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On 1/13/2020 at 12:44 PM, codamedia said:

 

Prior to the 2.8 update I could not get a live tone "I was happy with" with the stock cabs. With the addition of the TILT EQ I am now able to simulate the movement of the mic from CENTER to EDGE. I generally set it to "Dark 50" (give or take a little) and it's made all the difference for me. My latest round of presets are now primarily stock cabs. 

Thanks, I’ll have to play with the Tilt EQ..

On 1/6/2020 at 5:00 PM, gunpointmetal said:

The cabs are "fine", but without a cone/edge distance parameter, the only way to get really satisfying tones for me is either mixing two cabs and messing with mics for 20 minutes, or just grabbing an ML Soundlabs IR of the cab or cabs I like and dropping it in, maybe setting the low cut, and bam, there it is.

Totally agree.  My comment was not a debate regarding IRs vs Stock Cabs.  I personally love IRs and own a boatload of Ownhammer and 3 Sigma sets and use them daily for various presets.  However, my point specifically being that Helix cabs have come a long way and are totally usable now.  In this topic, I’m saying, if the OP can’t get a “reasonable” tone using them - I doubt any IR will fix that particular problematic preset’s tone.  I.e., there’s an issue elsewhere and I wouldn’t want to give him the expectation that buying xyz IRs will 100% save the day.  

33 minutes ago, silverhead said:

 

I find that the stock cabs are very good once you get used to using them properly (esp. Hi/Lo cuts). I've tried many IRs and have found some good ones that I use but it certainly, for me, wouldn't make the difference in terms of loving/returning my Helix.

 

Don't want to get into a debate about it - just wanted to note that this is a matter of opinion that may or may not be widely held by 'most'. Different courses for different horses.

Agree.  If you can’t spin up a reasonably satisfying tone with the current Helix Cabs, I doubt any IR will save the day.   

7 hours ago, fremen said:

 

Hello, and happy new year ! You may want to download the zip file again : I just posted a complete firmware 2.82 update. All the presets were reviewed, a few bugs were fixed (trails were off on some reverb blocks etc), and the snapshots were named where needed. Almost all presets now have various snapshots. This is of course a free update for current owners, they just need to re-download the zip file.

 

 

I’ll definitely try it.  Happy New Year! 

It’s definitely not the Mission pedal since the Helix acts the same when that’s disconnected.  I haven’t contacted Line 6 yet, it’s such a monor issue, especially when playing with my band.  Maybe this week.

Thx for looking.  Looks like I’m the Lone Ranger and will contact support...

Short and sweet (or sour?):  I have always run a volume effect block using a Mission expression pedal plugged into EXP 2 which frees up the Helix's built in expression pedal for effects management via EXP 1.  Ever since version 2.82 the volume "position" is having a hard time finding 0 (zero).  Selecting Linear or Logarithmic does't matter.  Not a huge issue - BUT it is audible - is anyone else having this issue?

Pretty much the same way as Caledonia’s above.. It would be best to look at how you operate musically, then go from there.  Do you have a lot of different guitars?  If so do you need to accommodate everything from a D28 to a JEM?  Do you play in a band?  If so, do you need presets for each song or can you divide a few presets by genres ?  Will you be using FRFR mostly - or will you need several output choices?  Anyway... things to consider.  

Kinda off track, but back in the real amp days, when switching guitars, I’d just walk over to the amp and make a few quick tone changes (gain, bass, mid, treble, etc).  Now a days, I toggle through my setlists (electric, acoustic, pedal board, etc), scroll through the presets, then select, voila!  Not only am I simply changing tone settings, but now I’m rerouting the pedal board, swapping out effects, changing their parameters, swapping cabs and mics, etc... it really is amazing what’s going on with a push of a button!

And it actually sounds right too.

13 hours ago, fremen said:

There has been multiples updates since the one you've got. Three in 2018, two this year, latest one for firmware 2.70. Lot of bonus content added. The zip file now has 10 folders.

 

besides that, the expression pedal problem was a Helix bug resolved by Line 6 long ago. I now remember that.

I hadn’t thought about my problem with ‘the Big Pack’ until reading through this thread so I wasn’t keeping up with your subsequent updates.  Also, didn’t realize the expression pedal was ever a Helix bug?  I really did like a lot of your tones so I’ll recheck it out. Thx.

On 9/25/2019 at 11:09 PM, fremen said:

I am sorry you are experiencing this, but if no one tells me that, how could I know ? I'm pretty responsive regarding these things. I've also added many updates and bonus to this pack, which you can download. I'm still selling it today, and no one has ever complained about these problems. I only received kudos from recent buyers. Did you download the latest version?

The last one I downloaded was:   fremen_helix_presets_big_pack.rar  (2/7/2017 at 4:01PM)

I gave up after that..

Is there a later one?  And now that I'm running Helix Ver 2.82, should I even try it?

On 9/19/2019 at 8:57 AM, fremen said:

Thank you ! yes, like the beginning of this video :

 

I didn't know some people still had issue ? I never received any messages about that, and I receive a lot...

I tried loading your presets after a few Helix updates with no success.  Same problem, changing the snapshots would cause the expression pedal settings to operate much different than how you designed it.  There were others who experienced this as well and we never figured out if it was a bug or what because, frankly, you weren’t all that motivated to get to the bottom of it?  Never had this issue with other developers paid presets, including Glenn’s, Marco’s, Worship Tutorial’s, etc., so I doubt it had anything to do with the Helix unit?  Bottom line is I could never use the ones I (we) paid you for..  

On 9/16/2019 at 10:51 PM, fremen said:

Hey, I'm finding this thread only now. Yes, you can get those presets without the big pack, just PM me !

