® POD GO EDIT PILOT'S GUIDE A guide to the features and functionality of the Line 6 POD Go Edit application Rev. A (v1.10) www.line6.com/manuals © 2020 Yamaha Guitar Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
Contents Workflow 2 Signal Flow Panel 18 Model Lists 37 What’s in it for Me? Marketplace Workflow Overview Computer Connectivity Compatibility with Other Line 6 Products 2 2 2 3 3 Block Types Bypassing Blocks Copying, Pasting, & Clearing Blocks Bypass Assignment Indicators 18 19 19 19 GUI Overview 4 Edit/Model Select Panels 21 4 5 6 21 23 23 37 41 42 43 45 46 Resizing the Application Window Application Menus Preferences, Help & Account Options Editing Model Parameters Selec
Workflow Marketplace Be sure to visit the Line 6 Marketplace online shop, where you'll find 3rd-party add-on assets that further enhance the functionality of POD Go and Helix® family products! Check back often on Marketplace for product news and announcements. An Internet connection is required for the computer on which you'll be using the POD Go Edit app to authorize it for the use of Marketplace premium assets. Please see “Marketplace & Account Options” on page 34.
Computer Connectivity The Update available indicator also appears at the bottom of the main application window if a firmware update is available. You can optionally click this button to launch the Firmware Updater. To put the POD Go Edit application to work, connect POD Go to your computer’s USB port.
GUI Overview The Edit/Model Select panel display can be switched via the toggle button at the top of the panel. Edit/Model Select Panel Toggle Button POD Go Edit has a very intuitive, easy-to-use interface. The application automatically detects your connected POD Go device and displays all its options within the main application window, where the navigation is divided into three main sections: The Librarian Panel - For managing presets, setlists, and Impulse Response (IR) files.
Application Menus • At the top of your computer screen (Mac) or top of the application window (Windows), you'll find the familiar application menu bar. Note that the available commands differ within the File and Edit menus depending on the application window, panel and/or specific control that currently has “focus.” The window focus is indicated by a blue triangle appearing at the top left of the main Librarian, Signal Flow or Inspector windows.
• • • Preferences, Help & Account Options Paste Block - Pastes the last-copied block's model and its settings into the selected block. Clear Block - Removes the model from the selected block (available only for Effects type blocks). Rename Preset - Renames the currently loaded preset.
Factory & User Setlists Selecting, Loading, and Saving Presets It is important to note our terminology used in this Guide when describing the difference between selecting versus loading a preset within a setlist. To access a preset, choose the desired setlist (Factory or User) at the top of the Librarian panel, then click choose any preset within the setlist. To Select a Preset - Click once on a preset location within the setlist and you'll see it become highlighted in gray.
Renaming, Reordering, Copying, and Pasting Presets Importing and Exporting Setlists The Librarian panel allows you to instantly save the currently loaded setlist, including all its saved presets, to a POD Go setlist file (.pgs).
Impulses List IR Formats and Restrictions The following IR file types are supported. • The Librarian's Impulses list displays all Impulse Response files (along with respective ID numbers in the left column) that currently reside on your POD Go device. Initially, this Impulses list is empty, awaiting your import of Impulse Response files. • Impulses Folder IR Index Numbers Helix Impulse Response (.hir) - This is the proprietary Line 6 IR file format.
Premium Marketplace IRs NOTE: When exporting IRs from the POD Go Edit Impulses list, any Marketplace-purchased IR is saved to your computer as a Helix IR (.hir) type file. The .hir files are proprietary to Line 6 products, and licensed to you via the Line 6 Account on which you purchased them. Any IR that was originally imported as a .wav file is exported as a .wav file.
IR File Reference To load an IR using the IR block’s Edit panel options, select the IR block within the Signal Flow, then in the Edit panel, use the IR Select parameter slider (or its menu button at the right) to select IR index number (1-128) that includes the desired IR. Please also see “IR File Reference” for additional behaviors. Once the preset’s IR block is configured to utilize an IR index slot that includes an imported IR (.wav or .
Working in the Editor The Editor portion of the POD Go Edit user interface consists of the Signal Flow and Edit/Model Select panels. The Signal Flow panel is where you'll see the signal path for your currently-loaded preset, appearing much like the Home - Edit screen of your POD Go device.
Naming & Saving the Preset There are two ways to select a snapshot within POD Go Edit: by clicking on the Snapshots (camera icon) menu at the top of the Editor, or by using the commands within the application's Snapshots menu. To edit its settings, select the numbered snapshot you want as your destination, then configure the desired block and signal flow options that you wish to be stored and recalled this snapshot.
