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The boot failure is actually part of the 2.8 update process. It should restart automatically and the Updater should continue after that. See Step 3a here:

Nothing ever happens at Summer NAMM...

Well do you have headphone that you could at least try? I think it's worth seeing if it's something unique with the amp or something with the Stomp itself... You could also try going to Global Settings>Footswitches and turning the Stomp Select parameter to "Press". That will turn off the capacitive touch feature.

Try plugging them in to the same outlet if possible. This is probably related to the capacitive touch feature. It seems like it's a ground loop of some sort, but there might be way to minimize it. Do you hear the noise with headphones?

What do you mean by "duster" here? Do you have the Blackstar and the Stomp plugged into the same outlet/power strip?

Hmm... That's a new one. What do you have the Stomp connected to?

Noisy in what way, exactly?

No, the HX Effects doesn't have a jack for a toe switch. You can use the expression pedals as a bypass controller (know as auto-engage), though. So you are still able to activate things like wahs without having to assign them to a footswitch.

I like that pedal as well. I had mine on my HX Effects board for awhile, but eventually I concluded that I can get close enough to matching it with the HX overdrives that I don't really need it... I haven't sold yet, but it's off my board, waiting in pedal limbo.

Well, bypassing the amp block will still allow signal to pass through. Are you saying, though, that you're hearing a dry signal even with the amp block on?

With Helix Native, you'd be able to do pretty much all of this. With the upcoming 1.8 release of Native, there will be the option to remove the "DSP limit" from Native presets, so none of the hardware block limitations will apply. As far as the graphics thing, I don't suspect Line 6 will go down the skeuomorphism road again. @Digital_Igloo has some pretty strong feelings about it... :-) But, really, all the detailed graphics do is make the installation files bloated and use system resources. Native also has adjustable input gain control. I'm not sure what you're saying about the Room and Plate verbs... They are in the Legacy folder, yes, and there aren't mono versions of them - but they're still very much useable. As far as TH-U, I have the Slate version that comes with the Everything Bundle, and I don't really like it all. It's one of those plug-ins where the GUI gets in its own way. It very awkward to move around the signal chain, and you have to zoom in and out onto different items... It was so annoying that I only ever really used it once. I figured I'm happy with other stuff, and I don't need to use something just because I can.

Yes. Feedback has nothing to do with the type of amp you're using. You can achieve feedback with any speaker, really. It's just a function of the sound coming from the speaker hitting the resonant frequency of the strings and causing them to vibrate, and then having the pickups amplify that. It's a function of volume more than anything else.

It's weird that a cable would work but the adapter wouldn't... They are essentially doing the same thing - grounding out the ring connection from guitar jack. But, yes, something like that is the only solution (you could always try a shorter cable). The G10 transmitter plug is what it is. It uses the ring connection to recharge the internal battery, and that's what causes trouble with some of these preamp systems.

With the G10, the key is to not to plug the transmitter back into the base after you've gone through the process of having each unit find the best channel. If you plug it back in, it resets it, and there's a good chance that two of the receivers will pick the same channel, as you said. This is one area where the G10S has a big advantage of the G10. On the G10S, you can manually set the channel on the receiver, so if you're using multiple units, everyone would just select a unique channel.

Some preamp systems have this sort of issue because of the G10 transmitter's TRS plug. You could try using the little right angle adapter that came in the box. That seems to fix it a lot of the time.

It's best if you can connect the monitors directly to the Helix.

Hi. The HD Metal Pack is only compatible with the HD series PODs. It isn’t compatible with POD Farm. The metal model pack that’s compatible with POD Farm is called the Metal Shop Pack. Contact customer service and you should be able to get a refund for the HD pack.

I have no reason to believe there are a lot of bad units. There are a few that have issues, I’m sure, but there have been tens of thousands of Stomps sold, and the vast majority are fine. Anyway, did you try doing a factory reset after updating the firmware? To do a reset, hold FS 2&3 together while powering up. I would give that a shot before sending it back.

Yes, you can record 4 dry signals at 24/96. If you're using a Mac, you'll have to download the actual Mac drivers rather than using the Core Audio drivers. In Windows, you can do it with the ASIO drivers. You would just change those settings in your DAW.

You should be able to do that, no problem. What kind of setup are you after, exactly?

What expression pedal are you using?

Go to Global Settings>Preferences and set Tempo Pitch to "Transparent" instead of "Authentic".

Go to Global Settings>EXP Pedals and make sure the EXP Position parameter is set to Per Snapshot.

You may have unintentionally switched Setlists. Try pushing down on the Preset knob and then make sure you're in either FACTORY1 or FACTORY2. As far as the on-board expression pedal, you can toggle its function between EXP1 and EXP2 by pushing it forward and activating the toe switch. You may have to press with quite a bit of force as the switch tends to be a little stiff when new.

I’m not a Line 6 employee, but I think it’s safe to say that there will no more M-series updates. It has been, like what, almost 10 years since the last update? There’s no way they’re opening up that code again. If you want an updated M9 or M13, get an HX Effects.