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Thank Eric for Google translate... If @PerS recommendation didn't restore things, I have a 212+ that I'd be happy to send you a copy of the factory presets from. Let me know. Cheers

My last serious band ended during COVID years, and since then I've not really been playing. I own a Helix LT, and the last firmware update I installed was the one with the Poly Capo, which I loved and used extensively to play songs in different tunings. Fast foward to last week. I was invited to join a new band, and I noticed there was an update for the Helix. Then I installed it. I read about the changes, and there was a new amp, a few other minor things, and that's it. Okay, nothing that would affect me, but no problem. Then yesterday I found something about a cab update, which was a previous update which I missed. After googling it, I found a different cabinet screen, which I didn't even know it existed. Plugging my Helix, yes, this new screen was there. All my patches have been moved to "legacy cabs". Okay. Then I decided try the new ones, and... HOLY SH*T. HOLY SH*T. I'm still in awe of the tones I'm getting out of this black box. I didn't even had to tweak much, every setting sounds incredible. And being a compulsive tweaker myself, I can't stop experimenting with the new cab settings, different combinations and tones. It just sounds so good. So good. Every amp sounds open and alive now, in particular the Cali IV, which I use for high gain stuff. I just wanted to share this moment, when the Helix brought me so much joy. Thank you.

I agree... but the OP asked for a way to do it.

Yep, absolute game changer. IMO, it's the best single feature update they've made yet. I used to have to do some pretty wild stuff with a Parametric EQ just to get tones right, and now, it's just icing on the cake, because you can do SO much with some simple mic placement tweaking.

As @DunedinDragonmentioned, start with speaker selection/mic placement. Once you get that in the ballpark, start fooling around with the high cut. The extra step beyond this that I would take with the parametric is to find and notch out what I call the "whistling frequency," which is usually between 3.2-3.7K, depending on what amp/overdrive/etc. you're using. That's usually the biggest culprit when it comes to nastiness in high-gain tones, and is something that you don't really realize is having such an effect on your tone until it's gone. Use a fairly high Q setting, at least 7. This will isolate the bad frequency without affecting too much around it. I usually do this with the High band, since the Mid band is much more important for tone shaping, and you already have the High Cut control to generally deal with highs, anyway. Once you get this trick down, you'll probably find that you want to back off on the high cut a little, since you've notched out the REALLY bad stuff. Also, keep in mind that this is easy to do, but it's also easy to overdo, and dull your tone down beyond what you want. I usually keep toggling the EQ on and off while adjusting, just to make sure I haven't gotten too crazy with it. Hopefully this helps with your problem!

I'm sure you've seen my posts on TGP, so I'll just address the "crazy" aspect of your question. EVERYTHING we use has an EOL after which it will no longer be supported by the mfr. ANY modern electronics, especially if it contains a processor of any sort, may have a shelf-life in addition to its mfr's EOL date after which it can no longer be repaired. L6's behavior as regards this product is as reprehensible as their support for Helix is exceptional. The most important thing to keep in mind is that this product sounds GREAT to some people and utter garbage to others. YMMV in the truest sense. If money is tight, don't do it. If you can get a used one at a reasonable price, go for it! If you can get one new at a nearby store with a good returns policy, go for it! I have the PC212+. Some days I love it, some days not so much. I vacillate regarding getting a PC112+ to try again (I didn't like it first time around) so I'll have a more practical grab'n'go rig with my Helix. Money's not (critically) tight. There's a GC nearby. I'm crazy.

I think you would be very lucky to find that single one in this forum. Only very occasionally does anyone bother to update a thread, where they may have been desperate to find a solution. If they contacted Customer Support, and solved the problem, it would be nice to know how, just for all the other "Me too" posters. I think that a lot of the time it might be due to sheer embarrassment, after having kicked up a fuss about something that then, ultimately, could turn out to be user error. Having said that, there are always going to be lots of "update bricked my Helix" posts, of which, many really are self inflicted, but it's very nice when some one actually takes time to post a "thank you". I always give those folks an upvote. Otherwise it can feel as if you are banging your head against a brick wall.

Hej Mikael Tyvärr har jag en PC112+ annars hade du fått min backup. Troligen bästa sättet att ladda om senaste programvaran, då återgår den till default. Alla reset-varianter för Line6-produkter finns beskrivna här. Tyvärr inte för 212, men troligen samma som för 112. Skulle nog göra en backup innan och "rädda" laddade IR. Kanske också om du gjort egna presets. Ursäkta ett lite flummigt svar men min PC+ har funkat hela tiden och det enda jag gjort är att ladda senaste programvaran och laddat några IR... :-) Hoppas du får det att funka. /Per

Here's a little blues wank demo of me playing my les paul through the patch. First note is just the patch with compressor/TS/amp/verb. It sustains great etc, but no freqout effect. Second note is me pressing and holding the freqout pedal and playing the same note. Note the feedback effect of my freqout emulation. Yes I have a floyd rose after market on my les paul (the top mount FRX kind - no routing). That's both pickups on, even though the freqout effect works better with just bridge pickup I find (just like real live feedback)...I chose this setting for the demo because my LP buzzes like mad on the bridge pickup (although it sounds amazing, I didn't want that in the demo). Then I wank some more and press the freqout pedal only on a couple of notes to emulate how real live amp feedback might work, from my personal experience. I'd say it's pretty convincing, although not as over the top as the digitech freqout pedal is. Oh, and I'm using an aftermarket cab ir instead of the stock cab for my demo - just adds some presence and brightness to it. DBK Freqout 3 for helix - demo by DBK.mp3

Ok, here's V3. It sounds WAY better and behaves WAY better than V1, so forget that one and try this one please! (I had posted, then deleted, V2 but it really did need the changes I just made to this to become V3.) This one replaces the bypass footswitch with a momentary footswitch. So now it plays normally, use any amp you want etc... but when you want to trigger the effect you hold down the BOTTOM left footswitch (It's currently called "Position" which I tried changing the text for, but it changed back.... you get the idea though). You have to hold teh footswtich down WHILE you play teh chord (like, before), for feedback to trigger, and keep holding it to get the feedback, although if the signal is strong enough and you have the compressor pedal on then it might still trigger if you play a note and then hold down the pedal. When you let go, feedback stops, although it'll stop itself when guitar volume fades enough from strings just fading as they do. It's not real feedback after all! I did add a reverb in the freqout path at the end, which you could bypass or edit of you like, cuz the way the feedback ends was so abrupt that I hated it, and the reverb adds a messy end to it that just sounds more like a real amp's feedback ending, to me. I also turned up the sensitivity of the feedback and the volume of the feedback when enabled, since mistriggers aren't likely now due to you being able to let go of the pedal when you are playing normally. Note that I purposely eq'd down the higher strings and higher notes on the guitar within the feedback trigger path (not in the regular guitar sound, don't worry), so higher guitar strings and notes don't do any feedback, because they don't feedback in real life as much as the low ones, and when they do they should feedback the real note, not an octave higher, which will be a much more complicated (maybe impossible with helix) task....(cuz I'd need to have two feedback systems, one for regular notes, one for octave notes, and so on.... ugh... but even the real freqout pedal doesn't do that) I also added a compressor, tube screamer, and increased the amp gain, and all effects have foot switches now. I suppose I should add volume pedal and wah pedal too... I'll add that another day. I reversed the paths so it's like this now: comp, freqout, screamer, amp, cab, reverb. This one, to me, is really good sounding and actually useful! I sorta wish it would trigger reliably by hitting pedal without having to replace your chord, but whatever, this is good enough for now. Dbk Freqout3.hlx