silverhead

it's likely, until proven otherwise, that the ghost notes you are hearing are actually the acoustic notes from the physical strings that remain in standard tuning. The natural string vibrations are heard by your ear as well as the amplified sound of the alternate tuning. It surprises most people that the ear can actually pick up the natural sound when it seems that the amplified sound should be dominant. You actually have to have the amplified sound very loud in order to drown this out. A definitive test is to make a recording of an alternate tuning. Choose the alternate tuning that sounds worst to your ear. The recording will only contain the precessed sound from the guitar - it will not contain the sound of the physical string vibration. If the playback of the recording sounds fine (no ghost notes) then what I've described explains what you're hearing. If the playback of the recording also contains the ghost notes then there is an actual problem with the guitar. Edit: This also explains why Drop-D tuning doesn't sound as bad as the others. Only one string is different so the effect of the single low E ghost note is not so prominent.

You can certainly do what you describe in terms of Workbench HD. I am almost certain, but not 100%, that your Pod XT will receive the JTV sound via the VDI connection. But I am certain that the Pod XT will not be able to communicate properly with the JTV in terms of command and control. However you will certainly be able to use the JTV 1/4" output (and battery) to the Pod's Guitar input and control the JTV manually while playing.

Already answered in your other post on this topic. What you described there is correct.

You are correct. You shouldn't lose any of your tones as long as you save them to My Tones ( which lives in the Cloud) before you lose your iPhone. Then install the app on your iPad and retrieve your tones from My Tones.

I think the simplest thing would be to connect the headphones output from the Pod to the microphone input on your computer. GarageBand should recognize that input for recording.

I think the recent announcement of Helix Native shows that Line 6 has shifted its efforts in terms of computer based DSP and plugins for studio recording. Only my opinion but I doubt that we'll see future Pod Farm updates.

Tone only? No comparison - Helix by a million miles. In this case you get what you pay for. I own both. Firehawk has good tones, and is great for tone matching well known songs and jamming along, especially if you like editing on a mobile device. But for mind blowing tones? No comparison (imho).

Not sure what you mean by instant commands. Do you mean midi commands?

Still don't know what you mean by "got the effects back", but it doesn't seem to matter anymore.

I was certainly not intending to be derogatory or condescending. I make a lot posts here and inevitably I will not choose my words carefully sometimes. This was one of those times. The only thing I was trying to say is that your question showed some confusion in the basics, and I felt that the manual would help. That's all. My wording was unfortunately clumsy. I am sorry that you were offended

I expect that you will still have to learn how to manage saving and restoring your patches with the AXE FX too. Don't see how that will be different.

Select the FX block that you wish to assign. Use your finger to touch (not depress) the switch you want to assign it to. The Helix main display will change and ask you to confirm the assignment. Do so.

The easiest way to do it would be to copy the preset named Super Serial in the TEMPLATES factory setlist as your starting point for editing. Note that the Output block in path 1B is assigned / routed to the input block of path 2A.

Make sure you have the Send and Return jacks connected properly. They are in non-standard physical alignment on the Helix rear panel.

Yes, you do have a Pod Farm license. The questoin is did you actually purchase a separate Pod Farm license or have you been using the license that came bundled with the UX2? The info you provided above would be the same in both cases. It seems you purchased the expansion packs, but what about the underlying Pod Farm itself? If you did not purchase a separate license then the bundled license you have is valid only when the UX2 is connected. No UX2, no Pod Farm - which renders your expansion packs useless.

The Pod Farm license that came with your UX2 will carry forward with the device. If you now need the UX2 device connected to your computer in order for Pod Farm to run, this will remain true - and the new owner will be able to simply download the licensed version of Pod Farm and install/run it. Line 6 Monkey will help him/her with that. You don't need to do anything but it would be courteous for you to remove / de-register the UX2 from your Line 6 account after you sell it. That will simplify the new owner's registration. That will leave you without Pod Farm unless you purchase a license separately or buy another Line 6 audio interface that includes Pod Farm again.

I would take it back to Musician's Friend within your return period and have them replace it. Let them work with Line 6 to get it fixed; not your problem.

OK - the first thing you need to do is read the manual(s)....... http://line6.com/support/manuals/helix Once you have the basic terminology and concepts clear in your mind you can ask more understandable questions.

Your reference to block 08A and 08B confuses me. Are you talking presets/patches, or do you mean paths A and B within one of the two signal chains in any preset? When you place different blocks in the same signal path (say Path 1A) in the same preset they are in series. You can drag/drop one of them down into path 1B to run them in parallel if desired. And you can route the output of Path 1 into the input of Path 2 to create an extended serial path. The lines that connect the blocks in the signal flow view depict the actual order and flow of the signal being processed by the various blocks. To emulate the behaviour of your analog stomps, just select the associated FX blocks in Helix and place them in the same order in the signal chain that you have them in your analog world. You can toggle each FX block on/off independently so you can have as many as you want active at the same time, in series.

The simplest would be to connect the Pocket POD Headphones output directly to your laptop's mic input. You only need an audio cable with an 1/8" male connector at both ends. Configure your recording software to use the mic input of your laptop. You would be using your laptop's internal soundcard as the audio input/output device for recording, and feeding its input (mic jack) directly from the POD. There's no need for an actual mic. You would monitor the sound using the laptop's built-in speakers, or headphones connected to your laptop. Bear in mind that the sound quality you hear from the built-in speakers won't be great but the underlying recording will sound better if/when played back through a better system. I think anything else would require additional external equipment.

It is fun trying!! I practiced doing that for a while but never could get the foot-tapping right for looping for a rhythm tone background, changing patches, solo'ing, then getting back to the rhythm patch without losing the tempo or phrases. I never was brave enough to take it out of the practice room. I hope you have more luck (skill, actually) than I in that regard. Seems I can't walk and chew gum at the same time!

Unfortunately there's no hidden secret. Your tap timing needs to be precise. The looper has no concept of tempo. It simply starts and stops recording at your foot's command. Practice makes perfect. In my experience the looper is good for practicing solos on your own but not practical for live play. Especially if you need to change your tone / preset for the solo. If you want to use a looper for gigging you are better off to get a dedicated looper pedal and put it in your FX loop.

I use Glenn's patches direct to PA and they sound great with little to no tweaking.

The Pod xt and the JTV are not compatible in terms of Workbench. The XT works with the original Workbench while the JTV requires Workbench HD. The XT does not work as an interface device for Workbench HD.

I would leave them both at 0db and panned Center. Both paths are stereo and need to be panned center if you want to hear any stereo FX. Since you want a mono feed I would let the L/MONO output jack do that job and retain the stereo separation in the preset in case you want it in another circumstance, like going direct to PA sometime.