I've just given the LINE6 HD units a workout @ City Music (it's yesterday actually) to hear what the buzz's about. According to the manufacturer, the HD manifestations are the company's refined LINE6 range of multi-effects, voiced to be more organic than their last effort.
The HD units feature a very user-friendly working control panel, it's like accessing your amp with some additional knobs so if you think you are too old for some digital mambo-jumbo (or too lazy for that matter), the HDs would be a different appeal. The tones on offer are more organic as promised but still lack that analogue-dynamic relationship in a non-digital set up. Despite this very minor lackluster, the HDs' on-board voicings are indeed the standard to beat; personally, I find them appealing. There's also an external loop feature in case you wish to rope in your pedals into the mix. The interface panel helps by keeping the display objective- it reflects whatever tweaks you dial in. I could safely say that the HD units are for the LINE6 lovers who could do better with less programming & more live tweaking during play. Of course, this is the best time to consider any of the models on offer since they are clearing at SALE prices, just visit City Music's showroom to hear them in action.
On a personal note, it's more fruitful for you to visit the store on a weekday instead when there is a lesser probability of being in the same room with old geisers who are more inclined to boss around during try-out time instead of making an actual purchase.
7 comments:
quiet tempting too...
came upon your website from soft. im actually a hobbyist, my old sch behringer x-vamp mfx is spoilt and i'm looking forward to get a new multi effects pedal from Citymusic in their year-end sales. Usually likes to play rock/metal music like a7x, mcr, greenday, etc. came upon your website on the review on this Line6 mfx.. how is this better compared to zoom g7.1ut, korg ax3000g and vox tonelab ST?
it's not better in terms of reverence :-) certainly not, just more appealing pertaining to tonal offerings & ease of use. ZOOM & VOX's Tonelab, despite having tubes in there, could have been better in terms of definition. the Tonelab could give you some hard-hitting crunch but couldn't really tread the metal way. KORG has some of the best distortion in a multi-effects unit but don't really offer an expansive palette in terms of voicing selections.
Thanks for sharing :D
thanks to you too for visiting & reading :-)
May I ask how it compares/differs from the older M series (M9/13)?
Best,
Mark
all LINE6 effects prior to this are not equipped with the HD feature. this isn't an implication that they sound inferior- they just sound different. the issue with refinements is that some of us hear the difference, the rest of us don't. so it's best to hear the HDs in action to discover if they are indeed appealing to you.
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