PeterHamm

Here's a suggestion. Instrument 1 - Guitar in -> path goes to XLR L&R out Instrument 2 - Aux In -> path goes to 1/4" L&R out to stereo DI or pair of DIs. Vocal 1 - Channel one on something like a simple Mackie 1202 or other small mixer with 2 separate stereo balanced outs and decent mic presets. Vocal 2 - channel 2 on mixer. Each vocal then has a send to Helix (Return 1 & 2). Each one has its own path with whatever you want on there. Helix outputs those paths to Send 1/2 and 3/4, back to the mixer. Mixer routes accordingly to outputs 1/2 and 3/4, balanced. Voila, probably as simple as possible, 4 stereo signals to board. That said, I think this is asking more of Helix than it comfortably can do, but you could make it work.

It doesn't change the input. This is not a great idea. And please don't throw the cheapest mic preamp you can find into it. Your audience deserves better. In all honestly, OP is looking to take Helix pretty far away from its original design idea imho. Maybe handling the mikes in something other than Helix is a better idea.

Sorry. You need some way to get audio in from a mic. Best way is a teeny mixer. No other practical solution.

Seriously easy to do.

What you have described seems difficult but is a piece of cake for Helix.

I don't think for snapshots

I am running 2 and 3 and occasionally 4 different voices from one guitar in nearly every patch I write. Here's how, with some videos. https://pietrosquared.wordpress.com/helix-2-voice-guitar/

With two helices you could just use MIDI

I think that there is actually a standalone version as part of this. Basically imagine opening the editor, but having it be the whole shooting' match.

So, now we want the quality and functionality of a 1000 - 1500 dollar product in a plug in that is only a hundred bucks? Good luck with that.

Assume you've tried different USB ports/cables. I am having totally issue-free recording with Helix at this point.

I don't think you can do what you want in snapshot mode. But, in pedal board mode, if you do the midi out and back in thing, I'm pretty sure you can set up custom controls. Some could be Looper control some snapshot. What I think would work better is getting that Morningstar pedal and adding it to Helix, then you could do 4 stomps, 4 snaps, plus looper control on a separate pedal.

Yes, I think you need to turn some MIDI setting in the globals off. Can't remember what right now, though, and I'm not by my Helix.

Also (and in ADDITION...) try the LA Studio Comp AFTER your cabinet.

I would say that if you're expecting to have as many Helix Native instances running as, say, comps or EQs, then I think you might be disappointed, because there is NO way that an FX block with 32 possible blocks is going to be as light on processing power as those. For me, I would just freeze tracks in Logic, so I'm only using one or two at any time, and only during recording. Can't wait to find out what my workflow will look like with this.

Pretty sure that's normal.

Now it sounds like a firmware issue. Have you tried reinstalling the latest firmware?

I don't know. I haven't seen anybody else ask for this. I wouldn't use it but would vote it up I think.

Sure, you can do it that way. Or, have the tempo be stored per patch, then you could have one patch at 120bpm and the next one could be identical at 135bpm. There are different ways to do this.

If Helix ever has a cupholder, I'm suing DI's butt...

I also love it and use it with Helix. Might be the best EXP I've used.

They are owned, indeed, by a publicly traded company. They are not RUN by Yamaha and so far, no Yamaha technology has crept into their products (but it might). So they have this dynamic, but don't make the mistake, folks, of thinking they ARE Yamaha.

Yup. You can do this. Put the pedals you want in front of the amp on path 1. Have the output from path 1 go to a USB channel that goes into the AU amp. Then have path B come from a DIFFERENT USB out which come from the AU amp. Add your post amp FX to B. But what AU are you using. Helix sounds GREAT, probably better than most of these AU amp plug-ins. Plus, you may deal with a latency issue, too, depending on the computer and the plug in.

I totally feel you! The stuff I do is playing 3 sounds at the same time from one guitar, acoustic, electric, and synth-pad-ish sounds. There aren't THAT many who can even USE the patches I write, so I end up learning how to do this all on my own. Similar situation. One more thing to consider with a Kemper + Helix solution. That is a LOT to carry... you up for that? I'm not...

Well, we're off on a tangent for a moment, but... ...I learned about 10 years ago, that the difference between 1000 - 1500 US$ guitars and those costing $3K or more... for me... is more than substantial. If I had to put a number on it, I'd rather have my 3 guitars that cost (new) between 3K and 4500 or even 5K than twice as many that cost half as much, in fact, in the late 2000s until 2012 I made exactly that change! But then, my number one I've had for 10 years and still love it, my #2 I've now had for just under 5 and my #3 for 4... and none are for sale... But... ...you are asking after a very specific and significantly high-end amp modeler/profile solution. The chances that many people have combined both of those is not very great, so I think that eventually, you will be the one telling US how to do it!