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If you right click on that device can you proceed to use it anyway?

Or…. You can use the Showcase feature in Stadium when it arrives. You will be able to create Songs with up to 8 tracks. They will be stored permanently and exist outside of any preset. You can also use Markers in the Song to change setlists, presets, and Snapshots at any Song location. Re: your desire that the Looper be ‘outside’ a patch. There’s no such thing as processing outside a patch. Incoming signals (from guitar or whatever) are processed in patches containing the processing blocks. How would you record a processed sound without a patch containing the Looper block? What I think would be cool is to have the Looper integrated into the Showcase/Song feature so that every time you recorded a Loop, including overdubs, you would have the option to Save it as a new Song with each overdub being a separate track. That way you can decide immediately after a particularly inspirational looping moment to keep it without having to hookup your DAW before leaving the preset. Perhaps that will be a new feature someday!

You’ll find it in the Blocks section in the first Tip box.

That’s up to you, of course. But the vast majority of Stadium buyers will appreciate the lower price.

Perhaps someday. Helix Native only became available some time after Helix was released. No promises from Line 6 though.

It will be available but will require additional hardware, the Expand D-10 device.

STFW means Search the F*&$ Website! I just want to highlight that Line 6 has taken a new approach to the product manual for Helix Stadium. It is not a downloadable PDF file. Instead, it is its own integrated, cross-referenced, well indexed, searchable website that includes links to videos where appropriate. It also includes the Helix Stadium app ‘manual’. The Support -> Manuals area provides a link to this new ‘manual’. I strongly suggest you check it out. For your convenience… https://line6.com/helix-stadium-manual/ We all know that it is common etiquette in user forums to do at least some research for existing answers to questions, especially basic operational questions, before asking in the forum. This new approach to the manual makes that very simple. So, in future, rather than suggesting that someone RTFM I will just say (politely, of course) STFW.

Check the Global Settings. There’s one that controls how pedal position is managed.

I will probably do this over time, one preset at a time. I find that the improvement in tonal quality and dynamics of the Agoura amps is worth it but as you point out it would be an arduous task if you took it on all at once.

The online manual lists all models. The list specifies the Agoura amp models.

A brief audio gap is unavoidable as a new preset is loaded using a single DSP processor. This isn’t just a Helix or Line 6 issue; it’s a technical reality. It takes a few ms to load new data into one fixed memory space and all computers/processors experience it. Helix is able to avoid this beause it is a dual processor device. Line 6 has implemented a feature called Preset Spillover in Helix that eliminates the gap. However, it’s costly from a DSP perspective. It requires that a user sacrifice 50% of DSP capacity - one of the two processors and the dual-path preset structure. When this feature is enabled a new preset is loaded into the unused processor/path while the used processor continues to operate. Hence no gap. The Preset Spillover feature is not (yet?) implemented in Helix Stadium.

You’re not missing it. It’s just not there yet. I expect it will be but no idea when.

There’s a banner on this page just above the topic title that provides some interesting info on preset transfers. It doesn’t mention exactly what you are referencing but it’s handy to know anyway.

Well done figuring this out and thanks for sharing it. It also took me a while to get the various display options sorted out to my satisfaction. Stadium is a beast!

Glad to hear it! Enjoy.

The official way to report a bug is to open a support ticket. Follow the Support link at the top of this page to Contact Support.

You could also use the POD Go in front of your amp, instead of in its FX Loop. In that case, connect your guitar to the POD Go Guitar input and connect the POD Go Amp Out jack to your amp’s guitar input.

In addition to connecting the cables as described did you also set the POD Go Main output level to Instrument (or Amp)?

A quick Look at the JC-120 features shows the FX Loop applies only to Channel 2. I presume that’s what you’re using? Also try moving the Level switch for the FX Loop on your amp.

Does the POD Go alone work OK without your amp? Does it produce sound?

I deleted my previous post because it was misleading. The POD Go FX Loop is a single block in the POD Go preset signal chain meaning there is no separation and hence no signal processing between the Send and Return jacks. It’s designed to send a partially processed POD Go signal to an external device and receive the further-processed signal back from the other device to continue the processing within the POD Go preset. It’s not designed for the reverse, as you are trying to use it. Try connecting your amp’s Send to the POD Go Guitar input and connect the POD Go Main output to your amp’s Return. If necessary set both your amp’s Send and the POD Go Main output to Instrument level. Deactivate the amp/cab in the POD Go preset; use only FX blocks. For maximum flexibility using both your amp and the POD Go use the 4-Cable Method connections as described in the Setup section of the POD Go manual.

No, they didn’t forget. The Looper in Line 6 products has never been quantized and it still isn’t. Nor is it permanently stored; it disappears on device shutdown. It’s perfectly adequate for its intended use: practice and hands-free tone shaping. It’s not intended for backing tracks during live play. The introduction of the Showcase feature (coming soon) in Helix Stadium provides permanent storage and playback of backing tracks and makes a quantized looper redundant. Showcase Songs can be assigned a tempo.

OK - thanks. No, the indicator is not gone. Helix Stadium XL displays the active assignment in the same space above the pedal. The online manual is available now; you'll see the display indicator on the Quick Start -> Top panel and Footswitches page.

Not sure what you mean. Can you elaborate? The Vol pedal can be assigned as a FX block at any point in a preset’s signal chain as before, and will appear in the LCD display.

The Matrix mixer operates globally; you can't set the Showcase Song level per preset. You can assign the Level of an Output block to an expression pedal, but that only applies to the Output block of a preset. It does not apply to the Matrix output level of the Showcase Song (your looper backing tracks). This can be useful to dynamically balance the preset level with the backing track level. You adjust the preset level up/down depending on the backing track level. But this won't affect the level of your Beatbuddy. Seems to me that your problem, as I understand it, is that your backing tracks are not properly levelled relative to each other. Some backing tracks appear to be louder/softer than others so you want to compensate by adjusting other levels. I think the best solution for this issue is to level the backing tracks before importing them into Showcase. Once your backing tracks are leveled they will sit well in the mix with your Beatbuddy and your preset levels (assuming they too are balanced among themselves). Then you set the Matrix levels globally and you don't need to think about it again; no expression pedal required.