Broke my arm in the late 90s...required a hospital visit, pain meds and a cast. Broke my arm in 2020...poured some IR on it and was doing push-ups later that day.
The IR’s and power amp emulation made a huge difference....actually made those POD sims sound pretty good...never would’ve thought it would make that big of an impact on the sound...great video..
I love these videos with old gear that people just kinda disregard. After watching this video, I found some old clips of me playing on my computer. I busted out my POD 2.0 that I got new years and years ago and recreated the exact same riffs. Is it the greatest tone I've ever gotten? Not even close, but I think it's possible to get something usable out of it. That said, I'll stick to my real Marshalls for anything serious, but I could see the POD getting used for overdubs and late night playing, I like the fact that you can grab onto knobs and tweak, unlike a plugin. I'm old school like that I guess....or I'm just getting old. Thanks for doing videos like this reminding people that old gear that has fallen out of favor can still be useful.
Leon again with the reversed toggle switch install. I like it. Its the Van Halen way, too. Really liked the sounds with the extra IRs, especially the modern chug tone was far superior.
You read my mind... I was thinking: "Man!, hooking this up with a Radar and you would have a ultra portable decent sound unit"... And there you said it at the end of the video...😅👍
just tried my old 2.0 POD with a Mooer Radar.What an improvement! So far I prefer to use it without the power amp sims in the Radar,but I will dive a little deeper in the next days. In fact, I like my "new POD" so much, that I bought the rack version (POD pro) for my recording rack as an option. Tons of famous albums in the early 2000s have 2.0 PODs/AmpFarm on it.(even Dann Huff used them). PODs are already legendary!
The IRs really make a huge difference, and I my opinion the best tone was with the recto + IR + PA sim, i guess it's a good investment if you want to upgrade your old multi-effects and don't have money to a new, by the way, Ignite Amps has a free power amp sim and it works really well!
I've done this about 2 years ago, when i got into the whole IR world. It's nght and day. Amp sims have come a long way since then, but ther REAL revolution lies on the speaker/cabinet segment of the chain.
Yes using IR’s definately saves it. Only invest in a Mooer Radar if you have POD already gathering dust in your closet. Otherwise go straight for Mooer GE150 or up that have IR and poweramp sim built in.
Curently been using my pod 2.0 with mooer radar into a flat response speaker with great results. It honestly sounds fantastic. Using the pods pre and power amps and the ir cabs and mics.
It definitely sounded better with the IR's than the stock cab sim, although I still thought it sounded a bit cheesy. The biggest improvement was the metal plate IR.
It's a big improvement, but they still sound pretty crude and one dimensional to me compared to modern amp modelling. It is amazing how much better IRs are than speaker sims. I recently started using a good IR with the original Bias Amps for my recording and practise rig. It was night and day. Suddenly they sounded really damn close to a real amp.
Bias FX is one of the worst modelers out there, dude! You'll be blown away with thermionik, reaxis or helix, not to menrion the overpriced neural stuff.
@@victorbicudo1374 Overpriced? Let's take the NeuralDSP Fortin NTS suite - you a the Fortin Natas head (normal price: 5.000$), a 4x12 cab and 6 high class microphones for a mere 100$. That's a bargain. A real one, I might add!
@@MatthiasBuesing fortin NTS is not so much better than thermionik, that used to cost 49 bucks with a ton of different models. That, my friend, was a bargain. I always find myself loading OH IRs when using any modeler, so the built in IR is kinda useless to me. I do still think neural stuff to be a bit pricey. Very good, but pricey.
I had and used POD HD500X for some time, and it sounded alot better with ir's from Two Notes Wall Of Sound plugin, also i could use it in stereo for delays etc.. because in W.O.S. You can use multiple cabs in stereo spectrum. Definitely the best option for an old modeler user, because W.O.S. has free version with two cabs, and if You buy any cab (even only one) it becomes a full version.
