voxman55

If by edit area you mean the footswitch assignments in stomp mode, if an effect isn't assigned to a footswitch it won't show in the stomp display. View mode will always show the full effect chain.

I don't think I'm missing any point & I'm honestly struggling to see where you are coming from. 1. Pod Go IS getting regular updates. Every time Helix is upgraded, 'shortly' after (typically c4 mths) so is Pod Go. But no one should ever buy an MFX that out of the box doesn't meet their immediate needs as they'll just be disappointed that the upgrade they want or expect doesn't happen. No company guarantees upgrades or their content. Although Helix was brought out in 2015, it is a very different animal to what it offered when it first came out both from a features and sonic perspective. Pod Go, whilst not a Helix, was designed utilising Helix technology, and it continues to benefit from Helix developments where Pod Go's DSP and memory limitations permit. Yes of course Pod Go is more limited than Helix - no reasonable person could expect the same features and processing power from an MFX that is around a third of the price of Helix Floor and half the price of Helix LT! And its unfair also to point to newer entrants to the market that might have more features and processing power at a not dis-similar price point, because these have typically launched products later that have been developed on the back of the Pod Go that when it was first launched was a market leader at that price point. In fact, quite a few actually look amazingly similar to Pod Go which arguably has become a victim of its own success and has influenced competition. But rest assured both Helix and Pod Go will be around and get upgrade support for a while yet. It takes years & years to fundamentally change design and modelling architecture from the ground up. Most of the new MFX around have been developed from older technology and 'tarted up'. The latest example is the Boss GX100 that is a less powerful version of the Boss GT1000 but with a touch screen to help make up for its truly non user friendly & unintuitive UI (unless you're already very experienced with Boss units). I bought Pod Go for what it did, not what it might do. Thus every upgrade is an extra bonus. But I also took into account Line 6's excellent customer support and it's commitment to provide it's customers with more. No other manufacturer comes close to Line 6 in this regard and customers of other non Line 6 gear would love to get the support and regular upgrades that Line 6 give. Further, whilst no manual is perfect, the Pod Go manual is one of the clearest and easiest to read manuals that i've ever come across, and whilst the Pod Go Edit software could benefit from a few tweaks, overall it is excellent. 2. I'm unclear where you are coming from re customer disregard and lack of communication. With regards to future upgrades understandably these can't be divulged until finalised and launched. There could be bugs that need sorting, decisions re what might or might not fit etc. Where I do have some sympathy though is regarding the Pod Go input impedance debacle that Line 6 has not been drawn in to comment on. There could however well be numerous valid reasons for this that have been discussed verbatum on the internet. However, for anyone that wants their Pod Go modified Line 6 will provide a free 'fix', irrespective of warranty period. Have a look at the knowledge-base section to see the Pod Go upgrades and the communications support (https://line6.com/support/page/kb/pod/pod-go/). Look on YouTube for the series of Line 6 Pod Go (own) support tutorial vids and find me one other manufacturer that does anywhere near as much. In addition you have the Line 6 Customer Support on-line facility where a ticket can be logged for support and where they will typically get back to you in 48 hrs. With regards one extra block, I've campaigned for this and although I don't agree with Line 6's rationale, I respect it is standing by its original rationale that it didn't want users disappointed with more grey-outs when selecting FX. It designed Pod Go for a certain type of user that needed a simpler approach with less fx chain requirements. But jailbreak patches now give additional flexibility anyway, so if you want more user blocks these are available. If you joined the Gear Page, various Facebook Pod Go sites (one of which I moderate on and am a group expert) you'll see all this and have access to some good stable 'jailbreak' patches. Because it's unofficial of course Line 6 can't advertise these, but they've actually said how surprised they were that folk hadn't sussed this out sooner! To clarify, these are not a 'hack', are nothing to do with firmware, but are simply a variation of the JSON script file that make up a patch. In addition Digital Igloo (Eric Klein Chief Product Design Architect ) frequents various forums including the Gear Page and contributes and gives advance snippets 're forthcoming firmware upgrades albeit not blatantly. For example on 8 Jan when asked about the next Pod Go upgrade following Helix 3.5 (major cab engine upgrade) he said: No points for guessing, but it's a lot trickier adding [obvious thing I can't technically divulge] to POD Go. It might take a while, but it's still coming. Name me one other manufacturer that shares such snippets! Finally, you have this Line 6 board that Line 6 runs, and the Line 6 Ideascale site gives customers the opportunity for customers to give feedback and request upgrades, which depending on the number of votes, Line 6 considers. And when you register your Pod Go you'll receive regular email comms like the one that just landed in my email today, 'Pod Go helps you do you' part of the POD Go Live Series videos. Want even more customer communication - see here: Keep up to date with Line 6: https://www.facebook.com/line6/ https://www.instagram.com/official_li... https://twitter.com/Line6 https://blog.line6.com/ Sign up for the Line 6 Newsletter: https://line6.com What more are you after? Now, let's clarify a few things. First, I don't work for or have any affiliation with Line 6 - like you, I'm just a customer. And I'm not saying Line 6 products are necessarily the best out there - although they are generally considered to be market leaders in the field of digital modelling, obviously there's growing competition from other manufacturers such as Headrush, Boss, Ampero, Mooer etc. But every product has pros and cons and some of these are utilising technology that is a lot older than you might think but just packaged nicely with some added bells & whistles (I believe Headrush is derived from Eleven Rack). The trick is finding one that meets your needs at your price point. And I don't have rose tinted glasses - I've had some disagreements with Line 6 (eg its stance on not offering 1 or 2 extra user blocks), and so have no particular 'blind' customer loyalty. In fact I actually have more Vox gear than anything else (well, my handle is a bit of a giveaway here lol) - currently my only Line 6 gear is Pod Go and a Relay G10 although I used to have a Flextone II Plus rig. But I consider myself to be a fair and reasonably savvy & informed guy and I give credit where it's due. Line 6's reputation for customer & product support and overall customer service were a huge consideration when I bought Pod Go - and, with the odd exception, I think Line 6 has given a pretty good account of itself to date and from that perspective stands head & shoulders over other manufacturers.

