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I'm not sure what you mean. I'm not going to re-read the thread, but saying "it must be your computer" is not the same as "your high-end PC is a piece of crap". Considering that the cure turned out to be a problem with hardware configuration on certain computers, I'd say that "it must be your computer" did, in this case, turn out to be the correct diagnosis.

After you try silverhead's suggestion: Does it happen outside of Cubase? If NO then try a different DAW. There's a free version of Ableton LIVE, and Reaper has an unlimited trial period. If YES then , go here: https://support.presonus.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025279231-Optimizing-Your-Computer-for-Audio-Windows-10 https://support.focusrite.com/hc/en-gb/articles/207355205-Optimising-your-PC-for-Audio-on-Windows-10 https://www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/pc-optimization-guide-for-windows-10/ https://helpcenter.steinberg.de/hc/en-us/articles/360008589880-Windows-10-How-to-set-up-and-optimize-a-Digital-Audio-Workstation-DAW-

Did you restore your Global Settings after updating?

This was , indeed a problem previously reported and acknowledged. That was over a year ago. I don't use this function, but I worked on it and I would hope it's been fixed. I just threw together a quick 2 snapshot preset to test, and I can't get it to fail. What FW are you on? I'm on 2.91. Can you attach your preset so I can look at it?

Snapshots can be used to control all sort of parameters besides simple ON/OFF, up to 64 parameters in fact, covering most any effect or I/O block parameter in the preset. Each Stomp button can also control up to 64 parameters, not confined to the parameters of the particular block that it is assigned to bypass. Different MIDI functions are handled in different ways. Suppose that when you load the preset, with snapshot 1 as the default, you want your external effect to be set to it's preset #37. In snapshot 2 you want it to change to preset #59. In snapshot 3 you want # 72. This is done using "Instant Commands" (IC) that transmit on snapshot load. When you load the HX preset the default snapshot - the one that was active when the preset was saved - sends it's assigned ICs - up to 8 on up to 16 separate MIDI channels. If you assign MIDI commands to Stomp buttons, those remain the same in all snapshots, as do Exp pedal assignments. Helix's snapshot and parameter control functions are incredibly powerful and can be used in a near infinite number of ways. You could continue to ask specific questions until your hands become too old and arthritic to type, much less play guitar. At this point I'm going to suggest that you take the leap. Buy one from a store with a good return policy. Much of what we've been talking about will make more sense with the device in hand.

A Snapshot is simply a variation on the Preset in which it exists. When you use CommandCenter to assign a CC# and Range to an Exp Pedal, that is a Preset assignment, and the pedal works as expected. You can't, for instance, have Snapshot 1 assign CC#3 and Snapshot 2 assign CC#17, nor can you use Snapshot 2 to change the Range assigned to the CC#.

If you plug your guitar into the return, that takes the Input Impedance Circuit out of the chain. The IIC is important to the tone of certain effects. If the guitar isn't going DIRECTLY into the Stomp then that doesn't matter, as the pickup loading is being done by something earlier on your board. If the signal chain is simply flowing through the Stomp, you can take the input from Return 1/2, then immediately following the Input block place a split with Path A panned hard left and Path B panned hard right. Put a FX Loop L Block on Path A. Whatever comes in the Right Return will bypass the Loop.

Yes Yes Yes Yes Depends what you mean. Yes, you can assign a CC# to an Exp Pedal for the preset, but snapshots can't change the CC# or VALUE sent.

If you assign the Loop levels to Snapshots, they can be controlled that way. If you have multiple external devices in the loop, it's only the total loop level that can be controlled. Individual device levels would have to be saved in the device's presets.

