wibbers1 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 Hello! Just starting out with my new Pod Go and very impressed with it so far. I was thinking of adding an external footswitch, and as I didn't have a double one handy, tried a three-button one with a TRS connection from an old multiFX unit. The first two buttons worked as expected (in my case snapshot up/down) but to my surprise the third one toggled the display between snapshot and stomp mode. This is perfect for my needs, but do I risk doing any damage to the unit by plugging something like this in? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voxman55 Posted February 18, 2022 Share Posted February 18, 2022 That's really interesting! Clearly an unexpected benefit of v1.30. And no, that won't harm Pod Go as it's simply a switch. Out of interest exactly which make and model of footswitch are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wibbers1 Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share Posted February 19, 2022 It's a three switch unit made by Bright Onion Pedals which I used with the TC Electronics Nova System. I understand this is the same as the Digitech FS3X (FS300) and TC Switch-3 footswitches. Actually the third switch seems to duplicate the mode switch on the Pod Go, but if I can use this safely it saves me buying an extra footswitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voxman55 Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 Bit of a shame if the third switch is just duplicating the mode switch. I was hoping it might give some additional functionality. Ah well. Does your switch have LEDs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebeets Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 I just added a 2 button switch to my Pod Go and it always triggers on "release" instead of "press" no matter where I have the switch polarity set. Is this avoidable? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voxman55 Posted February 19, 2022 Share Posted February 19, 2022 6 hours ago, joebeets said: I just added a 2 button switch to my Pod Go and it always triggers on "release" instead of "press" no matter where I have the switch polarity set. Is this avoidable? It needs to be a momentary non-latching footswitch - sounds like you might possibly be using a latching footswitch. I use 2x Bespeco VM20 (momentary, non-latching) footswitches with a stereo Y TRS cable (stereo TRS at single end and mono at the two Y ends): Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebeets Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 I have a Boss FS-7 which can be latching or non latching and also has a polarity switch. I have it set to non latching and in either polarity setting, the effect comes on when "releasing" the switch rather than "pressing" the switch. Can you check if this has the same result on your Pod Go? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voxman55 Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 On 2/20/2022 at 12:12 AM, joebeets said: I have a Boss FS-7 which can be latching or non latching and also has a polarity switch. I have it set to non latching and in either polarity setting, the effect comes on when "releasing" the switch rather than "pressing" the switch. Can you check if this has the same result on your Pod Go? Are you using a stereo TRS 'Y' cable? (single end is stereo TRS, the 2 'Y' ends are mono - they'll have different colours as per my pic). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wibbers1 Posted February 21, 2022 Author Share Posted February 21, 2022 Having done some more playing around with the 3 button switch it's a bit more interesting than I thought. The third (extra) button can toggle between Preset/Snapshot, Preset/Stomp or Snapshot/Stomp if you use the mode button as well (not at the same time!). As far as I understand on the unit itself you can't toggle directly between Preset and Snapshot without pressing the up & down buttons together - is this right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebeets Posted February 21, 2022 Share Posted February 21, 2022 9 hours ago, voxman55 said: Are you using a stereo TRS 'Y' cable? (single end is stereo TRS, the 2 'Y' ends are mono - they'll have different colours as per my pic). Yes, all connections are correct. I've used this and other latching/non latching pedals for years. If you could, would you test if the witch engages when you "press" the switch or when you "release" the switch? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voxman55 Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 22 hours ago, joebeets said: Yes, all connections are correct. I've used this and other latching/non latching pedals for years. If you could, would you test if the witch engages when you "press" the switch or when you "release" the switch? The witch does indeed engage when I press the switch, not when I release it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joebeets Posted February 22, 2022 Share Posted February 22, 2022 Wow, thanks for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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