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Hi folks, Anybody know if the Variax usb interface connected to a Mac would allow Logic Pro x to receive input from the guitar? I am hoping to avoid using a mic. I also have both a firehawk and an amplifi available if one of those is required but I was kind of wanting to just use the guitar directly into the DAW. thanks!

Just starting and stopping the loop At any Tim e without having to map it And to erase it

Man this thing would be so much nicer if the loop back state and button controls were always accessible. Right now I have to mod tones to map the looper to a pedal button and play aggravating morse code to program it. I gotta sign up for that idea thing line 6 does

Old thread but damn I would love acoustic nylon model

The firehawk. It makes the Amplifi irrelevant but does exactly what you want. I have the Amplifi 75 and firehawk pedal board with an 89f I just put the Amplifi in a 'clean' model and get all the line 6 models from firehawk. It works largely the same as other line 6 effects boards but can power your Variax and configure the Variax tones and tunings directly

You could skip Bluetooth with the pedal board accessory

SAVE TONES TO BANK A1 THAT INCLUDE 'NO AMP' off soapbox

For those that have searched to this thread something you have to always do is make sure you have the battery charged and in your variax as well as an audio jack plugged in, otherwise the guitar will not use the battery and it WILL NOT use usb power. Does not matter if you plug the audio jack into an amp, it just has to be fully inserted into the guitar. Then the variax will talk over vdi-to-usb to your software. I always forget the need to insert 1/4" cable and have a temporary panic :)

I wish we could do this so badly. A wireless rechargeable vdi box with battery clipped to belt and enet cable to jtv

There is a known bug changing the first bank of tones that causes you to have to do a factory reset and re pair Bluetooth. Create a ticket with support so they know your Amplifi is affected.

I never use the bar on any of my variaxes. Put ultra light 9s on the thing and the playability of the 89F is superb. Sometimes during play though I slip the high or low E strings off the neck, but thats just me :)

Yeah i exchanged it

Yes they are great and I bend a lot (I hate whammy bars). With the Floyd rose on the 89f it's like an Angels kiss. Not sure I played enough with the 10s to detect any tone differences (if there is its damn subtle) but I would rather have my fingers remain intact :)

There is a known bug that you cannot change bank 1 presets and it SUCKS. You have to do a factory reset (you don't have to replace the firmware, just boot holding down volume and tone buttons) to recover the corrupted flash. Like many of you I run firehawk effects to my amp, and prefer the amp to be dumb and clean so changing the default is desired. Call line 6 to make sure they know you have this problem. -d

wow not a fan of that look. I can appreciate the approach line 6 took.

10s. so any sane person would set up the guitar with NY XL super light 9s :P

You just want something for the home to compose with? or are you going to gig with it or play with other musicians? Do you use a firehawk fx? The firehawk fx can power the variax and control all of your HD tones, including commanding your guitar into its various modes. That way you can get a relatively cheap and clean amp and keep your tone banks in the firehawk.

and they announced an amplifi 30, so I think they recognize high, mid, and low end products with similar feature sets. I have an amplifi 75 I use at home... that amplifi 30 would be great as a composer amp, but the amplifis have an annoying bug working with the firehawk as the power-on preset is heavy distortion, and of course you want your firehawk fx to determine the effects. If you try to change amplifi power-on default preset, it corrupts the flash and you have to do a factory reset. So they have a lot of work to do with the three families but they all hold great promise.

There are some bass effects in the cloud you can search using the firehawk app. One called bass Variax low (or something like that) that commands the Variax down to lowest octave and has a few effects patched up

Have this problem myself when I try to save over preset 1C. The factory reset fully recovers it (minus my desire to change the damn tones). Did you try the volume+tap hold down on power on? (I said tone, but should be the TAP button)

Your 89 red wins, sorry blonde. I have an 89 red and 69 Lake placid blue. Two beauties (no blue hair old lady jokes ;) )

Try powering off, then hold down volume and tone buttons and power it back on. This is a factory reset and helps me when it jams up.

Oh and should add latest version of the remote app

Hmmm. I used an iPhone with iOS 9.2. Perhaps it's related to the remote app?

ok and one more thing for the road: Called line6 and they are aware of the problem... been tracking it for a while now. Don't save tones to 1A (and I suspect 1B, 1C, and 1D). As more firehawk/pod users try to use an amplifi as a passthrough, there is a desire to replace the default power-on bank tone as a clean effects-free zone (since that comes from your fx box). -d