I really wasn't planning on using the HD500 with the MOD50, but when I realized the MOD50 had the midi capability I figured I would check it out.
I only had it hooked up once and have been just going straight into the amp as I have been trying out some different modules. I need to get back to playing around with the complete set up. I tend to not use FX very often, but for messing around some times it is nice to have the option. I figure it might be good to take to jams too instead of my pedal board. It will give me all the ch switching, the wah and volume I want, and a tuner...plus the looper that could come in handy at times.
So at some point I'll get to hooking it back up and doing some evaluation of whether it effects my tone or not.
The other thing I want to try is building some patches using the HDs preamp models for clean tones. I have been gung ho on checking out high gain modules and the only one I have that does a clean is a VX module.