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That metal bar on front isn't really a handle... It's a kick bar. The HD500(X) had that too, and I remember people talking about them as handles. Technically, I guess you can use them that way, although, it's not anything I've ever done.

CustomTone support will probably come eventually... I imagine it will be around the time when they get HX Edit working fully with the HX.

You can go to Global Settings>Footswitches and under Knob 2, Preset Mode Switches, you can set up Preset Mode to display Snap/Stomp (4 snapshots on top row, 4 stomps on bottom row) or Stomp/Snap (4 stomps on top row, 4 snapshots on bottom row). You can't assign snapshots to switches in Stomp Mode, though. This is a global setting, so it can only be adjusted on the unit itself.

This sounds like there's simply a Global Setting that changed. If you go to Global Settings>Footswitches, under Knob 4, you'll see Snapshot Mode Switches". If that's set to "Auto Return" it will do what you're describing. It goes back to Stomp Mode automatically after you select a snapshot. Set it to "Manual Return" if you want to remain in Snapshot Mode after selecting a snapshot. If your scribble strips are blank in Stomp Mode, it simply means you haven't assigned anything to them.

On the whole, the quality of mass produced items has been steadily improving over the years. It’s really a fallacy that “they made ‘em better back then...â€. Sure there a handful of old cars on the road, but people forget all the clunkers that came out of those old factories. Sorry, I just don’t buy into your pessimism...

Are you saying it’s sending an actual MIDI Aftertouch message or the CC for Polyphonic Aftertouch (CC64, I believe)?

It certainly wasn’t rushed out the door... It’s been in development for years. I saw mock-ups for it around the time the Helix was first released. I’ve known they were aiming to release it at Winter NAMM 2018 since the previous Winter NAMM. If anything, they held back on releasing it as fast as dealers wanted.

It's only bad PR if companies aren't responsive to issues... There isn't a company making anything electronic that doesn't have to deal with problems. Line 6 has been so responsive to issues, it's actually been surprising to me to see the lengths they've gone to recently. Frank Ritchotte replies to people almost immediately on Facebook posts about issues, even on the weekends. I've seen them overnight replacement units to people, even people overseas... I simply don't see other companies doing that sort of thing. One lighting controls manufacturer I work with has a sign up in their headquarters that says, "I guarantee your roof will leak. I guarantee we will fix it." The owner tells the story of dealing with a roofing contractor that told him that when they were building their facility. That's the right attitude to take towards this stuff. There are going to be issues. What matters is how companies deal with them.

You should be fine with just using two outputs. The outputs on the Strymon bricks are capable of providing much more than their ratings. Amperage isn't like voltage... The current draw is what the pedal needs to run, and the power supply can either provide it or it can't. And the actual max current draw of the HXFX is something close to 2000mA.

They added the "Headroom" parameter on this model to deal with this. Just increase it until the clipping goes away.

Yes, the current doubler adapter is what you would need to use two outputs from the power brick. As far as the adapter to go to the HXFX, you'd need something like this: https://www.amazon.com/Adapter-Creative-Lighting-Solutions-LLC/dp/B01NAC0OLC/ref=pd_bxgy_147_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01NAC0OLC&pd_rd_r=VMJ0WBX4JVBTKKEVAPNV&pd_rd_w=q29iu&pd_rd_wg=yVNSf&psc=1&refRID=VMJ0WBX4JVBTKKEVAPNV Note that Voodoo Lab and TrueTone both sell Line 6 adapters to go from the 2.1mm barrel to the 2.5mm barrel, but those actually reverse the polarity... Those were originally made for the 4-button stomps (I don't know why they reversed the polarity since it actually didn't matter for those pedals...). So if you wanted to use one of those adapters, you'd need another adapter to reverse the polarity again. It's much easier to just use the little adapter I linked to above.

Man, if you would have just added a 19th exclamation point at the end, they definitely would've listened to you... Too bad... This item will be addressed shortly. The hotfix firmware to address this was actually released this past week, but they ended up taking it down because some people were having some weird issues during the installation process. The new one should be out on Monday.

So do you have the original PT Jr? The one with the solid panel at back? There isn't much clearance under that, for sure. Pedaltrain actually revised that design for the Jr Classic, and made it an inch higher. I don't know that the Ojai will fit under the original Jr... Anyway, yes, I have seen reports of people using the Ojai successfully with the HXFX. As far as being able to power all of that, it will be close, but I think you'll be OK. The Chase Bliss pedals are pretty low current draw (I think the Tonal Recall is 150mA and the Brothers is 20mA). The H9 is 400mA at 9V, so you'll be right around the listed capacity of 2500mA... You'd want to double up two of the 500mA outputs to connect the HXFX.

This is known bug and will be fixed shortly.

Well, Line 6 Updater serves other products besides the Helix...

Speaking as an electrical engineer, I'd say it's only very poor engineering when stuff starts catching fire... :) Seriously, though, I think the reason Line 6 decided to use the DC-3g was that they didn't have to go through the trouble of getting another power supply tested and listed. As someone who's been building pedalboards for 20 years, I'd say people forget how easy they have it now. It's only recently that was have a large variety of power bricks to choose from, and getting the right adapters for the HXFX may be a slight PITA, but it's doable. When you look at all the benefits the HXFX actually provides for a rig, those far outweigh the inconvenience of finding a way to get power to it. I suspect in the few years, you're going to be seeing freakin' tons of these things on pedalboards.

If you've installed it successfully, you should be OK, I think. The issues were with the installation process itself.

They have pulled back 2.52 for the moment, as it seems to have been causing some unexpected issues for some people during the installation process. So just hold tight for now...

Well, I'm not a Line 6 employee, so it's not "my design" in any sense of the word. The CS12 should actually work to power the HXFX... Check out this thread: https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?posts/25838555/ The only issue is that you need to be under the total current draw of the brick, which is 2200mA. So if you have other high current pedals, you could be over that. This is why I like the Strymon power supplies, btw. I have two of the Ojais under my board and could add a third if I needed. The fact you can daisy-chain the bricks together is very useful. The HX is trickier than a typical pedal since it has such a high current draw. The chipset just uses more power than even a typical multi-effect.

Yes, it is the same as the HD series. What I did when I used it under a Pedaltrain board was to use one of these, or if you don't want to split it, just one of these. I wouldn't plug it directly into power strip. You just have to be a little creative when it comes to using splitters and adapters. It's really not a big deal. I mean, it's not that I think the wall wart is great. I think they all basically suck, and I try to avoid using them if at all possible. But it's not the end of the world tucking one under a board and rigging something up with zip ties and stuff.

A bit over-dramatic, imo... I mean, the power supply that comes with the HXFX isn't that much bigger than a typical wall wart. It's longer than, say, the one that comes with the Strymon pedals, but it's also not as deep. It could actually easily fit under most pedalboards. Anyway, yes, it is possible to power the HXFX off of a high current power brick. Per the FAQ thread: http://line6.com/support/topic/31555-hx-effects-faq/

I've only seen a handful of these kinds of complaints over the 2.5 years the Helix has been available. I have no reason to believe it's a common problem.

With snapshots, doing all that with a single footswitch stomp would be easy. Really, I think that's the only way to do it. You might want to think about changing Preset Mode to be 8 Snapshots so you can access those additional snaps.

12ms is pretty horrible when it comes to latency nowadays... I almost wonder if that's a typo. Consider that the latency for Line 6's budget wireless systems are at around 3ms...

You could get rid of a loop in both the pre and post chains if you were OK with always having, say, all of HXFX pre blocks before the ES-8 loops and all of the HXFX post blocks after the ES-8 loops...