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I speculate there are new Helix owners coming on board every day. Lot's of them use Mac OS and IOS DAW products and have been running Big Sur and have move into the latest's versions of those DAWs respectively. L6 will want to get those folks healed asap. As far as ver 3.0 goes, like all L6 updates, it'll come out when it comes out and the incompatibility issues will get fixed via parallel efforts.

That’s not a great idea for L6, since the Big Sur folks wouldn’t be able to upgrade to the new Helix version. At the moment L6 Editor and the Updater are locked out by Big Sur so any new Helix version would be unobtainable.

Thanks, I was not aware of that.

That would be found in System Preferences > Safety and Security > General

I'm not pointing fingers either way. Both Apple and Line 6 have good products and constant challenges to evolve, however the onus is on Line 6 to make this happen for us here in our little Helix world. In the almost 4 years of ownership, they haven't failed us yet. In the mean time, it's a good time to brush up on using the Helix's knobs and buttons again.

Big Sur will not allow the Helix Editor to be reinstalled, thinks it's malicious software.

Upgraded to Big Sur today and yep, the Helix Editor is lagging, perfectly functional just slow. I unplugged and replugged all USB devices to no avail, might try reinstalling the editor but doubt that'll fix it. No way is this a hardware issue in the Helix so no need to reset it. I suggest lowering caffeine intake while playing with patches until further notice.

Ah, ok..I've often wondered how useful having a piezo on a solid body electric would be - however having one on a hollowbody certainly makes more sense.

That's certainly a different approach, look forward to hearing your results - might try building one myself later today? What do you mean by "1 regular mags"?

Good question. The level setting you're seeing and referring to is the default level setting of the IR block which Line 6 designed to load your 3rd party IRs. It is set to -18db no matter which brand or type of IR you select. I assume the other modeling units (Kemper, AxeFX, etc) that provide IR support are set the same?

Interesting, how are you driving the volume for those patches, outboard DI or 'active' guitar preamp?

Definitely. I run my acoustic preset IR mix at about 80% to pass through a bit of string dynamics. I use 3 Sigma Acoustic IRs and I actually have the IR level at about -3db which is driven by K&K Pure Mini under saddle pickups > Gain Block > Studio Mic Pre > IR. I found cranking the Studio Pre up too much can get harsh. After what I've learned this week, I may go back and try retweaking it too..

Thanks and good point. Yep, I have messed with the mix just for grins but am definitely running at 100%

My old M13 had that capability so Line 6 used to provide that feature on their LCD units. It was a nice feature. If you put in an IdeaScale (or find an existing one), post a link, I'll vote for it.

Piddle'n with it this morning, I bypassed the IR and pulled the patch up in volume via mostly the FRFR and a bit on the amp settings. Reengaged the IR, tweaked the block level and found that -16 is actually the flattest setting for the patch. At -17 there is a db cut and at -15 there is a db increase. Too many years of guitars, motorcycles, and jet engines on these ears...Thank you, I think I'm on the right path now.

Interesting, thanks! I agree that keeping the volume the same would be the wisest course but at -18db, the IR doesn't add much value to the amp block nor is there enough sonic detail to discern any real tonal differences while scrolling between IRs. The gains, masters and channel volume levels on the amps I'm messing with (PRS Clean and Cartographer) do have some headroom to play with so I'll go back and crank those up and see how much i can bring the IRs down. Any other input is welcome.

Starting going over a few old patches and thought I'd pull out my IR files and try them again, mostly from Ownhammer. I've had them for years but have been using the stock cabs 100%. Anyway, my question is (couldn't find the answer anywhere when I searched), is that I find setting the IR "level" at 0db is necessary to clearly hear the tonal differences when scrolling through and sampling the IRs. Since the default db on the IR block is -18db, which is a long way from zero, I was curious how most of you set yours? Thx

OMG, that's amazing for an acoustic! Not even using a soundhole cover...how is that not feeding back?

Awesome again!!! Thanks

Easy upgrade, Catalina OS, thanx Line6 Crew!

Looks updated to me (Legacy Drive and Grammatico Cab are there) ~ also the Legacy effects are just listed as Line 6 Originals.

Dittos, always thankful!

Did the reset fix the volume issues?

Catalina here, no issues at all with update. Helix Floor.

The Revv Purple is an amazing piece of programming - and I'm not big into heavy overdriven tones - I downloaded Jason Saditte's patch and did my usual tweaks - hard to believe models have come this far - super addicting digital amp!