brooksjohnson

Thanks @usedbyanr! I hadn't considered the android examples. I'll have a look. To be clear, I'm not looking to make an app for the general public ... just for my own use. I agree with your "hard part" and it's more than I want to bite off. I'll report back if I can get everything working. brooks

Hey, Wasn't sure if I should join this thread or start a new one... Controlling the Pod Go presets from a touchscreen is really handy during live shows. I have to jump around the presets a lot and it can take too much time between songs if I have to scroll with the Pod's foot switches. So I wrote a python program on my PC to create an array of buttons, one for each preset. When I press a button, it sends the appropriate MIDI command via a direct USB cable to the Pod and it switches immediately to that preset. I put the PC on a stand next to me and it works pretty well. Attached is the python code and a screenshot of the GUI. I'm not an expert programmer and it was a few months ago, so I don't remember everything I did. But if you're a programmer you should be able to figure it out. Hope this is helpful to someone. But now I want to be able to do the same thing from an android tablet. The PC is just too big to hang off a mic stand. Right now my options seem to be 1) get my python program running on android or 2) use a commercial app. Anyone have any advice that could save me some time here? Andrew above suggested mobilesheets. Did anyone try that and get it working? Here's a similar looking app: http://www.setlistmaker.com/tutorials/sending_MIDI.html TouchDAW looks promising: https://xmmc.de/touchdaw/ TouchOSC might work, but seems overkill. Also not sure if the Pod is OSC compatible. https://hexler.net/touchosc And for completeness, here is an open source MIDI controller for android written in python. Haven't tried to get it to work yet. https://github.com/gatuelillo/MidiController Thanks for any feedback and help. All the best! brooks MainGUI-MIDI-POD.py

Thanks Andrew! I'll check it out. All the best...

This is a great thread! I'm very interested in using a tablet to change presets during a gig. Seems like it would be way faster to click a button on a tablet than with the Pod's footswitches. Does anyone have any experience with Android? I'd rather not buy an iPad just for this application. All the best..

Thanks silverhead. That's a good suggestion.

Thanks voxman ... great idea. I did dock the transmitter before the show, but I should do it again after the crowd arrives with their mobile phones. That's a great tip. Hi silverhead, that's not an option for us. We use the XR18 mixer with a wireless router and a tablet. Need the PGW to deal with it :-)

