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Hi fellow music/helix enthusiasts! Although I love the new Helix Stadium XL, it had the same downside for me as all modelers: it requires a lot of programming, thinking and tinkering with settings to create the sound you wanted. Guitar playing is just a hobby and I'd rather spend my spare time playing, not building patches. Factory patches might come close, but there's so many of them and they can be hard to navigate. Since I'm an IT professional and I'm using AI to assist me in many endeavors, I wondered if I could have Claude Code assist me in my hobby. Turns out I could. Now I can tell Claude a bit about the song or sound I'd like to create in plain English, it'll check public resources on which amps and effects to best use, put initial settings to match the request and build the patch. I tell it which guitar and or pickup it should be created for, and it adjusts the parameters to make it sound right. I'm not saying it's always spot on, but it often is (from the start). The only thing that remains doing is import the preset, play through it and adjust anything that you still like differently (or ask Claude Code to do that for you). Claude still doesn't have ears, but this cut down my patch creation time by at least an hour, often more. When I'd like patches to be leveled for a specific PA for use in a gig, it assists me. Since I assume there's more musicians out there with the same problem and time constraints, I decided to document and share how one would go about to have AI assist you in creating and/or editing your patches, so you have more time for playing/practicing. It takes about 10-20 minutes to get the AI show on the road with Claude code. I didn't share any proprietary content or patches, so you'll have to load these from your own device (everything is in the documentation). https://github.com/g3rtg3rt/helix-stadiumXL-claudeCode-integration

Hi, Just wanted to confirm that the issue is now resolved! The registry workaround didn't work, but I downloaded Microsoft's Windows MIDI Troubleshooting and Repair tool: https://github.com/microsoft/MIDI/releases Interestingly, the tool showed that Windows was still running Mode 0 (Windows MIDI Services) despite the registry changes. I switched to Mode 1 (Legacy MIDI) using the tool, restarted Windows, and Workbench HD immediately connected to my Variax through the Helix Rack! The nice thing is that I can simply switch back to Mode 0 when I'm finished using Workbench HD, so there's no need to permanently disable the newer MIDI functionality, allthough it would be nice if you can point me to a more permanent solution so I don't have to restart my pc. Thanks again for pointing me in the right direction! Hopefully this will help others experiencing the same issue with Windows 11. cdegardin Oct 12, 01:16 AM Hi, there was a Windows 11 update for MIDI2.0, which led to some applications and MIDI ports not working anymore (like Workbench HD) But HX Edit was not affected by this. If you do this workaround Workbench HD should connect again : 1. Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe) 2. Go to: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Drivers32 1. Create a new DWORD (32-bit) Value named: UseLegacyMidi 1. Set its value to: 1 1. Restart Windows. It should now connect https://microsoft.github.io/MIDI/kb/how-to-change-api-mode/ In Helix Rack, make sure to enable MIDI over USB in the Global Settings/MIDI&Tempo WOrkbench HD can connect via Helix Rack, but not Line6 Central (even if you see the Variax, updates are not possible that way, this is normal) Best regards Line 6 /Ampeg Support Europe

FYI…. Since this is a paid utility please make sure any further posts promoting it are made in the Promote Your Patches area of this user forum, per the Terms of Use. Line 6 created an area specifically for users to promote their offerings rather than posting in the product specific forums. https://line6.com/support/forum/96-promote-your-patches/