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That's bizarre. But if you tried another DAW and the problem went away, then it's not the LT. Weird...

Are you saying that everything sounds normal in real time as you're playing the lead part, but listening to the playback of both tracks sounds off? Just trying to understand exactly what's happening. Also... I'm assuming that this is a traditional guitar and not a Variax, correct?

Can't say I do. Walking through the south Bronx after dark without an armed escort is a "messy and dangerous experience". Updating firmware, even if it results in a toy that's temporarily unusable, ranks somewhere between "the car I want isn't offered in 'burnt sienna' ", and "I'm sorry, but we're out of the cheesecake".

User error, and/or a failure to follow instructions is responsible for more of life's ills than anything else. For proof I refer you to any of the numerous news stories of people driving down railroad tracks, or off the end of a pier because their GPS "told them to". Truth is, basic reading comprehension and some common sense is all that is required to keep one's update experience from becoming a clusterf*ck. Unfortunately, human nature being what it is, people don't like to follow instructions, and there will always be those who assume that they're so smart, they don't need them. How many threads popped up in the aftermath of the firmware's release expressing dismay at the "boot failure" error, despite the fact that it was WRIT LARGE that this is entirely normal? How many got stuck half way through because they didn't download the new version of HX Edit first? That's the FIRST friggin' step... it's a virtual certainty that most, if not all of those who fell into either of those two categories, probably didn't bother to read the instructions at all. I guarantee that there were a bunch of folks who had updated before without incident, who figured "I got this", and forged ahead blindly. Obviously this is not provable as nobody's gonna cop to it...but it's a safe bet. Wouldn't matter if the update instructions were 3 sentences long, and simple enough for a chimp to follow...if you don't read them, you'll end up screwed, and it's you're own fault.

There are two global settings for snapshots..."recall" and "discard". If your select "recall", any changes you make to a given snapshot are automatically retained and there's no need to save repeatedly, even when switching between different snapshots. The only way you'd lose changes is if you were to switch to a different patch without saving. So while you're still setting up all your snapshots for a given patch, leave it on "recall", and then you only need to save once when you're completely done. "Discard" still allows you to make changes, but as soon as you select another snapshot he changes are lost. It's good for experimenting, as you can alter whatever you want and see how it sounds, but you won't lose the last saved state unless you want to overwrite it. Just depends on how you like to work. If you're losing changes, I suspect it's because the global setting is set to "discard", and you're not actually saving the patch each time... renaming a snapshot and hitting "enter" when your done typing in the name isn't saving anything but the name. You stil have to save the patch itself.

Correct... just understand this going in: No matter what you pick, you're still gonna have to make adjustments when you get to rehearsal. No two PA-style FRFR speakers will sound identical, even at the same volume... that's just one piece of the puzzle. No less important is how a given tone sits in the mix with the rest of the band. You can blast away at home at stupid volume, through whatever speaker(s) you end up getting, eventually dialing in tones that you think are magnificent. But when you actually try and use them in context, they may turn out to be somewhat less than magical. What sounds great solo, even at an appropriate live volume, sometimes won't cut through a mix. Tinkering is inevitable, to some degree. I know I said it already, but it bears repeating...separate set lists for monitoring through different outputs, in different listening environments, and at big volume differences, is the key to sanity. Yes, it's more work up front...but in the end it will spare you hours of grief. Otherwise, get used to being in a constant state of fiddling with knobs and buttons instead of actually making music.

It usually involves whining loudly and at length about the company's motives, the failure of the dev teams to consult a Magic 8 Ball to predict (and subsequently test) every one of the nearly limitless number of usage scenarios and combinations before releasing an update, and most recently, questioning the competence/ usefulness of beta-testers. Oh, and there's also a pinned thread at the top for reporting bugs...;)

The only thing I know about coffee is that if I don't get some in the morning, I'd scream at a box full of puppies... is there such a thing as decaf coffee beans, or do they have to do something to suck the caffeine out of the regular beans? Cause that they can charge extra for, lol... but to say "I built you this wooden thing, and I'm gonna charge you an extra fifteen bucks to skip the last step" is just baffling to me, lol...;)

I've put 2 different Warmoth necks on my 69. First one I had lying around from an old Strat, so obviously it was already drilled, and actually 3 of the 4 holes line up perfectly... only one is offset. You do need to dowel the last hole though, as it would be way too close for comfort to the new one that needs to be drilled. Worked fine...I eventually replaced it a second time, only because the frets were totally shot, and it wasn't worth the cost of a re-fret. Bought one of Warmoth's "in stock" selections (they're often quite a bit cheaper than building one from scratch). That one had already been pre-drilled, too... did the same thing again and just dowel-ed the one hole. So for anybody who's got an old Strat neck, or if you find a new one you like that's already been pre-drilled, don't worry about it...it's an easy fix. Any local tech/luthier worth his salt will have no problem with it. Or just do it yourself...it ain't brain surgery. Dowel, wood glue, wait 24hrs, drill new hole, done. Plus, it both mystifies and slightly aggravates me that Warmoth will drill holes for free, but charges an extra $15 to not drill them. I wouldn't expect a discount or anything... but an upcharge for doing less work just smells funny, lol. ;)

I'll take "Don't attempt a firmware update during an electrical storm" for $200, Alex...;)

When something seems to good to be true, it usually is, lol...

