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I have found that volume levels for both input and out on both the O.G. Helix Floor and the Helix Stadium XL need some tweaking and adjusting. But I have always found levels on the Stadium to be comfortable for everything except the Amp output as I do not really use that one (I go direct FOH via XLR or Headphones at home typically). I would try using some tools such as Orban Loudness meter, which I use to determine an input source volume, YouLean Loudness Meter 2, which I use to set output level from the Unit. I also really like the recently developed MeterMaid software (all of these are free to download and use. I have also noted that there is a definition and Clarity in the Helix Stadium that is superior to the O.G. Helix, which makes sense. But that can change your perception of the volume some.

I thought that Stadium Native only used Impulse Responses from the folder that you specify. Delete or move the contents of that folder and Stadium Native no longer sees those Impulse Responses. I could be wrong as I only had the trial for a couple of weeks.

Beats silence.

Hey! Just saw this. This is wonderful. I have something similar but it exports to excel as I have a LOT of helix files and wanted to just be able to scan my directories. But they are not as detailed as yours. It looks like you have exposed EVRY Helix setting. I just wanted to let you know that this is really handy for me since my Helix recently died (terminal firmware update that Line 6 has, so far, no good fix for). I have a Stadium now but I have to fire up my DAW (Reaper) in order to see my presets (since HX Edit will not run without detecting the Helix). This handles the Split paths and Everything. I hope that You put something similar together for the Stadium since it is very similar in file structure already. Great Job. I hope that I don't have to pay for this anytime soon!

Maybe I should cancel my Musician's Friend order. No money has been given to Musician's Friend so it would be a simple cancel. Line 6 needs to learn. Cancelled orders don't look good. I can't see Line 6 wanting to invest any more time and effort into a product that they no longer support, anyway. I am just wondering why they even pushed it except to get existing Variax users to buy the Stadium.

Make sure that your computer is authorized using Line 6 Central. Your computer should show up in the interface and you will be required to log in there, if you have not done so already. Also, the registration is a little odd as it defaults to the FREE Limited version. But it sounds like a registration server issue. I hope that you at least tried it twice and on different days and times of the day just in case it was a Line 6 web site issue. Otherwise, it should be straight forward, otherwise you may need to to open up a Support Ticket. You can click on the "?" question mark in the top right corner of the Helix Native UI dialog, Click on Support, which should take you to the Line 6 Support page (https://line6.com/support/), and be sure to see if anyone else has had a similar problem by searching the support site, otherwise, there is a Support Icon in the middle of the page somewhere on the Support page, which should take you to the Line 6 Support Tickets page (https://line6.com/support/tickets/), Scroll down to the tag with the wrench on it and under it says "Support Ticket", then there is a link under support ticket in the text "support ticket" that you can open to open a Support Ticket. Hey, I didn't design their web site.

I actually said that which is true - as of now. But to your point. Line 6 has had a long history of eventually coming through with most things that they plan for - like the touch interface. And they reluctantly included profiling in the Stadium. There was just no clean transition from the Helix to the Stadium for Line 6 users such as you and me. Since my Helix Floor died in an update Failure (still unresolved but I am working with Line 6 Support even though the Unit is 9 years old and it could just be failing at this point) I have no Variax interface now. I have good batteries but I used to use the guitar model for tone matching within the snapshots with no audible gap - something NO OTHER UNIT ON THE MARKET BACK THEN, OR TODAY, CAN DO. Too bad the Stadium can't do it right now. Arrgh. That is what I was using Helix Native (on the 15 day trial) for to see the models affect the Stadium Presets. The old Helix doesn't translate well for me. I think that the processing clarity in the Stadium is so good, and so clear, that I now hear artifacts such as distortion in Presets that were clean in the Helix. I also hear more... treble, bass, metallic sound of the strings, etc. that I never noticed n the Helix when every block is identical between the Helix and the Stadium. So I find that I tend to recreate or at least tweak the same Presets in Stadium to make it sound like it should. Maybe the trim can help with this but the Variax is not known for hot pickups in the models.

Actually, I got it to work. It must have something to do with windows and file reservation or other weirdness. I had just imported the IR and was wanting to use it. It acted like many of the Stadium Edit Bugs early on. You couldn't always reproduce them and at other times they would not go away until you did something else seemingly unrelated. It works, I guess. I still find the File management to be horrible for my workflow. But I will live with it if it is working for most other folks here.

Yes. Line 6 supporting it via the Variax CAT-6 interface in the D10 was a selling point for me and others. Of course, there are currently no Expand D-10's that have shipped, demoed, show, and Line 6 is now no longer talking about it at all. Because they did sell it as a future feature at Stadium launch, didn't they? I don't remember them going into any detail on Stadium NATIVE last year. Also, I no longer recommend the Variax to anyone since new ones are pretty much all relegated to distributors (if they have any left). And this includes the Shuriken. And I have only heard that Variax components are scarce to extinct, making it an unmaintainable guitar. I may be wrong on this but makes sense since, as VGK17 points out, the Variax was discontinued about three years ago. Of course, I still have my Variax Original (renamed as the Variax 500 when Line 6 introduced the Variax 700) that I purchased in 2010. One of the piezos is giving out on that one. I bought the first Red Variax to hit Skip's music in Sacramento that December (I think - memory isn't what it used to be). By the way Silverhead. I appreciate your input. I know that you have been an active member of this community since way back when Line 6 created these forums. I remember when you and a few others still on these forums where defending the Variax as being a great guitar. At least, I think that was you.

