silverhead

Yes you can do this, and then transfer any useful Helix Native presets to your Helix device - or vice versa in advance. There should be no delay attributable to the headphones. Depending on your computer you may get performance issues if you use many instances of Helix Native or any other plug-in.

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If the previous owner removed the gear from their account you will be able to register it normally. If not, contact Line 6 Support and they will help you get it registered in your account. Re: Warranty

Yes. Direct to PA using no guitar amp is one of the most common setups. You can monitor in many ways, including in-ear systems. Other options include traditional on-stage monitors, or your own dedicated on-stage monitor using an FRFR type speaker.

Re: Q2 : I don’t think it ever worked that way. You need to have the same type of looper block in both presets in order for loop playback to continue when switching presets.

Sounds like you may have electrical interference called ground hum. It is not uncommon when audio devices are connected to a computer, particularly a laptop. Try unplugging the computer and running on battery power. If the noise disappears then ground hum is likely the issue. You can purchase a hum eliminator device which should clean up the electrical signal.

True, but this is only a display image issue. The performance and audio from the guitar is the same whether or not the extra image appears in the Workbench HD program.

Curious. I have just repeated your setup. In my Workbench HD. I selected the R-Billy G-Brand body and the images of its 2 pickups appear in the neck and bridge positions with both pickups active. When I select the Middle pickup its image appears in the middle position. However, the bridge pickup is deactivated and its image becomes translucent. In effect the guitar remains a 2-pickup guitar with the bridge pickup active and moved to the middle position even though its translucent image remains. When I deselect the Middle pickup its image disappears and the bridge pickup image remains translucent. It can be reactivated by selecting the Bridge pickup. I experimented a bit. The behaviour changes depending on which of the Neck and Bridge pickups (or both) are active/selected when you select the Middle pickup. However, at all times, the image shows only one or two pickups active. You can't have no active pickups, and you can't have three active on that body type. You can, however, arrange to have only the middle pickup active. In that case you can't delete it because you would then have no active pickups. As mentioned, there must be one or two pickups active and selected at all times. From your picture it appears you may have swapped (clicked/dragged) the positions of the pickup images at some point. By doing so I did manage to create the situation shown in your picture: three pickup images are present with the neck and bridge pickups active while the middle pickup image is translucent and can't be removed because Workbench HD knows it is one of the original two pickups. I don't think it's a bug but it is confusing.

The POD Go sends a midi program change command when changing preset, as described in the manual. Your external drum machine would need to be programmed to make use of these commands.

I like practicing with the looper. I would not like to see it go.

You can go directly to v1.12. No need to progress through the intermediate releases.

No. But you can use the POD Go midi controls for an external drum machine.

The POD Go (and Helix) Looper is useful and designed primarily for two things: - tone creation when in pre- position. Create a loop and tweak the tone, hands free, while it is playing back. - practicing solos when in post-position. Create a loop and solo over it during playback. It is not designed to compete with fully featured looper devices like the RC3. And you're right about using it for live performances: " For those requiring a looper I think you would be much better off with an external controllable looper ...".

Call your local Line 6 retailer for actual current pricing. Prices vary depending on your country/currency.

What firmware are you running? There were some tarp tempo issued that were resolved in a recent firmware release. You should update to the latest v2.92

Search Customtone. The one that is there uses IRs but I think you can experiment with a stock cab to come close.

Does the controller assign screen just display momentarily and then disappear or does it remain until you do something to clear it?

The switches are touch sensitive by default so if you are barefoot what you describe is normal. There is a global setting that controls whether or not the switches are touch sensitive. You can change it.

There’s no mention of turning off the Tap Tempo light in the manual so I assume the answer is no.

time to open a support ticket.

Very valid concern. Please open a support ticket to make sure Line 6 can try to track this down.

I can’t help with what you’re looking for, but I can help you avoid some potential confusion to make sure you get the correct part. What you are looking for is not a VDI cable. What you want is the Workbench hardware interface device and associated cables. That is what connects the Variax to a PC and enables the use of Workbench as well as enabling Variax firmware updates. The VDI cable is different. It connects the Variax guitar to a VDI-equipped Line 6 guitar processor such as Helix, POD HD500X, etc.

To restore the patch settings without saving changes, simply select another patch (leave it, as you say, and the changed settings are discarded) and then return to the original patch.