I stand corrected...

Best settle in for a looooooong relationship with 2.71, then...;)

It was F# for me...had to get pretty loud for it to happen. Typical home levels won't do it. But you'll know right away... sounded like a friggin hedge clipper, lol

This is probably the most asked question around these parts. Here's yesterday's thread, lol: Anyway, the short answer is "no". Change the output, and you change the tone. You'll never get your in-ears or headphones to sound exactly like what's pumping out of a giant PA system at Friday night drunk volume. You basically have 2 options: 1) A split path at the end of the chain going to different outputs, each EQ'd accordingly... one for your IEMs and the other for FOH. 2) Keep different set lists for different scenarios... live, headphones, studio monitors, etc. I've done this for years. It's a little more work initially, but in the end it saves you hours of back and forth knob twiddling, and you only have to do it once. But no matter what you do, there are no magic settings that will provide perfect continuity across radically different kinds of monitoring and big volume fluctuations...even another FRFR speaker like the Headrush you mentioned (or anything else you choose to get) won't help you if you're not cranking it to stage volume when dialing in your tones. Nothing is immune to the Fletcher/ Munson effect.

Been using mine as a floor monitor for years now, with Helix and my 500X before it. Works and sounds great. Acoustic tones with a Variax sound killer. Loud as f*ck, if you need it. You could put it on a stand for backline use if you had to. Only stopped using it recently 'cause we switched to in-ears. It did have the fan-assembly rattle problem when it was new... it was a known issue at the time, fixed under warranty. Hasn't been a problem since.

P The short answer is "nobody knows". But people have been asking for that since the POD HD days... so I wouldn't bet the farm on it if I were you. Even if it is in the pipeline, those who know are never going to tell you anyway.

Pull the trigger and buy one. Turns out that the acquisition of new toys is life-affirming.... for a little while, anyway. ;)

Lmao... but what about the thing after that? ;)

You have grasped the problem perfectly... however, the is no magic workaround. Without EQ manipulation, you'll never get multiple, very different outputs to sound the same. You need to tweak your patches and level relative volumes at the volume at which you intend to use them, through the same (or at least similar) kind of speakers that you'll be running through live. And each different output method...IEMs vs. PA vs. studio monitors, etc. will absolutely have an effect on your tone, and there's nothing you can do about that. What sounds glorious through your IEM's could easily be less than inspiring out front, or vise versa. You could split your chain at the end, and have parallel paths to different outputs, each with an EQ block tweaked accordingly... but perfect continuity is never gonna happen. There will always be compromise. Ultimately you want the best sound going out to the audience, so make sure it sounds good in FOH, then worry about getting a sound you can live with in your ears.

This assumes there is some sort of perceptual continuity amongst everybody who loads up a given factory preset... but there isn't. You could create a near perfect (to your ears) representation of any tone under the sun with your rig. But perception is the most variable and fickle thing in the world. There are zero guarantees that I'll hear anything remotely like what you heard when you created the patch. Factory presets suffer from the exact same problem. What they sounded like back at the mothership, and what they sound like in my living room, or yours, are likely to be 3 different things. Pull anything you want from Customtone, and tell me how close it is to the description. You'll spend most of the time scratching your head and wondering if the guy who uploaded the patch was deaf or crazy... but it ain't him. It's you.

The master volume knob can be set to control only one particular output, while the rest will remain at full blast regardless of the knob's physical position. It's a global setting. Set it to either XLR or multi. My guess is something other than the XLR outputs (1/4", etc. etc), has been selected.

That's normal. Once you set Path 1's output block to feed Path 2, the input block on path 2 defaults to "none"...it has to. You don't want a separate input feeding path 2 at that point, because then it's not one long serial chain anymore...you'd be feeding it a separate raw guitar signal right in the middle of the chain.

So how many votes did you get? ;) Like it or not, Ideascale is what we've got. This side is a user forum. Nobody in here can get you what you want, and "official" folks don't hang around much. But in more than one of their infrequent appearances, it has been stated that the Helix itself was born largely from Ideascale requests for other preexisting products. That being the case, it's not reasonable to conclude that it's useless merely because the one request that you put in there yourself didn't generate viral interest and start a revolution. Plus, what you're asking for already exists. It's the LT. Even if it's possible to add more blocks to the Stomp, it's not in their best interest to blur the lines between the various Helix products any further. Having a bunch of units that are barely distinguishable is not a stable business strategy. Option paralysis would start driving the undecided folks elsewhere.

Before rolling back, it might be worth restoring your patches from a backup, and allowing Helix to go through the "rebuilding presets" process again. Sometimes that speeds up the loading process... it was mentioned somewhere in the update instructions.