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Hi, If you are thinking about “Snapshots”, then the only real “restrictions” are depending on how you set them up. Snapshots can act as eight variations of the same tone, eight drastically different tones, or any combination thereof—all within the same preset. A single preset’s snapshots may accommodate all the various tones required for a song in many cases. from the Helix 3.0 Owner’s Manual > page 45 > Snapshots. Each of the eight snapshots in Helix stores and recalls the state of certain elements in the current preset, including: • Block Bypass—The bypass (on/off) state of all processing blocks (except Looper), independent of any footswitch bypass assignments. • Parameter Control—The values of any parameters assigned to controllers (up to 64 per preset). • Command Center—The values of any instant MIDI CC, Bank/Prog, MMC, CV Out, Qwerty Hotkey, and HX Looper messages, plus the state (dim or lit) of any CC Toggle, CV Toggle, and Ext Amp messages. See "Command Center" • Tempo—The current system tempo, if "Global Settings > MIDI/Tempo" > Tempo Select is set to “Per Snapshot.” (By default, it’s set to “Per Preset”) Link: https://line6.com/data/6/0a00050b287e6643b71cda93a/application/pdf/Helix 3.0 Owner's Manual - English .pdf Hope this helps/makes sense.

LOL, a Manc - I’m just the other side of the Pennines from you, in a small town that used to present itself as the Las Vegas of the North - home of the famous Variety Club! A multitude of very famous names played there. As a dweller of Manchester (on the west coast of God’s Own Country), I hope you haven’t fallen into the trap and paid over the odds for one of the Oasis reunion gigs. Jeeziz, I saw them years ago when they were known as Rain and played support for the Joe Louis Walker All Stars band. Just what the world needs - another Beatles tribute band and a very poor one at that. Back to the issue - as for the “fuzz” fx, my guess would be like yours - Rangemaster or Fuzz Face, as they are things from the same era, and it appears you have the Hank tape echo sorted if you are emulating the Binson or Meazzi (I believe Joe Brown gave the Italian delay to him) multi head tape delays. Much like your dad, as a youngster I was a big fan of Hank, and I think it has been well documented how much of an influence he was on a whole bunch of guitar players who came along in his wake. Regards and have fun recreating the “Aquarius” tone.

Shock - Horror! You have to be kidding me? Everyone knows about that fine Geordie lad, Hank B Marvin. Hank is the reason the VOX AC30 was brought into existence in 1958 - he needed something that could be heard above the screaming young girls at the Cliff Richards and The Shadows gigs. Check out - http://www.shadowmusic.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=12125&start=10 for some more in depth discussion about the sound on Aquarius (double tracked?, Fairchild Compressors?, Jennings J40 amp.) Anyhoo - regarding Leslie Cabs, the general consensus of opinion seems one that you don't use any other cab along with it. Although there is mention of the "rotary speaker" being used as a "Jennings Gyrosonic". See this: http://www.voxshowroom.com/catalogs/scene5.html It might mean that a certain Beatle had no involvement at all. Hope this helps/makes sense.

I was at Art College in the late 60’s, but they say if you can remember it, then you weren’t really there. I don’t understand why you don’t reference the guitarist and album/track that you mentioned. As I’m now on the far side of my allotted 3 score years and 10, a clue may be helpful, because what I can remember is the whole world and his brother were messing around sticking guitar sound through Leslie cabs. Which I believe was started by Buddy Guy back in ‘65 when his amp failed during a recording session. Few examples:- Cream - Badge (featuring Hari Georgeson), Hendrix - Little Wing and Angel, a certain Mr. Page - Good Times Bad Times, Joe Walsh (James Gang) - Cast You Fate to the Wind, etc. Although, I think George Harrison was the only regular Vox user in my list. Please expand your request.

Hi, Yeah, the solution would appear to be - raise a ticket with Customer Support. If you do that, and solve the problem, please report back here as it may help some other hapless soul. Strange that nobody else has bothered to post a useful solution, yet they were quick enough to post in here seeking assistance. Hope this helps/makes sense.

