SaschaFranck

Hm, but the sound folks have better EQs themselves and actual control of the FOH sound. That's exactly what I'd recommend as well.

Yeah, I forgot about that. Fortunately, the Helix makes it easy doing this.

That is true - or rather not relevant as you'd typically feed a DI box with the 1/4 out anyway. Whatever, what I was doing back in my HX Floor days (apart from using a phantom power blocker at first, but that was annoying as it actually required phantom power to work, for whatever reasons...) was using the XLR out to feed my monitor while sending the 1/4 out the FOH way, running into a DI box first. Fortunately, these days I don't have to deal with questionable XLR outs anymore...

How exactly did you try to limit the position value?

It's not coming with dedicated drivers for macOS as it seems. That means it's using the "native" Core Audio support of macOS, which isn't allowing for very low latencies.

The downside of such a setup being that it'd add what I'd think of being "considerable" amounts of latency. An HX loop will add around 2ms on its own (I hope it's only taking the latency of one single path into account, otherwise it'd be around 4ms) and you'd then have to add the computer latency, which, depending on your budget, could be anything from around 2ms (requiring a powerful computer and an expensive interface) to, say, 6ms (which can be achieved by sort of budget computers and interfaces already. So you'd get around 5-8ms of latency on top of the 4ms the HX hardware comes with. Let's say you may end up with 10ms. For me, especially when playing through headphones, that's in a well noticeable range. And add to that that at least some plugins (or HX blocks) will add some bits of their own latency as well. I mean, just the PolyCapo on its own is adding so much that I personally never use it. Personally, if I was to go the plugin route, I'd do it consequently. There'd be no single sound cables running to and from the floor anymore and it'd also add the immense flexibility of just needing your laptop and an interface to have access to all your sounds, even without what is a rather bulky floor unit.

You can have all that. Just not within any current HX series hardware (it's simply not powerful enough for a start, let alone the operating system being something extremely different). You could slap a computer based setup together and use it live. And it'd possibly be a lot cheaper than any hypothetical modeler allowing you to do these things (which would possibly cost at least 2 times as much as current offerings). What you need is: - A computer of some sorts, preferably a laptop. If I was thinking about such a setup, a Macbook Air M3 (or likely an M4, which should be released rather soon) would be my prefered choice. The main reasons being that it's incredibly power efficient, has zero moving parts inside and gets just lukewarm with the lid closed (which is absolutely important for live playing as you don't want the keyboard to be exposed to anything like a beer shower). The smallest model would be sufficient (in case you don't want to run large sample libraries as well). I can run 3-4 fully loaded instances of Helix Native on one single core. That's just mindblowing. - A low latency audio interface of some sorts. I'm using a Motu M2 which is delivering a roundtrip latency of just 3.5ms at 44.1kHz samplerate. That's pretty much as good as a Helix Floor with both paths connected serially. You could of course get even lower by getting, say, an RME interface and raising the samplerate (which would obviously cost quite some CPU cycles, but there's plenty of juice - see above). We're now talking about <2ms roundtrip latency, which would even allow you to set up some send/return routings without running into latency issues. - A floor controller of some sorts (plus some expression pedal/s). There's gazillions by now, it's just a matter of your budget. - Ideally a tablet or an external MIDI knob box to remote control things when the laptop is closed and placed in a rack drawer (which is the only way I'd accept it to be on a stage). A cheap Android tablet running TouchOSC can go a long way here (I'm using just that to control some aspects of my current pedalboard). - Some software to run things. On macOS, Mainstage springs to mind, cost around 30 bucks and comes with all of Logic's FX already. You can have all amps in the world kinda for free in case you'd be using the NAM plugin and some captures. - Some decent rack to secure and transport things in. Overall cost of all that would possibly set you short by something along the lines of 2k, in case you're on a budget. 2.5k would already give you a pretty great setup and in case you can spend 3k there'd be little else to wish for. You could possibly save 500-1.000 buying 2nd hand. Yes, that's a lot more expensive than a Helix Floor, but it's incredibly more capable. In case I ever want to slap a new setup together, this is a route I will very seriously consider.

Are we talking about recorded tracks here or the amps you're playing through in the Stomp itself?