Thanks Voxman for your helpful feedback! Some comments below: Cons: The wireless dongle only charges when the Pod is turned on and uses the input plug. So you can't recharge while you're playing with a patch cord. This is very frustrating. This is one of the biggest problems of the PGW,. The other is that it's useless if you wanted to use the wireless system with other gear eg guitar straight through to amp, other MFX or pedal board. For these reasons I would always use a separate wireless system that gave me control. Currently I have two G10 Relays. Although I'm not crazy about the receiver base, it does the job for now. There are no meters on the editor software. Would be very useful to see the signal levels at each stage of the preset. As it works now, I'm just guessing. A meter to help balance output volumes on the PG & PGE might have some utility for some, but at best it's a broad indicator & doesn't necessarily equate to real perceived volume levels in a band mix A broad indicator would be a welcome improvement. Right now, to see output level, I need to connect the PGW to my mixer or DAW. I'd like to be able do some basic editing with just my laptop PC. I'd also like to know the signal levels between effects stages within the PGW signal chain. Very difficult to map presets from XT Live to Pod Go. Names of amps and effects have changed as well as functionality. Spent way too many hours trying get close to the sound I liked from the XT. Without being funny, you're not meant to - PG is an entirely different architecture & MFX generation. It's the same with any two different MFX and the same could be said of my Vox Tonelab SE. The same make means nothing - the TLSE is totally different to the later TLST and TLEX (later units but vastly inferior in many areas). Ditto the Zoom G5 and G5n etc. I get that I'm not meant to, but that doesn't mean it's not frustrating. Not only are the presets not transferable, many of the amp/effect names have changed and, once I do find the roughly equivalent piece of equipment, it behaves differently. It would be great if Line6 had created a mapping utility to get you as close as possible. I'm not saying that the PGW should not have new/better/different patches available ... I'm just saying transferring is a pain in the butt. Wish I had known that before I bought it. Using the foot switch to scroll through the banks is slow. It doesn't change immediately when you press the switch ... takes a second. This is frustrating when you're between songs and need to get to a preset right away. That's odd - my unit changes pretty quickly. There can be a slight lag when you switch patches (depends on the patch content) hence why snapshots are faster if you need a change mid song. Yes, the snapshots change quickly. Love that feature. It's going from preset to preset that's a little slow for my taste. The Pod XT Live was instant. In the editor, when I'm working on a preset and I switch to another preset without saving, my work is lost. No warning! You might want to check if there's any connection issue but there are two solutions: just like on a computer 'save as' to create a new patch, and then save as you go. In PG itself it can be set to 'autosave' to save changes automatically. Personally I'd never use that as I'd want control as to what to save & when. PGE replicates PG settings - it isn't separate to PG hence you can't use PGE without being connected to PG. So if you set PG to autosave, then PGE should autosave too. (But check the PGE manual to see if autosave can be activated from PGE) Thanks! Didn't know about the autosave feature. The wireless range seems pretty limited. Walked to the other side of the stage and the guitar cut out. That depends very much on environment, & whether there are any potential conflicting signals eg wifi, other wireless systems. You should be able to get at least 50 feet though provided there are no line of sight obstacles. My experience is that there are always conflicting signals. Everyone in the audience has a cell phone and wifi hotspots abound. I was able to get nowhere near 50 feet on a normal stage. I expect all my equipment to be built for real world conditions. The switch on the pedal too easily switches between wah and volume. I accidentally did that a couple of times during my gig without much pressure. Mine seems quite acceptable here and needs a definite press to kick it in. I'm unclear whether the pressure setting is adjustable so I'd recommend a careful read of the manual here. Thanks ... I'll check the manual. Would be great if that pressure setting is adjustable.

I've had my Pod Go Wireless for a few weeks now and just did my first gig with it. Here are some thoughts that I thought might interest the community. Feedback is welcome, especially if I'm off base about anything ... Note: I had been using Pod XT Live for the last dozen years or so. Really liked it, although it had its faults, but felt it was time to update. I kept expecting my XT Live to take its last breath in the middle of a big solo! Pros of the Pod Go Wireless: Huge universe of sounds possible with a small portable box. Great for me, a guitarist in a cover band, since I try to mimic the original artist's sound. Nice editor for the PC. I don't edit the sounds on the Pod directly ... seems tedious. I prefer to use the big screen on my PC. Easy to select different amps or effects boxes and drag/drop the order. The color screen/buttons on the pod and large font are good during live shows. Easy to see and control. Like the snapshot approach. Good to have different sections of songs and turn different effects on/off quickly Sounds fantastic in a live setting with the balanced output going directly to the PA Cons: The wireless dongle only charges when the Pod is turned on and uses the input plug. So you can't recharge while you're playing with a patch cord. This is very frustrating. There are no meters on the editor software. Would be very useful to see the signal levels at each stage of the preset. As it works now, I'm just guessing. Very difficult to map presets from XT Live to Pod Go. Names of amps and effects have changed as well as functionality. Spent way too many hours trying get close to the sound I liked from the XT. Using the foot switch to scroll through the banks is slow. It doesn't change immediately when you press the switch ... takes a second. This is frustrating when you're between songs and need to get to a preset right away. In the editor, when I'm working on a preset and I switch to another preset without saving, my work is lost. No warning! The wireless range seems pretty limited. Walked to the other side of the stage and the guitar cut out. The switch on the pedal too easily switches between wah and volume. I accidentally did that a couple of times during my gig without much pressure. Neutral: People have complained about the limited processing of the Pod Go... can't have more than 4 effects and no parallel processing like in the Helix. This doesn't bother me since I'm just doing basic cover songs with a full band. I can get a "plenty good enough" sound with the Pod Go.