Repeat the last step with up to all 4 snapshots, setting the desired Amp - Drive parameter value differently as desired for each. Optionally, repeat the above steps to create snapshot assignments for additional parameters, allowing all to have your determined values recalled per snapshot! Each preset can have up to 64 controller assignments, including parameters controlled by Snapshots. Remember to save your preset to retain your snapshot settings.
Undo / Redo Software Edits vs. Hardware Edits Edit actions performed within the POD Go Edit application (or “software edits”) are tracked individually for Undo / Redo. For example, if you adjust a POD Go Edit parameter slider, move a block, and then change a block’s model, these actions are reverted individually—one action per each click of Undo.
Creating & Restoring Complete Device Backups 9. Use the File menu's Create Backup and Restore From Backup commands to create complete backups of your POD Go device's current Global Settings, IRs, and Presets, and easily restore them back to your device at any time. All presets are backed up from their last-saved state, therefore, be sure to save your currently-loaded preset before creating your backup to include its current settings.
2. Backup File - By default, the most recently created Backup file is selected. All compatible Backup files that you created within the currently selected directory are selectable here. When you select a backup file, the following information is displayed so you know the details about the backup before you choose to restore from it. • Date: The creation date of the backup file. • Device: The specific type of device this backup was created from (POD Go).
Signal Flow Panel TIP: These pre-existing EXP pedal and Toe Switch assignments can be customized as desired—see “Bypass & Controller Assignment” on page 24. FX Loop - Utilize the Send and Return jacks on your POD Go device to connect to and from external gear, and this block provides control over panning and levels. You can choose a Mono or Stereo FX Loop type block to match your jack routing, as well as bypass or enable the block as desired.
Moving Blocks TIP: A block can also be copied and then pasted into a different preset! To move blocks within the signal path, simply click and drag any block left/right to its desired location on the signal path, and drop it there. As noted in the preceding sections, you’ll want to take note of mono and stereo blocks and arrange your blocks accordingly to achieve the desired mono/stereo output from your device. The Clear commands are handy to “reset” any of the four Effects blocks.
Quick Bypass Assign Bypass Assignment using the Bypass Assign panel Right-click directly on the assignment indicator above a block within the Signal Flow and the Bypass Assign pop-up panel will appear. Within this panel, if a bypass assignment already exists for the block, you’ll see its controller selector highlighted (as shown below).
Edit/Model Select Panels Adjusting Parameter Sliders - There are several ways to adjust slider values: Click on any slider and drag to the desired value. • Click on the desired range location within a slider's path and it will jump to the clicked value. • While hovering your mouse cursor directly over any slider's path, use your mouse wheel to adjust it. • Click the up/down arrow buttons at the right for small, incremental adjustments.
Impulse Response Block Options EXP Pedal Controller Assignment - For any controller assignment made to an EXP pedal, you’ll see the numbered pedal icon to the left of the parameter, numbered to indicate EXP 1 or EXP 2. • FS Pedal Controller Assignment - For any controller assignment made to a footswitch, you’ll see the numbered switch icon to the left of the parameter, numbered to indicate FS1~FS8.
Selecting Models DSP Management & Model Availability As mentioned above, select any block within the Signal Flow, and when the Model Select panel is shown, you’ll see options for selecting the desired category and its list of models. Click on the desired model to load it in the selected block.
Bypass & Controller Assignment *NOTE: The Bypass/Control window is a sub-window of the Inspector’s Edit panel. Therefore, the Show and Hide menu commands and shortcut are available only when the Edit panel is displayed, and the window remains displayed until you choose to hide it (even when toggling the Inspector display). Also, keyboard shortcuts continue to function within the Edit panel when the Edit panel has focus—please see “Keyboard Shortcuts”.
Alternatively, you can utilize the Edit panel’s more advanced Bypass/Control window to clear any type of assignment. NOTE: POD Go includes a handy Auto Assign feature, which creates bypass assignments to FS1~FS6 as you add models to the four Effects blocks. This feature is enabled by default - please see “Auto Assign Feature” on page 28. TIP: You can remotely control several POD Go functions, such as Looper, Tuner, Tempo, Bank & Preset changes, and more, via (computer - USB) MIDI.
Creating a Bypass Assignment You can also change a block’s existing bypass assignment using the above steps. When you select a footswitch in step 4, any existing bypass is automatically moved to your newly selected footswitch. You can also create bypass assignments for multiple blocks to one, common footswitch—see “Bypass Assignments for Multiple Blocks”.
Click the Parameter Menu and choose Bypass, then click on the EXP 1 Controller selector within the panel. Choose Bypass within the Parameter menu TIP: A handy trick is to create a multi-bypass assignment to toggle one block off and the other on simultaneously, such as to change between two different distortions, between two different delays, etc.
