, seven cabs, and 17 effects-including a looper-and it may be powered by three AA batteries (included) or an optional 9-volt power supply.
Received mine on Saturday and played a Church Sunday. Even with only basic knowledge of the pedal it sounded great. I kinda wish I had this before my Helix and quad. smaller learning curve for the old. 😂😂
Me. This is for me!! Love the for factor and price! A great tool for producers looking for some new sounds maybe for some Synths too! I may grab me one!! Good job boys!!!
At that price point, this is a fantastic backup option -- if my board flakes out I can keep one of these in the sound closet and get by in a pinch. Or if I have a kid who wants to get into volunteering on the team but he doesn't really have any gear I could loan out something like this without losing a lot of sleep. Throw one in a box under the backseat of the van and if I show up somewhere that my amp is going to kill someone (or if I have a volunteer show up with a 100w amp that's not going to work on a Sunday morning), throw it at the end of the board, great direct solution in a pinch. I'm gonna have to kick the tires on one of these.
I would love to see this used on a Sunday morning. My only hesitation is how quickly would you be able to switch to different settings between songs/ parts of songs.
This is fantastic - i am genuinely surprised that they went with more boutique amp choices rather than the same old same old. I'll definitely be getting one of these at some point just for the safety net of having a backup modeller in case something happens. On a different note, this is a great walkthough video. I'm new to your channel as worship music isn't my thing but I really appreciate your style of presentation - its really refreshing when there are so many obvious shills out there who'll say anything is great because they're getting paid to do so!
I purchased one for our other guitar player to use just as an amp model to run his pedalboard through and to our board. And when he needs to play accoustic he can just hit the on botton and bypass the amp. Worked great yesterday during service.
Nice review. Thank you. It sounds great and neat form factor. Prie in Europe is €218 which includes 20% tax but is still well above the dollar price at todays rate which makes it less of a bargain. Hopefully price will drop soon or in the usual sales. Great for practice use.
When the HX One came out, I thought it meant that Line6 realized that the HX Stomp was too good and they were going to phase it out and leave the HX Effects, Stomp XL, etc. so there was no sweet spot perfect pedal and you'd have to compromise... but now they've rolled out another perfect pedal for a different category, and I'm becoming hopeful that they are going to double down on perfect pedals across the board. Is this not the HX Stomp of pocket pedals, and battery powered too?!?!??!
This looks amazing! Would you say this enough as the only pedal for rhythm guitar player ? And if so can you change effects during the same song with the foot switch? Thanks!
My question is how easy it may be to change the sounds I'm using mid song. If I want to back and forth from clean to dirty, from delay to not delay, from phaser to not phaser, almost feel like I'd need two or a few more pedals with it...or just accept the price point of a helix to work through saving multiple accessible presets. I skipped ahead, and it sound like I can do this but maybe need to buy a foot switch that it has a input that can go with it?
My other question then would be...got a good recommendation as to what foot switch you'd use and how much extra it costs. And lastly, are the tones modelling and effects wise really as good sounding as they'd be using a helix?
So question. With the foot switch capability, can you only connect two foot switches max or could you connect one foot switch controller that say has 5 foot switches. Could control and switch like the reverb from plate to spring?
Not sure if I missed it, but is there a way to set delay subdivisions on tap tempo? I still need my delays pedals to input dotted eighths for me haha. If this thing has subdivisons, I'm purchasing it today.
Could I used this with my POD GO as an addition? I can't afford a Helix, but am finding myself limited with the POD GO. This seems like it would be perfect for me to add some extra effects to make up for the POD GO's limited DSP.
Love this design. Questions: Can you turn off cab sim so you can run it with a solid state power amp and real speaker cab? Can you turn off amp/cab block so you can just use one or more of the effects?
