Snapshot and wah (again)

[lcphill]

Hi,

 

I've perused some of the posts, but I am making yet another snapshot/wah post, being long past the point of frustration.

 

What I may state below is snapshot as relating to the wah block, so some other block kind may behave differently as the wah block seems "special" in its programmed/factory -- as parlayed to "user" -- behavior.

 

- snapshot bypass (on/off): This appears to factory default to 'on' (and I'm not sure what on versus off even means, since I am playing with this and I can make out what the actual effect of the setting does... at least, when using the wah block). This parameter is ineffective, regardless of setting (on versus off), as I traverse snapshots because the enable/disable state of the wah block supersedes position. Speaking of position...

 

- The position, as on every factory preset (although, I see to only be able to scroll through user presets as 32D goes back to 01A), for the wah block is already in the "white color", which signifies snapshot override.

 

- If I hold the action button and press the position, so as to remove the snapshot specific setting, then the epx1 pedal movement has no effect.

 

To Line6: All this snapshot and wah stuff is a mess.

 

- What is global and what is not global? The manual seems to state that snapshot settings are per block/model. Yet, I have to hold down the left-and-right "page" buttons to get at the snapshot settings.

 

I'm sure there are a bunch of other "oh by the way's" and "gotcha's" that I left out.

 

As for "pod go edit", I try to avoid that (well, at the current moment, pod go edit is not even installed, as my SSD drive failed after only 18 months and I'm starting out on a new laptop once again... deep breath), as I am tired of having to control guitar pedals using a phone or USB (that got old a long time ago).

 

// Vent over...

 

 

[lcphill]

In 1987, I became proficient in vi (remember vi?). It got to the point where I just hit keystrokes and jotted down the effect.

 

That's how I feel about the pod go (and probably all things helix). Just hit and/or hold buttons and twist knobs -- like a 2-year old -- and see what they do.

 

(moving to Unix from DEC/VAX/JCL was fun, and I won't even bother to lament about keypunch). On some level, I miss my Pod-XT-Live (remember guitar-port?).

 

[theElevators]

When I add a wah block to a preset, I remove all the assignments immediately: snapshot, wah contour.  bypass, etc.  Then I create my own assignments.  I use Pod Go Edit for all this stuff, as it's just so much easier to tweak things on a computer.  It's all completely configurable.  What exactly do you need the wah to do? 

 

For me, I assign the wah to turn on when I start rocking it past 5%, then below that it turns off.  On the Pod Go, I only use Expression 1 for everything. So I assign the wah position to Expression 1.  I actually disable the expression pedal switching between 1 and 2 by plugging in a patch cable into the external pedal jack into the "return" jack--that makes the pedal non-switchable: it's always Expression 1. 

 

I also take the "mix" parameter and assign it to snapshots.  That way, the wah is not heard if it's set at 0% in certain snapshots, and then it is heard in other snapshots where it's set to 100%.  In my opinion, this is the best way to configure it.  The built-in expression pedal is very small and flimsy, so clicking it in to turn on the wah is unacceptable to me.