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Hi! Just got a pod go a few weeks ago and have been absolutely loving it. Iām 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. Iām considering buying one and thereās 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 wonāt 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?
Welcome @rumrill!
If I understand you correctly, then you donāt 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 canāt 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.
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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 8ās 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 itās possible on the GO.
Yes, thatās 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 āglobalā - some EQ block perhaps - then thatās affecting all your tones. You explicitly mark the properties that you want a āper snapshotā value for in the patchā¦ 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 āminā and āmaxā mix values. But then you cannot have a āleadā snapshot that forces full mix. You cannot specify a per-snapshot min and max value for an expression pedal controlled paramā¦ only for params with fixed values. Hope theyāll 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.
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Worth noting this tip. Thx Mr F 
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Thank you! Thatās exactly the problem I was anticipating. And itās 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 Iām loving my POD Go. I upgraded from POD HD500X. The difference in the quality of all amp & effects models is stunning. Another worldā¦
But HD500X didnāt 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 hereās 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?