voxman55

That's correct; you can't currently re-assign the tap function to another foot switch.

Legendary Drive, modelled after the Carvin VLD1 Legacy Drive (high gain channel). It's a distortion model that is in Helix and in stereo mode in Helix (in Pod Go effects are stereo with no mono option) it takes up 41.3% of its DSP, so unfortunately it's too DSP intensive to include in Pod Go.

Where are you plugging into Pod Go - Main Out or Amp out? Amp out is for the front of the amp, so if you are going through the FX return you should be going through the Pod Go main out. If you've been using Pod Go with headphones and it's set to line, change the Pod Go main out from line to instrument. If you're going through FX return of a real amp, you might want to turn your cab models off. Check you have the latest v1.30 firmware ( if you don't, you should upgrade your Pod Go through Pod Go Edit - your firmware will be displayed in the kidney bean at start up). v1.30 gives certain new features relating to the amp/mains out so you can use the Pod Go main volume or not. You could also experiment with your Pod Go through the front of your amp. There are no rules as to whether you keep cab models or turn them off, or go through the front of an amp or the fx return, or use 4-cable method - it's all down to which works best for you. Pod Go can be set up in a variety of ways. Read the manual for connections and settings options with a guitar amp (p8 & 36/37 in the latest Pod Go Wireless manual v1.20 Rev D - there isn't yet a v1.30 manual)

It's very difficult to try & help you more without seeing your Pod Go and your settings. If you are still having a problem it's either because you have done something to your settings or there's a software corruption. I recommend you back up your Pod Go and do a reboot to factory settings. If this fixes the issue with the factory patches and when you reload your saved patches back in the problem re-emerges, then the problem is with your settings. I'd then urge you to carefully read the manual and the Pod Go edit manual before changing expression pedal settings to ensure you are following the right sequence. If a reboot back to factory settings doesn't resolve the issue, and the same problem is there with factory patches, then something could be wrong with the software load and you may need to re-install v1.30. I recommend you raise a ticket with Line 6 support, and attach the back-up to see if they can replicate the issue and help you resolve. They will then give you instructions on what to do.

Thanks @Clsc that's helpful and makes sense. I'm a covers band player too. Re the favourites, you can save these eg gig patches by importing & exporting a group of patches without having to do a full backup. But a favourites area within Pod Go itself to group favourite patches would certainly be useful. I have a patch that I use the pitch-shift to down-tune to Eb (eg sweet child of mine, and some SRV/Hendrix things too) that works very well in both chords and single notes. Haven't tried other tunings as I have no need. When you say D,C, A# are you refering to a polycapod or open tunings?

@Clsc Please help me understand exactly why you think you need the ice delay when Pod Go already has so many delay options? I'm also interested to understand why you think you need a polypitch? What would you be using it for? What type of music do you play, are you a home player, a gigging player, or a recording/ studio player? I'd also be interested to know if you've actually played a Zoom G11 and used its polypitch? I appreciate you are not English and therefore English isn't your first language but I'm afraid I don't quite understand the first part of your request relating to Helix. Please could you better explain what you mean and also what you mean by 'tracks between presets' please?

I haven't but might consider it. Because of the pandemic (I'm in the UK) I've not been able to go back into the rehearsal room or gigging so I've not yet been able to use and assess Pod Go in a live band mix situation. Prior to the pandemic I was gigging with my Vox Tonelab SE straight through the PA. It's old tech from 2003/4 but is still a terrific piece of kit, and it has a 12AX7 valve that is positioned in the valve-reactor circuit to act as a power amp tube. This helps give it a really good valve like feel and response and is something I was wondering if I might lose with Pod Go. I have an analogue boost (a BBE Boosta Grand) that I use in the fx loop of my Vox Valvetronix AD120VTX, so it's something I could experiment with in front of the Pod Go.

I get that completely. However, the FRFR108 has loads of bottom end - it's quite astonishing actually!

Very odd but hopefully the replacement unit will be fine.

Not to my knowledge. You say the MODE switch has stopped working - was it working previously or has it never worked? Have you checked that you're not accidentally in 'edit vlew mode' as the mode switch doesn't operate in 'edit view'. Press the view/home button to check - preset mode is where you see bankup/down, and then 4 patch blocks all in grey & white. Not treating you as silly or anything, but there have been folk who have got confused with this before. Can you toggle between these views? view mode preset mode If the unit is faulty you need to exchange it - however, I'd be surprised if this is a physical switch issue - if it is, it's the first one I've heard of. So, some things to consider. 1. I've heard before where the Pod Go was delivered in 'demo' mode - check this (it will be on the start up display, with the firmware version - if it says demo mode, then hold down Bank/Preset Down and "D" footswitches during power up) 2. If not any of the above, my guess is this is likely software driven. Are you on firmware v1.30? If not, try upgrading the firmware but ensure you download v1.30 of Pod Go Edit, and upgrade via PG Edit. If you are on v1.30 I'd suggest you back up the factory presets in PG Edit try a full clear & re-import the presets to see if this helps. If nothing fixes the problem, check with Line 6 support but I suspect the unit may then be faulty. Hope something in here helps but keep us posted with how you get on. Here are the common button combinations for POD Go when attempting a factory reset or troubleshooting. To perform any of these, start with the POD Go turned off, then flip on the power switch while holding down the buttons below for 5-8 seconds. It's helpful to have your presets backed up or saved to your PC or Mac computer, before performing a factory reset. C & D - Factory Restore (Restores all factory settings) A & B - Clears Everything (Clears all presets, factory settings will not load) PAGE > - Update mode (helpful for any interrupted or failed updates)

