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Hi again. You haven't told us what Helix device you are trying to use with a microphone. In my earlier reply, I mentioned that only the Helix Floor and Rack models are fitted with XLR Mic inputs and 48v Phantom Power, also by default USB 7 is set for Guitar and USB 8 is set for Mic. These can be changed to Aux, Variax, Variax Mags using the encoder below each option. Example video - Helix Floor. If you are using any of the other HX units then you will probably need to use a "Lo Z to Hi Z changer" (Impedence Matching Transformer) in order to use a 1/4'' socket input to connect your mic. Example product: https://www.hugohelmermusic.com/p-5859-hosa-mit435-lo-z-to-hi-z-microphone-transformer.aspx?srsltid=AfmBOop6qL39Y7IpWUTDNH-eGY3g8qC0nOMwH6DovshbuhaCLgJyu2g6 Lots of HX Stomp users are managing to add mics using this sort of set up. Example video: Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, Ooh, resurrecting a thread that has been gently sleeping for 6 years. The OP asked a question regarding Line or Mic level signal output to mixing desk, but your comment actually referenced USB channels. You mention a clean signal on USB 8, which is only partially correct, depending on the HX device you are using. The Helix Floor, Rack and LT units can send a DI audio signal on USB 7 & 8, with the Floor and Rack boxes usually designated for a Guitar source on 7 and a Mic on 8, as they are equipped with an XLR Mic input with 48v phantom power available. Others in the HX family generally use USB 5 & 6 for Direct Injected unprocessed audio. This has the advantage of facilitating your DI audio to be sent back over USB to your HX with its dedicated USB in channel to be re-amped with whatever preset you decide. There is a section of each version of the units User’s Manual with a basic description of how to set up and use your HX to use USB audio for recording and re-amping technique. Basically, any audio sent from your computer, and or, DAW on USB 1&2 will pass through the HX unprocessed, perfect for jamming along to YouTube vids. Depending on whichever other USB Channel, from 3 through 8, you select as the input on your device - that audio can be re-amped to suit. Hmm… I’m surprised that you seem to have missed any mention of this stuff in these pages. It’s not a secret. Simply type “Reamp” into the Search bar at the top of the main Helix forum page - then watch it light up with results! Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, When it comes to Audio Interfaces in 2025 there are many, many options at various price points. Essentially, your choices depend on your budget, because most are very good and do the job of passing both voice, and instrument, audio to a computer. Check these out for a comparison of features, and value for money. https://soundref.com/best-audio-interface/ Reasonable prices for a Scarlett 2i2 (I used Focusrite for many year), dizzy money for a RME Babyface box, and champagne audio results on a beer budget from Behringer with the U-Phoria UMC204HD. Note: (personal opinion only) - Uli Behringer is not the nicest or person in the world, but makes some exceptionally cheap gear that gets results. If you needed more inputs the Behringer U-Phoria UMC404HD is available with 2 more in/out connections for not much more cash. Disclaimer - I own both Behringer boxes as back up (failsafe) devices. You pay your money, and take a chance. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi Frederik, Travel back in time to read this: Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, Correct - they did model the Hum (and Ripple), and it is mentioned in the Helix LT Owner’s Manual 3.80, on page 37. “Hum - Ripple: Controls how much heater hum and AC ripple interacts with your tone. At higher settings, things get freaky.” There could be many reasons why you are experiencing “hum”, but it’s helpful to have an example preset to check the settings you have. If you’re happy with your clean tones, it may be simply a question of controlling the “hum” with a noise gate. Also you didn’t mention what guitar(s) and pickup type(s) you are using. It’s good to know as it’s all part of the audio signal path. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, ”SHORTCUT: Hold ACTION and press a parameter knob to quickly remove any controller assignment (including the Snapshots controller). The value appears in color, indicating no controller is assigned to it.” See page 51 of the manual, also more details available on page 60 - “Clearing a Block’s Controller Assignment(s)” and “Clearing All Controller Assignments” Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, To save lots of typing - see this. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, Looking at the Helix Native Pilot’s Guide 3.80, it would appear that the function of Favorites is to simply save “Blocks” which retain any of the values you dial in as a “favourite” starting point for that particular block, You want save a delay block with settings that are different from the factory preset - for example you want a delay time 500ms with a feedback setting of 70%. Add that to a Preset and it retains the values you set. Again, by reading the user manual it does mention that Snapshots, are applied to blocks that exist within the “Preset”. ”Within Helix Native plugin, it is possible to create & customize up to eight “snapshots” within a preset.* Snapshots can store a set of options (a block’s bypass state, snapshot-assigned parameter values, and tempo settings), and then recall them without the brief lag time and audible signal drop-out typically associated with changing presets.” Then, later on page 39, there is this note. ”NOTE: All snapshots assignments and settings are retained within the current tone’s preset until another preset is loaded within the plugin. If you wish to retain all your snapshot assignments and settings with the preset permanently, be sure to use the File menu options to Save your tone to the Presets Library or Disk. The snapshot that is in use when you save your preset is the one that is recalled when the preset is loaded again.” As you can see from these quotes - Snapshots and their parameter values are applied to selected “Blocks” and are actually part of a “Preset”, not the “Favourite”. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, Apparently not, see Global EQ - Page 58 - HX Stomp XL 3.80 Owner's Manual - English. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, ”Don’t know why it’s just occurring to me to make this request but here goes.”. No - Neither do I. This is a user to user forum. 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”). Also, they would appear to be rather busy at the moment with the Helix Stadium XL launch. (Note: I’m sticking with my Helix). Oh, I really love this part of your comment - “Not much missing from these devices but this would absolutely streamline my setup.” - especially the “my setup” bit. Very considerate of you to think of other Helix users, even though we are 10 years down the line, you think Line 6 would drop everything to streamline your setup. Try posting your request over in the Digital and Modeling Gear - Helix section on TGP, or the Line 6 Facebook page and see what happens there! Jeeziz, I despair! Hope this helps makes sense