It has been my experience that the “unreliability” of these devices is generally the product of “human error” that is introduced by the user. Check the Helix 3.0 Owner’s Manual > page 48 > Determining Snapshot Edit Behavior. Also, page 64 - Global Settings > Preferences Link: https://line6.com/data/6/0a00050b287e6643b71cda93a/application/pdf/Helix 3.0 Owner's Manual - English .pdf Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, Jorge, When seeking assistance from Forum users it's a really good idea to supply as much information as possible regarding the computer and operating system, and DAW, you are using. From what you have said, it appears to me that you are using Logic Pro version 11.0.1 on one of the newer Mac models. As you stated this is a first time install on this Mac, then authorising the computer is a necessary part of the installation and copy protection. In your second post, you say it is authorised, but there is still an issue, although looking at the screenshot it seems that the Logic plug-in manager has flagged it as being available for use and it is successfully validated. If that is correct then you need to supply more specific information as to exactly what is happening - the screen grab gives no indication of any issues. Pease help us to help you.

Hi, again, I don’t think that this really qualifies as a “bug” due to the low count of posts in this thread. For it to qualify as a “bug” it would be happening to everyone, which it seems is not the case and these reports here start way back in late 2018 and intermittently after that. When weird stuff starts to happen, it’s usually advisable to perform a factory reset on your device. If you are still experiencing the same issue after that, then maybe it’s time to raise a ticket with Customer Support. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, I know this may sound obvious, but you didn’t say if you had checked your Global Settings. From the HX Stomp 3.0 Owner’s Manual - page 54 - Global Settings > EXP Pedals. Determines whether each expression pedal position is recalled per snapshot, per preset, or applied globally. If you want a Volume Pedal or Wah to maintain its position when switching presets, set this to “Global.” Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, Yeah, that would be correct, because the on Rolls webpage for the PM50se Personal Monitor Amp, under the specifications tab, it states: “Inputs: -20 dB max XLR 1K balanced, 20 dB monitor”. I guess hitting it with more than -20db would introduce the clipping you mentioned.

Hi, You shouldn’t need to ask - just go and buy a copy, and once you have a copy you’ll find it is constantly being updated free of charge, until it requires a total re-write. It is now on v.1.4 and it comes with a stack of example presets for you to try out. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, This error has been reported in here previously on several occasions, even way back to firmware v.2.80 - if you do a search for 8611, you can should find them, and possibly find a solution. Example: ensure your HX Edit and Firmware are the same version. If you followed the instructions for updating your firmware, the first thing you are promoted to do is to make a backup of all contents of your Helix, including presets. This is a “fail safe” procedure - the Helix is a computer, and computers can, and do go wrong - always work on copy. If you made a backup, then you should be able to perform a factory reset on your Helix and then reload your presets. If you did not make any back ups of your presets then you have no way to restore them, and you only have yourself to blame. This is the sort of mistake you will only make once, if you do not want to spend many hours recreating your carefully crafted tones. It is not a question of “if” something goes wrong, more like “when”. Always have a backup option. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Yup, it may be frankly ridiculous, but to Line 6 it’s known as “copy protection”.

Hi, Well, IIRC, v.1.06.5 was the first ever update to the Helix firmware, from way back in February 2016. If the unit you have acquired has been sitting in a garage and subject to various amounts of humidity, cold and condensation over that amount of time, I’m surprised that it is not simply an issue with the USB. Anyhow, even though the release notes state that you can update to 3.71 from any earlier release, you should be aware that there was a major change to the Helix Core engine at v. 2.80. It may be advisable to try installing an earlier revision of the firmware and then a couple of other increments, before making the jump to the latest. Oh, yeah - you didn’t mention what computer and operating system you are using? The front USB ports on some PCs act like a USB hub and can cause problems. If this is the case, then try connecting the USB to a port on the rear of your computer. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, When seeking assistance from Forum users it's a really good idea to supply as much information as possible regarding the computer and operating system you are using. I find a couple of things in your post are somewhat confusing. First, you mention FW 3.70, although the current version is 3.71. You also state that following instruction from the Line 6 site, you were using the Updater Utility for the installation, and then you encountered a failure of the installation. Hmm… curious. The usual, and recommended way to update the firmware is by using HX Edit application, and according to the Release Notes for v.3.71 it can take quite sometime and about half way through the install is very likely that you will encounter a “Boot Failure” - THIS IS NORMAL. Please read - link here: You could/should also try following the instructions in the link posted by @SaschaFranck on the page you said you visited regarding this issue. Hope this helps/makes sense.