Does Playing Boss LINE 6 POD make anyone else really happy? LINE 6 POD is quickly becoming my favorite pedal. It's just so beautiful and sexy. Practically free and the second you drop her on the board that chill ass mofo gives you a Rich Dark Gushing Robust tone.. And you also get this cute little 1/1 feedback response usually too harmless to be forgotten. But more than that, the Line 6 Pod is just so positively alluring. It comes on the board like "do you want to cast a spell?" and I'm like "yeah Line 6 Pod i do want to cast a spell let's do this shit" and when she attacks she's like "SPELLS ARE FUN" and I'm like "yeah they are SO FUN." She doesn't say some bullshit macho shit like "I will destroy you" she's just like "nah spells are fun and voodoo spooky.” And she looks so happy. I mean this is an inanimate object that literally brought my guitar to life by magic. It understands it's life is a temporary magical gift and the dude is just fucking loving it. I mean just look at her face she’s just so happy and cute as a button. I am literally never sad when Line 6 Pod is on board. IDK if she's gonna ever make it into the pedal HOF or not, but for now she a super dope chill pedal.
Was there some type of HX Edit? I thought I saw you looking at a computer screen. Was curious to see what that looks like. I tweak my Helix Floor by computer 99% of the time. Rarely do I just use the pedal board to tweak anything.
I am gonna bypass the cab and amp sim in this and use it in my fx loop as a mini hx effects. A great way to add some more versatility to my live pedalboard. And it also gives me a tuner and a looper without taking up much space and very cost effective!!
Seems like an awesome device and already have one on order. I think maybe the miss on it is not including Bluetooth. Would have been great to be able to stream music from my phone to practice along with instead of having to use a USB cord.
For goofing around at home or one stage sound if you need to be cheap. Otherwise, get an Orange valve amp for clean and overdrive sounds.. A chorus/modulation pedal, delay pedal, run them through the loop. Great pickups directly into the amp.
Not really our area of expertise but this does not have a power amp. Pretty big ask I would think. EHX makes some pedals to push a cab you might could look at.
Great unit! Great review! Just to clarify: in 8:51 you said that pressing ALT+TAP+rotating MOD knob adjust presence but in L6 manual says that this function is in REVERB knob. Can you say if has a mistake on manual? The same for DIST knob to master volume, in manual says that's in DELAY knob. Again, great material! Thank you, guys!
This is like the ultimate upgrade for a mini board. Especially with stereo outs and the effects being post-cab stereo wet effects. Put like a boss RV-6 behind it and one of those mini tubescreamers in front and you have a very high quality, versatile board with an insanely small foot print. Edit: wow I didn't even see that it takes extra footswitch inputs. That's wildly powerful. I wonder if you can preset change with those footswitches? If so you might be able to even finagle low-level song based preseting out of this thing.
Hey guys, thanks for the great in-depth video. Would it be possible, to use this as an interface alternative? Like guitar -> pod express -> computer with helix native -> pod express outputs? Thanks in advance.
This will be a huge seller for Line6. I hope they make a premium version with a metal chassi. I will buy one though. Been looking for something small and portable that sounds good and doesn’t break the bank. This one fits well!
This is so cool. One of the guys on my team who loves electric guitar, but who hasnt been able to afford any line 6 stuff just got engaged. I think this would be an awesome wedding gift!
A wedding gift should be something for the couple.
@@Dnell-tb1ydwhat a clown response. Tell everyone you’re a beta. Wedding gifts can be for each individual. Douche.
Nothing like being a broke ass mofo and having a wedding.
@@Dnell-tb1ydbuy her a bass version lol 😂
@@Dnell-tb1ydI just got married and one of these would have been a sick gift. The wife will understand.
I think the 5150 model in this unit can sound good, but the settings used in the video were bound to result in a bad tone. As a metal player, I would like to make suggestions when using high-gain amp tones. There is a reliable formula that results in a good metal tone. Rule number 1: DO NOT completely scoop out your mids!!! The guitar IS the midrange of the band's overall mix. With rule number 1 in mind, I suggest the following:
1) A guitar with a humbucker in the bridge. Active or passive doesn't matter, but any pickup with mid to high output is preferable
2) Overdrive pedal (Tube Screamers are commonplace) with the level about 90% and drive below 10%. This helps tighten any flub in the low end and helps to add aggression, attack, and clarity
2) Only use as much amp gain as you need. DO NOT crank the gain. Even though your tone is heavy, you still want clarity. It still needs to sound like a guitar and not complete white noise
3) Start with your amp's EQ flat. Only make minor adjustments to start. I like the following - Bass: 50%, Mid: 60%, Treble: 65-70%. You can use presence to add more brightness instead of scooping out the mids
4) Cab or cab sim: 2x12 or 4x12 with a dynamic 57 or 421 mic is a good starting point
With any amp modeler, the POD included, the high-gain sounds can be great but they will sound bad if you do not set them up properly. Hope this helps!
