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Does anyone find a bit weird that Helix only chnages parameters of whatever powercab preset is select instead of beaing able to select the powercab preset from helix instead? Otherwise the current implementation is meaningless to powercab presets... woudl be much easier to have helix select the preset..... and then if you want to change the parametyers for that helix preset then ok.... What do you guys think?

Hi all Just updated my Helix to 2.8 and Powercab to 2.0... been awaiting this update since I first bought helix... even sold my DT50 as I expected no helix dt50 connection would happen.... just to see it does now... nonetheless i am more than happy with my powercab plus. Now I have been a user of PODs since 2.0 and always have striven to get the max out of the amazing hardware Line 6 puts up.. and after all these years waiting to control my amp (DT50 112 before and now powercab plus 112) i get into a conundrum: Helix only allows powercab settings BY PRESET. With the advent of snapshots Line 6 did a HUGE, HUMONGOUS step that made a lot of us super happy... specially JTV Variax users like me... finally without any problems I could play acoustic and a banjo and an electric guitar IN THE SAME PRESET! But here is where it gets interesting... with powercab allowing only PER PRESET settings... I cannot change powercab presets PER Snapshot.... Yes i could do it all in the helix and use a FRFR for the preset but I didn't buy the PC Plus for that I bought it so I could use IRs and allow more power to be used in the helix.... I have looked but so far I can only see changing the powercab preset is not possible using snapshots... Any ideas?

Before snapshots control messages were only sent when you would change patch. When snapshots came along control messages are now send every time there is a snapshot change. I would like to be able to decide if the control message is sent when i change the patch or when I change the snapshot

Hi The ability to decide if the control messages are at patch or at snapshot...... currently at snapshot level only!

Good news!! :- )

Working to try to import my Helix's sounds to Native I see Native doesnt have a conceot of Snapshots... that I can find..... would be greta as full compatibility (expcet i/o obviously but that cab e sort of simulated) for creating in Native and bringing to helix and the otehr way around should have snapshots in it... Any help?

It would be great to implement some global routing... some input/ouputs/blocks would be global some depending on preset... Now THAT would be super high end! :- ) https://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Global-Always-On-Effects-Return/809601-23508 https://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Multiple-Global-EQs/825958-23508 https://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Global-CAB-OFF/790043-23508 https://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Global-Blocks/755191-23508 https://line6.ideascale.com/a/ideas/search?templateId=0&discussionID=51424&tag=&query=global&date-submitted=&daterangepicker_start=&daterangepicker_end=&date-last-activity=&daterangepicker_start=&daterangepicker_end=

Just to be clear, I don't see the addition of snapshots as a step back... quite the contrary obviously.. it is actually because i use them that I ask. My instant commands were preset level : once a song if I use one preset a song. Now they are not.... and I definitely want to use snapshots! :- ) with lots of love: The OP.

Hmmm surely those ideas should be in progress in that case no? Lets vote away in the meantime :- )

I am a bit surprised that helix has no way to save global settings and we need to set them up every version..... and they are not manageable from the app... https://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Global-setting-in-Helix-App/832360-23508 https://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Export-Import-for-Global-settings/891128-23508

I am sure not intentionally but they did. Again, before the snapshots the instant commands were recalled when the preset was set only once, now they don't, they are sent as many times as snapshots change within a preset Yes, from your point of view now as the first snapshot triggers instant commands on preset change you might think its the same, but it is not. if you have a preset for one song you may want to trigger some commands before the song starts and not need to set anything else later. the probelm is again as the snapshots retrigger the commands , this is causes problems. In the software industry its called backward compatibility testing. Its quite simple and logic. only creating a page with the instant commands at preset level should be super-simple, as switches command do make sense at snapshot level Line 6 : Woudl it be possible to have a preset level instant commands? https://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Preset-level-command-centre/892043-23508?submitted=1

I know you can simulate if you don't use snapshots but i need to use them in this case Its standard industry software development stuff... all functionality from previous version should be included... think about taking your car to repair to find out you got 100HP more but cannot use 5th gear .... because... reasons.... :- )

Yes but the problem is i want to send commands at preset change time and never send them again during snapshot changes, that used to be possible and it is not now. So yes a step forward having command been sent with snapshots but clearly there is a functionality we used to have and we don't. In this case I want to send PCs to another unit, and before it would work once at preset change, now every time i use my main snapshot it sends the PC again, which i don't want to. I am using the helix as Midi Clock master to this other unit and a PC change gets the unit tempo to oscillate as it tries to lock again. And no that unit's Programs numbers don't match my helix so I don't want to use the PC send option as the numbers are not, and cannot be, the same There should be a page called preset instant commands!

any commands, instant commands can be also CV or ext amp commands...

There should be a preset level instant commands.... snapshots level are ok but i also want to run instant commands only at preset recall time. they actually existed before the snapshots so a bit of a step back.......

Think 1 Cable + 3 wireless method :- )

Tried that too but still not getting the goodness.... threshold seems backwards ... it gates from a level where is should be a reverse gate... gating high volume and letting lower volume pass.

Yep ! I followed the instructions to the comma! Just tried exporting the set list... works like a charm. But doesnt teh bundle include the global settings? Thats why I try to use bundles... so I don't have to do all the global settings again...

I had been waiting for it.... you needed it for ambient sounds..... the auto swell! I am finding that sometimes it doesn't swell as well as for example the X3 swell used to do. i get a lot of attack even in not so fast phrases.... I have been working for it an hour of so and only thing i see it sort of works is to reduce the release to 1ms... but still you get the odd attack note that hasn't been swelled... again in slow playing mode... Any help?

upgraded to 2.20 and quite happy but now helix app doesnt export bundles.. it gets stuck in 12% submmited ticket: 297240

I am sure there is ways to do it..... 1.- Disabling all cab and IR blocks or Giving An option so that 1/4 output doesnt bring IR+CAB simulation. . That way you keep the amp section. This can work for people using he power amp section of the amp 2.- Disabling all amp + cab + ir blocks... for 4 cable method users 3.- disabling amp+cab + ir for People that use the front of the amp as input Agree sound might be different... but sometimes when giging you might need to make a quick last minute decision.... Vota away! https://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Global-CAB-OFF/790043-23508

Can helix set up the stagesource modes?

No MIDI Clock is bad bad bad....Please vote! http://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/midi-clock-sync-quantizing-loops-looper-sync-to-external/740452-23508

This is interesting cause I find the Amp+Cab sound completely different than the pre-amp block + cab block. Try it.

Hi All The editor is ok, even in beta it works quite flawlessly, only had a crash once after 1 hour of use, but to be honest it's just basic stuff, The only real reason to have an editor is to be able to do what you cant do in the Helix or takes too long to repeat, namely: Quickly move patches: Included Move Blocks: Included Copy Paste Blocks: Not included but coming up Copy entire paths: Not Included. For example many of us use the helix for our vocals as well as our guitars. We would lke to be able to set a vocal path and copy/paste throughout our patches. Block by block doesnt cut it by far. In fact the best way woudl be to be able to use a global path in some presets (but not others). http://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Copy-PAste-paths/790062-23508 Command centre Copy Paste: Not Included. Global settings: Not Included (except Global Eq). Execute commands to all patches, for example if you want to add an FX loop on all patches because you want to start using an FX patch. I know this is quite advanced and probably requires some basic programming language. but isnt' the Helix supposed to be professional and World Class? So as a basic beta this is ok, but the final product should be much more powerful