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  1. FWIW... the entire focus feature drove me crazy. "Global > Footswitches > Stomp Select > OFF". Focus stays on the block I set it to when saved... crisis averted when something doesn't "look right" at an inopportune time. I know that does not solve your problem, I'm just saying that entire feature.... when toggling between two effects on one switch, never worked as I expected it to. I don't change anything on the fly so disabling the feature serves me well.
  2. Not sure why that would seem weird? When MAC or Microsoft updates their OS they change things.... developers are forced to update/change along with them and are given "x amount of time" to do so. I've certainly seen my share of software drop dead with OS updates over the years. I doubt Line 6 is planning on abandoning HX Native and HX Edit on a MAC at this time. Open a support ticket with Line 6 and ask them if they are working on an update. I have a hunch they are quite aware of this.
  3. I was actually wondering what "midi damper pedal" you had found since you had referenced midi values. The DP10 is just a two stage momentary.... that will not work with the Helix, and will only work with specific subset of gear, primarily certain Roland pieces. It really will give you the flexibility you are looking for. For a controlled sweep an EXP is required - the trick is merely to get it to return which (with that video) is much easier than I thought it would be.
  4. IF you can find one, they are still fixed CC's, not sweeping. It would DROP the pitch, then return it - you will not have control (with foot) at how fast the pitch drops. If the effect you are using in the helix has a way to vary the drop speed, that is your only hope. I'd recommend buying a spring loaded expression pedal. Also hard to find, but that would give you the control you really require. Or, buy any cheap expression pedal and do this remarkably simple mod. (it doesn't have to be the expensive expression pedal in the video)
  5. What damper pedal are you looking at? In my experience, the pedal itself does NOTHING.... the functionality is built into the keyboard or device. SUSTAIN and DAMPER pedals are simple ON/OFF momentary switches which won't do anything on a Helix - although it can be programmed to do something on an HX Stomp. If you wire a 10K resistor into the damper/sustain pedal... VOILA! The Helix comes alive using it as a 2nd (or 3rd) expression pedal with a fixed value! You just need to know what you want to control with it.
  6. As stated above already... a real VOX gets it's dirt/drive/character from the power amp section... therefore the pre-amp alone will not give you that tone. Some amps get their character from the pre-amp, some from the power-amp, some from a combination of both. To complicate matters further, the "standard" speaker option is often another huge factor in an amps tone. EG: Place a bluebell/silverbell cabinet on a Fender Deluxe... the deluxe starts to sound surprisingly like a VOX.
  7. Have you tried the new 2203? IMO, it sparkles on clean settings yet still delivers the dirt with ease. My needs are very different... but I accomplish what you are looking for by establishing a great clean platform/tone, then stacking overdrives for various dirt sounds. Granted, I have a Helix with more block real estate.
  8. For hardware management... a used Windows PC is far more economical. $50 will get you an old laptop that can be used to manage all aging hardware. In this disposable world there are thousands heading to recycling every day that are still in good working order - they are just outdated.
  9. USB 3 backward compatibility has been flakey at best over the years... some machines are really good at it, others are not. I have my Helix connected to a USB 3 port... just because it works for me doesn't mean it will work for everyone. Regardless of what you connect, when having problems with USB there has always been three rules... even if these don't give you problems with other peripherals. Don't use a HUB Try a different cable Try a different port One of those will solve the problem the majority of the time. Every computer is unique... every user is unique in the peripherals they have connected (yes, they can interfere with each other). There is no single answer.
  10. Line 6 already sub-divides them into folders which (IMO) is much cleaner than cluttering a single folder with two of everything with the mono/stereo suffix added to each name. When creating a chain.... as soon as you use a stereo effect you need to stay stereo the rest of the way. Any MONO effect (after the stereo effects) will collapse the entire chain back to mono. If you plan on collapsing to mono, then just use mono effects to begin with unless the model doesn't exist in mono.
  11. Long story shot... There is no way to balance presets, or gain staging without using your ears. Meters get you part way there.... remarkably well. But beyond that, you need to put in the time. Learn how to do it, don't rely on tech to do it!
  12. Helix floor is near perfect already... If I had my choice, I'd like a more powerful version of that without a built in EXP. Just give us the connections and let us choose our own EXP and/or external switches. Make sure the external EXP TRS connections are designed the way it is for the Stomp... Tip/Ring separately assignable to EXP or Footswitch. 3 or 4 TRS connections would provide a lot of external option that nobody is forced to use unless they want them.
  13. Using "commend center" you can come close, but not as you are hoping. You can assign a footswitch to several things in command center. MIDI CC, MIDI CC Toggle, Snapshots, Presets, etc... etc... Once you choose one of those, it is forever set on that switch within the preset. You can use different values per snapshot, but you can't change the assignment type. EG: If you set the switch to MIDI CC or MIDI CC Toggle, you can have a different CC value on each snapshot, but you can't change the assignment type to "presets". I used to loop the MIDI In/Out and send a CC message back to itself. If you know the Helix midi implementation, you can make that switch control almost anything on the Helix, and do something different on the next snapshot by sending a different midi command. If you have external midi devices, you still need to loop back to the Helix eventually... and use dedicated midi channels per device. It adds a level of complexity, but still works. The midi loopback system works great... but you will need a solid understanding of MIDI and Midi Implementation to use it effectively.
  14. Time out errors are usually "communication" errors. Try a new USB cable, and/or a different port in your computer. There is a remote possibility that the user model defaults are corrupt... but I'd look to the more obvious/common problem first.
  15. I have a couple of EV-5's... EXP's self calibrate on start up. I always place the exp in toe down before I start the machine. Once it loads, I do a full sweep of the EXP (heel down, toe down) so it recognized the full range. Since I started doing this, I never have a problem. I have two EV-5's myself... and the problem can also lay within the pedal. I've had to take the back off and manually adjust the pot to so heel down always landed on 0 and toe down always landed at 100. Be careful of the "min" control on the sides of those exp's... they will also cause grief.
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