So I think that I may have the first Helix to fail in this manner. I don't know as I am working with Line 6 to resolve this via support ticket. But... I have tried all of these things and the Line 6 Updater tools will not even see my Helix, whether I start it normally, or hold Footswitches #6 and #12 simultaneously until "Entered update mode" shows on the screen for at least a couple of seconds. I don't have bit locker as I am using Windows 11 Home and bitlocker is only on Windows Pro, Enterprise or Education version. I have also disabled memory integrity, local security authority protection, and Microsoft vulnerable driver blocklist. I have attempted removing with Windows KB5101650 and pausing updates, I have tried different USB cables, verified and tried different USB Composite ports on the back of my Computer (avoiding the USB Hub on top of the PC), and a laptop that has never had any Line 6 software installed on it except for the Line 6 Updater tool which I used to try and revive my dead Helix Floor. The Helix unit is about 9 years old and I have never had a problem before until now. I was trying to figure out why the Helix Floor was no longer sending MIDI CC pedal commands to Reaper DAW or MIDI-OX. This was a last ditch attempt to correct that minor problem b re-installing the latest Firmware, in case it was a Firmware corruption, when the update failed and now nothing has revived my old Helix. (playing Taps now, I guess). So Sad.

My Helix Floor stopped sending MIDI (This was confirmed by MIDI-OX - Only get it from SourceForge by the way and NOT MIDI-OX.com). So I exhausted all other possibilities that I could think of and resorted to re-installing the Firmware thinking perhaps it may be a Firmware corruption as it was oddly specific. The Firmware update failed and now the Helix Floor is bricked and is history. I have opened a Support ticket but I have exhausted everything I think that they will ask me to do. Though I suppose that I will have to do it all again anyway. I am willing to send the Unit to a Line 6 repair shop (Do those still exist? - I hope so since I also have a Stadium - and it's MIDI works just fine). But the only way I can use Variax Models within a Song Preset is Expand D10. I know that this is not Line 6's problem. But it sort of is since I purchased the Variax and the Helix for this proposed functionality that (as of now) no longer exists.

On Day 2 of the 15 Day Fully Functional Trial. A little confusing but I like the way Line 6 is offering a Limited Edition Free version (hoping it does not end) and a FULLY functional 15 day trial. It was only a little confusing getting the trial to Activate. Line 6 must be BUZZEE squashing bugs and trying to get promised features out. Personally, I got to admit that I really wished that Line 6 had gotten the EXPAND D-10 hardware out which was promised with the Launch of Stadium BEFORE the Stadium Native that was not even mentioned at launch... Anyways, I like that fact that I can have a split CAB block in Helix Native and have a 2x12 Match H30 as one cabinet, and an IR as the other cabinet. EXCEPT THAT I HAVE NOT GOTTEN IT TO WORK YET! I put the .wav file in the physical folder and it shows right up in Stadium Native. But ya can't do anything with it. The IR Cab shows as empty and I haven't figured out the Yamaha Incantation to get it there. Is this a(nother) feature (bug)? The first one I have found in Stadium Native if it is. I am glad that I have not paid anything for this yet! I probably will - but am a little more hesitant these days with Line 6.

It looks to me like the ON/OFF and DELETE virtual buttons above the Helix blocks look like they are a about 5 pixels big. Did this change? Are my eyes just getting old? Also, it appears that Line 6 changed the editing behavior to require that you now hold SHIFT in order to use the mouse wheel for micro changes in a block parameter. Firstly, I wish that this was not just plain simply changed on us with little documentation of the change (I haven't found it anywhere yet - at least it is NOT obvious as fundamental editing behavior probably SHOULD be), but a simple mouse click STILL changes the parameter setting. I get using the SHIFT key to eliminate inadvertent mouse wheel changes but then to keep allowing left mouse button clicks to go ahead and inadvertently change the parameter seems a little inconsistent and NOT helpful. I really wish that Line 6 would not change the behavior that has been successful for over ten years and instead make these changes as new optional features that can be turned on and off depending on user preferences. I am continuing to be convinced that Line 6 does not know what user preferences are. Does anyone have a preference for not being given a preference? Will this improve instead of degrade? P.S. ALSO, CTRL-Z (typically undo last action in Microsoft Windows) instead defaults to the default for the parameter. So that behavior is not helpful either. P.S. P.S. ALSO, SHIFT-Left Mouse button Switches between Enabling and Disabling the Snapshot control of the block parameter! (Which could make you lose you snapshot settings for that parameter for all snapshots if you happen to inadvertently hit the Left Mouse button while still holding the SHIFT key) So be careful what your hands are doing. - Still awaiting the Expand D-10.

Too often I have been unsatisfied with dialing in the exact tone in my head on my Helix, and then decided to play around with different guitar models on my JTV 69-S and been VERY happy with the result once I find the right guitar model/volume/tone/pickup position. I guess I could just buy real versions of all of those Variax Models (But that was the whole point as I remember. Except that I just saw a parts guitar with a Jazzmaster body and three P-90 pickups that I would like to create a model of in Workbench. Unfortunately, I have to jump through ridiculous hoops and compromise the security of my computer just to get Workbench to run and then it will not work with HX Edit anymore. It's not really Line 6's fault for dropping the Variax. But they were the ONLY ones to do a modelling guitar right. Too many of us Variax users are addicted to the convenience of changing presets or even snapshots and changing guitars and/or tunings with NO audible GAP. I STILL BLAME Line 6 and eps. Yama(HAHAHAHAHAHA).