First, let's use the same terminology. Although the terms "patch" and "preset" are often used interchangeably, a patch is a wired connection, a preset is a saved configuration. You can assign an effect block to a stomp button. When you have many effects assigned to stomp buttons, you can recall a specific combination of ON/OFF states with a single button press by using Snapshots. An external device that can save multiple configurations of itself as presets which can be recalled using MIDI PC (program change) numbers can be controlled either by a stomp button assigned to recall a preset, or by snapshots that recall the presets, by sending a MIDI PC#. When you select a snapshot, the sound output by Helix is a combination of the Helix effects active in the snapshot, and the external effects' configuration recalled by MIDI PC when the snapshot is loaded. Once a snapshot is loaded you can manually change external device's presets using a Stomp button. Summary: You can not save an external device's sound/configuration on the Helix. External device's sounds are saved on the external device as presets ON THE EXTERNAL DEVICE. Those Presets are recalled using MIDI PC#s. MIDI PC#s can be sent from a Stomp button OR using a Snapshot. You don't necessarily NEED to assign the MIDI command to a stomp button to use it in a Snapshot, you can assign the PC# to an "Instant Command" (IC) which is sent on snapshot load. You only need assign the MIDI PC to a button if you want to change the external device's preset from WITHIN a snapshot (manually after the snapshot loads). You can PATCH together multiple MIDI controlled external devices on a single FX Loop and send them separate MIDI commands by assigning the devices to separate MIDI Channels. Do not confuse Audio and MIDI. The audio travels through the signal path, with the external device in the audio FX Loop, connected with PATCH cables. MIDI is transmitted via MIDI cable independent of the Audio Loop. When I went to the Meris site to see what you were dealing with, TBH I was shocked that the devices had the limitations that phil_m described above. I don't care how good they sound, you couldn't GIVE me one of those things. Sorry, IMHO. I hope my attempt to clarify how this all works is helpful.

I'd forgotten all about the turtles!

It is what it is, and your ears are your ears. If you perceive it that way, then that's the way it is. The world is flat, balanced on the back of an elephant, and the universe revolves around a giant pile of dung. Believe it or not, there's an extensive thread over on TGP arguing that exact theory. It was started by an airline pilot. I don't know what airline. I'm not flying anytime soon.

DI has addressed this multiple times over on TGP. Apparently there are international laws which require that any new product manual be translated to the native language of every market in which the device is officially distributed. That's a LOT of languages. Translators are expensive, and would require much hand-holding to get the technical details right. There's, like, 8 employees at L6. New Manuals are released with major updates. Next one due at v3.0. While we're waiting forever for v3.0, include the international regulators in your prayers.

Yes, you're confused. So much so that I'm confused by the depth of your confusion! First, there is no "Helix Block Library". You can save Presets, and you can save configured Blocks to a "Template" Preset - a simple collection of specific types of blocks saved as a preset. MIDI commands are assigned to a Preset, to specific buttons and/or Snapshots (but not to effects Blocks) using CommandCenter. You can save a template Preset with all the commands assigned per Snapshot, then use that template for new presets, changing the specific MIDI command details (PC#, CC#,etc) as required for that Preset. But you can't save 16 PC#s to 10 buttons or 8 Snapshots. Here's a scenario: You have a Preset with all the Helix Effects you want to use, plus FX Loops for your Meris effects. In Snapshot 1 you have your effects ON/OFF in a specific configuration. When the Preset loads it calls Snapshot 1 in which your Enzo FX Loop is ON and Enzo Preset 23 is loaded. In Snapshot 2 you have your effects ON/OFF in a different configuration. Enzo FX Loop is ON and Enzo Preset 37 is loaded. In Snapshot 3 you have your effects ON/OFF in a different configuration. Enzo FX Loop is OFF. etc. But you only have 8 Snapshots, so you can't call 16 Enzo Presets plus OFF in a single Helix Preset. Make sense?

FACT. Different frequencies are emphasized/attenuated at different volume levels. Once you've all followed silverhead's advice and have the Fletcher-Munson charts at your fingertips you'll understand how to use specific EQs for specific presets, OR use Global EQ to establish general bedroom level settings. OR you could continue to argue against established science and learn to enjoy your crappy bedroom sound...... or keep it loud and get used to sore ears..... Having said all that, all the EQ in the world won't change the simple fact that LOUDER IS BETTER! :-)

If you installed HX Edit 2.9 (or 2.91) with all options, then you should have everything you need. Assuming that you also updated the FW to the same version as HX Edit (using HX Edit and NOT the L6 updater) and have since re-booted both the computer and Helix, you shouldn't be having a problem. You may ( if all of the above = TRUE) need to uninstall and re-install HX Edit with all options.

