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Has anyone gotten a response on this?

Looking for an effect (or how to make an effect) with the Pod Go that would emulate the flange/phasor sound in Listen To The Music at the bridge where it slows down. One forum I found said it was produced with a couple of tape decks. This is not a typical flanger in that it has kind of a 'swoosh' sound that shifts back and forth slowly. Any ideas?

Make sure the cab is at the end of the chain.

Try the 4 cable method. There are several videos on YouTube about how to do it.

Apologize for getting into this thread late but this topic seems to relate to what I'm doing. I play both in church and in a rock band. At church I use an FRFR feeding the Pod Go's Main Out (mono) direct. For a Rock gig I use an Ampeg BA-115 feeding the Pod Go Amp Out in the Return to bypass both the cab simulator and the amp's preamp. For the Main Out/FRFR I use the 1x15 Ampeg B-15 Cab, assuming this is similar to my BA-115 amp. I would like to duplicate sounds between these two setups but haven't been able to get there with this setup. I have considered looking at regular guitar amps and still run through the Return. Since I bypass the amp's preamp I was wondering if a tube amp would be better or should I just consider a solid state? Any ideas how I can get closer to duplicating my sounds between these two setups?

I'm doing the same thing and this is how I manage it... My home studio is set up pretty much the same as yours. When I gig with the band I play through the Return of my Ampeg BA 115. The trick is to first place your Cab model to the right of the chain and then in Global Settings set the Amp Out Source to "Pre Cab/IR. For Home use, connect your studio monitor system through the PodGo Main Out jacks. When gigging live use the Amp Out into either the Return or the Amp input. For the Home Studio try to find an amp model that closely matches whatever amp I'm using for your live gig. In my case I selected the 1x15 Ampeg B-15. Whether you use Amp or Preamp models is up to you. Just note that some settings may not be the same. In my case I try to use the PreAmp models since I am bypassing the amp preamp section. As far as volume /gain setting go, you will have to play around with it. To get a close match, I use one of Reaper DAW Track VU meters in Record mode to adjust the gains when running through my home studio. It's not exact and you may need to adjust some things here and there but it gets pretty close for me. At least I can use it to practice at home and be ready for the next gig. Hope this helps!

I also had this issue, especially when downloading presets that other users have created. I use the VU meter in Reaper DAW to set the preset/snapshot volume levels, or in this case Gain. The Pod Go is connected via audio interface and with the AI gain constant for all presets. Use one of the tracks in Reaper and set to Record mode so the VU meter is active. Start playing and adjust the output till you get around -18db to -12db gain. In cases where I play leads and need to cut into the mix, I may set one snapshot a little hotter, i.e -6db. Hope this helps.

I agree with everything voxman55 stated. In my case there are three situations (venues) that I deal with: Home studio monitor, FRFR amp in church orchestra, regular amplifier in rock band. For the first two I use the MAIN Out and AMP OUT for the last. Under Global Settings, Main Out Level = Line and Amp Out Source = Pre Cab/IR. Within the preset the Cab is last (to the right) in the block chain. All my effects, exps, amp blocks are to the left of the cab. (Note: Make sure your Cab is active in your preset, if you want it on when playing through an FRFR. I made this mistake thinking something was wrong with the Pod Go.) When using your external amp, do a test by enabling/disabling the Cab block in the Pod Go. There should be no difference in sound and will insure the Global Amp Out Source is set correctly. This is not related, but another thing I do is run my AMP OUT through the amp Return and bypass the external amp preamp. I also use the Pod Go Preamp blocks instead of the Amp blocks. Not sure if it makes any difference but it seems like replacing a preamp with a preamp is the proper thing to do. Just my opinion. One thing I'm working on is trying to duplicate the sounds between these venues. For the FRFR/Monitor situation, I tried to select a Cab that best fit my external amp cabinet and tweaked around with the mics. Also fooled around with the Preamp settings. Still not there yet. If you have any suggestions on the best way to do this, I would love to hear it. Good Luck!

I agree with Silverhead. You will need at least a two channel audio interface that accepts at least one USB, or two single channel audio interfaces. Once you do this, you can use a driver called ASIO4ALL. It’s a free download. I have two audio interfaces, each with 2 channels and USB outputs. I was able to expand to 4 simultaneous channels into Reaper using this driver.

This is due to the limited amount of CPU processing power the Pod Go has. Depending on what effects and how many you are using will use up more processing. From the caption you provided it looks like you have a lot of effects/blocks enabled. Try disabling or removing some blocks and see if the grayed out effects become available.

The weirdest thing. The next day I didn't have that problem, or at least on other presets. I didn't make any changes from the previous day and wondering if it was one particular preset or just needing to be reset? <rhetorical> As my dad use to say; "You're not holding your mouth right!" I'll go back and search. Indy, appreciate the response!

I came across this strange phenomenon when trying to figure the best way to connect and use my Pod Go with an external amplifier. I would like an explanation as to why the sound changes when I turn on-off the Pod Go Cab block? Here is my setup: Global Settings, Amp Out Source set to PreCab/IR since the amp has a speaker cabinet. Amp Out connected to the external amp Return to bypass the amp's preamp stage. Pod Go Cab block moved to far right in the chain since Amp Out Source is set to PreCab/IR. Main Out set to Line and Left/Mono connected to monitor speakers for comparing modelling tones. With the Pod Go Cab block set to 'On', the tone from the external amp is what I expect and sounds about the same as the monitor speakers. But when the Pod Go Cab block is turned 'Off' the sound is completely different (distorted and unpleasant) from the external amp. If the the Pod Go Cab is bypassed by setting the Amp Out Source to PreCab/IR, why does turning on-off the Cab block change the sound? I would expect there to be no change in the sound since the Cab block is (supposedly) bypassed in the Global settings.

I had a similar problem with my amp. Some users mention setting the Amp Out source to Pre Cab/IR since you are already using a real cab in the amp, then run the Pod Go output to the amp Return to bypass its preamp. This all made sense but I got undesirable sound like you. I still run the Pod Go through the amp Return but set the AMP OUT Source back to Main Out. Sound is very good. BTW, I use an Ampeg bass amp, BA 115.

On your Amp Out question, go to Global Settings. You can set the AMP OUT source to work the same as Main Out.