And most important...read the manual! - and the various vids inc short ones from Line 6 are all good too.

You can create groups of patches in Pod Go Edit eg for a particular guitar, or as a set list for a gig, and save these as a set list file which can be imported/exported as a distinct patch group, rather than having to backup everything. See 'Importing and Exporting set lists' on page 9 of the latest Pod Go Edit pilots guide manual.

You don't need to press it again. Just take your foot off the footswitch and the screen will return to stomp mode with the FX unaltered - in other words if it was 'on' when you pressed it, it will reappear in the 'on' position when you take your foot off and the view changes back from edit mode to stomp mode. It's intentionally set that way so you can't make a mistake - you can only change the on/off state of an fx by a quick press of the pedal, and then you'll see it change. Also, if you keep the fx button pressed, it will only stay in edit mode for 2-3 seconds - after that it will then automatically switch back to stomp mode anyway. Finally, if you wanted to press an FX switch to go into edit mode without it returning automatically, you can set this in global settings (see p 38 of the Pod Go Wireless manual):

See page 15 of the Pod Go/Wireless manual - 'Tap tempo'.

You enter and exit snapshot mode by pressing both the up and down pedals at the same time. You should see the 2 up down switches on the left in snapshot mode.

It would be a useful feature but sadly not I'm afraid - you can copy & paste one over the other but you can't swap directly. Hopefully this is something they'll add in the next firmware upgrade. Swapping snap shots is a feature in Helix and Helix Stomp, so it should be straightforward to include in Pod Go. I suspect this may simply have been an oversight in v1.30 rather than because of any architectural complication. I have a contact at Line 6 and have flagged this and have asked if it could be added in the next firmware upgrade.

What format is it? You need a .WAV format for Pod Go. If it is WAV, have you imported it into the IR folder in your Pod Go ( you can just drag n drop if you use Pod Go Edit) as you need to do this first before you can select it in a patch.

