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No offense intended, but if I were really new to all of this, I would simply use the built-in effects and amp simulations in Logic. They are "good enough" (by which I mean they are actually good). Frankly, been there done that many times. Not because I've been new to audio interfaces or aggregate devices or Helix or Logic (not at all in fact: I'm a Logic user since 2001), but because sometimes I'm lazy and also because I know that no one but my nitpicking self would ever care about such petty details… :D

Why? Unless you use some old 3rd party AU plugins that would require running GB via Rosetta, it is not needed in this setup at all.

Don't feed the trolls by reposting their spam links! ;)

I guess as the prolonged US weekend just came to an end, someone just came into the Line 6 office today and noticed that they forgot to click that tiny button in the forum software backend that would enable all the posted stuff to be actually seen on Teh Interwebz.

Also, @RobS60, you're posting in the wrong forum. This forum section is for the Helix Native AU/VST software plugin. You may want to repost the topic, including all details about your computer hardware and software, here: https://line6.com/support/forum/86-helix/

Um… why wasting your precious time with Artificial Idiocy when all you need to do is to select the Help menu → HX Edit Application Pilot's Guide which opens the built-in PDF manual, then navigate to the section titled "Renaming, Reordering, Copying, and Pasting Presets" which happens to be on page 14. ;)

Having HN open in Logic (i.e. Mac) at the moment, I just checked, and I can log in just fine. So it's not their servers. Although… you'll never know: e.g. the forum login was broken for me multiple times this week.

Have you followed the procedure as outlined here? (in Knowledge Base > Effects/Controllers > Helix/HX > Helix/HX 3.80 Release Notes)

On a quick look in Helix Native with a random clean sampled guitar MIDI loop in Logic: The cab has the "160 Ribbon" as a mic profile which sounds rather muddy for a guitar. At least as far as my taste is concerned. Try the "57 Dynamic" instead. For a rock guitar, you can't go wrong with that. That's what the vast majority of sound guys would place in front of your real cab anyway. Well, I did for s(h)ure while I used to work as a sound guy in the 90s… Also, you may want to rise the Low Cut a bit. E.g. my guitar presets are usually around 150 Hz. (Me being mainly a bassist, I know how it feels when guitarists or pianists dig in my frequency range. ;) Also, I'd switch the cab block from the "Legacy" type to the new type which allows for more fine tuning.

input ---- [any effects…] ---- AMP block ---- < ---- CAB block ------------------- MAIN OUT >>> FOH \ path B: \-------------- parametric EQ ---- SEND >>>>>>> my combo power amp input ^ That's how I do it, be it for bass or for guitar.

I'm using a similar setup since years, but rather than wasting a block on FX Send, I'm simply splitting the path by dragging a parametric EQ to path B, and routing the latter to the Send jack directly. The Cab remains on path A after the path split. That means: global EQ affects Main out, goes to FOH headphones still have the Cab the Send output to the (power) amp on stage has a separate EQ block for fine tuning Works for me with bass as well as with guitar. Only recently, while doing multitrack recording with our bands using Logic and my multiple audio interfaces in the Aggregate Device mode, I have used a modified preset with FX Send and Return, so that I could monitor the others' instruments via my Stomp headphone output while hearing my bass with an amp/cab sim as well (the actual recording of my bass was just DI via USB, to be processed in the mix via Helix Native). It was relatively complex to set up, because of shuffling analog – and thus latency free – signal between multiple interfaces, but it worked… :)

“Helix as a digital drumset?” Well, yesterday, after a somewhat related private discussion on talkbass.com, I had the thought if it's possible to use an HX Stomp as a drum sound generator. It is. (Nope, no Looper involved!) A few weeks ago I have already set up a rudimentary "drum machine" or "extended metronome" preset (also: no Looper involved!) but I didn't like its sound yet. So today I came up with the following block sequence: 3 Note Generator Dynamic Ambience Harmonic Tremolo 3-Band Comp (optional Dynamic Hall for some space) This is on Path B. Path A still has 3 free blocks for instrument processing. More than enough for my bass guitar or upright bass. The Split is at the very beginning, with all input going to path A. The Mixer is at the very end as we don't want the drum machine run through instrument fx or amp blocks. Separate outputs can thus be used. FS1 turns the Generator block on/off. FS2 doubles/halves the tempo via Harmonic Tremolo's Speed. FS3 default taps set or change the preset tempo. When turned on, the "drum machine" plays a simple "kick / snare" beat. I was aiming at a snare sound that has a slight "brush" feel. Essentially I only wanted to emulate what I'm usually playing with my feet on my self-made electrified plank stompbox, which is something I cannot do when I'm standing, especially when playing upright bass. The Generator parameters are causing a gentle phase shift in relation to the given tempo, making each individual beat slightly randomized in sound, attack and velocity. At very high tempo, this shift may occasionally cause a missing beat. Duh. Alternatively, by using Asheville Pattern rathern than Harmonic Tremolo, the drum machine can play a couple of more complex beats, rather than just "boom-ts-boom-ts". Two more hints: The 3-Generator sounds likely best with a combination of Sinus, Square and Saw Down. The Tremolo requires Square to act as an auto-gate. I'll leave it at that for the time being, so that you folks can have some fun trying to figure out the parameters in detail yourselves… ;)

Having got a (used) iPhone SE3 without a headphone jack just a few months ago, one of the first things I checked was if the trusty old iRig 1/4"-to-1/8" works via Apple's 1/8"-to-Lightning adapter. It does. No idea if it also works with any 1/8"-to-USBC or Lightning-to-USBC adapters, however.

Well, let's try this, nonetheless: Paging @Line6Tony: Please fix the broken "HERE" link in the "ideascale Retirement" popup!

I don't do Fecesbook, hehe. And while I'm watching the TGP Helix thread since quite some time, contributing occasionally (even been quoted by DI once!), it's rather boring reading overthere.