josander

I use Kubuntu 22.04.5 LTS and compiled GCC 15 from source (for learning and experimenting with C++23). Your binary works on this system as well, it's just me who compiled your source just for the fun of it! :-)

Hi Jason, I've planned to make a Qt based editor for Linux for a long time ,and finally, I made (a kind of) test framework in C++ and RTMidi yesterday, where I made all the functionality to send CC's and Program Changes. But I soon realized that I have to send sysex (FX parameters and so on) messages to the Catalyst in order to make the editor usable. And now, I stumbled to this posting where I see you probably have done what's possible without sysex. I just want to share some comments and thoughts here that will probably not be helpful for you at all, but it might be good do see that you are not the only Linux user here. Even when I used less than a hour to figure how to make some code to test if CC's and program changes work from Linux with C++, I'm by all mean not an C++ expert, and I had a lot of luck. I did my chops in Perl and that was more than 15 years ago, so you can imagine I'm quite rusty. Today I Installed a midi monitor on my Android tablet and fired up my Catalyst and Line 6's Catalyst Editor. It seems to me that both sides are using sysex entirely and it's just a matter of registering the messages when one use either the amp or the editor and turn knobs and play around. But I'm not sure that's worth the effort. That said, I'm quite disappointed that Line 6 and others do not provide real cross platform editors for their products. I'm quite sure they are using toolkits such as Qt and so on. The share of Linux users on the desktop is around 5% at the moment, not a big number in %, but it's easy to imagine that means a lot of users. Harrison Audio, who makes the Mixbus DAW, said some years ago that their share of Linux users was more that 15%, and now, more and more vendors are doing Linux stuff as well. I really hope Line 6 will do the same. I tried your editor and I guess that's as good as it gets with an ncurses interface. I ran into some linking trouble when i ran the make command to compile your code. However, everything worked for me with this command: gcc-15 -Wall -Wextra -std=c99 -lncurses -lasound ./src/ui.c ./src/midi.c ./src/main.c -o ./build/bin/catalyst -editor Thanks for your effort, but I can't help thinking if it's worth it. On the other hand, this issue is itching me all the time and maybe I will do an full blown GUI editor anyway in the future. That said, I'm a Line 6 fanboy and will buy the Helix Stadium within one year, and might be occupied with that one for a long time! :-) Jostein

According to a recent YouTube video from WT TONE, Line 6's Eric Klein has said that the engine updates have us on Helix 3 by now. Old presets will sound as as they was before, but if you exchange the amp in an old preset with a new one and then change it back again, then the new engine will drive the amp.

Hi folks, the same happened for me today. First, the HELIX froze, then I tried to start it twice and got the ":-28" two times. Now on the Helix are running at the fourth attempt. This has never happened for me before.

I'm a very lucky owner of an HD500X and I'm especially impressed by the amps. For me, everything is better than my old combination of X3 PRO with the Behringer FCB 1010 (Uno) MIDI foot controller. I think its very easy to get the sound I want and just plug in and play on gigs. As with most stuff nothing is perfect and some of my thoughts are: I'm a Linux user and as a programmer, I have really big difficulties to understand why they - as of 2010's - have not made an editor that also runs on Linux. I do not believe for a second that they do not how to make the editor run on Linux as well, so I guess that it's a strategic question. More and more companies are taking Linux users seriously and a relative small company as Harrison Consoles says that around 14% of their Mixbus DAW customers are Linux users. That is not an awful high %, but Line 6 is not a tiny company, so even a Linux base at 5% should make a considerable high number of users. The use of % as parameters for so many FX parameters is strange, but I use my ears until I'm happy. However: I can understand that this is big issue for many people. The lack of mono output on the XLR side and no internal power supply. This is in fact bad. I have to use a DI box on one line out to the mixer/PA. Imagine how much better it looks on stage without that spaghetti. I think it's strange that they did not add a really clean (JC) amp as standard in stead of one or two amps that is in marginally use, but I will be one of the first to buy amp packs when the 2.6 FW comes out. Despite the issues above, the price and what you get back ratio is hard to beat and as a working tool on stage and as an inspiring joy provider when I'm playing, it's unbeatable! I have so much fun when playing with the HD500X.

Thanks TheRealZap, then I start to spare money for another HD500X, the sparing won't hurt regardless of the license :-)

Hi, I have a HD500X and will by the Model Packs when they and FW 2.6 are available. I'm considering buying another HD500X for backup (using a X3 PRO now) and have a question about model pack licensing: -Can I use the same license for both HD500Xs, or do I need two licences? Thanks, Jostein