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I don't think Line 6 ever really used the term "Moto POD" when marketing these units. I think that might have been an internal term that was used when they beta tested them. Anyway, as far as I understand it, the only difference between these POD 2.0s and the older ones is that the newer ones have a three digit LCD, and they have an updated pedal jack designed to work the FBV controllers. Other than that, they're exactly the same as the original 2.0. So the 2.0 manual will be 99.9% correct.

Regarding the whole "what happen to Native if I sell my Helix?" question, I saw the Line 6 guys gave an answer on Facebook. If you sell your Helix, you can keep Native, but the person who buys your Helix from you won't be eligible for the discount. In other words, there will only be one discount associated with each registration/Helix serial number. I suppose the tricky thing for Line 6 is going to be how they handle the situation where someone buys the Helix, buys Native with the discount code, and then returns Helix. Not sure how they'll handle that.

Are you laughing at your own joke? :huh:

That's the cap for the Variax VDI input. It's semi-important, I guess... Keeps that jack from getting dirty and/or damaged.

Uh... :huh: There is a Spider remote app... It's cleverly called "Spider Remote"...

Haha, I'm sure you have your finger on the pulse on what most guitarists in your area like and dislike... The Helix is completely capable of producing great tones, but you have to be patient enough to set it up correctly and learn how to use it properly. It is, in a sense, simple to use, but it's also incredible deep, so simply plugging it into various amps at a store and quickly running through presets or whatever is not a fair test. Here's the truth. I've owned all sorts of boutique OD and distortion pedals over the years, and when using the Helix as a dedicated FX unit in front of amp, I don't feel I'm missing out on anything. The Helix dirt is amazing, imo.

It varies from person to person, but the consensus seems to be that latency becomes noticeable between 7 - 10 ms (some say they can notice as low as 5 ms, but that seems hard to believe). Consider this, there are cheap wireless units out there that have latencies approaching 8 ms... I was using my G10 (which has a latency near 3ms) into my interface and then through my DAW, and I got it to the point where it felt OK.

Well, the latency with software monitoring will depend on the particular interface you're using, the driver, the DAW and your particular system. I'm able to get pretty decent latency (decent being defined as I don't notice it), but it takes messing around with my driver settings. I think that I would still most likely record guitar parts using the hardware Helix and just record dry tracks. Hardware monitoring is just so much less fussy... Once the dry tracks are in the DAW, all those ASIO settings become less important.

Can one be a forum guru and a forum troll at the same time? Asking for a friend... :ph34r:

Regarding the CPU load of Native, based on Reaper's CPU meter, an instance of Native seems to be inline with other VST instrument plug-ins I have (SSD4, for example). The trickiest part I've found is getting the settings on my interface optimized for latency for input monitoring. How many instances you can run simultaneously will depend on a lot of things, but I've been loading tracks up with Native and other effects (I tend to use an instance of Slate's VMR Virtual Mix Rack plug-in on nearly all my tracks, for instance). Anyway, I think Native is going to be a game-changer for many people...

Have no experience with them, but after reading your post and looking at their website, I'm now GASing for one... Thanks a lot! :angry: :lol:

If the overdrives sound too buzzy, it might be that you're trying to drive an amp that's set too clean. It may be somewhat counter-intuitive, but overdrives and distortions often sound better when going into an amp that isn't totally clean. They work better with an amp that's being pushed already. That's the same in the real world and in the Helix. Pete Thorn does a good job of explaining here:

Native is in beta at the moment... Like all software, it will be ready when it's ready.

I would suggest opening up a support ticket with Line 6... http://line6.com/support/tickets/add.html

Yes.

You won't need to have an internet connection to run the software, but you do need one to activate it, and presumably install updates after the initial install. So I imagine that if someone sells and de-registers their hardware after the initial install, they would be able to use the plug-in for some time after the sale, but they couldn't update it or re-install it anywhere since they no longer own the license.

Right now, for expression control, there are 16 automation lanes in Native. So if you had a MIDI expression pedal or a way to convert the output of an expression pedal to MIDI (such as through the Command Center in the Helix), you could set up an expression pedal that way.

A target release date and a deadline aren't the same thing... It's not going to be released tomorrow, but it won't be too much longer.

Both things should be easily doable. By default, the Helix sends PC messages with preset changes, so that should change presets on the Nova Station as well. The setting for that is located at Global Settings>MIDI/Tempo on page 2. There's a setting for MIDI PC Receive and MIDI PC Send. If you have MIDI PC Send on there, the Helix will just send the MIDI PC message associated with the preset you load. If you turn it off, you can still send custom messages. You just have to go to the Command Center and program them as Instant Messages. The same goes for changing presets on the NS with snapshots. You can have separate MIDI commands for each snapshot on the Helix. You just have program them in the Command Center while you're in each snapshot.

Have you installed the latest firmware? This sounds like the problem the update was meant to fix.

So have I just been pretending to use the tuner on my Helix for these last two years (or last year since it was updated)? The term "emperor's new clothes" would certainly imply that... I mean, do you think the people who say they have no problems with the tuner are lying? I have no problem whatsoever with people expressing their opinion about the tuner or any other function, but for some reason, these threads always seem to devolve into people questioning the motives of others... I don't get it. What motive would people have for saying they like the tuner and that it works for them other than just that? Are we all part of the covert Line 6 tuner design team?

I certainly would never call anyone stupid based on their tuner preference... Now if you put ketchup on steak or some other atrocity like that, maybe... :D I have seriously read complaints about the tuners on virtually every Line 6 device from people. I think they've become more amplified with the Helix because of the nice color screen makes the tuner seem like a bigger feature, and people naturally want to be able to use it... I mean, I'd feel frustrated too if I felt it was difficult to use.

I'm not trying to be argumentative here, but I guess I don't see anything unexpected in that video. It looks like perhaps the Korg is perhaps ignoring the decay of the note in some way, but in reality the Helix display is showing whats actually happening. When you pluck a string, the pitch from the attack is going to be sharper than the decay, and it will naturally go slightly flat as the it trails off. The Helix's display clearly shows that happening. The trick is to just tune to the attack. Perhaps since I spend a fair amount of time playing mandolin, I'm more used to this, because with a mandolin string it's almost all attack and no sustain anyway.

I don't think they'll ever say anything is a finished product in that it's untouchable or something like that, but I imagine it's low on their priority list at this point... I mean, it's a tuner. Right now, it's all hands on deck for Native.