Hi, It’s not quite clear from your post if you did a clean install on the new MBP, or if you went through the Migration routine of transferring the files from your previous Mac. Either way, it seems that something has screwed up. You might want to check trough these couple of threads to see if it can get you functioning once again. See my comments about deauthorising your old computer, then the info about doing a clean reinstall of HX Native. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Lots of options of scenes with variations of amps and FX, but limited to having only 4 blocks available in the signal path - eg: Overdrive/Amp/Delay/Reverb. Who is this stuff aimed at? Nope, not for me, they are all becoming very similar, especially all those cheapo Chinese boxes. Likewise, the Stadium units that look like Line 6 decided to resurrect an updated version of the old Stagescape mixers and bastardise a OG Helix by gluing it on as an afterthought, along with some capture function - I will stick with the Helix floor, it will probably last another 10 years, just fine.

Oh, yes they have! Follow the advice given in the post above - check The Gear Page website, or the Facebook Helix Family group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/line6helixusergroup/ Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, I’m not sure, but you may be experiencing this (link below). It was mentioned that there might be a bug, although the comment from @codamedia says that the issue did not happen on his hardware LT and Stomp, which seemed to indicate this may be more a software glitch than a real bug! Hope this helps/makes sense

Try this one. There’s a video. @PeterHamm appears to be rather busy pushing his new Helix Stadium XL to the max DSP wise, judging from his latest posts over on Facebook, but you could maybe give him a shout directly. Pax!

Hi, Nigel, As usual - a trawl through the older posts can be a big help. Here ya go! Peter Hamm has posted lots of stuff about using acoustic IRs, but he seems to no post over onthe Helix Facebook group. Give him a shout! Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, All the reasons why HX FX doesn’t have amps, or cabs, are explained in the previous posts above. This far down the line, and with the new flagship Stadium model about to launch, the chances of Line 6 adding cabs to the FX only unit are probably less than zero. Furthermore, the chances of anyone who could implement such a change are equally low. This is a user to user forum. 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”). Hope this helps makes sense.

Hi, Helix Stadium is a different beast and according to this quote from Digital_Igloo (Eric Klein) the situation regarding the editor is thus: “Wi-Fi to desktop is first, followed by tethered USB. Can't talk about what might come after that but feel free to infer.“ You will also need to export all you old Helix presets, etc, for them to be transferred to the new Stadium unit - see video below. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, I guess you hit one of the barriers of being an early adopter of the Mac OS 26 (Tahoe). Apple updates are known to break things that previously worked without issue. A new OS every year - same old story, try complaining to Apple, as HX Edit was released almost a year before Tahoe. From the HX Edit download page: HX Edit 3.82 (released December 3, 2024) includes the latest graphic updates. Please copy and paste or open this link in a browser of your choice to view the full 3.80 release notes. Compatible OS: Mac OS X, macOS Big Sur, macOS Catalina, macOS Monterey, macOS Sequoia, macOS Sonoma, macOS Ventura GET DOWNLOAD Hope this helps/makes sense.

Over, and above, once more, Sir!

And then a recall notice!

