Helix Edit under Linux (Arch)

[M4R71N88]

Hello, I searched the internet for help on using Helix Edit on Linux. I have no problem running the native Helix plugin under Arch Linux using Yabridge, which works flawlessly. However, I still need to perform firmware updates for my Helix Floor and enjoy the convenience of editing presets using Helix Edit.

Since I couldn’t find anything online, I decided to come up with a solution myself. I can confirm that I was successful in running Helix Edit on Linux. Below are the steps to achieve it:

1. Install Wine and Required Dependencies

Make sure you have Wine and its required dependencies installed.

 

-  sudo pacman -S wine wine-mono wine-gecko winetricks

-  yay -S wineasio

-     register the ASIO driver within Wine:  wine regsvr32 wineasio.dll

 

2. Install Line 6 Helix Edit in Wine

1. Download the Helix Edit installer 

2. Run the installer using Wine: wine path/to/helixedit_installer.exe

3. Follow the installation prompts.

3. Workaround for USB Connection Using USB Passthrough with VirtualHere (USB Sharing):

Since Wine doesn't natively support USB devices like the Line 6 Helix, a solution is to use a USB-over-network tool like VirtualHere, which allows USB devices to be shared with Wine over a virtual connection.

 

Steps for VirtualHere:

 

Installation:

 

-     yay -S virtualhere-server-bin

-     yay -S virtualhere-client

 

 

1. Run the VirtualHere USB Server on your Linux machine:

   sudo ./vhuitarm -b

   Or use the appropriate version for your machine.

    

2. Run the VirtualHere Client in Wine:

   wine path/to/virtualhere_client.exe

    

3. The USB device (Helix) will now appear in VirtualHere, and you can "attach" it inside Wine

 

  (Alternative to VirtualHere) Configuring USB Device Access via usbip:

For a more manual solution, you can use USB/IP to share your USB device and try to access it from Wine.

 

1. Install usbip:

   sudo pacman -S usbip

    

2. Load the necessary kernel modules:

   sudo modprobe vhci-hcd

    

3. Find the USB device:

   usbip list -l

    

4. Bind the USB device (replace <busid> with the correct ID from the previous command):

   sudo usbip bind -b <busid>

    

   The device should now be accessible within Wine. 

[Schmalle]

Awesome, thank you!

[Uberjohn]

This is exactly what I was looking for!  Thanks to both of you (Schmalle pointed me here.)