silverhead

You don’t say why your initial upgrade to v2.50 was interrupted. If you’re not sure why it was probably a disruption in usb communication. Since this did not happen during your two rollbacks to earlier versions it will happen again. Your decision to remain at v2.0 is yours to make, of course, but there’s no reason to expect that upgrading to v2.50 will fail again. It’s not a firmware problem, nor a general problem with the procedure. It’s worked just fine for almost all users, though some may need to repeat the process due to dynamic and unexpected errors like usb interruptions.

Are you running the latest firmware? I know it fixed a bug involving Flux but I don’t know if it will fix your issue. Worth a try if you’re out up to date.

Is this what you’re looking for? Sip and spit…. Don’t swallow. May be a bit vinegary by now… http://line6.com/getrelease?rid=5634 I suspect that this bank is the same as the Custom1 bank from your recent firmware update but perhaps not. I find the old documentation on this to be a bit ambiguous. As I understand it this bank represents the Workbench HD models that replicate the mag pickups on the JTV89. It’s meant to provide other JTV model users with the sounds of the 89F hi-gain pickups. Use Workbench HD to load this bank into your 89F anywhere except the Custom 1 bank. Then compare the sounds of this bank to the Custom 1 bank as well as to the 89F mag pickups. At least that’s what the ambiguous docs suggest to me. So no, I don’t think you are missing out on anything. JTV59/69/Standard/Shuriken users are the ones who are missing something that they may want to explore, namely the sound of the 89F mags.

Check your Reaper audio device configuration. If the Helix LT is visible for selection choose it. If not visible you may not have the Line 6 ASIO driver installed. The driver was included in the HX Edit installation package. Run it again and select to Install the driver.

Yes, everything you state in your updated post is accurate. For anyone following this thread, the post I made earlier about correcting misinformation is now out of context since it related to now-deleted content.

Patient: My ears hurt when I do this. Doctor: Well, then don’t do that. Please excuse my attempt at humour…. It sounds like some sort of feedback loop in your household circuitry. Try connecting the POD Go and your monitors to different electrical outlets, ideally different circuits.

I would update to the latest version. Everyth8ng beyond v1.20 is irrelevant to the JTV series, but it won’t do any harm either. Before updating, if you can get any version of Workbench to connect with your JTV, make a backup of all the models currently installed in your JTV. After updating, save all the new models using Workbench HD. Then you can experiment with both series of models and choose the ones you want.

You've been really persistent with troubleshooting and acquiring detailed information about this. Kudos to you and thanks for sharing the information. However, I feel I need to correct some misinformation here. I am running Windows 10 with a JTV Variax. I usually use my Helix Rack as the USB interface for my JTV. I have just tested my setup using the old USB interface as pictured above. Here are my findings: - I can run Line 6 Monkey v1.77 successfully. It recognizes that I have a JTV connected. It shows driver v1.0.7.2 installed. It also shows Device USB firmware v1.03 installed on the guitar. It shows JTV firmware v2.10 installed with the latest v2.23 available. It seems it will support my updating to v2.23 though I choose not to do so since all later updates beyond v2.10 apply to Variax Standard and Shuriken. Hence your statement above that "The older USB connector cannot update your JTV to 2.0 and beyond." seems to be incorrect. Note that the Variax USB interface does not provide power to the guitar. You need to have a charged battery installed and also a 1/4' cable inserted into the guitar. This cable is the battery's on/off switch. - I can run Workbench HD successfully, connected to my JTV running v2.10. Data transfer between the guitar and Workbench HD is working as expected. Your statement above that "The old USB connector will only hook up to the original Workbench, not Workbench HD." seems to be incorrect. Apparently there are 2 usb pieces required: a USB driver on the computer (v1.0.7.2) and usb firmware on the guitar (v1.03). Monkey shows that I have the Variax usb driver v1.03 installed but it seems it is embedded in the guitar firmware and is not a general computer usb driver. I don't think I will be able to extract it from the firmware but I I will attempt to find it somewhere on my computer. If I can isolate it I will post it here for you.

Set the Helix Native Hardware Compatibility mode to HX Stomp.

If the source of your mixed reviews is this forum bear in mind that is a user support forum. People who encounter problems or are dissatisfied for whatever reason come here for support. The users who are satisfied and have no issues usually don’t come here to report that. Hence this forum does not provide an objective reliable gauge of user satisfaction.

I believe the answer is no for all devices but it would help to know the device you are using. Perhaps there are other approaches. At least maybe someone could tell you how they handle that on their/your device.

No.

I think there’s a lot of subjectivity in what sounds superior/inferior. I know that many people here in the past have reported that they think the ‘upgrade’ in the acoustic modeling that occurred sometime in the mid-life of the JVT series was not, in fact, an upgrade. They prefer the acoustic modeling of the earlier Variax models that you cite. So I’m guessing that if the modeling sounds just inferior to you and not awful then you are one of those people. Nothing wrong anywhere, just personal preference. If you want to install the pre-upgrade firmware in your Variax Standard you might be able to find the right stuff in the Downloads area, but I’m not sure.

I think part of the problem is terminology. There isn’t one type of ‘backup’. There are several, and they involve different file types. All are options when working with HX Edit. Here’s my off-the-cuff description. NOTE: the following is written in the context of HX Stomp, which does not have setlists. Well, actually it has only one so does not use Setlist terminology. 1) Drag/Drop: you can drag one or more presets from the list to anywhere in your computer folders, and similarly in reverse. A preset filetype is *.hlx. 2) Export/Import: an alternative to drag/drop. 3) Create/Restore backup: this creates a file of type *.bkp (I think) which contains everything on your device, including presets, global settings, IRs, and other things. Again, nothing is individually accessible. You can select which components you want to send to your device during the Restore operation. This is what the firmware update procedure forces you to create prior to the update. Again, you can specify a target folder location. 4) Extract Files from Backup: this allows you to create folders on your computer that contain individual components of the backup file. Review your experience with these options in mind to explain your observations, and to move forward.