nomad2001 Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 So this might sound like a stupid question, but i am fairly wary of using the on board expression pedal of my POD Go too much at the moment in fear of possibly wearing it out, can somebody confirm or deny if the pedal is Optical or not? Any information would be greatly appreciated as i do not want to have to buy an external expression pedal if the one on the unit wont wear out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Yes, there is an optical sensor that tracks the movement of the pedal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gadcpa Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 There is rumor that direct light on the optic sensor can disengage it from functioning properly. I was playing an outdoor gig and mid way through, I completely lost sound. The PodGO was fine when I got home, but rendered useless at the gig. Is there any work around on this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 43 minutes ago, gadcpa said: There is rumor that direct light on the optic sensor can disengage it from functioning properly. I was playing an outdoor gig and mid way through, I completely lost sound. The PodGO was fine when I got home, but rendered useless at the gig. Is there any work around on this? The workaround is using an external pedal as the volume pedal and/or keeping the POD Go out of direct sunlight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voxman55 Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 On 5/27/2021 at 7:56 PM, gadcpa said: There is rumor that direct light on the optic sensor can disengage it from functioning properly. I was playing an outdoor gig and mid way through, I completely lost sound. The PodGO was fine when I got home, but rendered useless at the gig. Is there any work around on this? Interesting, and not something I was aware of. That sounds a bit worrying, and must have been very disconcerting at a gig. I think some kind of 'visor' cardboard or plastic box with a lid to angle to shield the Pod Go should help solve the problem. Or even, as below, using a gig bag positioned to cast a shadow and shield it. Bright sunlight can cause various problems with MFX/pedals not least because it can make some displays and LEDs difficult or impossible to see. In addition to similarly having optic sensors, the Helix and Helix LT displays both give problems in bright sunlight, including issues with seeing the Helix scribble strips. I did a gig in bright sunlight with my Vox Tonelab SE. The main display is LCD which was fine, but you couldn't see the red and green LED display for the tuner which normally are pretty bright. Whilst I had a separate tuner in my gigbag it wasn't a pedal type ie that I could connect in front of the TLSE. So I then sussed that if I put my gig bag behind the TLSE to cast a shadow over it, then I could see the tuner LEDs sufficiently well. If I'd have taken my Tonelab LE I wouldn't have had the tuner problem because it uses the main LCD display and in addition to LEDs you can see the LCD tuning meter in bright sunlight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddoxx66 Posted June 14, 2023 Share Posted June 14, 2023 Yeah, same problem on my side last week with Pod Go as mentioned elsewhere. Casting a shadow solved the problem for me, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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