Perfect coment.
Mine came in yesterday and man, I’m blown away by the sounds that are coming out of this little pedal.
Got mine today! Totally agree 👍🏻
It looks like a Multimeter. Love it!
My thought exactly!
That's exactly what I thought when I saw it. 😂
What a great comment 😂
My best friend said the same thing. Haha
Vert astute observation. Who are you, Sir, who are so wise in the ways of science?
Now we know why Line 6 came out with the HX one first then this. They want beginners to get both. This for three amps and the HX one for all the special effects that this one doesn't do. Great setup for a beginner just 2 pedals covers 80% of what they'd need for a long time.
I am a 100% tube amp guy, but when it comes to playing "worship" at church modeling tools are most practical in most situation...THIS pedal/tool is something that I may need to add to the arsenal. THANKS BRADFORD AND BRIAN!!!
These would be incredible to take on the mission field and gift to musicians in tiny churches all over the world! No need to worry about power supply type, just run on AA's. Incredible tone with easy to use controls for beginners or those who don't speak much English. Such a cool product!
Forget brand new user target market. I want simplicity. I love this!
This is perfect. This is right up there with the HX Stomp. Line6 has won the guitar pedal wars.
Pretty sure Solar's Chug Pedal is better
@@Paragorn I just looked it up, It really doesn't do anything, just a high-gain distortion sound. It might be a really great distortion pedal for people who want that specific sound, But it's not really in the same category as this pod expressed. I would say it's in the category of like a blues breaker pedal. Are you sure you weren't thinking of something else?
Excellent demo guys. You hit every point. Great job
This video is so much better than the Line 6 promo
Man, this sounds really great. Line 6 finally did it, they put out a product that sounds great without having to tweak it like with the Stomp and Helix and it's intuitive to use!!!! Quick and dirty and great!!!
killer concept... I tip my hat to Line 6 for this one.
I have been watching demos, and this thing seems dope!
This would be an awesome gift for someone staring out on guitar, and its professional quality, so "on the go" gigging this would be killer !!!
This was exactly what I was looking for. Compact, fits in a backpack and saves me the hassle of packing up my board for smaller at home settings.
You're getting some insane sounds out of that pod!
Thank you!
Wow those first 3 amps sound so good!!!
actually the rest sound amazing too. But I'd probably mostly stick to the first 3 for my applications
Batteries! Love not tripping over power cables. I practiced at home for about an hour with it, took it to rehearsal for 3 hours and the batteries are still over half full. This pedal rocks!
Line 6 saw the ir-2 and said "hold my beer"
😂
😂
I was JUST thinking that!!!
No, ir 2 have stereo fx loop
Haha!
I am a simple man. I see worship tutorials new video, I click.
Honestly for the cost and the functionality, it’s sort of an iridium/acs1 killer…. Going back to the interview y’all did with Eric and Ben at L6 and Eric basically saying “we prefer to create a new market rather than just release what everyone else is doing”, this is basically that in a nutshell. It’s not for a guy like me with a full helix and/or native, but it’s definitely different enough from the competition to stand out
also a helix user however would consider this as a backup just in case something happens to my helix mid show
Outstanding review! I had no idea this thing had so many settings!!! That's a huge game-changer! It looks so simple but there's a LOT you can do. I think if they had first put this out in a metal enclosure at a higher price it would have gotten major respect as a very powerful battery powered tool we can have as a backup in our gig bags.
Every time you hit that drop d I was waiting for Stars by Switchfoot 😂😂😂
Finally I can now afford Line6 because of this pedal ❤️
But Line 6 was never expensive?
