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Download Helix updater. Run it. Select 3.11.

I showed the video, and describe what was in the video. They said at first they could not reproduce on Windows 10, but then said they did, and reproduced and forwarded it to their QA team. Maybe it's an issue with the Mac HX Edit... I don't know and don't care lol. 3.11 works just fine. Ain't broke, don't fix. If I literally have no need for the new features, and am perfectly happy with 3.11, I will continue to use it. " Thanks for providing your info. Me and one of my colleagues were able to reproduce it. I've forward the issue to our QA team for further review. Most likely it will be fixed on the upcoming updates if they're able. Regards, Pete "

OK. I got a confirmation from Line 6 support that this is a bug. Well, we knew it was, but just to know we're not crazy. The new "behavior" behavior is buggy. I dowgraded to 3.11 and will upgrade when this bug is sorted out. To me, the new legacy synth sounds + a new amp are not needed. The downgrade process was very simple. I just ran the line 6 installer and selected 3.11. Cheers.

Here we go again... You can get an inexpensive boost or EQ pedal. https://www.amazon.com/JOYO-6-Band-Electric-Equalizer-Provides/dp/B085QKS9LZ/ Or you can use my method of setting up your presets to work with multiple inputs, e.g. guitar / Receive 1 / Receive 2 -- each receive jack has a variable pad. There may be some negligible noise that is added to the preset using this method. To see what I'm talking about, you can watch my video. I have a wireless system and it has an adjustable gain control on the receiver. So if you don't have a wireless system and have some money to spend, treat yourself to a wireless system, like Shure GLXD16.

Helix operates in 2 main modes: 1) stomp mode and 2) snapshots. Right off the bat you can customize how you want to see those snapshots / stomps in each preset: e.g. top row stomps and bottom row snapshots. Obviously if you do that, you are limited to only having 4 stomps and 4 snapshots you actually invoke. Some people like approach, some don't. To switch between the snapshot view or stomp mode view, you press the "mode" button. If you didn't set up any stomps set up, then that section will just be blank -- all unassigned buttons. You can set up some stomps by assigning specific block(s) to one footswitch and give it a custom label / ring color. After you do that, you can open Command Center, where you can rearrange all of these newly-created stomps / snapshots, preset links. Command center allows you to overwrite the stomp mode view in a specific preset to have something custom in terms of where buttons are located, and what they do (e.g. press/release) If you are using the Helix Floor, you have 10 footswitches you can rearrange however you want (you need to first enable 10 switch view on the Floor unit). Between those 10 FS's and the Expression pedal(s) you can create your ideal layout to be able to cover an entire setlist easily. You can have some FS's engage things on/off; some have momentary engagement; snapshots, going to a different preset all together, re-entering the current preset, etc. If you decide to use "Preset spillover", you can mix/match presets, snapshots, stomps and have seemless transitions without any audio gaps. With this option, you are however limiting your signal path to be half of what it used to be. It can get a little tricky if you create "wormholes" taking you between presets. You need to test out that every button has been assigned correctly so you don't hit a dead end :)

Helix LT has a screen 4 times the size of HD 500 X. To me: Helix Floor is fantastic for a dark stage, or any indoor shows. I recently played a gig where they decided to have "fun" with the lights and smoke on stage. I have glowing side dots on my guitar and the Helix Floor's scribble strips saved me. But outdoors, the scribble strips are hard to read, and it's not clear if you engaged a specific snapshot or not. That's why LT's virtual scribble strips work better -- the colors are inverted and you can see if something is engaged or not.

Or, don't use the switch at all... use EXP 2 for everything. I do that and it works for me personally. 1. Engage wah / volume / anything else per snapshot. or 2. Engage blocks using the threshold value. So applications I have: * If I have the wah throught the song, then it's automatically engaged past 5% for example. * I time the "turn off" time per song. Sometimes it's immediately, sometimes after 300 ms, 500 ms, whatever the song needs * If the wah is only for the solo section, then I have a "wah solo" snapshot * I have a kitchen sink preset where depending on the snapshot, the EXP 2 controls: vibrato, delay, freeze, EQ, filter sweep. So in short my band has a lot of trick sounds, I never ever feel the need to have the wah pedal be switchable/clickable. As a matter of fact, before the Helix I was a Bad Horsie user. The main selling point is that it did not have a switch.

yes: it's called command center. You can customize your pedalboard view to have any configuration you want: stomps/snapshots/next preset/previous preset.

Hey, VMusicV -- Ever heard of a noise gate? The noise gate's purpose is to prevent low signal aka noise from being heard. So if you tweak the settings, you can get the "auto fade out" effect. Put this at the end of your chain, after the amp, etc. Play with the parameters. You probably want to bypass it and un-bypass it repeatedly to make sure it does not affect the loudness of your signal. Threshold: how sensitive you want the noise gate to be. Decay: how soon you want the note to die out. Level: this is so that the noise gate does not affect your overall loudness. These are the settings that achieved the effect for me. Cool?

Select your snapshot, bypass/unbypass things, Command + S or ctr + S. Do the same for every snapshot. I highly recommend using "discard" global setting, to avoid accidentally saving something horribly wrong by accident.

