EQ Translation for Pod HD

[@trapOrdoom]

Bro almost a decade later, still so useful.

[@experimentgroove2164]

The best video I have seen on the HD, many thanks man!! I don't know what they were thinking at line6 when they didn't include frequencies in Hz, gain in dB and Q in numerals, it is so unprofessional.

[@ForTiorIJohnny]

dude, i love you for this. those EQ´s are a disappointment with their flipping % units. most people who use this gear know what Hz and db are, so % is a pretty stupid choice line6 made.

[@samuelcommons4393]

Thank you so much!! We really need this video

[@Zordid0]

Thanks a lot! Cant stress how important this is.

[@mati-fena]

Great video! So helpful, thanks!!

[@AdizeroAdizero-lh6kb]

This is useful Matt. Thank you from thailand.

[@brentharrell5013]

This is amazing. You da real hero.

[@Tmidiman]

This is exactly what I needed. Just picked up a Pod HD desktop and could not believe that the EQ was in percentages. What was Line 6 thinking!

[@brianskeel6160]

This is a great tutorial, but to discover EQ curves of plugins, I highly recommend the Waves Q Clone. You don't have to run any noise thru it, which takes away the guesswork of looking at the analyzer.

[@Dimzidze]

Thank you! This video is very cool!!! Please, make same video for other equalizers!

[@JohnnyWrightMusic1]

Much needed! Thanks for making this video - EQing with percents makes no sense to me, I need freqs and dB's to reference!

[@RichieCastellano]

Thank you!

[@jimsreynolds]

Nice work Matt !!!

[@arislaf]

What is the name of the spectrum analyzer program?

[@mattmguitar]

If it were a regular response curve plot, you'd be right, but here I'm using noise as a live test signal, so in this case, it's normal for the plot to be constantly moving up & down and "squiggly" like that.

[@mattmguitar]

It's won't be much use to you if you're not yet familiar with EQ. Once you're well acquainted with EQ, when you hear your guitar tone, your ears + experience might tell you something like "This sound is too thick - I should turn down 250 Hz by 4-5 dB." Unlike normal EQ controls, the HD500 is not labeled in Hz, the real measure of frequency - instead, it's labeled in percent. So this video is to help an advanced EQ user match up the percent with the actual frequency.

[@mattmguitar]

Thanks a lot! Well 12kHz is way, way up there... It's so high that most people who've been exposed to lots of loud sounds can't hear it anymore. Also, it makes a difference where you do the EQ: before distortion, after distortion but before amp, or after amp. To experiment with eliminating 12kHz, I'd suggest starting with 8 kHz & above, using the Studio EQ. A good starting point would be to set the Lo Freq wherever, Lo Gain 0dB, Hi Freq 8000Hz (same as 8 kHz), and tweak the Hi Gain below 0 dB.

[@roguit.31]

Super boulot!... Good Job!....

[@josefrancisco6969]

Great video dude, thanks.

[@LanceSummer]

Haha and here I thought I was clever for "coming up" with this. The white noise was what I was missing, good shi

[@TylerSocholotuik]

Very helpful video. I've been really happy with the POD HD for the most part, but the EQs are a joke. They have a better EQ in POD Farm for some reason.

[@germanmu84]

Very useful! Gracias!

[@SubduedFlamboyance]

this is really helpful! thanks alot!

[@sunnydeyaliofficial]

Very helpful.thank u

[@FreeThought2007]

Thanks so much for this! Programming the HD500 would be SOOOO much easier if thay would just properly label this stuff! Please send a link to these to Line6 so that can fix it in the next firmware upgrade. I could have gotten sounds programmed a lot quicker if I just understood what I was working with! Many Thanks Matt!

[@bigscarybomb]

Incredible amount of light shone on these functions btw, so thank you! Any plans on covering the HD's dynamics section?

