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The ReaEQ bandwidth control has it's units in octaves. I've been using Reaper ten years or so, and assumed that while it's the same function as 'Q', the units weren't the same. I don't know whether that's the case, but it's always bugged me - why they just couldn't standardize it. FWIW, an octave either side of 440hz would be 220-880hz, but I assume you know that, and it's just a typo...

I see. So I need YOUR permission to post on this thread/ F***ing lollipop.

It's actually easy to avoid in Reaper (and presumably other DAWs) as it comes with a latency compensation plugin for send/return purposes.

Okay, another way of looking at it is, what have you already got? In my case, I've already got my old Ground Control Foot Controller (Voodoolabs) which if I added a volume pedal to, would give me an expression pedal. I've also got a Nektar LX25+, which I could add an expression pedal to and write my patch changes in on the MIDI Events page - let the DAW do the changes while you concentrate on playing... or I could just map the mod wheel to act as an expression pedal, if it's something I'm adding post-recording. If you have no MIDI controllers, then of course, buying one is necessary, but whichever direction you come from, you end up having to map something and assign things.

Everything has a latency. Every foot between the speaker and your ears adds 1 ms. If the total, round trip latency adds up to less than 12 ms, you can't HEAR it. It's as bad as the sample rate and bit depth BS, If what YOU'RE doing works for you, why give a f*** what anyone else's gear can or can't do?

Kerching! For an Ayrton, you can't go wrong. Cheers

Yes and no, apparently. It was introduced in a recent update, but it doesn't work. If you're asking, just in case anything goes wrong in the future, then you can export individual presetsl which I do when I write new presets. If you've got one that's duff... at this point it looks like you'll have to rewrite it from scratch.

Thanks... what I was actually pondering is can all backups be restored or is there a cut off point where they can't be updated/rebuilt, during restore. In terms of editing the old 'Extractions', can they be opened in Helix Native, with compatibility mode off? Also, may have been mentioned already, is there a pattern to which extracted presets are corrupte- eg. every 12th preset, every preset with a certain effect,...?

In fairness, we are dealing with guitarists here. In my experience, the vast majority are one step up from a drummer - this technology has been around since the 80s and it's taken 30+ years for most to dare to dip their toe in the water. A lot still think a Fender Jaguar is too complex. If that wasn't bad enough, most of 'em are 'the entitled generation' where they expect everything done for them, and have a nervous breakdown at the drop of a hat. I bought a Danelectro from a kid who'd just left university, a couple of years ago. Advertised as having a chip in the neck, electrical problems and tuning issues. I got it for peanuts. The jack nut needed tightening, there was a tiny crack in the lacquer near the 12th fret end, the strings weren't fitted properly. It was otherwise, pristine. This prick had just left UNIVERSITY FFS. People like him DESERVE to be mocked. I'm middle aged and 'severely sight impaired'. When I screw up, I'll hold my hands up, and take the ridicule.

Thanks, Yes, I was aware that the backups restore fine. Wondered if the bug was the 'extraction of' rather than the conversion to the new structure. My question now would be, how far back do backups restore from? Is there a point from which previous backups can't be 'translated. ie. can a backup from, say, v2.00 firmware still be restored? Again, apologies for the stupid questions, I only go back as far as v3.01.

Does it work on a backup taken after update? Bit long winded, I know, but a workaround might be to reinstall previous backups, and then 're' backup, maybe using their old file names to force them to overwrite the originals? At this point, my own preference is to export my preset anytime I press 'Save' on the Helix... Is this an issue with old preset files, too, or just extracted files - sorry, I haven't had my Helix long enough to build up a 'history' of files.

You know, this is going to bite one of on the ar5e... Joking aside, my FIRST update to my Helix fell over. For some reason, my PC rebooted in the middle of the process - it looked like it would be a lengthy process, so went for a smoke, came back... this was 5 minutes in to the very first time I'd even switched the Helix on. Got a boot failure of some kind... I just thought 'F*** it, if THIS doesn't work, it goes back.' Restarted L6 Updater, it was recognised, reinstalled the update. All good. The threads are useful, if for no other reason than to remind me to not get blase and follow the instructions.

