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It's using the amp/preamps as a sophisticated stomp box.

If you take the beginning node at your split point and click & drag it down to path B, it will turn into it's own separate input. So you could have 4 separate inputs. The same thing will happen if you drag the last node at your split to path B. It will turn into it's own output. This is using HX Edit on the computer. Not sure how to do it directly from the unit. See page 20 in the Helix manual. This is for the full Helix. That looks like it could be the HX Stomp. Not sure if that does the same thing. I found something on page 18 of the HX manual relating to this. You are basically creating a parallel path and it talks about it there. You could set it up with just the nodes and save it. you could then use the patch as a template. Hope this helps.

That's true, but I would say the sound engineer is looking for the same overall electrical volume output as shown by the meters. They can then use their ears to finesse the mix. That's what sound engineers are supposed to do. The ultimate way would be to set the levels in the same room with the same amount of people in it,while playing with the band and the sound engineer could then holler back at you to tell you what to adjust. That, of course, is impractical. So give the sound engineer the same electrical level going into the board. They can go from there. IMHO.

That is weird that the POD GO works. My helix will disconnect from HX Edit from time to time and I understand is a known issue. But not as much as it sounds like yours is dissconnecting. Not sure about anything else. Have you tried this on a different computer? Are you able to access one?

I don't know if this has been mentioned yet but that will power your JTV Variax. You do NEED a TRS cable to go from your guitar to the box. From there it's just a guitar cable. There is also an XLR output you can use and you are able to switch between them. I think the thinking was you could use the XLR for the acoustic sims if you wanted to go direct to a mixer. And do NOT have more than one thing powering it at a time. Take the battery out if you're using the VDI or this power supply. Do not have both the VDI and power supply plugged in at the same time, etc.

Are you using a USB hub? The Helix doesn't play well with them. Also did you restart your computer after installing the drivers?

This is all great information. Thank you everyone.

That would definitely be the easiest way.

I believe my confusion is which harmonized part we're talking about. Now I recall that it was the harmonized arpeggios after the harmonized solo. The harmonized arpeggios is the part that can be done fairly easily with two different scales. It's the harmonized solo before those arpeggios that is the part that would require a major lesson in footswitch tap dancing. Perhaps a backing track with MIDI instructions for when the Harmonizer would need to be changed.......Eeeeeeesh!...........I know, I know; Yeah right!

I'll look into this further. I could swear someone had done it, possibly using a harmonic (like the one person did in my previous post) or melodic minor scale and using different keys for each scale. Not so sure my memory is accurate. The one thing I recall is it did not use the same key the part of the song was in. It was two different scales in two different keys. But, you tried that. Another recollection is it did require using the Expression pedal to change things in the middle or at the end of one of the phrases. Anyway we'll see. "to the Helix, Batman!!"

I just came across this and would like to add one more enthusiastic Thank You!!!

They used to. They do not anymore. Check out the POD XT manual. It has many of the amps and effects Helix has and has a bunch of descriptions of what they are. Otherwise you could go to Helix Help. That's the best place i'm aware of for descriptions of things. This is a website separate from Line 6 so Google Helix Help

Yes. There are at least two different keys/scales that are used and you can use snapshots to change them. At least one person has done it. Here's one person's take on what scales to use The "Smart Harmony" comes in (activated with FS2) on the last solo segment with variable scale and key (via the exp-2). The harmony starts at 1:11 with a "B minor harmonic" scale 4 the first 2 chords (Bm+F#), then at 1:31 shifts 2 "A major" 4 the next 2 chords (A, E) and at 1:35 returns back 2 "B minor harmonic" 4 the rest of the chord progression. I don't know what interval they used. And there's this. Not sure hoe much info is there. https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/re-created-the-entire-hotel-california-solo-all-instruments-using-line-6-helix.2147900/ and this Also if you go to Customtone to the Helix section and type hotel into the search. There's several patches there that purport to do this as well.

It would take awhile but, they said they did soooooo....I just believe them. I was kind of hoping they could come up with an "empty" cab and it could be filled with IR's by outside vendors. Or even by helix owners? That would be a lot of work. I think they use a robot to position the mic so that would help in how much time it took them to do this. And they didn't get to every cab either.

I don't know if this has been mentioned but the new cabs are now a bunch of IR's. An IR was created for every possible iteration of the mic placement and other parameters. So each time you change the mic parameters (and maybe a couple more) it's a new/different IR. That's also the main reason why the new cabs us less DSP.

My guess as to why you will get no info is. 1) I'm pretty sure the piezo's outputs are amplified a lot so any small change in it's output would result in a big diffence in the modelling. You'd have to be absolutely sure about the parameters s of everything. 2) I'm guessing whatever the electronic issues would be is something that cannot be discussed as it could give insight into their technology. Not, that it would, but instead of piecemealing what you can and can't talk about, it 's just a blanket, you can't talk about any of the product's internal spec's. Two big guesses. Don't know for sure the reasons but I do know for sure you won't get any of that info here.

