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Now after a couple of reboots I have flags seeming to work again, using showcase has been very frustrating and time consuming.

Now after doing the reset and loading some songs all over again the Preset/Snap flags don't do anything. Adding new flags don't have any effect, the preset snapshot doesn't change.

Factory reset , restore backup, delete songs seems to work, but just wasted a full days of work loading songs (didn't even get to start adding flags before it failed). Not really sure it is worth doing again if it just stops playing audio again. Showcase doesn't seem reliable enough for any serious use.

Good luck with this process if it stops playing tracks at a gig. I wouldn't trust this feature if you take the Stadium out of your house.

I'm experiencing the same problem now. Tracks loaded show as playing and everything else works, but no audio from the track shows in the mixer or is output to headphones (or other outputs). I don't think showcase is usable at this point in the firmware development, I don't believe it can be trusted to work at a gig. I have zero trust in this feature at this time. I think I might need to go back to using my OG Helix for gigs and rehearsals. Sort of feel like I have purchased a very expensive paperweight at this point.

I have several songs with a backing track, click track and queue track I created, and I need to replace the backing track with one that doesn't have a count in click in the track (don't want to count in sent to P.A. mains). So far I can't figure out a way to add another track to an existing song. Creating a new song will be a huge hassle as I have many flags for patch changes and midi commands that I would have to do all over again (hours of work). Is there any way to add a file to an existing song in Showcase?

Set your L3 to P.A. Reference. If you set it to guitar I would expect it to sound as you described.

It might be cool to have a model of Brian Mays Deacy amp, or a Lab Series L3 like the one that B.B.King played. -Max

When I upgraded to the Helix from the HD500 the fist thing I noticed was how much easier it was to get a good basic tone. The next thing I noticed was that the Helix felt more like a real amp and that I don't really notice the device any longer (it has just become an extension of my guitar). If they never released another new product I would be happy until the day I die with the tones I get from my Helix. -Max

I bought some presets from him when I first got my Helix. I used those presets tweaked slightly for my first few gigs with the Helix. I have since moved to creating my own presets, but Glenn's stuff was real nice and helped me get of to a quick start. -Max

I have bought a couple of Glenn's packages and one from Scott Michael Minchk. I don't use any of the packages I downloaded for live performance, but I don't feel like I overpaid or was ripped off in any way. I learned from each of those tones that I paid for. -Max

I don't use the joystick very often at all, but mine has been back for repair twice now for this issue. Very quick turn around on repair, UPS picks it up on Thursday and then on the following Tuesday my repaired Helix is back on my doorstep. -Max

I don't use global EQ at all (I connect via Line6 link). I do however use Cab IRs and set both low and high cuts to get them where I want them. -Max

I use a Helix and an L2 for gigging. It works well for me, plenty of volume on tap (I don't play in a super loud metal band though). -Max

I never try to tune when in variax mode, I have found that it doesn't work all that well. I tune with the mag pickups and use the neck pickup for the reasons phil gave. I have always found that tuning using the neck pickup works best for me any any guitar. -Max