Well if I cannot at least sync modulations and delays to my DAW, it is a no go for me. Glad I did not sell off all of my gear and pre order this beast. I really cannot understand why the HELIX would even have MIDI input if it where not capable of syncing to external devices. I brought my HD500x back to the store for refund mainly for this reason. Geez are any of these manufactureres ever gonna give us the full blown unit we need. The Boss GT-100 had damn good MIDI sync but the lack of proper balanced outputs (NOISY AS HELL!)and crappy Amp modeling made me sell that unit off also.