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Set the reference to standard, A440. Tune every string to its corresponding flat note. E.g. tune down the high E string to Eb.

Do you hear sound when you use headphones connected to the Helix? Does the Helix tuner work? Make sure the Output block on the Helix preset includes the 1/4” outputs. When you are able to get sound from the amp you might discover that you don’t like the tone. That’s because you are using two amps in series: a modeled amp in the Helix preset feeding the preamp section of your physical amp. That typically does not sound good, and is usually addressed by using the 4CM connection method, but that requires the amp to have an FX Loop and I don’t think your amp has one.

Probably. Give it a try.

Exactly. Whereas on stage in a much larger room it does take much more loudness to be loud. And that is likely the problem. You need to find a place, other than your small studio, where you can create your tones at a loudness level closer to your live setting. The inverse situation should also be true. Once you’ve created a tone that sounds good, and loud, in your live setting, try it in your studio. Make sure you turn the volume down first so the live volume setting won’t damage your ears. It will likely sound very different from the original.

A big factor in creating tones in a home studio and then bringing them to the stage is simply volume/loudness. For best results you need to have the volume in your studio during tone creation at the same level as the stage volume. (Fletcher-Munson curve) Not sure how relevant this might be in your case.

There are actually two drivers, I believe. One is a general USB device driver that allows your POD Go to be recognized as the computer’s soundcard for general audio as well as POD Go Edit I think, and the other is an ASIO driver to be used for DAW recording over USB.

Your 3.6 factory presets are nearly identical to the v3.5 set. The new presets in v3.6 are identified here: However, perhaps someone can provide the v3.5 factory setlists for you.

POD Farm 4.0 does not exist. Both versions of POD Farm (original POD Farm and POD Farm 2) are compatible with Guitarport.

There are no real rules - whatever sounds good to you is what you should do. On the other hand, there are rules of thumb, one of which is as you describe. Typically when routing through the power amp and cab section of a physical amp you would not use a cab sim in the preset. Interesting that you find it sounds better with a cab sim. But go with it! it also occurs to me that a hi-gain amp like a Rectifier would typically not be well matched with a Fender cab. Just out of curiosity how does a preset with a Fender amp sim and no cab sim sound through your Fender power amp/cab? It may not sound great to you as a hi-gain guy, but does the pairing seem well matched?

Open a support ticket.

Also, if you’re using POD Go Edit to rename them you need to hit the Enter key as the final keystroke during the renaming.

You can’t do 3 paths exactly as illustrated above. In Helix terminology the above diagram uses only one of the Helix LT’s two DSP chips, each of which supports a parallel path providing a total of 4 processing paths. Your diagram illustrates Helix LT Path 1A, a parallel 1B, and a non-existent 1C. But Helix LT has a 2nd DSP chip that provides Path 2A and a parallel 2B. You can route the Output of the Helix Path 1 to the Input of Helix Path 2, essentially moving the phantom path 1C into Helix Path 2. You’ll need to think a bit differently but by reorganizing your FX blocks and routing appropriately I expect you can achieve the same result.

Yes. First thing I did with my Variax JTV-59 was swap out the jumbo frets for normal size. Perhaps I have a heavy touch, but with the jumbo frets I could not play a chord and remain in tune with any open strings in the chord. Any string pressed down to the fretboard made the note sharp.

There are 8 snapshots, not 4, in a preset. Also in Stomp mode you can assign a footswitch to load a snapshot. As you say, playing around with the actual device will be good.I’m pretty sure you will find there’s enough flexibility to do what you want.

Explore the Snapshots section of the manual. This allows you to turn blocks on/off as well as assign different values to parameters (e.g. Delay Time) in different Snapshots within any preset. It doesn’t use Tap+Hold, just Tap any footswitch assigned to a Snapshots to recall all block states and parameter values for the given Snapshot.

Welcome to the forum! Lots of knowledgeable people here willing to help you. Ask away!

Under the HX Edit File menu select Restore Backup. During that procedure you will be presented with a list of check boxes to indicate which items you want to restore. Expand the Presets item using the arrow to the right of the word Presets, then de-select all setlists you do not want to restore, leaving only User1 and User2 selected. Of course you can also de-select any other items you do not want to restore (Global Settings, IRs, etc.).

Try a different cable.

Check your Input setting for the input block in your preset. Make sure it includes the Guitar input.

Make sure the parameter you are using (e.g. position on a VOL block, Level in the Output block) is assigned to the Snapshot controller. Push/turn the parameter knob to make the assignment. When properly assigned it should have white brackets around it.

Tones are shared in the Customtone section of this website. A link is at the top of this page. You can filter for POD Go tones. Be aware, though, that this is an unmoderated site and performs no tone quality assessment. Anyone can upload any tone they want, and name it or describe it however they want. And their description is accurate, for them, using their equipment in their environment. That doesn’t mean it will sound as expected to you when you listen to it using your equipment in your environment. Variables like the guitar being used, monitoring via different speakers or amps, and many others means that most tones you find and download may not sound good to you. On the other hand, some may sound great. And most will at least provide a starting point for your further tweaking and understanding of tone creation.

I would keep it simple for now. Continue seeking a ‘good’ (for you) tone using just the POD Go. If/when you are able to do that then you can pursue the need/desire to introduce other equipment such as a physical amp or the other audio interface. If you end up being unable to find a good tone using just the POD Go, then it simply isn’t the device for you. You might consider browsing the Marketeplace for tones you like, and purchase some as a starting point for further exploration.

Perhaps your VOL pedal FX block is positioned after the cab/IR block in your preset? The signal fed to the Amp Out jack is tapped immediately before the cab/IR block in the signal chain and will not be affected by any FX block after that.

Try this first:

For recording, I would start by using the POD Go as your audio interface. Connect it to your computer via usb and configure your DAW to use the POD Go with its ASIO driver as your audio input and output device. Disconnect your UA interface. Record direct; do not mic your amp. Connect your headphones (or studio monitors) to the POD Go audio outputs. If you wish you can just do this temporarily for diagnostic purposes. Start with a very basic POD Go preset, just your preferred amp model and its default cab. See if the recording still sounds ‘muddy’. Let us know the results of that and, if requested, we can try to answer further questions.