mikedub

Love it! :)

i think this is a great idea :)

For what it's worth... I updated my firehawk to FW1.20 over bluetooth this weekend and had no problems whatsoever. Patch switching seems much faster, there are no crazy sounds between patches and all my sounds seem to be exactly the same as before. On the whole the new FW & I Pad App seem great. Unfortunately there is still no delay / reverb spill over from patch to patch.

That's a completely logical explanation and reassures me in terms of updating my Firehawk, I've spent ages programing tones on this thing and I'm now really happy with them so didn't want to update until I was sure the sounds would be right following the update. :)

For me on firmware 1.10 the delay and reverb definitely do not spill over from patch to patch in a good way, I just get warped sounds when I switch between some patches. I was hoping the reverb and delay would spill over in a good way on firmware 1.20 but apparently there is just no spillover at all? if so that's disappointing as some early line6 fx units had great spillover between patches - surely we have the technology to make this happen on firehawk? I still haven't updated my firehawk to 1.20 as I'd read a few things about 'thinner / fizzier' sounds which apparently was incorrect...

Who would have guessed that IKEA capita legs make perfect pedalboard mic stand mounts... These ones - http://m.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/art/30244346/ Basically took the base off an old boom stand and stuck a capita leg on the bottom of the stand. I had to drill out the plastic 'foot' of the ikea leg, this made it such a good fit I just whacked the leg onto the bottom of the stand with a hammer and it's solid haha Then bolted the fixing plate to my pedalboard And it's done

Are people experiencing this 'thinner / fizzier / hollow' sound change over just headphones or is it the same using xlr / 1/4 jack outputs into a desk / PA?

That really sucks! and I really didn't want to read it :( Think I'll hang on before updating...

Great news! I'll update mine ASAP and report my thoughts. I had my firehawk set up next to one of these last night - http://digitech.com/en-US/products/gsp1101 The tones on the Firehawk were easily as good as the digitech... But, the patch change and delay/reverb spill over on the digitech was so so SO much better, hopefully this update puts the two units at the same level.

That response is very worrying! How has he not experienced the delay artifacts between patches? Maybe he doesn't use delay :wacko: ... For me this is the single biggest issue with the Firehawk, it's unacceptable and does make it unusable in live situations... Maybe the world should change to accommodate the flaws of this Line6 product, 0.08 seconds filled with the cry of a wild banshee isn't an amount of time to be considered a BIG issue.... seriously?? YES IT IS#!!! :blink:

Good video and some nice tones :D

Thanks for posting this as it's reassuring to know the firehawk app will still work before I update my ipad. Worth mentioning that Apple have already released an update to IOS9 (IOS 9.0.1) today. To Quote Line6Tony from the sticky; "We highly recommend that AMPLIFi iOS users do not upgrade their mobile devices to iOS 9. Updated devices cannot be rolled back to a previous iOS version. Because we’ve made the resolution of this issue a high priority, we are very close to releasing software updates that provide AMPLIFi with iOS 9 compatibility, as well as other performance improvements for both AMPLIFi and Firehawk. Please check our AMPLIFi and Firehawk forums periodically for the latest information on availability. We thank you for your patronage and your patience. We apologize for any inconvenience you’ve experienced. *We incorrectly flagged the Firehawk Remote app as incompatible with iOS 9. Firehawk Remote is fully compatible with iOS 9 and can be used without restrictions." Good that there is a mention of 'other performance improvements for both Amplifi and Firehawk'... :D

I think this article explains everything - http://line6.com/support/page/kb/_/effects-controllers/firehawk/volume-controls-overview-r736

That's exactly how my POD XT PRO works

Worth a shot i guess :rolleyes: If anyone agrees with me on the above please vote on the idea here... - http://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Firehawk-Bank-changing-cut-off-time/784224-23508?submitted=1

I don't think I am using more than 4 patches per song to be fair. I'll have to set up a bank for each song like you say, just seems a lot of faffing around when i could probably cope with 8 sounds for the majority of songs. I'd be fine using 2 or 3 banks if the thing didn't second guess me and assume I'd hit the bank up/down pedal by mistake just because i haven't changed patch immediately. I guess I'll have to program 30 banks.... and then we will change the order of our set list and the banks will all be in the wrong order :wacko: Another one for the ever growing list of possible improvements... Make the 5 second cut off when changing banks a programmable parameter (on / off ... OR ... 5 - 99 seconds)...