Auto Assign Feature Creating a Controller Assignment The POD Go device’s Global Settings > Switches/Pedals > FS Auto Assign On/Off option determines whether or not POD Go automatically creates a bypass assignment for each of the four Effects blocks (once a model is selected for the block), where a block bypass assignment is added to the earliest empty FS1~FS6 location. FS Auto Assign is On by default.
Creating a Controller Assignment using the Bypass/Control Window 5. The Edit panel’s Bypass/Control window offers deeper functions for creating and editing all types of assignments. To follow are steps to create a controller assignment that utilizes a footswitch or EXP pedal. 1. Double-click on the block within the Signal Flow that includes the parameter for which you want to create the controller assignment. We’ll choose a Delay block - Simple Delay model for our example. 2. 3.
Creating a Snapshots Controller Assignment Choose Drive within the Parameter menu Configure a block's parameter with a snapshots assignment to allow the parameter's settings to be stored & recalled with a preset's snapshots. For these examples, we’ll create a snapshots assignment for the Drive parameter of the Kinky Boost, which then allows us to configure a different Drive value to be recalled for each snapshot.
Global EQ Window Adjusting Global EQ Parameters The Global EQ window offers two methods in which you can view & adjust its settings: by dragging any band's edit “node” within the graph, or by adjusting the selected band's parameter sliders within the lower inspector portion of the window. The EQ processing is functional whenever its Bypass button is set to “active” in this window (or via your device's Bypass button when viewing its Global EQ screen).
Preferences and About Box Presets/IRs Tab - Stereo IR Import The Preferences Window The POD Go Edit Preferences window includes three tabbed screens to edit application options: General, Presets/IRs, and Device Settings. This window is accessed by either selecting Preferences from the POD Go Edit menu (Mac), Help menu (Windows), or by clicking the Preferences button at the bottom left of the POD Go Edit window. The Presets/IRs tab This tab includes the Stereo IR Import option. When a stereo IR .
The About/Legal Box and Help Options Legal Information Choose the Legal tab at the left of the window to display the Legal screen, which lists all the necessary trademark, copyright, and other legally required statements for the POD Go Edit software.
Marketplace & Account Options To download your purchased assets, click on the Manage Account command within POD Go Edit app's My Account menu (or go directly to https://line6.com/ account/), sign in to your account, and select Marketplace from the Hardware & Software section at the left.
The My Account Menu Options At the bottom left of the POD Go Edit application window, you'll see the My Account menu and account status indicator. Initially, before you've signed in to your Line 6 online account and/or authorized your computer for Marketplace premium assets, you'll see this menu displayed with the My Account label.
License Synchronization Authorize / Deauthorize Your Computer Whenever you make a purchase from Marketplace, a license for each product you purchase is deposited into your online Line 6 account. For the POD Go Edit application to access your new licenses and effectively “unlock” your purchased assets, it needs to perform a “sync” process with your Line 6 account.
Model Lists Distortion Models (Mono) Model Based On* To follow are the lists of all Effect, Amp, Speaker Cabinet & Microphone models included within POD Go devices, including descriptions of the original gear they are based on.* Models, in many cases, include some unique parameters, typically based on the controls found on the original gear we modeled. However, you will also find a set of options that are common to model category types, as described in the sections that follow.
Effects EQ and Preset EQ Models Distortion Models (Mono) Model Based On* Jet Fuzz Roland® Jet Phaser L6 Drive Colorsound® Overdriver (modded) L6 Distortion Line 6 Original Sub Oct Fuzz PAiA Roctave Divider Octave Fuzz Tycobrahe® Octavia The following EQ models are available within any Effects blocks, as well as within each preset’s resident Preset EQ block.