The IRs make a huge improvement in making the amps more realistic sounding. Not perfect, but way better. If you could load the IRs into the POD it would be perfect for performing live with just a short cable from your guitar to the pocket POD on your belt and a long one from the POD to the P.A. (or a wireless!) and confuse everybody about how you get the sound without an amp or any pedals at all, ha, ha! You could dial a sound like a Plexi that would clean up when you roll down your guitar volume and grind when full up, or a clean with chorus for a ballad, and be virtually free from pedalboards or amps, like just having a guitar and playing it!
@@victorbicudo1374 My point was that you can go onstage, grab a cable and rock out. No need to "sneak in" backstage to hide a pedal or an amp, everything you need would be on you! No setup, no wasted time, just go and play!
I found mine last year in a box took it and extra batteries to a friends house hooked it up to his old magnavox stereo and jammed away the night.now its back in the box.
that would be funny to make A/B testing with axefxIII and pod with same IRs.. with a special combination. (Ex: APPPAAPPAPAPP) The first to feature the good one could win a little gift (name featured as the one who discovered the right combination, picks, I don't know!)
Great video once again Leon! I recently tried TH-U Overloud with Choptone profiles and I was blown away. I got the Friedman BE Deluxe, the Suhr PT100, the Marshall JMP (RR) and the Peavey 6505 profiles. I haven't been so inspired to play since I played the Neural DSP stuff. Have you checked it out?
is there a way to disable cab sim on the pocket pod itsself, or did you disable the cabs using the VYSEX editor? (iirc if you switch amp on the pod it automatically changes cab and you cant actually change cab yourself).
Making me a believer that a decent Ir loader with my hd500x is what I need... any suggestions? Been looking at joyo r08, Moore radar, hotone binary cab
👍🇺🇸❤I JUST PURCHASED ROCKTRON INTELLIFEX ($250..US) WILL ARRIVE AT THE END OF THE MONTH. THE PUSH KNOBS ARE BLACK, ROCKTRON NAME IS OVER THE DISPLAY & INTELLIFEX IS ON THE LEFTSIDE IN WHITE. IS THIS A NEWER OR OLDER MODEL . THE DEMO U DID OF THE UNIT LOOKED MORE FANCIED / PAINTED UP, MINE LOOKS MUCH MORE BLACK / PLAIN......PLEASE ADVISE, THX.
There is no way to make an IR without powering a cab. Pretty sure most people use a tube amp to make IRs. So why people put poweramp simulation on top of that is something i don't understand
I may have to grab another one of those PODS just for shits and gigs.. great playing as always my friend! Edit: are you gonna be using the Quad Cortex from Neural DSP? I know I am! It seems promising but we’ll see in time.
it's funny, when it comes to modellers everyone is in agreement that the IRs make the biggest difference and with the right IR you can make pretty much anything sound useable, but when it comes to real amps people stick to the cheapest possible cab that has the right impedance rating, start buying 20 amps and 50 pedals and wonder why they still havent found their tone...
The XT generation had better amp tones, especially the additional model packs for the XT live had some really good sounds. That's a better base to add modern IR's, and some of the additional effects still sound good in 2020, too.
I still use it, with some modifications in the overdrive circuits. Especially the 80s hair metal distortion is horrible, but with a bit more bass frequencies, it shines... If you decide to buy a used unit, get some switches, you will need them... ( Takamisawa TS-12MDS )
You would be so much fun to jam with. I wish I could kinap you for a month and trade chops and licks with you as we old men say. 😂 I had a digetech plastic unit that was made in the US in Utah that I recorded directly to software using audacity panned hard left one track and hard right the other with Vai's song For the love of god and me doing my version of the lead, and people kept asking me what cool amp I was using and how good it sounded. I paid like 75 bucks for it new..😂😂😂 Sadly I lost that and all my stuff in moving or something. Almost all of these product's can be used satisfactory if need be in a pinch. IMHO..
Broke my arm in the late 90s...required a hospital visit, pain meds and a cast.
Broke my arm in 2020...poured some IR on it and was doing push-ups later that day.
The IR’s and power amp emulation made a huge difference....actually made those POD sims sound pretty good...never would’ve thought it would make that big of an impact on the sound...great video..
What I do with my POD is cut out around 4-4.5k with a parametric eq. Take out that digital fizz.
What a difference modern day IR's make on these old gizmos. They now sound totally usable!
