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I played around with this for a while. Most of the Marshall style amps I tried had a little of that when I cranked the gain, treble and presence. When I lowered the gain from 7.4 to 6.5 the overall tone cleaned up a lot. Setting the SCREAM to 0 Gain/10 Level (very common way of using it with Marshalls) also cleaned it up a lot. Using the Input Gate at 500ms decay also helps. Pulling out the Compressor made the biggest improvement. Try the attached modded version. DM Tone Mods.hlx

Attach an example preset so we can actually test it and look for the problem.

Attach the preset so we can try it on our Stomps.

Glad you got it working. Rock On!

Be sure that the cable you ordered is a STEREO cable vs a BALANCED cable. They LOOK the same (both TRS) but they are not.

I did a search for info and it looks like a simple 2-button LATCHING switch. You should be able to run a common stereo cable from the Helix Ext Amp jack to the Amp's FS jack, with one Helix FS set to "TIP" and the other set to "RING". Your multi-y cable should work, just be sure you've got tip to tip and ring to ring. Basic troubleshooting if all else appears to be correct, get a proper stereo cable. Get a multimeter/continuity tester. Check your Marshall FS to see what happens when you press the switches. One switch should be TIP and the other "RING". See if you can make Helix do the same. I'm pretty sure that "1 and 2" will not be relevant and could even damage your amp. Set the switches to LATCHING. When the preset loads, the SAVED status of the switches determines if the assigned amp function will be activated or not. IOW - if the FS is assigned to TIP and that is the REVERB, then if the preset is SAVED with that FS ACTIVE (LIT) then REVERB will be activated.

You realize that this thread is almost two years old?

Yep, that's why I mentioned the difference between the Apple cable and others. Yep, Apple. Glad you got it working!

Forgot about that! So many possibilities, easy to forget things you never do for whatever reason.

If you're using a Stomp Mode FS to BYPASS a block, then the FS Ring reflects the category of effect - green=delay;blue=mod etc. If you are using a FS to send MIDI then the FS can be whatever color you choose in CommandCenter. Snapshot colors are also selectable, but if you're stacking snapshots then the FS Ring reflects the assigned color for the TARGET snapshot, not the active snapshot. Again, how the colors are set and if they CAN be depends on the details of what is being attempted.

I'm not clear as to what exactly you are trying to do. Are you using separate Stomp switches to start/stop separate loops, with different loops assigned in different Snapshots? Are you using Snapshots to start/stop loops with Snapshots stacked on a single FS? Or? The method matters. Maybe attach example preset with a description... ALSO - this is a user-to-user support forum. Nobody from L6 hangs out here. See the topic "Ideascale Retired" at the top of the page.

This is a user-to-user support forum. Nobody from Line6 hangs out here. Ideascale is no more. See the top of this page topic "Ideascale Retirement". I don't much care about this sort of thing, but have you considered cutting the relevant code and pasting it back after exporting back to Native? IDK if it would work, but it's worth a try. If not, then opening a support ticket is probably the best way to get your problem to the attention of the developers.

The lightning port on my Air2 seems to be very picky. More so than my iPhone. It prefers actual Apple cables. PITA, but, Apple...

On LOAD, the Preset loads the Snapshot that was active the last time the Preset was SAVED.

We got this working for you using Helix>PC>Reaper. I could test this for you on my ancient Air2, but I don't have SLM, so... Maybe start by using a straight USB B to Lightning cable. That seems to be the only difference other than the Air2. I use my Air2 with various MIDI controllers, routing through AUM, to control Helix/Catalyst/ToneX, So the Air2 should not be a problem. Make sure the cable is data compatible. I just went a little bit nuts using a cable I THOUGHT was data compatible but was only a charging cable. VERY annoying!

Does anything you've read anywhere mention using the Expression pedal? Maybe that's not the way it was intended to be used?

ITRW most amps have 1M input impedance. Most passive pickups are designed to be used with that impedance. But if you use FX, they often have different impedances, and are designed to sound best with passive pickups designed for 1M. On Helix, if you set the preset's Input Block Guitar In-Z at AUTO and, in Global Settings>Preferences, set Auto Impedance to FIRST ENABLED, the first active effect determines the pickup loading, just like ITRW. For instance, the Arbiter Fuzz (Fuzz Face) has input impedance of 10k. If you set Helix at 1M, it doesn't sound right - not "authentic". Attached is a chart of the impedances (and other info) of all the Helix devices, courtesy of @PerS: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/3ye2g1okvx18ypsww746w/Line6-Helix-Model-and-DSP-Summary-3.80.pdf?rlkey=8ygh0iqax8ewds0i3yn0nxc86&e=1&dl=0

I'm a Helix person, so the following is based on a quick look at the QC manual, which doesn't provide much detail. Looking at the "Preset MIDI Out Settings page it looks like in each SCENE (I assume that's what the numbered tabs are) you'd set: TYPE = CC Channel = same as HX1 is set to CC# = 4 VALUE = 0 I assume that if the Preset loads any SCENE it would then cause CC#4 to be sent, BYPASSING HX1. Then, in each SCENE, you would go to the proper FOOTSWITCH page and set the desired FS to toggle 127/0 on CC#4. I assume that would mean that when you hit the FS it would send CC#4 VALUE 127, turning HX1 ON. If you were using a Helix there would be a raft of other "if this then that" considerations related to behind-the-scenes interactions between the Footswitches and SCENES, but either there aren't any with the QC or NDSP doesn't consider them important enough to waste valuable manual pages on. If you're lucky, someone here in Helix Land who also owns a QC will chime in with actual knowledgeable info. I just figured I'd take a shot, just in case... If you haven't already, I suggest that you post this over on TGP in the Digital and Modeling Forum QC thread.

Since all of my guitars are PASSIVE, I have the GLOBAL INPUT PAD set to OFF. If I were to get an ACTIVE guitar, I would assign the Input Block Pad of each preset to a FS or SS which would toggle it ON/OFF. That may or may not be enough, depending on the guitar. If it's not enough then you'll need a GAIN Block first in your signal chain that would toggle with (or instead of) the PAD to make up the difference.

From Craig Anderton's "Big Book of Helix Tips and Tricks": "Poly Pitch doesn’t do anything unless you enable or bypass it. When enabled, the pitch slides up based on the Interval parameter (fig. 4.5). For example, if Interval is +12 and you enable the effect, the pitch changes to an octave higher. It’s like hitting a chord on a steel guitar, and then moving the bar up an octave. The slide’s duration depends on the Shift Time parameter (0.0 to 8.00 seconds). For example, a 500 ms setting would take half a second to transpose from the original pitch to the new one. Bypassing the Poly Pitch triggers the Return Time. This sets the time for the transposed pitch to return to the original pitch." This book is well worth the investment.

+1 for Mission Engineering Line 6 (SP1-L6H). Works great.

In my first reply I described how to SAVE the preset. You did not mention that step. After you update to the latest version of NATIVE, try it.

I'm not seeing it. I notice you've got the INPUT set to MULTI. Is there something else plugged into an INPUT - AUX, VARIAX? If the Path 1 OUTPUT is not also flashing, then it shouldn't matter, but... You might want to open a ticket with the preset attached.

I'm thinking there's a communications problem here. Describe, IN DETAIL, EXACTLY what you are doing, step by step. Please, also provide your computer type, OS and Native version. Some problems pop up here over and over. This is a new one on me!

IDK, but I suspect it's before the preamp. I use my Cat100 in 4cm with my Helix Floor. Using either the Helix Input NG or a NG before the FX Loop works fine. After the FX Loop has no effect.