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Or to be more accurate, via WIDI. I'm sending CC63.1@1, CC10.1@1 in Stage Traxx 3, to select Song number 2 in Playlist 1 in Helix Stadium. The idea of having CC63 there is presumably so that it selects the designated song from the correct playlist, and not just the current playlist. However, in my case, even with the CC63 message stating the correct playlist, Showcase always attempts to play from the current playlist, and the song name that flashes at the top of the screen is '--' rather than that actual name of the song. Any idea why this is? Anyone else having the same issue?

Hi, I'm not sure if understand how that might help?

First gig with Stadium tomorrow, and having migrated from Quad Cortex, combined with WIDI Flex wireless BT dongle and iPad with StageTraxx 3, I hoped it would be a really great one-stop solution. So far it's about 'ok'; I appreciate it is an early release of Showcase, and it clearly has a lot of potential, but can be a bit limited at present. One thing I'd like to ask you all is do you have any clever ways of automating song lyrics in Showcase? At present my workaround is to select a backing song in the iPad/StageTraxx 3; ST3 on the iPad contains the same backing track as the Stadium, but it is used for lyrics only (all the tracks are muted in ST3). When you select the track in ST3, however, it sends a WIDI message to Stadium, to select the correct Showcase song. When you then press PLAY in ST3, it sends a MIDI message to Stadium to begin Showcase playback. So, to summarise, when you do this; 1) The muted song plays in ST3, but the lyrics highlights will scroll accordingly 2) The unmuted song plays in Showcase, along with all Preset/Snapshot selections etc One problem, however is that on the Stadium, the Song Play MIDI message (CC51) is ALSO the Song Stop message, so it's easy to get out of sync, and start the song on the iPad, but stop it on the Stadium, etc, and vice versa. It would be much more helpful to have a different MIDI message for Song start and stop on the Stadium. When it works though, it works ok, but it's prone to user-error, if you get out of sync controlling everything on the iPad. Does anyone have any other suggestions on how to automate lyrics on a tablet? For example, assigning a hot-key command in Showcase to the tablet, instead of using MIDI messages from the tablet to Showcase?

Thank you, both. Yes, I'm running the latest firmware.

As the title says; Presets and Songs on the Stadium have Midi information displayed on the screen, so you know which CC / PC etc you need to recall a Preset or Song. Is this info displayed anywhere within the Stadium app, or only on the actual device?

AFAIK, Line 6 don't monitor this forum - you need to send a Feature Request https://line6.com/company/contact/productfeedback/

Ok, I can't upload the images as there is a ridiculous file size limit of 2.5mb - is that for real??

This is mid-morph, a still from a slo-mo video I took of the icons swapping positions when I press the FS assigned to Song Play; to be clear, I have NOT re-assigned any of the FS, this is still from a vid of them changing on their own

Here's the stills of the icons swapping position; this is what it SHOULD look like (all these functions are assigned in Control Centre)

First live gig this weekend with the Helix Stadium, having migrated from Quad Cortex and StageTraxx3, I'm looking forward to using the Helix as a standalone-do-it-all device. The more I try to get things set up though, the more there are little bugs here and there that crop up. The one that's causing the most trouble is this; I've assigned flags in all my backing track Songs, to assign Presets and Snaps as needed throughout the song. The very first flag is at the very beginning of the song, to select the correct Preset/Snap for that Song. I am then using the Stomp A mode as my main screen to navigate through the Song Set list, having assigned some of the F/S's to Prev Song / Play / Next Song etc within Command Centre (see yellow circle in pic below). And here lies the problem; for some reason, when I navigate to the next song by pressing this FS, with the Global Settings / Songs/ set to 'Select Song = Cue' and 'Song Play = Load + Preset' the Stadium does some really strange things if I try to change to the next song; for example, it loads the next song, then when you press the Play (song) FS, nothing happens at all. Press it again and it starts playing, but then ALL the assignment icons on the Home screen go really freaky, and swap positions for a short time, before swapping back again - I've attached stills in a separate post below, of this, as I can't upload a video (what is with a 2.5mb limit??) Also, the flags I have in the song (set to the very start of the song) to select the correct Preset / Snapshot don't work - the song plays but the Preset remains on the one assigned to the previous song. Has anyone else come across any of these strange bugs?IMG_5438.heic

Wow, that's a long-winded way of having to do things. And it seems like quite an oversight not to have a basic function like this included from the get-go...

