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That's not normal. You're talking about HX Edit, correct? Changes you make in HX Edit should be pretty much instantaneous on the hardware. Are you using a USB hub of some sort?

Yep. They all work in the same frequency band. Plugging the transmitter into the receiver sets the transmitter to the correct channel.

Just plug the new transmitter into the base.

You’re on the right track. You’d set one of the Instant Commands (the lightning bolt icons) to the Bank/Program command and then set the PC message to the number you want it to be in each snapshot.

Well, the POD Go has Stomp and Snapshot Mode as well, so it should be relatively easy to turn individual effects on and off in a preset. But, yes, it’s still a preset-based device (the M series devices are, too, really). If you want immediate access to effects parameter, the Helix or HX Effects are a little faster because you can use the capacitive touch footswitches to immediately navigate to a block. But, yes, I done a bunch of gigs with both the Helix and the HX Effects, and I actually prefer either of those to my M13/M9 rigs (which I used from 2008 until the Helix was released). It takes a little bit more planning up front, but in the end, it’s less tap dancing at the gig. You really need to take advantage of snapshots, imo, to get the most out of these units. Once you understand the concept, you’ll wonder how you lived without them for so long.

Line 6 has excellent customer service, and has a great reputation in that area. If you look at the huge Helix Facebook group, you’ll see all sorts of success stories. If you’re on Facebook, I’d recommend reaching out to Frank Ritchotte, Line 6’s Sr. Director of Operations. He will help you out. He very occasionally posts on these forums, but he’s on Facebook a lot. How old is your G10 transmitter? The update reduces the maximum charge of the transmitter by about 25%, so with older batteries near the cycle limit, it’s possible the charge can’t hold a sufficient charge any longer.

I don’t think that’s unusual. It’s generally best practice to power down the speakers/power amp first when you shutting down any sort of sound equipment.

Yes, you can. If you press the Menu button and go to the Bypass Assign screen, you can set the footswitch to be Latching (the default setting) or Momentary using Knob 2. What you’re talking about is what the Momentary setting does.

All of the other Helix/HX hardware items have the Command Center, yes.

Are you talking about the Stomp? It’s not possible now, but it will be when the 3.0 update is released and the Command Center is added.

How exactly does it hurt Line 6 if a Helix owners decides to sell a Helix and buy something else? Line 6 already got that person’s money... I mean, yes, I’m sure Line 6 is always paying attention to what competitors are doing in some respect, but it’s not really guiding development. Line 6 has the advantage of being first to market in the general “super-modeler” market. The Helix has been out for five years, and basically it’s set the bar for everyone else. It’s not like Line 6 is going to stop innovating, but whatever comes out next isn’t going to be a response to other companies. It’s going to be an expansion of the original vision.

GuitarPort has been discontinued for quite awhile. I’m not exactly sure when they stopped selling them, but it might be as long as 15 years ago. I think you may be able to use the Windows 7 driver with GuitarPort, though. But as far as any other software, I don’t know. It came with Gearbox at the time, but that’s been dead for a long time. You should be able to use it as interface for whatever software you want, though. It’s just that it’s pretty outdated as far as interfaces go now.

If you’re just talking about power chords, some simpler algorithms can handle them. I’ve heard some people get ok result with the Simple Pitch on the Helix with djent-y type stuff. The new poly stuff will handle more complex chords.

I would say it’s probably not out of the realm of possibility that there will eventually be “light” versions of some of the pitch shifting effects. But I think with this sort of development, it probably makes more sense to start with your gold standard and then try to optimize or streamline it. Otherwise, I imagine you’d end up repeating work you’ve already done.

Well, 3.0 is in beta now, and some of us are involved in the beta... I don’t believe the pitch shifting in the RP2000 was truly polyphonic , btw. The Digitech Whammy didn’t even do polyphonic shifting until 2011.

Just download and reinstall the driver.

Not the whole processor, but it’s DSP intensive. It’s like in the 40-50% range of on one processor.

I’m sure they’ll get it sorted. It can take up to two business days for them to respond because of the volume of tickets, but they’ll get to you.

The 4CM is primarily an effects-only sort of connection. Although, you can also use the Stomp to replace your amp’s preamp as well. But generally, people use it because they want to stay within the traditional amp paradigm. So most of the time you’d just end up micing your amp. There are ways to send a direct signal. It’s easy with the full blown Helix, but not so much with the Stomp. So I’d say just make it easy on yourself - mic your amp.

It's basically what @Schmalle said above. The noise is there normally, but the blocks are hiding it. Both of those blocks you mentioned are envelope controlled, meaning their output depends on the level of the input signal. So they act like a noise gate with low level noise - they're blocking it. You could turn the noise gate on in the input block if you want. I'm not a huge fan of noise gates, personally, but they have their place. If you're using a high gain amp model, it makes sense.

What models do you notice this with, and what is your setup?

You should be able to register it, yes. The old owner will have to de-register from their account. If they haven’t, you could contact Line 6 to have them do it. And, yes, you’ll be able to get all updates. The updates actually aren’t dependent on the registration status of the device at all. The one thing you might not be able to get is the $300 discount for Helix Native. If the previous owner used the discount, you won’t be able to. If they didn’t, you could still get it.

1) HX Edit 2.92 should still work your Helix on the older firmware. I'd try a different USB port or USB cable. 2) There's no reason to use the old Helix app ever, anymore. 3) Yes, all presets and setlists you created in earlier versions are compatible with the newer firmware. Line 6 has never deleted a model (why would they?). It's going the other way that's problematic. Presets and backups created with newer firmware generally can't be loaded onto devices running older firmware.

The Helix Rack doesn't have any 1/4" jacks that will work with a momentary footswitch like that. It has the EXP Toe switch jack, but you can't use it to control the looper like that. If you want to use an external footswitch, it would have to be a MIDI controller.

I would try updating to 2.92 using Line 6 Updater. 2.54 is a really old firmware at this point.