Originally Posted by: wcarosiaoh and in addition- I recently figured out that I can put hd500 patches on my 500x.. maybe look into seeing if you can use patches for the older models on your 500? Part of me thinks you cant, but it is worth trying. You just have to make sure when you go to "open patch" on the software you choose "any file" not "all pod hd 500" files.

I open 500x patches on the 500. Just rename them to .h5e and open it in Line6 Edit. The only problem is that with some patches you run into a DSP overload because the 500x has ~20 more DSP Power.