Spent two miserable nights with my new HX Stomp, then decided to try these Ownhammer things...wow, night and day!!!
I love these videos with old gear that people just kinda disregard. After watching this video, I found some old clips of me playing on my computer. I busted out my POD 2.0 that I got new years and years ago and recreated the exact same riffs. Is it the greatest tone I've ever gotten? Not even close, but I think it's possible to get something usable out of it. That said, I'll stick to my real Marshalls for anything serious, but I could see the POD getting used for overdubs and late night playing, I like the fact that you can grab onto knobs and tweak, unlike a plugin. I'm old school like that I guess....or I'm just getting old. Thanks for doing videos like this reminding people that old gear that has fallen out of favor can still be useful.
Wow! That’s a huge difference. Those IR’s make it sound like static to something with some depth. Awesome video idea 🤘
The ability to load external IRs sets the pod ahead of where it was for sure! Thanks for reviewing.
Pocket pod is unable to load external IRs. The video was made by turning the cab sim OFF in the pod and loading the IR with an external loader.
@@victorbicudo1374 thanks. I misunderstood that detail. Loading the IRs would be a good idea if they would design that.
@@woodward_alan Today, IR loading is becoming stock, but back when this came out, 3rd party cab impulses were not a thing.
Leon again with the reversed toggle switch install.
I like it. Its the Van Halen way, too.
Really liked the sounds with the extra IRs, especially the modern chug tone was far superior.
Crazy how much the Treadplate model came alive.
Lol that classic brit sounded like some old 60's hi-watt stuff. Old floyd. Pretty cool.
I've a feeling we're about to find out! Pretty sure if it's saveable, you'll find a way! Thanks for sharing brother, Be Well Leon!
You read my mind... I was thinking: "Man!, hooking this up with a Radar and you would have a ultra portable decent sound unit"... And there you said it at the end of the video...😅👍
Rodrigo Gonzalez I was thinking about the Radar too half way through the video as it sounded pretty good with the new IRs
just tried my old 2.0 POD with a Mooer Radar.What an improvement!
So far I prefer to use it without the power amp sims in the Radar,but I will dive a little deeper in the next days.
In fact, I like my "new POD" so much, that I bought the rack version (POD pro) for my recording rack as an option. Tons of famous albums in the early 2000s have 2.0 PODs/AmpFarm on it.(even Dann Huff used them). PODs are already legendary!
Nice video ! Thanks ! I have been able to breathe new life into my Pocket Pod by adding a Digitech CabDryVR and Boss GE-7 in the chain.
They sound much better with the IR's added. I wonder what the pod would sound like thru a tube power amp and a nice cab, that would be cool to hear.
The IRs really make a huge difference, and I my opinion the best tone was with the recto + IR + PA sim, i guess it's a good investment if you want to upgrade your old multi-effects and don't have money to a new, by the way, Ignite Amps has a free power amp sim and it works really well!
Felipe Sousa - perhaps Leon should do an ignite amp aim review/test?
You can throw a stone in my head, but I like the original sounds!
Me too..
Such a rad idea. Sounded good with the power amp emulation!
I've done this about 2 years ago, when i got into the whole IR world. It's nght and day. Amp sims have come a long way since then, but ther REAL revolution lies on the speaker/cabinet segment of the chain.
Victor Bicudo the IRs are around since at least 2003
@@kimseniorb did i at any point say IRs are a new thing?
Yes using IR’s definately saves it.
Only invest in a Mooer Radar if you have POD already gathering dust in your closet. Otherwise go straight for Mooer GE150 or up that have IR and poweramp sim built in.
Yeah that's a good point.
Curently been using my pod 2.0 with mooer radar into a flat response speaker with great results. It honestly sounds fantastic. Using the pods pre and power amps and the ir cabs and mics.
If it passes the smell test it's good to go!
The pocket pod still is perfect if you have a good set of cans and just want to walk around and jam, there is no better option for that
It definitely sounded better with the IR's than the stock cab sim, although I still thought it sounded a bit cheesy. The biggest improvement was the metal plate IR.
