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From the HX stomp manual: “ From Stomp or Scroll mode, touch FS3 (TAP/TUNER) to briefly display Tempo parameters.”

I haven’t viewed the video but I can say that a Variax guitar can only produce raw guitar signals. It does not do any signal processing beyond that point. Comparing to the real world a Variax guitar provides the signal that comes out of the guitar’s 1/4” jack. Any other signal processing is done by external equipment such as a guitar amplifier and various FX. It is highly unlikely that the guitar tone itself can recreate anything like the (probably highly processed) tone in your video. From the video you can probably tell what kind of guitar he is using. Choose the Variax model that comes closest to that. The rest is all non-Variax signal processing.

No harm in trying a reset. Just back things up beforehand.

You need to touch and hold the footswitch until the display changes.

Yes. You need to assign the FX block to the Footswitch. In the Signal Flow view select the FX block. Then use your hand to touch (not press) the footswitch that you want to use to turn the FX block On/Off. When the display asks for confirmation, press the knob beneath the OK display. You can assign multiple FX to the same footswitch if you like.

Yes, use Studio Direct mode. I used the wrong terminology for the X3 device.

Please describe your setup exactly. List all the cables, wires, connections that you are using from your guitar to your monitors, and where exactly these cables and wires are connected to the devices. Also, how are you making changes to the Helix device: using the device itself or working through HX Edit?

I would use the 1/4” inputs on the back of the Focusrite. Make sure your X3 1/4” Output Level is set to Line, matching the Focusrite inputs.

I’m not a Mac user so can’t give you specifics but essentially you want to configure your Mac’s audio setup so that it recognizes the POD Go as its input (recording) device and the MOTU as its output (playback) device. I believe there’s something called an aggregate device setup on Mac that may help.

Make sure you are using the HD400 L/Mono 1/4” output to connect to your amp, and set the switch to Amp. If still not working use headphones to test and make sure that the HD400 is producing sound on its own. You could also try connecting the XLR outputs to your amp (you will need an adapter). Your amp has an FX Loop (Send/Return capability) but there seems to be only one jack which is unusual. Consult your amp’s documentation to understand how this works. Then do some research on how to use the 4-cable method (4CM).

That’s a hardware issue. You need to open a support ticket to get advice on where to take it for repair.

Just curious…. What’s the advantage of that? I find it useful information for preset organization and navigation purposes.

You can't supress/remove the preset ID. In Global Settings you can change it from 1A-32D to 000-127. That's all.

It’s a simple question. Unfortunately the answer is anything but simple. I’ll address the main issue here. It will require some follow up and probably further information and questions on your part. The main issue that you need to understand is that you are using two amplifiers and speaker cabinets, and your connection method is putting them in series. That won’t sound good. There are 4 key individual components here: 1 - the modelled amp in the HD400 2 - the modelled cab/mic in the HD400 3 - your physical guitar amp except the speaker/cabinet; let’s call this the amp head 4 - the physical speaker/cab of your amp Imagine that, instead of the HD400 models, you were using the real physical equipment being modelled. Your current setup is equivalent to placing a microphone in front of the speaker of that amp and then sending that signal into the front of your existing amplifier. No doubt, that sounds awful to you - hence your question. What you need to do is make your connections and design your HD400 presets so that the signal that reaches your ears passes through only one amp (either an HD400 model OR your physical amp head) and only one speaker/cabinet. In all cases, you will be hearing the sound from physical speaker/cabinet of your existing amplifier. That means your HD400 preset should not use a cab/mic model. I can’t remember whether the HD400 provides a No Cab option. If so, use it in all presets. If not you will need to either abandon your HD400 and use your physical amp or abandon your physical amp and use a PA style or studio monitor speaker system. Now, considering the amp selection. Again, the question of whether the HD400 allows you to select No Amp in the preset is critical. If not, you need to route the HD400 output to a rear panel Input on your amp, either a Line In jack or an FX Return jack. If your amp has neither of those then, again, you need to abandon one device or the other. If it does have one of those then you can use the HD400 amp model with only the speaker/cab portion of your physical amplifier. Your existing physical amp head will never be used. If the HD400 does allow you to select No Amp, and if your physical guitar amp also has an FX Loop (as the HD400 does) you can connect the HD400 and your amplifier using 4 cables, in something called the 4-cable method (4CM). This will allow you greatest flexibility but it will require you to do some research so I’ll stop here. So to summarize you need to determine a couple of matters of fact: 1 - does the HD400 allow you to select No Amp and No Cab in your presets? 2 - does you physical guitar amp have an FX Loop or a Line In jack in the rear panel? Determine these facts and then read the above several more times until you understand it.

No, your X3 does not need to be connected to your computer. Connect the audio outputs of the X3 to the audio inputs of your interface.

OK. Well, as I said, your choice of audio interface is quite independent of the fact that you will be using your X3 as opposed to any other modeler.

It will give you the feel of your GPA power amp and 212 cab in the room, because that’s what you will have in the room. It won’t give you the feel of any other guitar amp and cab because you are turning off the mic/cab modelling. The POD Go does provide realistic feel and pick attack in terms of playing dynamics. Whether you will find it to be a tone upgrade only you can decide.

The 8 snapshots are already assigned to footswitches. You can see them when you enter Snapshot Footswitch mode (see manual pg 15). You can also assign a Snapshot to a Footswitch in Stomp mode, but to understand what that means I suggest you start by reading the manual. There is also great flexibility in the Global Settings for Footswitches (pg. 68).

No, that can’t be done. The footswitch assignments apply to the overall preset, not individual snapshots.

I don’t have an opinion on the specific interface you link to, but I have a general comment. You can hook your X3 up to any audio interface and use the interface device as your computer’s soundcard when recording, using Reaper or any other DAW. If using a separate audio interface you simply connect your X3 analog audio outputs to the interface’s audio inputs. It sounds like you may not be aware that your X3 is itself an audio interface. You don’t need a separate audio interface device. You can connect the X3 to your computer via usb and it will become your computer’s soundcard. You can designate it in Reaper as the audio device and have multiple recording options, including the ability to record both dry and wet signals simultaneously on different tracks using Tone 1, Tone 2, or both. You could record 4 tracks simultaneously: Tone 1 wet, Tone 1 dry, Tone 2 wet, and Tone 2 dry. Record yourself singing and playing guitar with the processed guitar and vocal signals on separate tracks, and the associated dry signals also on separate tracks. Edit: I believe you and I had an earlier discussion about using the X3 for recording and the settings in the Line 6 Audio MIDI control panel item. Did you ever get that figured out?

Actually, I think the fact that the strings all sound normal when not using the modeling is exactly why the cleaning could have everything to do with it. The issue is with the modeling, which depends on the piezo under saddle pickups. Any dust or dirt affecting the contacts in the piezos will affect only the modeling, not the mag pickups. (P.S. I assume you made a typo in your last clause above, when you say everything is clear as a bell ‘with’ the models. It contradicts your earlier comments and your overall complaint so I suppose you meant to say ‘without’ the modeling.)

Have you performed the cleaning step as outlined above? If so, the next step is servicing, also as outlined above.

Most players will soon identify a handful of their favourite presets and use Pod Go Edit to place them in the same few preset banks. That way they are quickly accessible by footswitches rather than the dial. However if your presets are not organized for quick accessibility then yes, you need to hunt. Search YouTube for videos.

The Variax alternate tuning operates by adjusting the pitch of the current physical tuning of the string, whether standard tuning or not and whether actually in tune or not. If you tell the Variax to increase the pitch of any string by, say, +2 semitones that’s what it will do, regardless of the actual pitch of the physical tuning.

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