 

And thanks for the review ! Btw the starter pack is mostly based on my very first presets for the Helix, I learned/evolved a lot since, you may want to check my 2.30/2.50 pack, for instance ;)

Hey fremen, did you ever figure out why some of us could never resolve the expression pedal/snapshot problems we experienced in your earlier work? Thx

I’m not aware of one.

Expression pedal #2 is the Helix default volume pedal - or has been on mine sine I first pulled it out of the box. However, I would assume when you rebuilt your presets they would fall in however your settings dictated pre 2.81? 

It’s a no brainer.

Order the Helix and Power Cab from a reputable on-line company.  Do this when you can take a few days off and do nothing but sample and test to your heart’s content.  Maybe even with your band.  Keep all of your boxes and paperwork nice and tidy.

If you don’t like it, ship it back and get your refund.  Worst case scenario you pay the shipping.  If you have (or have access to) a decent powered monitor, you can reduce the possible cost of shipping by just ordering the Helix.  It won’t be 100% the same but probably close enough for your purposes.

This how I approached the dilemma (that we all face) 3 years ago.  I kept the Helix. 

Also, your chances of joyfully converting are proportional based on venue size and volume requirements.   

It can get to be a mess and discouraging as hell. In fact, as much as I love the Helix, the digital quirks have caused me to think of selling it a few times.

But for now, after performing any tweaks to my presets via the Editor, especially any Snapshot changes, my last step is to bend over and tap the “save” button twice. I don’t fully trust the USB communication when it comes to “save”.

If you’re still on 2.81, try this:

Reboot your Helix (again) holding the footswitches 7&8

Restore your global settings, IRs, presets (again) from 2.81 Editor. BUT DON’T PLAY WITH THEM YET!

Using the Helix Floor Unit, not the editor (but still hooked up to the USB), manually scroll through each preset and save every one of them via the hard save button on the machine - it’s fairly quick - as you know just punch twice and move to the next. But then again, I don’t have hundreds of them :]

Reboot and let Helix rebuild again.

After that you can run the editor as normal.

This is the only procedure I have added differing from the installation instructions since Ver 2.71. And for the basically same reason you described.

Worth a shot!

That's good to hear Kent.  Yep developed with Teles (Fender & G&L)  on this end so that makes sense.. enjoy!

here 'tis --->   CLEAN X 2

So after 3 years of ownership, I have decided to upload a tone.  Only because I felt it might stand out in the segment of "clean tones".

I would be interested to know how this preset works for other guitarists in various equipment configurations.

Thx for looking and hopefully trying!

On 7/28/2019 at 12:49 PM, Kilrahi said:

 

 

The whole point of a good acoustic guitar amp is to amplify the acoustic guitar as realistically and cleanly true to form as possible, and allow you to EQ as needed.

 

The Stomp already does every single one of those things. 

If you’re mic’n the sound hole that could be true.  However using my D18 pickup (K&K Pure Mini), “realistically” and “true to form” is not even close on the Floor Helix, unless you’re running good IRs..  Line 6 could provide the same results with a few good acoustic cabs. 

I had also requested this before.  And as mentioned above, was advised by Line 6 to use the Helix studio preamp, parametric EQ along with acoustic IRs, add spacial and time-based FXs as needed.  Actually good advice as they sound really good.  I chose 3 Sigma Martin IRs since I play a D18, very nice..

However, I still feel that Line 6 should develop a few of their own acoustic Cabs.  With the already available mics in Helix, I feel sure we could build some incredible acoustic presets.

This all looks interesting.  I did notice the little QWERTY box show up during the 2.8 upgrade (Mac OS) but it appeared to be a warning box of some sort?  I assumed the warning was connected to the expected boot error thingy on the Helix screen so I just kept going.. 

Anyway,  I will await a YouTube video or forum discussion on how to use the QWERTY features in Logic X.  If anyone knows of such a lesson/discussion please provide a link, thx!  

14 hours ago, bkylerogers said:

 

Using the Stomp in Preset Mode, if I switched presets the volume started way low and "bloomed" (hate that word) but never came back to the set volume unless I flipped back and forth between presets multiple times. It was completely random. Sometimes I would cycle through the presets and they would all be at the same volume, other times I'd switch to the next preset and it would be at a lower volume, so I would flip back to the previous preset, then back to the other preset and the volume would be correct. Is that not the issue you're describing?

Referring to your statement re volume movement;  is the ‘volume slider’ visibly moving back and forth inside the LA Comp settings?  Just curious.  

I’ve been using Jason’s method for a long time as well and this hasn’t occurred in my Helix yet but I've only been on 2.8 a few days, I’ll keep a listen out for it.  You’d think if this is systemic in 2.8, Jason would definitely be infected with this “bug” - so far no mention in any of his 2.8 videos that I’ve watched.

Thx, keep up the good work and keep us posted!

21 hours ago, silverhead said:

Yes - but before doing so make backup copies of all your other setlists to restore them later. Or, if you already have a backup file, after restoring the v2.80 factory presets you can restore the backup but de-select the factory presets in the backup so you don't overwrite the new ones.

Well, yea. Not to point out the obvious, but the update instructions were pretty clear about that already. I just assumed OP read those? 

1st, thanks to the OP, good on you for adding this thread. Just upgraded mine, install went smooth as could be. Haven’t played with it much except to check a few of my presets to make sure it all worked and it did. I really think they sound better (but not going there now)?!?!

I like the visible tempo on the scribble strip a lot!

UNDO and REDO in Helix Edit - - - Yay!!!! 

30 minutes ago, Ed_Saxman said:

Can someone upload all the new 2.8 setlists, please?

 

I missed the option to rewrite the presets.

That’s not necessary, you can reload them at anytime. On the Helix floor model just reboot holding Footswitches 7&8.