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Ooh good catch! I hadn't even thought about trying that with mine!

I didn't want every effect automatically being assigned to a stomp as I usually only assign things IF I need to turn them on/off for a song, so I set that to manual. ...And realized later on that using that option also means Volume and Wah blocks do not get auto mapped to the volume/toe like they used to. It would sure be great to have an option for the OG helix functionality of auto-assigning volume/wah but everything else being manual! (and yes I will also open a ticket.)

Perfect! Exactly what I was looking for! thanks!

I did and they couldn't tell me any more than the standard description everywhere else.

Yeah I discovered recently as well that the line was only on unit itself. More confusing on the editor. I just remember for the moment that Clarity is the first non-agoura model.

I opened a ticket on this as well. If I'm live on a gig, and make a quick tweak, I want to stay exactly where I am in my current set list, not be taken to the preset in the User Presets list and then have to go find my way back to where we are in the set list.

I actually filed a ticket saying that when exporting from a setlist it should export the associated PRESET and not the ALIAS, as I also was bit by this and I can't think of any reason I would ever want to export the alias. They said no guarantee that would change, but I'm hoping they will realize that current system is dumb (IMO) and change it.

I canceled my D10 preorder until I can positively CONFIRM that it will allow the Stadium to change Variax models/pickups/tunings. Because if it can't then it's definitely no use to me and I can't yet get a definitive answer anywhere.

Even though I never really used that (I generally just go by ear with anything I use that pedal for) I do wonder why they removed that useful feature. My guess i "bang for the buck." The extra cost of another screen probably wasn't worth how few people used it. That's all just assumption on my part though. I do wish they had kept it. I did like having visual reference too.

I used Orban loudness meter and it worked via usb-c. I think maybe just the editor is wifi only for now until they rehearse the usb update. I was really surprised when Orban worked and recognized my stadium as a usb-c interface.

I'm guessing the D10 will ship with a cable like the Variaxes shipped with to hook up to the Variax Interface that had Ethercon on one side and regular ethernet on the other. I did also use a plain old ethernet cable at a gig once in a pinch. They work just fine, you just have to be more careful to avoid damaging the jack.

The thing is -23 in Orban (LUFS or whatever those meters are, I'm not at home right now) seems to translate to -18 in my DAW IIRC.

I know on my OG Helix the 2 paths were separate DSP chains so if you needed two DSP heavy things it was generally best to have one on path A and one on path B. Is this still true on Stadium? Just trying to figure out what patterns of my old ways of thinking still apply and what I need to unlearn.

No I just meant that on the OG Helix I ended up with more than 512 preset slots because I used ALL the set list slots and didn't keep those.

I rarely use my Catalyst as I'm usually running my Helix direct but when I do use it I find my brain works better with the Helix methodology of direct amp models. I know when I want to reach for a Vox AC30 or a Bassman or a Plexi. Since Catalyst doesn't use that methodology I am not as "familiar" with the original amp models. Are there at least basic comparisons that can be made to help me hold them in my mind? I think "Chime" is "voxish" if I'm not mistaken. And Crunch is Marshallesque? What about the others? I've been using the moa in Manual mode for a weekly Beatles jam so am only now kind of getting to know it better.

I’m away from home for the next week so I can’t test mine but I’m curious now as I have that pedal as well!

Yes in various videos Eric has said it would be wifi first then usb later and I believe one of the upcoming mapped updates is called “The USB update” or something like that.

but I always overwrote the factory and template set lists on my Helix Floor.

Yeah it's more that since the setlists just use aliases and the actual presets are just in the all purpose "User Preset" pool it could get complicated trying to find all the presets only associated with one band or such to delete them and make room. I believe there's only 512 User Preset slots which I think is less than OG helix which was 6 set lists of 128 each (I think).

I generally make a preset per song and try to match the song, and then it also serves as my set list. In groups where I play guitar and keys, I still use my Helix to send MIDI to my Nord to change presets or turn things on/off as needed too. So with one preset per song for LOTS of bands, they add up quick!

For years now I've been using Orban Loudness meter to normalize my preset volumes. Of course there is ALWAYS some more live tweaking once you're hooked up to a real PA, but this method has gotten all my stuff at least in a good ballpark. I like it because it uses the ASIO driver so it doesn't matter where your volume knob is or where you have the input gain of your audio interface set, etc. That's always been one dilemma when people say "set your Helix volume all the way up." Okay but then you still have to set your interface input gain too and where should it be set before you start tweaking preset volumes? With the Orban ASIO method I use, there is nothing to set except individual preset volume levels. NOW, the question becomes, what should be the target you're aiming for? I don't really know enough about LUFS, CBS, ITU BS.1770 etc. to really know what that means. I just know that through 10 years of trial and error, -23 seems to be a good place that works for me on these meters. However, I would love to learn from people more knowledgeable than I the best practices here.

True but at the very least it should be an option. If I'm in a set list at a gig, and make a quick tweak, I want to stay WHERE I AM in the set list so I can hit "next preset" and go to the next song. I don't want to have to do a tweak, then tap the set list, then tap whatever song I was on to resume my gig.

Yeah but this is the color of the Preset number so it wouldn't really fall into those groups. So far all preset number colors have been white by default unless I change them manually.

YES. I've opened a bunch of tickets about various issues. They are probably starting to hate me. This could definitely be a problem at a gig if you don't notice.

Oh dang I hadn't realized this! Yeah they need to fix this ASAP.