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What exactly are you trying to send? If you are sending a MIDI NOTE message, setting the NOTE OFF parameter to MOMENTARY will produce that behavior, as when you PRESS the button it sends NOTE ON, and when you RELEASE the button it sends NOTE OFF. Setting that parameter to LATCHING will Send NOTE ON, but won't send NOTE OFF until you press the button a second time.

HUH?

In Globals/MIDI, turn OFF "MIDI PC Send".

I've just been having a closer look at the manual for the Source Audio Soleman: https://media.americanmusical.com/ItemFiles/Manual/SOR_SOLEMAN_manual.pdf https://smile.amazon.com/Source-Audio-Soleman-MIDI-Controller/dp/B01IO4YQUS/ref=sr_1_15?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1540327848&sr=1-15&keywords=midi+foot+controller This is a very interesting unit that I somehow never saw before. If it's not too big - 10.5x3.5 - it could be your solution! I might have to get one myself!

The problem that you're always going to run into where size is concerned is that your needs call for at least 7 buttons, or 4 and a Bank switch. Unless you have teeny tiny feet, there needs to be a significant space between the buttons. That doesn't change with a DIY solution. The McMillen is 18 inches long and 4 inches wide, much smaller than the FCB, but still not tiny. How do they fit 10 buttons and a directional pad and still allow for control via normal adult size feet? Soundog's button mod sounds workable, and the McMillen website has a picture of the unit being run over by a car, so it may be sturdier than it looks! That may be your best bet. But, if real estate is as scarce as you indicate, you may be S.O.L. As far as extra footswitch inputs go, that's what the MIDI input is for. With the stock FCB, that provides the potential equivalent of 100 additional footswitches! Plus 2 expression pedals (potential of 4 total with the 2 HX connections) and amp channel control switches. That's a lotta control! If you can live with only being able to call 3 of your 4 presets from your external controller, here's another posibility: https://smile.amazon.com/Logidy-UMI3-MIDI-over-Controller/dp/B002YL81RW/ref=sr_1_2?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1540327848&sr=1-2&keywords=midi+foot+controller Programmable via app, and 2 can be used at once, giving 6 buttons and 2 exp pedal inputs. Total footprint 12"x3". Another FCB/Mcmillen alternative: https://smile.amazon.com/Source-Audio-Soleman-MIDI-Controller/dp/B01IO4YQUS/ref=sr_1_15?s=musical-instruments&ie=UTF8&qid=1540327848&sr=1-15&keywords=midi+foot+controller Has editor app, 10.5"x3.75" Coming soon to a Bio-Tech clinic near you! MIDI control via Brain Implant! :-) Maybe not, but why not a heads up display? Go all Top Gun! I'm getting silly now..... Good Luck!

The Audiofront stuff looks good, but only one has 5pin connectors, and that has only 3 inputs. I can't find the user guide, and after installing the app it appears to do nothing without a device connected. It would be good for controlling the 3 extra blocks, but with 4 snapshots.....I also had a quick look at the forum, and I see no indication (again, I can't find the user guide) that it supports Bank Change messages, or the ability to send multiple messages with a single button press. That means that you'd have to first select the Preset on the HXFX before you could send a CC through the Audiofront to change the snapshot (lots of tap dancing) and again, only three inputs. That device alone is $139, and by the time you buy the buttons it's getting pretty expensive and still won't do what you want. If you like to tinker, soundog's suggestions are quite do-able. Personally, while I could handle the programming, I'm hopeless with a soldering iron. Then, after you've built the board and programmed it, there's the problem of a sturdy enclosure.... The McMillen Softstep is worth looking into, smaller than the FCB, highly programmable. But a while back I had a quick look at the manual. It didn't look easy, and I don't trust the buttons. I wish someone would gift me one so I could check it out.... :-) On the other hand, I've been using the FCB/UNO for almost 15 years, and I can tell you positively that it will do everything you specified and more. Plus you get 2 free expression pedals! I could even provide you with an example sysex to show you how to set it up, programming is that easy. The only real problem (apart from the size) could be that while the HXFX has 128 presets, the FCB/UNO is limited to 95, configured in 19 banks of 5, plus the 5 "Stomps" which send the same messages in every bank. Do you really need more than 95 presets?

