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Here is a scenario: 1. you go into the tuner. 2. you tune 3. You go into a snapshot on the upper row, next to the knobs, and you accidentally turn those knobs that are in the way. You do realize that you can exit the tuner by immediately going into a snapshot. I do that all the time. This whole thing would not happen on an HD-500, because the knobs are not exposed. another one: 1. you touch the tap tempo button, or the menu simply gets triggered by itself, as it does all the time whenever I rehearse due to static electricity 2. Immediately after you access a snapshot on the upper row next to the knobs, and inadvertently change the setting from: per snapshot to per preset This results in an embarrassing situation where you change your settings and imagine if you have some kind of a delay solo, it can sound like a pile of garbage. .

You can touch the tap tempo button and the tap tempo/per snapshot/per preset setting pops up. As a matter of fact, I own 2 Helixes, and during regular rehearsals, I constantly see the tap tempo setting flash, probably due to static electricity or whatnot on the floor. So it's not having to press the menu button. My question is -- why? why do you want to give users an ability to tweak this stuff on the fly? Why can't you disable the capacitance of the switches? Lock that stuff up.

I specifically don't want to be able to make global setting changes on the fly. I don't want to be able to set the global tap-tempo vs. per-snapshot vs. per-preset setting. I specifically don't want to calibrate my tuner. That about covers it. These are settings that should not be tweaked on the fly at a gig. These settings should be set once and never messed with again.

WELLLLL, I just realized I have re-calibrated the Tuner to be at 436 Hz, didn't even realize this..... As I just finished recording a bunch of songs.... There needs to be a way to lock all of these settings. I hate this latest trend of being able to make changes without any "are you sure you want to save? y/n" confirmations. Apple started this.

Hi there. I'm planning on playing an outdoor festival in a month. In case of rain, just hypothetically, would it be terribly bad if I put the HELIX Floor inside a clear trash bag?

oh ok got it! thanks. that setting 'stomp select' still doesn't make any sense to me. With it disabled, you can still swap snapshots. With it enabled, you can additionally copy one snapshot into another.

heya. I cant seem to be able to copy snapshots anymore. I can only swap them from the helix itself. It used to be if you repeatedly touch (not press) 2 snapshots, it would offer to swap them, then copy them. Any settings that I need to enable/disable? Running the latest firmware. thanks

My advice is to use the Helix for everything. It has got a ton of ways to configure and personalize your sound. It records very well and sounds great at a gig. Spend a week a/b 'ing with your amp and use the Helix exclusively.

Today my HX edit crashed, also along with that... in my preset I have the EXP 2 control the wah pedal automatically: meaning if it's below 5% it turns off, if it's 6--100% it is on. When HX edit crashed, the wah-wah on/off value got flipped. So now the wah was on when it was under 5%, and off when it's 6--100% percent. Basically it's flipped. I could not replicate this issue. As a developer I can say that line 6 does not store proper on/off values. It's basically effect.OnValue = !effect.OnValue. So if something happens, some glitch, or whatever, then your on/off values can get flipped. There was a more serious bug with the momentary switch a few versions ago where it was very easy to flip the value if you are not wearing shoes... yep shoes. Anyway, I haven't reported this because it's impossible to replicate it again.

Or just add an extra distortion pedal, so that when needed you can turn on that extra extra high gain. I played a gig this summer without even using a cabinet--straight into a PA and go amazing feedback for those dramatic rock guitar codas etc. Let your guitar feed back naturally from the PA/monitors, as applicable.

try taking the default presets and messing around with them to learn how signal chains are set up. It's overwhelming at first. I've certainly been there.

70733-hideout/ Just curious, what was so funny about my response? Can we just all chill out. Line 6 Helix is a piece of gear that runs software, it has bugs, it has great sounds that I personally have used on countless recording sessions...it has many workarounds for the flaws it inevitably has. What's up with this "Helix is the single greatest untouchable piece of gear". No gear is ever perfect, and without flaws. We can make it approach perfection, the more we keep suggesting new features, and the more we keep testing it with your own unique setups. I don't get this snarky stuck-up holier than thou attitude in here. Chill out, everybody, ok? Seriously! I've made a handful of posts and am already getting bad vibes with some responses on here.

I have been using the pitch wham effect to transpose my guitar. It works almost just as good as the capo. It was already in full polyphony, as far as I'm concerned. There are some glitchy sounds when the note is about to die. The 3.0 poly capo is simply making it slightly better and slightly more reliable.

yeah I have a Shure wireless... but sometimes, I have to work plugged in, especially when I'm recording stuff, so there's no noise. I wish there were some kind of a "yoke" thing for the cable. I dunno...

