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Using the Looper
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To follow are descriptions for each of the footswitch functions and Performance View
while Looper mode is active.
LOOPER -
Toggles Looper Mode On/Off. When this switch’s LED is lit, the POD
HD500 Looper Mode is active. The Performance View screen will display the
Looper functions when the Looper is active, as shown above.
UNDO -
Use the
FS1
switch to “undo” the last recorded overdub. You can press
this footswitch while actively in Overdub-Record mode, Loop Playback mode, or
while stopped and only the last recorded overdub is erased. This function will not
erase the originally recorded Loop.
PLAY ONCE -
Pressing the
FS2
switch plays your recorded Loop (including overdubs, if
you’ve recorded any) for one cycle. Cool for triggering a pre-recorded phrase on demand!
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While playback is active, the Play/Stop icon appears as “STOP,” to indicate
that it can be pressed to stop playback immediately.
PRE/POST -
Toggling the
FS3
switch determines the position of the Looper in your Signal
Flow, which dictates whether Amp & FX processing is added to your guitar signal during
the recording of your Loop, or only for the Loop’s playback.
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PRE (FS3 switch light is Off):
Your guitar signal is recorded unprocessed (i.e. - the
Loop is recorded “pre” Amp & FX processing). When played back, the Loop audio
is mixed with incoming guitar to feed the current Preset’s Amp & FX processing.
If you change Presets or tone settings while set to
PRE
, you’ll hear them applied to
your Loop playback.
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When the Looper is set to
PRE
, the Pre/Post icon appears as “POST,”
to indicate that pressing the
PRE/POST
footswitch will set the Looper
to
POST
.
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POST(FS3 switch light is on):
Your guitar signal is recorded processed (i.e. - the
Loop is recorded “post” Amp & FX processing). When played back, the Loop audio
is mixed with incoming guitar AFTER the guitar signal has been processed through
the Amp and FX. This provides the ability select a new Preset which is applied only
on your guitar input, while the Loop plays back with the original recorded Preset
tone!