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Hi, That’s not quite correct - it says: “Look for the included factory presets titled with “4CM” to use as your starting template…” and that is exactly what you needed to do. There are a whole bunch of Factory Presets available with a title that includes “4CM”. Those are example starting points for you to chop and change and roll your own, as explained in the rest of the quote: “…you can build your own by adding an FX Loop block (see “Choosing an Effect”).” The reference to Choosing an Effect, is where you find out information on how to add an effect block of your choice - a Send Return/FX Loop block for example. Simplicity itself! Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, I checked before posting the information - there is a specific driver v.1.96 for Windows 7 available for download. ;-)

See my reply to you post in this thread: Cross posting causes confusion.

Hi, At the top of this page select DOWNLOADS from the menu. Next choose your Hardware from the drop down menu, then from Choose Software select ‘Drivers”, now from under Choose OS, pick Windows 7. Now hit the “Go” button and the Line 6 Driver version 1.96 should be right there - click the blue button named “GET DOWNLOAD” to download to your computer. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hmm… this isn’t looking too good. Regular users of this forum have become quite efficient at fixing the general problems that are brought into these discussions - flakey USB connections, bad power supplies and cables, user screw ups on firmware installations etc., but there comes a time when it appears the only real “fix it” is a qualified service technician. Sorry that any of the suggestions posted here have failed to resolve the issue. This is probably one of those situations that requires someone to probe around inside the thing. Hope you manage to sort this out quickly and get on with playing with your Helix. Good luck.

Hi, I realise that this may appear obvious, but I didn’t see a reply to the comment from @codamedia regarding headphones? Is there any audio present in the cans? Also, there are level meters on both the input and output blocks - is there any trace of a signal being present in the path with no blocks between in and out? You also said - “Noticed the unit was on firmware 2.5 when I briefly tested it…” According to the Release Notes for 3.50 firmware - it states: My Helix/HX is at version X.XX. Can I go straight to 3.50? Yes, but note that if you're starting from 2.80 or lower, the update may appear to happen three times and will take notably longer than 30 minutes. This is normal. In all the mentions of upgrading and reverting of various firmware versions I haven’t seen a comment about the inordinate length of time each of the changes are taking. It may be that something is not quite right, because at v2.80 there was a major change to the Helix Core, and if that is not installed correctly it will undoubtedly cause issues. Just for the hell of it, as it cannot really make matters any worse, I would suggest you try to install the 2.80 firmware including going through the (Boot Failure - Entered Update Mode) nail biting section without panicking, simply to ensure the new Core is installed and fully functional before moving on to the latest revision of HX Edit and Firmware. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, Technically all the USB outs (1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6) from your Helix are mono, BUT when using stereo paths you need your DAW (Ableton) set to receive USB 1&2 as a stereo pair IN (Left and Right) On the actual track you are recording, if the input is set to 1 or 2 or 3, etc, it means you will be recording from one mono input and, therefore, your recording will result in a mono recording. If you set the input to 1/2, or 3/4, etc... then your input is stereo and the resulting file will be a stereo recording. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, When you say “multiple IRs”, I guess what you actually mean is 2, i.e. one cab impulse on path 1A and a second on path 1B? If that’s the case, I’m not sure why they would be out of phase (there is no physical cable involved), but there is an option on the Merge block to invert the signal on path B - this usually set to “Normal”. You didn’t mention which Helix product you have, this information is contained in the manual available for each model. https://line6.com/support/manuals/#effects Hope this helps/makes sense. EDIT: I stole this from an audiophile website - If both your speakers are connected with the same polarity, and your speakers are equidistant from the listener, your system would be in-phase and in-polarity. You get a gold star! If both your speakers are connected with the same polarity, and your speakers are not equidistant from the listener, your system would be out of phase and in polarity. Get out the tape measure. If your speakers are not connected with the same polarity, and your speakers are equidistant from the listener, your system would be in phase and out of polarity. You're halfway there. If your speakers are not connected with the same polarity, and your speakers are not equidistant from the listener, your system would be out of phase and out of polarity. You call yourself an audiophile? Put on the dunce hat and sit in the corner!

