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Like everyone before me. Need more info. What outputs are you using What are they set at line instrument or mic (these settings also depend on what output you are using the choices given aren't on all of them.) What are the outputs going to Have you tried Elevators suggestion and listened to a totally clean patch Is your USB also plugged in at the same time Start by answering those questions as best you can. Noisy has not been an issue for me.

This sounds like you either did not do a factory reset, or the patch you are using is an older one and needs to be rebuilt. I think some older patches can't (or won't) be rebuilt. That would mean you will need to redo the patch. So.....did you do a factory reset after you updated? If you haven't, backup all of your patches before you do and then do the factory reset. Hold down buttons 9 & 10 (bottom row, middel 2) while powering the Helix on. Then restore your patches and power cycle the Helix. It should start the slow process of rebuilding the patches that need rebuilding.

Speaking of Mr. Anderton here, in case you didn't notice, he has a link in his post to his PDF book that's for sale. With that book, and the Jason Sadites videos, you should have all of the info you need, really, to get a good foundation. At the very least, enough homework to last you awhile. And, the good thing about the book being PDF is it gets updated after every firmware upgrade and you get to download each of them for no extra charge. It's totally worth it. Also check this YouTube out. Not for the info but the music at the beginning. EVERY guitar sound you hear are one of his patches all of which are made for the Stomp. I think they provide a good base. Just remember, the guitar's he uses influence the patches sound a bit. The link he provides to the patches in the YouTube video is inaccurate, try this one https://www.rhettshull.com/products/hx-stomp-rhetts-amps-v2 It has clips of the patches as well. It is a little pricier than many so it's up to you whether it's worth it. But he has many how to videos you could check out before plunking down your hard earned money for the patches. That kind of leads me to one other thing. The input impedance can have a bigger influence on the sound than you would think. Try messing with that as well. Good Luck.

I have to agree with the last two posts. It's a cool idea to control it from the Helix but sounds like it's more trouble that it's worth.

I looked in the manual and it does not describe a stomp/stomp setting. I do know the manual is not completely accurate due to it not being updated except for major firmware updates. Are you sure you weren't just in stomp mode which you get to by pressing foostwitch 6. Pressing again will get you back to where you are now.

I agree with everything you said. Unfortunately, I don't think that's going to happen. The first Variax, which had no magnetic pickups, wasn't as popular as they were hoping. The current Variax, JTV et al, do have magnetic pickups, but it still wasn't as popular as hoped. I also don't know why most guitar players don't have one. Or at least, wasn't that popular. It could be it's essentially a $700 guitar with $500 worth of electronics. There have been issues with the piezo's outputs being uneven. There are other things. But I am aware of all of that and I still love it. I also think technology may render a guitar like the Variax obsolete. There's something called the Sim1 XT-1 guitar profiler and it will take your guitar and make it sound like others. You first have to "imprint" your particular guitar into the device and it will then use that to determine what to do to make it sound like an electric, acoustic or whatever. I've never used one and I haven't listened to it lately but it is there and technology can only get better (usually). One of the big issues seems to be, part of playing the guitar is the guitar itself. So if you're playing a hollow body guitar model with a Strat style guitar, it doesn't feel like a hollow body guitar physically. People have commented on this ever since the first Variax came out. If they have a strat style body and pull up a Les Paul model it doesn't physically feel like one or react exactly like one. For some it's the neck, for others its the scale length, others the body and how it resonates. I am fortunate that the only "real" guitar I've had for decades is an SG so I haven't had that issue. I've never had any of the guitars modeled. Just my thoughts.

You may already know this. It will be probably mentioned so I'll be the first. It sounds like the Fletcher-Munson effect. The frequency response curve of your ear actually changes as sound gets louder. So the place that is generally accepted as where it's "flattest" is at 80dB. You can se that on the chart. This is kind of loud but not ear piercing, next to a jet plane loud. Your sound is inevetibly going to change if you create your patch at home levels and perform with it at performance levels. I'm assuming those levels will be at around 80 dB or higher. So, the first step is to create you patches at 80dB if you're in a position to do so. If not, try and create an EQ curve that would represent the Fletcher Munson curve at the levels you are creating them at. You will essentially be boosting the lows and highs. For those of you that remember this, that's what the loudness switch on stereos did. It was to give you the same listening experience at lower volumes that you'd get at higher volumes. If this is all stuff you already know, I apologize. I've never done the 4 cable method before so base on the 4CM diagram I found, could it be that your signal going into the FX return is too strong? What I'm thinking is maybe as you turn up your amp it some how effects the signal going to the FX send. That would be weird but thisis just a huge guess. Do you know what the level of the FX send of your amp is? Is it line, mic or instrument? The other thing would be just to change the mix % and see what that does. Keep in mind, that I have never used the 4 cable method and do not know exactly what your signal path is. Like where your FX Send and return are in your patch. Just some thoughts and if you already know all of this stuff, I apologize. One more thing, does the FX return on the Helix have a control for the level going into it?

It took awhile to get the Grammtico. No Dumble is going to be torn apart by Line 6. No one will let them and they would probably not want to do that anyway. Wouldn't want to risk that. They've said that in so many words before.

Tin foil hat? You consider what I said along those lines? Um, OK. It can be turned on remotely to listen to you. It has that capabilty. Maybe that's changed. And they are keeping track of what you do. Like Google does. Go ahead and keep your "safe" Alexa. I guess I'll keep my "tin foil hat". Don't listen to me. there's plenty of info on the internet about this. Good luck.

You could just assign the switch switch to a different switch. i.e. change it from the toe switch to any of the others 1-12. I don't think this has been mentioned.

The people that have Alexa in their homes really need to read 1984. So instead of the government forcing you to have big brother in your home. People are choosing to put it in voluntarily. Exactly the way the powers that be want it.

I know you said you followed the directions, but you never mentioned this and "it keeps asking me to choose an application to launch it". Do you have the latest version of HX Edit installed?

Are you using an older Mac OS? I heard of one person having issues similar to this.

I haven't even had time to install the update. I am a little worried given it seems more people than usual are having issues installing it. I might wait another day. It'll be hard. I am actually a little excited about the new amps. I don't usually get that way. What I've heard on YouTube sounds great.

He did say in his post that he did the HX Edit update. What happened is weird.

What is the HX project?

One of the new things is a Yamaha RA-200. Here's a video of someone using one.

I agree with you. My "bug" is the Variax issue. I'm gonna keep harping on it until the Helix is done. To me the Variax/Helix combo is the Line 6 flagship and that should work. But there are tone/volume knob control issues that are not being fixed. I would love an update where they just focus on fixing the bugs. So...... a continue redoing the cabs but only focus on fixing the bugs as well update. That would be great.

Just saw this

It does have MIDI in and out if that will work. My understanding is it is limited. I've never used it.

Pay attention to the above post. Any mono effect negates the stereo effect when it's put after a stereo effect. It sums the output of the stereo effect to mono. That's if it even has two inputs. No stereo chorus, no ping pong delay, etc if there is a mono effect after either these. It does not have to be right after the effect. Just anyplace after it.

I agree with this. Just assign it to a switch. Don't dedicate a switch to it

That would be great if you could. Of course I could just enter the values myself. But, I'd still be curious what your parameter settings are. No worries if you forget.

I'd like to try that. I'm assuming your gain levels for both are relatively low?

Have you tried the Twin Harmony effect? It's based on an Eventide H3000. I have no idea how it would work with vocals. You'd have to somehow get your mic signal into the Stomp but it would be a free way of seeing how well it works since the Stomp has every amp/effect the Helix has.