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It's the same every time Apple put out a new OS, the whole house of cards comes tumbling down, and they blame other developers for not keeping up. PITA.

My guess that this is just the same as all the panic about OS 11 and M1 https://line6.com/support/page/kb/general-faq/operating-system-information/macos-11-big-sursilicon-m1-chip-compatibility-r985/:~:text=Both Intel and Apple Silicon,M1 systems at this time. Hope this helps

Hi, This has been discussed many times in the past, but … There are no Line 6 staff here and only very occasionally do they visit these forums - (See the “sticky comment” in the black banner stripe at the top of this page entitled “Welcome to the Line 6 forums”). This link is where you need to go to have any hope of your suggestion been seen by anyone from Line 6: https://line6.ideascale.com/c/ Before posting any new ideas, please do a search to see if it's already been listed. Multiple requests for the same thing will thin out the votes. Also, post your ideas one at a time. Many users don’t vote for combined suggestions. Then you should use the “sticky thread” in this forum to let other users know what your suggestions are, with links to IdeaScale, so they can vote on it if they wish.

Hi, The Gamechanger pedal has a SHARC audio processor, along with a custom algorithm to allow it to perform it’s Poly Pitch Bigsby style jiggery pokery. So, yesterday using my Helix Floor, I decided to give this a whirl. I set a Poly Pitch block on Path A, and that didn’t really leave enough space for an amp and cab, which I added on Path B, along with a Plate Reverb. I selected the poly block and set it to be controlled by FS1 as a momentary switch with a +1 shift. I then played around with the timings for the shift and return, plus messed with the curve. Yup! That works - up, down up, down etc. I did the same thing by changing the shift to +2, and also -1 and - 2. No problem. The downside of this is you sacrifice one entire DSP and risk breaking a foot switch with constant clicking, plus it it limited to either shifting up or down, not both by travelling through a zero point. Right from the very start of Helix users clamouring for the addition of poly pitch shifting, they were made aware of how much dedicated processing it requires. If you’re willing to lose half of the power of your unit, and subject a foot-switch to intense wear and tear - fine. But consider this, by thinking you may have “saved hundreds”, you possibly risk causing physical damage to your LT, and that could be very expensive-(note: check out some of the many posts from @theElevators regarding LT switches). You may be better off with a MIDI switcher or even the real GA Bigsby pedal. Another option is to buy a guitar that is fitted with a Bigsby. There are many good reasons that people use dedicated external hardware solutions. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, I found this that may, or may not, have some relevant info you can checkout. It seems that you need a gizmo that has a built in DAC (Digital Audio Converter). I don’t know how good the info in this link is, because if I need to do what you want, I have both an iPhone and iPad. https://www.reddit.com/r/GooglePixel/comments/y9uq6x/how_do_i_enable_audio_over_usbc_for_my_pixel_7/ Hope this helps/makes sense.

Well, to be quite honest about your quest for a cheap, simple solution to creating this function - if this was a real possibility then Gamechanger Audio would not be asking the the price they do for this product. It is obviously not just a repackaged keyboard “damper/sustain pedal”. https://gamechangeraudio.com/bigsby-pedal/ You might want to try investigating the possibility of using Command Centre to trigger momentary switching with the attack and release functions of pitch shifting options. Maybe time to bite the bullet, and buy the tool to do the job? Hope this helps/makes sense. EDIT: You said - “But in experimenting with pitch, I did think the quality was decent” And so it should be. Did you know that the poly pitch shifting functions of your Helix were created by the same team that had previously worked on, and developed the DigiTech Wammy?

The key word here is “MIDI”. That suddenly appeared from nowhere. Have you been reading this? https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/half-damper/ The thing that baffles me is why you appear to be set against using a dedicated expression pedal? Then you seem to have dismissed the PolyPitch function without actually trying it.

