SaschaFranck

Unfortunately, Apple's pace at doing so is unrivalled. Planned obsolescense galore.

As I'm on a "vintage" Mac (Mac Pro from 2010) running Mojave, I can't exactly tell, but my best bet would be that there's some Intel "traces" in Line 6's software, requiring Rosetta to run in the background - which, AFAIK, Apple will throw out at one point in time (which will be when they happen to think developers had enough time to adjust). And that point will happen rather sooner than later because Apple doesn't give the slightest damn about their customers.

Correct. Don't look for the correct plug for too long, better get an adapter cable (or two, just in case). That way you should be able to use pretty much any halfway decent power supply.

No (and this is very important), the Stomp needs a 2.5mm plug. Any standard plugs won't fit (which is really, really stupid, btw.).

Sure. And it seems to work as in the manual. No idea why it wouldn't work for jeremiahzellers, though. Also no idea why Digital Igloo wrote something different in the release notes, but "not some global reverb or delay" is pretty unclear anyway (what's up with the "global" thing?). As said, can't check anything by myself.

And fwiw, unfortunately, I can't check for myself as I downgraded to a Stomp.

No, before you tell someone they're misunderstanding things, you should rather check some facts before, because in this case, very clearly you are the one to misunderstand the function (or at least the way how it is intended to work). This is straight from the manual: "If you’re willing to sacrifice one of Helix’s two DSPs, you can achieve true preset spillover, complete with delay and reverb trails." Whether this works as supposed is another thing, but at least it is supposed to work.

This is happening automatically once you activate spillover, so he doesn't have to actively sacrifice that very DSP. And as he seems to have activated spillover, I don't see how he could misunderstand anything.

Pretty sure it doesn't come with a wrench, so you'll have to get one. I adjusted my EXP as well (and carefully lubricated it with a little bit of the good old WD40), but I don't remember which size the wrench was (I have a whole lot of them hanging around) and can't check, either, as I'm just owning an HX Stomp these days.

That's true. Not a biggie in case you just use a volume block and leave it at unitiy gain. Needs pretty much no CPU, doesn't affect the sound. Should still be possible to get dual mono signals from the Helix without adding a block.

Fwiw, back when I was using a Helix Floor (I downgraded to an HX Stomp), I was always inserting a mono effect as the last thing in the signal chain, simply because I wanted to be able to also use stereo FX mixed to mono (such as ping pong delays that don't exist in mono), because my live business is all strictly mono. There should be an output setting allowing you to run dual mono without having to waste a block (which I simply can't afford on any of my HX Stomp patches).

I'm not talking about BT or Wifi in existing devices. A USB cable does the job just fine. NUX has done that already, they released mobile editors for their Amp Academy which also only supports USB. Works a treat. Could be every bit as possible with the HX family devices.

If I wanted to build a plugin-compatible rig, I'd either get a Macbook Air (or maybe a Mac Mini) and possibly think of something to remote controling it, so it never gets exposed on stage. The reason for using a Mac being that right now there's no more efficient computers around. Would however defenitely come with quite some additional costs, as you needed the software, a decent audio interface, a rack of some sorts and a controlling unit sitting on the floor. But others than that, it's very doable. And it'd be an incredible flexible setup, both soundwise but also from a utilitarian POV.

While the idea is great, it certainly won't happen with a device such as a Stomp. All programming issues aside (and these will already be enough, but still...): How are you going to manage a plugin with hundreds of parameters on that screen with 3 encoders only?

Yeah, quite unfortunately Firefox ocassionally tries to open files that it should rather download (even if you told it to at least ask before doing anything). Usually rightclick "save target as" helps, but sometimes that's not available.

Look up Command Center and its functions.

Did you try using the Line 6 Updater?

To add to datacommando's post: Copy/paste only works for individual blocks. But in case all you want is to exchange things between Edit and Native, drag and drop is faster anyway, simply because all you have to do is drag things around (and possibly tab between windows with your other hand).

Did you boot while holding switches 2 and 3?

@TheRealDriller, so, you have your backup on your computer, right? File should look similar to "HX Stomp Backup 2023-Nov-16.hxb", and as you're on a Mac, by default it should be located at ⁨"user ▸ Documents ▸ ⁨Line 6⁩ ▸ ⁨Tones⁩ ▸ ⁨Helix⁩ ▸ ⁨Backups⁩". Does that file exist?

Ah, ok - so that has changed with the 3.7 updater (before you needed to have a certain version installed, too lazy to look the details up...). I'd possibly try to go to an older FW revision in offline mode, though, just to make sure something isn't fundamentally broken.

Well, as he's apparently never updated the unit, there's a certain chance it's running on a firmware revision not allowing you to go to 3.7 straight. Unfortunately, it seems impossible to find out what FW was/is installed as the unit doesn't boot properly. Hence, I would follow all the steps you've mentioned and try to install the oldest firmware allowing a direct jump to 3.7 thereafter (information about which FW that'd be should be in the 3.7 update instructions).

They will be in your backup.

- Backup your Helix. Do it now (I know, the update instructions will tell you to install the new HX Edit first, but you have a working system now, so this is when you do a backup). - Log into your account within HX Edit (in case you haven't done so yet). You should see an update available notification (lower right corner or a popup). - Accept the update and follow all further instructions. - Make sure to do a factory reset. - When done, reload your backup. - Make sure to reboot after that, so the Helix can rebuild your old presets.

Even more interesting: Are there folks with collections of one of each design?