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Steve Urkle voice- "Did i do thaaaat???" Point worth mentioning that i just thought of- this all started shortly after i made an edit to this preset, which was this- i moved the poly capo after the Shuffle Looper and Tesselator and assigned the onboard expression pedal (merge mix) to allow bypassing of my "live" signal so that it wouldn't get pitch shifted w/the loop playback when i engaged the poly capo...if that makes sense.

All good ideas. i'd already considered the possibility of one of your suggestions regarding which preset i was coming from, as the problem originally presented when i was going from a preset in Bank 1, to the preset in question in Bank 12. It was occurring while going from both 1B & 1C > 12C, so it seems to be bank specific if that can be such a thing. I fired it up last night and couldn't get the problem to present, but that doesn't mean it won't happen tonight. Will keep poking the hive while i await tech support's take on the ticket that i created for this.

Twin STRAT Tess.hlx attached here. thanks

Will try to do that tonight when i get home from work. Anything specific that i need to know as to how to pull the file from Edit to send to you? never done it before. Is it as simple as dragging it to my desk top? i never use Edit because it won't run on my mac's older OS which i don't want to update for a bunch of reasons. As such, when i DO run Edit, it is solely for updates which i do on my son's windows PC. FWIW i did submit a support ticket a couple hours ago. thanks

See if it will let you get to the given preset via the Preset scroll wheel without crashing. Worked on my LT. I'd be interested to see if that's a shared detail of this problem. With mine, so far, it's always been the same preset that causes the crash but that's not to say others won't if i play around with it long enough.

I've posted this in the Bugs section too, but figured i'd put it here as well in case any one already knows of a fix: My LT has locked up/froze several times now while trying to get to a certain preset. The only fix is to reboot and try again, but subsequent attempts yield the same result until I found a workaround. Here are some details: So far, it only seems to happen when I try accessing a certain preset. If it matters, the preset I’m going to has a new 3.15 addition, the Tesselator. In addition, this preset contains Shuffle Looper and some CPU-intensive effects like the Poly Capo. Safe to say that this preset is on the brink of being “maxed out” in terms of CPU availability…if that could be part of the reason. That said we ALL have some presets that are maxed, or near-maxed. Here’s how it all goes down- I’ll be on a given preset and then I’ll use the bank footswitches to get to the back that holds the preset in question. When I tap the preset’s corresponding foot switch, nothing happens, and then it freezes up. Doesn’t matter what footswitch or button I press, the screen is locked showing all of my presets in that particular bank. Through trial and error, I’ve found that I can access the preset via the Preset wheel/knob, but there’s just something about using the foot switches that it’s not liking. Sometimes it lets me, but most of the time it doesn’t. I know it isn’t the footswitch (that corresponds to the preset) itself, because the switch gives me no issues within other banks. FWIW, this isn’t a case where I had just updated to 3.15, created the new preset, and then all of this started happening. I updated weeks ago, and created the preset within a few days later, so there’s that.

My LT has locked up/froze several times now while trying to get to a certain preset. The only fix is to reboot and try again, but subsequent attempts yield the same result until I found a workaround. Here are some details: So far, it only seems to happen when I try accessing a certain preset. If it matters, the preset I’m going to has a new 3.15 addition, the Tesselator. In addition, this preset contains Shuffle Looper and some CPU-intensive effects like the Poly Capo. Safe to say that this preset is on the brink of being “maxed out” in terms of CPU availability…if that could be part of the reason. That said we ALL have some presets that are maxed, or near-maxed. Here’s how it all goes down- I’ll be on a given preset and then I’ll use the bank footswitches to get to the back that holds the preset in question. When I tap the preset’s corresponding foot switch, nothing happens, and then it freezes up. Doesn’t matter what footswitch or button I press, the screen is locked showing all of my presets in that particular bank. Through trial and error, I’ve found that I can access the preset via the Preset wheel/knob, but there’s just something about using the foot switches that it’s not liking. Sometimes it lets me, but most of the time it doesn’t. I know it isn’t the footswitch (that corresponds to the preset) itself, because the switch gives me no issues within other banks. FWIW, this isn’t a case where I had just updated to 3.15, created the new preset, and then all of this started happening. I updated weeks ago, and created the preset within a few days later, so there’s that.

