EdmundR Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 Good day, I tried to load the Runway preset from the Line 6 Marketplace into my PodGo. However, I am getting an incompatible device error. Also, PodGo Edit also switches from the preset list to the IR list when I drag and drop it. What am I doing wrong? The PodGo has all the Helix models and is said to be Helix compatible so it should just load the preset, correct? This is my first effects kit so just learning how this all works. Maybe I need some sort of .hlx to .pgp converter. Is that something in PodGo edit that I have missed? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 The message you are getting is correct. The device presets are not compatible. You can’t load a Helix preset into the POD Go. The POD Go uses Helix models and DSP algorithms and the sounds are virtually identical. That doesn’t mean the presets are compatible. It does mean that if you manually recreate a simple Helix preset in the POD Go the sound of the two presets will be very close if not identical. I say a ‘simple’ Helix preset because the POD Go preset structure is much more limited than Helix. That’s why the presets are incompatible. ... and no, there is no preset converter. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanRadmacher Posted April 27, 2020 Share Posted April 27, 2020 It is possible to recreate compatible Helix patches in the Pod Go, but you have to do it manually. I've got a recreation of the Glengarry Lead on the CustomTone page. It took maybe five minutes (very simple Helix patch). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielgrin Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 On 4/27/2020 at 11:28 AM, DanRadmacher said: It is possible to recreate compatible Helix patches in the Pod Go, but you have to do it manually. I've got a recreation of the Glengarry Lead on the CustomTone page. It took maybe five minutes (very simple Helix patch). Hi, Can you please advise me, how to convert .hlx preset to POD GO manually? I also have the same problem with my POD GO that I recently bought. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 The .hlx file is formatted text. If you open it using a basic text reader like Notepad you will see the order, names and parameter settings of all blocks. Use this to manually recreate the preset in POD Go. Of course Helix supports much more complexity in preset structures so there are limits to the extent to which recreation can be accomplished. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pappy35 Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 5 hours ago, silverhead said: The .hlx file is formatted text. If you open it using a basic text reader like Notepad you will see the order, names and parameter settings of all blocks. Use this to manually recreate the preset in POD Go. Of course Helix supports much more complexity in preset structures so there are limits to the extent to which recreation can be accomplished. Well, crap. I did this by capturing screen grabs of each block in the chain on my LT and manually transcribing them. It never occurred to me the files would be plain text. That would have saved me some time. Haha... Edit: I opened one with Notepad and it appears to me to be unformatted text which is hard to read... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Pappy35 said: ... Edit: I opened one with Notepad and it appears to me to be unformatted text which is hard to read... I saw one like that earlier today too, also using Notepad. But 2 out of 3 .hlx files that I opened were quite readable.Go figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad78 Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Try using a program called "Notepad++" to open the .hlx file. Then use the Plugin called JSON Viewer. This will make it more human readable for you. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinglerxt Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 You can view the contents of the Helix .hlx files for patches using this online site and then copy the info down and try to emulate something similar in your podgo https://dbagchee.github.io/helix-preset-viewer/ 5 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro-Rick Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 Good One! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yergo88 Posted January 4, 2022 Share Posted January 4, 2022 Thank you Kinglerxt! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
886343 Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Hi, Just trying to get my head around copying my HX sounds to my PodGo. I have opened the HX patch using the Notepad app and can see values next to settings eg Feedback : 0.430 How does that figure 0.430 relate to a % which is required for the PodGo editor? What is the 0.430 figure? Similary, Depth : 0.650, Mix : 0.450 - what are these figures measuring and how do I convert to % Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
886343 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 On 9/20/2022 at 2:32 PM, 886343 said: Hi, Just trying to get my head around copying my HX sounds to my PodGo. I have opened the HX patch using the Notepad app and can see values next to settings eg Feedback : 0.430 How does that figure 0.430 relate to a % which is required for the PodGo editor? What is the 0.430 figure? Similary, Depth : 0.650, Mix : 0.450 - what are these figures measuring and how do I convert to % Anyone able to shed any light / explain this for me? IMG_5949.HEIC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 On 9/20/2022 at 9:32 AM, 886343 said: …. How does that figure 0.430 relate to a % which is required for the PodGo editor? What is the 0.430 figure? …. Any decimal value can be expressed as an equivalent percentage. In this case the mapping is direct: 0.430 = 43%. Similarly for any fraction between 0 and 1. i.e the decimal number 0.xy = xy% 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinglerxt Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 Agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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