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No. And before you start, there probably never will be, the market is too tiny. Sucks, but that's life.

Install HX Edit v2.91. READ AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS! At the center bottom of the HX Edit Screen, screen, click the icon. Click Update. READ AND FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS! Should be good to go!

Your images are pretty, but do nothing to help use the Helix. OTOH, if you were to add the Input Impedances, it would be MUCH more USEful.

And this, too.... Helix 2.90 Amp Cabs Effects Impedance List.xlsx

I don't have an MC6, and I'm not going to read the manual to figure out what you're doing wrong. I have an FCB1010/UNO. I have a button configured to send a Toggling CC. It's set to 127/0 - ON/OFF. Assign MIDI CC to TIME. Assign (random picks) 215 MIN, 877 MAX. SAVE Preset. Works perfectly every time. The instructions below are how to do it the hard way (on the Stomp). They're copied from the manual, edited to fit your situation. I initially, used HX Edit, then I deleted the assignment and did it from the Stomp, following these directions. Works fine either way. 1. Press <PAGE and PAGE> together to open the Menu. 2. Press Knob 2 (Controller Assign). 3. Press PAGE> and then press Knob 3 (Learn). Send a MIDI CC message from your foot controller, keyboard, etc. Display returns to Controller Assign View. The CC number appears above Knob 1 (MIDI In). Incoming CC values 0-63 turn the block off; values 64-127 turn the block on. 4. Press PAGE> and turn Knob 1 (Min Value) and Knob 2 (Max Value) to set the range you wish to control. TIP: To reverse controller behavior, swap the min and max values. 4. Press VIEW when finished. Remember to save your preset to retain all assignments!

If you've followed the troubleshooting advice given elsewhere in this forum, (reset, re-install etc) and you're still having problems, I feel for ya, it's time to contact support. FWIW - I've had zero problems with either my Floor or my Stomp with 2.91. Don't give up. Oh, and FYI if you're new to computers - there is no "final fix".

Guitar>Helix Input>Helix Effects>FX Send 1 Block>FX Return 2 Block>Helix Send 1>Outboard Effects>Amp Input>Amp FX Loop Send>Outboard Effects>Helix Return 2>Helix Effects>Helix Left/Mono Out>Amp FX Loop Return In Global Settings>Ins/Outs you want the SEND configured as INSTRUMENT because it's either connecting to the Amp Input or the Input of the Outboard (Stomp type) effect in front of the amp, and the RETURN as LINE because it's taking the amp's pre-amp signal back to the Helix. You want the 1/4" OUTPUT configured to Instrument (less noise, but go to LINE if the signal is too weak). Play around with the Global Settings for the Send/Returns (Inst/Line) before fooling with the actual Loop levels. Crank your amp so that you can hear the noise levels in the effects loops. See NOTES. NOTES: Bolded text indicates physical jacks on Helix. This is the way I configure My Helix Floor for my Egnator Tweaker 15/112 combo. I used to do this using a single effects loop. I'd been playing very quietly (apartment level). When I got a chance to crank it up I noticed a big hum in the effects loop. When I reconfigured it as above, the hum went away. YMMV. IF THE FX LOOP BLOCK IS BYPASSED, THE SIGNAL IS GOING DIRECT TO THE AMP'S RETURN, BYPASSING THE AMP's PREAMP AND TONESTACK. If you want to use EITHER the amp's preamp OR a Helix amp/preamp, that's how you do it - have a button that turns OFF the FX Loop and turns ON the Helix Amp/Preamp.

Ah, but your attention to my detail served a greater purpose! OP probably didn't really understand the WHY. You forced me to be more specific, a good thing in this case. It's all good!

I HATE when that happens! Let me know.

OK, technically correct. I was talking about what travels across the wire, as a way of describing the differences between shielded guitar cable and un-shielded speaker cable. I should have worded it better, to whit - Guitar cable - skinny wires, braided shielding, low voltage. Speaker cable - heavier wire gauge, no shielding, high(er) voltage. Better?

I have it on good authority that there is, IN FACT, an ATOMIC WEDGIE AMP in the works. It's modeled on the highly sought after 5 watt Gorilla amp.

Let me clarify that cable thing. The output of a guitar pickup is measured in milli-volts (thousandths of a volt). Amplifier output is measured in volts. The louder the volume the higher the voltage. I guess that means you could melt a guitar cable? We are now at the limit of my knowledge of electronics.

Well, the wrong cable shouldn't prevent a signal from passing, or trip a circuit protector. It's more like using the wrong tool, on a level with hammering nails with a ball peen hammer. It works, but it's not optimal. What you really should be testing is if the Baby Bomb works with an 8 or 16 ohm load, as it was designed to do.