Hi, Well, the short answer to “What the hell is going on with this $1200 piece of lollipop?”, is you probably failed to follow the instructions to the letter! The info about “Boot Failure. Entered Update Mode!” is fully documented in the Release Notes for the firmware. You will also note that when you use bad language in these forums your attempt will be substituted by a much nicer word - lollipop! No sh!t. Quote: Helix Floor/Rack/LT only: Halfway through the update to 3.50, Helix's LCD reads "Boot Failure. Entered Update Mode!" THIS IS NORMAL. Breathe deep, everything is fine. You're almost there. You also state that you have tried the solution provided by other users to assist with a failed update, without success. Hmm… well, once again, this seems to work for the majority of people who follow the instructions precisely! Furthermore when seeking assistance from other users, it’s a great help if you provide details of your computer and operating system. You are dealing with software, and in the great scheme of things, if it doesn’t work first time try, and try again. It’s all too easy to overlook one tiny bit of the process when you are over excited. Calm down at take it step by step, and as noted above - breathe deep! BTW: Other than the very detailed user group solution "Helix/HX Update Doesn't Work? Look Here!" - this is the official Line 6 advice: If this doesn’t work, then simply raise a ticket with Customer Support - or even better, as your unit is box fresh, return it to the place you bought it for a replacement under warranty. It should also provide them with a good laugh, unless it has actually blown a component, or being taken over by aliens. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Huh? If you think that then why take the chance? Anyhow you didn’t mention if this is a new HXFX? If it is - no problem, simply return it under warranty for a replacement. If it’s a pre owned unit then try to resolve it yourself. Again, you didn’t say what computer and operating system you’re using to perform the firmware update - it’s generally a big help when troubleshooting issues. O.K., if you are in the situation mentioned by @rd2rk, in the post above, regarding a “case of astral mis-alignment”, or you don’t live on a ley line, cannot contact your local shaman, and can’t get your chakras lined up - go here and follow the instructions given - exactly. Do not deviate, go off piste, or think you may not need to do a particular thing - if you do, we cannot be responsible (not that I have have been), if everything goes FUBAR. Basically, what you’re dealing with software, it’s not like having to “cut the blue wire”, and should all else fail - raise a ticket with Customer Support. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, In this video, Jason covers linking and unlinking cabs at around 1.28 In this video, Steve explains setting up 3 of his “go to” dual cabs. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Try this preset - If it works just rearrange the thing to suit your workflow, you may want to bypass/delete the modulation and reverbs on Path B. This patch rather put me in mind of the track "Free Fall" from the "Atmospheric Conditions" album by John Themis. If you are unaware of the track check it out here: Hope this helps/makes sense. Attached: Free Fall.hlx Free Fall.hlx

Hi, For the answer to the first part of your post, see the reply from @silverhead in the post above. As for your PS: Well, it sounds like a letter to Santa Claus. Interesting, and I would also like a Mediterranean cruise and world peace, but it ain’t gonna happen by posting here. As there are no Line 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 it been seen by anyone from Line 6: https://line6.ideascale.com/a/index 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 “Helix Ideascale Community Submissions” thread to let other users know what your suggestions are, with links to IdeaScale, so they can vote on it if they wish. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, You made no mention of your computer and operating system, but you may want to have a look at this thread. Not sure if this the same, or a similar issue. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, Check your Global Settings > Preferences. From the Release Notes: With Cab > Dual blocks, you can now also choose whether changing the first cab automatically recalls a matching cab for the second. From the Global Settings menu, select the Preferences page. Press PAGE> until you see Link Dual Cabs. When set to "On" (default), changing the first cab automatically loads a matching cab for the second. Choose this option if you want to emulate the sound of two different mics (or two of the same mic with different angles or positions) on the same cab. When set to "Off," both cabs are completely independent of one another. Alternatively, in HX Edit (and Helix Native), click the Link Dual Cabs icon. Off (left) and On (right): ITRW, you could set up a pair of identical, (or completely different) speaker cabs - 4x12 Greenback 25s for example. On the first you want a Shure SM57 about an inch from the grille aimed at the cone, and on the second you have a Royer 121 Ribbon about 5 inches back from the front of the cab and nearer the speakers edge. Now you can blend the 2 signals to create a more distinctive sound. Generally there’s not a great deal of point in having the second cab mimic the exact settings of the first. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, Yep, I understand that, which is why I mentioned the extra processing power of the LT in my post. My real point is about why bother messing with porting FX presets across to the LT, when all that’s required is to use a preset created for the LT (which may already be taking advantage of that 2nd DSP), and then simply turn off, or discard the unnecessary amp and cab. The main thing is, the OP states: “When I turn off the amp and cab blocks in my own preset the guitar sounds like crap.” That prompted me to say that there must be something very wrong how he has his LT and his Genz Benz setup together. Rather than finding presets specifically designed for the HXFX, just use what you have correctly. Hope this makes sense.