I second @silverheadpost. I have a Vox Tonelab SE from 2004 and a Vox Tonelab LE from 2007. Older tech, no upgrade options, no IR capability, but both still perform perfectly, are built like tanks with heavy duty power supplies, and still sound superb. And these still remain my main gigging rigs because of their pure gigability. Just because something is older doesn't make it obsolete! In fact, it's funny how older gear starts to be even better appreciated as it becomes scarcer!! The Pod Go is a cracking bit of kit. Jailbreak patch files add flexibility, and upgrades have added new amp,cab and fx models, additional flexibility with snapshot & footswitch naming and colour coding. And there ARE new updates coming. Following Helix v3.5. Line 6 is currently figuring out how to give Pod Go, in some form or other, the new cab engine. And there's no reason to worry about further updates at least for a few years. But as @silverheadrightly said, upgrades are an extra and you should only ever buy gear based on what it does out of the box and NOT what you hope it might offer in the future.

You're in demo mode; to get out, Hold down Bank/Preset Down and "D" footswitches during power up

Regardless of warranty I recommend you both raise a ticket with Line 6 Customer Support.

I strongly recommend you have a good read of the manual & watch the Line 6 series of quick vids first. Although Pod Go is reasonably intuitive, there's still a lot that isn't obvious. Also ensure you are on the latest firmware - but only update through Pod Go Edit. Latest version is v1.40, but follow the Line 6 instructions here: To by-pass the pre-amp stage of your amp, simply plug Pod Go 'main out' into the FX return only. The real speaker of a combo will still colour the Pod Go tone so you might prefer the tone without the cab model - easiest way is to just turn the cab model in a patch off. Don't use the Amp Out - it isn't what you think it is: AMP OUT This unbalanced output is meant to send directly to the front of your guitar amp. By default, it reflects the same output as the MAIN outputs (except in mono), but it can be globally switched to be tapped off directly before the Cab/ IR block. This way, you can send a cab-emulated signal to your mixer (or FRFR speaker) while simultaneously sending a non-cab-emulated signal to your guitar amp.