The cable from the Baby Bomb to the speaker should be a SPEAKER cable. It sounds like the Baby Bomb wants an 8 or 16 ohm load. Maybe it has a circuit protector built in to prevent damage from using too low a load? Is the Stomp output at Unity (dimed)? Set to Instrument? Are you sure the Baby Bomb works?

If you're using the same MIDI commands to control both, then you'll want them on different MIDI Channels. Otherwise you should be good.

Add to previous: My ONLY major gripe with both units is - I also have a Powercab 112+. Neither device has an AES out, which I understand, size constraints. While the Stomp has 5-pin MIDI Outs, the best you can do is create Presets in PC112+ and match them to the default Program Changes sent by Stomp. POD Go also sends PCs, but only has USB out and, since PC112+ doesn't have a built in USB Host function, you need a USB Host box (or be tethered to a laptop) to do that. AARGH! If it isn't one thing.......

Yes. That's exactly how I use my FCB1010 with Helix Floor.

IF you have enough DSP (a limitation of both units) you can run two amps in parallel, combining the sounds and essentially creating a new amp. Or, you can put a delay on one path and a reverb on the other and vary the contribution of each to the signal independently, vs reverbing a delay or delaying a reverb. There's other applications, but again, this is advanced stuff that generations of electric guitarists have done without and, honestly, as a beginner, is more than you need to worry about. The difference in DSP is not major. The "flexibility" in the signal chain that you alluded to is not a big deal. On POD Go there are dedicated blocks - Wah, Volume, Amp, Speaker, Preset EQ. You get four user selectable blocks, but WHERE the blocks go in the chain is flexible. The Stomp allows you six blocks, but you'll most always need AT LEAST an Amp/Cab Block, so effectively, you have only one more user selectable block than on POD Go. Supposedly, in v3.0, Stomp will have eight blocks, but since the DSP remains the same, the usefulness of the additional two blocks is questionable. Another way to look at it - POD Go is like a traditional, linear pedal-board. Stomp has a couple of nice additional, but absolutely non-essential, features. Stomp is $150 more than POD Go, and you'll need an Expression pedal, and you'll want more buttons, and that might take you into MIDI land, and all of that adds to the cost of the Stomp. Future updates - Stomp will get more feature improvements, and won't (likely) be limited by DSP when it comes to new effects. It's rumored that Stomp MIGHT be getting Command Center, giving more flexibility to the buttons it doesn't have, and allowing better MIDI control of external devices. If you're planning on integrating with an analog pedal-board, get Stomp, it's smaller. If you just want to plug in and rock out, get POD Go. This could go on, but that pretty much covers the main points. I have a full sized Helix Floor and a Stomp. Had POD Go been available when I bought the stomp, I'd have bought the POD Go. Since part of my goal was to ELIMINATE analog pedal-boards, I'll probably trade the Stomp for a POD Go. YMMV.

I'm aware of the difference between DISCARD and RECALL. I've used RECALL in the past, and it most definitely is more convenient. I'm just looking for some reason why OP has a problem that I don't, and that's about the only thing I could think of. When OP's problem first came to my attention about a year ago, I was probably using RECALL to troubleshoot (since that person had a more complicated configuration), and I saw the same problem. I suppose I could test it, but since I don't normally use these kind of configurations, it's just not a high priority for me. If OP switches from RECALL to discard and that solves the problem, I'll accept that as proof. Or, if this #^$*%@ lock-down continues, I may test it to prevent death by boredom....:-)

POD Go has more buttons and an Expression pedal, but has less DSP, so a couple of effects aren't included. Also, no parallel processing. Based on your beginner status and related sketchy description of requirements, I'd go POD Go.

If you just did the update, restore your Global Settings.

In Global Settings>Preferences I have Snapshot Edits set to DISCARD. I open Command Center, select snapshot 1, make all my edits, close Command Center and SAVE the preset. Repeat for each Snapshot. That's all! I have no idea if that Global Setting makes a difference. It's the way I have it for regular use, and just don't bother changing it. Opening and closing CC between snapshots is annoying, and I wish L6 would put a SAVE button in CC, but I haven't bothered posting that wish to Ideascale. If you haven't already, you might want to update to 2.91. IF you follow the directions, it really is painless. Other than that, I dunno what to say, other than they appear to have fixed the problem. Or we're in a period of favorable planetary alignment here in Denver... :-)

OK, I re-did that preset. Works fine. Are you editing on the box or in HX Edit? I use HX Edit. Command Central3.hlx

That preset is totally blank. OOPSIE? Try the attached preset, it's the one I threw together last night, and it still works tonight. I've only programmed Snapshots 1 & 2. MIDI NOTE.hlx

New manual at v3.0.