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Welp, that sucks. I held out a little bit of hope there. I think you're onto something there, too. I somehow missed the post from bether in February 2017: I had an iPhone 6S, which had an A9 processor, and I've had the phantom clicks since day one. However, on my iPad Mini 4, which has an A8X - no clicks, ever. For those who can't/won't read the PDF, the relevant part is this: "The [newer iPhone] occasionally fails to send all of the audio data it should, to the plugged-in USB audio device. This causes (quasi) periodic clicks and dropouts in the audio and then the audio may stop, altogether." This is by a manufacturer of a completely different product, but describes the exact same issue, so it does definitely seem like an Apple issue rather than a Line6 one. The issue was also first picked up by Silicon Labs and submitted to Apple as a bug, so there's a pretty strong reason to point at Apple being the issue. Now, the interesting bit is kind of related to one of the very first posts I made - that it may be related to the downsampling/bitrate mismatch from 48kHz to 44.1kHz. As the PDF notes, all iOS video audio is at 48kHz, so I've been trying to figure out if there's a way to somehow use that to video yourself playing to get the audio you need. The best pseudo-idea I have is: You need 2 devices and a mixer. And some time. Plug one device with your DAW/multitrack/play-along track into your mixer, and have some headphones out for you to play along with; Plug your guitar/bass/vox/drum output into the Sonic Port; Plug your Sonic Port lightning cable into your second device, on which you're going to film yourself playing; Run a headphone out from your Sonic Port into your mixer, so you can hear what you're playing, along with the rest of your track; Hit record on your video, then hit play on your backing track, and play along. What you should end up with is a video with your solo track on it. You can then import the audio from that video and line it up in your DAW (although you will have to do that manually). it is the hackiest hack, but theoretically it should allow you to record via the Sonic Port without any more random pops & clicks (probably).

What kind of gig/setting are you playing in? At church I run pads in mp3 format from iDevice to Helix via USB. WorshipTutorials.com has them in all keys and they make transitions like that a breeze. The pad continues to play from USB 1/2 in to XLR outs while you change presets. No gaps in the pad.

Yup...a "solution" desperately in search of a problem. Good marketing though. "Big Pharma" good, lol...

I have played Variax almost exclusively since 2006 and "New Standard Tuning" (C-G-D-A-E-G) almost exclusively since 1989. The tuning benefits from multiscale necks to solve the tension problems (f.ex.a 26,5''-24'' fan). So before buying a Kiesel, Ibanez, Strandberg or similar and starting modifying it with Variax electronics, it would be interesting to know whether there are plans for a multiscale -- either based on the Standard, JTVs or the Shuriken-platform? If not, would it be possible to commission the building of Variax with a multiscale neck to the Yamaha Customs Shop or James Tyler? Regards, Eivind Lorentzen https://www.facebook.com/gentleknife

You sync everything beforehand. It doesn't pull anything off the server in real time when you play so you don't need to be connected to the internet once you sync. The syncing process is super fast as well, just a second or two.

Sending MIDI from BandHelper BandHelper can send MIDI bank and program changes, song select messages and virtually any other MIDI data when you change songs, and MIDI beat clock messages when you activate a tempo button. (It can also receive start/stop, song select, program change, controller and note messages to trigger various actions, as described on the Remote Control page.) Lots of good info on the Bandhelper website. http://www.bandhelper.com/tutorials/intro_videos.html

I paid £999 for my brand new Helix Floor yesterday! Registered this morning and got Helix Native for $69.99 (there is a $30 off coupon on Line 6 page for software that runs til July 31). With tax added that meant $83.99. In English that is £64.64. So I have a brand new Helix Floor, Helix Native full for £1,063.64 GBP. I'm very happy :)

Bumping it right back at ya! It's happening right now 30% off! Use the code on the page to get the discount. https://shop.line6.com/software/helix-native.html Have fun!

Hey guys, I recently posted a video I did with my ESP LTD SC-20 and the Helix Badonk amp model. I got quite a few requests for a tone tutorial so I figured I'd make another one for you guys. Hope you enjoy:

I don't think the problem I am experiencing is RF interference. I have heard alien digital noises from my device when in close proximity to the amp and pickups. However that's RF noise getting picked up by the pickup and transformer coils. The clicking I'm suffering is a definitely a digital glitch. I DO get the clicks with an 2018 iPad 9.7 WI-FI model (no SIM/cellular). Besides I already tried airplane mode to fix the problem with no satisfactory result. My iPhone 6 Plus never clicked. So my best guess at this point is the problem is the newer processors or iOS versions. The iPhone 6 Plus uses an A8 processor. The latest iPad uses an A10 which was great attack fighter but maybe not such a great chip. We might assume newer means better, but my experience with Apple has shown me that Apple giveth and Apple taketh away. (When a company uses a bitten apple as its logo, we can expect some hubris from them.) I hope I'm wrong about this though, and very hopeful that the latest iOS update (11.4.1) may fix the problem because the iRig HD 2 I bought to replace it seems to have inferior latency to the Sonic Port VX. Unfortunately a friend is borrowing my Sonic Port VX now so I can't test it this.

Each song has an area where you can type in your lyrics, or you can attach lyrics in the form of Word or PDF files. For me either way the lyrics originate on my computer in the form of a Word doc and I either copy/paste them into the lyrics field or attach them as a Word/PDF file. So I always have a copy of the lyrics on my computer. You can also download any files you have attached to songs through the web interface of BandHelper. I'm assuming if you let your subscription run out you'll lose any data you have saved, but since everything I have started out on my computer and is saved there I don't have to worry about that. Does that make sense and/or answer your question?

If you just want to use it as something to play your keyboard through, it would be fine. But the PC isn't really anything like a studio reference monitor.

Studio monitors are generally something that you want in pairs.... one won't do you much good, and this particular device is not designed for that kind of use anyway. If you're looking record and monitor multiple instruments, stereo reference monitors are a necessity. On the plus side, you can get a nice pair of studio monitors for half (if not less) than what you'd spend on one Powercab.

Hi Phil, Thanks a lot for the useful instructions you wrote! Very helpful. Just updated my LT to 2.60, fastest update I did, cause of your instructions. Thanks again. Greetings, Marcel

The current firmware is v2.09 program.

Okay, got it. It works, great. The 3.3v was no problem at all & now I can change amp channels &/or reverb at will. If the footswitch supplied with your amp doesn't have LED indicators you don't even have to worry about it at all. Just hook up a TRS (or TS if only one sw) cable to the EXP2 jack then follow the manual pages 51/53 first, then 47/48. If your Helix footswitch lights up backwards from the state you expect (ie; lit when clean / reverb off, dark when OD / reverb on) Richie Castellano did a nice YT video showing how to fake out the switch by assigning a "dummy" block which you can then bypass, allowing you to flip the state. Here's a link: Start around 6:00 for this tip Thanks for the response Don. Please remember guys, what may seem stupid easy for you may be worlds away from some of us. My main concern was damaging my LT & it could've ended way worse if the LED voltage was routed to internal Helix processing.

Same issue here. Sonic Port clicks on the iPhone7 but works fine on the iPad Air2.

I use two of the plastic Line 6 EXP-1 pedals. I've had one of them for a long time, recently bought another.

Even though all of the guitars I am using lately are passive, I am using the input pad. I find I am able to drive the amps distortion farther without it sounding "unnatural". To my ears it gives me a more 'Creamy" "Smoothed out" overdrive sound. Kind of like compression but without the squash and added noise!! If that's makes any sense.