Hi all, I recently posted this on a couple of Pod Go Facebook groups, so thought it might be useful for folks here too: NEW YEAR TIP: POD GO BACKUPS, SETS for GIGS, FRFR, AMP, HEADPHONE Hi guys & gals, and a very Happy New Year to everyone. Although I’d kind of assumed that this was pretty much common knowledge I’ve since picked up that it’s not, so the following might be useful especially for those who’ve used up all their Pod Go slots, & who need patches to suit different guitars, amps, FRFR, headphones etc and are worried about tweaking/over-riding settings and losing the originals. OK, I think Pod Go users are pretty familiar that when there’s a firmware upgrade (which incidentally you should only ever do through the latest Pod Go Edit) the process creates a back-up for you. You can also create a similar back-up if you go into ‘file’ in Pod Go edit and select ‘create backup’. These backups are a total backup of everything in your Pod Go and are convenient from a ‘safety’ aspect as these will get all your patches and IR’s back into your Pod Go if there was a glitch/failure & you lost everything. But it’s an ‘all or nothing’ backup and you can’t see and access individual.pgp or .wav (IR) files within the back-up file, which is a bit of a nuisance if you mucked up a single patch and wanted it back how it was. Now, I think most folk know you can save an individual .pgp file and export it to share or put on Line 6 Custom Tone etc. But some folk are under the impression that it’s a long and laborious process to save every .pgp and .wav file in their Pod Go – with up to 128 files in User, factory & IR sections that’s 384 files. But it actually only takes a minute to create a full back-up of all your user & factory patches & IRs in their proper .pgp and .wav format. Here’s how – I’ve made this step by step but the whole thing takes less than a minute: 1. On your PC or Mac create 3 folders and name them e.g. ‘My factory’, ‘My user’ and ‘My IRs’ 2. Connect your Pod Go to Pod Go Edit 3. Select ‘user’ patches in Pod Go 4. Click on patch ‘01A’ to highlight the whole entry in grey including the patch number (don’t select just the name where it highlights in blue) 5. Using the scrolling bar on the right of the patch list, not your mouse, scroll down to the last patch (let’s say you have used all 128 slots and its 32D but if you have less just go to the end of your list) and just hover the cursor over the patch name and it will highlight it in grey. 6. Now, hold down ‘shift’ on your keyboard and left click your mouse on the patch – you’ll now see ALL 128 factory patches grey highlighted. Now right mouse click and select ‘export’ or ‘Control+E’. 7. A ‘browse for folder’ dialogue box will appear. Go to the ‘My user’ folder you created in step 1, select it and press ‘OK’. ALL your patches will now load into that folder and they will be in full .PGP format that you can import back to Pod Go as individual files, or as a group set, or the whole list. So if you mucked up say patch 24B all you need do is go to that patch in your backup and drag and drop it back in to the relevant slot in Pod Go Edit. 8. Repeat the same process for your factory and IR patches, and you’re done. What’s great is that you can create groups of custom patches eg gig sets, patches for different guitars, patches for headphones tweaked for FRFR etc. Even if you’ve run out of blank slots, once you’ve backed up your original patches, it doesn’t matter if you copy these over other patches you don’t currently need because you have all of those patches backed up. And there’s no limit to the backups you can create. If you wanted to have 15 gigging patches for your Les Paul and 15 for your Strat and 2 for your acoustic, you can import and export these patch groups easily with no risk of losing anything you have. You can use the import & export set-list option within the Pod Go Edit ‘File’ tab, or just drag & drop these in. You can create umpteen patch groups eg those you’ve tweaked for FRFR or with your amp v those you’ve created for Headphones use. The options are virtually endless. You can even create template patches based on your favourite settings so that you don't have to start from scratch when you are creating a new patch.

