Line 6 Pod XT

[Samarkol]

Ok. I have never ever used or seen someone using a POD. But I heard that it rocks a lot. Our band will be recording in a few weeks, and many people told me that a POD was a pleasure to work with when recording...

I'd like to have YOUR advice, DarkTranquillityers! Anyone use it? Can you get a good sound for a HEAVY band?

Samarkol

 

[Misanthrope]

I think a good advice is to remember to keep a solid tune on your guitar. People tends to get too carried away with effects, specially in the studio. My advice is find a solid distorsion, use effects ONLY if you really need them or picture them working on certain song, and go from there. Do not buy something too expensive you could use on getting more usefull things like a nice amplifier or a nicer guitar.

The only things i use are dist and chorus ( to get that guitars cutting thru glass effect ) and for dist i use an rp200 to simulate a mesa boogie. That and a noise gate and a little delay are the only things i will ever need, i dont need a complex effects unit, any simple one will do specially if i get a better amp.

 

[Naku ist krig]

This is the best way:
Use clean guitar sound but keep the recording quality so low that it sounds that there is wonderful distortion.

(Plagiarized from a Finnish-demo-black-metal band.

NP: CMX - Vallat ja Väet

 

[Samarkol]

I know, I don't want to use a lot of effects. We use disto and clean that's it. As you said, I'd rather go with a Dual Rectifier from Mesa Boogie than a POD6... but the Pod is a bit cheaper you know I'd like to have a BIG sound from something cheap ( <400 ). I tried the RP300 and the sound is not that good I think...

Samarkol