I've just timed it and you get 5 seconds... I struggle with this when I'm coming out of a solo because I'm a man that cannot multitask at all ... I end up playing the end of the solo out of key, coming in on the wrong chord, at the wrong time due to the lag between patches and with a the cry of a wild banshee between tones due to the delay artefacts. I'm surprised I haven't been kicked out of the band yet to be fair 🙈 Seriously though, is it just me that can't cope with only 4 patches per bank? LOL I know some people will say just use the stomps but I can't get the sounds I want this way 😭

When changing bank, if you press bank up for example, it will flash on the next bank for about 5 seconds and then if you don't select a patch the unit will revert back to the bank where the currently selected patch is stored. Is there a setting that stops it reverting back? For example, I may be using a patch on bank 23 for the verse and then want to use a patch on bank 24 for the solo and then back to a patch on bank 23 for the verse again... I know I can store these patches on the same bank somewhere if I choose to but just wondering if there is a setting somewhere when i can change this.

The box i had made has a removable pedal board which everything is fixed to. this board currently sits flat on the floor but i am toying with the idea of fitting bigger feet on the rear so it all sits on an angle on the floor. this was the design; Id have it made so there was more room on the board for the connections at the rear / to attach things etc if i did it again...

One of the many things i really do like about the Firehawk is that it contains everything you need to gig in one box. For the past decade i have been gigging with a rackmount POD XT PRO and a separate midi foot controller which, to be honest has been great, it's made me a huge fan of line 6 gear as it's been 100% reliable and sounds fantastic. (Being so used to this is probably why i want the ability to program more presets per bank. We don't like change do we? by we, i mean me, myself and I). So, for me, the Firehawk is a single piece of kit that can not only do everything the POD can do but a whole lot more. Whats more, I'll be carrying one less box around with me, win win situation! :D Turn up with a flightcase and my guitar and I'm good to go. I had a case made by flightcase warehouse that fits the pedal etc in the top and all my leads etc in the bottom; if anyone would like info on the box let me know :)

From what I can gather, all firehawk owners suffer unacceptable 'delay artifacts' and 'lag' between patches. Apparently there is an eagerly awaited firmaware update due to be released that addresses this issue... see here - http://line6.com/support/topic/13511-time-between-preset-swtiching-unbearable/ I don't get an error where the unit stops working, please elaborate?

Apparently The status of this idea has changed from "Active" to "In Review" whatever that means? :D

I think it would very useful if users of the Firehawk had the option to assign pre-programmed tones to the top row of foot-switches FS1 – FS5. Effectively giving users 9 pre-set patches per bank. I guess this would mean losing the ability to turn stomps on and off on banks programmed in this way. Perhaps this could be an option per bank? So you either have, 4 patches with stomps on a bank… OR … 9 pre-set patches on a bank. To me it seems a relatively simple idea that could hopefully be included in a firmware update? I have submitted this on ideascale. So, if like me, you would find this a HUGE leap forward in the usability of this Multi-FX System, please VOTE HERE - http://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/FIREHAWK-assign-pre-programmed-patches-to-FS1-FS5/780844-23508 Cheers Mike :)

I used my firehawk at a gig on Saturday night and found the tuner to be one of the growing list of issues, there was no notable background noise when I was trying to use it... it just seemed very inaccurate. I also had my old rack mount POD xt PRO set up alongside the firehawk and I ended up resorting to using the tuner on that as it seems much more accurate... maybe the display on the xt pro is capable of displaying finer increments? Can this be fixed with a firmware update on the firehawk? or do I need to buy a boss chromatic tuner?