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The update changed your Global Settings. If you did a RESTORE of the backup that the update told you to make, it should have restored your settings.

Just to be sure, I opened Native in HX FX compatibility mode with auto assign enabled, dropped a Volume pedal into the path, and it assigned it to Exp 2. So attach a copy of your preset, let me check it to see if something else is wrong.

Please attach a copy of your preset. I don't have HX FX, but nobody who does seems to want to take part here. If I have a copy of your preset I can open it in Native's compatibility mode. Who knows, maybe I'll see something. You're right, this IS baffling. According to the manual, you plug in the Exp pedal, set it to be an expression pedal in Global Settings, drop a Volume pedal into the signal path and VOILA! It works!

In the manual, see page 33, "Controller Assign". From that section: NOTE: Adding a Wah or Pitch Wham block automatically assigns it to be controlled and bypassed by EXP 1. Adding a Volume Pedal or Pan block automatically assigns it to be controlled by EXP 2.

It's VERY subtle. This may be something that needs work, though I'm firmly in the "who cares?" camp.

1&2 - Native can be run in three "compatibility" modes - Helix Floor/LT/Rack HX Stomp HX FX ***Presets created in these modes can be exported to the appropriate hardware, and have all the features of that hardware except for the Input and Output Blocks. 3 - You can leave it all hooked up, and you can turn OFF MIDI Over USB if you want. You can run the editor and Native at the same time. ***Command Center is only accessible on the Hardware.

Yes. The interface is virtually identical between Floor/Rack/HXStomp/HXFX/Native. Know one, know them all. Don't own HXFX, own Floor and Stomp, so no clue what that's about. If it was a hardware/mfg problem, they'll probably take care of you even out of warranty, and warranties are transferable. If it was FW/SW, the latest update should fix it. Yes. There's a Global Setting that turns MIDI Thru ON/OFF.

When you're using your preset through your Amp, you're hearing the Amp through it's speaker. When you're sending to Logic via USB from Helix, you need to use a Helix Cab or IR for the signal. Set a split at the end of the signal chain with a Cab or IR Block and a separate Output block set to USB 3/4 or 5/6. Take the Input to the Logic Track from 3/4 or 5/6 instead of 1/2. It might look something like the attached preset example. For Recording.hlx

If you have their MIDI I/O box, there should be no problem using HXFX to control the Meris devices. Volume might be tricky. It will depend on the default I/O levels of the devices, since you'd be using the FX Loop levels, which range from -120db to +6db, and can be set to LINE or INSTRUMENT levels. But yes, those levels can be controlled using any of the available controllers - Snapshots, Exp Pedal, Footswitches or MIDI CC.

I guess this is a language difference thing, since I'm not sure what you're saying. Thank you for posting the prices. If they're on the website, I must have missed that. I have no problem buying Russian, or Chinese, or Martian products. From what I could understand of the manual, they seem to be quite capable devices. However, if they want to sell them outside of Russia, they need to finish translating the manual. I'd also be concerned about support for that same reason. That said, it's always good to know about other options. I'm quite happy with my clunky FCB1010, not to mention the MIDI capabilities of Helix. But if they were to make a compact, programmable Rotary Controller, I might be interested in that!

They look nice, BUT... Only one model has a price, and that's much more than the OP wants to spend. The manual is only partially translated from Russian to English.

Apologies. I just re-read your OP. You have HX FX. In Global Settings>Preferences is Pedal 2 Jack set to Expression pedal or ?

No.

No, it won't damage the Stomp to leave it on. When stuff heats up, it expands. When it cools down, it contracts. This cycle is the primary cause of "wear and tear" in electronics. I use a Xenyx502 with my stomp, works fine. I use it because I had it lying around when I bought the Stomp. It sounds fine, but when it inevitably fails (Behringer EARNED it's reputation AND my personal experience), I'll replace it with one of the small Yamaha mixers. MUCH higher quality, both hardware and electronics.

Exp 1/2 are the built in pedal. Use Exp 3.

In Global Settings>MIDI/Tempo set MIDI PC Send to OFF. That prevents Helix from sending the default PC.

If you're using the Helix as Audio Interface, the default USB levels are actually just right for recording. At least, that's how I've always done it. The XLR/1/4" outs are separate from those levels, so you shouldn't really need separate presets.

Well, first thing to look for is what's a proper input level for recording. You typically want your dry signal a bit lower than your wet signal to leave headroom for re-amping. Once you've got that straight, assuming that you're monitoring direct to your powered speaker (not the signal through the DAW) for zero latency, the powered speaker level is controlled either from the speaker's Level knob or from the board that the Helix is connected to. IIRC, the speaker Level knob on those goes from OFF to 0db (straight up) to +10db. Between OFF and 0db is Line Level (what you want) and 0 to +10db cuts in the preamp for MIC Levels. If your Helix BIG KNOB is dimed or not controlling that output (UNITY GAIN - recommended method for best signal), and the Output is set to LINE, just start the K12 at OFF and turn it up until your ears bleed. If you go past 0db you'll probably get clipping. Not good.

Sounds like it's controlling the "Bypass" not the "Pedal Position". Fix that in the "Bypass/Controller Assign" window.

You've got a "Swell" on the "Adriatic Swell" and a "Filter Sweep" on the "Sweep Echo". They both do it, and are probably at some point working off of each other, accentuating the unwanted effect. You could try knocking off (or minimizing) one or the other and see if that gets it.

What you're hearing is the filter sweep starting at different points. Using headphones, I strummed a chord and switched back and forth between the Clean and Lead snapshots. Sometimes it hit at full volume, sometimes it "swept" in, and it did that on both the Clean and Lead snapshots. Thing is, that sweep doesn't always start at the same place. There have been other posts asking how to get around that, as it happens on various modulation effects, and there's no solution, it just is.

I don't hear it. Towards the end it's hard to tell because of the filter you've got going on. When I shut that off it sustains just fine. What are you running it through? Anything up front?

There's a Noise Gate on the Input Block.

Cool. Don't forget to RTM!

I must be misunderstanding your needs. The usual reason for using snapshots is to go quickly, with no audio dropout, from one sound to another. I don't see how a two button switch allows quick access to 8 snapshots?