@@Paragorn Thanks for imposing your ideas of cost on the entire world
the spider exists lol
@@miccullen Just saying. If you can't afford Line 6, what can you afford? :p
I've been hesitating on this pedal, thinking it was Too Good, to be true... So many options and effects at the price point of One good popular pedal.
This has been the best explanation and demo video of all its attributes, the I've seen on UA-cam. This will be my next pedal.
Great review 🙏
This is truly incredible
When I saw the price and another worship guitar player demoing it, I was like I gotta have this thing !, I travel to Thailand and I’ll just take it with me in my carry-on bag and I’ll have something to practice with. I am one of those guys that’s played amps, my whole life either mesa boogie or my Soldano 2x12 Thanks for the demo 🙏🏻 you guys did great!
I had to buy it, waiting on delivery. I have listened to a few demos and there are more pos than neg points for sure. There is an undeniable digital nasal mid that is present in the gain sounds. I have had a helix, pod go, Tonex, tc and Onyx and even tried the NUX MG30 and Boss Me90. I think this box excels as a low price point solution. Its much nicer then the ME90. The battery feature is a big win. This little box has so many applications that it will be essential to have on hand. I was never a fan of the Spider style of effect editing but it takes you to useable places although not the exact tweak ability that a pro unit needs for dialing in the perfect tremolo for instance. This will be on my desktop and my gig bag. I wish it was released a year earlier;(could have saved me a bundle).well done
The volume jump when changing presets on the Spider series is a deal breaker.
Would love to see you guys use just the Line 6 Pod Express in a song, demonstrating how you switch between sounds within the same song.
Hello WT! First of all I want to say I'm a huge fan of everything you do and especially appreciate the wide range of topics and tones discussed. In a world where 3 out of every 4 videos is how to get the best metal tone, you all restore my faith in the journey that is tone chasing. So, thank you! Now to the pedal....
I should preface by saying Ive had some experience with all of the modelers. Ive owned the FM-3, a Helix LT, and am now a QC owner and user and the QC will be sticking around for a while.
My initial impression of the L6 pedal is "why would they make that? It seems like they're reverting closer and closer to the "red bean" days."
The pedal was sounded ok to me with the clean tones. However, when it gets the slightest bit of dirt and increasingly worse with more dirt, it seemed like you struggled to get a useable tone out of this little mistake of a product. Thats not an admonishment of WT or their abilities, but Line 6 in general. In my humble opinion, Line 6 in quickly falling behind the pack in terms of authenticity in the modeling scene. It seems like they rest on their laurels, if I can say that, and milk the HX engines while their competitors seem to pour more energy and resources into capturing true essences and characteristics and general authenticity of amps. Some of the competitors don't have the library of effects than Line 6 has, but......so what. How many delays and reverbs do you need to be able to choose from?
To me as a consumer, I once again have to ask "why did the make this?" Line 6 took what you already had in the HX stomp, in a not much smaller package, and repackaged it as something "new and improved." How bout you take a few years, stop releasing essentially the same product over and over, and sink some resources into R and D. Ive just honestly grown weary of seeing the market flooded with things from Line 6. There's a reason slowly but surely pro players are shuttering their Line 6 gear and moving to Neural, Fractal or Kemper.
It would be refreshing to see something from Line 6 that makes us say "wow!". But they retain the same stale amp models that dont get any better, no matter what box it comes in.
In fairness, sound and tone are subjective. So what I may think sounds like something Zoom released in the 90's, someone else may think its the greatest thing theyve ever heard.
But, thank you again WT for the work you put in and dedication to the craft. God Bless!
I’m thinking of this as my backup, practice and lightweight rig! Sweet 🎸
I have the HX Stomp but this thing works with batteries. That's so great for outdoor gigs! So I might get one...
Love that Bradford asked them about something like this to their faces in the interview you posted YESTERDAY, and their response was "We have to ask who would buy it . . . " 🤣
This isn't an amp versions of the HX One tho. I see the similarities but this is not that haha
On page 13 of the manual the say that you can set the output to line levels through global settings but on page 27 and forward there’s no reference on how to do that. Do you guys know how to do that?
