PeterHamm

Actually, my electrics are both BFTS (Tom Anderson). I don't bother with the offsets anymore, since I forgot to put them back in on a couple occasions after I did a reset. I normally use no offsets for my acoustic (you really don't need them with BFTS acoustics) and I use the "tune to E" method very successfully on electric (except I always tune the low E string fretting at 2 and tuning F#). But when I put them in, it worked just peachy for me (and see DI's explanation of the tuning accuracy above. It is accurate to 0.1 cent.

Everybody read that again. @texasdave, When you use the Helix tuner, does it yield results that are out of tune with other musicians you play with? In other words, do these tests that you mention bear out in real world use?

Christmas Eve. I added a Mel9 yesterday, though...

This. You really want an ebow sound, ya need an ebow.

I suppose you can spend all day measuring and such if you want, I suppose. My measurement is... when I tune up am I in tune with the band? The answer, for me, is clearly yes. So that ends it for me. POD HD 500 tuner worked well for me, too. Before that? Nope. Intonation? Strobostomp. But just tuning the guitar on stage? This is just peachy.

Oh, and you do NOT need the Mission pedal with the toe switch for the floor version, ONLY for the rack. Save the money and get the normal Line 6 version. And, on a budget, Line 6's own EXP is cheap and works, but if you're hard on things, it's probably not as rugged as the Mission.

Using the original Mission L6 pedal (without toe switch), Ernie Ball VP Jr., and an old old Korg EXP2 (using the audio output, not the EXP function) All 3 work pretty well. I will get the Mission with the toe switch for my rack soon and retire the Korg.

I have been using the Helix Tuner for 4 months now exclusively, and I am always in tune with the band. Just my experience. It is more problematic with older strings, but I'm hard on strings (lots of capo use) and when they get old they intonate badly.

Or maybe it's just not for you... that's okay! There are a LOT of happy users out there.

it means (hyperbole alert) that if you're trying to get them to send their valuable time modeling the perfect snare verb or vocal verb or what have you, instead of things that a LOT of guitarists want mostly, sales will drop off, there will never be a Helix 2, and DI will have to get a job at McDonalds to feed his kids... I don't want that. No... seriously... better verbs for guitar and such? Yes please (although I like what we have in there now). Big Sky type stuff? Yes, Please. Lots of studio verbs for vocals and snares and such? No thanks. Give us more amp models, more pedal models, something like "scenes" in Axe-land... stuff like that.

Before we cram too many studio verbs into Helix... let's remember... it's a GUITAR processor.

How would you accomplish that with a conventional pedalboard?

Yup, DI designed this... it never happened... ...might be a good thing...

I've only done this direct with Helix, but it worked insanely well. Out USB 3/4 (or whatever), return USB 1/2. You can also easily track guitars with helix, recording the Helix affected signal on one USB input (or pair) and the dry guitar tone on another.

Yup, works AWESOME! EVen better... for me... is a slightly overdriven Klon into a slightly overdriven Timmy into a slightly overdriven Matchless Jump amp. All in helix... Sounds awesome to me.

As someone who just sold his beloved HD 500 because I use Helix now... I couldn't agree more. The HD 500 is a fantastic sounding box. If you can't make it sound good, learn it better and you can.

If it sounds fine with a guitar cable, just use that. For short distances, you won't hear much if any difference between unbalanced and balanced.

not really. I know from having it in front of me how helpful the Control is, with it's colored lights and scribble strips, to always know exactly what is happening in my performance. Editing? Actually, that's where I, personally, need Control LESS, not more than performance, especially with my hybrid front panel/editor approach.

Why anyone would want Helix without the wonderful scribble strips and touch-sensitive footswitches and all... is beyond me, though... It's all part of the workflow. Just be careful as you can be and you will be fine. If not, put a clear piece of plastic over all of it.

Here's one of the videos

I use those IRs with a PowerBridge. It's not really going to change an electric sound into an acoustic sound. If you're serious about wanting acoustic sounds from your electrics, the PowerBridge is a GREAT way to go, and you can then layer two sounds. Here's how I do it. There are a bunch of video samples in this article with quality audio. https://pietrosquared.wordpress.com/

In Helix, I never change patches in the middle of a song (I didn't with HD 500 either). I can turn on and off a bunch of stuff with one footswitch, so going between a couple different sounds is easy within one patch. You can't change every setting on every pedal on your pedalboard with one footswitch either, can you? How many FX do you need to turn on or off at once? Helix can probably do it easier than a standard pedal board.

Power Cable in ALL the way?

You are correct. No, no version of the Helix App ever allowed for offline use like the HD 500 editor did.

You got to see them side by side. Helix is built like a tank compared to the 500, and the 500 was fine for me for 5 years. if you get the rack, do NOT get a cheap midi controller. The rack without Control is like a day without sunshine. Seriously, this thing is probably as rugged as or more rugged than anything else you've had under your feet like it ever.