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Multiple looper blocks: http://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Multiple-Looper-effect-blocks-for-Helix/741138-23508 Think of the possibilities: repeating textures within song structures, intuitive launching of verse/chorus/etc parts (based on what you personally consider intuitive!), etc.

I hope you're right (not that I have any real idea what tenfold would mean in this context LOL.) I am going insane waiting for a product demo that actually includes a variety of amp tones - i.e. the one reason we all use modeling amp rigs in the first place.

I own a Kemper and pre-ordered the Helix a couple of weeks ago. I've already lined up a buyer for the Kemper. I certainly wasn't unhappy with the way the Kemper sounds (provided the right profile is loaded), and in fact I'll be amazed if the Helix sounds anywhere near as good. But I was getting frustrated with its flexibility, or lack thereof, particularly where floorboard integration, MIDI I/O, and routing were concerned. Enter the Helix - where Line 6 seem to have been specifically focusing on all of the things that were driving me up the wall in Kemper-land. If the Helix sounds even half-decent, I will be in heaven with this new UI and all of the routing options. And I won't have to spend all my time worrying about which footcontroller to use, how to program it, wire it, etc. No knock on the Kemper - if you're in the studio and want uncompromising tones, or you're on stage and don't mind a more complex set up, the KPA is a great solution. But I need something simpler, and hope the Helix delivers. Fingers crossed that the amps will be on par with e.g. Postive Grid's Bias Amps, but with lower latency.

MF is notoriously optimistic (read: misleading) with stock dates and inventory status. If I have mine in hand before September I'll be pleasantly surprised.

I apologize if this has already been covered (11 pages and I just can't skim fast enough) but: Can the Helix be used to send class-compliant MIDI and Audio simultaneously over USB to an iPad? And if not, how about one or the other?

Thanks for the quick reply, DI. Reading my question back, I guess I could have gotten creative and thought of a more creative word than creative. Creative. ;)

You mentioned earlier that the looper is treated like any other effect block and can be placed anywhere in the signal chain (which is awesome!) Is it safe to assume that memory constraints limit the user to one instance of the looper? It would be so awesome if you could split the available RAM (and therefore maximum loop time, evenly or otherwise) and place multiple loopers in creative places in the signal path. This, with creative assignment of pedals, could be used to build out some amazing creative tools!

OK, I just saw some other demos re: hands-off editing and controller assignments, and now I'm getting excited. Ironically, I got a better impression of tone from these than from the "tone overview" video.

What I mean to say is that I already have faith in Line 6 to deliver the goods where effects are concerned. If the effects are even equally as good as their previous efforts, I'm all set. I've always liked Line 6 reverbs, rotaries, etc. Their amp modeling, on the other hand, has been a little hit or miss for me in recent years (everything more recent than POD 2/Flextones, really) so here I need to see (hear) substantial improvement. Exactly - it's only one amp, and if I'm not mistaken, it's the same amp and the same damned effects to boot. And unfortunately it's not a tone I'm all that crazy for. Points for the dynamics on volume change, though; that all does look to be in order.

Ding ding ding! This is what we really need. The video demos have been pretty lacking in this regard. It would be so helpful to hear a cross section of familiar, iconic amp models (e.g. Fender clean, Vox crunch, various Marshalls, Mesa Mk's and Rectos...) with no additional effects. I have a pretty good sense of Line 6 effects already, and IRs give me some freedom where cabs are concerned, but I want to hear what this new amp modeling is capable of.

Thanks, CipherHost. I think I'm in.

This. Is. AWESOME. Crossfades like this are really fundamental to me, but most of the hardware and software I own requires that I jump through all kinds of hoops to make this work (external inversion of cc value ranges, etc.). What you're describing here is exactly what I need. I'm assuming fx loop returns can be inserted within one or both of of those A/B signal paths? Also - I think you've already implied this is doable, but can you reverse the footswitch rows from what is seen in that sweetwater demo, such that the top row selects presets and the bottom row toggles effects on and off? I like having both switch types, but I toggle stomps more often than I change patches, and need the stomps more easily accessible. Thank you - this is looking fantastic!