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The footswitches are fine, the microswitches are the absolute plastic .01c -per-switch cheap garbage! How is it that I got Pod Go, and within several months one of the footswitches stopped working reliably? And after I played exactly one gig on it.... But good news! But you can open it up and clean them out with Liquid DeoxIT. As I found out (thanks to this forum), you cannot do it externally, you need to open it up. I have had very good results with my Pod Go and Helix LT. Liquid DeoxIT cleans out the corrosion and lubricates the microswitches, so you won't have any issue for the next couple of years. As for what MIDI controller to use, there are lots of options. As long as the controller can send Program Changes and CC messages, you're all good. I am also kind-of curious if I could get myself a MIDI controller, but all the ones I've seen either have too few buttons, or are a mammoth with way too many. I wish there were a simple 10 button MIDI controller with an expression pedal you could plug in.

Hey, gang! I made a detailed video how my (very complicated) preset is set up. You can download it from Custom Tone. See my video and description for all information. Maybe you could find it useful! If so, I'd appreciate a like/sub. Thanks.

My method of boosting is with the EQ. Increasing gain basically makes the sound more muddy. So what I do is I take the 10-band EQ and boost the 2K frequency to as much as 10 db. I place the eq either right before the amp or between the amp and cabinet. It helps the solo cut through. I also adjust the EQ boosting to fit a specific song I’m playing. Sometimes just 4 db is all that’s needed. I like my solos to be drastically more noticeable as compared to the rhythm sound, so this does the trick. I also sometimes simply turn up the overall sound of the preset—the output block can be assigned to snapshots. So in a solo snapshot, I boost it 3 db. This is what a sound engineer would do to boost you for solos. But sometimes making you louder does not really make your solos pop out, if the sound system is already at its limit and is compressing everything. So That’s why I prefer the EQ method.

What I personally do is I use the same expression pedal for various parameters / blocks. I also use snapshots--which are my preferred workflow. Snapshots allow you to save the "state" of your pedalboard. You add as much stuff as you need to the signal chain, and then save what is turned off/on for each snapshot. That way you can go from a chorusy clean sound with delay to a bone-dry distortion sound, for example. So what I would do, is I would simply have a wah and a volume block, both controlled by Expression pedal 2. In one snapshot, volume block is bypassed, while the wah is turned on, and vica versa. If you want to have one button always toggle between wah and volume, then you would need to be in the stomp mode for that. One stomp button will toggle what gets turn on/off. If you want to also take advantage of snapshots, you can configure your Helix in several ways: 1. Have 4 lower buttons always be snashots, while the top ones are always stomps. Lots of people prefer this approach. or... 2. Use command center. With command center, you can organize your stomp mode layout per preset. You assign your buttons to switch to different snapshots, for example 7 of the 8 snapshots. While one button can be used as a stomp button to toggle wah/volume. Here are some resources: My video about best practices for wah: 1. https://youtu.be/H5PMjg-oZJ8?si=pfxjYTHGyb6-SLXR 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgTA3tKYst8 My best practices regarding the Helix overall: Command center:

Hey peeps! I made a video on how to set it up. In case anybody is interested, here is a video. Surprisingly, there was not a single tutorial that explains how to do this very thing, that's why I decided to make a video.

never messed with Z on the Helix. Just let it do it's default thing... based on the first pedal in my chain, which is always a wah-wah.

https://youtu.be/eF58yUQ16cQ?si=FCq9wt3XgCYezoeV Take a look at my video, describing how to do synth pads. Also, free preset is mentioned in the video description.

All different mics and their positions change the tone and the volume of the signal. You can adjust the volume of the amp/cab blocks to level off your sound. But most importantly, once you figure out your main sound, just leave it alone. I do not recommend changing amps/microphones between your presets. Otherwise there will always be volume/tone discrepancies that you can only really discover if you do a sound check at the venue you are going to be playing at. I have picked all the ingredients of my sound and they are the same in every preset / song that I play, always.

Dial in your sound and leave it alone. Simple. Otherwise, there's no end to the amount of things you can tweak. Options paralysis.

I have had that happen in one apartment. It was also on the carpet. I suspect static electricity triggered the tempo setting. It happened to Helix LT and Helix Floor that I owned. Once the carpet was removed, the issue stopped.

Do you have any effects in parallel? That can really change the output level.

If you use an audio interface to use Helix Native, it can theoretically color your sound / add drive / remove drive. In addition to the output levels mentioned above.

different EQ. check your global EQ. I've been using the Helix since 2.8 and never had any sound changes during an upgrade.

First of all, you mentioned you are using a "solo preset". I would highly recommend you use snapshots instead. Even with snapshots Helix has this problem, although not as bad: If you turn on one amp and turn off another amp, there'll be a loud "boing" sound. If you turn on the distortion pedal, there'll also be some amount of noise. To overcome that you need to use one preset, and put blocks inside A/B path. Make sure both blocks are running, and simply switch between them. Sometimes you may want to try to rearrange your blocks in a different order. So I would suggest starting out with using snapshots, that will definitely minimize the noise.

You can assign any parameter of any block to the expression pedal.

Also try "tron Up" filter. It will immediately make your bass sound like it's a synth. Need to use it in moderation though. Check out some more videos on my channel for that as well.

I have some examples of Synthy sounds. Check it out.

Rule of thumb should be that a blank preset should be about the same loudness as an actual preset--this way there will be no digital clipping and other harsh sound artifacts. So take a preset that has absolutely nothing, and compare it to your presets in question and adjust the output volume (last thing in your signal chain). Good luck!

Hi. I don't see any reason why this should be happening. Can you try following this video and see if you get a different result. And let us know?

Hello. Please watch my video to see what's inside the Pod Go. If the buttons are working, but inconsistently, open up your Pod Go and clean the switches. If both buttons are completely dead, then open up your Pod Go and make sure that the ribbon cables are solidly plugged in. It should be pretty easy to see if they got unplugged or not. Good luck!

Also I have had very good results with a 10-band EQ placed after the amp/cab block. Some guitars are just very noisy! Like my 'Strat. So you can almost completely eliminate the 50/60-cycle Hum if you notch out the buzzing frequency. I don't typically play stuff that has that crazy saturated "American Woman" lead guitar tone. But when I do, I use the built-in noise gate with default settings (mentioned earlier), and a 10-band EQ (mentioned above). Here's an example of one such tone... it would be way too noisy if I didn't use those tricks:

Just like washing jeans... don't use the washing machine. Simply add a little bit of liquid detergent, and rinse with water a few times. It will smell fresh and won't ruin the bag.

Here's my solution: variable tempo of the tremolo helps it stay in sync.

Take off the knob, tighten the nut, put some nail polish on it so it stays in place, put the knob back on and it'll be fine!