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Has anyone replaced the stock speaker with the Celestion F12-x200? Curious if can be done and if it has been done, how it sounds compared to the stock?

Similar but with some more descriptions: https://helixhelp.com/

They're mainly not using bluetooth on the Cortex but Wifi - which usually is *way* more robust (and way faster, too). And as far as the touchscreen goes, I fail to see what's bad about it. Have you seen the video where they adjust the parametric EQ? That's just gorgeous. Also, dragging blocks around should be *heaps* quicker. No idea why one wouldn't want that.

I asked about that over on The Gear Page, and the guy from Neural replied to me and said they would have that... So I guess they'll be copying that, too... :-) Really, without something like that, I think it would be almost unusable as far as switching goes.

For whatever reasons, preset switching on the Boss GT-1000 is *way* faster, almost instantaneous. In addition, as the main reverb and delay blocks are present in each patch, in most situations even reverb/delay spillover is possible. Anyway, if they added a global block functionality, all of this would be way less of an issue (I'd happily elaborate why that would be so).

This, exactly. I've found them to be an incredibly powerful tool, and I can't think of anything I've wanted to do that I haven't been able to, by using a snapshot. Incidentally, I also have a patch where I switch from acoustic to hi gain using... you guessed it, and I don't understand why so many people seem to have such a hard time grasping the concept, either.

Tested with my iPhone 5 SE, IOS 13.3, original Apple CCK USB 3.0, HX STOMP: Result: Everything is working as it should. PD: What does it mean for a device to be 'class-compliant'?: https://m-audio.com/kb/article/1706

He plays in a Pink Floyd cover band and he has a bunch of Pink Floyd patches in at least one of his packs. Specifically the Big Pack. Worth checking out. https://fremenpresets.com/downloads/big-pack-helix/

Actually changing the names in the software? No... There's no way to do that. There might be someone out there who's attempted to hack it, but I haven't seen any mention of it anywhere.

the "neural capture" seems to be the most interesting feature. "Capture, share and download your favorite rigs’ sounds. Equipped with our unique biomimetic AI technology, Quad Cortex can learn and replicate the sonic characteristics of any physical amplifier, overdrive, and cabinet with unprecedented accuracy." But man.... the wording they use in their ads. "best ever.... Unprecedented! ..as good as it gets!" .... they sound like a bad infomercial. I'm sure it'll be a good piece of gear, but instead of telling me it's the best thing ever made, just show me what it can do and how it sounds.

Hey I made my first impulse response. The Amp is my Peavey BluesClassic 1x15 from 1994 miced with an e906. With an AC30 it sounds very close to the real Amp. Have fun with it. I looking forward for your feedback. Download: http://www.dariusz.me/downloads/PeaveyBluesClassic1x15e906_01.wav https://www.premierguitar.com/articles/28788-trash-or-treasure-peavey-blues-classic

