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Yep, seriously, but don't bother to thank me for insulting you - it was entirely my pleasure!

That's what I was thinking/hoping too. Although, from the item above which I marked in red, it seems that only the computer is authorised - it makes no mention of the serial number keeping the software unlocked for regular use. If this thing insists on "phoning home" every time it's opened it will be of very little use to me. I feel like I have just wasted my money on this one!

I have a full license and my iMac Retina 27" (running Sierra) is authorised, but each and every time I open Native in Logic Pro X (latest edition) it has to connect to Line 6 to verify my account. If I don't link back to my account, Native functions as a demo version the green 15 day info showing in the bottom right of the main window.This is very annoying for me as my internet connection is really flakey and extremely slow. Also, see my previous post #10, above. Even at the best of times my broadband link is up and down like bride's nightgown.

Hi Shiloh, For some insight about noise gates you should check out this video from Ben Vesco (Malhavok) which should help. http://www.benvesco.com/blog/line-6-pod/2016/line-6-helix-tips-and-tricks-noise-gate-without-a-block/ Sustain really doesn't come from the gate but from everything in the signal chain after it, especially overdrive into a high gain amp. For clean sustain you need a compressor into a clean amp. Regarding Guitar In-Z, higher setting e.g. 1M is usually for hot pick-ups like hum-buckers and the lower setting for single coils. It's your choice but Auto is a safe bet. Here's a quote from Digital Igloo about Auto setting on Guitar In-Z " If the distortion pedal is the first block on Path 1, Helix can automatically set its Guitar Input impedance circuit to match. Just set Global Settings > Ins/Outs > Guitar In Impedance to "Auto."" Hope this helps.

Hi bc05, Something very similar to this question cropped up in another Helix related thread recently.http://line6.com/support/topic/27158-helix-reamp-question/ I will make the same comments here in the hope of clarifying part of the issue for you. Here we go - Unless you are one of the very few people who own and use a stereo guitar (not your JTV89) then what you are dealing with is intrinsically a mono instrument that sends out a mono signal. Of course you could set both USB channels 7 and 8 to guitar and record that into your DAW. Not that that would do any good - both signals are identical mono takes! AFAIK, your hardware Helix is set up to deliver a stereo signal from USB 1 & 2. Although, I guess you could mess with it so that it puts out 2 mono signals - there is a whole heap of ways to configure your outputs. It's only when your DI (dry) track is further processed by plug-ins (Helix Native, etc.) in your DAW, or sent back into Helix that the stereo magic happens. IIRC, (I'm not in the studio right now, so I can't verify) Helix Native has the option for taking a Mono to Stereo signal for output. It may be worth taking a little time to watch this Line 6 demo of how to re-amp with Helix.https://youtu.be/Vf3i18zOgG0 Note that the DI guitar on USB 7 is MONO until it is re-processed via Helix which makes it STEREO. Hope this helps to clear up the mono/stereo confusion. Or maybe not!

Oh damn! How did I miss that? It's the dude who never reads anything, but likes to pi$$ and moan about all of it!

Huh? You obviously didn't read the Helix Native FAQs section of Knowledge Base which states: Q: Will Helix Native have a built-in tuner? Not at launch.

I have just checked what happens with Helix Native if you don't have an internet connection. You get a message which states: Sign in is required to manage your Native license. So that seems to indicate that it has been designed into the functioning of the software. This is not what I expected, because this is the information posted in the Line 6 Knowledge Base, regarding Helix Native FAQ's Q: Will Helix Native work with iLok? There is no licensing available through iLok. It is authorized on first run of the plugin. Just log in with your Line 6 username and password and click "authorize computer". (my highlight in red). There is absolutely no mention of the fact that the plug-in will want to phone home every time you use it. Just imagine someone wants to do some "field recording" out in the sticks and would like to use Native. Well if you're 99 miles from nowhere, with no internet connection, it ain't gonna happen. Nada, zip, zilch, zero nuthin. You are gonna be shackled to an internet authorisation! Tell me it ain't true!

This is a real pain! Whenever I quit from Logic and Helix Native is running as a fully authorised version - 'You have a valid Helix Native license that does not expire', I would expect to be able to use it without any hassle next time I spark up Logic But no - it seems that Native will have reverted back to the demo version - "15 days remaining in trial" and it will stay like that until I click on the logo and bring up the License Box which then re-establishes contact with my Line 6 Account to Authorise my computer once more. WTF! The way I understood it was, once the plug-in was authorised that was it! If this thing has to phone home every time you use it there are going to some really pi$$ed off Helix Native users out there - starting with me! Please tell me that a fix for this is being worked on even NOW!

According to Line6Tony who posted in this thread: http://line6.com/support/topic/29033-helix-native-available-81617/ Abelton Live should require the VST2 version of Helix Native. Although, strangely enough, another guy in this thread at post #2 says that Abelton Live 9 runs with the AU plug-in. http://line6.com/support/topic/29056-helix-native-compatibility/?do=findComment&comment=224911 EDIT: the guy at post #2 is the same guy posting the question here - plain weird! Confused? I am. Yesterday my copy of Native was running as a demo version in Logic Pro X, today it was functioning perfectly as the full paid up version - until I quit for lunch, came back and fired up Logic and it had reverted back to the demo vesrion. AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGG! Wot da funk is going on?

Triryche, Thanks for your help with this glitch, bug, error or whatever - it's all O.K. now. Also, if possible please pass along a big "thank you" to all the crew working on fixing the server issues. Unsung heroes one and all!

