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No, you can't use the Firehawk for that. You need either an FBV MkII Express or MkII Shortboard.

Ok, but you never posted here until now. Did you get any replies on your support ticket after first starting one? Did you follow up? I imagine the first step after that would be to take the amp to a Line 6 authorized repair center.

Evidently! Yet you never came to these forums before to look for a solution? Did you ever create a support ticket?

I suggest you read the user manual: https://line6.com/support/manuals/spideriv75 about changing/editing parameters and saving patches.

Are you using an FBV Mk11 Express? The A B C and D switches change the amp to the currently selected bank's patches. I suspect you don't have the tone patches set up in the banks correctly.

https://line6.com/software/index.html You need to select the software in the middle drop-down box and your O/S in the right side drop-down box.

Latency is a function of your hardware - the computer set up (a tablet would definitely be suspect, as they typically do not have a very fast processor compared to a computer). Reaper shows the latency up the top right corner when you are running it, what do you see for the #s? With my buffer settings at 256 on my brand new set up (computer with SSD and 3.1GHz processor speed), latency is 11msec, which is not bad, but if the track monitor is on AND the direct monitor, I can notice it. Do you really need to monitor with compression, etc on?

https://line6.com/software/index.html ^^This link does not work for you? You need to select the software in the middle drop-down box and your O/S in the right side drop-down box. What error message are you getting?

For a country sound, you would want to start with a clean amp sound, add just a little gain. Specific settings will be dependent on the guitar you are using.

Is this a PC or a Mac? A typical computer can only use one sound card at a time (Apple computers can be made to use multiples), so trying to use an internet source through the computer's built-in soundcard and the UX1 for your guitar will not work. You need to disable the built-in soundcard and use the UX1 for all audio. The easy way to do it is to record/download the youtube audio, insert it into DAW track, then record to a second track while you playback the jam track.

Posting a link to where you found them would help others, although the need for Spider IV info has waned since Spider V and other amps were released.

Welcome to the Line 6 family. I've always just played around with settings to make tones that I like, rather than use those others have created. Often I will start with one of the song/artist presets, then adjust to my own liking. Downloadable tones are available in the CustomTone section of this Line 6 site, but not charts showing manually-done settings.

I'm sure you can find a case from Gator that will work for you: https://www.gatorcases.com/mixer-cases-bags/#mixer-bags-lightweight-cases I carried mine in a milk crate along with cables, etc. Then the milk crate could be used as an amp stand.

Have you downloaded the Spider Edit software? Once you have that installed, plug the amp into your computer via USB, then Spider Edit lets you move that file into one of the user patch memory locations. You can also edit any of the patch parameters in Spider Edit. Note that any patch you have in a particular user location will be overwritten when you do this, so best to save existing ones, if you want to be able to go back to them.

When does the noise happen - when recording? Is the noise recorded? Does it happen on playback? Usually something like this can be eliminated by adjusting the buffer setting in the DAW.

Any plug-in (not just Pod Farm) latency is going to be dependent on your interface/DAW buffer settings. What is your actual latency? (not familiar with Studio One, Reaper shows it in the top corner). RAM and hard drive don't really affect latency numbers, its your processor speed that is the biggest factor. Make sure you have other things shut down while recording (wireless, internet, etc), this may allow you to lower the buffer more.

No, that is not possible. You would need to use the FBV Shortboard for that. The work-around is to set up your presets in any bank of 4 to do that, for example, 'A' doesn't have distortion or chorus, 'B' has distortion, 'C' has chorus, D has both distortion and chorus.

Please describe exactly what you are doing and listening to. Headphones in mono - meaning you only hear sound from one earphone, or that the same thing is coming out of both? Do you have the headphones plugged in with any kind of adapter? If it is sound from just one earphone, then your PodFarm (or other audio settings) are set to mono.

Without listening to your video, the symptoms sound like a compressor that has kicked on full.

I run PodFarm2 on a (PC) 64 bit machine in 64 bit Reaper.... maybe Macs are not so friendly for this? The Helix is quite a useful tool for those playing live (electric) guitar. I know people who have ditched their amp set ups, using a Helix to plug into the main PA system. Of course this depends on your band's set-up, too. For me, what is missing from a pure 'plugged in' stand point (i.e. no actual guitar amp) is the 'feedback' (not squeals!) that comes from the guitar body and pickups receiving the amplified sound from the speaker. My personal preference is always to mic the amp (but I will often record a dry DIed track at he same time). The one difference I do is when recording a 12 string electric - I've found the right combination of guitar tones in PF2 that really brings out the 12 string sound.

The advantage of using 'plug ins' when recording guitar, rather than external hardware, is that you can record a dry signal, listen to a processed signal - and record/change the processed signal at any point, I'm not familiar with the Helix floor unit, but it would need to send both dry and processed signals to the DAW to do what you want. I'd recommend going with a software option. Any audio interface that accepts instrument input will work for you. Any DAW (recording software) will work for you too. The only real difference between different DAWs is work flow and user interface.

When I changed from Gearbox to Podfarm, the user patches did not transfer as they use a different format. Note, also, that the free version cannot be used as VST, only as stand-alone. You can use Podfarm when recording by setting the input of your DAW to Podfarm, of course, but not as in insert on a track, so that means you cannot change any settings after recording, the way you can with a VST.

I agree with Phil - Bluetooth latency (delay) would make it very hard to use. I had some wireless (non Bluetooth) headphones that had the same problem, the delay was not as bad as Bluetooth can be, but it was enough to make it a problem.

You do not want to run it in mono with only one speaker cable hooked to it, this will cause an imbalance in the amplifier section and eventually cause something to burn out. If you run two cables to one set of speakers (hooked up in mono), it will change the impedance the amp sees. Make sure you are using speaker cables and not instrument cables (which are not suitable for the voltage/power).

Not familiar with FL, but it sounds like you need to change the buffer settings.