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It was 2 years back when Digital Igloo (Eric Klein) posted this comment in the Pedalboards of Doom thing on FarceBuck.

Not really - and if you want to create that effect you could do like many other Helix users - buy one and hook it up to your Helix. Digitech Frequout pedals are not too expensive, it’s the simplest solution. Type “freqout” in the search panel at the top of the main page and see how many hit it gets. Quite a number really.

Este es el lugar equivocado para buscar ayuda con Line 6 Monkey. ¡Este foro es para usuarios del dispositivo Helix que no requiere Monkey! Espero que esto ayude / tenga sentido.

Hi, Don’t mean to hijack the thread from “guitarmoke”, but as you mentioned the Hysteria album in particular, I wondered if you had checked out the complete albums worth of presets made by Scott Minchk over on his YouTube channel. First one of the series is here then continue from there. Hope this helps.

Not really my sort of thing but, this is a quote from “phil_m” (posted in another thread) which may point you in the right direction. “Well, they did add the HX Looper commands to the Command Center in 2.90. So now you can program any looper command to any footswitch in Stomp Mode. You don't have to actually go to looper mode if you don't want to.” Hope this helps/makes sense.

Line 6 added input and output indicator bars to the recent firmware. I advise that you check that you are actually getting a signal from your guitar into your Helix and then that the signal Is getting as far is the output. Add a compressor block to see if the meters react on that. After that it will be a process of elimination as to where the signal is going, does it come through to the XLRs or from the USB for example. When all else fails - raise a ticket as “phil_m” suggests in the post above.

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Hi, There are many things that you can activate or modify with the expression pedal. Changing the feedback amount and delay times within a delay block is a typical example. You can assign your pedal to change whatever you like, it 's just a matter of "telling" the pedal what to control and when. He is a video of a guy doing a simple little thing with a whammy effect. For an in depth look at what you can do with the expression pedal by assigning to to various functions you should take some time and watch this. Hope this helps/makes sense

Oh, this would seem to indicate that you didn’t do too much research about this, before updating. The Firmware update page for v2.92 does actually say that no matter what your current firmware version you can go directly to the latest 2.92, although a quick read through the notes for prior revisions you will find that there was a major upgrade to the Helix family Core Engine at firmware 2.80. There were extensive notes about this in the release documentation - Re: items 5, 6 and 7. f you have Helix Rack / Control, turn off Helix Control. Also, shut down all Line 6 software or any programs that use audio, like DAWs, iTunes, Spotify, video games, etc. Connect Helix to a Mac or PC via USB (do not use any sort of USB hub) and turn it on. Launch Line 6 Updater. The latest version was automatically installed when you installed HX Edit 2.80 in “STEP 2 Updating HX Edit to 2.80” above. Enter your Line 6 Username and Password and click “Sign In.” A big green box appears with a picture of your Helix product. Click the big green box and then click “Update” next to Version: 2.80. Carefully read the instructions (HEY! DID YOU BACK UP FIRST?), click “Continue,” and then “Accept.” A warning dialog appears, telling you that Helix will be reset twice. Think “Hmm, maybe I should’ve backed up first? Nah, I insist on subverting the dominant paradigm,” and click “OK.” Helix begins updating. As wholly expected, because we warned you… because you always read the instructions… halfway through the update process, Line 6 Updater displays a second dialog and Helix’s LCD reads “Boot Failure. Entered Update Mode!” THIS IS NORMAL. Breathe deep, everything is fine. You’re almost there. Click “OK” again. When finished, Helix restarts automatically and begins rebuilding your presets. Let it finish. It gets better, because in BIG RED LETTERS the release note for 2.92 it states: IMPORTANT! Carefully read and follow the update instructions below. If you don't—and then run to the forums asking why it's not working—the interwebs will make fun of you. Possibly, Line 6 expected you to be familiar with this first and that’s why it is written in red. Anyhow, none of this solves your current problem, and as is usual in these situations, you haven’t said what computer and OS you’re using. Turn off the power to your LT. Restart your LT while holding down foot switches 6&12, this will put your hardware into “Safe Boot” mode and from there on you should be able to reinstall the firmware. DO NOT USE A USB HUB AND DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER APPLICATIONS RUNNING THAT MAY INTERFERE WITH THE UPDATE ESPECIALLY AUDIO APPS! NOTE: ON SOME PC MACHINES THE FRONT USB PORTS ACT LIKE A HUB - USE THE REAR PORTS. If you are unable to complete the installation via HX Edit 2.92, it is possible to download the component parts needed and do a local install without being connected to the internet. If you are using a Mac the the info you require to perform this task is posted in my reply here: If you’re using a Windows machine then, in my post, wherever it says Mac substitute your OS. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Well, maybe you will be better off with something that doesn’t require any user input. Good luck.