I would invert the colors when the snapshot is selected as well.

Hi there. Just wondering: how do you keep your instrument cable? The thing that I find kind-of inconvenient is that the 1/4 inch cable plugs into the back panel. So there's a possibility that the guitar cable can get in the way of the expression pedal/buttons. Do you tape the cable down, so it doesn't get in the way? Or do you weigh the cable with the Helix itself? Any other hacks/tricks? thanks, d.

btw, this started happening since 2.90

What's incredibly rude about a comprehensive post explaining preexisting issues? Your post is incredibly rude, dude.

What's an edit mode? thanks.

After 3.0, all of the old bugs I've known have not been addressed. Workarounds are indicated where applicable. old bugs: 1. disabling touch-sensitivity on buttons doesn't actually disable it 2. mono-out 1/4" is just the left channel, until you plug in a 1/4" cable into the right channel, and unplug it. Then it becomes mono. 3. Going into tuner and exiting the tuner on the LT doesn't bring you back to the previous screen: it's either the block edit view or the performance view. It can be changed by changing any setting in the global settings for the buttons. For the LT, it makes sense for it to go back to the performance view (Snapshots, etc) after exiting the tuner, otherwise it's an additional button press. 4. HX edit bug introduced in 2.9, still here: if you put the cursor on a specific block and CTR+S it, it doesn't get saved. The only way to change where the cursor is placed in your chain is to make an additional change in your preset, such as disabling a block, CTR+S, enabling a block, putting the cursor on the necessary block, and CTR+S. new bugs: 1. loud pop/clicking sound when switching between 2 snapshots where the Acoustic Sim was on and now is off. The acoustic sim is pretty good I gotta say, the most important feature for me, actually. But it has that certain hissing sound, like a sample is being played when you strum notes/chords. Like it's a hissy recording.

For the sake of consistency, if there is an option to disable stuff, it should disable it :). I am just very "lucky" that I manage to mess up settings live in the heat of the battle. I want to disable everything I do not need to be on, and if I could, I would want to completely lock the unit, leaving just the buttons/exp pedal working. I would definitely disable the on the fly editing option as well, where you can tweak settings of all your blocks with your feet. It's convenient to some, but I do not want to have any remote possibility of getting stuck in some weird menu live.

It's also on the floor model as well. There's no way to disable "swap snapshots", etc. Same thing with the tap tempo button, if you touch that it brings up a global tempo menu. No way to disable that.

Pretty cool update! New features and new bugs, and old ones that have not been fixed: old bugs: 1. disabling touch-sensitivity on buttons doesn't actually disable it 2. mono-out 1/4" is just the left channel, until you plug in a 1/4" cable into the right channel, and unplug it. Then it becomes mono. 3. Going into tuner and exiting the tuner on the LT doesn't bring you back to the previous screen: it's either the block edit view or the performance view. It can be changed by changing any setting in the global settings for the buttons. For the LT, it makes sense for it to go back to the performance view (Snapshots, etc) after exiting the tuner, otherwise it's an additional button press. 4. HX edit bug introduced in 2.9, still here: if you put the cursor on a specific block and CTR+S it, it doesn't get saved. The only way to change where the cursor is placed in your chain is to make an additional change in your preset, such as disabling a block, CTR+S, enabling a block, putting the cursor on the necessary block, and CTR+S. new bugs: 1. loud pop/clicking sound when switching between 2 snapshots where the Acoustic Sim was on and now is off. The acoustic sim is pretty good I gotta say, the most important feature for me, actually. But it has that certain hissing sound, like a sample is being played when you strum notes/chords. Like it's a hissy recording. Plz fix the bugs, Line 6, come on :P

This issue is intermittent on my LT in 2.91. What I did to fix it is to change Global Settings/footswitches/Snapshot Mode Switches... Just toggle the setting and toggle them back. Auto to Manual. Then it started working as before. Definitely some kind of a bug.

I own both: an LT and Helix floor model. I got the Helix floor after I got the LT and got it as a backup, yes that's right a backup. I find the scribble strips difficult to read, they reflect the light more than the main screen. Plus the giant camera icon... Plus it's not clear if the snapshot is selected or not. In short, I prefer the LT layout hands down. I wish they had an LT with a solid expression pedal, that would be a perfect unit.