It's a big improvement, but they still sound pretty crude and one dimensional to me compared to modern amp modelling. It is amazing how much better IRs are than speaker sims. I recently started using a good IR with the original Bias Amps for my recording and practise rig. It was night and day. Suddenly they sounded really damn close to a real amp.
Bias FX is one of the worst modelers out there, dude! You'll be blown away with thermionik, reaxis or helix, not to menrion the overpriced neural stuff.
@@victorbicudo1374 That's kind of the point though. They've got so damn good that even the 'bad' ones sound very close to real amps with IRs.
@@victorbicudo1374 Overpriced? Let's take the NeuralDSP Fortin NTS suite - you a the Fortin Natas head (normal price: 5.000$), a 4x12 cab and 6 high class microphones for a mere 100$.
That's a bargain. A real one, I might add!
@@MatthiasBuesing fortin NTS is not so much better than thermionik, that used to cost 49 bucks with a ton of different models. That, my friend, was a bargain. I always find myself loading OH IRs when using any modeler, so the built in IR is kinda useless to me. I do still think neural stuff to be a bit pricey. Very good, but pricey.
@@thecaveofthedead you're right. But please, man, do yourself a favor and try something else. You'll never look back.
I had and used POD HD500X for some time, and it sounded alot better with ir's from Two Notes Wall Of Sound plugin, also i could use it in stereo for delays etc.. because in W.O.S. You can use multiple cabs in stereo spectrum. Definitely the best option for an old modeler user, because W.O.S. has free version with two cabs, and if You buy any cab (even only one) it becomes a full version.
5 stars for the Dogman riff!
The IRs make a huge improvement in making the amps more realistic sounding. Not perfect, but way better. If you could load the IRs into the POD it would be perfect for performing live with just a short cable from your guitar to the pocket POD on your belt and a long one from the POD to the P.A. (or a wireless!) and confuse everybody about how you get the sound without an amp or any pedals at all, ha, ha! You could dial a sound like a Plexi that would clean up when you roll down your guitar volume and grind when full up, or a clean with chorus for a ballad, and be virtually free from pedalboards or amps, like just having a guitar and playing it!
or just go wireless and leave a mooer GE-200 backstage. More modern amp sims and external IR loading.
@@victorbicudo1374 My point was that you can go onstage, grab a cable and rock out. No need to "sneak in" backstage to hide a pedal or an amp, everything you need would be on you! No setup, no wasted time, just go and play!
George Kollaros That is what i really wanted to do. I hope they will release pocket pod two with IR loading feature.
I found mine last year in a box took it and extra batteries to a friends house hooked it up to his old magnavox stereo and jammed away the night.now its back in the box.
I heard a little ‘Kings-X’ lick in there 👍
A totally different topic , is it possible for you to do an Atomic Amplifire SLO "dial it in" video? 🤔 Would be much appreciated. 👍🤘
Soon!
I expected it to sound worse. Cool vid.
Can I get stereo sound if I take output from phone output with Y Jack ?
why do we still need kempers?
BIG improvement although I dislike anything Line6 has to offer but that's just my opinion. :)
practice device, why do not we use that for that?
that would be funny to make A/B testing with axefxIII and pod with same IRs.. with a special combination. (Ex: APPPAAPPAPAPP) The first to feature the good one could win a little gift (name featured as the one who discovered the right combination, picks, I don't know!)
Cool! pocket pod use adapter of 9Volts AC or DC bro?
I wanna hear a a drive pedal or distortion in front the pocket POD please 😍
A.I.R mode or amp mode ?? Nice tones!
How do I turn off the IR's on my Pocket Pod?
Nice.
Where do you find those Ir’s and how do you import them in the Pod ?
Best regards.
I used an external IR loader
@@LeonTodd Can you explain more please ?
2:06
Are you ready for the copyright strike from Rudy Ayoub?
did you upload the IR's to the Pocket pod?
Very good question. How'd he do this?
Unfortunately no. I disabled the in built cab sim and used an IR loader .
The Rectifier was a massively postitive difference with the IR.
Took the blanket off
To my ears only the Treadplate sounded notably improved. The first 2 sounded thinner and in some ways worse, particularly without the PA SIM.
