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Indeed great news DI! Nice work :-) (i can wait till the next fw update for a new 'scene/stage/snapshot, or whatever name you like' .., I'm a very patient man lol)

It looks like the 'spill over' question will be solved! Rumours (on the helix facebook group) say that SCENES will be part of the next firmware update ;-) X fingers this'll be true :-) :-)

OK, did tried the install as admin, but didn't uninstall the previous version and nether rebooted. Will try that, thanks. (Anyway line six, fix this little quirk ;-))

Yep same here, went back to 1.04 and wait till resolved <_<

The Helix gives you lots of possibilities to EQ your sounds. Its very versatile, great sounds and workflow. You'll love it ;-)

Apart from playing guitar, I'm a producer (TV, film instrumentals, ambient, fusion), and in my studio I took the habit to cut all that's not a kick or bass at 120 minimum (medium slopes, 24db/oct). Same strategy for my guitar patches. If my patch is for a sound that has to sit in with drums and bass and other instruments, I cut it around 250hz-450hz, depending on de overdrive level (more noise, more cut off ;-) , less instruments in the band to compete with, you can go with a bit less) For guitar alone or guitar and ambient spaces, I cut off around 150! I do this almost instantly on EVERY amp, cabinet or FX that allows me to cut low frequencies!! Of course always use our ears and keep in mind the effect wanted for your sound. The global EQ, I personally only touch when I need to make adjustment for the room frequencies. But in that case only, as I use other sounds (mostly synths) that passes with my guitar sound through the Helix and want to keep the global outputs as much FRFR as possible. Hope this helps your EQ strategy?

Using the Helix as audio interface via its USB doesn't give me any problems at all. (Windows 10 here)

I recording the dry signal via spdif is possible, but only if you put in a seperate signal chain with no fx and set the output to spdif. USB let you record the dry, without sacrificing a signal chain ;-) Is it possible to record a dry signal in stereo via the USB, I'm not sure, I guess not, but maybe someone else can answer that for you.

Helix send out only a wet signal via SPDIF, but does send out wet & dry via the USB! One can choose the wet signal (USB 1/2, 3/4 or 5/6) and the dry mono signal on USB7 or 8. I personally prefer using the USB (so have to switch ASIO in my Cubase under windows, but that's not such a big deal as I can easily switch between my MOTU and Helix, without messing up the routings)

Did the right thing, you'll love it ;)

Yes this is possible. Go into your global settings/footswitches and you'll find it there ;-)

Yes both questions are correct :-)

Today, I couldn't reproduce the noise?! Nothing changed in my studio, just used my helix after a night sleep!? So I've to apologize for having alerted maybe too early about an issue that's not always an issue ;-) Didn't wanted to start a paranoia. Definitely nothing to do with some sort of internal battery, sorry. Will keep an ear though next couple of days, if poltergeist is back ;-)

Anyway, this is not at all a deal breaker for me, as i can easily use the analog outs on the Helix as i did before. I just made the vid, because it's something I can't explain for the moment. I thought about the audio dropout issue that some people have, this might help bring in another piece of the puzzle ;-) putting the same coax cable in my old Boss gt6 (yeh can you imagine.., the pour guy), no noises whatsoever ;-)

No I didn't tried that yet. Will try tomorrow as its getting late here in france. But it's true it sounded like a morse kind of noise. Personally I do think that there is something in the Helix (battery for flash memory?!) Thats 'alive' even when powered off ;-) But it's just guessing.

Hi, Love my new Helix and just starting to discover it's richness and sound palets. Today I discovered something strange. I went spdif out for the first time, just because I wanted to check if this was working for me, or that I had the famous dropouts. Well no dropouts here for the moment, but strange noises coming out of my beauty! Even when the Helix was shut off ?!? Did a quick research of course where this could coming from. Check out....... weird... https://youtu.be/snvEBKZ_o6k

Man you've made my day...lol!! Thanks for sharing this. Now i can save some money normally spend on underwear, for a proper FRFR!! Sminchk67.., love your vids and humour too.. Your channel rocks!

Yup.., me too. Love your dedication. Keep it up and I wish you courage with your health troubles!

My roland gr-55 talking nicely with the Helix! Still working on more integration and patches (I only have the Helix since a couple of days) so maybe I'll post some sounds in the future.

Well mine is underway!! Ordered it on 11-1-2016 (in France) and was originally scheduled for wk21 but got the wonderful news it was shipping this morning :-) Unnecessary to say that I'm in an ecstatic state of mind, so to speak. It wlil be hard to have a good sleep tonight ;-) Thanks line 6.

Ok you've convinced me, placed the order. (I guess I'm lost already and became a helix addict)

Yep, unfortunately the same for me :-( Still waiting for the helix to be in stock at Thomann or Baxshop. (I Live in France) Don't feel much for preordering the unit, while no certainty about the delivery date. A bummer, as I desperately want this beautiful machine! Pop up the production, please... :-)