Has inputs for expression pedals, but doesn't send CCs via the buttons, therefore does little more than change programs. and so fails OP's basic requirements.

If you read this whole thread, you know that all of this has been discussed ad nauseum. This thread got really ugly. The prime movers have apologized. I hope that, rather than continuing to beat this dead horse, you'll take part in this "thread redirection": THANKS!

Why is it that people can't post an opinion without insulting others? It appears that even if mod locks this thread, it's just going to pop up again. PLEASE people, try to post your opinions without attacking others in the community! Maybe, as a community, we should start a campaign of always responding to these kind of posts with a "Be Nice!" message. Of course, then we'll be attacked for being overly sensitive. Thread redirection: Anybody have any POSITIVE suggestions for how this community can deal with the problem of rampant rudeness? Or are we doomed to be no more than a reflection of the problems we're seeing in society as a whole? Someone remind me why I quit doing drugs?

The best combination of price, programmability, and dependability, is going to be the FCB1010 with the added UNO chip and ControlCenter Editor. There are others, some more powerful, but for your stated needs, The FCB is more than enough. With the UNO mod and editor, you're looking at $200 NEW. They're almost always available used on eBay for less. Don't be put off by detractors who say that it's hard to program. With a basic understanding of MIDI, the UNO chip and the ControlCenter Editor it's a piece of cake. The biggest drawback to the FCB is size. the 2 expression pedals make it longer than the Helix, so if floorspace is limited that could be a problem. If the FCB doesn't get it for you, keep in mind while you're researching alternatives that any device without a SW editor is going to be a PITA.

If you read through this whole thread, you know that it's gotten really ugly. While everything you said is true in my book, it's all been said here many times. As one of the primary movers in this thread, I'm trying to make peace with OP, and encouraging everyone to get out of attack mode and Give Peace a Chance. As an infamously villainous victim once said "Can't we all just get along?"

BAD cruisinon2! No soup for you!

I'm on 2.70, and I had no problem. All three files installed, separately AND all at once. Since 2.70 didn't add any amps, that should not matter. What system are you on (MAC,PC)? Are you using the version of HX EDIT that corresponds to your Helix FW (HX EDIT 2.60)? What DL method are you using? On PC: In Customtone, click DOWNLOAD. In File Dialog, select folder to save to. In HX EDIT, double click on the location where you want the tone. Select PRESETS, IMPORT. Navigate to the saved tone, select it, then click OPEN. If you're still having trouble, you may need to backup your presets and setlists, then do a system reset (go to SUPPORT for details on all the reset options).

I disagree with Silverhead's suggestion that everybody just STFU. BUT I'm trying to make peace with OP. How about we all just exit attack mode and Give Peace a Chance?

Sorry, I misunderstood. You're trying to DOWNLOAD from CUSTOMTONE. I'll need a couple of examples of tones that cause the problem.

I do this with the 2204 and 2204 MOD. There are a number of ways to go about it, depending on your needs. Good: Assign Both Amps to a FS. Save with Amp A ON and Amp B OFF. Hitting the FS will toggle them. Limited control of other FX/Parameters. Better: Use a snapshot. Put both amps on the same path. In Snapshot 1 (clean) the first amp is ON and the second is OFF. Snapshot 2 (dirty) is the opposite. Better control of other FX/Parameters. Best: Use a snapshot. Amps on separate Paths. Assign the Split block's Route slider to Snapshots. Save CLEAN Snapshot with Amp A ON, Amp B OFF and Split set to 100% A. Save DIRTY Snapshot with Amp A OFF, Amp B ON, Split set to 100% B. Total control of FX/Parameters for each Amp.

IIRC, this means that you have a corrupted preset. If you saved the individual presets in your setlists (this is one reason why that's a good idea), you can try importing them 10 at a time till you narrow it down to the bad one, then delete it and continue.

