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At least they're not percentages. :D

There is some history to this. Line 6 used to do it exactly how you described. This is back in the XT days. There was an incident when they announced a date, were late, and it created a major lollipop storm. It got so bad they went to the policy of not telling anything anywhere to anyone. So after much, "please tell us something" they've been slowly poking their head out of the hole so to speak. The "it could be managed better without pissing off your customers" has never been true here. No matter how they've dealt with it, some one always gets mad, impatient, etc. And I would argue that the "you'll get it when you get it" characterization is a bit off. I think they were a bit more kind than that. It was just informational. And I'm not sure how you think they should have done it. It sounds like you want them to go back to the no information model until it's totally ready, way of doing things. What that means, in this case, we would not have heard about it until an hour before it was ready and available, according to DI. Wouldn't have heard about the work going on with the Reverbs. Wouldn't have heard about the Legacy effects. It would have just shown up. There are probably peope who would prefer it that way. I would be curious as to exactly how and when anyone here thinks they could do this without upsetting someone. I don't see that happening. Someone won't like it, no matter how it's done. I personally do like the current way. We get told they're close and we get it pretty much the moment it's ready to go. It also sounds like your company deals with the industrial/business side of things where any changes in whatever require major time and money to assimilate quickly. So having a solid ready by date is way more critical than a musician who is getting a free upgrade that mostly just adds new, FREE stuff. And I'm guessing dealing with a business/corporation is much different than dealing with a bunch of whiny, entitled musicians. But I really honestly don't care. It'll get here when it get's here. No amount of posting,whining, comparing etc. will get it here faster.

They look like they're a bit stiffer than the official Variax cable. Do you own one of these and are they a little stiffer?

But I play all kinds of notes. Fast and slow. Picked hard and soft. If I only played one kind of note, your simple logic would work. But I don't.

I wasn't angry or upset. Where did you get that. Just tired of all the whining. And your whine sounded very illogica.I just questioned your logic. I'm sorry if that comes off as harsh or upset you in any way. I understand what you are trying to say, I just don't agree with you at all. And it's based on how you get so definition specific about a very generic statement. It's as illogical as you first saying there is NOTHING wrong with what DI said and then you go on to state what is wrong with it. HUH? I understand english and your english makes no sense. Why are YOU so sensitive to critics? I'm not upset at all.

There are two schools of thought on this. Yours is one. The other is that the physical act of plucking a string stretches it and makes it initially go slightly sharp (or flat I can't remember), so you're supposed to wait a second. I personally don't know which is true. I tend to pluck a lot but I also wait about a second before honing in.

Yes, many people don't like the way the tuner works. No, there is no known fix on the horizon. There, whew!!! Done for now. One thing that helps me is to just use the arrows on each side of the notes name. When they're both lit, you're in tune. Still not perfect but I'm a pragmatist. I take what I have and find a solution. This is one. Buying a separate tuner is another.

So if you "teased an upcoming release", your company does not use the words "coming soon"? Your company defines "coming soon" as it's under testing? What words does it use for a tease. Coming shortly? It seems like Line 6 has a less specific definition for coming soon than your company does. It just means...wait for it....it's coming soon. And can we just avoid the inevitable "well it's been a week, so it's past soon", whine.

First of all when you're company says "soon", that implies that they don't have an exact date. And if they do have an exact date, why don't they announce that instead of just using the word soon? What's your company's definition of soon? Does your company have the same definition for soon that Line 6 does? "It's close but we don't know exactly when". i.e. "on the ramp" just like Line 6 just did? Else, they'd post the exact date. So Line 6 IS doing it the way you describe your company doing it. You aren't making any sense. I personally don't care. But there are many people who disagree with you. I've been on these forums a long time There are two generic posts of this ilk. 1. How close is the next update????? How close is the next update????? How close is the next update????? How close is the next update????? How close is the next update????? How close is the next update????? How close is the next update????? How close is the next update????? How close is the next update????? How close is the next update????? How close is the next update????? Which leads to Line 6 letting us know when it's close. Which then leads to the next generic post. 2. Why do you tease us with "it's coming soon". Other/my company does it this way blah blah blah. Line 6 tells you EXACTLY when it's ready AND delivers it within hours of that. Before that, they are KIND enough to let us know that it's close. The way you describe it,it sounds like your company will have it ready but then tease their customers with "soon". Even though it's actually ready. That doesn't make sense to me. I like the way Line 6 is doing it now but again, I don't really care. It'll come when it comes. But the bottom line is It don't matter how Line 6 does it. Someone has to whine. Someone will complain.

Well, like you said, it's been three years. The interest just isn't there. They pretty much took a bath the last time they did a Variax bass. Wound up selling them and the unsold Bass XT's as a package deal at the end just to get rid of them.

Well here's what's not going to happen. I'm not going to buy either of them.

How much would it cost to do that (have you put the new one in) and can you say if you think it would be worth it? And is this also true with the JTV69 and JTV89?

I like it. Thanks.

What are these "tube amps" you speak of? I have heard reference to them before. Are they cylindrical? ;)

This isn't the update you were looking for. (2.31)

Does anyone know, will the legacy effects all be under one category or will there be like Legacy distortion, Legacy Modulation, etc. I'm hoping for the latter.

I think you're going to need to put on some pants before the update arrives. :D And please...no pics!!

There's a whole 'nuther thread on this. Seems the conclusion was it is a rebranded but also updated Alto. More power as I recall. http://line6.com/support/topic/31529-this-could-be-a-valid-option-for-the-helix-at-a-reasonable-price/

To go a step further, you would need to put the FX returns on parallel paths. This would then create a "Split" block and a "Merge" block. The "Merge" block has pan parameters.See page 31 of the owners manual. Just FYI the "Split" and "Merge" blocks take up no memory and are automatically created when you create parallel paths.

UH OH!!! There's a 2.50 update coming up here. Did you miss the 2.31 update???? :P :D

I'm assuming you have the big Helix and not the LT. If that's true then connect one FX loop send from the Helix to the Leslie's input and then connnect the two outputs to two of the FX loop returns on the Helix. You then need to program that input and those outputs to where you want them in the patch's path.

Well I was already of the mind set that the Helix was the last piece of kit I will get. I've been with Line 6 since the XT and the Helix is what I've been looking for. Some things not perfect (like the reverbs) and missing some things from the old units. With the new 'Verbs and the legacy FX, that seals the deal. And then to add that there will probably be more updates. I'm good 'till I throw loose the mortal coil. Thank You Line 6. Unfortunately for you, you created something so good I won't be making another Line 6 purchase. (Unless you come up with that $50 wireless Variax unit I know you're working on ;) ).

Yes to the min max thing. Make the min mix 100% and the max mix 0% for both effects.

I thought I tried that but I'll try it again tonight. My memory is that I tried it and a menu came up but Snapshots was not one of the choices.

I have done that and Snpashots doesn't show up as one of the choices. I have found no way to assign the Variax model to Snapshots in Helix HD Edit. You still can by physically going to the page on your actual Helix and assigning it that way. In case you don't know how you push and turn the knob under the model choices on your Helix screen. Brackets will then appear there and in Helix HD Edit. I was going to look into this to see if I was doing it wrong but haven't yet. Does anyone know how to assign the Variax model choices to Snapshots?