Common question: "I bought presets that sound great on YT, but they sound awful on my system." First thing to ask. Are you using the same guitar as the YT guy? Are your Global Input settings the same? Are you listening through the same playback system you listened to the YT vid on? If your guitar is at least close, record yourself into a DAW over USB (digital direct). Odds are, if it sounded good on YT, the creator was not recording it in the room on their iPhone. Play back the recording through the same system you listened to the YT vids on. How does it sound? Better? No? Put an EQ on the recorded track. Does that help? If YES, then do the same on your preset. Better? "But why should I have to do all that, I PAID for these presets to sound GOOD!" You DON'T have to do all that. There's a common saying about modelers. "Everybody else's presets suck." Learn how to make your own. YT has LOTS of "How to" vids. Check out Jason Sadites. On your purchased presets, turn the knobs until it sounds good. That's what they're there for! Fed up with tweaking? Sell your modeler, buy a tube amp and an analog pedal-board, and then..... Turn the knobs until it sounds good. Final thoughts. Modelers are not magic, it takes practice and patience to make them sound good. Today's modelers all sound good, but 90% of the way they sound is the playback system. Everybody's ears are different. Modelers are not everybody's cup of tea. If you're not having fun, it's not for you, do something else! Final final. If you spend some time on the Digital and Modeling Forum on The Gear Page, you'll find lots of people who: Sold their tube amp and pedal-board. Bought a Helix. Sold it. Bought a Kemper. Sold it. Bought a Fractal. Sold it. Bought another Helix. Decided it was GREAT! Or some variation of the above with a different end result. Stick with your Helix, learn how to use it. And HAVE FUN! Do I NEED another cup of coffee?

Attached is a sample preset showing how to do it. Essentially, your guitar is plugged into L/Mono. You split off Path B using a RIGHT RETURN BLOCK, and pulling down the MERGE point to create a separate Output Block (Output 3/4). Path A is panned hard left. Path B is panned hard right. Use only MONO blocks on Path A. Path A Output is panned hard left. Path B Output is panned hard right. Your 1/4" MONO cable for 4cm wiring goes into the SEND. The AMP's FX Loop Send goes into the L/MONO Return jack. L/MONO OUT goes to the AMP's FX Loop Return as normal for 4cm. The RLIR Line Out goes into the RIGHT Return jack. In your DAW, take the Track Input from Input 4. OK, I think I got that all straight. Let me know how it works. Suhr RLIR.hlx

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 effect in front of the amp, and the RETURN as LINE (unless you're using Outboard Stomp type effects) because it's taking the amp's pre-amp signal back to the Helix. You want the 1/4" OUTPUT configured to Instrument. Play around with the Global Settings for the Send/Returns (Inst/Line) before fooling with the actual 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.

SEND connects to RETURN. This is how it works: 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 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. Play around with the Global Settings for the Send/Returns (Inst/Line) before fooling with the actual 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.

Long ago, in a galaxy far far away (California), I earned a pretty good living doing every kind of PC and network support you can imagine. I was given a computer to fix - "It's really slow and won't connect to the Internet." Turns out it was an ancient 8088 (or was it a 286?) with 256k and a tiny HD. It was running Windows 1.0. I gave the guy an old 386 I had in the closet running Windows 95. He was THRILLED! Windows 10 is SO much better these days. My systems are VERY stable, but they wouldn't be without the patience afforded me by that experience. A friend loaned me a 2013 MBP, just so I could see what all the fuss was about. I hated it. All the fun stuff is hidden! :-)

To be fair - there are a WHOLE LOT more Windows computers than MACs in the world. It's been my observation that many (NOT ALL!) MAC users don't know a lot about computers and don't WANT to. That's WHY they buy a MAC. Turn it on and get to work! Many (NOT ALL!) people who buy Windows PCs do so because they're cheaper, and/or the SW they want to run doesn't run on MAC. They have problems because they don't know much about computers, and don't WANT to know, and you NEED to know at least a little about computers to use Windows, IOW - you pay for a more stable and easier to use platform with money. You pay for initial affordability with the need to learn pesky technical stuff to fix things when they go awry (or to make them work in the first place!). Such is the nature of life in the digital wonderland!

If you have multiple custom setlists, back them up individually. I would also back up IRs, just to be safe. Then use method 2 (7+8). Then restore your custom setlists.

Hard to answer that without looking at the preset, there's so many ways to do things in Helix. You could leave both OFF and save that as Snapshot 1, then both ON in Snapshot 2, then either/or in Snapshot 3. Problem with HX Stomp is that you only get 3 Snapshots, so you can't have BOTH either and or. AND, if the preset already uses the Snapshots for other things, you're basically hosing the preset you bought. Thing about OPPs (other people's presets) is that they're never EXACTLY what you want. Best to spend some time examining them to see how they do the things that you like, then create your own presets the way you want them. Nice thing about digital, you can't easily blow anything up..... Have Fun!