@TheMadman_tobyjenner, @Kasper-
Why do you guys do this to us?
I was really happy with my li’l amp, having discovered what the reverb, delay and gain knobs do…
Shame on you!
Next month I’ll have to figure out how my looper actually works (maybe)…
But if ever…I will definitely read this with great interest,…thanks in advance for this
Greetings
Sorry to be fanning the flames of any GAS But as long as you guys are happy with what you have, then you (probably) don’t need anything new, right?
I forgot to mention;
The “cab” blocks on the PodGo is pretty good, but (IMO) the tones takes a big step up if you use a 3rd party IR file with it. In my case I’m a fan of the Celestion IRs, so I’ve uploaded a couple of the best ones to the PodGo (drag and drop a file in the PC editor) and then change the cab block to “Impulse Response”.
Also I should perhaps link a few example of the tones. Now, as I mentioned - I use the Helix modelling tones for 95% of my home practice sessions. And it was also this exact Lead patch I showed above that I used for those couple of quick iPhone camera clips I have previously posted with some solos. I’ll link them again, although they do not really give the PodGo the full justice it deserves. It would sound a lot better in a real recording into a DAW (and my bends would also, perhaps, be more accurate ). But still, even on my iPhone “in the room” tone I think the Helix modelling tones sounds great. Good enough that I’m happy practicing with them at least
Now I have looked at the manual and seen the range of amps and cabs I am even more impressed, compared to the Mustang (17 amps 12 cabs) but happy to see some old favourites and looking forward to see how they compare, especially the 57 Champ.
IR use noted and the nod to Celestion. I’ll be hanging back on that route for a while. From what I see learning and applying snapshots will be the first challenge. The rest looks pretty straight forward.
Great audio share, don’t care how many times you drop those in here ! Love that Elmore James signature lick btw and on my to learn list !! Ordered some TRS cables today, so I can plumb it into either AIs if I am doing a playing/singing “gig”.
Can’t wait until Friday, I’ll be standing at the end of the drive waiting for UPS !
Well for my intended use it ticks all the boxes. The limitation apart from possible CPU overload, will not hinder my use. Great write up and comparison.
@Kasper
Kasper, thanks for taking time to share and educate all of us, not just @TheMadman_tobyjenner. I may never get one but that took nothing away from reading all about it plus the added bonus of another listen to the two clips.
Hi! Just got a pod go a few weeks ago and have been absolutely loving it. I’m very late to this conversation, but I believe that it is still very much relevant, for some people like me at least. I made my own spreadsheet using the real-life model equivalents from the Line 6 website, and the DSP allocations for each model as rounded percentage values from BenVesco.com, and anyone can make a copy of it to make their own spreadsheet. If you scroll to the right, I also included my preset templates with some of the fixed blocks (like wah) removed and a quick tutorial of how to free up those blocks yourself. Using spreadsheets is almost second nature for me, and I thought this one was worth sharing. POD Go Models - Based On & DSP (shared) - Google Sheets
Hi Kasper - I have a question about POD GO. I’m considering buying one and there’s a dealbreaker issue that I need an answer to before I go ahead.
I need to have 3 delay effects in a single patch along with reverb, chorus, and trem. Since PODGO only allows 4 effect blocks I would need to set up 4 Snapshots of my main patch (Delay, reverb, cho, trem). The snapshots would be identical except the time setting: each would have a different setting for the time subdivision. One would be 1/16, another triplet 1/8, and the third dotted 1/8.
I should mention that I won’t be using the amp or cab models. I intend to use the PODGO as a pedalboard.
My question is, can I do this? Or is that parameter a universal one and not controllable by individual patch?
If I understand you correctly, then you don’t need multiple delays active at the same time - simply a different time division for different tones. Maybe a slapback on a rhythm tone, and then a longer delay on a lead tone?
If so, then this is exactly what you can do with snapshots. You can’t swap the type of the block (ex, switch it from a digital to tape delay) but you can toggle the on/off state of each block as well as the value of any parameter (incl time division) on a per snapshot basis.
Agree with Kasper, Snapshots are the way to go, so you could have 4 different sets of parameters on the one block and also have the ability to stomp it on and off.
Thanks so much. You got my question correctly.
Just to clarify, everything else in the patch - other effects, vol pedal, EQ, etc - remember, no amp/cab models! - would be identical. The only differences would be in the delay settings. I like to have a triplet single slap for shuffle tunes and a straight 8’s slap for str 8 songs. My delay time to be controlled by the TAP footswitch, right? I would also use the other expression pedal to control delay level.
My POD X3 Live will do all this on the same patch. I wanted to make sure it’s possible on the GO.
Yes, that’s how I use my Helix for live playing as well. A single patch with multiple snapshots.
The main benefits over having multiple completely different patches are silent/instant switching and also that if you then go ahead and tweak something “global” - some EQ block perhaps - then that’s affecting all your tones. You explicitly mark the properties that you want a “per snapshot” value for in the patch… in your example the delay time subdivision.
There are some edge cases though that caused me a little bit of trouble. For example, say you want to have delay mix level on the expression pedal. You would then go ahead and assign the pedal to the mix param, and specify “min” and “max” mix values. But then you cannot have a “lead” snapshot that forces full mix. You cannot specify a per-snapshot min and max value for an expression pedal controlled param… only for params with fixed values. Hope they’ll fix that at some point. For now, what I had to do was to have two identical delay blocks in the patch - one with the mix controlled by the expression pedal, and another with a fixed value. And then use snapshots to only have one of them enabled at a time.
Thank you! That’s exactly the problem I was anticipating. And it’s delay mix I want to control with the expression pedal!
I just finished my AM coffee and was about to try to solve that problem yet again. You just saved me a lot of wasted time.
BTW I’m loving my POD Go. I upgraded from POD HD500X. The difference in the quality of all amp & effects models is stunning. Another world…
But HD500X didn’t have this particular issue. I always had 3 delays (all the Analog Delay model) with different note value settings, and Delay Mix parameters controlled by the Exp Ped. All on same patch. Worked like a charm. Come on, Line 6!
Got that one settled. Thanks to all!
Now here’s another one:
I set the Delay Mix to be controlled by Ex Ped 2. It does that fine. But EP2 is now the main volume controller as well, and EP1 does nothing that I can detect.
How can I make EP1 my master vol controller and EP2 the selected-parameter controller?
But as long as you guys are happy with what you have, then you (probably) don’t need anything new, right? 
). But still, even on my iPhone “in the room” tone I think the Helix modelling tones sounds great. Good enough that I’m happy practicing with them at least 
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