You can control many things with the same expression pedal. Then in each snapshot you can bypass things, or set the mix parameter of blocks to 0%. That's what I do -- in one preset I control the following things with the same EXP 2: wah, filter, vibrato, freeze, delay. The wah has auto-engagmenet when you put it past 5%. But I only use the wah in one snapshot -- in others it's mixed at 0% effectively bypassing it. I set this up before the (rather buggy) 3.15 toe down / heel down functionality. So in short, you can control many many things with the same exp pedal, it's just a matter of bypassing things / mixing things out.

https://www.amazon.com/MOOER-Baby-Bomb-Micro-Power/ + https://www.amazon.com/Marshall-Amps-Amplifier-Cabinet-M-MX112R-U I'm a user of the Mooer baby bomb amplifier. It looks ridiculous because it's tiny. But it sounds awesome, and is solid state. It became my stage setup: running my Helix through it into a combo amp's speaker cabinet.

VMusicV this you again? If you are using a Helix Floor, your external pedal cannot be switchable. Plug in a pedal and it's immediately EXP 2. On Helix Rack, you can attach the external pedal and have it be switchable.

Well, Wah by default is using EXP 1. By default your preset has EXP 2 enabled. So in order to operate the wah, you need to click the pedal in to switch to EXP 1. I hate that! Clicking the pedal live is too much of a hassle. Instead, I change the wah to use EXP 2. You can use the "learn" function to assign the wah percentage of engagement. Or simply do it in HX Edit. I run my wah in 2 main modes: 1. engaged in specific snapshots -- the wah block is enabled in certain snapshots. 2. auto-engaged for the entire preset -- when over 5% it turns on, otherwise it turns off after 300 ms. advantage of using EXP 2 exclusively is that an external pedal without a switch will seamlessly work with the Helix. I made several videos about how I run the wah, if you'd like to watch: https://youtu.be/H5PMjg-oZJ8 https://youtu.be/mgTA3tKYst8

Probably another preset is affecting this behavior. This is what happens when people test things on only one preset :) Gotta expand the scope of testing. Also, maybe the EXP 2 vs EXP 1 makes a difference as well. Either way, this is a scary bug. I am always cautious when I upgrade the Helix. I have my main gigging Helix on the previous version still and will not upgrade it until this is sorted out. Last thing I need is to have weird glitches on stage in front of a lot of people. Ugh.

Some tips for what I've found so far: 1. don't have too much gain. At full volume, you may get unbearable feedback in-between your notes. What sounds great at home, on a loud stage may be too gainy. 2. Easy does it in terms of dynamic changes. When everything is loud, your "louder" stuff may be absurdly deafeningly loud through a PA. So don't go crazy with too much rhythm/lead contrast. 3. Turn off Global EQ!! and make adjustments with it turned off at home. Otherwise, you risk having your sound being too brittle live. Otherwise, you need to just practice in a space where you can crank up the PA with your Helix. No other way to know what can possibly go wrong. No amount of meter checking, or spectrum analyzing will save you from the unknown.... lol

As a gigging musician, I can tell you -- using onboard amp/cab/mic is great. You can dial in your exact sound on the Helix. I too was at one point the "my setup is so unique, I have to use a real amp", etc guitarist. Nope. Spend some time and dial in your exact sound. Plus the stage setup is a breeze without having to be tied to your exact amp requirement. Plus you can play at any volume, and record straight to the DAW. Even if you decide to use an actual physical combo amp, having an ability to have a great signal ready for FOH is always great to have. Even decades ago, bands like Rush have been going direct to FOH, using amp/speaker cab simulation to FOH. Anywyay, just get the complete package -- the Helix, as opposed to later on realizing you are missing stuff....

I'm seeing this behavior (also posted in the bugs thread). The 3.15 "behavior" parameter value gets auto-saved and sometimes applies to unrelated presets. https://youtu.be/j96k1ZFB2Fw

I made a video for the support guy. It's here, in case you want to see the bug:

So if my presets work as before, no need to do anything?

How about fixing the Location: blablaba? How hard is it?

If you don't want factory presets, you can go into an empty Folder "User 1", for example in HX Edit. Highlight 30 "New Preset"'s, copy and paste them over what you want to delete. That was the first thing I did -- deleted those factory presets.

As far as I understand, an acoustic amp for your acoustic guitar is simply a mini-PA. It does not color the sound, distort it in any way, just amplifies the sound, that's why people use it for acoustic guitars. There are of course exceptions where people run acoustic guitars through distortion, but typically you don't want to have it sound natural and warm, that's all. So for acoustic guitars, Helix has a ton of stuff you may find useful. For example, adding a compressor, EQ, delay, reverb, panning, will help you make your acoustic-electric have studio-like sound. So I think in order to sound like a mini-PA, you simply should omit a traditional traditional guitar amplifier. Use the added ingredients to make your direct guitar sound good. "acoustic" guitar playing below... just for lols

Hi peeps. Just recorded a video. Hope you find it useful.