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I tried it just because I like to clean the in/out jacks.. Yep same exact thing. Sorry... PS: I used DeoxIT I work as a computer developer and constantly diagnose / fix things on a daily basis. Many times with the Helix I was able to isolate and later on describe the exact bug to Line 6, given I know how to replicate it. This is not a hardware issue, since it first appeared on my LT, then a brand-new Floor. It makes no sense, but the bug will come up after some time.

In my case, I do not change anything with Global Settings at all. Then a few weeks later the problem just develops by itself. Yes, for sure it is due to some settings, but they remain unchanged for me. The only thing that I do with the Helix is play it and back up/restore. I don't tweak my settings at all.

I'm pretty sure that the issue will come to the surface after you create a backup with HX Edit and possibly restore from the backup. My XLR Outs behave as expected: Left/Mono is always Mono by itself. The issue is only with 1/4 inch outputs. Thanks.

Helix Floor Backup 2022-May-09.hxb Here you go! I mean the fact that the issue disappears after a reset, means it is a bug. I have the "sound check" preset where you should be able to hear the issue... Let us know.

The video I posted explains how it is a software bug, and not a hardware problem. I repeat: it is NOT a hardware issue. Support people at Line 6 tell recreated the bug on 2.82 and then never again. I find it very difficult to believe they don't have any bug tracking systems, like in the IT world DevTrack, Jira, I don't know..... The best they can do is "we will try to fix it in the upcoming release, without giving you any tracking number whatsoever." So sure enough 3.15 fixed it -- yay, for a week, until I backed up/restored my presets and it came back.

With me, I don't change any settings at all... I just do a few back up/restores and I think that is what does it... Because at home I have 2 things plugged into left/right (my mixing monitors), I can never catch it.... ugh lol

I went and ordered a 1/4 inch mono TS Female to 2 x 1/4 inch Male Mono TS Y splitter cable on eBay and it works like a charm. https://www.ebay.com/itm/152233551323 How about we all open tickets to explain we are experiencing this... If many of us do this, Line 6 can't keep ignoring it? I just opened a new one. Do we really need an Ideascale entry for this? lol

The Command center allows you customize every single button on the Helix. You can link several presets together, which is what you are trying to do. Just watch this video, and it'll make sense.... so. Use the Command Center and assign the up/down buttons to link to to the desired presets. You are in preset 1. You press the "up" button and it takes you to preset 2 snapshot 7....etc... and so on...... when you are in preset 4, the up button will link you to preset 1, snapshot 1. This way you can cycle through your 4 presets. You have effectively linked 4 presets together because you assigned the up button to take you to the desired preset.

so... the pitch wham is a weird effect for me. When I turn it on/off I hear a sound interruption, like you hear when you change presets. So... I have to time my playing so that that does not happen. I put the block in the beginning of the chain. However, it is completely possible to turn on/off any block, by doing "bypass assign". Lots of videos out there that show you how to do that, for example for your auto-bypassed wah-wah pedal: you control the bypass and the sweep of the wah.

Gain, or volume pedal, or a cabinet, or mono delay will all do it. Yep. Or simply substitute all the Stereo block for their mono counterparts.

Well, you can certainly do that by simply putting a mono block at the very end, that will do it. But the whole point of the Helix for me was to have stereo arena-ready sound. Some people will argue that it's a waste of time and impractical, but I spent a lot of time having these subtle special effects in my sounds.

Maybe if enough people open tickets describing this exact problem, show screenshots of the forum, Line 6 will acknowledge it. I opened 3 tickets so far.

It will never break during a performance, unless somebody powers down your Helix, which is extremely unlikely.

I meant to say on both of my Helixes that I own. I have a Floor and an LT and use them interchangeably, depending on the level of the gig. Here's a little video I just made, in case people are still confused by the bug/workaround:

It's a software glitch. Do an experiment with prominent left/right/left/right delay with Left and Right cables plugged in. Now unplug the right cable, power down the Helix with only Left cable plugged in, power it up -- if you hear only one half of your stuff then you have successfully recreated the bug. The software glitch is that it does not sum the signal to mono initially. After plugging/unplugging, it does.

high-five!! it's a bug. It's a bug that always resurfaces on 2 of my Helixes. It can be resolved temporarily by doing a system reset. What is the bug: left/right/left delay will sound like left .. left when you plug in your cable into the left/mono jack instead of combining it into mono as all normal pieces of gear do. At this point, after being gaslighted by the Line 6 support, I accepted it as something I need to live with. Line 6 will never recreate it, as it develops over time. What exactly causes it to resurface? Some combination of global settings. What to do about it: 1. Power on the Helix 2. plug a cable into the "Right" jack 3. unplug the cable and plug into the "Left/Mono" jack NOW your Left/Mono is actually "Mono". 4. have a "sound check" preset with left/right delay to confirm you are good I learned this the hard way when I was playing at a festival outdoors. I had to play an equivalent of a Sweet Child O' Mine intro that had very prominent ping-pong delay. Well, because of this bug, because my sound on stage was coming out of a big Marshall Stack, it made that legendary and recognizable intro sound like UTTER CRAP. The Marshall's one-sided delay made the entire mix horrible. I thought I would die. Now, I always put the sound check preset as my preset #0. This way before I start the first song I can be assured that both left/right channels are fine in the house, and on stage. PS, you should create a ticket and mention this, after which they will offer you to send in your Helix because they will suggest it is a hardware issue.

