SaschaFranck

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.

Yes, they are most defenitely working on something significant, at least I'd bet on it. But 10 year old hardware that won't generate much sales anymore isn't something significant for a company who has to pay their employees. It's really as easy as that. And believe me, I wish it was different.

I don't understand the question. Everything you may ever need is there.

Even if I wish they would do that, I don't think we'll see significant functionality updates anymore. At one point in time the HX family market will be saturated (it likely almost is), so everone and his mum have their Floors, Stomps and what not. To sell some more hardware (which is their main job) Line 6 will have to show up with some new stuff. But then, I think the HX platform is really mature and good enough for quite some years to come already. Sure, I'm really somewhat dissapointed that certain functionality updates never materialized, but such is life.

Fwiw, I just updated to Sequoia today and so far things seem to be fine, HX Native included. Don't take my word for anything, though.

Very likely, a patch isn't even needed. But I hesitate to update to Sequoia without knowing - especially without knowing I could easily go back.

Yes and no. So far, Sequoia seems to cause pretty much no issues for pretty much all plugins. Don't wanna be their guinea pig, though. Because of that, so far my way of dealing with things was to create a bootable image, update and check whether things were fine. In case they were, great, in case they weren't, I'd simply return to my image. But I just learned the hard way that this isn't working anymore on any M-Macs. They can't reliably be booted from an image, no matter how you created it. And to add to this, you can't easily go back to previous versions via Time Machine or whatsoever, either, as long as there's been a major OS update inbetween. IOW, Apple has managed to completely destroy one of the features that I always found to be most amazing. Apple and their fanboys are all like "It's because of additional security" - but nobody has provided a single example so far. Sucks, really.

Would like to know as well.