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You can find those on page 49 of the manual.

Install the LATEST version of HX Edit FIRST. Follow the directions.

OK.

Give a man a fish..... Bank/Prog sends Program Change messages, PC#s. The "Preamp # 56" as described in the SYN2 manual, is a Control Change message, CC#. While you can certainly use PC# 56 to call a Preset #56 on your device that simply changes channels, there's more to using Snapshots with your device than what you just did.. But, hey, if that's all you need, and your friend has no problem coming over and programming your device for you when you need more, and you're OK with that, Rock On! My over-complication was about teaching you how to do it yourself. Like learning to fish.

The point I was trying to make in my first post and, I think, what RV is trying to say is that, both platforms have very good sounding effects, many A/B (and A/B/C) comparisons have been made between modeled effects on both platforms and THE REAL DEAL, and there are enough variations between individual examples of THE REAL DEAL that there's no definitive and totally objective answer to your question. Use the one that SOUNDS BEST TO YOU!

Point I'm trying to make is that the same SIGNAL heard through the Katana will sound WAY different through the PA. If you had the K100 you could put the Stomp into the Katana Power Amp and avoid the Katana Preamp entirely. That would make your stage sound closer to the FOH sound. Since you're using the K50 you don't have that option. Here's a better setup than the simple one I posted above. Put a Cab Block at the end of your chain, pull it down to form a split, then pull down the MERGE point so you have two separate outs. At the Split Point, pan "A" full left and "B" full right. Since it's mono before the split you'll have the same signal on both paths. Take the 1/4" L/MONO (no Cab) out to the Katana. The "B" path out, with the Cab Block, will be set by default to "Send L/R". That's the FX Loop Outs. Set that out to MONO. Take a 1/4" shielded cable from the SEND to a DI into the FOH board. Here's a preset to show what I'm talking about. joakeen.hlx

Ultimately, a cab sim is another form of tone control. It's the sound of a mic'd up speaker. Most people use them for recording, or for sending the signal to FOH or on stage FRFR. You might not want to use one if you're sending the signal to an actual guitar amp/speaker. Or you might. The only rule in the digital realm is that if it sounds good TO YOU, then it IS good!

Could be you like Fractal more than Helix. Solution is obvious. Be Happy!

Put your cab/ir in a path split. Send Path A (no cab) to the stage amp/212 via 1/4" L/Mono out. Send the Path B (with cab) to the XLR Outs with one side to the stage FRFR and the other to FOH. There's other ways, but this seems simplest to me.

If you want the EXACT signal to FOH, you need to take the PHONES/Rec Out. Unfortunately, that also cuts out the Katana's speaker, so, no, there's no way to do that. If you want the the sound of the Stomp to FOH, use a MONO signal chain (MONO block at the end of the chain) and take whichever 1/4" out (R or L) isn't connected to the Katana. In Global Settings>Ins/Outs, set "Volume Controls" to PHONES so that FOH gets a UNITY GAIN signal. Control your stage level from the Katana.

Using a "NEW PRESET" into a new Reaper Track at it's default settings and set to input 1, are you getting distortion? Attach a recording of the distorted sound with Helix and Reaper configured as above.

You're asking a question that can't be answered because "sounds good"/"sounds bad" is entirely subjective. Even in the real world, not all pedals sound good with all amps, and the difference between good and bad could be a quarter turn of any parameter dial on either the amp or the pedal. The only thing you can do is try a lot, and if you really can't handle the process, stick with your Fractal or try something else. Whether you're using Helix or Fractal or analog pedals and amps, the possible configurations are infinite, and only experimentation will get you to YOUR sound. There's no "Magic Bullet".

It's hard to make out the phantom second amp drawing, but the second amp's FX send IS going to the HXFX Return 2. The sends are the left jacks, the returns are the right jacks.

When you activate the Helix amp, you want to turn OFF the FX Loop Block, else you have signal from both the JC120 Preamp AND the Helix Amp. With the FX Loop Block ON and the AMP Block OFF, assign BOTH to the SAME footswitch and SAVE the Preset. The Preset I attached is configured that way, and works off of FS11. Maybe you changed it somehow? Attaching it again. 4cm w_2204.hlx

Yeah, that's not the preset, just a picture of one parameter. Attach the Preset.

Please attach a copy of your Preset and I'll have a look at it.

Back up your presets. Do a full Factory reset. If that doesn't fix it, open a support ticket.

There are THREE FOOTSWITCH MODES - Preset, Snapshot and Stomp. Are the footswitches not working in ALL modes?

There are three modes. Are they not working at all in ANY of the three modes?

Also, learn all about the Fletcher-Munson Curve. Most important of all - HAVE FUN!

Get the Jason Sadites presets and watch his "Dialing In" videos where he explains how he made the presets and why he did it the way he did. Don't expect them, or any presets made by someone else on a different system, to sound great on your system. Learn to roll your own.

A Ford is a fine car, but it's NOT a Cadillac! OPP (Other People's Presets) rarely make everybody happy. Roll your own.

Copy a bunch of "New Presets" from your existing setlist, then PASTE them over your existing presets until the whole setlist is NEW PRESETS. If you have NO free NEW PRESETS, do a reset: and start there. Once you've created a full NEW PRESETS setlist and exported it, there it is!

Sorry, just saw your last post. Thanks!

I suggested the other thread because C4TH is the ONLY HXFX user who tested and verified that it works with Snapshots, and that's the thread he posted on. Please use that thread to get him/her involved. Thanks.