Using the expression pedal to switch the path between A/B was the fix. Confusing until I had laid out on my screen. Many thanks

Thanks I’ll check that out. DSP usage is of little concern as I have two H9’s in my effects loop which more than make up any effects I would lose due to a CPU hog like poly pitch or capo, so no worries there

Here’s what I want to do and it’s actually quite simple- I want to have pitch shifting after a loop. Why? So I can take out some of the monotony of looping by shifting the loop up or down to add some variation. The problem is, when the loop is playing back through the pitch shifter, in this case the Capo effect, my live playing is getting pitch shifted through it too along with the loop playback. Not horrible in and of itself because I wouldn’t have to change keys as I’m soloing (when I pitch shift the loop playback) but the problem is that my improvised solo notes sound artifact-y due to the pitch shifting.

All good info, thanks…but the more I think about it, what I want to do can’t be done, and here’s why- the looper is in front of the poly pitch. Obviously the looper has to feed into poly pitch in order to pitch shift the loop playback. Problem is, my “live” signal will still have to pass through the poly pitch while it is pitch shifting the loop. I don’t see any way around that because it’s processing the quasi-live signal of my loop in real time, and I still need to solo, which means both the loop and my live signal are getting processed. Again thanks for your time

I set up the routing as outlined but I can’t make sense of how the mixer should be set. I can’t get rid of the pitch shifted live guitar without losing the volume of the loop.

I would like to be able to have the Poly Pitch effect set up after an effect like Shuffle Looper or Tesselator, that way I can do quasi-chord changes by changing the pitch of the loop while improvising over the patterns. Problem is, when I do that now, the pitch of my live guitar signal gets pitch shifted too. Is there some way that I could just change the pitch of the loop being played back, while leaving my live guitar signal unaffected by the Poly Pitch?

Probably Sweetwater trying to drum up headphone amp sales then, as they particularly state that "generally" open-back cans run at impedances that may require a headphone amp more so than their close-backed counterparts.

In an effort to (hopefully) quell ear fatigue when using headphones w/my LT for long periods of time, I’m considering a pair of open, or semi-open headphones but it’s my understanding that many of them come w/the recommendation of a using a headphone amp. I don’t want to deal with that so I’m wondering if anyone can comment on the Helix, particularly the LT, as to how good its ability is to drive a pair of open back headphones without the help of a headphone amp.

Yep, i purchased it. glad i did.

Thanks Craig, sold.

Would anyone here know if it covers 3.0? The timeline would dictate that it more than likely does but sweetwater doesn’t say either way

Is there a manual out there that describes what each parameter knob does specific to the selected effect model, for ALL effects? Obviously this isn’t needed for models like tube screamers and other self-explanatory effects, but there are many that I wish had manuals specific to them.

I oh so carefully shaved about a millimeter of rubber off of each rubber bumper under the expression pedal to make it easier to click the toe switch. It worked well but I may still try it with the percentages as triggers

Trying to find out how, when I turn on my LT’s wah via its toe switch, to simultaneously turn on a delay.

The notion of a single enclosure that can (supposedly) do stereo has piqued my interest. Are there any owners who can say how good/bad the stereo spread is? I get the whole physics aspect and know it’d never be as good as two individual cabs, but L6 were boasting something to the effect of digital trickery that can create a wide stereo effect. I’m skeptical but hopeful. Anyone?

Right, I’m aware of that. Only mentioned the H9 issue to illustrate, from a previous experience, why I was concerned with putting stuff in the Bad Cat’s hot effects loop. I’m not looking to use the H9 with the LT just yet but I’m sure it’ll happen eventually

My H9 input peak light was clipping/flickering virtually all the time in the Bad Cat's fx loop. Eventide said that flickering was an "early" warning of an actual, audible clip and not to sweat it...then in the same breath said that if the peak light was solid more of the time, rather than just flickering, that it could damage the pedal. My peak light was flickering a lot but when i kicked in an overdrive pedal, the peak light would indeed stay solid. Well known and documented w/the H9. They designed its input for a guitar signal level. I don't know what the hell they were thinking, especially given that it hosts a lot of time-based effects and we all know where those like to live. My Bad Cat's ridiculously hot effects loop output is equally to blame for the issue. I can run my H9 in other amps w/no issues but the Cat sounds SO good, it's a shame i can't put the H9 in its loop.

Right, I just wanted to be sure the voltage can’t do any “physical” harm at the input, before any attenuation. Maybe that’s not even a possibility but I know next to nothing about electronics so…