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It's probably just a broken wire.

That's the one I have, and it works fine. Sounds like your wah is defective.

Exactly what make and model is your wah?

If there's a special sauce that makes the separate power amp worthwhile vs a dedicated bass head, it's that power amps are designed primarily for PA use, and are therefore designed to be FLAT. The whole point of amp modelers is to emulate guitar or bass AMPS (pre and/or power). What you amplify them with should be FLAT and presented to the listener through an FRFR speaker system (like a PA) if you're using a cabinet simulation, or a cabinet designed for the application (bass or guitar) if you're NOT using a cab sim. Why do you think that the dedicated power amp solution would be so expensive? Crown XLi 800 300W 2-channel Power Amplifier $279 2-channel Power Amplifier, 300W Continuous/ch at 4 ohms, with Flexible I/O, Selectable input voltage, Forced air cooling Crown XLi 800 300W 2-channel Power Amplifier | Sweetwater Crown XLi 1500 450W 2-channel Power Amplifier $349 2-channel Power Amplifier, 450W Continuous/ch at 4 ohms, with Flexible I/O, Selectable input voltage, Forced air cooling Crown XLi 1500 450W 2-channel Power Amplifier | Sweetwater And you get a two year warranty on them! I say there's no objective answer beyond the above because some bass players play through guitar heads, and some guitarists prefer bass heads. Then there's the venerable SUNN Coliseum PA heads that both guitarists and bassists swear by. FWIW - I play guitar and bass since 1963. I've run the gamut on this. I currently use a Powercab212 (stereo is WAY cool) for guitar and a HR FRFR112 for bass. If I played in a punk band I'd use an SVT and Fridge for bass and any POS amp for guitar. If I played in a metal band I'd use an SVT and fridge for bass and some kind of Marshall or Mesa stack for guitar. If I played in a worship band I'd be using in-ears. Application is all. All of the above is IMO/IME. YMMV.

Before posting a BUG, you need to ask for help and VERIFY that it can be reproduced (or resolved) by others. I suggest that you delete this bug report and post it as a help request in the regular Helix thread. If you leave it here it will most likely be ignored because NOBODY in support has time to troubleshoot a complex configuration involving a third party product. I, OTOH, have time to spare to look into an interesting problem involving MIDI and two products that I use. When you re-post it, include the HXS presets needed to test the problem, and a more detailed description of how your basic project is set up. Without those, the number of variables is infinite, which is why no one in support will pay any attention to your issue.

Test your cables. Test your batteries OR make sure your wah's power supply is connected.

No, it's not common, so definitely start with the factory reset.

Blem or not, if it's new it should be under warranty. Open a support ticket.

In Global Settings>MIDI disable PC TX. This prevents HXS from sending it's default PC#. In your Preset, go to Command Center. Set an Instant Command (the lightning bolts) to the PC# you want the Spec to switch to. Make sure it's either on the same channel as HXS (default Base Channel is 1) or in Command Center specify the MIDI Channel the Spec is on. If you want different Spec presets per Snapshot, SAVE the Snapshot, open the next Snapshot, Change the PC# and SAVE. Rinse and repeat. Don't forget to save the Preset on the Snapshot you want to be on when you load the Preset.

And if you post the link, MAYBE someone else who chances on this discussion MIGHT vote for it......just sayin.

Global Settings>Footswitches>Up/Down Switches (5th knob from left)

There's only one rule in play here - "IF it SOUNDS good (to YOU), it IS good." Everything everybody else says is just opinion. You know the saying about everybody having one......

If you highlight the IR Block, in the edit pane you'll see IR Select. That allows you to substitute ant of the 128 IRs you can store in the Helix without removing and replacing the block itself. You should probably review the Impulse Responses section of the manual.

And now that I've had my coffee, I also notice that you're using the SPDIF connectors. If you use the cabs/IRs in the Helix, you'll still need to split the signal chain, but instead of sending to XLR, send to the digital out. If you decide to use IRs in the DAW, no need to split the chain, just use MULTI out and select the SPDIF Inputs in your DAW. You probably figured that out already, but just thought I'd mention it to avoid confusion.

If you want to send a stereo signal to the DAW, either use the DUAL CAB or an IR Loader in the DAW as mentioned in my first reply We're all hoping for a stereo IR Block in a future update....

OOPS! Sorry! I forgot you're using a Scarlett as interface. Just send your 1/4" Outs to the amp and the XLRs to the Scarlett as in the amended preset attached. bobdobbs.hlx

Oh, I left out - on Helix itself, take a split at the end of the signal chain and place your IRs there, then take the Output of that split set to a USB other than 1/2 as your recording source.

There are a number of IR Loaders out there. You put it on your track and audition IRs until you find one that matches (more likely comes close) to your cabinet sound. Some suggestions: Two Notes Wall of Sound (WOS) Lancaster Pulse STL NadIR 3Sigma Impulsive Redwirez MixIR3 There's many others.

It's only a bug if it affects everybody, and that is not the case. Try a factory reset.

Only on your system. No such problems on mine, using Reaper, Ableton and Cakewalk. Time to do some more troubleshooting.

A pure MIDI pedal like that with dedicated (non-programmable) footswitches should not have that affect. With MIDI over USB and MIDI Thru enabled, install a MIDI Monitor on your computer and watch what happens when you turn ON the TX. It should send nothing when first turned on except possibly the messages required for the default HXS MODE (CC#71 Value 0-6). When the switches are pressed it should send only the CC#s required for the designed functions (see page 60 of the HXS 3.0 manual). If that is the case, look elsewhere for the problem.

It would be helpful to know what make/model the midi controller is?

If you stare into the abyss......

If you would provide a link to this preset, I would happily DL it to test.....

Can't speak to MAC World, but not an issue in Windows, so......maybe try re-install?