HI, The "Master" and "Drive" act like they would with a real amp, therefore you adjust those (along with Bass, Mid, Treble etc.) to create the tone you are after, Clean, Crunch, Dirty or whatever. The "Channel Volume" will then make that disired tone louder or quieter on the output of your choice, Monitors, Phones, FRFR cabinet without changing your overall "tone". You can use "Channel Volume" to balance out your output from your various presets so you don't get wildly variable volumes. Probably made that description weirder that it actually is? Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi Jau, If you have your guitar connected to the HXFX and your OrangeTH30 exactly as shown on the cheatsheet, then it should work properly. From what you describe I would suggest that you try an eliminate every link in the chain that might create this problem. This means that you need to check every cable one by one (simple if you have a cable tester). Start by going straight from the guitar to the amp, with each cable, while using the amps latching foot switch to flip from clean to dirty channel. If everything is working O.K., patch in the HXFX as shown in the diagram. If the problem recurs, try plugging the HX FX directly into the front of the amp using a preset with something like a simple mono delay block to see if that gives a clean signal through the TH30. Process of elimination - you need to figure out if it is a problem with the amp FX Loop or the HXFX unit. I imagine that you have a computer for editing and maybe a DAW. If you do have a computer then you can check that the HX is working as it should. If you find there is a fault with the HXFX box you can have it exchanged under warranty. Hope this helps/makes sense.

This topic crops up every so often, in a similar way to the “why doesn’t the looper do xyz?” The idea has been mentioned right from way back in August 2016, when one regular contributor “Spikey” came up with the answer that many agreed with: “I’d rather them work on just the "guitar" parts of Helix. New amps, cabs, effects. Most of your ideas are ok, but OTOH I don't want or desire a swiss army knife of other musical toys taking away from the processing abilities of a better sounding guitar processor for later. There are hundreds of drum software titles on the market, each with the ability to provide a metronome or beat available should we need or desire it. As always YMMV. :)” It has also been pointed out on many occasions that the owners manual page 21 describes using the Helix send/return function for connecting a drum machine etc. I recall that in a previous post about having long loops and drum beats within Helix, I mentioned that if you use a Boss RC-10R you can get 6 hours of recording and a built in rhythm box, with 16 different drum kits. Surely more that enough for jamming out ideas? There are many Helix users working with Beatbuddy and Trio and there are many more options for multi-track loops, without having Line 6 re-invent the wheel. Let them get on with the amps and FX. Another thread here - with a link to IdeaScale should you wish to vote for a metronome?(even though you can get that from your phone!) Personally, I don’t want the “Swiss Army Knife” Helix. Hope this helps/makes sense.

If you have your LT FX loop send 1 and 2 into the input A and B on the DD-200 then Output A & B back into return 1and 2 you should be fine. You have the option to adjust the level sent in and out and how it is mixed back in. Check page 31 of the LT Owner’s Manual https://line6.com/data/6/0a020a3e07b158e5548ea50d4/application/pdf/Helix LT Owner's Manual - English .pdf#page31 Clean and dirty amps can be switched in various way, assigned to a regular foot-switch, or even better a “snapshot”, which is like having preset inside presets. If you wanted to, you can blend from one amp to another using the expression pedal. As for research the best option would be to check out the tutorial videos made by Jason Sadites, they seem to be the industry standard for newbies on this forum. Here ya go - how to start with snapshots. Have fun.

Yep, that gets my vote! Sometimes, we are like the last outpost in this forum. Line 6 staff cannot even be bothered to post the latest update notifications. I with you with that also - I spent to long out on the “bleeding edge of technology” and having to fire fight all the unknown issues. Let somebody else have that to deal with , I’m getting too old for all this madness. Oooh, new toys - and expensive! Have fun!

