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Native is probably the easiest commercial VST on the market. Very light installer. You just download, install, and once you login first time from the plugin interface, it will authorize the license in that specific computer. And that's it. I wish other companies were doing the same... (especially Eventide VST licensing, which is crazy!)

...unless you are 8 years old and still enjoy pissing contests, please, use the IGNORE button, and stop this nonsense.

No probs. Be sure you understand the Routing in Cantabile. https://www.cantabilesoftware.com/blog/introducing-routing-diagrams/ https://www.cantabilesoftware.com/guides/routingDiagrams

Not sure I understand here. Native does receive MIDI from Cantabile. Never had to use multiple Native instance with it, but maybe you have in mind some particular task I dont need, and there you go; it's all about your very specific needs. ;)

Then, if you just ask me about easy hosts with good MIDI, my answer is Cantabile. ;) https://www.cantabilesoftware.com

Honestly that was a hell of a response, since that thread you linked has plenty of real life setups, with specs and details.. Shrug...

Played live many times with just a guitar, a computer and MIDI controllers. it's completely doable. But that's just an oversimplified description of a very complex balance. A DAW for live use can be hard to keep in balance in a way that you can feel confident in a live situation, unless you are good with installing your stuff, work for weeks to optimize it, and then disconnect it from the internet forever, to prevent driver updates, OS updates, bloater installations, new services, registry changes, crap selfinstalling in the auto-start, etc etc... Point is, there are hundreds of variables involved, and a potential domino of elements. For example, you asked about a good Host. It depends what you want to do, and what machine/OS we are talking about. The DAW is mostly about CPU and disk I/O (if you are also doing live looping), but again, DPCs are the real enemy for a clean and stable low latency, and those can be a PITA to kill, and once killed they are very easy to screw up, since even just a generic driver update could bring them back to high timings. My suggestion is to sketch down a plan and move from there; budget, what you have, what you need etc...

If you manage to build a dedicated machine for it, completely optimized for live low latency DAW'ing, then it's doable. It does require a decent computer that is capable to run very low DPCs (Deferred Procedure Call), which are the first cause for clicks, pops and audio drops. This is valid for any audio plugin, not only Native. Also the audio interface and its drivers are very important. Native seems very sensible to preamps quality and Dynamic Range, at least IME.

Ebow isn't doing any feedback. It's a coil actuator in the ebow, which is just engaging infinite vibration to the played string. Similar to what happens with Sustainer and Sustainiac, in polyphonic mode.

Is not my comment. It's a pinned request from L6. :)

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What's the plan exactly? I mean, are those synth and apps running all at the same time? Do they need dedicated effects per each? It all depends what's the goal here. For the iPad, you can just use a USB path, and then mix the synths through something like AUM. For the other stuff, it all depends the way you are routing them all, before and within the Helix path. The delta is pretty big, as you could be fine even with a HXStomp, or on the other edge, even a Helix Rack or Floor could be not enough for your expectations.

Of course you can do clean tones with Helix, I only play clean and never had any issue with that. Your routing has plenty of potential impedance and level mismatch, so you need to find out what's the correct setup. A bad mismatch between impedance/load can easily produce signal distortion, even without any Helix block in the middle. Also be 100% sure you are not sending phantom power from that mixer to the Helix. Mixer settings (mic/line/pad etc...), amp loop return specs (why going into a loop return?), and once you know all that stuff, you need to set the Helix globals in/out settings accordingly.

Always found dual cabs killing the overall headroom. I hate to be on the edge with the available dynamic, but I guess it depends on what kind of tone you are after.

The biggest "monitor" affecting the fidelity of the listening is the room. I do mix with 5" because my home studio is a perfect and small cube, so everything above that speaker size would mean a boomy fest, even with the acoustic correction on the walls. Size of the speakers is just one of the many variables in the equation...

The deeper is the editing, the bigger is the wasted time behind these things. I mean, it's cool to have all those params to deal with, but at some point we need to decide if we like to play the damn guitar or we'd like to work as sound engineer. I'm in a age that the less the better...(which means way more time to play and improve for me...)

That one you cleaned is a molex grid connector, and it's rare that they needs attention. I meant the flex ribbon cables that connects the strips to the main PCB. Sorry for the confusion. :) Check them out if the problem will come back, but without use any cleaner for those. Just unplug and carefully re-sit.

You gigged with it for "several years" without a glitch. Why losing confidence the first time you have a problem in years? Just reset the unit and see if problem is gone. At least that way you know that if it will come back after a full reset, it's stuff that probably needs service attention.

Shuffling looper is awesome and unique, and it's one of the best feature of 3.0. I did linked all its core parameters to a Zoia modules, and voilà, it's like having the entire arsenal of Chase Bliss, right there. Of course I'm that one in a million weirdos that uses these effects...but I'm glad they did it.

I did experienced few faulty scribble strips, that I fixed myself swapping them with replacement parts, and even if they looked exactly like your strips (plus flashing), I doubt you have 6/6 faulty scribble strips, so it could be the main ribbon cable (that bridge the PCBs) that came loose. If your unit is still under warranty, it worth it to have it fixed by service. If it's not, and you have some experience with electronics, you could check yourself, if all the ribbon cables are properly inserted. Good luck.

2.30 is from November 2017, but that has been valid until Feb 2018, when they released 2.50. This means your unit probably has been produced in between these dates, or even later (new firmware aren't instantly installed on new units), but since the helix floor is made of the same hardware as day one in 2015, doesn't matter anything for you, as I guess Yamaha doesn't store their stocks in a basement with wine and cheese, so 4 years or 4 weeks, makes no difference. Anyway, Line 6 won't read your complain over here, so if for you is a big deal, you should contact Yamaha directly, or your distributor/reseller. (Im sure you have already installed 3.11 and having fun with it)

That's normal noise floor (plus EMI due the missing load at 1MOhm), and you need to plug that cable to the instrument to close the ground loop and load proper impedance to that input.

If I have to think about it, sounds an expected behaviour if you are trying to get a mono sum, out of a stereo block that isnt being merged to mono before to hit the out. I guess that's also why we have mono version of many blocks. For example, if I'd just use a ping/pong delay, plugging just the left output, Im expecting to hear only the left "ping". I could be wrong, but never faced this issue myself, as I always work my presets in stereo for stereo out, and in mono, for mono out (many times is just a matter of placing a "dummy" mono volume/gain block before to hit the out stage).

Go to the Global Settings ---------> Displays -------------> Tap Tempo flashing LED on/off This is NOT turning Tap Tempo off (you can't), but it's shutting the flashing red LED off.

Before the 3.0 firmware, I was selling my Helix Rack. After the 3.0, I kept the Rack and also grabbed a HX Stomp. Imho they perfectly know what to do to revamp the beast, and keep it in the market. The introduction of kind of granular approach (even if isn't a real granular algo), with glitches effects, shuffling loop, drift effects and a solid ambient reverb etc... means to me they are watching the entire market (not really only ODs, high gain, and rock stuff) and patching the Helix to keep it on this century. I don't remember anyone asking for those effects, they aren't really meanstream algos, but instead of just feeding the old userbase and the average Helix user, they did it - making the device ready for a even wider sound design palette (usually territory of Empress, Glou Glou, Chase Bliss etc.) . And this is why I kept my rack, and bought another HX device - instead jumping on a different brand. Just to say, let them do their job. ;)