Pretty cool so far of what I've seen. I play in a church worship band, using a Variax which I sometimes model as an acoustic guitar (Martin D28 most of the time). I currently do this through my old POD X3 and I have a setup through a simple preamp instead of amp. Curious...if you plugged an acoustic into this POD Express and went with the clean amp, how might it sound?
Great demo! It seems like once you learn the interface you can do a lot of editing right on the surface which is great
AWESOME !!!!especially how it behaved within a pedalboard scenario!!!!! Well done Gents!!!
Hey! I'm going to be hooking up my pod express to a mixer. I googled it and it said to set the output to line when hooking it up to a mixer. Does anyone know how to do that? Thanks
Absolutely love the pod. The matchless AKA “chime” with the Princeton cab is so good with just some gain and verb to taste. I’m trying to get better at the gain balancing. Having trouble with it being too quiet without the distortion, so I turn it up, but then it blows my doors off when I switch on the distortion that I have set to the footswitch. There are 3 volume controls. Alt + center knob, alt + tap + delay knob, and the headphone volume. I’m a little confused how to juggle these settings. I’ll keep practicing! God Bless!
ToneX should do this with a FX pedal that you can load say 4 amp captures. Needs like 16 fx with 4 a time with amp captures.
I hope IK is listening!
Thanks for thorough demo on the Pod Express control settings. Nice to hear P90s demoing the effects section. Old fart, just recording casually now. I cancelled my IR-2 backorder, this better suits me. Skip using Bias/DAW and I can just turn knobs again (with labels I can actually read, cough, Boss). Now how many months we have to wait.
Does the software for it run on android?
I'm guessing probably not, but if it could, that would be great if you could use your phone to control it on stage.
Or an ipad or tablet.
The ultra-portable POD Express amp and effects processors lets guitarists take their tones wherever they go. Simple controls make it easy to use, while models derived from the HX family of processors ensure exceptional sound quality and authentic feel. POD Express offers seven amps, seven cabs, and 17 effects-including a looper-and it may be powered by three AA batteries (included) or an optional 9-volt power supply.
Received mine on Saturday and played a Church Sunday. Even with only basic knowledge of the pedal it sounded great. I kinda wish I had this before my Helix and quad. smaller learning curve for the old. 😂😂
Me. This is for me!! Love the for
factor and price! A great tool for producers looking for some new sounds maybe for some Synths too! I may grab me one!! Good job boys!!!
This will be on my studio desk along side my vintage POD2.0. 🤷♂️Have to have it. 🤘🤘
At that price point, this is a fantastic backup option -- if my board flakes out I can keep one of these in the sound closet and get by in a pinch. Or if I have a kid who wants to get into volunteering on the team but he doesn't really have any gear I could loan out something like this without losing a lot of sleep. Throw one in a box under the backseat of the van and if I show up somewhere that my amp is going to kill someone (or if I have a volunteer show up with a 100w amp that's not going to work on a Sunday morning), throw it at the end of the board, great direct solution in a pinch. I'm gonna have to kick the tires on one of these.
I would love to see this used on a Sunday morning. My only hesitation is how quickly would you be able to switch to different settings between songs/ parts of songs.
This is fantastic - i am genuinely surprised that they went with more boutique amp choices rather than the same old same old. I'll definitely be getting one of these at some point just for the safety net of having a backup modeller in case something happens.
On a different note, this is a great walkthough video. I'm new to your channel as worship music isn't my thing but I really appreciate your style of presentation - its really refreshing when there are so many obvious shills out there who'll say anything is great because they're getting paid to do so!
I purchased one for our other guitar player to use just as an amp model to run his pedalboard through and to our board. And when he needs to play accoustic he can just hit the on botton and bypass the amp. Worked great yesterday during service.
Anyone know how long it stays powered from the batteries?
Can you turn the cab sim off and use it as a preamp into the effects return of an amp?
you can turn the cab off, yes
Nice review. Thank you. It sounds great and neat form factor. Prie in Europe is €218 which includes 20% tax but is still well above the dollar price at todays rate which makes it less of a bargain. Hopefully price will drop soon or in the usual sales. Great for practice use.