@Flipper124 Trust me, if I'm 64 and can suss Pod Go out, you should have no trouble! As has been said, you don't need to spend a penny more - everything you need is in Pod Go. If you read about people paying for patches or IR's ignore it. There are a ton of free patches on Custom Tone, and I wouldn't worry about IR's for now - get your head around the basics first. Even when you are ready to play around with IR's (and you don't need these anyway) there are tons of good free ones available anyway. When using Pod Go you can select & set everything from Pod Go itself - you don't need software. But I strongly recommend you install Pod Go Edit, connect your Pod Go via the supplied USB lead to your computer, open up Pod Go Edit and then you can do everything from there - it makes things much easier and quicker. First things first - you MUST invest some time to read the manual. Although some things are obvious, a lot isn't. Pod Go is a pretty sophisticated bit of kit so it will take you a little while to get your head around how it works and how to do certain things. Have you used MFX units before - if so, which ones? With older MFX, like my Vox Tonelab SE, I can choose 1 amp, 1 cab, 1 each of a reverb, delay, modulation, and 1 pedal effect (eg tubescreamer). Because my choices are 'fixed' there's never a processing issue so within those constraints I can have what I want. But, I can't have eg 2 delays or 2 distortions, and my amp choice is limited to 16 models, FX choices are similarly limited. Modern MFX give you way more choice as to how you want to use your DSP allowance - but it also means some compromises or trade-offs. Modern units like Pod Go give you a ton of choices (some would argue too many!) and there's a lot of processing power (DSP = digital signal processing) (not as much as a Helix, but still a lot) but it has a limit of how much it can process. Because of the detailed modelling some FX and amp models use a lot more processing power than others. So although you can have UP TO 4 user FX, if you've selected models that use up a bigger chunk of your DSP 'allowance' then by the time you add a 4th FX (in extreme cases a 3rd) you might find that some options are 'greyed out' or not listed. That just means they need more processing power to run than you've got left. Things like 'jumped amp' models and spring reverbs use up a lot of DSP allowance. Pod Go has been designed so that most of the time you can have exactly what you want, but not all the time.Think of it like going shopping - you have £20 but if you've only got £3 left after choosing some things, you can't buy something that costs £5 - unless you put something else back or change if for something a bit cheaper. Unfortunately, Line 6 doesn't show how much each model 'costs' you as a percentage of DSP - but there's a wonderful guy called Ben Vesco who's created tables for all the different Line 6 units, including Pod Go, that shows you. So a 'jumped Marshall' might cost you nearly 41% and a spring reverb 34% of your allowance - this would only leave you 25% left. But a room, plate, hall reverb etc would be less than 14% and a non-jumped Marshall Plexi would be under 35% and something like a Line 6 Litigator (a very 'Dumble' like amp model) would only cost under 22%. You get the idea - so there's a ton of choice and there's always cheaper alternatives to amp/fx that sound very similar. See here (you need the Pod Go column): https://benvesco.com/store/helix-dsp-allocations/ It also gives you the amp or FX unit that every model is based on - but that's in the manual too, for example: Once you've got your head around what's in a patch and how to tweak parameters in each FX and amp model, and you get a feel for the different cabinet and amp types (you can play around to your hearts content with the cab you want, the mic type and how far away to place the mic and various other tweaks), you can move onto 'snapshots'. Snapshots are just a 'version' of your patch - so you can't change the amp or FX you've selected in your patch - but you can change any settings of the amp/fx you like and switch fx on/off. So, lets say you chose an amp, a cab, a distortion pedal, a reverb, a delay, and a modulation. In snapshot 1 you might want to set your amp for low gain, you want the reverb on, but delay, distortion and modulation off. In snapshot 2 you decide you want more crunch so you up the gain a bit and add some low gain distortion. In snap 3 you rack up gains and add delay for a lead tone, and in snap 4 you add your modulation. So, in one patch you can have 4 variations to tailor as you want. Hell, some folk can do a whole gig this way with just one patch! You can also set footswitches in different ways eg to turn on/off multiple pedals. There's just so much you can do - BUT the key thing is to walk before you can run. Pod Go is a cracking piece of kit - but you need to read the manual and watch the Line 6 vids to learn your way around. After that come & ask and we can help you with stuff plus there are loads of other forums and facebook Pod Go pages you can join that can all help you to. Think of this as just like buying your first car but you need to learn to drive it first and to understand how all its controls and gadgets work before you can really enjoy driving it and push that baby to see what it can do!

Close enough! lol You can try the patch yourself here: https://line6.com/customtone/tone/5101684/

You can't change amps in a snapshot. You can only use the amp and fx that make up the patch. But you can alter amp gain, and add distortion pedals and alter gain and tone.

Pod Go and snapshots are really powerful. You can create snap shots to go from clean to overdrive to lead gain. Coincidentally, I did one using the Soldano clean that I put on Custom Tone that you can hear here. I even threw in some chorus for extra versatility, and was just experimenting to see what I could do with the Soldano Clean.

I'm also not a fan of cheaper 8" guitar speakers in small cabs but a good quality 8" in a good cab can still sound pretty good. But the Headrush FRFR108 isnt a guitar speaker. I have an FRFR108 and it sounds excellent with both my Pod Go and Tonelab TLSE. Great tone, good bottom end, great articulation and not in the slightest bit muddy.

Did you do the update via Pod Go Edit v1.30? If not, load PG Edit v1.30, connect your PG and see if an update appears - if so, follow the instructions. Pod Go Edit v1.30 is available from the link here (make sure you choose the right version depending on your operating system) https://line6.com/software/index.html If you can't update as above, try this:

There are at least four ways to do this: 1.Assign a footswitch to the parameters ie rotary speed high & low 2. Create a snapshot - eg snapshot 1 with rotary set to slow, snap 2 with rotary set to high 3. Assign to the expression pedal - this can be set to sweep between the whole rotary range so you're not restricted to just 2 speed settings or 4. You can set the toe switch of the expression pedal to engage a faster or slower rotary speed - see the manual for how (p32 of PG Wireless) Also, see the tutorial vids - there are tutorial vids for pretty much everything you can do with Pod Go. The best thing you can do is to invest some time reading the Pod Go manual, watching vids, and reading the Pod Go Edit manual.

No probs - thought I'd just mention that I use a Line 6 G10 Relay with my Pod Go - & that acts as a buffer too. And yes, you're right - I checked the manual & there doesn't appear to be a way to uplift PG's volume 'per se' globally (other than via the main knob). So it's a per patch adjustment but you can copy the main out block to any patch to save you repeating manual settings. You could also use an EQ pedal in PG to raise volume and add back some high end - for your purposes I'd suggest placing the EQ right at the end of your signal chain. Again. once you've found an EQ type & setting that works for you, you can again copy the EQ block to any patch. You can also save the EQ settings as your user preferred settings, and when building patches from scratch, you can create a 'new patch' template that incorporates all the above as a default so you don't have to repeat adding/changing anything.