bhtwinge

Thanks for your answers. So the DSP is the big bad wolf here then. But as mcbeddall suggests, removing the amp and cab sims entirely and free up DSP to be used on other fx blocks could be a solution. And this should be a possibility I think and would improve the FH usability. This way, the FH might become "true bypass" as well ... Meanwhile I will have to play with solutions using different banks/patches for different guitars that I have. Another thing: My Matchless also have an "Effect send/return" in the back, which makes it possible to use the four-cable-method. Could you please advice how the cabling will look like using the four-cable-method and an example on how the effect chain in the FH remote will look like, in regards of stomp and mod boxes?

I will check it out and study the details. Thanks for the tip.

Thanks for all replies. I don't know if I was unclear or if I misunderstand your answers. I know that any foot switch can be assigned to any type of stomp box or modulation or delay etc. What I try to point out is that there are five foot switches to assign as you like, FS1-FS5. But in reality, only three of them can be chosen freely, since two of them are fixed to control either compressor, fx loop, reverb or loop. Or am I wrong? Is it a way to choose a fourth FS assigned to whatever I want? If yes, how? I cannot figure it out.. I was hoping that Line 6 could add / fix this issue in a later sw release.. Please correct me and teach me if I'm wrong :-)

But how can you get a fourth foot switch to be something else than compressor or reverb?

Hi. Regarding different patch set for different songs, I'd like to avoid that and rather have different patches based on the guitar I use and type of music, like jazz, rock, folk and so on. @stratotron, could you please elaborate what you mean by activating the reverb inside the fx loop? How does that solve the reverb problem? Thanks for all replies, I really appreciate it.

Hi. I have discovered some rather big limits on my Firehawk (FH). I will try to describe them as best as I can, and I hope your response is that Line 6 are planning to remove these limits on a later software release. Okay, here it goes. Background: I have a Matchless DC30 amplifier I often would like to use without the FH emulating any other amps in front. Hence, I would like to use the FH just as a regular good old stomp box board. So if I have everything OFF on the FH, it would be the same as plug my guitar directly into the DC30. I have managed to do that by choosing 'no amp' and fiddle with the EQ. I guess I have to change the EQ based on which guitar I play on and save that into different banks, but for simplicity, lets use one saved clean bank as the example. Challenge: First of all, I would like to have the compressor in front of the amp, and not after.This cannot be done.Second,if I would like to have the compressor always on or off, like the EQ, and be able to assign another effect on say FS1, okay I can do that, but I cannot exchange the compressor with another effect or stomp, so, one FS needs to be for the compressor, so I assign FS1 for that. The same thing applies to the reverb FS5. This cannot be swapped with another stomp or effect in my experience, so this is assigned to FS5. This leaves only three foot switches left to play with.These three shall then cover both distortion of different types, modulation and delays! That is very hard to accomplish. My proposal solution: Make the compressor and reverb to work as the EQ does. Make it possible to have five stomp boxes, not only three. That's a huge limitation. Make it possible to set the chain of effects and amp freely. Today it is very locked.