Since the first ageist insult was aimed at me (the millennial comment), I'd like to point out that I DROVE to the FIRST Woodstock. That "My Generation" spent a great deal of time demonizing the OLDER generation (don't trust anyone over 30), and that our ideals were eventually betrayed by the very people we marched with. "Their beards have all grown longer now." No generation has a monopoly on ignorance. When I identified myself as a snowflake, THAT was a joke. I'm sure that no actual snowflakes were offended. When OP identified other posters as fascists, brown nosers and nancys, those were insults. Vague regrets are meaningless. Sincere apologies are always considered. My first post in this thread was intended as good natured chiding. If OP was offended, I sincerely apologize. Perhaps we're both guilty as to where this thread has gone. NOTE TO MOD: This forum REALLY NEEDS EMOTICONS! :-)

nan·cy /ˈnansē/ INFORMAL•OFFENSIVE noun noun: nancy boy an effeminate or homosexual man. ----------------------------------------------------------- And sexist too!

I know, I said I was "outta here". But this thread is like a trainwreck, I just can't look away! You've made it abundantly clear that you don't care about anybody's needs but your own, that everyone else's opinions are BS, that we're all a bunch of fascists and fanboys, and that you couldn't care less about our feelings. Is it really any wonder that most of our reactions are negative? I get it. You're not a very nice person. PLEASE GO AWAY! Sincerely, Fascist snowflake fanboy

It's all been said before! OP's thread from 2016: Where are the amps?!? - aka, beating a dead horse And the horse is still dead. Doubling down on my first post in this thread. I'm outta here! Sincerely, Proud childish, fascist Fanboy

Gotcha! Hope you go through with getting an LT. There's a learning curve, for sure, and if you need help or advice, there are many here who'll be happy to step up. And don't forget TGP. Good Luck!

At various times, just about everyone who has objected to OP's post (including me) has expressed some opinion about what we think L6 SHOULD do to improve the product. There's a difference between an opinion and an attack. I think that what some people don't recognize is that this is a forum that is mostly populated by Helix OWNERS who are quite happy with the product. We come here to discuss the product. It's kind of a "social media" site for us, and a place where we can ask EACH OTHER about how we use the product, what we like and don't like, and workarounds we've discovered. It's NOT where L6 reps hang out. If you would like to speak directly to L6 reps, there's a HUGE thread over on TGP where you can get quick responses from the designers. The BIG BOSS, Frank Richotte (hope I spelled it right) constantly monitors that thread and responds to customer service issues, and Digital Igloo and others respond to more technical and usability questions. I know of NO OTHER modeling product with that degree of personal involvement by upper management. It's not so much that we object to negative opinions. But if you come here and INSULT a product we use and the company that supports us, you should EXPECT a reaction. When you then turn around and call us FANBOYS and BROWN NOSERS, now you're making it personal. That says more about YOU than US. BUY the product. USE it. Have a problem? We'll be happy to help, even if it's obvious that you didn't read the manual, WHICH NEEDS TO BE UPDATED (we've been told that'll happen with v3). If no one here can help, try TGP. CALL SUPPORT! A HUMAN will answer the phone. But don't come here and get all nasty, and expect a different reaction than you'd get if you behaved like that in the real world!

Priorities... I can dig it! So, if I understand you, You've changed your mind about Helix being overpriced - "wow..too steep for me too...I am sure it will be nice...competes with the axe products and kemper....i could sell a bunch of stuff to fund it but dont want to ride that train anymore..if was was around $799 i would consider it if i tried it first and it was amazing compared to what i use now.." And even though Helix still doesn't blow up your skirt, If all your current modelers, which you're still happy with, suddenly died, you'd spend $1500 for a Helix rather than replace the stuff you're happy with?

I've been using digital modelers for 15 years. You name it, I've tried it. I've had dealings with all of their support departments. Well, those that even HAVE support departments. Line6 is one of the very few that REALLY DOES CARE about it's users. As has been mentioned, they don't OWE us ANYTHING new. If all they cared about was our money, they wouldn't have had to add ANYTHING. Yet, I've lost count of the extras they've given us. And if either of you spent any time over on TGP, you'd also know that they've got the BEST support crew in the business. I don't get fanboys either. I DO get loyalty to a company that's EARNED it. Another thing I don't get - you own a TESLA and you're worried about $1500 for a modeler??!??!?? I should have such problems!