Thanks for doing the comparison though!
Great video once again Leon! I recently tried TH-U Overloud with Choptone profiles and I was blown away. I got the Friedman BE Deluxe, the Suhr PT100, the Marshall JMP (RR) and the Peavey 6505 profiles. I haven't been so inspired to play since I played the Neural DSP stuff. Have you checked it out?
Yeah I've done a few sessions with it, sounds really good.
How you disable cab emulation from pod?
You need the software editor
is there a way to disable cab sim on the pocket pod itsself, or did you disable the cabs using the VYSEX editor? (iirc if you switch amp on the pod it automatically changes cab and you cant actually change cab yourself).
I used the editor, not sure about the actual unit.
Is it possible to do a tutorial on how to install IR on Pocket Pod line 6?
I loaded the IR in a seperate device and disabled the Oxley pod built in cab
Can someone explain how to load the IR's into the Pocket POD?
They don't load into it, I used an external IR loader. You can use the L6 software to disable the internal cabs though.
@@LeonTodd any way you could detail all the steps and software involved?
Hi Leon, great channel! Could you do a similar review of the Digitech Artist 2120? Thanks!
Really keen to try one of those!
Making me a believer that a decent Ir loader with my hd500x is what I need... any suggestions? Been looking at joyo r08, Moore radar, hotone binary cab
AMT just released one as well. THeir stuff is always pretty solid.
👍🇺🇸❤I JUST PURCHASED ROCKTRON INTELLIFEX ($250..US) WILL ARRIVE AT THE END OF THE MONTH. THE PUSH KNOBS ARE BLACK, ROCKTRON NAME IS OVER THE DISPLAY & INTELLIFEX IS ON THE LEFTSIDE IN WHITE. IS THIS A NEWER OR OLDER MODEL . THE DEMO U DID OF THE UNIT LOOKED MORE FANCIED / PAINTED UP, MINE LOOKS MUCH MORE BLACK / PLAIN......PLEASE ADVISE, THX.
Can you load the IRs directly onto the pod? Or have to load them in a PC?
Loaded on the PC.
There is no way to make an IR without powering a cab. Pretty sure most people use a tube amp to make IRs. So why people put poweramp simulation on top of that is something i don't understand
I may have to grab another one of those PODS just for shits and gigs.. great playing as always my friend! Edit: are you gonna be using the Quad Cortex from Neural DSP? I know I am! It seems promising but we’ll see in time.
It's definitely a fun little challenge, and certainly handy to keep in your guitar case. QC looks great, I'd love to try one.
Really Wanna hear you playing the strymon iridium with the 3rd party IR, pls do the demo
Ho weird I was thinking of trying this the other day lol
aw yiss!
same as helix
it's funny, when it comes to modellers everyone is in agreement that the IRs make the biggest difference and with the right IR you can make pretty much anything sound useable, but when it comes to real amps people stick to the cheapest possible cab that has the right impedance rating, start buying 20 amps and 50 pedals and wonder why they still havent found their tone...
THIS!
I build my amps around the speaker...
The XT generation had better amp tones, especially the additional model packs for the XT live had some really good sounds. That's a better base to add modern IR's, and some of the additional effects still sound good in 2020, too.
Do you have a boss ME-5, I used one years ago, and wish I still had it.
I still use it, with some modifications in the overdrive circuits. Especially the 80s hair metal distortion is horrible, but with a bit more bass frequencies, it shines... If you decide to buy a used unit, get some switches, you will need them... ( Takamisawa TS-12MDS )
@@mrbaiser4133 I probably won't get one now, I have the axe fx 3 now and it's amazing
You would be so much fun to jam with. I wish I could kinap you for a month and trade chops and licks with you as we old men say. 😂
I had a digetech plastic unit that was made in the US in Utah that I recorded directly to software using audacity panned hard left one track and hard right the other with Vai's song For the love of god and me doing my version of the lead, and people kept asking me what cool amp I was using and how good it sounded. I paid like 75 bucks for it new..😂😂😂 Sadly I lost that and all my stuff in moving or something.
Almost all of these product's can be used satisfactory if need be in a pinch. IMHO..