anyone try those Line 6 M series modellers?

how do they sound? I could use another midi programmable dirty boost and rather than going analog with another Nova Drive I thought maybe all those OD, distortion, fuzz and compressor models might be fun to play with.

Forget about it, I had a M5 and I had to say that its distortion modeler section is just cold and ugly, very sterile sounds, go with the Nova-Drive.

Thanks for the heads up! I've got the nova drive and love it for some stuff, but the rat section just doesn't do fuzz. Back to the drawing board for MIDI controllable fuzztones. Pretty much the only thing out there is this guy; http://store.moltenvoltage.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=BUILT_041

I am just NOT a muff guy, but that's the only "fuzz" you can get modified for MIDI that I know of. And I am loving my MIDI rig and the minimal amount of cabling involved versus going with traditional pedals in a midi controlled true bypass looper. Maybe I can build something like a tonebender or superfuzz into the full size NYC big muff case and send it to molten voltage for modification. Or I could take some of the clipping diodes out of the molten voltage MIDIed NYC Big Muff.... I am just NOT a muff guy, but that's the only "fuzz" you can get modified for MIDI that I know of. And I am loving my MIDI rig.

out of curiosity, how were the delays, verbs and modulations on the Line6 M pedal? I ditched my Nova System right away (just not blown away by it, standalone nova drive SCHOOLS the nova system dirt section and the analog style delays sounded sterile and artificial compared to the Flashback X4) so I don't have modulation or reverb in my setup anymore, just dirt and delay. Which I guess is okay, but a little detune, chorus, flange and phase can be fun!

So far my signal path is mainly analog. Only the repeats of my delay are digital, everything else is a straight analog signal from my guitar and its all really transparent now that I am dialed in correctly with the radial ABY out front driving the setup and everything else in true bypass.

The 3 tube amps that do the heavy lifting are really sensitive to what they receive, particularly the Matchless HC30 style and the Traynor CP504 type heads. Any poorly executed buffers or digital artifacts from processors (ahem, nova system) jump out really blatantly thru these amps because of the clarity and fast response. Its not a "blurry" and forgiving tweed-type tube response in my rig at all, particularly the clean sounds, so I have been really picky about what gets amplified right down to tweaking my delay voicings via the toneprint software to fitler out any unpleasantness on my subtle tube/tape delay patch. The system's been a bizotch to fine tune and I haven't even mapped my presets to the MIDI controller yet.