Thanks, yeah I use that socket for my foot controller.
Similarly, for clean tone -- I can't find an amp tone that cuts through level wise, and when I turn up the gain, even on the "clean" sounds, they come out dirty. I'm starting to wonder if my issue is that all my channel volumes are too low, but if anyone else has this issue and has advice, would love to hear it. I've been thinking about getting standalone pedals and switching over but I feel like my POD SHOULD be able to handle something like this.
Alternately, another question I've had forever (I've literally just found this board) is -- is there a way using the foot pedal to bypass the pod entirely?