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Im definitely a MIDI junkie, especially because I think it's still the best option for performers, so that you can automate/group/isolate alll commands and actions you need, from more devices, without have to tip tap all the time between controllers on the floor and racks.... If helix would assign a dedicated CC, or Note, and send Midi data for every single knob, button and footswitch, I'd be in heaven... :)

Be sure you understand what people is talking about before posting more tech bubbles.

Get a life.

Helix looper has no sync support.

A cab in the Helix does model a cab+mic in a room. Powercab speaker sim, it's just simulating a specific speaker response, within the actual and physical cab. It's, at the end of the day, like a custom cabinet, with a speaker that you can choose from a list in the PC. Powercab, when used as a speaker sim, it's exactly a cab itself, so it does not match any cab in the Helix.

This is why you have a volume/tone circuit on your guitars. :)

Toggle wont work for me, (tested with Midi Designer Pro) that's why I suggested a momentary. Thanks for the "almost", lol.

Yes you can do it with any controller that sends momentary CCs. You dont need any particular effort in programming that, since it's just a momentary send, so the called snapshot will exclude all the others. CC is 69 for all snapshots, and value to send goes from 0 to 7, to cover the 8 snapshots. So CC 69/0 for S1, CC 69/1 for S2, CC 69/2 for S3...etc.

Got your period?

@Ed_Saxman What do you mean with "Bidirectional communication between your Helix and your iPad."? I dont think Helix is sending back any status information about basically anything...so when you load a preset, none of the FS toggle status get sent over MIDI. Or maybe Im misunderstanding that "bidirectional" term... :)

Well, on paper every send/return are extra D/A/D conversion, so Im not surprised if that is affecting the tone, other than adding more noise to the noise floor.... and yes - it does. I do certainly get a better tone out of my Iridium when used alone, than when I put it inside an Helix path, using an FX loop. Im pretty sure it's mostly about that extra AD/DA cycle, which cant be totally seamless. Not a deal breaker for sure, totally usable in the mix, but difference it's there.

That's because MUST be on the same DSP (aka same path). If you have preset A with looper on path 1 (DSP1), and preset B with looper on path 2 (DSP 2), it wont work...and, I'd say, for obvious reasons. :)

Just try this; Start from a blank preset, and place a looper block at the end of the path, before the output. Save the preset as it is, just with a looper block. Now save again, in the next preset position, so that you have two identical presets, one after the other. Go back to first one and record something on the looper. Play the loop. Switch to next preset while looper is playing. You will get the looper recording on the second preset as well. Go back and forth, the recording will stay there.

@malhavok is right. If you place the looper exactly on the same place in the two presets (like at the very end of the path, before the output block), the recording does spillover when you roll between them. Just tried and it works.

Nope, you cant (yet). That's from latest firmware; IMPORTANT! Unfortunately, Looper recording or playback will not currently spill over from one preset to another. EDIT: That's wrong, you can. :)

Yes, that's a pain in the arse. Takes literally a minute to raise some params to max... ridicolous.

OP is from 2018. Today that list would be way longer. :)

160€ for a thing that last 2.5hours per charge, I wouldnt really call it cheap. That firmware, that was cheap indeed. :)

This!

Check if you dont have some impedance jump between the two presets. This is from the official notes from L6; "...note that there may be a slight hiccup when switching between two presets with different impedance values for the Guitar Input."

This would require some layering, like the plus pedal does. Would be great, but does require a different algo for the layering, and more params to control them. You should drop the idea in ideascale.

You should buy a Mesa Boogie, Dual Rectifier.

You should update to Helix only if you need a joystick.

I did some comparison between variax detuning/uptuning (not Alt tuning, for the above reasons), and the Helix Poly does seem performing better for uptuning (better tone and attack), whereas Variax (JTV59) sounds to me more convincing when downtuning, even if does warble a bit more for lower drops. Acoustic sim on the JTV is still superior than using the Acoustic sim in the latest firmware imho, but I've seen some youtube using that new block in conjuction with acoustic IRs, and it was sounding just amazing. Still the Variax seems the right choice if you dont want to deal to much with presets and stuff. I dont think Variax is now redundant, at all. Helix can't perform string recognition as the Variax, so I doubt it will ever be a complete alternative.

Well, I sent my floor in Germany (two times) for the joystick issue, and in the service description was described as a soldering issue. The pot base is soldered on the PCB.