Within Helix this can be achieved utilising dual-routing with a separate EQ in each signal path. As Pod Go is a simpler unit with single routing that option isn't available to it. Line 6 will not give Pod Go anything that Helix doesn't have. When Helix gets a firmware upgrade, Line 6 then considers what can be incorporated within Pod Go after taking into account its lower DSP and memory capabilities. You could post your idea for a stereo i.e. 2-channel EQ on the Line 6 'Ideascale' site. This is where Line 6 looks for ideas/feedback so if it attracts sufficient votes perhaps its something they might look into adding in a future update. However, unless strong support is there from Helix users for a stereo EQ, Line 6 is unlikely to consider adding it to Helix, and as this isn't a problem for Helix users (as they have dual routing) this probably isn't something that they need and thus it's unlikely to be added.

@Titleist050If you are referring to the Pod Go impedance issue, this is now well known to be down to a single capacitor in the input circuit that just needs to be removed. Line 6 arranged for the UK service centre to pick up, fix and return mine all within 5 days. All the high end is back and sounds great. In truth I nearly always use a G10 Relay that acts as a buffer and so I never suffered the loss of high end anyway. But the fix was free and quick so I had it done in case I use cables.

I use this all the time on my patches. Typically I swap the default fx loop fs2 for the main out clean post when the display shows 'level'. You have to remove the fx loop assignment first though. I do this via Pod Go Edit which is quicker and easier than via Pod Go. But here's another tip. If you add 2 momentary pedals you will have FS7/8. You can assign these to do most anything FS1/6 can do but these work in ANY mode. So you don't have to tap dance between preset, stomp and snapshot modes. If you set FS7 as your clean boost you can be in preset mode and still kick it in. Unfortunately FS7/8 don't currently appear in the display but I'm hoping that Line 6 might give this option in a future firmware upgraďe. Also, momentary pedals don't usually have Leds but even if you bought a unit that did it wouldn't help because the Led will alternate between being lit for on and off.

This - and you can also change the mic type in the stock cabs & you can assign the change to one of the footswitches. And whilst you can't change the stock cabinet in the same patch, if you are using IR's you can change these in the same patch. These options can make a big difference to your tones.

The forthcoming firmware upgrade to Pod Go is in current development with Line 6. Historically, Line 6 will always do its best to give Pod Go users as much of the Helix upgrade as it can subject to limitations of memory, processing power & underling software architecture. Historically, the Pod Go upgrade typically comes 4-6 months after the Helix upgrade. Helix 3.5 was released 3rd November 22. You can see what this included here: As far as I'm aware Helix does not currently have the effect you refer to but if you log into & post your suggestion in the Pod Go section of the Line 6 'IdeaScale' website they will see this and depending on how many folk vote for it anythings possible in the future. But be clear that Pod Go will not get anything that isn't in Helix, and even if the effect you like is added to Helix in a future firmware update, it may not 'fit' the more limited capabilities of Pod Go. Firmware upgrades are far from straightforward and take considerable time to design and test, so please don't be under any illusions that this is 'easy' to do. IdeaScale is here: https://line6.ideascale.com/a/index

I generally concur although I'd suggest perhaps the following caveats. Notwithstanding the more recent sampling rate upgrade to Helix, when Pod Go was launched it had the exact same amp models as Helix and these are superior in quality to those in the HX500. Those Helix fx models that came over to Pod Go from Helix are also sonically superior to the legacy version. However if you compare the legacy effects in Pod Go with the equivalent FX in the HX500 you should find that these sound much more similar because these are effectively the same modelling generation. There are other factors in that the underlying modelling architecture in Pod Go is different to that in HX500 so even when comparing the exact same legacy effects in both units side by side, I suspect there will still likely be some differences. Some folk may hear no discernible difference whilst others might favour one or the other so what's 'better' can be quite subjective & simply down to personal taste.

Interestingly I've had that issue with certain IR's eg where the on Axis and 3" distance works perfectly but where another variation in the pack and in the same .wav format is 'silent' when loaded (and where the IR dB parameters etc are all fine).

I don't think so at all & clearly Line 6 are working on an update for it.

Well, I dont want to falsely raise hopes, but Digital Igloo popped into The Gear Page earlier, and when asked if there was any news 're Pod Go firmware upgrade, he said ( cryptic as always of course): "No points for guessing, but it's a lot trickier adding [obvious thing I can't technically divulge] to POD Go. It might take a while, but it's still coming." We'll have to wait and see of course, but I wonder if Line 6 might be working hard to try and give Pod Go owners a 'Cabby New Year' ?!