I found this Hi All, so to save some stress and trouble - YES, YOU CAN ALWAYS LOOK UP SERIAL NUMBER ON THE DISPLAY OF THE HX STOMP. What you need to do is: -switch off your HX Stomp or Stomp XL -press and hold encoder 3 (the third knob the right under the display) -switch on your HX Stomp XL -you should see the serialnumber displayed This is what I got from Line6 support and I just tested this solution as I was missing the serial number sticker as well. Happy product registration and shopping for discounted Native plugin! :)

I do not have an HX Effects. I found what I think you want on page 36 of the manual. I'm not going to read it so I don't know for sure if it's what you are looking for.

One thing I don't think has been mentioned, the USB connection can add noise to the signal so if you are hooked up to the computer via USB, unplug it and see if the hum goes away.

This sounds like it's for recording and not live. You could plug your guitar directly into the Stomp, hook up via USB and use the Stomp as your audio interface. Each thing (Native or Stomp) should do stereo equally well using the same patch. Perhaps you have a mono effect in your patch. If it is after whatever stereo effect you want to use it will sum it to mono. If you don't have anything else to check you stereo outpupt, you could put a ping pong delay at the very end of your patch and make sure the repeats are hard panned left and right. This is just to confirm that the Stomp is in stereo. If you're using the same patch, the stereo image should be the same for Native and the Stomp so my guess is it could have something to do with how your signal is getting into the DAW. This is also assuming this is the only track in your DAW project. Would need more info to help more. Not that I'm an expert or anything.

I would say it pretty much depends on how much you want to spend. You can get some cheap computer speakers and use the headphone out from the Helix. There are also all kinds of powered monitors from about $80 on up. Powered monitor is the way I would go since this is just for home use. I have a pair of these and for just piddling around, they do the job fine. $100 for a pair. https://www.amazon.com/PreSonus-Eris-E3-5-Professional-Multimedia/dp/B075QVMBT9/ref=sr_1_18?crid=14YS48ZMQHOMH&keywords=powered+speaker+price&qid=1685372153&sprefix=powered+speaker+price%2Caps%2C148&sr=8-18 I think cheap computer speakers would not give you what your are looking for. And, of course, the quality of any of these powered speakers will depend on how much you want to spend.

This has been brought up before. I don't think it will happen. The Helix is an amp simulator that has a simplified looper in it. It's not a looper trying to be an amp FX simulator. The memory is mainly there for the amps and FX and not for a looper. I personally think I would rather buy my own looper that has exactly what I wanted instead of Line 6 making something that probably will not make all the looper people happy. It's easily patched into a SEND/RETURN. There's always hope, but I wouldn't count on it to happen in the near future at the very least.

This has essentially been mentioned before but, I set up the Volume knob to control only the 1/4" ouputs. You do this in global settings. I send those outputs to anything I may want on stage to monitor myself if needed, and I can control the level from the Helix. This then means the XLR's are setup to not be controlled by the Volume knob. This results in the output of the XLR's to be the same as if the Volume knob were to be turned all the way up. That is unity gain. That's what you want. I actually create my patches at home with the XLR's set to line level out for my mixer which is set to receive a line level signal into the XLR inputs. It's an acutual analog mixer and I set the patches up to about -10dB. That's what I was told to do by the main sound guy I work with. YMMV. Sonce the Volume knob isn't controlling anything, I adjust the ouput level with the amps Ch Vol or even the Gain or Level controls in a compressor if I'm using one at the end of my patch. Then, when I plug into a mixer at a gig, I switch it to mic level. This is what the FOH mixer XLR inputs I normally plug into are set to receive. You may run into a mixer whose XLR's are set to receive line leve. If the sound guy says you signal is low and the XLR's are set to mic level, that could be the issue. So start with the Helix XLR's outputs set to mic level. It's just safer that way. You won't accidentally send an extremely hot signal to the mixer. One other thing to watch out for is to make sure the mixer itself is NOT set for phantom power on the XLR input. The Helix does not play well with phantom. As far as I know, this has not resulted in any damage to the Helix, so if it does happen don't panic. The main thing is if you sound crappy or weird, I would definitely make sure the XLR input is not set to phantom power. When it happened to me, it was very obvious the sound was bad, it wasn't subtle. One other thing that has happened to me is that neither the mic or line levels for the XLR's were not good levels so I changed the XLR's so that they were controlled by the Volume knob. I could then adjust accordingly. Just warning so if you come across a "professional" sound guy who isn't happy with your levels, this is a good quick fix. Hope this all helps in some way.

It sounds like a dirty switch. Is it dusty where you are? Or smoky maybe? It does seem weird that they would all fail. If you can get it, spray some Deoxit D5 spray in the switches. That's all I can come up with. Hope this helps in some way.

This is one of the best descriptions of the amp in the room thing I have read. I've never really had a full on tube amp (tubes w/ transistors). But I have played through several and know exactly what you and others are talking about. It is one of the coolest, funnest things ever. But not totally necessary for me. I've been "direct" most of my guitar playing life. Once I got a Rockman, I've pretty much gone through a stereo/powered speaker to play, being just a bedroom rock & roller at the time. When I got to the point that I was playing in front of people, I was using a Sans Amp/Quadraverb setup. Then the GSP2101 with an Ampulator and a Peavy Rockmaster. I then became a Line 6 boy starting with the POD XT and stayed mainly because of the Variax I purchased. So although I do greatly appreciate and enjoy the amp in the room experience, I am just as happy with my Helix. Just me personally. Liking either is not a character flaw.