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I don't know if it really helps but I have a POD HD400 that I use in conjunction with my Catalyst, but I don't use any of the amp models in the POD. I've turned my HD400 into a virtual pedalboard by pressing the FX ONLY button and then run it into the front-end of the Catalyst. I like the amp sounds that the Cat provides, and I use its reverb effects as well. I then let the HD400 provide delays, tremolos, modulation effects. I also have my own real gain pedals in the effects loop of the POD and use that when I want Zen drive, OCD, etc sounds, so I'm not really using the gain models built into the POD. I've seen videos talking about how great the M9 was back in the day and essentially that's what is available inside your HD500X.

Maybe this video will help - an interview with Ben Adrian at Line 6 running through the amp models focusing on the new group 2 ones

See my thread on the issues with using the FS with the Preset Bank Up setting before you get too excited about going that route.

I thought I would share the answer I got back with my support ticket: I haven't bothered to try to hook up a momentary switch to see if that does indeed fix the problem or not. My workaround after turning the amp on is to just click the footswitch multiple times to get back to the bank that I really want to use and then go from there. If the problem only happened on startup that's not too bad, but unfortunately using the tuner causes the unwanted bank switch to happen yet again which can get annoying.

The bank switch also happens with the footswitches set as described above and then put the amp into tuner mode and back out again.

On my Android phone, the Amp Advanced Params section appears on the 2nd page. Do you have the latest versions of the app on your Android device and latest firmware installed in the Catalyst?

Thanks for testing and confirming. I have opened a ticket with support.

I have an original Cat 60 that has the CX upgrade installed. I wanted to do some comparisons between amp models while playing so I decided to try to take advantage of the new footswitch functionality that the upgrade provided. I have set FS1 to Preset Bank Up and FS2 to Channel A/B Select. The switches work as advertised and allow me to quickly switch between banks and channels. The issue that I am seeing though is that when I power the Catalyst off and turn it back on again later, the bank increments and changes. For example if I have the amp on bank 1 when I turn it off, the next time I power it back on again it automatically moves to bank 2 even though I didn't touch anything other than the power switch. I also for debugging purposes tried the reverse where I made FS1 the A/B select and FS2 the bank up. It still gives me the same result when powering off and back on again. Has anyone else tried the Preset Bank Up footswitch setting and seen any problems like this?

There was a Learning with Line 6 | Catalyst CX session on YouTube where this chart was featured that I find useful to better understand the available boosts:

I posted the screenshot on TGP after watching the Learning with Line 6 video on the Catalyst CX. I believe Nick the Line 6 presenter mentioned that the boost chart has been sent around to the Line 6 reps but hasn't been published anywhere else.

I have an Android 11 phone that connects successfully to my Cat 60. I see the popup that you mention when plugging in the cable and after confirming the phone loads the app. I have a USB-C to USB-B cable that I got off of ebay, so nothing special. I would think maybe more of a software initialization problem since you are seeing the popup.

Some users have complained that initially they didn't like their Cat when they got it home to the point they were going to return it. But after spending some time with it (speaker break-in perhaps?), they then reported much better results. Not sure if that's your problem but thought I would pass that along.

If you tap the Channel A or B button again for the modified channel, it will reload the saved preset throwing away the modification.

Some insights on some of the amp models are provided in these videos that might be helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY6V-KRq5iE&t=17s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujBcerTBS-k&t=90s And Paul H. drops lots of model and overdrive hints when he did this demo at Andertons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuqRPgYj_5I

https://line6.com/support/page/kb/amplifiers/catalyst/catalyst-android-device-usb-compatibility-check-r994/ I wanted to find out if my Android phone was capable of communicating with my Catalyst and found the above link in the Line 6 FAQ. There is a recommended "USB Host Diagnostics" app to install to perform the check. The only problem is that Google Play store won't even show this 10 year old app to me as being available for my device as it was made for older versions of Android (my phone is a few years old running Android 11). So is there a more modern solution to be able to perform the compatibility check?