When the HX One came out, I thought it meant that Line6 realized that the HX Stomp was too good and they were going to phase it out and leave the HX Effects, Stomp XL, etc. so there was no sweet spot perfect pedal and you'd have to compromise... but now they've rolled out another perfect pedal for a different category, and I'm becoming hopeful that they are going to double down on perfect pedals across the board. Is this not the HX Stomp of pocket pedals, and battery powered too?!?!??!
This looks amazing! Would you say this enough as the only pedal for rhythm guitar player ? And if so can you change effects during the same song with the foot switch? Thanks!
My question is how easy it may be to change the sounds I'm using mid song. If I want to back and forth from clean to dirty, from delay to not delay, from phaser to not phaser, almost feel like I'd need two or a few more pedals with it...or just accept the price point of a helix to work through saving multiple accessible presets.
I skipped ahead, and it sound like I can do this but maybe need to buy a foot switch that it has a input that can go with it?
My other question then would be...got a good recommendation as to what foot switch you'd use and how much extra it costs.
And lastly, are the tones modelling and effects wise really as good sounding as they'd be using a helix?
It looks so fun.
I want to use this for Worship busking with a JBL Eon ONE Compact. Will you be releasing some presets for me to download?
So question. With the foot switch capability, can you only connect two foot switches max or could you connect one foot switch controller that say has 5 foot switches. Could control and switch like the reverb from plate to spring?
I believe it's just a two button controller option.
@@worshiptutorials ah I see
Not sure if I missed it, but is there a way to set delay subdivisions on tap tempo? I still need my delays pedals to input dotted eighths for me haha. If this thing has subdivisons, I'm purchasing it today.
does not appear to be
Could I used this with my POD GO as an addition? I can't afford a Helix, but am finding myself limited with the POD GO. This seems like it would be perfect for me to add some extra effects to make up for the POD GO's limited DSP.
Its only mono-in. That may sway you. Also, the hx One has more in the realm of effects but can only run one at a time.
This may not function well in that regard. It's limited control.
save up for a used hx stomp, it'll be worth it
Sounds really nice…
This would make a killer practice/mobile recording rig! And only $179? 😮
Love this design. Questions: Can you turn off cab sim so you can run it with a solid state power amp and real speaker cab? Can you turn off amp/cab block so you can just use one or more of the effects?
Yes, you can turn the cab off itself or both cab and amp.
That makes this extremely versatile
Mines on the way baby!!
Can I run this with my guitar amp for live use?
Whenever I’m on the “heavy” setting it just rings super loud. Every other setting works fine. Anyone else?
In the Modulation zone, can you shape the rate / depth of each modulation via the computer?
we don't have the Editor yet (it's not ready yet) so really don't know but I would say probably not. This is meant to be VERY straightforward.
Does Playing Boss LINE 6 POD make anyone else really happy?
LINE 6 POD is quickly becoming my favorite pedal. It's just so beautiful and sexy. Practically free and the second you drop her on the board that chill ass mofo gives you a Rich Dark Gushing Robust tone.. And you also get this cute little 1/1 feedback response usually too harmless to be forgotten.
But more than that, the Line 6 Pod is just so positively alluring. It comes on the board like "do you want to cast a spell?" and I'm like "yeah Line 6 Pod i do want to cast a spell let's do this shit" and when she attacks she's like "SPELLS ARE FUN" and I'm like "yeah they are SO FUN." She doesn't say some bullshit macho shit like "I will destroy you" she's just like "nah spells are fun and voodoo spooky.” And she looks so happy. I mean this is an inanimate object that literally brought my guitar to life by magic. It understands it's life is a temporary magical gift and the dude is just fucking loving it. I mean just look at her face she’s just so happy and cute as a button.
I am literally never sad when Line 6 Pod is on board. IDK if she's gonna ever make it into the pedal HOF or not, but for now she a super dope chill pedal.
Was there some type of HX Edit? I thought I saw you looking at a computer screen. Was curious to see what that looks like. I tweak my Helix Floor by computer 99% of the time. Rarely do I just use the pedal board to tweak anything.
