jpdennis

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Had to click the OK button twice during the 10 minutes it took to update my Helix from 2.71 to 2.8 so I feel it went very well.

My Helix Floor updated swiftly and perfectly as long as I watched for the onscreen instructions. LOL

Good catch. I find using Multi quiets my presets as I go 4CM at line level out to all then XLR is the only output the volume pot controls. I scratched my head as well when I was setting up my 4CM for stage and XLR out to PA path. I haven't delved into the reasoning but with 2.80.0 installed I am revisiting everything

Here is a link to many suggestions that have been helpful Hopefully this is helpful for you ... just read it all then find the one that best fits your issue

Final steps. So I watched the presets get rebuilt. Then I used the 9 10 combo to reset to factory again. I only restored the IRs and Global settings using the all-in-one backup I created prior to upgrading the software to HX Edit 2.80. Then I restored my presets using the all-in-one backup file as well (yep ... neurotic). After I rebooted once I then shutdown and used the 10 11 combo to update to latest version. Once I was satisfied I created a v2.80 backup. NOW FOR THE FUN ... cheers!! Just Plain Dennis

Not sure. If you read my post you will see the steps I took. I read this as I was about to post my final steps. Hopefully you completed a backup BEFORE you upgraded. I do not believe you can backup your older version of presets using the new 2.80 HX Edit.

Well, I did not walk away. Kind of a good thing. For my upgrade there were a couple screens that said to click on OK even though it looked like the Helix was bricked. So, I clicked OK and wow ... the Helix lives! I almost didn't wait and follow the steps to click OK (almost). Firmware is 2.80.0 ... CHECK Now the rebuilding presets process begins.

Check list 1) Use hardwired Ethernet cable directly to laptop from my modem/switch ... CHECK 2) Backup Helix using current HX Edit version ... CHECK 3) Repeat step 2 since I am neurotic ... CHECK on both counts 4) Backup all setlists ... [refer to step 3 section concerning neurosis] ... neurotically CHECK 5) Backup several of my most regulated presets across my setlists ... CHECK yep, refer to neurotic 6) Backup all IRs and screen shot for a numerically correct list ... CHECK 7) Reset Helix to Factory ... CHECK - are you all seeing a pattern? 8) Download and install the latest HX Edit 2.80 ... CHECK 9) Reread Digital Igloo and Phil_M comments ... CHECK 10) Connect Helix floor and start process ... CHECK 11) Walk away ... if only ... Well, now lets see what we see ...

Yes, please!

That is correct, you will see 10 blank scribble strips if nothing is assigned to the foot switches

Too busy playing and then I forgot that we get free updates. Sacrilege you say, forgive me I say, off with his head they say! Now about those meds … ;-)

What about drinking for each letter of the alphabet .. all alphabets? Just a thought!

Looks like my OCD is helpful in this case. I backup at the beginning and end of rehearsals and again before the show. Then I back up after the show while everyone else is sipping a brew. Considering this includes the two path direct tor PA and the large venue 4CM to mic'd amp / XLR mono to PA events I should be OK. "No you won't!!! …" says the loud OCD voice in my head. You had me at Backup, Spikey

So this isn't the year 2525? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKQfxi8V5FA Darn it wrong thread again! I think Line 6 is recoding me … Good Morning Dave

Where's the other half? Over kill? Naw! LOL

Hmm, is this the wrong thread to share how I really like the latest Helix Firmware 3.02.13454.23.000.123.2c? Drat! ;-)

Spikey, you know the answer. They are them. Now about that QOSP value … :-)