Hi, You’re a little late to this horse flogging party and the horse is totally dead. If you want larger icons - see my reply in this thread. The definitive answer on the idea of a skeuomorphic interface is in this thread from way back in 2017. See the reply from Digital_Igloo (Eric Klein, Chief Product Design Architect at Yamaha Guitar Group, Inc. / Line 6 / Ampeg) Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, Sorry to disappoint you, but AFAIK Damper/Sustain pedals for electronic keyboards are usually just a Normally Open (N.O.) momentary switch that are connected to a mono 1/4" phono plug. You might want to investigate using the Poly Pitch function, but it guzzles DSP. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, I’m thinking the same as the comment from @waymda, in the post above. I’m not in the studio right now to be able to check this, but my guess is that you load up your preset containing the Variax settings and they are all there, but when you switch to input USB 7/8 the Helix will drop the Variax options simply because it is not set up to handle them. Obviously, when you switch back to the Multi input the Variax options will have been discarded, but if you reload the preset they should still there. As far as doing the “round trip” to set levels goes, well it all seems rather pointless. Why send a DI audio signal when all you need to do is load a Mono 6 Switch Looper into the first block of the Helix signal chain. That would allow you to record a minute of totally dry audio to pass through the rest of your preset into your DAW. You could then mess around as much as you need to set Cakewalk input levels, while being able to click through your Snapshots. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, Usually when something was working fine, then it isn't, I will consider the question -"what has changed?" If you revert the previous configuration does it work as expected? I have read through your post several times, and quite frankly I cannot comprehend what you're trying to achieve here. Your post title states "Output to USB", yet the body of the post only mentions USB 7/8 IN?, plus other non Variax Inputs. Well, I think you have realised that if an input is not designed to accept Variax then you will not have the option to edit it. You don't explain how you think that you will be able to get Variax control info from the Helix into Cakewalk and back into the Helix on USB7/8. It makes no sense at all. If you have recorded Variax audio into Cakewalk then that can be played back using USB 1/2 into the Helix, without anymore additional Helix processing, just like a regular audio interface. Having said that if you have recorded a DI signal of the Variax unprocessed audio via USB 7/8 into your DAW, that can only play back the raw audio over USB 7/8 for the purpose of re-amping through your Helix hardware. As for your statement:- "Apparently using Input = USB is an unreliable way to normalize output levels". Once more I have no idea what you are aiming for here. A little more clarity about what you are trying to do would be a big help - "setup a kinda Ream configuration with Cakewalk to normalize output levels", means nothing to me. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, AFAIK most keyboard damper pedals are a simple switch mechanism, well, at least the one use is - (M-Audio SP-2 - Universal Sustain Pedal). Theoretically, you can switch between 2 pitch states using a momentary switch - try using one of the ones on your Helix, but I think an expression pedal option gives more control. If you want to sweep the pitch parameters of a pitch shift block in your Helix assign an expression pedal to do the job, it’s what they are designed to do. They are not simply ON/OFF, but contain a potentiometer to vary the resistance supplied. You could use your Helix onboard Wha/Vol pedal or add a third external EXP pedal for the job. These are in expensive and will control all your dive bomb pitch wobbles. (M-Audio EX-P - Expression Pedal). Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, If you have both the LT and FX units, they can simultaneously connect to HX Edit because it has Multi-Device, Multi-Window Support. You should then be able to drag and drop presets between each unit. Regarding preset compatibility between the LT and HXFX they should work if your LT Preset doesn't exceed the HX Effects Block type and Path count, and DSP limits. Snapshots greater than 4 are discarded. (from the HX Edit Pilot's Guide) The next time you open HX Edit, click on the “question mark a white circle” in the lower left of the GUI window. There you will find a link to the HX Edit Pilot’s Guide, which is a downloadable Adobe Acrobat pdf. This contains all the relevant information you may require for editing and managing your presets and also a Preset Translation Compatibility Table. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, No problem. Happy to assist.

https://letmegooglethat.com/?q=HX+Stomp+replacement+power+supply That should do it!

Hi, I knew that I had seen mention of the :-28 error a while back - fact it was mentioned back in 2017. As nobody came back to say what the fix for this was then the best thing to do is raise a ticket with Customer Support. If you do get a fix for this please come back and let others know about it. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Damn! Ya beat me to it, again!

TGP is hilarious. When this launched yesterday, there was quite a bit of complaining about, "it's made of plastic", "there is no IR loading capabilities", etc. I think those guys are so serious that the miss the point about some young kid just staring out buys their first guitar along with one of these things and "WOW!, I can sound like this in my bedroom". I guess they don't quite understand the market that Line 6 are aiming for with this. Over on TGP Digital_Igloo even says, one of the Marketing Team referred to it as "My First Modeler" and it looks like it hit the mark. Plus at this price, it should be in everyone's back pocket as a fail safe get you through the gig device. I love my Helix, but I also loved the original Kidney Bean POD when that landed. Keep rolling this stuff out Line 6.

Hi, Ben, I would regard your question to be more esoteric than existential, and as we are generally not psychic in these forums, it's really big help to know what DAW you are using, and on what computer OS. Anyhow, here we go. You would be best advised to have some sort of MIDI Controller for this job, but firstly, check out this video for some idea of how it works. The section named "The Better Way" @ 4:08 makes most sense of how to approach this. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Were any of us expecting this, so soon after the HX One?

Hi, Type “HX Stomp power adapter replacement” into Google and watch it light up. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, I had E&M in Milton Keynes fix the joystick on my Helix floor back in 2019, when it was about 4 years old - they were quick and efficient and a reasonable price. IIRC, I had the local DHL Courier ship it down there from up here in Yorkshire - no problem. Note: it is probably a "dry solder" joint - It happens on electronic stuff, just get it repaired. Hope this helps/makes sense

Ye gods - a ticker tape post - whatever next. Well, you obviously spent a very long time looking for a solution - “Boot Failure” messages have been dealt with many, many, many times over in here - just type it into the Search field on the start page. Even easier - Google it. This is getting to be a real pain - check the reply I made in this link less than 24 hour ago.

Hi, You might want to investigate using “stacking” snapshots on FS1 which would free up the other two so you could kick in/out more or less drive or dirt etc. I use a Helix floor and don’t have this issue, but here’s a video from Steve Sterlacci who shows how to setup 3 Snapshots on 1 FS using HX Edit Command Centre and his HX Stomp. Hope this helps/makes sense.

HI, Really, I am going to stop doing this because it is becoming really depressing to keep typing the same thing over, and over. HX Edit CANNOT CONNECT TO A DEVICE THAT IS IS A FAILED STATE! Go here and follow the instructions to the letter, but any references to versions numbers obviously need to be the latest ones. DO NOT LET YOUR MAC LOSE FOCUS WHILE INSTALLING. DO NOT MOVE YOUR MOUSE FROM THE iNSTALLER WINDOW. Hope this helps/makes sense.