We were referring to the manual for details. The editor isn’t ready yet.
I am gonna bypass the cab and amp sim in this and use it in my fx loop as a mini hx effects. A great way to add some more versatility to my live pedalboard. And it also gives me a tuner and a looper without taking up much space and very cost effective!!
How doze the reverb&delay sound to the halo pedal
Seems like an awesome device and already have one on order. I think maybe the miss on it is not including Bluetooth. Would have been great to be able to stream music from my phone to practice along with instead of having to use a USB cord.
Where is that chord sequence from at 19:38?
Could I plug my acoustic into this if I just wanted to use the reverb?
Yeah you can turn all the amp/cab stuff off and just use it for effects
EXCELLENT Video......
Question, could I plug in a Boss RC-!0R to this or does it not accept other pedals.
Do the bottom switches change presets?
What is the Voltage also what is the (MA) impedance output?
I think you may be adjusting g the Gate and not the MV. I think you need to Hold Alt and Tap and adjust the Delay to adjust the MV.
How is the “feel” compared to the HX Stomp or IR-2?
Same 🤷🏻♂ It's the same OS as Pod Go/Helix basically, kinda, sorta
So portable...love it. 👍
Man this is great, and stomp box size
Can it be used with line 6 foot controlers ?
Is there only a 1/4 delay? Can it do dotted 1/8?
For goofing around at home or one stage sound if you need to be cheap.
Otherwise, get an Orange valve amp for clean and overdrive sounds.. A chorus/modulation pedal, delay pedal, run them through the loop. Great pickups directly into the amp.
Stupid question, but what do I need to play this through my 1x12? Is there a power amp in this?
Not really our area of expertise but this does not have a power amp. Pretty big ask I would think. EHX makes some pedals to push a cab you might could look at.
Great unit! Great review! Just to clarify: in 8:51 you said that pressing ALT+TAP+rotating MOD knob adjust presence but in L6 manual says that this function is in REVERB knob. Can you say if has a mistake on manual? The same for DIST knob to master volume, in manual says that's in DELAY knob.
Again, great material! Thank you, guys!
I said I was forgetting all the button combos. There’s a lot haha I’d trust the manual ;)
@@worshiptutorialsnp! I will get mine soon! thank you for all resources!
This is like the ultimate upgrade for a mini board. Especially with stereo outs and the effects being post-cab stereo wet effects. Put like a boss RV-6 behind it and one of those mini tubescreamers in front and you have a very high quality, versatile board with an insanely small foot print.
Edit: wow I didn't even see that it takes extra footswitch inputs. That's wildly powerful.
I wonder if you can preset change with those footswitches? If so you might be able to even finagle low-level song based preseting out of this thing.
Yes you can switch presets with the footswitch on the left.
Hey guys, thanks for the great in-depth video.
Would it be possible, to use this as an interface alternative? Like guitar -> pod express -> computer with helix native -> pod express outputs? Thanks in advance.
You can use it as an interface, yes. Check the manual for more details tho. We didn’t dive into that.
Thanks, I’m able to do it through helix lt but that’s kinda pointless. Checked the manual but got more confused. Anyways thanks again, you rock.
Can it be controlled via midi?
Can it be tweaked to dotted 8th?
This will be a huge seller for Line6. I hope they make a premium version with a metal chassi.
I will buy one though. Been looking for something small and portable that sounds good and doesn’t break the bank. This one fits well!
I want to see long term sales - IR2 was out first, POD express now with more functionality and lower price. Great competition, the consumer wins.
it would be an excellent beginner unit, practice tool, for recording. It sounds very good.
can you run iPhone as mp3 and play along?
How is the delay with overdrive?
These guys seemingly can get this pedal to sound better than my full rig, what am I doing wrong?
Check your guitars pickups
@@LucKYWoLF-ov1vo tone is in how much money you hand over for gear :)
@@LucKYWoLF-ov1vo lmao you have issues understanding jokes, i see lol
That's how good line 6 stuff is ,, it negates any $8000 pedal board with just this tiny box thanks to the genius minds at line 6 corp.
On vit une époque formidable.