Import as many as possible (the overall limit is 128) and go through them. A good way to do so quickly would be to place a looper block as the first thing in the signal chain and record something into it. That way you don't have to play, so you can concentrate on editing and listening. Fwiw, I don't think you need to worry much about IRs when playing jazzy stuff. The "new" cabs (came with the second to latest firmware) are absolutely excellent. The same goes for the rather new Super Reverb amp. Using that and the matching cab should really get you a very decent jazz sound, given you feed it with the right guitar. Here's some noodling bits (not exactly authentic jazz, but hey...) with just the Super Reverb and its matching cab, used an old Ibanez 335 clone (a real jazz box would get you even more authentic jazz tones easily): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gd9s9IHC302UnQY0atJGGhuTzbiTFsd5/view?usp=sharing I also have a self-"shot" (and mixed) IR that IMO is doing a great job for live purposes. It's a bit more mid-rangey than most cabs, simply because I feel that's what's needed in a live setting. Feel free to try it out as well (there's 2 IRs in the file, one is a little brighter): https://drive.google.com/file/d/128SMeXg2tvsyG3Y7Px07GZqDL0LyrYcs/view?usp=sharing

Downdate, record something, update, record something, ideally using reamping or Helix Native. Then compare. That's the only way to really find out.

Of course. Just navigate to the right on the cab block.

Did you register the unit? If so, the discount should show up automatically when you're logged in.

Did you as well do a factory reset *after* the FW update? That's highly recommended and there's been some reports about units not working as supposed without doing that reset.

Wellknown issue (never had it on my Floor back then but often on the Stomp). Defenitely seems to be software related - but it's never been truly fixed. And no, resetting doesn't help. Not good.

Why would you use a limiter? IMO a plain booster would be a better choice. Anyway, regardless of the type of pedal, you'll lose the flexible input impedance feature of the Stomp once the external pedal is on or in buffered bypass mode (such as all Boss pedals).

Hm, there's been a sale recently, maybe it's over already. Did you check while being logged in?

If you plan to do any kind of stuff in a DAW, I highly recommend doing so! You can have it for $49 right now as a registered hardware user (as long as the hardware hasn't been used for a discount before). Yes. Reaper would be inexpensive (plus it's coming with a literally never ending trial period), but in case you're familiar with the Cubase family already, I'd possibly try to get a cheap (or even free) smaller OEM version (some people are selling these). In case you're on a Mac, get Garageband, which is free. As far as Match EQs go, Reaper has one for free in their file repository somewhere, but in general, I wouldn't recommend reaper too much for starters. Some bigger DAWs have a Match EQ coming with them, but those versions are generally more expensive and sometimes tougher to get into. Personally, I'm using Logic - but as Garageband, it requires a Mac. I'd possibly start with a DAW that is easy to get into (such as Cubasis) and a set of analyzers (there's some free ones such as Span from Voxengo), then do the matching yourself - which will possibly even teach you a whole lot about the HX EQs.

Match EQs will usually show you their frequency curve, you could then try to recreate that curve with the Helix EQs. For more precision, you could use Helix Native and two analyzers, one for the reference track and one for your Helix track. Alternatively, you could create an IR of that Match EQ (some even allow for IR export on their own but it's pretty easy to do manually as well) and load that instead of an EQ.

Check your global settings -> Ins/Outs, scroll all the way to the right. There's an entry "Volume Controls" that you can switch from "Mains+HP" to "Phones". I'm sure your global settings were messed up during the update (which is sometimes happening for various reasons). Just set it to "Mains+HP" and you should be fine.

Exactly this. And yes, it can be done. I'd rather use at least one of he switches for tap/tune, though, simply because I prefer to have visual control over things, something the Ampero switch doesn't offer.

I still don't think it'll happen that soon. Maybe in a year. Fwiw, personally I'm so happy with my new setup, they'd have to be pushing hard to even get me interested.

Well, it has been discussed pretty much everywhere else, too. Personally, I don't even know why, simply because pretty much everything is obvious. Hardware is aging, new tech needs newer hardware, newer hardware is also needed to generate new sales. And that was it already. To be honest, while he certainly likes delay and reverb, his sounds still are pretty articulate IMO. Let alone he's an excellent player. I do however agree on the rest, it's becoming predictable and (unfortunately) clickbaity.

Which, regardless of the OP's comment, isn't speaking for TGP, more to the opposite. Fortunately, there's way better alternatives these days. And as far as saying "thank you" to L6 goes, well, I'm having mixed feelings myself. In 10 years of time, they could've improved plenty of things regarding usability - but refused doing so (and some things would've come at zero development cost, such as adding the LT's screen mode to the Floor). Some things are still incredibly bad. And I'm saying that as someone who just made the Stomp the center of all things dirt in his setup. Anyhow, as much as I'm able to complain (for good reasons), I love the new amps. Some quick noodlings, straight after updating: Xtra Blue: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bcXPF3N6loGAwwM8A96mGY4y1qKQ8Vt8/view?usp=sharing Super Reverb: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gd9s9IHC302UnQY0atJGGhuTzbiTFsd5/view?usp=drive_link

The Helix is produced in China. Just as pretty much any other modeler.

So, you're saying you have a programming background and then come up with a statement like this? That's quite pathetic.