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Hi! I can control pretty much everything on the Variax using Helix wether I'm using presets or snapshots...still cant get snapshots to turn Variax off/on though...anyone know how,or if its possible?...it should be! Thanks! :)

As for all the other people in this post complaining about this issue,I agree with you guys,LINE6 SHOULD DEFINITELY MAKE THE HELIX AND DTs FULLY COMPATIBLE...SOMEHOW!...you're the engineers,you figure it out! I also have an L2T and a complete StageSource P.A.(2xL3m+2xL3s) that sound awesome...and a Tech21 power engine 60,and they all make great solutions in conjunction with the Helix or the HD500(have one to!).That being said,make no mistake,nothing compares to having a real tube amp behind you in a real live situation.Yeah,sure,there's always the four cable method,but its a bit limiting considering you could have the dream rig... Never the less it certainly is worth losing a bit of your time and working this Helix/DT thing out,midi cable and all,as is.Trust me,its worth it and they sound great together...you will not want to go back.You just have to be willing to change... My HD500 has now just become a backup.

Did some more experimenting... I Know what you guys are saying...and it makes sense,but what I've taken from this,is that things don't really have to make sense,as long as it sounds good.The greatest proof of this,is the way the DT is originally set up,the path goes: full pre-amp,power-amp and cab model ->DT power-amp ->DT cab. This doesn't make any sense,there should only be a pre-amp model to begin with,the rest is already there...why feed a power-amp+cab model into another power-amp,right?! Thats why the first thing that I did,"trying to make sense", was use only the pre-amp models on the Helix.Despite the big output discrepencies some sounded good and some(high-gain models) sounded awful.That being said,I kept going through the different models in the Helix.The best results I've gotten so far,are with the full amp models,no cab...and it sounds really good,I wouldn't say better,just different and more realistic regarding the original amps. As for trying to match the amps in the DT with the Helix...you can't really,there quite different.The P75 bright in tipology II for instance,is dirtier and more organic,I find,although I didn't think that was possible...never had any complaints about the DT not sounding organic... The Rectifier in the DT which I love so much,although I must admit,it sounds awesome but nothing like a real Rectifier as opposed to the Helix Rectifier,the only reason it doesn't sound closer to the original is that you would need a power amp with more head-rom and bigger cab...I guess,but still not even close to the one in the DT. So basically my DTs are destined to become power-engines like my Tech21.

Meanwhile did some more testing...I've just realised the amp models with no cab sound better when going into the DT with the Helix.I'm still a bit reluctant with the High gain models though...they sound good,I just think that calling them "high gain" is a bit far fetched...

I'm running the full amp models with the respective cab since thats the way the DT is set up in the edit software. Basically I'm plugging the helix via L6 Link and using channel B with all the settings completely cleared and matching each one of the amps on typologys I,II,III and IV respectively. Then I play some and listen. After that,I unplug the L6 Link and my guitar from the Helix,switch to channel A on the DT,plug my guitar directly in to the DT,play some and compare...and just as I mentioned before everything sounds fine until I configure the treadplate(or any other high gain amp...) on the Helix and match typology IV,class A/B,Penthode on the DT...it sounds like crap and not even close to high gain...I even tried matching all the EQ,compensating channel volumes,etc...

Ok...I've had the Helix since june and I've done a ton of live gigs with it since,always plugging direct into mixing board using inears,or an L2 speaker with L6 link. I also have the DT25 and DT50.And Finally,today I had the chance to do something I've really been looking forward to: combining Helix and the DTs via L6 link... I havent even gotten to the midi part yet,still trying to figure out if its worth the efort...😛 After reading all these posts here in the forum I dowloaded the DT edit sofware and decided to wipe one of the chanels clean in order to start A/B'ing the Helix tone and the respective tone from the DT matching all the typologies,amps,cabs,etc...aside from the obvious diferences in the amp/cab sims(HD vs Helix) everything was going fine,they both sound good...until I started trying the high gain models(rectifier,soldano,uberschall,etc...),they are completly useless and dont even come close or resemble the ones in the DT!!😩...so,I go from typology I to III thinking "ok...this is doable,sounds good..." and get to IV and get so frustrated!!! 😧😩 Am I missing something?...what did I do wrong?! Can anyone help me out here?

Hi! I have a UX2 and use Pod Farm.I'm thinking of buying Sonic Port VX...what I wanna know is if I can keep using Pod Farm on my Mac with Sonic Port VX as the interface,and if so,will I notice any diference in terms of sound quality and latency?

Hey! I've tried pretty much everything,even had the USB connection changed on my iphone4s... As soon as I plug the sonic port in,even before I open the app,the message "Sonic Port: The connected device is not supported" shows up in the screen,and when I open the app it says "Device not found" :-( I don't understand,it makes no sense to me...I have tried reinstalling the firmware,the mic function is on,I have the latest firmware update,it works fine on my friends iPhone,etc... How do I solve this?!