Nah, not magic, more likely server techies working away in the background.Yay! Let's hear it for the back room crew! Thanx.

Re: Helix Native. Spikey ain't gonna be happy when he finds there is no tuner in the plug-in software!

Hi Hedon09, Triryche, Line 6 Expert is looking into it. He thinks it may have been a glitch in the servers, as you may have noticed they went offline for a little while. One thing that I spotted was – my purchase history shows both the Helix Native Trial and the Native for Helix Owners in the items column. it looks like the full version requires activation, but I'm baffled as to how to do that. If I try to do it through the plug-in it just takes me back to the Store front! Oh yeah, plus I did a full uninstall, restart and re-install, but still the same.

Ermm - well that was the very first thing I did after installing the plug-in. It authorizes Native for me (datacommando) but only as a Trial Version. Oh, yeah! I have done a Deauthorize etc. no change! see pic.

I might be cross threading this post but this is the place for Native things Hmmm! Paid for it (nobody mentioned the extra $20 Tax) Installed it - no problem. Gave a first run - log into my details BUT For some weird reason it seems to be registered as a trial version, although PayPal sent me a receipt for the transaction. Any clues as to what is going - see attached pix

I might be cross threading this post but everyone else on here seems to be discussing Native Hmmm! Paid for it (nobody mentioned the extra $20 Tax) Installed it - no problem. Gave a first run - log into my details BUT For some weird reason it seems to be registered as a trial version, although PayPal sent me a receipt for the transaction. Any clues as to what is going - see attached pix

Just spotted this! Helix Native Available 8/16/17 8am Pacific Time - another 3 hours? http://line6.com/support/topic/29033-helix-native-available-81617-8am-pacific-time/?do=findComment&comment=224633 CANCEL THAT IT'S IN STORE NOW!!!!!!!!

I have to agree with the comments from "HonestOpinion" especially when you mentioned holding down FS7&9 for a Global Reset. Actually what you have done is: 7 & 8 Reset setlists to factory, Keep IRs. "HonestOpinion" states using FS9&10 which is for a full clean up i.e: Reset setlists to factory, Global reset, Clear IRs. You can do a quick Global Reset with FS5&6. Find the complete Helix Reset Options listed here: https://helixhelp.com/reset-options/ As for the problems with the output you state you are using 1/4 Jack to monitor and Mono XLR to Mixer. This may well be stating "the bleeding obvious", but the rear of the cheat sheet says "for mono signals connect only the left XLR out" - maybe easy to overlook.

Hi LineFever, I just did a quick check with a blank preset. First I added Stupor OD, then to the Hamburger Menu ( you know the 3 horizontal lines), click, then Controller Assign Knob, Parameter set to Drive, next Controller rotate to EXP Pedal 1. Now set Min Value to 0.0 and Max Value to 10.0. Hit the little house (Home) button. Now when you move the Expression Pedal the drive range value will show between the white brackets. Hope this helps You can also "Learn Controller" to sweep the min/max values when setting the assignments. Rushed reply as I'm going out for a party - yay!

Hi Andy,I never intended my reply to "Soultrainer" to come across as snarky, but the original post did (along with some others) seemed to have been made by someone who had not even bothered to read the manual. I usually try to be helpful with queries about Helix stuff, or try to point people to the place where they can find an answer. Most users on this form find solutions for their queries via YouTube, Google or the Owners Manual. In this particular case it appeared that the most basic guide would be the solution required. Although I never actually suggested it, I would expect the usual response, on any user forum anywhere on the internet, to be along the lines of RTFM! I recently had a personal email communication with "Soultrainer" and there are genuine medical reasons that his posts appear to be so "odd". In my reply to him, I mentioned the fact (as you had also noted) that we have to realise that when people post on forums like this, other forum users have no idea of that persons status - social, medical or otherwise. Predictive text on most messaging systems today can make someone appear dyslexic even though they are not. Therefore unless you post with a signature file stating, "I'M BLIND" or "WHEELCHAIR USER", or whatever, you leave yourself wide open to a great deal of ridicule and abuse. Things written on screen can be interpreted so many ways, both good and bad. Without having to give away any personal details, it may help in these circumstances if the original post was prefixed with something along the lines of - "This may seem like a stupid question but..." That may have the effect of getting more empathy for the questioner (not guaranteed). I realise this should be unnecessary, but sadly we are not all telepathic.

Albert "Ice Man" CollinsI rest my/our case!

Ouch!Well, yes, I suppose it does count, but it took me less than a minute to find that result on this forum. My research must have been a little more specific 😜 At least I didn't simply suggest that he should go away and RTFM!

Hi again Soultrainer,Well, you really are full of questions, so let's get to it with this one. Yes, you can rename snapshots in the Editor, you just didn't look deep enough. A little bit of research on your part would have turned up this little nugget of information. O.K Rather than type all this stuff out again, I will simply point you to the source. http://line6.com/support/topic/21483-how-to-use-snapshots/ I would also suggest that you remove your request for an update to something that already exists! Research first please.

Hi Soultrainer, Well I just had a look at those 2 patches and the problem is exactly what "silverhead" noted above. When you check the input you will see that they are both set for Variax. Swap the setting to either Guitar or Multi and everything should be fine. Note: when these patches were done originally by forum user "CBTL" (AKA - Matt Helix & AC30) the Variax setting allowed him to pre-select an Acoustic model for the Zep patch and a Spank-1 for the Jeff Beck tone. EDIT: I found these instructional videos online - watch and learn. Stairway Jeff Beck