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Those are the Split and Merge blocks. If you selected that one in Path 1B and pulled it up to Path 1A, it would merge those paths back together. Same thing as the one in Path 2A.

Yep... hence my first comment in this thread. The MIDI solutions stuff is kind "stealing" power from the 5V DC buss power that MIDI operates on. The only time you might run into issues is if the MIDI line is running on 3.3V rather than 5.0V, as mentioned here: http://www.midisolutions.com/faqs.htm

All of those 9V jacks would need to be isolated, and that would add not an insignificant amount of cost, and, more importantly, it would mean more space. If you think about a power supply like the Strymon Ojai that has five isolated 9V jacks, that's about as small as one of those bricks can be since it has an external power supply. There are some power bricks that can power the HXFX, though. From the FAQ thread:

I wouldn’t be opposed to having text labels at each block, at least in the editor. I don’t know if it would be feasible on the Helix screen itself.

It sounds like you don't have an FX Loop block in your signal chain. Even if you have the effects loop jacks physically connected, you won't get any signal through the loop until you insert it as an effect block.

The HD500X only receives MIDI clock. It doesn't send it.

I actually don't even think you would have to use a Gain block because I think almost any blocks that has a level control will allow to adjust it below unity gain. And the vast majority of blocks in the Helix have a level parameter.

I got to play through and mess around with the GT-1000 a little at NAMM, and I guess it was what I expected. Other than some UI and industrial design elements that were, uh, borrowed from the Helix, it still felt like a Boss multi-FX processor. There was nothing particularly user-friendly about it. Actually, when I stepped up to the unit I was demoing, there was a loop running that someone else had recorded at some point. It took me a good two minutes or so to figure out how to stop that from playing. Eventually, the only way I could figure out how to stop it was to go to the signal flow view and navigate over to the looper block. There just aren't a lot of on-screen cues as to what is going on with the unit.

The mix control on the new reverbs works just like it does on all the other effects with a mix control on the Helix currently. That's to say, it's really a balance knob that controls the relative level of the dry and wet signals. At 50, you have 100% dry and 100% wet. At 0, you have 100% dry and 0% wet. At 100, you have 0% dry and 100% wet. So, yes, you can have the reverbs be all wet signal if you want. As far as these samples, I have the mix between something like 45 and 60 depending on the model.

Using the stylized icons was just part of the UI/graphic design decision early on. I saw a few different mock-up ideas for what the editor would look like, and some involved denser graphics on the signal flow view, and my vote was for the icons. I thought the individual pedals actual made things look to busy. The thing I like about the icons and the color-coding is that even if you don't know the exact model right away, you can look at the signal flow and immediately get an idea of what's going on. If you have a little picture of, say, a RAT pedal, you don't have the immediate association of, "oh, this is a distortion"... So I think it might be kind of counter-intuituve, but I think the icons actually make things faster in a way.

Yes... As soon the 2.5 firmware is released (later this week, hopefully). For the record, these samples were made with a regular Helix running a beta version of the new firmware.

Ya gotta do it properly...

Because it seemed like those settings confused more people than they helped... There were so many times when people would post to the forums asking why they're HD500 sounded horrible and it turned out it was because they were in the wrong output mode. Generally, if you're using a multi-FX in vastly different setups, it's best to create presets for each scenario anyway. The output modes kind of were a compromise from the start.

Sometime this week most likely.

It's the Tonal Recall RKM (red knob mod)...

Well, the new Line 6 reverbs aren't modeled after any of the reverbs in the BigSky... The main difference I notice I notice with the BigSky verbs is they have more of a hifi quality to them, for lack of a better term. The Line 6 verbs for the most part seem to be more dense in the mids. The BigSky is kind of more airy-sounding all around. I honestly don't know if care that much. I have the BigSky, but will most likely sell it simply because I really didn't use it to anywhere near its potential before, and now, I'll probably use it even less.

I recorded these clips over the weekend. I had seen a video where some guys were comparing the new HX reverbs to some other reverb pedals, and one of the comments I saw a few times was that the HX reverbs weren't as wet. Well, they certainly can get very wet... With the exception of the Plateaux clip, these are done with the same preset, just switching out the reverb block. I'm using an AC15 sometime clean and sometimes with a Klon block on. The Plateaux clip is a dual amp patch using a Twin on one side and an AC30 on the other. The guitar is an Amer. Dlx. Fat Strat in all clips. https://soundcloud.com/phil-miller-20/sets/helix-hx-reverbs

It could be a battery, actually. The level coming from active pickups varies a lot. Like I said earlier, the dry track is just mirroring the actual level at input you have it set to. So if it's coming in over USB, it's just a hot signal...

Typically, the dry track should be at a lower level than the wet tracks, but if your pickups are very hot, I guess it could be possible that it's the other way around. Does your bass have active pickups? The dry level from USB 7 is basically the raw signal coming in from the input. If your pickups are really hot, maybe you should try using the Aux In (if you have the Floor or Rack).

I mean what USB inputs are your tracks set to? Typically, if I'm recording via USB to Reaper, I would set the input of the wet stereo guitar track to Input 1 + Input 2 and the dry track to Input 7.

So what do you have the inputs of those tracks set to in your DAW?

I'm not sure what you mean by DI track... You mean the dry track coming from USB 7? Or do mean the audio coming in over USB 1/2?

The MIDI Solutions stuff doesn't require MIDI phantom power, but it's simply using the voltage on the MIDI data lines. I have the Event Processor, and it works with every Line 6 device I've tried it with.

Yes, you're correct on all points.

Any bag or case that works for a Strat should work for the Standard.