PeterHamm

Based on my experience with modelers, I tend to agree. That said, if you use 10 stompboxes in Helix into an amp (which is very very possible) it is STILL cheaper than buying those 10 stompboxes, and easier to re-configure. And... you have the modeling and computer audio/MIDI interface and all that at the same time if you need it at different times.

I just tested this. Yup. Sure does.

Don't remember where I heard it, but it was reliable. There's OS housekeeping and stuff that happens in path 1. It doesn't make a big difference, though, iirc...

It was sluggish this morning for me. And then it was better, so... there's that...

Whether it's better for YOU only you can decide. A good analogy would be like this: The X3 is like a Made in Mexico Tele. Helix is like a Custom Shop Masterbuilt Tele. X3 is a Ford Focus Helix is a Lambo...

Korg's EXP2 is similar in function, so I tried a couple different wire combinations to use it better with Helix, and they didn't work, so I am doubting you will be successful. It's evidently not that simple.

1. Editor is right around the corner. Frank said end of month and hasn't backed off that! 2. You might not have to worry about patch latency. You can EASILY have the equivalent of 2, 3, or 4 signal chains in there in multiple ways so that you can switch FX on and off and change settings of them with a footswitch. for me, one patch gets me through a song and usually a set. Patch latency does depend on how much is being loaded, but the latest Rack firmwares at least have been noticeably quicker in switching. 3. It has not been a problem for me at all. I get what took me 3 patches on HD 500 and get them into just one with Helix easy. 4. Custom IRs are < using dual cabs in the box imho. I don't even bother with them anymore except for my acoustic sound. 5. Path 1 is processor A, path 2 is processor B. Path 2 has a little more horsepower because OS stuff is in Processor 1. 6. I'll let others address this, as I don't use any amps anymore. 7. Basically, you have multiple signal chains within a patch, up to 4, but realistically 2 or 1 with some side chains that might change. For instance, you could hit one pedal and switch between two different versions of a bunch of pedal settings.

I don't think you'll have success with this without heavily modifying the pedal.

DI, I hope that you guys are building functionality into your products that works with accessories from whatever company is hoping to buy Line 6 from Yamaha in 5 years... (see what i did there...?)

You can get what you want I think. Use the Klon. Gain all the way down, volume up, tone to taste. It does something REALLY similar to the EP booster. I discovered this and now I have it on every patch.

Yup, works like a charm. and, fwiw, a combo of subtle U-vibe or Chorus AND a Leslie... PLUS an Octo verb into a 100% wet particle verb (set to stable)... is pretty bawss...

It's a great time to be alive and have choices!

yes, but then you have to re-program all your patches when/if you update your pedal. I have one pedal that works backwards on helix. I'm just not using it (but I have 4 of those things lying around, too...) I'm surprised the Roland doesn't work. It worked awesome for me with my M13 and also, iirc, with my HD 500.

My HD 500 still sounds great. I have to use it from time to time. Not upsetting at all...

yes, you can. But... do you really want to hit one pedal to turn it on and THEN go to the wah rocker pedal? I don't. A mission Line 6 pedal with a toe switch is probably in my future.

Know that in the first few weeks, you will discover at least 2 or 3 different ways to better do the peculiar thing that YOU want to do with Helix. None of those other ways are wrong, you'll just discover something better as you go.

The FC7 has been around for decades. DECADES. I am totally unsurprised that it doesn't work. It is, after all a TRS pedal.

No, you are doing it right imho. And I desperately want to hear some audio of your setup!

For Wah, you may need to get the new mission Pedal with the toe switch. http://missionengineering.com/?product=sp1-l6h-line-6-helix

re-run the updates, from a different computer if you can.

You have more blocks available than you are using on both paths, though. You can add a split and make it "serial" for path 1 if you need more blocks, but there are other ways to do what you are showing anyway. You could have (depending on the amp) both amps in one path where it switches between them, and both cabs (if you really need two different cabs) in one path also switching, and then you wouldn't have to duplicate FX, but share the ones before and after the amp... if that works for you.

sound guy's job, imho. I don't use global EQ at all.

How? Laws of physics. If you want two different signals to go through one effect and back and stay discreet. That is physically impossible. You'd need two Digitech Drops.

Pretty easy to believe them, though, when they can't meet demand and that thread on TGP has how many thousand posts?

Except that it's been out a few months now, and Line 6 says that it's selling beyond their wildest dreams. I think the jury is mostly not out on that anymore.