[@marceloSDMF]

This video helped me so much!! and give me some ideas to draw my tone! But, i really don't understand why u didn't talk about Studio Eq

[@mattmguitar]

Thanks! That's because the Studio EQ already has actual Hz numbers on its labels. Anyway it's been 5 years and I no longer have the HD500, but you can find some more info on this guy's page: foobazaar.com/podhd/toneGuide/eq#effects-studio

[@TheEmoo92]

Thanks for making this. I find Line 6's way of labeling effects with % to be really annoying.

[@ugurkaracay1]

thanks a lot

[@The_rocking_scotsman]

Great Video Matt. Helped me alot to understand the EQ section. What spectral analyzer did you use? Would like to try that at home too

[@mattmguitar]

Thanks! This is the analyzer built into Logic Pro version 9. I zoomed in and cropped so you don't see the other controls. Most DAWs have something along those lines - often you'll find it inside the main EQ plugin.

[@blekenbleu]

4 Band Shift Eq may be to make audio space for vocals..

[@thabudmaster]

Nice info, thanks!

[@boynoar]

Very good

[@Duesy_Sam]

I don't even understand the EQ thing but for what I can see line6 didn't do right the EQ part cause it should go as a normal EQ where everything in the middle should be flat... Am I right?

[@bigscarybomb]

Might the 4 Band Shift EQ be modeling a Marshall EQ & Contour in one slot on the HD500? It seems that the 'shift' knob might have a similar effect to the tone as the contour knob on old Marshall's. Thoughts?

[@Duesy_Sam]

oh ok thanks for replying!!!

[@gonzalobelatti]

bro let me tell you... Ive subscripted to you're chanell cause the info was really good! Let me ask you, for an ibanez jem, someone told me that was good to almost avoid the 12k frequency to shape the guitar sound better... wich eq from the podhd 500 do you recomend me?, thanks ;)

[@mattmguitar]

Thanks!

[@MacShock67]

Dear Matt, would you mind to share how you did setup the pod and the programs you use in order to conduct this analysis. Thanks in advance and Merry Christmas

[@mattmguitar]

Thanks a lot!

[@RodBettencourt]

Can you indicate a video to setup the pod to a daw and use the QClone ?

[@Duesy_Sam]

ooohhh... will you mind explaining whats the point of this video or how could this help? im sorry but im just a begginner

[@brpadington]

The EQ's in the hd are confusing.

[@gonzalobelatti]

I think I should hear both, before and after the amp... but wich one of these two options works beter at your opinion? #dhalif is the friend I told you about, take a heard of that and let me know! :-) btw... you are a genius my friend hehe

[@dodr788]

Hey Matt, can you help me in providing instructions how you did that in the video? I need to see for myself how the EQ in the pod works for me to fully understand it. I just don't get it how you are able to make the spectrum analyzer see the pod's signal. Looking for a favorable response.

[@mattmguitar]

Hello, it's been a while and I don't remember exactly what I did, but the basic idea was that I used Logic's Test Oscillator to generate pink noise, which includes all frequencies. (It might have required some minor EQ within the DAW to make it perfectly flat like you see here). I sent the pink noise out of my audio interface into one of the HD500's inputs, then looped back from the HD500 output to an input on my audio interface. I was careful to avoid a feedback loop. Logic's built in EQ plugin has a spectrum analyzer, so all I had to do was adjust the EQ controls on the HD500, and the results could be seen by changes to the spectrum of the pink noise. Good luck!

[@dodr788]

+Matt Mayfield Thanks

[@tardfam]

If I need a Hi Cut at 6kHz what should I use `?

[@bryanshepard2069]

You rule, Matt. Why percents.. WHY!

[@LazersXD]

what plugin did you use for this?

[@TakeshiAndTheKid]

Wow, the Parametric EQ is really bad. Generally the area around 5-10k is important, not much is meant to happen there for guitar but that's exactly why you may want to roll it off, you may want to boost it for cleans.

[@AdamTrain]

You're a fucking hero

[@coachcleats13]

Great info dude!!!

[@mattmguitar]

Thanks!

[@coachcleats13]

Great info dude!!