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Man, that's no crap. It's been getting pretty bad lately.

You can plug Helix into the front end of any guitar amp. Some other users here may be able to give their opinions if they have done it and liked it. If you already have a Helix, take it down to your local store to try it on an Amplifi to see if you like it. I am not sure what you are wanting to use your iPod 6 for in this case.

^This^ Some people like the tuner, some do not. Some like the reverbs, some do not. Some like the on-board cabs, some do not. It's all a matter of taste, and taste is subjective to the user. That's the beauty of Helix: options.... I don't like amp model X, so I don't use amp model X. I don't like the tuner, so I don't use the tuner. Everyone has at least one thing they don't care about on the Helix. Some people just don't know how to articulate that they don't prefer something, and just label it as "sucks."

There is only one input signal. You use the same signal in parallel to cascade short delays of varied delay time. You cannot cascade the delays in serial because you are then effecting each delayed signal as well, and it gets all jumbled up.

I know of quite a few ears that will skew your 100% estimate down a bit. ;)

I totally agree with this, however we have members on the forum with a vast array of profession, needs, genres and venues. Most players don't have a sound engineer as part of the equation. They have to "normalize" volumes between patches/snaps to a known reference (mixer/DAW VU meter) at home, then tweak to taste at the venue (without a sound engineer or dedicated sound person). Yes, your ears need to be the final go/no go check, however using a piece of equipment to get you at least in the +/- 2dB ballpark is a viable tool for many non-professionals out there.

I didn't even think about that. Refresh rate would also poo poo the idea of an output VU meter.

I just use the VU meter in the DAW that shows the peak and then when it settles in after 500ms or so. I just do it while playing through presets/snaps to ensure they are fairly consistent. Any snaps I have for leads, I make sure they are bumped up 3 dB or so. I do it fairly quickly just to get in the ballpark, then adjust audibly where necessary. Some amp/effect combinations sound louder or softer compared to their actual output, so you have to adjust a little bit sometimes for that.

I would say that you can come close. There are 4 paths within Helix to play around with. Using the simple delay with short delay times and zero feedback an be utilized, as well as reverbs with the decay set to zero and the predelay short. I am going to be spending a little time this weekend experimenting with Helix, I'll add this one to my list.

I am thinking about building an external box with a couple of these in it so I can utilize a couple of the unbalanced outs of the Helix to fire these off. That would give me something small I can throw in the Helix case to give me a quick a dirty indication of output level where ever I am playing. I try to do a good job of "normalizing" levels between snaps/presets at home on my DAW before playing out, but sometimes I miss one or more. http://www.ese-web.com/214.htm

The Relays and XD-Vs are at 2.4GHz frequency. Most Wi-Fi routers these days are dual band 2.4/5GHz. Without a wireless spectrum analyzer, it will be almost impossible to pinpoint the issue when it pops up. My thought would be to open a support ticket with Line 6 and they can point you in the right direction in terms of best practices to minimize interference issues with the combination of equipment that you are using in the variety of venues you are using them.

I believe phantom power defaults to OFF in Global Settings whenever you do a firmware update. You may need to turn it on.

1. You can still use all stereo effects (reverbs are only stereo), the signal is summed to mono when you are going single 1/4" out to your amp. 2. With parallel routing of effects within Helix, you can route delays and reverbs in parallel so you don't lose articulation, run modulation on just one side, etc... Experiment with it and you will see. 3. If you bypass your amps preamp, you will use preamp models in its place. Don't use amp/cab models. I use 4CM sometimes with my Blues Deluxe Reissue. Keep in mind that using something like a Mesa Rectifier preamp going through your amp will not sound like a Rectifier going through a 4x12 cab, but it can still sound pretty cool. The Fender preamp models play very nicely with it.

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To save processing overhead, make sure you change all of your blocks before an amp model or cab/IR to mono because those blocks will sum the signal to mono anyway. Choosing mono blocks save quite a bit of processing power.

Yes, anything they can do to recreate an issue will help them with future upgrades concerning backward compatibility of older presets.

Probably start with the Mesa MKIV Lead channel model. It doesn't sound Rectifierish to me. Pickups in that guitar he's playing makes a big difference as well.

LIne 6 support ticket.

They probably need to update the release notes from Mescal to Helix Vodka. I wonder which vodka the Helix brand is modeling...

If it were me, I would try the 2.21 firmware update again, and make sure you are restoring to factory after the firmware update is complete. I restore to factory before I do the firmware update just to be extra sure about the update process. I almost sounds like a factory restore was not performed after a firmware update. If that is not the case, open a support ticket with Line 6 and they will take care of you.

I am out of town when they are in the Dallas/Fort Worth area....dang it.

Sometimes they get uploaded as something like filename.hlx.txt. Just remove the .txt portion of the filename.

Also, go to the volume block after it has become problematic. Hold down the knob below the percentage. That will show what the expression pedal min/max is set to. Do any of those values have brackets around them? If your expression can't get above 80% for example, then the max percentage should show 80%. If it was changed from 100%, then you may have programmed something to change that max percentage.

When the volume block becomes problematic, does it show brackets around the volume percentage? My thought is that you have maybe inadvertently gave snapshots control of the percentage, along with whichever expression assigned to it.

If you are looking for a single effect block solution for that sound, Helix does not have it. You can come really close replicating it with multiple blocks if you wanted. Your original question was if you can recreate it in Helix. You can probably come 95% close, so yes in my book. If you are looking for 100% replication, then no.