Another user of the latest version of Logic and also Ableton in this thread, suffering crash problems. Also some user’s of Cubase on Windows have issues with crashing, freezing and other spurious errors. Not sure if this is bugs in Native or the other software. My situation is still good with the latest version Helix Native 1.93 (released 9th July) and an older version of Logic Pro X 10.4.x (refuse to update LPX until I’m sure it’s safe to do so).

No worries, I’m really not sure what is happening with your demo copy, it’s all rather strange. Anyhow, if it puts your mind at rest about the fully authorised version of Helix Native, I have been using it in Logic Pro X since August 2017 without issues. I am is still on LPX v10.4, I think, but I won’t upgrade until I see how it pans out - some people are having issues. There was one minor glitch when I paid for the full version, for some odd reason it still thought it was the demo until the end of the trial period, since then no problems. Having said that there are other users on this forum who have lots of weird things happen, but without knowing exactly how they have things set up, it difficult to understand. That sort of thing is even worse on the Helix hardware forum where it usually it comes down to “user error” as it is pretty difficult to totally brick a Helix. Regular contributor”soundog” is also a long time user of HXN without problems - he did his last album with it! ;-)

Hi, To save me going through typing all this stuff again this is cut and paste from a previous post in reply to a similar situation. O.K. go to the "DOWNLOADS" menu at the top of this page and from "-ALL HARDWARE-" select Helix LT, then leave the "-ALL SOFTWARE-" as is, now select Mac OS X from under the "-ALL OS-" tab. from the next page you can select Helix/HX Firmware 2.92 Flash Memory, then below that you will need the HX Edit 2.92. Now scroll further down the page a grab Line 6 Updater version 1.9. Download all these bits to your Mac( they need to be installed in the Line 6 folder inside your Applications Folder). If as you say this a new Helix LT , unless you have made some presets that you wish to keep then they need to be backed up using HX Edit prior to updating the Firmware. If everything if fine then proceed to next step. Ensure that you have your LT connected to the Mac by USB cable and while turning the power on, hold down foot switches 6 & 12 which will put your LT in safe boot mode and ready to reinstall. Launch the Updater Utility and select "Offline Mode". Your LT and current firmware version should show in the window, click on the dark green coloured band and you should now have the option to select a local file - point it at the Flash Memory file you down loaded and let it get on with the update. Hope this helps/makes sense EDIT: Suggestion. In the lower right hand corner of this screen is a black circle with a white question mark, if you click on it it will open a secondary window from where you can navigate to the link named “USB Connection Issues”. Also, from there, is another link to to an article named “USB Audio Troubleshooting”. You may want to read them.

Hi, As you say that you wanted to try Helix Native, it must be the 15day trial that is causing a problem for you? The thing to remember about the trial version is that it needs to keep “phoning home”, therefore anything that interferes with this can cause problems. Check that you firewall and/or applications like Little Snitch, Radio Silence etc., which block this process and they need to be set to allow the plug-in to connect to the outside world. Once a full license has been purchased and Native fully authorises over the Internet it should be fine. IIRC, some users have mentioned that WI-FI connections can also be troublesome while running Native in demo mode. It’s a real pain having this “phone home” authorisation process for HXN, because even though we are in 2020, some users still have intermittent or unreliable internet access. Hope this helps/makes sense Anything more serious, then the best thing to do is raise a ticket with Customer Support, then at least they will be made aware of a serious problem.

I noted that you say you have been using HX Native for about 2 years without any issues. O.K, but you didn't mention what version of Native you are having this problem with. Also, if you don't already know this - the latest version Helix Native 1.93 (released 9th July) is available to download. Not much by way of Release Notes, but it does state that it is recommended for all users.