Modulation Models (Stereo) Modulation Models (Stereo) Model Based On* Model Based On* Chorus Line 6 Original Ring Modulator Line 6 Original 70s Chorus BOSS CE-1 Rotary Drum Fender® Vibratone PlastiChorus Modded Arion SCH-Z chorus Rotary Drum/Horn Leslie® 145 Trinity Chorus Dytronics® Tri-Stereo Chorus Bubble Vibrato BOSS® VB-2 Vibrato Vibe Rotary Fender® Vibratone 122 Rotary Leslie® 122 145 Rotary Leslie® 145 Double Take Line 6 Original AM Ring Mod Line 6 Original Pitch Ring M
Delay Models (Stereo) Pitch/Synth Models (Mono) Model Based On* Model Based On* Reverse Line 6 Original Pitch Wham Digitech® Whammy® Lo Res Line 6 Original Twin Harmony Eventide® H3000 Tube Echo Maestro® Echoplex EP-1 Simple Pitch Line 6 Original Tape Echo Maestro® Echoplex EP-3 Dual Pitch Line 6 Original Sweep Echo Line 6 Original 3 Note Generator Line 6 Original Echo Platter Binson EchoRec 4 OSC Generator Line 6 Original Analog Echo BOSS DM-2 Bass Octaver EBS® OctaBass An
Filter Models (Stereo) Volume/Pan Models (Stereo) Model Based On* Model Based On* Spin Cycle Craig Anderton's Wah/Anti-Wah Volume Pedal Line 6 Original Comet Trails Line 6 Original Gain Line 6 Original Pan Line 6 Original Stereo Width Line 6 Original Looper Models (Mono & Stereo) Model Based On* 6 Switch Mono Looper Line 6 Original 1 Switch Mono Looper Line 6 Original 6 Switch Stereo Looper Parameter Description Line 6 Original 1 Switch Stereo Looper Line 6 Original Drive Adju
Parameter Description Scale On stereo delays, the Scale offers control over the left & right channel repeats proportionately. The left channel repeats following the Time value and the right channel will repeat at a time that is the percentage of the left time. For example, if a delay's Time is set for 1 second and the Scale set to 75%, the left channel will repeat at 1 second and the right at 750 milliseconds (ms).
Amp/Preamp Block Models Amp Amp & Preamp Models Preamp The following guitar & bass amp and preamp models are found within the Amp/ Preamp block category menus. Use an Amp category model along with your choice of speaker model within the Cab/IR block for a traditional amp tone.* Or, choose a Preamp category model for tone and character of just the preamp stage of the amplifier (this can be a great option when feeding your POD Go output into an external power amplifier).
Amp & Preamp Models Amp & Preamp Models Model Type Based On* Model Cartographer Guitar Ben Adrian Cartographer Ampeg SVT-4 PRO Bass Ampeg® SVT®--4 PRO German Mahadeva Guitar Bogner® Shiva Woody Blue Bass Acoustic® 360 German Ubersonic Guitar Bogner® Überschall® Agua 51 Bass Aguilar® DB51 Cali Texas Ch1 Guitar MESA/Boogie® Lone Star (clean channel) Cali Bass Bass MESA/Boogie® M9 Carbine Cali Texas Ch2 Guitar MESA/Boogie® Lone Star (drive channel) Cali 400 Ch1 Bass MESA/Boogie®
Cab/IR Block Speaker Cabinet Models Cab Cab Models Impulse Response The following guitar and bass speaker cabinet models are available within the Cab category of the Cab/IR block.* All Cab models also include your choice of Mic model type used on the Cab, as well as several Mic settings (see the list of “Microphone Models” on page 46).
Microphone Models Cab & Mic Settings Knob Parameter Mic Models Description 1 Mic Selects one of the 16 available mic models. Shure® SM57 2 Distance Sets the distance (1 inch to 12 inches) between the mic and the speaker grille. 409 Dynamic Sennheiser® MD 409 3 Low Cut 421 Dynamic Sennheiser MD 421-U 4 High Cut Filters a portion of the cab's bass and/or treble frequencies, which can help remove rumble and/or high-end harshness.
U.S. Registered Trademarks All product names used in this document are trademarks of their respective owners and neither Yamaha Guitar Group nor Line 6 are associated or affiliated with them. These trademarks appear solely to identify products whose tones and sounds were studied by Line 6 during sound model development. 5150 is a registered trademark of ELVH Inc. Korg is a registered trademark of Korg, Inc. Acoustic is a registered trademark of GTRC Services, Inc.
Keyboard Shortcuts The following keyboard shortcuts are available to speed up tasks when working in the POD Go Edit application. Where indicated, some shortcuts require that “focus” be placed on a window, panel, or specific control to be able to trigger its function. To place focus within the desired window, press your Tab key to cycle focus between the Librarian, Editor and Inspector windows—you'll see a blue indicator appear in the top left corner of the window that has focus.