It's a valid question but as far as I'm aware other than having a Line 6 service centre check it for you I don't think there's any way of really knowing. It's possible the serial number might help here & you could try asking the question of Line 6 Support, but I honestly don't know if they would have access to production lists and even if they did, how reliable these might be.

Hi Puni, I think I responded on The Gear Page too, but for anyone else looking in: "On past track record of Pod Go upgrades you can reckon between 4-6 months from the release of Helix firmware upgrades. Helix 3.5 was released on November 3, 2022. So I'd estimate anytime between early March to early May 2023. Line 6 will try to give Pod Go users as much as it can subject to processing and memory limitations - if it's just a few more amps/fx I suspect it might be on the earlier side - if there's any way of giving Pod Go some of the new cab facilities I suspect that will take longer - the bigger the firmware upgrade, the longer it takes hence the historical 4-6 month range". But as @silverheadsaid, it was a pretty major upgrade re cabs on Helix so we'll just have to wait & see whether Line 6 can give Pod Go users something here.

If you don't want the wah on if you toe down, why not just save the patch with the wah turned off?

In theory your Pod Go is likely to have been modified at the factory. If you have a Line 6 service centre near you they can check to see.

Re (2) don't forget you can still use stomp mode in any snapshot and kick in any fx or parameter changes you want using FS1-6. However, you can also add 2 external momentary foot switches and you can do the same thing with FS7/8. Whilst you can't (currently) see FS7/8 in the display (which would be a good upgrade if Line 6 could add it) and typically momentary switches don't have an LED, there is a very important advantage for gigging in using FS7/8 - and that is that you can activate these in ANY MODE without having to tap dance in/out of preset/stomp/snapshot modes. So, lets say you want to kick in a clean volume boost for solos (I do this by using the main out level, jumping from 0-3dB) you can set FS7 to do this & kick it in wherever you are. Or you might want to change mic models with FS8. Anything you can do with FS1-6 you can do with FS7/8 including multiple changes. It could be a perfect solution for you, and is what I do. I already had the Bespeco switches and Y cable but you can buy a small 2-button momentary switch complete with a single TRS cable (eg the Hotone Ampero switch) for only around $17 from Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Hotone-Momentary-Footswitch-Controller-Switcher/dp/B08H1NQCGJ

When did you buy your Pod Go?

When you backed up it should have backed up everything including your user presets. If you've reinstalled the backup and the user presets are definitely blank, I'm afraid this pribably means it didn't back up properly and your patch is lost. However see suggestion 4 below. If you have a favourite patch or patches it's always best to back these up as an individual .pgp file so that you can import back into Pod Go. However, I'm puzzled as to why the upgrade to v1.4 lost your user presets in the first place as that shouldn't happen. The fact that it did and that your backup lost the user presets suggests one of four possibilities: 1. That there is a possible issue with your Pod Go and it is not backing up properly. Contact Line 6 support, explain the problem and see if they can identify if there is a problem and how best to resolve. 2. That you didn't create the backup properly ie user error 3. That you created the patch in the factory settings section without realising it. Check the factory patches just in case your file is in there. 4. Your back up was good but that there could be a software glitch that is stopping Pod Go 'seeing' the user presets. When you upgraded to v1.40 did you reset your Pod Go back to factory before importing your saved backup. If you didn't, reset back to factory and then try reimporting your backup file. Are you just looking in Pod Go? Have you checked how it looks in Pod Go Edit? How did you upgrade firmware? Did you follow the instructions to install Pod Go Edit on your computer first, and then upgrade through Pod Go Edit?

I hear you, completely empathise, and you're quite right. Customers have had to pick all this up from boards, facebook, youtube etc because Line 6 has made no public comment on this whatsoever - it's approach has been that if customers approach them, the fix will be arranged free of charge. So they are responding well to those customers requesting a fix, and the issue in new units appear to have been remedied. Although we can all voice our theories in reality I'm afraid that no one, other than Line 6, knows why it has not adopted a more open & transparent approach.