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Amp in the box pedals copy the tones of the preamps of that particular amp. The Helix provides "preamp models" of every amp so a dirt box stomp version isn't really needed! You want a JTM45 MIAB tone. Insert a JTM45 Preamp model. You want a Plexi MIAB tone, Insert a Plexi Preamp model. Keep in mind, if you use amp modeling in the Helix then this is sort of redundant when you could just use that full amp model.

Maybe I'm reading you wrong but why would you want an MIAB pedal model when you've got the actual amp (JTM45, Plexi, etc) in a (Helix) box. Just crank up the gain and you're off.

hi I'm trying to get the Helix rack to send SPDIF out to an Apollo Twin MKII. It was working yesterday but tonight I can no longer get the two to sync. HELIX rack is on firmware 3.0.1.0, Sample Rate 44.1khz, Digital I/O: SPDIF, Digital Out Level 0db, Clock Source: Internal. Apollo is set to: Optical In: SPDIF, Sample Rate 44.1khz, Clock Source: SPDIF. I am using a Tendak Coaxial to Toslink converter. Has anyone else encountered similar issues? I just got this unit so I performed a factory reset just to be sure I wasn't missing a setting somewhere. I have opened a ticket with support but thought I would see if anyone else has gotten this to work reliably. UPDATE: Solved! I replaced the coaxial to optical converter with this one https://amzn.to/3agRGap and it's working again.

I replaced the coax to optical converter and it's working again! For anyone in the same situation, I am using this coax to optical converter and it's working great: https://amzn.to/3agRGap

¿Do we have a date for this update? thank you

Gosh, it's been quite a while but I am pretty certain I was running that between the amp and the cab, that is generally where I put my outboard reverbs and delays. Glad those clips have been helpful!

So I am about a month in now with this unit. I've played out live with it a handful of times, but more than that, I have stayed up long into the evening many nights with this thing tweaking and playing. I am a better player now than I was a month ago, and I think I largely have the helix to thank for that. There is a ton to like here and I keep discovering more stuff that fall into this category. I don't use any of the amp modeling capabilities of the helix myself, and even barring those, even just using this as a 100% multi-effect unit/looper, there is a lot to love. That said, I wanted to create one post for the handful of improvements/enhancements that I would love to see; the things that would make this pedal perfection. Here they are in no particular order. 1) I guess I will start with my best suggestion. I think every switch on the helix should be 'fully' customizable. Meaning... Any given footswitch can be a stomp, a snapshot, and preset up or down, a tap/tempo tuner, etc.. with the exception of maybe the FS6 mode switch, which would take you from the first set of switches within a patch, to the second set of switches, but heck, maybe there is a smarter way of doing even that. It might be just me, but maybe there are others out there who never ever use the preset up/down switch, so you'd rather have those switches avail for another purpose, more stomps mainly. Anyways, following this, you can have a single set of switches that include the stomps you want to turn on and off, maybe a snapshot or two, and also maybe a preset switch in the upper left to toggle to the next patch if that's your bag, a tap/tempo tuner on the second row of switches rather than first, etc. No need to hit the mode button to switch to snapshot mode, but if you do, you just get another set of footswitches that can also be either stomps, snaps, presets, etc. This way you can truly customize the way everything is laid out within a given patch exactly to your purpose. http://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Make-every-footswitch-on-the-helix-fully-changeable/833725-23508?submitted=1 2) Better reverbs. I think we just need like 2 new really usable rich HD reverbs in this unit. I am not alone in thinking this. 3) Ability to save the tuner input within the patch settings. Some others liked this idea, but now I can't find it in ideascape so dangit. It would be a huge help for me when I play out acoustic and am constantly switching instruments and thus patches to switch inputs. As it stands, every time I switch instruments, I have to bend over and switch the tuner input to tune. It would be super cool if this setting could be stored along with everything else, within a given patch. Let it have a default setting sure, but let it be modifiable and save-able within a given patch. 4) Looper fade out option. Would be nice to have a fade out option on the looper, rather than just a sudden stop. 5) The ability to add a secondary output to a signal path with a separate volume adjuster for that secondary output, without having to split the signal again within helix. This way, I can easily send my mic out the xlr at 100%, and my guitar out the 1/4 inch at 100%, but I can also send my guitar out the xlr at 20%, and I don't have to split the signal within the patch, which is impossible in a patch that is already complexified. 6) A metronome, or better, how bout a super simple drum machine - bass, hat, snare? Mainly for practice purposes. 7) Well, that's about it actually. Would be great to see more effects come on home to this unit as time rolls on as well, but really for me, these changes would transform this unit into just about perfection.

I visualizer for the EQs would be sweet. Yeah, dial it in with your ears, but having something to look at makes getting in the ball park quickly much easier. I would be pretty salty if I had to "dial it in with my ears" in my DAW without knowing where I was heading first.