Thanks for the reply. The eyes aren't that great these days and I was worried I might have activated something, by accident.

Hiya, Relatively new to this Helix lark... Was setting up a preset this afternoon, nothing complicated, just an amp>pitchshifter>delay>PC112+/Jarvis. Daft question time, my amp and pitch blocks have red logos/image, whereas my delay has a green logo/image. Is there a reason? Is 'it' trying to tell me something? Thanks.

Absolutely not. I think this should be 'stickied. Absolutely invaluable information. Someone should collate all these troubleshooting tips into one sub-forum.

Yeah, I have the same problem - and it's not just Line 6. I just don't seem to be able to break my gear. Can't get Windows 10 to crash. My latency is fantastic. My obscenely expensive Les Paul is perfect. What am I doing wrong?

Okay, thanks for the info. Most likely needs the chip reflashing directly, outside of the unit?

Has anyone here ever opened one of these up? If I was in this situation AND out of the warranty period, I'd be in there, sniffing around - literally - for failed components. Something that would occur to me, assuming there's one in there, would be to remove the battery that is usually present for patch memory retention and give it ten minutes to lose it's memory. Then stick the battery back in. Not saying this will make any difference, but it may just be enough to force the unit to do a factory reset? Just a thought.

Seems various people have had various issues. Bottom line is it's always been operator error, sort of. The update seems to have defaulted a few global settings and so on, BUT they DO warn everyone to do a backup in the instructions. Being new to the Helix, I did do this and restoring my backup after update, all was well.... Except the Powercab setting in HX Edit when you use L6 Link got defaulted... If you backed up before updating, do the restore and then go check all the global settings are where you want 'em.

Thanks for the quick responce. Just wanted to check, before I spent an afternoon scratching my head, sweaing and chain smoking chasing a unicorn :) To be honest, I wasn't expecting it to be doable. Thanks again.

... control two parameters/modules with one expression pedal simultaneously within a preset? I'm looking to emulate the Dearmond 610 using a volume and EQ filter... unless they modelled it and I've not seen it. Cheers. EDIT: I'm using a Helix floor, by the way.

Been gigging a "stereo" rackmount system since the early 90s. Two things. If exactly the same thing is coming out of both sides, it's mono. The other thing. Speaker placement is such a PITA that unless you have em side by side, you get phasing. In a room that size, unless the walls are padded, I'd stick with a single cab, as all the reflections flying around... you'll be lucky if you could get a decent sound out of it. "Stereo's" good for recording, but it's a PITA live, without a PA and big room.

Nah, when you need to mess with settings, plug it in to HX Edit. You don't need the screen to play it.

In addition to what rd2rk says, you must have the latest firmware on both the Helix and Powercab for the L6 link to work - it doesn't work below specific firmware versions. Don't assume they ship with the latest firmware versions. The other thing, the Powercab display doesn't change when using the L6 Link, but that doesn't mean nothing happens. The coloured ring on the controls does change colour, to indicate a speaker change.

You've tried rebooting the laptop, right? Just checked mine - in Device Manager, it shows under Audio Inputs/Outputs as Digital Audio Interface and Speakers. Under Line 6 as Helix Floor. Under Sound, Video and Games Controllers as Line 6 Helix. Unplugged mine, reconnected fine, though, I didn't have any of the associated software open. Usual advice really, switch everything off and back on again. Helix shouldn't suffer, unless in the middle of data transfer. USB driver might be affected - I'm getting similar issues with a Steinberg UR22C,,, both use Yamaha drivers. Maybe try reinstalling driver? Other than that, disabled USB Port suspend - Google/Youtube for instruction. Good luck.