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You mentioned the Updater program. If you manually invoked Updater it means you didn’t follow the update instructions. Download and install the HX Exit v3.52 package (which also installs the latest Updater program). Then run HX Edit and allow it to manage the firmware installation. It will invoke Updater in the background but you should have no knowledge or indication of that.

Yes, that's simpler. I was tricked by the term 'Capo' which in real life transposes up, not down. But I now see that the Ploy Capo can transpose down too, and it's simpler to use if you only want to transpose.

Experiment with some new cab options, find what you like, create your Favorite models, then paste from your Favorites list to replace any (now)Legacy cabs.

Yes, you have to edit each old preset to use the new cabs. The update process does not change your existing cabs in your presets.

That’s highly subjective. Experiment. What sounds best to you is best for you. Generally speaking a pitch shifter will work best if it receives a clear input signal in order to best identify the original pitch. I would avoid putting it after FX that add much complexity to the tone, such as modulation, delay, and reverb. Seems to me that less complex FX like compression, EQ, and perhaps even a little distortion would be fine in front of the pitch shifter. It might be OK after a clean amp tone but I’d put it in front of a hi-gain or heavily distorted amp tone. But there are no rules here. Again experiment to discover what sounds good to you.

Longer answer - ‘No, not possible’. ;-) I don’t know the technical details as to why you can’t add pickups to an acoustic body in Variax Workbench. Perhaps it’s just a design decision, not a technical one. The modeling is based on emulating real guitars, and none of the real acoustic guitars being modeled have electric guitar pickups. As you say, the newer Variax models (JTV and later) include mag pickups. Workbench HD includes an option to blend the modeled tone with the onboard mags. However, I’m not sure whether or not this option exists with acoustic models. Don’t see why not. I may have a chance to test that out later today. If so, and if still relevant, I will post the result.

The simplest would be to use the Poly Pitch FX model. It’s very DSP intensive but only you can decide whether or not that would reduce the ‘quality’ of an existing patch. You may need to remove other FX blocks in an existing patch, or be prevented from using all the blocks you would like in a new patch.

Short answer - No.

Sorry - I can't help with that. I've never tried to do that. I expect you are able to experiment and figure it out (if it can even be done) directly in Cubase with your midi controller better than I could in Cakewalk with Helix. Good Luck, and glad that I could help get you headed in the right direction.

I assume you are using the latest version of HX Edit to perform the firmware update, hence also installing the latest Line 6 USB Driver. If not, try that. If that fails I expect it's a hardware issue with your used Helix. Open a support ticket.

Does audio drop out in all situations or only when USB is connected?

This is normal. USB audio from PC is sent directly to the POD Go main outputs. It is not sent through the processing path like a normal input, and it is not directed to the Amp Out jacks.

I apply Native to the track as a plug-in; nothing different there. The important part is configuring Cakewalk to enable the sending of midi commands to Native. Cubase needs to be told to treat the Helix Native plug-in as if it were a midi device. I don’t know the mechanics of how to do this in Cubase but essentially you want to make Native available as an output to the midi automation track. With the midi automation track (like every track) you need to specify its input source and its output destination. For the automation track you assign Moni One as the input and Helix Native as the output. Then you simply record the midi track like any other, but you ‘play’ your midi controller like you would play your guitar. At specific points/moments in the recording you perform your midi operations. Then, on playback, these recorded midi commands are sent at the appropriate moments to the track’s specified output - Helix Native.

This describes using Cakewalk by Bandlab and Helix as the midi controller but I expect you’ll be able to use Cubase and a different midi controller instead. Hope it’s helpful.

Are you sure your preset Input is set correctly (i.e. to the physical input your acoustic guitar is connected to)? Does the tuner recognize the guitar?

And yet, when Yamaha purchased Line 6 this entire product line was discounted. Hopefully some of the IP has or will find its way into the Yamaha products but Yamaha apparently chose to kill some competition in this market.

Global Settings -> Exp Pedals. Set EXP 2 to Global.

A great piece of (much!) work. Thanks.

It’s called USB 1/2 Trim, found in Global Settings -> Ins/Outs.

Thanks for this. In terms of updating the thread, you may now want to update the title for firmware v3.51. As you note, there’s no change required for v3.52 because it’s only an HX Edit release; there’s no firmware beyond v3.50. Later versions apply only to HX Edit. For instance, v3.52 fixed the bug re: SD card causing HX Edit to fail to launch.

That should work fine. Just two things to watch for: - avoid using stereo FX - check that the Send level (Line, Inst) from the main outputs is OK for both your FRFR box and FOH.

The HX Edit manual describes its preset compatibility and translation capabilities (beginning on pg 4). I believe this will answer your question. It’s quite lengthy and detailed, and includes a table that likely won’t cut/paste very well here.

Yes, start a new thread in the JTV section. Don’t refer to this thread. Just state the problem and ask your questions.

Since it was so recent I would contact the luthier. Perhaps he/she will take a look and possibly provide a free fix.