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My update configuration on both devices and computers was identical to yours (W10 fully updated). Guess we'll have to wait to see if anyone else with HXFX encounters this. In the meantime you should contact support.

Might be helpful to include little details like what kind of computer/OS/updating from version#. Also, are you using a hub or direct to a known MB USB port? I don't have HXFX, but just updated both HXS and Helix Floor on separate computers with no problems.

Over on TGP, DI (Digital Igloo - Eric Klein, boss dude) has stated that he HOPES to have the update out by December, but they're still squashing bugs.

Helix has 2 XLR Main Outs (dual mono or stereo) and 2 1/4" Main Outs (dual mono or stereo) There are 4 FX Loops, so 4 mono ins/outs that can combined into 2 stereo ins/outs and placed anywhere in the signal chain. You can have 4 separate (dual mono or stereo) signal chains with independent Ins/Outs. Example: Path 1A - Guitar Input (electric)>Send/Return1 - 4cm to/from guitar amp In/Send>Send2 Guitar amp Return>XLR (L) to FOH with IR Path 1B - Aux In (synth?)>Send3 to powered monitor>XLR (R) to FOH Path 2A - Mic In>1/4" Out (L)>DI box>FOH Path 2B - Acoustic guitar>Return (2/3/4?)>Send4 to Acoustic amp>1/4" Out (R) with IR>DI Box>FOH Keeping in mind that each main Path uses one of the processors, there could be DSP issues depending on the FX you use in each path. The attached screenshot shows one possibility for how this might work. Fill in the blanks with FX up to DSP limits. The MIC path (2A) has a Tube Preamp. The Acoustic path (2B) has an acoustic amp sim (the EQ Block). You could use this if your stage amp is a powered monitor vs actual acoustic amp, or you could move it past the SEND to combine with the IR to FOH. Or use the Tube Preamp as in the MIC path. Each independent SEND has a "Dry Thru" parameter that allows the signal to go out both the SEND jack and the Main Output. The Output configuration for Path 1A is pictured to show how panning is used to split the XLR/1/4" Outputs. Again, this is only one possible configuration.

It really depends on the amps being used. I have dual amp presets where Path 1 has the two amps and is fully populated (all 8 blocks assigned) and others where in addition to the two amps a wah and one mod are all Path 1 can handle (Vitriol comes to mind). I always use Path 2 for stereo reverbs and delays (also in parallel) which can also be dsp intensive, and whatever mods I want in stereo. Different strokes, YMMV, whatever works best for a given situation. There's LOTS of possible ways to do just about anything in Helix!

You can put two amps (and cabs if you like) in a single path. I usually place them in parallel and set the SPLIT to type A/B with a switch that changes the route. The parallel paths then merge back into one path. Whichever amp is in the active parallel path gets its signal to the post amp effects and on to the Output. Using all mono effects you can use the L/MONO Out and it will sound fine.

Anticipating your next post, you'll need a host box to do this with MIDI on your Cat60. This is one reason that whenever someone posts "Which one should I get?" I always say get the Cat100. The usual response is "I don't need MIDI.". Later on...

Catalyst models a real amp in this respect. On a real amp with two distinct channels with separate G/B/M/T/P/V controls, if you make a change to one channel and then switch to the other channel, will the physical knobs return to their original positions? Of course not. If you want a workaround it requires MIDI. EDIT: OR If you tap the Channel A or B button again for the modified channel, it will reload the saved preset throwing away the modification. Thanks to @txfloodfor this reminder If you use MIDI to switch channels, since each "channel" is actually a separate preset, the original saved preset will reload. Using the FS, however, will mimic the way a real amp works.

My dumb foot can't detect 1cm.

I totally missed the Zappa connection! I listened to a lot of Zappa during the Mothers period, but mostly lost the thread after that. His musical brilliance seemed to be that what sounded like chaotic cacophony was actually repeatable incredibly complex formal composition. He was definitely a completely unique individual. He had a strange fascination with NY and New Yorkers - Vai and Cuccurullo (the Canarsie connection) specifically - and his Central Park shows were classic. I was at a couple of those! "I hear you've been having trouble with pigs and ponies"... So many great lines!

I grew up on Staten Island in the 50s/60s. Canarsie was always considered another planet, but we never really understood why. It seems that when the Verrazano Bridge opened, half the population of Brooklyn, including many from Canarsie, fled to the Island (the "sticks"). Canarsie and S.I. have a lot of history in common - former resort area, failed amusement park, the Mob, racial issues and - DUMPS! Canarsie (Brooklyn in general) was where everybody fled from, S.I. was where they fled to, only to discover that it was "same as it ever was". My family (Italian) moved from "Hell's Kitchen", but most of my relatives lived in Queens.

No. Full-fat Helix (floor or rack, not LT), but not HXFX/HXS/HXSXL).

