PeterHamm

it's here. http://line6.com/support/topic/25703-amp-room-every-amp-in-a-setlist-for-a-strat-and-a-les-paul/

Presets often change from one firmware to the next. Some are added, some go away, some are tweaked.

google him: known quack.

when you're right you're right...

Don't even ideascale this, folks. It's a USB B connector. there's no power coming out of it, no way, no how. I think we should march on USB Standards headquarters together. WHO'S WITH ME?!?!?!?!

Helix is a class-compliant MIDI interface, which means that the answer to your question is almost certainly YES. I use my Helix as the only interface in a home studio. MIDI gets in from my MIDI keyboard connected to MIDI in, and audio gets out from the computer just fine. IT will be the same with an iPad.

Which, frustratingly, doesn't answer your question... that said, I think it's because different amps are different in the way they handle the loop.

When you find a solution that works for you and that speaker in your situation, also remember something somebody said on the (now deleted) Facebook version of this discussion. You are eq-ing the room, not just the speaker. So if you EQ to be "flat" at home, it might not be "flat" at the gig. But if there are obvious problems inherent in the speaker (say, it's too boomy, or harsh in the upper midrange), then it might make sense to eq it a particular way all the time.

Let's add to that the fact that a LOT of people seem to cycle through different kinds of gear until they find the "holy grail". This exists in all markets. Digital Photography is the WORST with folks going form Canon to Nikon to Canon to Nikon to Sony to Nikon to Canon... UGH... In the case of digital modeling, I guarantee you that if there are 4 different flagship products out there... and you buy the one that is the WORST, but you know how to use it the BEST... you will get a better tone than if you buy the one that is the best and know it the least.

There has never been a piece of electronic equipment made... ever... that had a 0% failure rate. I suspect that the rate with Helix is rather low based on what they have told us. If it were me, I'd send it for repair (yes, 90 days is long enough that a straight replacement would be unusual) and when I got it back, I'd play it hard and not worry.

you never will. The fact is, again (third time today I'm talking about this, but no matter...)... An FRFR won't sound like an amp in the room, because it's not. It sounds like a great amp in the NEXT room, miked and monitored in THIS room. If you want or need a real amp in the room, get a real amp and a real room, or at least a guitar cab and power amp. If, however, you are playing in large enough environments that you will be going through the PA, your audience will be very well served by you going direct with something like Helix, if you have sussed out your sound to sound great in the house and in the mix with the band. in terms of the brightness... I have had occasion to try some patches that some people found were killer that I thought were so dark they'd get lost in the sauce. For me, I use the build-in cabs, have no need or use for IR cabs, but the same principles apply, and I find that if I cut the low end much beyond 80 or 90 I don't like the sound, and the high end... no further down that 6 or 7k. But that's me.

Well, sometimes I feel like I type that on a forum or Facebook 12 times a week. It's physics. Air moves differently from a guitar speaker than what is essentially a full-range PA speaker (all FRFR, studio monitors and PA speakers are essentially doing a similar thing... same with keyboard and acoustic guitar amps to a certain extent). People have bad expectations going in, they should be disabused of them quickly.

A modeler through a PA speaker/FRFR/Studio monitor will never sound like an amp in the room. Ever. I promise. It will sound like an amp in the next room, miked, and played through speakers in this room. If you need, want, prefer, or can hang with that, the Helix makes an amazing amount of sense. If not... get an amp, and get a room...

marvelous!

Dial up a factory patch to make sure that there isn't a dead output, though! You want to know and fix that NOW!

ANY cheap IEM is designed solely for the purpose of removing money from your pocket. An extension cord for your current headphones will always sound and work better... and cost only twenty bucks or so US.

Well, if you want next to no latency... wireless IEM systems are great, but they're WAY more expensive than headphones. Remember you need stereo to make it work, so don't look for a G10 kinda thing anytime soon.

The first response from @jrrjr68 got it. I was joking...

did you install the optional Mac Drivers? You might need them for this.

OMG, just format the stupid memory stick and download the latest manuals from Line 6.

Aux in is LESS hot, I think, than a return, because it's designed to handle a preamped signal coming in, and the Return is designed so that it can be set for line or instrument. An electric guitar (I found after testing) only works totally right in the guitar input. The particular usage you describe sounds wacky and unnecessary, since you can do so much of that kind of routing inside Helix, but to each their own.

Wireless headphones for musical performance or practicing still aren't viable. Don't bother.

After he openly admitted he wasn't trying to get either unit to sound its best I realized it was a fool's errand to pay much attention. If you dial in the same amp model (say, the Twin) on each unit with the same settings, they'll sound different. Different modeling. Look, here's what I've learned, having the HD 500 from day 1 and Helix Rack since Dec 2015. Your audience can't tell the difference if you really know what you're doing when you dial it in. You can. Are you willing to pay for that? Only you can decide. If not, and all the features of HD 500 are enough, imho, it's going to be a viable unit for years and years. Also, he is right in the fat that features and flexibility and workflow are also really important.

To piggy back on that. Control is merely a remote control. Do not expect that it will ever connect to LT. There's no provision in the hardware of either. It may however be possible to make it work with Native.

But I use it live... with NO problems whatsoever... and I'm kinda picky when it comes to tuning. 30 seconds? I'm picky enough that I can only tweak my tuning in 30 seconds. No matter what tuner I use, I allow myself a good solid 2 minutes before I start.