Hi, Try this:- Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, That’s intriguing. Using only HX Effects presets in a Helix LT will not sound any different from a full LT preset without an amp and cab in the signal chain - the HXFX firmware is identical apart from the amp and cab modelling. If you create a preset in the Helix LT without an amp or cab it’s the same other than the fact that an LT has a second DSP chip which doubles the processing power of the HXFX. If you have a preset in your LT, and as you state, when you “turn off the amp and cab blocks in my own presets the guitar sounds like crap”, there is something very wrong in how you have things set up in the signal path. If there is a hard way of doing things, you have found it, if you think that using a preset specifically created for a HX Effects unit, is going to be any different to simply not having an amp and cab in the signal path of an LT device. This is more than weird - Bizarre! Why invest in an LT if you “don’t want, or need the amp or cab blocks” Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, I’m a little confused about exactly what you’re asking here, because you say you have an Helix LT and downloaded a bunch of freebie Helix FX. Furthermore you intend to buy some more commercial presets - and that is where my confusion arises! Hmm… if you own an LT why would you download presets for the HX Effects which doesn’t have any of the amp and cab blocks that are in all the other Helix family of products? I guess you actually mean you have presets that were designed for the Helix floor model? If that’s correct then your freebie, and any future commercial purchases will simply load into your LT, with the caveat of - if the preset requires an IR file from a commercial supplier, you will have to purchase the IR needed. Presets designed for use with the Helix floor, Rack of LT are interchangeable. The differences between those 3 units are in the hardware. Your LT has less Send/Return options, and no Mic input for example. One other point - you mention using the presets which you have, or hope to have, to “help me get my head around writing good presets”. Well if those presets have been downloaded from CustomTone - be prepared to be disappointed. You might find the the name and/or description are far from what you may have anticipated. If you ‘re not rigged up with the same guitar, strings, pick technique, monitors and listening environment as the guy who put it together - it will sound completely different, but hey it’s somewhere to start. Hope this helps/makes sense.

Hi, I realise that this may appear blindingly obvious, but did you read the article that is linked in the post above from @rd2rk. Short answer is, no you do not need 2 sets of presets to use your Helix to record and for live work. Learn how to set levels. Hope this helps/makes sense Oh, yeah - GarageBand audio levels - you might want to check this out! Plus this!

Hi, The Badonk wouldn’t be my first choice for vocals, but with this stuff there are no hard and fast rules. If it works for you -great. For vocals I would start by using the Studio Tube Pre, followed by a LA Comp. You mentioned some reverb and delay - that should be fine, along with possibly a slight chorus to thicken things a little - lots of choices there, including the ADT block or a Dimensions block to taste. Also, your Super 55 Deluxe is a dynamic mic that is rated with an output impedance of 150 ohms - Low Impedance, (and as a similar thing recently came up in another thread on here), it might benefit by adding a Z-Changer between the mic and Return input. https://www.amazon.com/Parts-Express-Female-Matching-Transformer/dp/B0002BF1KG/ref=sr_1_5?crid=1SVPP5VNI1L0T&keywords=lo+to+hi+impedance+matching+transformer+for+microphones&qid=1678119925&sprefix=lo+to+hi+impedance+matching+transformer+for+microphones+%2Caps%2C189&sr=8-5 Hope this helps/makes sense.

Nope - a Z changer is exactly that. It contains a bit of circuitry (matching transformer) which changes the impedance from Lo to Hi. Your XLR is simply swapping the type of connection to a jack plug. See this: Hope this helps/makes sense

Good idea - a Z changer is always a handy thing to have around. Can't remember the last time I used mine, but I have had it for many years.

Hi, That's weird - I just imported a Bundle of the entire contents of my Helix floor and everything is it should be. No missing cabs, or anything else, here. Mysterious. Have to you tried importing the bundle and setlists again - maybe a computer glitch?

Hi, Three gain blocks all set on max is insane! Even more insane is the compressor following those blocks is adding another +9db of level, but further along is an LA Studio comp that is backing off the gain to 4.5 while the peak reduction is set to 6.5. Huh? Turn up the gain on the LA to just above 7 and it should start to howl. You probably have a good reason for setting things like this, but each to their own.