voxman55

Thanks @phil_m I thought it was all the same and thanks for clarifying my understanding was right.

Ah, I didn't realise Helix had this, as I thought all the amps, fx, cabs and mics (apart from 3 heavy DSP drain models) were the same.

Pod Go is very easy to use once you've got the basics and can deliver some stonking tones. It has a great, clear and good size colour display, a built in expression pedal that easily goes from Volume to Wah if you need it, plus footswitches for easy stomp operation. Plus you have snapshots, accurate tuner, fx loop and all the modelling from Helix (with 3 exceptions) that will sound better than the HD 500. Plus Pod Go is light, and compact. Unless you genuinely need sophisticated routing options with dual amps and cabs, go Pod Go. And if you do, I'd personally go Helix LT that you can find used now for not that much more than Pod Go. Why are all the Helix LTs hitting the market? Because folk who don't need all the sophisticated stuff are selling to but the simpler, smaller, lighter Pod Go. So depends what you need. Prior to Pod Go I was using my trusty Vox Tonelab SE which still sounds darned good, even if it is 2004 tech. But its big, heavy, and I wanted something light, compact, that sounded great, and was as easy to use on stage. So, I got me a Pod Go and it's brilliant...oh, and I'm 63!

Nice idea but as far as Im aware, I dont even think Helix has that? So I doubt Pod Go will get it.

You can do this yourself anyway. Go to any new patch and make a template of your basic fx with the basic room reverb you want at the settings you like. Copy that template to all the new patch spaces. So when you now want to make a patch, your basic reverb and anything else you might want is already there, ready and waiting. If you want to, you can even copy that reverb block into another patch to change it's reverb. This is a sophisticated mfx unit so the world is pretty much your lobster. And the reverb will already be assigned to a footswitch that you can put on or off in stomp mode. Want an on off switch in any mode? Easy...add a momentary switch (See the manual) set that to switch reverb on off and job done. I've 2 connected to my Pod Go. But here's the thing. As you become more experienced you'll want to experiment with your reverb settings and it's position in the signal chain. You'll want to load down other patches and they'll have different reverbs and or a room reverb with different settings and or in a different position in the chain. So what you want is a wholly pointless and a less than useless feature in a sophisticated mfx like Pod Go...and not everyone wants room reverb anyway. And in all seriousness if all you need are a few simple fx then Pod Go might be the wrong unit for you. I have a Sonicake Rockstage..a very simple fx block that has a great Marshall type distortion room reverb, delay and a chorus. Really cheap, really simple, very small and light but sounds amazingly good with any amp. Or you can pick up a Boss ME30 or 50 that works just like a set of stomps, to switch on off any fx you want. Nope, honestly...not only would you be very unlikely to get support on the Line 6 Ideas site, but you're likely to get negative votes...and which is exactly how I'd respond if I saw that floated as an idea! (Sorry)

Good thought!

Way more! A spring reverb will eat up 34.03% of your available DSP whereas a room reverb only uses 13.61%. The list makes interesting reading as there can be huge differences on other effects and amp models too. Eg a US Small tweed uses 13.61% of DSP allowance, whereas a Marshall® Super Lead 100 (jumped) uses 40.83%! So although you have UP TO 4 user blocks, you might https://benvesco.com/store/helix-dsp-allocations/ There is a list created of the DSP used by different models. Look for a thread on this that I started before I bought my Pod Go and that will have links to 'benvesco' here: https://line6.com/support/topic/55996-pod-go-dsp-processing-power-has-anyone-yet-hit-a-dsp-limit/ Oh, here's the link to the DSP usage (not Line 6 but very accurate - look for the Pod Go list) https://benvesco.com/store/helix-dsp-allocations/

I stand to be corrected here but I've never been aware of such a feature in Pod Go and I can't immediately see any reference to such a setting in the Pod Go manual or of calibration. Have you actually seen and used this before and/or might you possibly be thinking of a different mfx unit?

Can't explain what happened but a factory reset will get you back quickly. It's also a good idea to create a back up of any patches you've added/altered that you want to keep. If you want to access these individually, then you need to save these as individual patches, otherwise these will be saved as an 'all or nothing' file ie you have to replace all your presets and can't just pick one or two.