I'm going to be mostly general and rarely specific since I find my opinion is usually qualitative based upon my ears, style, guitars, & likes in balance and sound. And this has been a labor (long and tedious but in the end satisfying for me, the band, and my soundman) of love but to the point … My take on this is based upon venue. Inside small club and/or on small stage in large club I have a great sound with my Helix itself. Outside (and sometimes on a large stage in a very large enclosed building venue) I use guitar in to a split path - A goes to the mono XLR out with complete Helix effects using the most talked about way of running those FX blocks going before the Amp block to FX between amp to speaker IR to after speaker to XLR mono to PA channel #x1; Path B is four cable with no amp or speaker IRs going to one of my Boogies based upon my mood and sometimes with a slant Marshall (either way SM57 on the speaker of choice). As far as "unity" I set the path A & B gains, Send/Return (loop) FX block(s) gains, XLR & 1/4 OUT gains, and line or instrument setting(s) based upon what I am using the S/R FX block for (mostly the Amp send/return and sometimes a legacy or digital outboard FX pedal); it is here I set my Helix Vol pot to between 12 and 2. I have to add I spend a lot of time with my sound man and level software to do what I call "normalizing" the output volumes of my patches coming from the XLR mono out. I then use my headphones (in my case some DT 990 pros 250 ohms) to come close to similar sound(s) for the path to my 4CM to Boogie. I have also standardized on which Helix Amp I like for my specific guitars (several solid bodies 6s, a solid body 7, and two acoustics for those rare times) I use and my speaker IR of choice; the why could be a whole other thread though there are many threads in the Helix forum that address this. My soundman likes the Helix by itself in most small to large clubs as a rule. Outside he likes me using my Helix and the live amp since "... it does something outside that the Helix doesn't by itself outside" … his words; he does say the Helix inside small clubs does it by itself - go figure ;-). I have used many of the tips and tricks I have read in this forum over the past several years and it has been amazingly helpful. The people who constantly contribute are veritable fountains of knowledge. And the new comers who are like we all have been early on can come up with some amazing insights that turn my thinking upside down and really help me immensely. Oh yea, the point … for me the Helix is not a "drop water and expand to excellent stage sound" mechanism. It is a tool just like our fingers, mind, ears, individual imagination, and the "analog" amps and FX devices as well as the other digital devices we choose to incorporate into our dreams and musicianship. Just a vehicle to somewhere we want to take the audience/listener. For me I have a sound I want and I do not let just one train of thought limit how I want to express myself. On the other hand it can be painful wanting to play more while I am stuck in the "realm of finding the sound locked in my headphone sound chamber world". But I have found the Helix is just as satisfying by itself as it is with my amp based upon venue. Of course watch some newbie come and blow my mind with some thought or setting that turns what I just shared into hogwash. Either way - read this forum to use what works for you & discard that which does not, dream big, and play well my brothers & sisters Just plain (jp) Dennis PS: for me I didn't pick up the guitar and instantly played Mozart. It took me a couple years of training and practice before I played OK. Then more until I become proficient. Then finding the right amp took a while as well as getting the darn thing to emulate what I heard in my head. The Helix has let me get from point A to point B in a relatively short time compared to the years I have spent getting my sound. And it really is like a studio when I think of how the recordings I've been on are engineered. Go have fun … you'll get it! YMMV

I do not have your unit. However, as a test you would first do a backup of any of your custom presets then preform a factory reset. If this odd preset comes back the next step is to either wait for a response from someone who can verify it is a bad preset or not. Or call customer support. Even a question like this should be a quick reply from CS.

Hmm, try this. Set EQ block to the off (bypass) by using the bypass square button. Make sure the Distortion is on (not bypassed). Just touch (don't press) the FS that these are set to. See if every time you touch the FS just once if the color changes AND note the block that is highlighted. If it is the same thing I have seen you should at some point see the ring as Bright Red. Then save. Now, press the switch with something like a sock over your hand so the touch response doesn't get in the way of this test. If it is what I have seen you should now have the color on the FS ring in the color and state you want based upon the Distortion being on or off. If I am reading this correctly, you are using a single FS for the "switching effect" and want the Red lit when the Distortion is on and red dim when the EQ is on; I apologize if I am misreading your post. FYI - If I am correct it may take some practice to get the "only touch" and "color state" you want down correctly. This will happen even if you manually set the color of the ring by customizing the darn thing. It took me a while to get this down.

I am not near my Helix however there is a stock patch for Dreams. I've taken that and adjusted it to get close to this. It is a lot of trial and error. It uses the auto vol before the amp and the autoswell after with the LA Comp behind that if you want to normalize any trails.

Outstanding. I will try this this weekend as well.

Nice. Thanks. Now I have to go back to the drawing board! ;-)

Wait, there is a built in coffee maker. I missed that! What about the motorized retractable awning? Oh crap … I just became a Beavis. Forgive all! ;-)