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This biggest point here is this: Line 6 asked the community if they would be willing to wait or get it earlier - most said they could ride it out and get the updates as the bugs were worked out . . . it sounded like most wanted the unit sooner rather than later (I know I did). Since I'm not using it to gig with at this time, I'll push thru the problems for now. Syphus

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Being a brand new product there are a number of bugs that have been discussed in this forum. As already mentioned, being a support forum that is to be expected. People don't generally post here to report that they are completely satisfied. Also, a bug fix firmware and software release was dropped just earlier today. By my quick count it resolves more than 50 bugs. Some other remaining bugs are identified and workarounds provided. Helix Stadium is quickly becoming a very reliable product. Let us know what you think after you've tried it.

Right! Where do I start… I love my DT25. I talk about how great it is on my live streams (thousands of viewers). To my friends. To fellow guitarists. I get compliments on its tone etc. However… As of two days ago, the power transformer is now dead! Fuses blowing. Contacted Yamaha Europe and Line 6. The service centre have just told me… THE PART IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE!! WTF??? THIS IS A CURRENT PRODUCTION PRODUCT that has had many known transformer issues… AND YOU CAN’T GET IT FIXED??? Literally said to me I have NO options! Seriously Line 6! What do I do now?

HX Edit 3.82 is the latest version for use with the Helix 3.80 FW. Download it from the L6 website if you can't update from HX Edit. I forget, it's been out a long time.

Hello, To start my setup involves looping via Daw (im using Loopy Pro but, this pertains to all Daws). Stadium is not bad when it comes to sending Midi Commands via Stomp Pedals but it has some gotchas. I wanted to bring them up here for the community and developers in hopes of them being addressed. My first, and the biggest in my eyes is the lack of the Helix Stadiums Stomps responding to LED Feedback. I am seeing you basically cannot get any sort of LED response on HS from DAW states without using a "dummy" block in the effects chain. For Example, If a Stomp is sending Midi CC 2 to a Daw and controlling the play state of a loop, Most Daws will send Midi CC 2 value 127 (loop on or playing ) and Midi CC 2 value 0 ( loop off or stopped to Helix) back to the controller. Helix's LEDs do not respond to this. Where as on most other footpedal controllers, the LED would respond and let the performer know the state of the loop. (this is true for anything being controlled in a DAW, effects, transport Play/Stop ect. Just using loop states as an example) I think we need an LED Feedback Setting per stomp in the command center. Just a simple LED Feedback On/Off toggle that lets the user decide whether to use the feedback from the daw to control the LED. I want to be clear here I don't expect the Helix Stadium to be a deep Programmable Midi Controller like a Mastermind or something but, LED Feedback is a basic feature that almost all footpedals on the the market have. All that said Helix Stadium does respond to incoming MIDI and so my current workaround Is to use a "dummy" Gain Block set at unity gain and, "Learn" the bypass toggle to the LED Feedback coming in. This works but is an incredible waist of resources (imagine if you had 4-6 loops to control we are using up 4-6 blocks to simply make sure the LED is showing the performer whats going on Loop-wise) !! Be careful here if you do this. Pay close attention to whether you are using the mono or stereo gain as this can mangle your signal if you pick the incorrect one !! My first thought when looking for a work around was to use a multi parameter delay and turn the mix down to zero percent and have all of the parameters tied to separate stomps. This would only use 1 block and all stomps would give me the feedback I need. This leads me to the first gotcha I found. The only parameter of any effect, (when controller externally) that will turn on or off the led on Helix is the Bypass parameter. Any other parameter like say "feedback" or low cut" will not change the state of the LEDS if controlled externally by a CC. Only if you press the footswitch on the helix itself will the LED go on or off. Booooo So this is where I stand. A bunch of Gain Blocks hogging up precious recourses just so I can get the little light to go on and off properly on my stomps.. again Booooooo One thing I want to make note of here is that the Stadium DOES respond correctly to CC values which is good! in other words If CC2 is tied to the bypass of a gain, value 127 WILL turn the LED on and even if you send the same value 127 again, it will stay on. Yayyyyyy. It will turn off only when it sees value 0. Yayyyyyyy. This keeps the Daw perfectly in sync with Helix so, points on that for implementing this right! I can't tell you how many multi FX out there just respond stupidly to any value toggling states and throwing everything out of wack. Sooo Yayyyyyyyyy on this. The other gotcha I found I will just mention briefly and I find to be a little less important but it is a thing and for others this could be very important. When you have a Hold function sending a Midi Message from a stomp and a press option on that same stomp, Triggering the hold will also send the press. Boooooo. So lets say CC1 is sent from Stomp 1 and it turns of and off your external Delay. And a Hold sends CC2 on that same stomp turns of your Boost. Well you better want your Delay and Boost turning on at the same time if you trigger the HOLD because thats whats happening. Most of the time on controllers with Hold functions the HOLD Bypasses the press so that you have control over both devices separately but with one stomp switch. Thanks for listening here ya'll. I know its long but, I will say I did fall in love with the Helix Stadium and only have a few very fixable quirks that I very much hope will be addressed. Despite the fact that there are probably way less people using the Stadium as a hybrid controller, than there are as just an effect processor I really think technology as it pertained to both in and out of the box is getting more complex... I mean now-a-days its rare to find a guitar pedal without midi control. So it would be great if you all could comment and chime in here so that we can get this in view of the developers... even if you don't need this functionality now you probably will down the road and your comment or upvote might have been the catalyst for getting this post in front of the developers.. Don't live in regret for the rest of your life because you didn't chime in here... that would be a Boooooo.

