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I was just wondering if Helix has all the hardware that's needed to drive a similar effect, but I have seen the Freqout board, and indeed looks all driven by a DSP and a Bios...so, I think would be all a matter to write the correct algo. I was wrong in my doubt. :)

Yes, you're right. :)

Honestly I don't know. I just posted what I've read from a L6 guy over here, or TGP, don't remember. :)

Maybe they also approach tasks by priority, doing pedals that most people wants and/or that have some "heritage". Freqout is cool, but it's something you use couple of times, in a song o two.... and that's it. Also not even sure it's doable just with DSPs...

This.

Volume on the Helix maxed out, that's the best SNR you can get, out from the Helix. Remember that knob it's a pure volume, not a gain. Doing the opposite it's "producing" more noise from both the circuits.

No. Even with all block bypassed, you have DSP bypass, aka ADA Conversion, which adds its own noise floor and stuff. HX Stomp has DSP or True Bypass.

I still believe speaker simulation is sounding muffled due the -14dB~-15dB level set by default (raw and flat are at 0dB). Imho, at that level, the drivers are barely moving, unless you crank the volume up a lot.

Measured mine; first measures are for the distance between string and wood, second measure is total neck. Final result is total minus strings. Love the neck. 1st fret; 23,82mm - 2,71mm = ~21,11mm 12th fret; 25,89mm - 2,81mm = ~23,08mm

I dont buy the mantra "L6 wont read". Saaaaame story happened with mediocre reverbs complains (that L6 then improved), with the sloppy tuner complains (that L6 then improved), with meters (that L6 then implemented) and many other things that people asked and complained about, over here...and that later L6 properly implemented or adjusted. It's their flagship product, they read and they care. ;) (I also work for a software/hardware company, and I can assure you the marketing guys are always reading everything out there on the web.)

I've got the Boss WL50, and returned after less than 2 weeks. It does sounds terrible (dirt and muddy on the highs, also tends to breakup easily), so I'm not sure it's gonna be a good replacement. This is why I'm so upset...the G10 was a so great little toy, a game changer with virtually no impact on tone and playability. I really miss it. :/

Then, if you want the most intimidating and powerful looper ever made, go for a EDP (or two, or three etc...)...:)

IIRC, a mono block of simple delay, should have 8 seconds available.

No, you can't downgrade. The firmware does clamp the charge to a much lower voltage, and looks like the older the battery, the slower the charging process (I guess they need the charging speed to be way slower to prevent overcharging). Sometimes does take a full day before the transmitter starts flashing green, sometimes won't charge at all, even after days sitting in the charger. Re-flashing the unit with same firmware, sometimes, does probably reset the memory, and you can charge again..but then after coupe of cycles, it will start flashing red again. Also, the battery will last only couple of hours... old , new, doesn't matter. So, for now, just keep it in the charger for the rest of the day, and see what happens. If doesn't go green, try re-flashing again.... It's a ruined product, that's it. I sold both my G10 because of this crap, but I will keep complaining over here, 'til I feel better. :).

It's one of the glitches of the new firmware. Software problem, to "fix" a battery problem... in other words, garbage. :)

Hi. The firmware, doesnt only destroy the battery life, but also make the charging process extremely unstable. I got the same red flashing crap for days, (no way to charge), then started charging again, then stopped again...etc etc. It's the firmware that injected a dumb communication code, with the goal to avoid full charging of the batteries. Believe me, as I had this on 2 G10 units, and tried to live with it for 4 weeks, but it will get worse with time. At some point, charging was impossible on both units. Open a ticket wont solve anything, as they will send you another one, with same problems. If I were living in the US, I would have started a class action against L6, but unfortunately Im in EU. For sure, what they did, isnt legal. Anyway, get rid of it, as soon as you can, and move to a different brand. Good luck.

I of course agree, in fact I never took the Helix into consideration as a valid audio interface. Always seen this just as a "extra" feature to pump the product, but since day 1, I've seen drivers were a bad substandard. I also think this is not just about "fix" the drivers. I believe they would need a total rewrite from scratch, but with plenty of users saying they works fine as they are (helix users are very hard to admit its weak spots and limitations, for some reason I'll never understand), I'm not seeing this happening any time soon.

So, with Helix drivers, I can't use any settings, as to make it stop glitching and crackling, I need to go up to 2048 samples (and still glitches btw), with 21 or 42ms of Latency, depending on the Sample Rate. With A4All, using Helix just as a pass through device, I can set 64 samples, with 1.3ms of latency with no glitches (which is of course not the final latency, but still works way better than Helix). This is on a i7 Laptop with 16GB of Ram and SSD.

Yep, Im using the Asio4All instead.

Even on PC the latency is horrible. I do have a JTV loaded with a TriplePlay, and with Helix drivers always been totally unusable. Also very unstable drivers, they crash everything they dont like.

This product is pretty much abandoned, as this section of the forums. Id suggest to open a ticket and probably send to assistance/repair...

Plain and simple bulllollipop. A bunch of liars paid to lie. 2 hours, max 2.5 hours. That’s it. If you contact support for a replacement, they will send you a new one, which last 2.5 hours. Liars

It's pain for the customer too, don't forget. After their "fix" those units are pretty much useless.

ADBlock is your friend... ;)

Sold both my G10, moved to Boss WL50. Never look back.