PeterHamm

But what if it's an amp you end up really really really liking...?

They were very busy last few days I think. Getting ready for NAMM, rushing to get all the bugs out of 1.06, and if they see that someone has posted the news before they could get to it, I don't fault them for spending the time (which I know for a fact they are doing) dealing with working all the kinks out.

Yes, that's the good news. All you need to do is connect a normal TS cable (normal guitar cord) from the EXP jack on Helix to the OUTPUT of your EB VP Jr. Works like a charm. You're welcome.

First, get rid of the TRS cable. TRS-based EXPs aren't the way it works. Second, update firmware, I believe this problem may go away. Which EB VP? what impedance?

Either. You can save a patch anywhere of course.

There is not a "copy patch" function. Go to the patch you want to copy from. Press save. select the location you want to copy to. You can even change banks. Press save again. Patch is copied.

Have you banished all USB hubs from your system?

I have heard hints from one of the guys at L6 that what you are hoping for may indeed be the case! In any case, with the rack it's easy to set up a workstation for editing patches, right at seated height with the foot pedals still on the floor, but once the editor comes along, that advantage won't exist for me anymore.

Finally got to this, sorry for the delay. On my Crowdster Plus 2 patch, I adjust 150hz, 1.4, -3.5 2.2khz 3.6, -4.3 6.9khz, 0.7, +10db (I know, extreme), and my low cut is set to 91hz, high cut is set to off.

Line 6 updater doesn't update the Helix program like Monkey did with the HD 500 Editor. Who knows if that could change... we'll see soon, though.

Be sure to look at the "page 2, 3, and sometimes 4" parameters of the amps. Honestly, once you dive in, if you still think the X3 sounds better, I'll be really surprised.

You can do it a number of ways. Here's a sample of me using EXPs (you can use footswitches as well) to layer electric under acoustic. I can just as easily turn one up and one down and switch from acoustic to electric on the same guitar. You can do the same with Variax just as easily.

The secret sauce is Acoustic IR (I use one of these, https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1XgNa5vH3j1ZkVoTFJLQ241WTg/view)-> vintage tube Pre -> parametric EQ (VERY important. Find the freqs that you need to cut and don't be afraid to cut them big time for your room) -> tube comp.... magic...

I can NOT agree with this enough!

really worth the wait in a big way!

They have said they are planning/hoping to ship to dealers by the end of January. Frank and Eric have both posted that on TGP and I think somewhere here and on the facebook group. I'm beta testing it, and it feels pretty much finished to me so I'll be surprised if it slips past that date. The kind of things we've found during the beta test period seem less severe than some of the issues that floor users have faced AFTER the unit shipped. So... soon, I think...

Oh... that's brilliant. For me, I always want these on two different pedals, but that is brilliant.

How would you do that, though? Logically, it's impossible. If it's always EXP 1, then it's always EXP 1, period. The only way to toggle between volume only and wah only is for it to change from one EXP to another. There is no update that can change that. It is more a limitation of logic than function, I mean.

Change that patch so that the only thing EXP 1 controls is the wah. Now it behaves EXACTLY like a wah pedal. Toe switch engages and the same pedal rocks the wah.

There's no way you'd guess! Right? IEMs ought to come with a bright yellow warning sticker imho. Now... however... if you are disciplined to the point that you can set your level, then take one out, and not touch your level, you will be fine, but you will not hear well. IMHO, you are way better off learning to deal with IEMs. Recently, I tried to go back to a floor monitor for just one service. I. couldn't. stand. it. Now that I know how to work with IEMs I don't want to fly any other way. seriously.

Do. NOT. ever. do. this. Something called "masking" happens. You will destroy your hearing without even realizing it. http://www.1964ears.com/blog/2014/07/07/the-danger-of-wearing-only-one-in-ear-monitor/

There must have been something different about them the one time I tried it. That said, I'd never use the whole amp, only the separate amp plus cabs. So I don't know if I'll spend a lot of time learning more about this...

I doubt it. We've heard of a few people with the issue, we don't have any reason to believe it's a widespread issue with the number that are probably out there.

It's a librarian, but it's just called "helix"...

They have said they are hoping to show it at NAMM. We'll all know for sure real soon.