caledoneus

I'd suggest checking out the Line6 Powercabs. They are great for the Helix!

So, I just found a black Variax Standard on sale for $450 b/c it has "scratches." From the pictures, the scratches are nothing different from what I'd end up doing myself anyway, so I had to pull the trigger on it. :) Now we await the shipping!

how much will you use it? Don't know. But, the fact is that there are people who were desperately needing it. I won't use it much myself, but I'm happy to have the option there if I need it. There is so much in this update, that I think there is something there for everyone. That's just one guys opinion though I guess. :)

you can use pretty much any of the "preamp" models as an "amp in the box" pedal.

put it on ideascale

its under the delays. lol

My guess is you are hearing the notes from the guitar "acoustically" and that is what is making it sound bad to your ears.

Apparently there is a shortcut to enable/disable the spillover as well if you hold action and hit the home button (at least I think that is it).

DSP

If you are talking about the Artist Presets in the factory presets, they are pretty good honestly.

Line 6 could always take a cue from the Headrush guys (even though it is usually the opposite way around) and look into releasing a Helix "looperboard" that would just be a dedicated looper that could be designed to easily integrate with the Helix platform... ;)

I haven't tried them yet, but from what I gather, it allows you to assign a preset (different from the one you are in) or a snapshot (from the preset that you are in) as one of your stomps in stomp mode. You can do the same thing now with the different looper buttons in the 6 switch looper. Could honestly be pretty handy I would think....

so, no well known artists are using the Helix, eh? Here's a list from a quick bit of google fu. Billy Sheehan, Tosin Abasi, Lincoln Brewster, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jeff Shroeder (smashing pumpkins), Herman Li (Dragonforce), Devin Downsend, Jen Majura... that's just a few.

For that, I was just using the clean channel on the Katana, with some reverb, and with the boost knob set up to be used as a solo/lead boost...

I've done this using the FX Return of my original Boss Katana Head and it sound great. NOT FRFR though, so you would want to bypass/ remove the cab or IR from the chain so that you aren't putting a cab sim into an actual cab.

problem there would be if you have this and are trying to hit the presets to switch presets, and it give you a save prompt and doesn't switch it could screw you over live. Maybe if you made it an option you could turn on or off in global settings it might work, but there would have to be an option to turn that off.

there are plenty of great amps and all on the helix for bass.... not really sure what you are looking for here...

Is that a setting in the Helix, or on the computer? I've never really messed with MIDI before , so have no idea how to set it up.l

So. If I wanted to use the MIDI control of the Helix to trigger Ableton to play some pads on a laptop, what type of cable would I need... I looked for MIDI to USB cables, and there are bunch of different kinds of them, so I'm just not sure which I would need. Do I need one that has 2 MIDI connectors (1 in and 1 out) or just one MIDI connection?

Yep, I use the G30. Had it for a couple years now and love not having to fool with cables anymore... lol. I'll still probably do it like you said though.

So, I picked up an LT about a year go, and I love it. It honestly fulfills pretty much everything that I want, and the extra 5 or 600 bucks for the Floor is not something that I could justify. The only thing the Floor has that I wish the LT had in all honesty is the Mic input. (the scribble scripts, the extra fx loops, and all that other stuff are kind of irrelevant to me). SO, To fix that lack, I have purchased myself a small 5 "channel" Behringer mixer that I'm going to run into the input of the Helix and then run the guitar into one of the FX loop returns (or maybe the other way around) to give myself the ability to have a mic input for the LT. The mixer was like 50 bucks.

... just use the badonk?

at home, a set of studio monitors. at practice, a pair of 15 powered speakers (FRFR) Live, either the FRFR speakers or the PA of the venue (depending on what type of PA setup they have)

It is definitely a very versatile OD. You can really tailor it to fit the sound you are looking for (well, maybe not like death metal distortion)