I think you mean Customtone. Other than downloading and trying them, no. My advice: Read the manual. Start with the stock presets. Examine how they work. Experiment with changing the parameters and swapping different effects from a block's category. Read the manual. Download some presets from Customtone. Examine how they work. Experiment with changing the parameters and swapping different effects from a block's category. Read the manual. This requires a lot of time and effort. Anything in life worth doing requires a lot of time and effort. Does that seem harsh? It is not harsh. IT IS THE WAY!

Yes. https://line6.com/customtone/tone/4328936/ But JIC I was wrong I DL'd the one he attached. Yep, imported fine, same one. EDIT - FWIW, this is why I'm not into Norwegian Death Metal ;-)

WINNER! Longest post with most details! EXCEPT the most important ones. Native version? HW Compatibility mode? I just imported the DARK HORSE preset from Customtone. No problems. Native v3.61. HW Compatibility mode OFF.

The new cabs are in fact collections of IRs. Separate IRs for each cab, speaker, mic, distance, angle etc. Rather than switching the IRs by selecting them individually from a list, you just drag the mics around in 3d and the IRs change as needed. That takes a whole lotta IRs!

AFAIK, no. BUT if you set the range of the expression pedal (position min/max) you should be able to do it. Probably a PITA working it out though. I don't recall what it's called (flux?) but I think there's a new effect in that new gadget they just released (Opus One?) that does this.

I think you're SOL on this problem. When you set an HXS FS to MOMENTARY, that only works with a FS attached to the HXS. Activating that HXS FS using MIDI the block reacts to the MIDI message, not the behavior programmed on the device for that FS. That's why when you set it to LATCHING vs MOMENTARY and use a MIDI FS set up as MOMENTARY (127 ON PRESS/0 ON RELEASE) it works. FWIW - the better commercial MIDI controllers have multiple pages of alternate functions for each of the limited number of physical switches so they avoid a user having to make tough decisions like this. IDK if your Arduino board has that kind of capability. You should probably remove this post from the BUG REPORTS thread since it's not a bug, it's just the way it works. You might try posting a feature request on Ideascale, but this is probably not a common enough use case to garner many votes.

Unless there's something else happening in your system - defective Helix, something pre or post - what you're hearing is the sound of the Solo Lead OD amp. Attached is a modded version of your preset. I added the Solo Lead Clean amp and a modded version of your main EQ block. ROUTE TO (FS11) toggles the amps, SWAP EQ toggles the EQ blocks. PILLARS bypasses the OD. If you bypass the OD, toggling the amps with ROUTE TO gives distinct CLEAN and LEAD tones. With either amp selected, toggling the EQ blocks significantly changes the sound. Likewise, if you swap out the SOLO LEAD OD amp for any other high-gain amp, they sound different. If you're getting different results with my example preset, the problem is one of the conditions I mentioned in the first sentence of this post. Let me know. FRY420-STJAMES2.hlx

Yes, you are. Yes you are. No, you're not the OP or the OC campaigner from TGP/TGF. You're just piling on. We're just saying that it's time to get off the pile. At least admit that there IS a pile! AND r2d2 is a robot in a movie who may or may not have had advanced Helix FX built in to it's voice circuits, but in any case was never part of this discussion. Just sayin'... EDIT - This whole thread is a pile...

The point has been made. OVER and OVER and OVER again. Authenticity may be paramount TO YOU, but that's YOUR use case which YOU seem to think should be EVERYONE'S use case, to the point of tedious repetitiousness to those of us who not only DGAF, but understand that snipping the bright cap was a very common mod because MANY users didn't think it sounded all that good. Line6 has a stated policy of modeling things "warts and all". Certainly, whether or not you consider the bright cap to be a feature or a wart it SHOULD have been in there, but the horse is dead. L6 is aware, and if the "leaked" 3.7 feature list was real, then there will likely be a new 2203 WITH bright cap. What bugged me about the OP was pretending that this issue was never raised before and essentially trolling this forum with that nonsense. EVERYBODY KNOWS! LET IT GO!

Thank YOU for reporting back with such a detailed description! I wish more people would do that! Still leaves the question of why it should happen if nothing is being sent from Helix, but it's fixed! Rock On!

If you select OPTIONS>DATA DISPLAY and uncheck the HEX options you'll get the normal CC/PC messages instead of HEX. There's no reason I can see why you'd be getting ANYTHING using a New Preset and pressing a snapshot twice. Hopefully the Factory Reset will fix the problem.

First, no VST3 plugin I know of supports midi program changes. Steinberg chose to drop support for that and while they claim that VST3 creators can implement it, I haven't seen it. Second, nobody from L6 hangs out here, so you're shouting into the void. Try posting on Ideascale. Search first, as I'm 99% sure this has already been asked/requested. Third, it supposedly works with the AU version, so if you've got a MAC you're good.

Attach the actual preset.