phil_m

First, take a few deep breaths... You're making things too difficult here. You're misreading a few things, and I think your frustration is clouding things. So, first there are two basic things that snapshots do. First, the recall the bypass states of all the blocks in a preset. Second, they recall the values of parameters assigned to controllers (including, most importantly, the Snapshots Controller). Going back to the first point about the bypass state of blocks. There may be times you don't want the bypass state of a block to be controlled by snapshots. This is what the Snapshot Bypass parameter is for. If you turn that Off, the bypass state of that block will remain unaffected by snapshot changes. This setting has no effect on any parameters in this block, though. Parameters you have assigned to controllers in this block will still have their values recalled by snapshots. A few people have raised this question with the Helix, and I suppose there could be utility in having a similar way to disconnect parameters from snapshots. It really only comes to play when you have parameters assigned to footswitches. That's basically it. As far as why you have to assign parameters to controllers before having them controlled by snapshots, it's basically so there's not a ton of extraneous data in the presets themselves, which would slow down preset changes. There a limit of 64 controller assignments per preset, which, really, is still quite a lot.

With the new HX Preset and HX Snapshot commands that were added, you can indeed set up Stomp Mode footswitches however you want them in each preset. So you do have that option.

This is basically how it works. When you load a preset, all four snapshots are the same. If you enter Snapshot 2 from Snapshot 1, the settings will be the same as they were in one until you start changing them. There's no such thing as an empty snapshot. I actually think editing snapshots in POD Go Edit is a little easier than in HX Edit... You just click the little box next to the parameter you want to assign to the Snapshot controller, and check it... It's pretty simple. I really feel like you're just looking for things to complain about. I honestly really don't know what your specific complaint about snapshots is...

The modeling didn't really change at all with the update. It could be a setting that changed, I suppose.

It will basically force you to create a backup in POD Go Edit when you agree to do the update.

Just open POD Go Edit, and a prompt will tell you a new firmware is available. Hit "Update Now" and follow the prompts.

Well, they did add the HX Looper commands to the Command Center in 2.90. So now you can program any looper command to any footswitch in Stomp Mode. You don't have to actually go to looper mode if you don't want to.

The original POD didn't have a looper... Really, I think the only multi-FX that has a really long looper is the Headrush, and I feel like that unit has more or less faded into obscurity. I guess the Axe FX III has a longer looper, too, but I literally never see anyone talking about the Fractal looper. I believe some of the Chinese multi-FX have longer loopers. I really think loopers with big feature sets are kind of niche thing that have small, but passionate fanbases. There really aren't a lot of companies doing a lot in that area right now. I don't really expect the recording time in the Helix looper to be increased. There may be some other functionality added, but I'm not sure.

If you have the FX Loop set to Line Level, setting the Send to -18dB should give you the same level as you'd have with Instrument Level.

Have you tried building your own presets?

The latest firmware for the Stomp is 2.92, so it’s probably worth upgrading if you’re experiencing weirdness like this.

What are you referring to?

I don’t think the point of an editor is to make it so you don’t have to press the footswitches on the unit itself while editing. None of the Line 6 editors have ever acted like this (I can’t say I know of any other company’s editors offhand that do this, either). I mean, there’s a limit to how far you can have the unit from your computer anyway with the USB connection. I usually have to floorboard just beside my chair so I can hit the footswitches if I need to.

I'd say that if you have an amp you like, the HX Effects will work well with it. That's kind of the point of it, I guess. I mean, there's so many great amps out there nowadays, it's hard to simply suggest one without having some additional parameters as far as what you're looking for. I know what I like, but that might not be what you like.

Generally, no... There’s a few Line 6 guys that comment now and then. Support tickets are the way to get in contact with Line 6.

If the Stomp Select parameter was set to Press or Touch+Press, what you’re describing is the expected behavior. Pressing the footswitch would take you to the edit page for the effect or controller assigned to that footswitch.

What firmware version are you running?

I assumed you were using the HX Effects to feed your dry amp as well, but I guess you aren't. In that case there's a few ways you could do it. If you set the split block to be an A/B Split, you could have it so Path B is muted whenever the Delay is bypassed. You could do this with snapshots, or you could assign the Path B Level to the same footswitch as the delay block. The other option would be to put a Volume block in front of the Delay block with the Position parameter set to 0 (remove the control assignment). Assign the Volume block to the same footswitch as the Delay and have the toggle opposite of each other - when the Delay block is on, the Volume block is off and vice versa. That would mute signal in that path as well.

Not quite sure I understand what you're wanting to do as far as bypassing the delay. If you kill the dry signal and have no wet signal, there would be no signal going into the reverb block. The reverb still needs some incoming signal to generate a wet signal. Assuming you have the reverb's Mix parameter set to 100, then the dry signal being sent through the bypassed delay block shouldn't matter. You would still not have any dry signal being sent to your wet amp.

Have you opened a support ticket? I know they’ve been sending replacements to many people if the transmitter are essentially DOA.

Just update to the latest. The latest is 2.92 now, btw.

I don’t understand what you’re asking. If you’re using the POD Go with an actual guitar cab, you wouldn’t want to use the POD Go’s cab models.

That all has to do with the timing of when you start and stop the loop. There’s no other external timing going on, so it probably just means your timing is a bit off.

The Crybaby won’t work as an expression pedal for the Stomp. You could use it as a regular wash pedal by just putting it in between your guitar and the Stomp’s Guitar In if you like, though.