OMG, great tip, JPD. Thank you. Super maddening bug. I have a really elaborate preset I've been working on all day, and after I deleted some blocks and re-mapped some Stomps none of my (dozen or so) remaining blocks (that I didn't touch) respect snapshot bypass anymore. Copy-Clear-Paste each block seems to get it back, but then I need to remap all 8 snapshot and dozen or more blocks. Very much looking forward to 1.2.1.

I do the same since I had problems with an ISP router being picky about what it would allow on the network.

Thanks for the thoughtful reply — I think you summarized the situation very accurately. I agree that what I’m describing does resemble a kind of “Helix / Line 6 University,” and I also understand that historically this has not been Line 6’s primary approach. The forum-as-community model, where musicians share tips and knowledge with each other, has clearly worked well for many years and remains extremely valuable. Where I think the tension appears is exactly what you mentioned: Helix Stadium (and even the original Helix) has evolved into something that goes far beyond a traditional pedalboard. Routing, MIDI, multipath, preset leveling, recording workflows, Showcase, integration with other systems — at a certain point this becomes closer to a sound design and production platform than a simple guitar or bass product. Yes, the information exists, but it is fragmented, uneven, and often discovered through trial and error. For many users — especially working musicians with limited time — this creates an unnecessarily steep learning curve. Using a metaphor: at times it feels like being handed a spaceship capable of traveling through time, space, and parallel realities, but then being left alone to learn how to operate it blindly, gathering scattered clues from forums, videos, and isolated comments. You can get there, but the path is far more difficult than it needs to be. Regarding how many users would benefit from this kind of approach, I personally don’t think it’s only about a small group of advanced users. I believe this is necessary for most users, and especially for newer generations who are discovering these tools now. Today, many users are forced to guess how fundamental things work, jumping between forums, YouTube videos, and partial documentation instead of having a clear and structured learning path from the beginning. As for whether this is viable as a business, I honestly don’t see it only through that lens. More than a commercial product, I see structured education and deep documentation as something that has become necessary and complementary to platforms like this — whether free, paid, or a hybrid model. It should evolve alongside products that have long surpassed the concept of a simple “pedalboard” and are now genuine sound design tools. To add some personal context: I am relatively new to this world. I purchased a Helix Stadium XL about a month and a half ago, and since then I’ve been encountering many of the issues discussed in this thread. While some aspects are intuitive, much of the system’s real potential goes beyond my initial understanding. As mentioned earlier, the learning process often becomes spending many hours researching forums, watching YouTube videos, and consulting various sources with information that is scattered, fragmented, and often unstructured. In my case, I’m even considering relying on third-party books such as Craig Anderton’s, despite knowing that it likely does not fully cover Helix Stadium’s specific features. This learning approach — based on trial and error and non-centralized resources — feels unusual for a product at this level, and it’s surprising how normalized this has become. At times it can even lead to discouragement or a temporary loss of motivation to use the device, not due to lack of interest, but due to the difficulty of finding a clear path forward. That said, I genuinely enjoy the platform and have no intention of giving up on it. After a month and a half of use, I feel that I’ve made limited progress relative to the system’s true potential. I understand that some users may have more experience or learn faster, but that shouldn’t be an implicit requirement to properly benefit from a tool of this complexity. The absence of truly in-depth manuals, structured courses, or clear learning paths should not be part of the “entry cost.” Even from a practical or business perspective, I believe that investing in deep documentation and structured education pays for itself: it strengthens user commitment, reduces frustration, prevents early abandonment and second-hand resale of the product, and ultimately makes the platform more accessible and attractive to new users. I genuinely believe this need already exists, and that the fact we are having this discussion is itself a strong indicator of that. Thanks again for taking the time to engage — this type of exchange is exactly why I started this thread. Kind regards,