Done

I usually only have 3 tracks backing tracks (Track 1 is Backing Track, Track 2 is Click Track, Track 3 is Voice Prompts) and therefore label the backing tracks in the same format on the Stadium Mixer accordingly. Occasionally though I do need an extra track here or there - say a guitar riff over which I play lead when playing live, or an additional short keyboard part. Because the songs where I need an additional part may be different instruments (ie in one song it may be keys, in another it may be guitar, in another it may be both) it's hard to remember which track is which, and this is made more complicated by the fact you can't have an empty track in the Mixer; what I mean is, it would be easy for me to remember, if extra guitar is always Track 4, and extra keys is always Track 5, but if I have a song with extra Keys and no extra guitar (in addition to my basic 3 tracks) it will always place that track as the 4th one, it won't allow me to place that keys track in track 5, leaving track 4 empty; the Keys track is then in Track 4, which I usually reserve for extra guitar - hopefully you get what I'm saying. It would be really helpful to be able to name the Mixer labels as specific to each song, therefore, but I can't seem to find a way to do this; is it possible, does anyone know, or is this a feature request I need to make?

Getting a bit frustrated by how complex it seems to be to CLEAR a F/S stomp assignment. The quick action methods all seem to be geared towards assigning and not clearing - for example tap the icon on the Home screen and you get a pop-up to do lots of things, including assign a F/S, but nothing there to clear it if one is assigned already. If I go to Command Centre, and use the Clear/Reset All function, for some reason it doesn't actually clear Stomp assignments, it only clears the other things I may have assigned, like a Hot Key or Midi Message. The method of touch/holding a footswitch to bring up the Assign pop-up is all well and good, as that does offer a 'Clear Stomp' option, but it means your hands are flying around all over the place - hardly a slick way of operating. And lastly, you can clear a stomp by selecting the Bypass/Control menu option, then tap each block that has a F/S assigned, then dial the 'Switch' rotary dial to the left until it says 'None' - but this is a crazy long-winded way of doing it. Am I missing something - is there simple and quick way to clear a stomp assignment?

This has been bugging me too. The thing I'm getting frustrated with, having made all my initial presets when I first got the Stadium with the footswitch assignment set to Auto (why would anyone want that?!) I now want to delete all those footswitch assignments. The quick action methods all seem to be geared towards assigning and not clearing - for example tap the icon on the Home screen and you get a pop-up to do lots of things, including assign a FS, but nothing there to clear it if one is assigned already. If I go to Command Centre, and use the Clear/Reset All function, for some reason it doesn't actually clear Stomp assignments, it only clears the other things I may have assigned, like a Hot Key or Midi Message. The method of touch/holding a footswitch to bring up the Assign pop-up is all well and good, as that does offer a 'Clear Stomp' option, but it means your hands are flying around all over the place - hardly a slick way of operating. Am I missing something - is there simple and quick way to clear a stomp assignment?

In the UK and EU, the Yamaha warranty is 2 years. I believe that is something that is stated in EU law, though, so I don't know what the warranty would be outside the EU/UK. FWIW, Neural DSP offer 3 year warranty on the Quad Cortex, and mine died just before the 3 year point, so I'm glad they backed their product that long!

Thank you, I'll take a look

Ha, no, not a printed PDF version - I use Goodreader on both my iPhone and iPad, for all of my pdf's (including many user manuals for different devices). It has a great highlighting and bookmarking system, so it's super easy to find the parts I need, when I'm off the grid, and I can carry a huge amount of documentation around that way

Funny you mention this, I’ve been wondering the same. I’d say it’s probably inevitable that a smaller version will come one day, and if you think about it, even L6 said the perfect modeller only has one footswitch, and that’s for irony of Showcase - for my use anyway, with Showcase I don’t need many footswitches or pedals, as if I play live I have everything set up to be automated, I ideally don’t need or want to have to operate anything manually. So a smaller unit with the same processing power and Showcase is all I need

I’d say it still isn’t (and I’ve owned one for over 3 years!)

Ah, good to hear from you! Ha, yes, me too. I think I saw that another platform (maybe Fractal?) has added this functionality via a firmware update. It’s incredibly useful, and definitely isn’t the sort of thing that has to be seen as ‘proprietary’ as some things are with these manufacturers (such as L6 using the word ‘Snapshots’, and Neural calling them ‘Scenes’, or using the word ‘Homepage’ vs the word ‘Grid’). If it’s a helpful feature, let’s add it, rather than deliberately not do so because another brand does it already.

Something weird happens when in Snapshot Mode, and you send a MIDI message to select a Song but then press 'Cancel' on FS6 on the Stadium (to cancel that song selection) OR if you select a song then play the song via a MIDI message sent to the Stadium - in both cases the Snapshots go blank, and the only way to get them back is to cycle to FS6 (Mode) away from Snapshot and then back again. NB, this does NOT happen when Snapshots are visible in Combo Mode. See pic attached of the Snapshots blank, after doing what I've described above. Probably easier to let a video explain, but it seems I can't load anything over 3.34mb... Has anyone else come across this? Assuming this is a bug, is there a particular way to report this, or just send the info via a Feature Request?

Ha, i know the feeling!

I'll let you know what happens if I find myself in the same situation again - like you though I think just using a click track is probably the way ahead...

Thing is, with YT videos, we all skip through them anyway, don't we, because we all basically want them to be only 5 seconds long, and explain EXACTLY the thing we don't understand, and nothing else. Or is that just me?!