It seems like Line6 kinda screwed people over

[plastic]

sell the old one on ebay. the old pod still goes well.
btw. j-station is horrid...even if is has some "bass patches".

[greendoor]

J-station is far too noisy to be useful for anything. A POD2 or PODxt at least are studio quality. Don't worry about the extra effects in the PODxt - they aren't as good as most freebie VST effects. Really.

[bduffy]

That would explain why no one recommended it to me, then.

[jens]

J-station is far too noisy to be useful for anything.

bullshit!

[plastic]

i don't care about j-stations noise or converter quality (ever recorded a mesa stack? THATS hiss)...but the modeling is just bad...it sound weak and doesn't fit in a mix either...same goes for about every vst amp plugin.
pod xt is far from perfect but nothing comes close to it right now IMO.

[jens]

i don't care about j-stations noise or converter quality (ever recorded a mesa stack? THATS hiss)...but the modeling is just bad...it sound weak and doesn't fit in a mix either...

bullshit!

[james0tucson]

Just 2 years after I buy my Pod Pro they come out with the Pod Pro XT

Two years is forever around here! The whole *concept* is in its infancy. Be worried when stuff like this starts *not* getting replaced by new stuff.

[feyshay]

The POD effects aren't that bad for casual live use. It's meant for playing around. The simulated amps sound great. You some good VST's for effects. I got the POD XT Live. Came with the effects and then I bought some add-on amps that sound great and give more options.

[Controller_C]

Man, I hate it when I buy a car one year, and 2 years later, the newer model has more features and power! How dare they! I really wanted to 'upgrade' my Roland JV-2080 to the XV-5080. That have been no different than your situation. If you want the newer stuff, ya gotta pay. I've never 'expected' to get an 'upgrade' when it comes to a physical, tangible item like an effects processor or a keyboard.

Devon

Ok forget the upgrade, the fact is there is no reason why Line6 couldn't have enabled the POd to use 6 effects at once the first time around. It's not like the technology wasn't available or the units were dirt cheap- I mean come on! Honestly when I bought the POD PRO I just assumed you could use whatever combination of effects at once- My fault, I read many great reviews of the POD pro and that was never mentioned as a limitation, at the time it was standard for FX processers, and if you think about it that's what POD is, an FX processor- it creats the effect of amps/environments along with traditional effects. It like they took effects to the next level but forgot include the key features they improved upon.

[birrbits]

i agree with jens...
anyone who thinks the jstation is noisy or weak when compared to the line 6 needs to reevaluate thier hearing.

also you cant complain about future jstation support (there isnt any!)

[Aural Chaos]

Don't worry about the extra effects in the PODxt - they aren't as good as most freebie VST effects. Really.

bullshit

[plastic]

so much BULLSHIT in this thread

[Jaeson Merrill]

again, examples of how facts are proven at kvr.

[cptgone]

Don't worry about the extra effects in the PODxt - they aren't as good as most freebie VST effects. Really.

bullshit

I'm not at all impressed by the FX in my FlextoneII... esp. now we have RetroDelay!

[jens]

so much BULLSHIT in this thread

Indeed! Look below my posts when I joined kvr - since then I must have posted 20-30 tracks containing lots of guitar (&bass) - various musical styles have been applied. Many people commented on my good guitar-sound and asked what gear I'm using. No-one ever complaind about that the guitar doesn't fit in the mix or is sounding to hissy or something like this. All the guitar-tracks (& most of the bass-tracks) were recorded through my J-Station which I own for about four years now - nuff said!



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