File Menu Commands - Shortcuts Command Mac PC Setlist Library Focus Impulses Library Focus Signal Flow Panel Focus Inspector Focus Save Preset ⌘ Command + S Ctrl + S Saves the currently loaded preset into its existing Preset library location Save Preset As Shift + Ctrl + Shift + S Displays the Save To Setlist window, where you can choose the Setlist and Preset library location ⌘ Command + S Import Preset/IR ⌘ Command + I Ctrl + I Imports a preset into the currently-selected Setli
Edit Menu Commands - Shortcuts Command Mac PC Setlist Library Focus Impulses Library Focus Signal Flow Panel Focus Inspector Focus No function Clears the selected IR location(s) (Effects type blocks only) Clears the block’s model No function No function Clear ⌘ Command + Select All ⌘ Command + A Ctrl + A Selects all 128 preset locations within the current setlist Selects all 128 IR locations within the Impulses list No function Rename ⌘ Command + R Ctrl + R Allows the selected pre
Command Mac Setlist & Impulses Librarian Panels - Shortcuts PC Setlist Library Focus Impulses Library Focus Factory Setlist Library F Displays and changes focus to the Factory Setlist Library panel User Setlist Library U Displays and changes focus to the User Setlist Library panel Impulses Library I Displays and changes focus to the Impulses Library panel Display Context Menu + Ctrl or or Shift or + Shift + Enter Return Displays the context menu for the selected preset location Dis
Signal Flow Panel - Shortcuts Command Mac PC Function - These shortcuts perform the following functions when the Signal Flow panel has focus Amp Block Select A Selects the Amp block in the current preset Cab/IR Block Select C Selects the Cab/IR block in the current preset Volume Block Select V Selects the Volume block in the current preset Wah Block Select W Selects the Wah block in the current preset FX Loop Block Select F Selects the FX Loop block in the current preset Preset EQ Block S
Edit Panel - Shortcuts Command Mac PC Display Model Selector Show or Hide Bypass/Control Window Inspector - Edit Panel Focus* Displays the Model Selector panel within the Inspector M ⌘ Command + B Change Focus Between Edit Panel and Bypass/Control Window Ctrl + B + Shift Displays and closes the Bypass/Control window Note that this command is only available while the Inspector is displaying the Edit panel, and not when the Model Select panel is displayed.
Edit Panel - Bypass/Control Window Shortcuts Command Mac Change Focus Within Window PC Shift Parameter Menu Open - Accept Individual Control Focus: The individual control within the Bypass/Control window that has focus is indicated with a turquoise colored arrow to its left, or an outline. Note that many of the Edit panel - parameter shortcuts in table above also work on controls within this window, where applicable.
Block - Category Shortcuts When an Amp/Preamp, Cab/IR, or any one of the four Effects blocks is selected within the Signal Flow, and then focus placed specifically on the Category list at the top of the Model Select panel, you can use the following shortcuts to choose the block’s category, and display the category’s models.
Command Mac PC Global EQ Window - Shortcuts Function EQ Graph Pane Focus Low Cut 1 Selects the Low Cut node Low Peak 2 Selects the Low Peak node Mid Peak 3 Selects the Mid Peak node High Peak 4 Selects the High Peak node High Cut 5 Selects the High Cut node Adjust Edit Node Fine Adjust Edit Node Coarse Adjusts the selected edit node in small increments Use the numbered keys above to select the desired node, then use Up/Down keys to edit Gain and Left/Right arrow keys to edit Frequency
Preferences Window - Shortcuts Command Open Window Close Window Mac ⌘ Command PC + <, Alt Function + Enter Return Enter Return Opens the Preferences window When the Preferences window is open, triggers the Close button to exit the window. You can also use the ESC key to close the window Additional Mouse Behaviors But wait, there's more! To follow are additional time-saving gestures using your mouse wheel or mouse buttons. • Use your mouse wheel while hovering over...
Firmware Updater & Additional Resources Upon launch of POD Go Edit (or once you’ve signed in within POD Go Edit), if the app finds a newer firmware version for your device online, you’ll see a pop-up window. Here you can choose to Remind Me Later, read the Release Notes, or click Update Now to proceed and update your device.
• • Optionally, you can customize the title, description, and save location for your Backup file within the Create Backup window (see page 16 for details). Click the Create Backup button to proceed. End User License Agreement: - You must agree to the terms of the License Agreement to perform the firmware installation - read and click OK to continue.
Using the Line 6 Updater App When ready click Next and Line 6 Updater software will assist you in performing the update in minutes. It is especially important not to disturb the device’s controls and cable connections until the update fully completes! While the presets on your device will not be altered, some minor sonic changes may still occur with firmware updates, as noted within any firmware's Release Notes.
Additional Resources Looking for more info? We’ve got plenty of online resources, just a click away. • • • • • • To get acquainted with POD Go, we recommend you visit line6.com/meetpod-go/. Additional Help documentation covering POD Go is available on the Line 6 Support site at Line 6 Product Manuals. Visit the Line 6 CustomTone site where you can share your presets with the world, and download free presets created by Line 6 and other users just like you.
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