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I expect we're a few months from that still. The firmware is expected in Spring 2019 - which means as late as June 20. I wouldn't expect it on March 21.

We all know that Andy Summer's tone cannot be replicated on Helix. Especially his Message in a Bottle tone. Perhaps on Axe FX because it's so much better.

Yes it will work. I believe there are some bass amp models in the Firehawk.

The only thing I can imagine (other than a hardware fault with the Firehawk) is a driver conflict between the Firehawk and some other usb device connected to your computer. I am not familiar enough with this sort of debugging to suggest how you might easily track that down. Left to my own methods I would start by disconnecting all USB devices and uninstalling their drivers. If the Firehawk connects successfully when it is the only usb device your computer knows about then you can start reintroducing the others until you find the culprit. If the Firehawk still doesn't connect properly then you may have a hardware fault with it.

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It seems that you have successfully recorded the dry guitar track, which is the first step. Make sure that you assign the Helix Native plug-in to the track when you play it back in Pro Tools. Are you doing that? Are you presented with the Helix Native edit window so that you can create a non-empty preset? Using an empty New Preset will also sound like just the dry signal.

While that's true I find that I spend the hours anyway, searching for the 'good' IR. The sheer number of IRs with all the different baked-in parameters that are available to tweak in a stock cab is a huge disincentive for me. I have experimented with different IR sets that I have purchased but it took me a long time to go through them all. In fact I never finished the task (and that's exactly what it felt like). I have a few presets that use some good IRs that I found during that exercise but now I mostly use the stock cabs for new presets.

You're right - I was thinking about Helix. Sorry for any confusion.

Is Global Settings > MIDI/Tempo > knob 5 and 6 not giving you the behaviour you want? Note that knobs 5 and 6 interact.

Thanks for your generosity in making these available for free.

Clearing any block in the preset would also remove it from all snapshots, along with any history of its relation to any snapshots. If you add the block back in you would be starting from the block's' default settings, including being unassigned to any snapshot.

You can easily clear all blocks from a preset in one button push on the device. See knob4 after pressing the ACTION button. See Helix manual page 18 for certain limitations on what the Clear All Blocks does. There is also a Clear All Blocks function in HX Edit. Select any block on the preset then use right-click or a keyboard shortcut. See HX Edit manual page 19. (btw..... consulting the manuals is always good practice when wondering about something.)

The lowest note you can get from the Variax is an octave lower than the physical tuning of the low E string.

No, not sleeping. But we're not censors. This thread is nowhere near the threshold (at least not yet) of personal attacks and nasty behaviour that would make me flag it to Line 6 for intervention. We've seen many threads that are nastier than this - including some on the same topic. The fact that a thread seems pointless to moderators doesn't mean we should hide/delete it. What's pointless to you and me may be significant and important to others. While I don't think anyone is going to change anyone else's mind here, and I think that it's a waste of time, everyone should feel free to carry on expressing their opinions and even mildly insulting each other along the way. If it starts to get really ugly I'll flag it. But this topic comes and goes so frequently without going over the line, and without any new input or fresh opinions, that we'll try to just let it play itself out. Eventually people will get tired and let the thread die as it should until it inevitably reappears. Meantime it's entertaining to see how the anonymity of the Internet can somehow give people the feeling that they can say things here that they would probably not say to anyone's face. Go figure. Get the popcorn.

No.

I am looking at mounting 5 Xd-V75 systems in a rack. Is there a power solution that involves a single external power source to one system and then a power distribution cable/kit to the other systems? I'm thinking of something like the power distribution solution that comes with the XD-AD8 product. I'm trying to avoid needing to use the 5 wall-warts into a power bar. Please ignore. Easily done I've discovered.......

Are you using the Guitar In Pad to accommodate your active pickups? (see Global Settings - Ins/Outs)

It's in Global Settings - Footswitches. (see manual page 52)

I believe there's some minimum time period after purchasing the Helix device and HX Native before you can sell it and still retain the Native license. The time period (longer than the typical return/refund period) is in place to discourage those who would purchase the Helix device purely to obtain the discount for HX Native and then immediately return the Helix device for full refund. Here's more info from the Helix Native FAQs: Q: Can I keep Helix Native if I return my product? If you return your eligible products, that will break the Terms and Conditions of your purchase of Helix Native and may be required to pay the difference or may have your Helix Native license revoked. Additional Terms and Conditions apply:

Yeah - there's no feature to do that. The history of firmware releases is available on the Downloads page so you can choose to install the firmware version that was installed when you received your POD, if you remember what that was, but it's usually best to install the most recent firmware. Are you hoping for spring to come early in Ontario like I am?

This is the correct procedure - a factory reset on the POD HD devices is performed via a firmware installation; there is no separate procedure. Make sure you back up all you presets/setlists using HD Edit before reinstalling, and perform a pedal recalibration after. I believe we were communicating earlier about a copy/paste issue you were having. I suggest you try reinstalling the HD Edit program and the Line 6 Driver first. These are simpler procedures that may fix your issue; you may not have to reinstall the firmware. But if you need/want to, the firmware update/install procedure you have is correct.

Did you try the drag/drop method in the editor?

You may actually only be copying/pasting the patch name. In Steps 1 and 4 try double-clicking on the locations to make sure that they become the active patch/preset. An alternate method in HD Edit (I think) is to CTL/Drag/drop the preset from the source to target locations. If neither of those work let's try to narrow down the problem. Try closing the HD Edit program and disconnect the usb. Use the device itself to perform the Copy. Does that method work?

Please describe exactly what you are doing, whether on the device or using HD Edit.

Here's an option if you want all those patches: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Line-6-HELIX-Patches-Presets-for-Line-6-HELIX-LT-Native-HUGE-TIME-SAVER-/292428965949 The fact that people charge for (and are willing to pay for) these collections mystifies me, but there you go. This seller actually admits that this is a collection of Customtone patches; many sellers of similar collections don't declare this. As this seller also states, he/she charges people for the time and effort required to build the collection from individual Customtone downloads. Just think of the havoc in the commercial marketplace and the impact on GDP if Line 6 were to add this feature!