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Forget the USB for a moment; if you are using the included power supply, and turning the switch to ON doesnt boot the device, then it's either a faulty power supply, or a faulty HX Stomp. In this case, just return it. The USB connection doesnt have any role here. If the unit wont boot, even with an error, the device cant be seen by any computer as it's just offline.

I never said the idea is bad, nor I said you shouldnt report to cops. I believe some of you is arguing for nothing. I only said I never seen a stolen average value instrument, going back to the owner. And of course, all reported as stolen. Personal experience. World is a big place brothers, experience may differ, laws and priorities are different. Didnt want to go that route, as it's going to be boring politics. Happy to see and know someone had a different experience. Everything L6 is doing to help on this matter, is welcome. <peace>

Unless it's really expensive stuff, I understand that cops cant really waste their time, investigating something like stolen pedals, or average guitars...so Im not that surpsrised it's extremely hard to get s**t back. Said that, I still keep track of all my guitars and hardware serials...but imho expensive stuff is being moved far away from where it has been stolen. I mean, like a different area and a different market.

In 35 years of playing and messing around with these things, I never seen a stolen amp, guitar or pedal, going back to the original owner.

AFAIK, you can't do that in Midi Designer. It's all about knobs, faders, or tap, etc etc.

Meh!...sell the Dwarf and grab a Zoia. :) Thank me later.

update; Second cycle lasted a bit more; 6hrs and 30min.

Ah right.

You can import your presets from helix to Native. I do that all the time. What it cant be imported (they are imported, but deprecated in the VST signal flow), are hardware related blocks, like FX Loops / Send&Return. That's obvious since it does require the Helix hardware. Not sure what you mean with "hardware backup" tho.

So, I wanted to give this new version a try, and grabbed one. Firmware is the latest. For the test I'm using my old G10 Receiver/Charger. To avoid any Standby charge leaking, I did a single test, no standby pause; Full Charge, Full Discharge. To do so I plugged the G10TII straight out of my Plus Pedal signal SEND, to feed a continuous signal into it, and prevent the auto-standby. Charging (Red Flashing) started at 10:40 (first charge ever, out of the box) Charging (Solid Green) completed at 12:18 (kept in the charger ~20 extra minutes just to be sure cycle was completed) Play/Duration Test started at 12:36 Play/Red Flashing started at 18:32 Play/Battery died at: 18:49 Battery Charge Duration (Continuous Play); 6hrs, 13min Package Front/Back; Charge Started at 10:40 Charge Completed at 12:18 Playing Test Started at 12:36 Red Flashing started at 18:32 Battery died at 18:49 I will play with it couple of cycles more, then I'll redo the test, to see if there is some improvement. Still, 6 hours is better than 2.5 I was getting with the other G10, after the fire hazard firmware... You can be sure, dear L6; I won't install any new firmware on this thing, ever!

I ordered a G10II, 14 days of return policy...so plenty of time to see how these new versions actually works. I will report here after my tests.

You should also mention where are you getting that noise, I mean which output. I did my own measure with my Stomp, my Rack and my everyday audio interface; USB port; no difference at all in the reference between Stomp and Rack. Through the 1/4" Output, same - no difference. I even tried grabbing a freq response through a measurement mic and a pair of matched Yamaha HS5 (I was tuning up my studio room), and still, no difference between the Rack and Stomp. Visible difference with the other Audio Interface. Helix and Stomp they do produce exactly the same response curve, with basically the same ranges. The very little variations I could see, were just measurement artifacts due the mic position. Be sure you are measuring at settings parity.

If a unit wont boot, and wont respond to any footswitch combo, then there is nothing more you can do. It does need a professional checkup.

You just need a guitar luthier, and a used Variax for the transplant. Not gonna to be cheap, but L6 isn't gonna do any lefty variax. That's the super niche of a extreme niche.

I agree with everything has been said (on paper is all correct), but happens many times that I use my HXStomp setup (a pedalboard with the HXStomp as core), running in the Helix Rack FX Stereo Loop. In all honesty I hear no extra noise, nor latency that I can feel (and I'm extremely picky with latency). This setup is so clean in my experience, that many times I'm using my Rack as advanced routing mixer for recordings and, again, no extra noise/latency. I mean, I'm sure something it's there as nothing is free with DSPs and circuits, but it's not something ruining the tone or the playing feeling. Said that, I'd also save for a full Helix if you need all its benefits. Two HXStomps can be a PITA to manage, as is everything*2.

Just use the Left/Mono OUT.

Instead of using hundreds of words to describe something cant be described, we only need to know few things to (try) to help; How are you listening the Helix. Speakers, monitors, headphones etc. Give us details about that. Describe EXACTLY your signal, from the start to the end. Routing and everything. Describe your Helix Global Settings for the signal. In and Outs, and FX Loops if being used Give people a reference, like a specific preset name you are using, something to put everyone on the same page. Dont do comparisons with other things, like plugins or other devices, this never helps and sometimes may sounds a flame starter, especially on a first ever post. If possible, keeps other stuff out of the equation (PCs, audio interfaces, pedals etc) This could be a good start. :)

You dont have to add any audio interface gain to your Helix signal, since this one is already at line level. Just set your Focursite inputs at line level (adjust input volume if needed, NOT GAIN), and final levels in the DAW.

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Always been like that, since recorded music exists. If you isolate most famous rock guitar riff from '60/70, out of the mix, they sounds weird at best, when not totally horrible (yep, mixing voodoo). Problem is today many people play and noodle mostly alone (and waste more time chasing tone than playing), so they wouldnt really need that technology if they only want to enjoy that amp in the room feeling, especially for high gain stuff (for cleans, modeling is imho in general much better than amp in the room). Mic'ing an amp, always meant to be for recording and mix, or for live. My opinion is, if you want just to noodle hendrix solos in your bedroom (if that's ok for the neighbors), just stick with a real amp, even small, and forget modeling.

I don't think you can judge a Fractal unit just because you don't like a JCM800, it's just that you prefer the sound of the model you are used to, which is fine. The rest is totally subjective. Like, for example, I never heard a JCM800 sounding good, either as real amp, or modeled. :)

Please, do yourself a favour, DO NOT USE the unit, and ship for repair!

I own the same pedal (just in the high impedance volume pot version). You need a custom TRS to TS cable, cutting out the ring and only keeping sleeve and tip. TRS side plugged into Boss exp, and TS plugged to stomp. You also want a Y cable for the stomp EXP port (TRS to TS/TS), and plug the pedal in one of the two.

While I do believe the step to go from a Poly Pitch Tracking to MIDI Note Out, isn't a huge leap from a developing standpoint, I guess we're not gonna see synth modules being added anytime soon. Niche of a niche, and plenty of alternatives already out there. Said that, I'd be more than happy to see Helix doing Poly Pitch to six/poly MIDI Note Out. Would be perfect companion for my Zoia...Well, already is, but I'd say Zoia is the perfect companion for the HX family devices...:)

There are so many different tones from Allan (you recognize him immediately thanks to his style, but really, overall tone changed a lot along years). I'd suggest you to read that site (The Bible!), and specifically the gear section, where you can find plenty of great information about the gear he used, and schemes showing how the wired everything up. From there, I'd start trying to reproduce within Helix and see where it goes. https://threadoflunacy.blogspot.com/p/material-real-gear.html https://threadoflunacy.blogspot.com/