I will be most interested to see what gets delivered here. The combined footswitch/knob appears to be sheer genius if they hold up. What a novel way to provide more adjustable knobs without increasing the chassis size. The spread out switches/knobs will require wider hand travel across the modeler for parameter adjustment and some users may not like this. I would be sorry to lose scribble strips and a built-in expression pedal is always a plus to me but by no means a deal-breaker. I love the touchscreen and the fact that it looks like this device may be able to use at least Neural proprietary plugins. Combining a touchscreen with physical knobs and incorporating plugins on a pedalboard are two features I have wished for that have met with a lot of pushback or disinterest on the forum. I am happy to see other companies embrace these ideas and hope that Line6 follows suit at some point. The ability to load and save presets via Wi-Fi on the Cortex is fantastic and really a no-brainer, USB flash memory would be another excellent option(not present on the Cortex). Firmware upgrades and preset sharing will also be available using Wi-Fi. Would I accuse Line6 of intellectual property theft if they implemented Wi-Fi saving/importing in the Helix II? Of course not! Those kinds of ideas belong to everyone and they may well be working on them already. The chassis and the signal flow and icon representation appears admittedly very similar to the Helix though I personally wish they had not followed Line6's lead on the icons. The icons on the Helix are so broad, represented by category, that I don't know if I am looking at a flanger or a phaser, a Fender or a Marshall, an overdrive or a fuzz pedal. I would have preferred a text option along with the icons. Another fine addition would be customizable icons. The ability to import a low-res picture or graphic for icons, or in lieu of that a large library of icons,would be mighty handy and sooner or later I won't be surprised if we see a device that features it. I am not a fan of intellectual property theft but there is sometimes a gray area or fine line between theft and best practice. There are times when everyone can clearly see the same better mousetrap. Not everything should be protected by patent or copyright. Case in point certain pharmaceutical corporations who have patented sequences in the human genome so they can be assured to profit off any future cures developed, even by other companies. A well-known corporation's patenting of "one-click" purchasing also comes to mind. A patent that only ran out relatively recently. Certain things/ideas should belong to the user community and any company that wants to provide them, not a single company. When does a device stop being just a clone? How many innovations, improvements, or fixes are required before it becomes significantly different enough from the original to withstand a lawsuit? That is for the courts to decide. There is always a tension between protecting and encouraging R&D investments by a company and not granting or extending a copyright or patent to the point where it cripples innovation or becomes an unsustainable or unjustifiable cost to the end user. Line6 has been steadfast in their support of other companies like Fractal and Kemper that created high-end modelers before them. I hope they offer similar latitude to companies that come after the Helix with products like the Headrush or "Quad Cortex". Some of them will not be as good and some may be better, some more derivative and some less. Competition spurs innovation and I see no reason for them not to continue to pursue the high road. If this device turns out to be great, too early to tell as it is essentially vaporware until delivery, and even if any one of these companies gets leap-frogged by another, probably only temporarily, all of us musicians ultimately benefit from the bar being raised.

there are a couple things you have going on that are defeating your approach. The wah toe switch is set by default to swap between EXP 1 and EXP 2...so essentially right now you are using EXP 2 as an 'off' button. That is fine...but then defeats any use of Exp 2 for anything else. 1st question: How do you want to engage/disengage the wah block? I myself have it auto engaged by having toe down 100% set to off, and it engages at 97%. 2nd question: based on your response with #1, there are a variety of ways to 'save' this to recall correctly..but in your scenario...your defeating the programming that is there. Example: If you want to set it up to auto engage, then you need to delete the command that uses the toe switch to disengage the wah block (switch to the other EXP) and save the preset with the expression pedal where you want it recalled. Also need to turn on the globabl setting that allws you to recall the saved position instead of the 'current' position....forget what this is called exactly. If you want a snapshot to engage the wah (no exp button or auto engage like I have) then you'll need to have the wah block engaged in that snapshot, off in other snapshots, resave the preset and make sure that the setting about recalling snapshots matches what your trying to do with the wah block as well. Confusing without knowing how you want to approach wah block use.

Started diving in a bit with other tones wow so nice - great purchase highly recommend this product

Just picked up pack haven't tried any others yet Boston tone alone is excellent - thank you Buddy great work Would you consider Gilmour solo albums tones - his newer stuff the obvious hits from his new solo albums pretty please - well done

@cbrillow Thank you so much. I upgraded to iPadOS 13.3 and found everything is OK.

Aren't there presets on this? Do you need 10 slots for every song? I can get a lot of mileage from an OD, delay and reverb. Which on the HX Stomp would be OD > AMP (maybe + CAB) > CAB (if not with amp) > CHORUS > DELAY > REVERB. I don't need Chorus on every song, in fact the only thing I might need on every song is the amp and cab because depending on the song I may only need DELAY or REVERB. Point being, I'm sure if I sat down with this I could construct a bunch of great sounding patches that would get me through a gig. I have the Helix because I want convenience and excess. But back in the day I gigged a lot with way less.