There is one song in my set that has a very sudden solo with a wah-wah that also rapidly ends. So I assigned all my lead sound ingredients to the same EXP 2 that controls the wah-wah using %threshold value. So I have wah, EQ, delay, all engaged when EXP 2 is over 5%. Then when it's less than 5% (pedal at heel position) all of those turn off 1/2 seconds after, and the delay a second later. You can stagger how things get turned off for a more smooth transition. So maybe that's something else you can try.

Dynamic split's main advantage is to be able to turn yourself down for rhythm, and turn yourself up for lead without pressing anything on the Helix itself. I don't have any use for it at the moment, but if I were on a wireless in some Cirque du Soleil show (lol), I could turn down my volume knob to 5 and have my rhythm sound; turn up the volume knob to 10 and have my lead sound. So something like: dry medium crunch vs. delay + reverb + EQ + existing path.

Yes. Very easy to do it. You can bypass 10 different things with the expression pedal. In each snapshot you mix out all your unneeded blocks. You assign the mix parameter to your snapshots: that way you can specify how much of each block you want in each snapshot. 0%= it’s effectively bypassed. My example: I control wah and vibrato with the same exp 2. In one snapshot the wah block is mixed at 0%, while the vibrato is at 60%. The other has the wah mixed at 100%, while the vibrato is mixed at 0%. Again, at 0%, bypassing and un-bypassing a block makes no sonic difference. When blocks are ar 0%, it doesn’t matter what settings they have. Make sense?

I bought a pod go recently to use as a backup. I connected both the Helix and the Pod Go to my computer to use 2 editors at the same time and recreated all the settings one by one. Nearly everything I needed translated well, except the lack of the parallel effects loop for my delays. So I just A/B'ed them until they sounded close.

Oh yes! My Strat's sound varies greatly depending on the height of the pickups... from completely dead to loud/clipping.

Played around with the in-ears https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097PCY5X4 . Update: At first I hated it, but then realized that 80% of the sound complaints were due to cheap earbuds. They have a great design, but the sound quality is not there. With my Bose quiet comfort, it sounds great. Now I can practice at any hour without anybody hearing a peep. Pros: small, compact, rechargeable, stereo, includes headphones, plenty of volume, the kit has EVERYTHING you need, except a 1/4 inch extension cable. cons: not pristine audio quality with the included earbuds, certain guitar notes have weird resonance sound because the buds are not of highest quality, audio drop-outs. Note: regarding the audio transmission quality, I live in a weird apartment where my Shure wireless also has strange static noise that appears sometimes. I've not had the same issues when I played live, or took my rig to some other people's houses. I took this wireless system to my friend's house and there were 0 dropouts.

I found this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B097PCY5X4 . Pretty good reviews. I just ordered it. The thing I like about this system is that it's in stereo. I will update if I have any issues.

The main thing about "not cutting it" is the feel on stage. When your sound is coming out of a hefty guitar speaker, it sounds nice and powerful and familiar. The same cannot be said about having your sound coming out of an FRFR, or a wedge monitor. To me those sound like your sound is coming from far away, like it's played on the stereo. If you don't feel like you have enough b*lls on stage, you start picking harder, and not having a good time. My solution to your problems is to use an actual guitar speaker. My highly recommended approach is to take your sound out of your Helix exactly as is, run it through a power amp and into a 1x12 speaker. To me it's the perfect amount of oomf, and clarity. I don't bother with having any IRs, disabling/enabling them for FOH or personal mix... it all sounds passable... The simpler, the better. My power amp of choice is Mooer Baby Bomb. I bought it on a whim and cannot be happier. Here's an example of what my cover band sounds like. In this recording it's just my guitar -> Helix -> Mooer Baby Bomb -> Orange 112 cab. This is a small bar gig. Normally, my sound goes to the FOH in stereo, as I explained. There was no need here, because it's a tiny space. cheers.

I think you should be fine with just running Left/Mono to your monitor. I don't envision any issues. As for how you pan your mix, best thing you can do is simply check the left channel and the right channel in isolation at home. Plug in the 1/4 into the left and the right, but only connect one at a time to your monitor/amp, etc. If they both sound fine by themselves, e.g. you don't have the main signal on the left, and silence on the right, then you're good to go. With the 50% L/R, you still risk not having the main unaltered signal not come through the center. So just check it at home, and rock on.