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I'd recognise that tone-suck anywhere! 'Everything You Do' is the PodXT. :) Do you intentionally have a retro early 80's sound, or is it just what 'comes out' due to the equipment you're using?

Thanks for the confirmation that I'm not doing something wrong. What a pity that the effects default isn't the last used setting. Then at least our starting point would be something that we dialed in ourselves (ie. more chance of it being usable and musical) And that would also allow us to A/B effects in the same group without saving every change into patch and having to A/B the patches instead. Oh well.

Thanks for your reply. I appreciate this conversation. Having said that, I'm going to respectfully disagree with you. :) > Your argument in favour of a global reverb applies equally to other FX groups such as distortion, compressor, modulation, EQ, and delay. I don't think it does apply equally though. The stomp, mod and delay settings are definitely effects that can be radically different depending on each individual song if you want to take it that far (ie. a cover band). The EQ is then needed per patch because of the radical change in tone when you apply amp and stomp. Same with compression and gate - they are usually used to fix problems introduced by the specific effects used in any particular patch, or sometimes to enhance some aspect of the effect, and so need to be per patch. But in my mind, reverb depends on the venue, not the patch being used. I don't see it as an 'effect' as such, in the same way as a distortion. It's not something I'd want to change for every song. Suppose your rehearsal room is very dry because of the acoustic damping, so you've added lots of reverb to your patches to soften the tone. Then your first gig is a high school reunion in a concrete gym hall that has abundant natural reverb. If now swimming in reverb, your rehearsal room sound is going to become muddier, will sit further back and have less punch. If a global reverb had been conceived, it could have been in addition to the way it is now, so users had a choice about which way they wanted to go. As it is, I feel that I probably shouldn't use the reverb on the unit, and instead apply the correct amount at the amp depending on where I'm playing. Which is frustrating because my amp reverb is pants! If you can change my mind, I'd love to hear it.

I know this is too late for you, but for anyone else reading this post, I solved this problem in the following way. You can buy 'pads' for the bottom of chair legs to stop them scraping on the floor. They have a cloth textile on one side, and are very sticky on the other. I cut one to size and stuck it on the metal prong underneath the pedal. It folds over the prong, and sticks to its sides securely. Not only does this protect the switch from damage by the metal prong, it also makes it much easier to click the switch.

Can anyone explain the logic of having the reverb saved in each patch, rather than an overall reverb which you can quickly edit/change depending on the venue? Rather than have to edit each patch, it's better for me to leave the reverb off on the XT completely, and use the one on my amp (which isn't as nice as the XT's reverbs), so I can quickly adjust it depending on the room or hall I'm playing in. That's a shame. I'm trying to understand why it was designed this way?

I'm editing a patch ('memory channel'). I choose the delay section in the LED. I set-up the analog delay the way I want it. Now I want to just check it against the other delays offered. I switch to the next one - analog delay with modulation. I set this up the way I like it. Now I switch back to analog delay to A/B the two delays, and see which one I like the most. BUT the setting of the analog delay has not been remembered! It defaults back to some weird factory setting. Then I go back to the analog delay with modulation, and it has also changed back to a factory setting. So basically, everytime you switch away from the effect you're working on, you lose the settings you just made? Can anyone confirm this problem, and offer a suggested workaround? Thanks!

Well, then here is some more detail! The switch is two sheets of metal stuck together. One is concave, which produces the 'click' when you depress it. I guess the contact switch is sandwiched in the middle. In my case, the sheets of metal had moved away from the centre of the hole or aperture. I still got the click, but the contacts were not touching. The switch has a sheet of plastic over the top to stop dust getting in. My plastic was ripped and degrading anyway, so I cut it out. Under it, I could see the metal sheet of the switch, and a bit of green circuit board to one side. So I slid the metal sheet back to the centre (there is a small depression in the centre). This fixed the switch. On my pedal, the underside has a plain metal prong which depresses the switch. I'm willing to bet that it used to have rubber on it, but that it came off. I didn't like the idea of this metal prong pressing directly into the switch, so I used one of these things that you stick onto the bottom of chair legs to stop them scraping on the floor - basically a little bit of cloth with a very sticky side. It has stuck firmly onto the prong, and protects the switch nicely. Because it is a few millimeters thick, I now don't have to put all my weight on the pedal to change from volume to wah, which I've read is a common complaint.

Thanks for your reply. The PodXT Live comes with the PowerPack and FX Junkie included, which equates to 31 stomp effects. However, unless someone commissions me to do the soundtrack for a reboot of Star Fleet, most of them are bunk. I can use the Screamer, Classic Distortion, Boost+EQ, and maybe the auto-swell for a specific, as-yet-unwritten song. Don't get me wrong, I do like the unit, and it was 100€ well spent. But it is a little more restricted in choice than I thought. Maybe that will turn out to be a good thing though! :)

I just bought a PodXT Live. Whilst the price was low, and I will be able to use it for the basic purpose that I bought it, I am disappointed about the number of musically usable stomp effects. There's only about four that I would actually use, including the Booster. So then I thought that I could buy an extra pack of stomp effects. But it seems that the model packs are only amp simulations, not additional effects. So is there a way to get more stomp effects from somewhere and onto the PodXT Live? For example, a few more models of distortion pedals? Thanks.

I just bought POD XT Live (second hand, of course, in excellent condition). I don't understand the foot pedal. Isn't it supposed to change from wah to volume no matter which patch ('channel memory') I have chosen? I get a nice click when I toe down, but it either stays on volume or stays on wah, depending on whether I chose on/off in the wah settings. But I can't change between wah and volume using the toe switch. Thanks for any solution/clarification. EDIT: I figured out that it wasn't anything in the settings, but that the switch was simply physically broken.