All amps don't "clean up" the same. That phenomenon is a result of the interaction between the guitar's pickups and the amp's input circuitry. While the Helix amps are very well modeled, in the end they are not really tubes. All that said, my guitars, single coils to JBs to high output ceramics, all "clean up" just fine with the Helix amps I use. The INPUT circuitry of most REAL WORLD amps is 1MegOhm impedance. Certain FX placed between the guitar and an amp's input (see below) are lower than that and in order to get "authentic" sound from the modeled FX Helix uses analog circuitry to mimic that interaction with the pickups. First thing to do is to check GLOBAL SETTINGS>PREFERENCES>AUTO IN-Z. When set to ENABLED Helix uses that analog circuitry to mimic the interaction between your pickups and that type of effect, using the first ACTIVE effect in the signal chain as a reference. When set to FIRST it uses the FIRST effect, active OR bypassed. Since MOST of the FX in Helix are 1M input impedance, the ENABLED/AUTO settings will normally be fine. If you ALWAYS want your pickups to act like you're plugged straight into an amp (you don't use those FX), then on the INPUT BLOCK of each preset set the IN-Z to "1M Ohm". This overrides the GLOBAL IN-Z setting and is as close as Helix gets to that (plugged straight into an amp) behavior. There's a spreadsheet online somewhere that has all of the Helix FX impedance info, but I can't find it just now. Here's a partial list distilled from that SS. Thanks to @John Mark Painter on TGP. The post is from 2020, so you might want to do a search for the actual spreadsheet which was updated to v3.80: All Dynamics are 1M All Reverbs are 1M All Pitch are 1M All Filters are 1M Wah with Impedance Changes Weeper 90k Teardrop 90k UK 136k Delays with Impedance changes Analog Echo 230k Elephant Man 90k Analog w/Mod 90k MultiHead 22k Cosmos 10k Modulations with Impedance changes 70's Chorus 22k Analog Chorus 22k Courtesan 136 Vibe Rotary 90k Dual Phaser 230k U-Vibe 90k Distortion with Impedance Changes BIGHORN (Tested manually...check for yourself and confirm) 70k? Deranged Master 22-32k Colordrive 136k Triangle Fuzz 22k Fuzz Pi 22k Arbitrator 10k Facial Fuzz 22k Buzz Saw 230k Tychoctavia 230k Octave Fuzz 230k Jumbo Fuzz 90k Industrial Fuzz 10k Hedgehog 230k Scream 808 230k Scream 230k

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They are EH and made in china AX7. The amp has been totally fine and sounding awesome and then suddenly went to turn it on and the fuse blew. Ordered a load and same again. Just blows each fuse. Valves are working fine as I’ve put them into another all tube amp. it’s the fact that i have been told by Like 6 it’s not repairable due to the power transformer no longer being a part that can be ordered, and after lots of discussion with the service centre here, I am 100% sure it is the transformer. What do I do now? It’s a dead amp and no way of fixing it! I really think this is crazy for a current production amplifier being sold. Am I wrong here?