Initially I wasn’t going to reply to your tedious inanity because life is too short to engage in a pi$$ing contest with you. I could spend all day pointing out all your contradictions and assumptions that you make about the looper and the internal policy decisions of Line 6 finance and R&D. If this stuff didn’t make me laugh so much it would be pitiful, and if you think that I am being sarcastic, you should try posting this nonsense over on TGP and see how they react over there. FYI The Helix looper has been discussed at length, starting way back in 2016, and since then that particular thread has been resurrected twice. Therefore, instead of ploughing over old ground, I would suggest that you read it - especially the comments made by Digital Igloo (head of product development) which may provide some genuine insight about the Helix looper. As, “soundog” pointed out in one of his posts:- “... this thread is destined to loop over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over”

Hi Mike1225, Welcome to the world of digital modelling. Yep, greyed out amps or effect means you have hit the buffers, run out of steam, no more gas in the tank, and about a million other ways of saying you have maxed out the DSP in your hardware. This can be a minefield for the unwary (new user) because this thing looks as it can do anything (mostly it can), but some amp model consume more processing power depending on how complex they are. Whenever you are building a preset each block will use a varying amount of processor resources and as they accumulate you may find that some effects are no longer available (greyed out) One of the contributors to this forum has made a detailed study of the amount of DSP each amp/effect uses. Here’s a link to a video were he explains the theory. Hope this helps/makes sense. Oh, yeah, those Michael Britt presets are a very good place to start create your own patches from.

Hi, In that thread there are photos and a video which show the actual current draw for various units. The result for your HX Effects was show to be:- HX Effects: max. 1.1A = 1100mA Also, it is like a Boss adapter plug with polarity: centre negative, outer positive, but it needs to fit a 2.5mm centre pin. This may be an option as it has interchangeable polarity and a variety of pin sizes and switchable voltages with a max D.C. 1500mA. This on might help you out until you can buy a genuine replacement. https://www.thomann.de/fr/thomann_netzteil_universal_3_12v_dc.htm?ref=intl&shp=eyJjb3VudHJ5IjoiZnIiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6IjIiLCJsYW5ndWFnZSI6ImZyIn0%3D EDIT - IMPORTANT I FOUND THIS ONE ON AMAZON UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Replacement-Adaptor-Negative-Centre-Supply/dp/B07Y8M9GH5 AND THIS ONE ON EBAY UK - IF IT HELPS YOU https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Replacement-9V-3A-AC-DC-Adaptor-Negative-Centre-Power-Supply-for-Line6-DC-3g-/401595600064

Aw, come on! Dangerous - that’s usually a term to associate with “hazardous to heath”. Danger of electrocution etc. “You're a sarcastic person, aren't you?” Nope - I speak as I find and why should I take it personally. I don’t work for Line 6 - I’m a Helix user, just like you! “If you disagree with my view, that's perfectly fine.” I do - otherwise this wouldn’t be happening, and that’s perfectly fine - get over it! “I however don't assume that you are a moron because you disagree with me.” I didn’t assume you are a moron either, you implied that I did - although I do disagree with you. “Anyone in the industry understands the complexities in software and firmware development.” Now you are agreeing with me that other things have taken priority over a built in looper facility that you don’t like and that can be solved by using a dedicated device. “So it takes a lot of money” And resources, etc. Nuff said. “What's your personal background? Why are you assuming I'm making this stuff up?” Well my background is irrelevant to the looper issue. Plus, once more, you think I’m making an assumption - that might be you making assumptions about me. “There is ZERO sense of entitlement.” Sorry, but it may have seemed like that from your comments, “How old are you anyhow?” Once more, irrelevant - but retired, so let’s say somewhat older than you. “I'm in my 50s and worked my a$$ off to get my degrees, and had nothing handed to me along the way.” That’s a little defensive - but good for you. I never said you didn’t do any of that stuff. I did say that there seems to be a general air of “entitlement” around and you appeared to be contributing. “The only arrogance I see here is someone assuming that statements from a stranger must be from an entitled fool”. Yet again - that assumption is on your part. DILLIGAF!

From what you have said in your post, I would say that studio reference monitors would be a good choice (especially for listening at lower volume levels). Depending on your budget, there is a huge range to chose from either powered or passive. If you are unfamiliar with them then you need to evaluate them in a realistic listening environment, comparable to your own listening space. As mentioned by “silverhead” in the post above, 6 inch cones would be a good start, but if you’re tight on space there are some excellent smaller desktop reference monitors. You need to shop around.