Ah, it seems there is more to it than first appeared. Anyhow, this is a very old thread (link below) on TGP, but it contains stuff pertinent to what you say about getting Frank to solve it. A few days back someone posted about a busted Exp pedal on a Helix LT, and how to raise a ticket about fixing it. If you are that guy, “ago1979” try again, it you’re not that guy, still try by targeting Frank R directly on the thread. He is the Senior Director of Operations -Yamaha Guitar Group. https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/paging-frank-richotte.2051371/#post-42265023 Sorry, I have run out of ideas now.

Hi, again, You may want to read through this: https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/consumers/shopping/guarantees/index_en.htm#inline-nav-1 It would appear to me that the same rules apply in the EU as in theU.K. When you buy a product, your contract is with the seller, and the seller must repair or replace them at no cost. They must also do this within a reasonable time and without significant inconvenience to you, if not you are entitled to a full or partial refund. The thing that confuses me with your situation is that you sent your Helix LT to the service center in April. Someone, somewhere authorised that to to happen. You must still have the email, or whatever, that told you to do this, and also authorised the service techs to accept the job of replacing the faulty unit. Surely this information will contain all the relevant names and authorisation numbers for you to be able to chase this further up the line. If you contact the service centre and you get the reply that they cannot help, simply ask to speak to the Service Centre manager. If the manager still cannot help, then ask for the name and contact details of their superior, and raise the issue with them. Still no progress, ask for the contact details of the top person who can do something. Don't let them bullsh!t you - Don't give up! This situation is outrageous and should not be happening. Try kicking up a fuss on the Facebook Group - they have almost 47,000 members that you could potentially reach. See if you can get them onside. Line 6® Helix® Stadium® Family User Group OFFICIAL and ORIGINAL https://www.facebook.com/groups/line6helixusergroup Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hmm… six months, that’s quite extraordinary! You mention that you’re in Europe, but no precise location, but the main Yamaha HQ for U.K. and Ireland is based in Milton Keynes. Their website contains a lot of information about the “Yamaha Guarantee for customers”, and how to deal with a situation such as “What to do in a Warranty/Non-Warranty Case?”, which might be worth following up. This seems like an issue that requires taking right to the top - especially since you have been told the faulty product will be replaced. Don’t know how it works in the rest of Europe, but in the U.K. we have the “Sale of Goods Act” (The Consumer Rights Act 2015) where items sold to consumers have to be of “satisfactory quality” and “fit for purpose”. They have legal responsibility to sort this issue out, and in the U.K. the threat of the “Small Claims Court” usually gets the ball rolling. You might also like to remind Yamaha of their “Making Waves” brand promise- you can make a few waves of your own! Hope this helps/makes sense.

Yeah, most of us in here are up to a challenge (most days), but pressing software to try to provide a solution, and to do something it is not designed to do, is possibly a step too far. I’m not saying that what you contemplate doing is impossible. No, rather it would be extremely convoluted to produce, with no distinct advantage over what can already be done within the plug-in. If you want to run 4 CM, with a real amp and cab, hardware is the way to go. If you want to run software, then you need to realise its limitations. Even though digital audio can be a steep learning curve, I’m surprised to discover that you say it took you days to get a sound out of Native. It’s straight forward enough, and functions much the same as any other guitar amp/fx sim plug-in. Stick Native onto the track you wish to process, select a preset and press play. You should now be hearing the modified audio in glorious stereo. Play around with the preset, turning on, or off, various blocks and mess around with whatever parameters you wish. All this in the knowledge that your original audio remains intact. Just don’t overdrive the input to Native. One thing that immediately springs to mind from reading your reply! You mention that you have been happily using Native for quite sometime, but listening on headphones (the type and impedance can be very important). Then you patched in your Peavey - result, audio Nirvana. Welcome to the non stop “amp in the room” saga, and probably a smattering of Fletcher Munson. You may want to check out this blog post from Eric Klein (Digital_Igloo) for a little insight on why your playback system is very important. https://blog.line6.com/2023/09/15/eric-klein-at-least-half-of-your-modelers-sound-is-determined-by-your-playback-system/ Oh, yeah - regarding your “@Line6 comment” - due to the fact that anyone working on this stuff is tied by NDAs, you will never know of any future plans. Also, they currently seem very involved in getting the new flagship hardware into stores. Furthermore, this is user group and Line 6 staff very rarely visit here - see the black banner at the top of this page - “Welcome to the Line 6 forums”. If you need to contact anyone who might be able to help, then check the Digital and Modelling section of The Gear Page website. Basically - don’t hold your breath! Hope this helps/makes sense.