Footswitch Behaviors

[ralban_line6]

I received my Pod EXPRESS last night and am really enjoying it so far.
I've been experimenting with FS 3/4 settings to see how best to maximize Pod Express as a backup or fly-rig. Here is what I've noticed so far, curious to hear what others are trying.
 

My global settings are as follows:

Preset Select		| AQUA			| Load On/Off (not default)
TAP Tempo		| AQUA			| Global (not default)
Volume Jack		| WHITE			| FS3/FS4 (not default)
ON Assign		| LIGHT ORANGE		| Distortion On/Off (not default)
TAP Assign		| RED			| TAP/Tuner (default)
FS3 Assign		| BLUE			| Modulation On/Off (not default)
FS4 Assign		| GREEN			| Delay On/Off (not default)

My thinking here is:

• Preset Select Load On/Off lets you move to presets that are not sequential.
• I don't see myself making song-specific presets, so having TAP rate per preset doesn't seem useful.
• I could see making 2 presets for a song and use one of those presets for a volume boost
  (e.g., duplicate a preset and save it with a slightly higher CH. VOL level).
• When in PRESETS mode (ON+TAP), ON and TAP always seem to scroll NEXT/PREVIOUS presets; regardless of FS3/FS4 settings. This being the case, I don't see a benefit to using FS3 or FS4 to be NEXT/PREVIOUS.
• If I were to have an expression pedal, I would just get a real volume pedal and run it in front of POD Express and not use the VOLUME pedal in the signal chain after the CAB block.
• Assigning DIST to ON, MOD to FS3, and DELAY to FS4 provides the most control within a Preset.
  (You could assign FS3 or FS4 to REVERB, but I tend to always keep a light reverb on).
   

Observations so far:

• Effect bypass states seem to be global. That is, if I bypass DISTORTION and go to the NEXT preset, DISTORTION will be off even if I saved that preset with DISTORTION on.
• Pressing FS3 + FS4 together seems to toggle EFFECTS ON/OFF

 

[dankrzykowski]

Have you noticed that if you assign individual effects to FS that you can't have an UNASSIGNED effect on? For example, I have Dist on FS1, Delay on 2, and Reverb on 3. 

 

This means I simply can't have Mod on. That's annoying.