No probs. Aside from having access to all new modelling , effects & features (as good as the TLSE still is, it was launched 16 years ago - that's a long time ago in the modelling world, which shows you how well its lasted, how advanced it was at the time, and in some ways still is!) the BIG thing for me as an 'oldie' is I desperately needed something compact and light. The TLSE is a big, heavy unit - with it's heavy duty power-supply it weighs around the same as a full Helix, and it's overall physical size isn't much different! At 63 I just don't want to carry the weight of big MFX and heavy amps anymore! One thing I miss though is it's long, heavy duty cable & PSU with mid-position transformer with its own on/off switch. The TLSE/TLLE and their PSU's ere built like tanks! The Pod Go PSU is small, light - but it has a thin short cable and isn't robust for gigging, so i'll have to make sure I have a back-up when (eventually in the UK) we get back to gigging! But it's pros and cons - I love that Pod Go switches on every patch between Volume & Wah (a big reason I gigged with the TLSE apart from A/B switching was its dual volume/expression pedal layout, rather than the smaller, lighter TLLE that I also have). The Pod Go is a joy from that perspective alone as wah is pre-programmed in by default whereas you have to manually select wah in each patch you wanted in the TLSE, and then that was your pedal option used up!

Ah, got you, and good point - sadly no - you can't change an amp or cab in the same patch using snapshots. You can only do that in Helix or Helix LT. In a 'snap' you can change parameters of the same amp, you can switch on/off or change any parameters of any of the pedals in the patch, but unlike Tonelab SE you can't switch between different amp and cab models. But in practice I rarely used that facility anyway and when I did it was typically to go from a clean to light crunch or higher gain. The only way to switch between different amp/cab models is to change patches. But you can gain stage in a Snap by altering amp and adding/changing pedal parameters (eg using one or more distortions) so you've got a lot of options. TLSE has 'static' DSP - you can select all the combinations available but eg you can't select two pedals from the pedal section. With Dynamic DSP, you have flexibility to fully use the available DSP - but if you choose certain amp & effect models (eg spring reverb) that need to use more DSP processing power, your choices may be restricted for certain amp/effects models and/or in extreme cases you maight only have access to eg 3 rather than the full 4 user blocks. I researched all this heavily - see posts here - but in reality it's not a problem because there are tons of options to use different lower DSP draining versions of eg delays & reverbs - way more than in TLSE. I'm now used to it and all the patches I've created give me the full 4 blocks where I need them.

Are you sure you have a Tonelab SE?? Because if you mean using 2 amp models at once in the same patch neither Tonelab SE nor Pod Go has a double amp configuration. Also, Tonelab SE has no snapshot facility and only a single Control switch. Pod Go gives you global volume and wah switching - with Tonelab SE you had to select wah from the pedal selection and then couldn't use anything else. If you mean stomp mode, then yes Pod Go gives you patch, stomp & snap shot mode. Pod Go has snapshots and multiple footswitch assignment options including the ability (as I've done) to add 2 external footswitches. The biggest functionality change is that Pod Go has fixed & variable user 'blocks' and uses dynamic DSP whereas the options & DSP are fixed in Tonelab SE. It takes a little why to get used to the differences and how to use Pod Go but the Pod Go quality and choice of tones is superb - it's way more sophisticated and whereas Tonelab SE is pretty much plug and play, you'll need to learn how Pod Go works to get the best from it. The cab models in Tonelab SE were its biggest limitation tonally - the options in Pod Go and the ability to import IR's is terrific. Of all the MFX units I've tried, Pod Go is the first one where I'm convinced I can retire my Tonelab SE & LE.

I completely disagree - I've had Pod Go for nearly 2 months now you should be able to get great tones without having to revert to the Global EQ. Global EQ is only intended to help compensate for different external factors eg room ambience, band mix, external speakers, where you might need a global adjustment to adapt every patch. If you use Global EQ when building a patch, when you change environments or external gear, you'll have to keep changing this every time - if you build your patches without these you'll only rarely need to change these and when you can switch this off when you don't need it. In other words your basic patch build without Global EQ should be your key stable reference point. The onboard EQ, amp settings, speaker settings, mic selection, dB levels of these inc main out and effects etc all impact on what you hear. Also, Global EQ only impacts on main out and phones, and has no effect if you are running Amp Out or USB Out. Further, if you share or download patches these will all be impacted by your change to global settings and give you and others a 'false image' of tones because their Global EQ won't match yours. What I've been really impressed with is just how natural and amp like Pod Go is which was a real concern to me having been used to the warm valve like tone from my Vox Tonelab SE/LE units. This is a single patch I created using snap shots, and I made a demo of only yesterday, where I intended that it could be used for a range of different styles. I recorded this yesterday using Audacity with no external editing, going from clean to rock raunch, with an additional 70's chorus option:

The Quick Start section is, by definition, only intended to quickly get you started with some basics! You need to read the rest of the manual for more advanced stuff - Global EQ and resetting Global EQ is specifically shown in the contents list of the manual, and when you click on this (online version) it takes you to p31:

Well, so far so good with the latest Pod Go upgrade. I even had a go at trying to demo a 'snap' patch I created called Soldclean SCsnap : //line6.com/customtone/tone/5101684/ Recorded on Audacity, no post editing, played straight through the Pod Go with my 1997 Patrick Eggle Berlin Pro. Sorry the playing is a bit iffy - my mind & fingers went to mush as soon as I hit record!! lol In order: Snap 1 - funk Snap 1 - jazzy Snap2 - chordal Snap 2 - with chorus Snap 3 - Kid riff Snap 3 - Blowing riff Snap 4 - Zep riffs Snap 4 - With chorus - Rushed it

Just tried it today whilst my wife popped out - one word...STUNNING!! Way, way better than I was expecting. I can't believe that the main speaker is only 8". Is it as good as headphones? I have a great set of Audio Technica ATHM50x headphones which the Pod Go sounds great through - and if anything my Pod Go sounds even BETTER with the Headrush FRFR108! I'm absolutely chuffed and would thoroughly recommend it!!

Received my pressy today. Still in boxes so I'll unpack later and try it out tomorrow although I wont be able to play at any volume.

Setting parameters is easy in Pod Go Edit. Select the parameter you want to set min and max values to, assign the controller by clicking the box on the left, then use the small arrows to set min and max values. You can set a different fx parameter to the same footswitch by doing the same thing. You can do this umpteen times. Or you can select as snap. You can also add 2 additional footswitches, which I've done, to give additional stomp (but not snap) flexibility e.g. to kick in a different distortion or amp gain parameter, or different delay or modulation speed. Currently, all multi assignments are coloured white and you can't change the name from Multi. You also can't name snapshots. Both issues have been raised with Line 6. The next firmware update will just be to fix bugs, but we are all hoping thereafter that Line 6 will provide a solution here as these are the number one things being asked for by Pod Go customers.

Not being funny or in any way meaning to be unhelpful. But have you read the Pod Go and Pod Go Edit manuals? Could I suggest you read these first because I think a lot of your answers are in the manual.

Its my birthday on Monday (21 again!!) and my wife and eldest daughter (bless em) are buying me a Headrush FRFR108 with Gator bag, to play my Pod Go and Tonelabs through for rehearsals and gigging (when I'll likely connect it to FOH and use it as a monitor cab)...and home, when everyone is out! Lol. Should sound a lot better than going through one of my amps, and it's really compact and light. Having checked, there is a difference with the TS308 and the Headrush is better for purer FRFR. Also, Amazon Prime have a great deal on with the Headrush 108 at £179 plus £30 for Gator carry bag all with free delivery.

Go into task manager and shut down any pod go edit still running.

All my amps at home are on a slightly raised plinth to get them off the floor. Back in the days when I was running Valvetronix.net the first piece of advice I'd give re getting good tone at home, rehearsal or gig was 'get it off the floor' or at least angle it up. Otherwise a chunk of your sound is going into the floor - less of an issue on wooden floors, but a big issue on carpeted or even stone floors.

My 611VFM is OK from a noise perspective - with all guitars, single coil pups inc coil split HB's will always be noisier than HB's but there's no excessive noise with the 611. Glad you resolved your noise though - shielding will always help.

It's logical because snapshots are not presets but a variation of a preset - so if you don't save the underlying preset, you lose the snapshots.

"Also, when I change between patches there is no minimum volume present until I move the pedal down then back up even though the readout shows the minimum volume that I have programmed into the POD Go. Any ideas?" You need to think about how you want to use the expression pedal physically. Let's say you want the 30% to 100% range BUT you want the patch to OPEN at 30% when your Volume pedal is flat ie you want the lower volume but at the (normally) maximum pedal position. If you set the expression pedal in the way you've done (toe max, heel minimum) you've told it to be at 100% in the toe down position and 30% in heel down. Thus the volume pedal will always be in the max 100% position when you open it because the pedal starts off being set 'flat' and only as you rock back will the volume drop - because that's what you've told it to do. But you want the opposite. So, think in reverse and try it the other way - set the toe to minimum and the heel to max. So when you open the patch and the expression pedal is flat ie toe down, it will open at 30% and then as you rock back the volume will increase to 100% in the maximum heel down position.