Hello,

I bought an HX stomp a few years back, right now helix native is at $50.00 on sweetwater for HX stomp/helix owners, it says I have to have to be an owner though, I have my HX stomp registered on the line6 website, would I have any issues if I bought Native from sweetwater? Thanks.

So let's assume you are in a situation where you can't stand near a cab and create a badass guitar feedback.

What would be your alternative solution? Helix's own feedbacker? Digitech FreqOut pedal? A sustaniac pickup?

The Helix feedbacker eats a lot of DSP so for some presets it might not be ideal... the digitech pedal is another piece of gear you gotta carry each gig and not all the guitars in your arsenal have the sustaniac pickup.. if any (although i find it natural sounding compared to the other options).

I am curious what others do :)

Hi everyone. Since the most recent update a couple of weeks ago, I cannot drop new IRs into HX Edit like before. Any ideas?

I just got an old Peavey 6505 combo repaired and have been running my Helix through the FX loop to use the amp as a speaker. I was looking into getting a Fender FR-12 but I like the way the helix sounds through the peavey. My only hang up is that I don’t want to deal with the maintenance of a tube amp and it’s heavy as hell. I’ve already had to send the amp to get repaired.

What kind of wear and tear would a helix have on the amp’s tubes? Would I have to re-bias the power tubes if I were to swap them out?

I've done a lot of searching, and still can't find the solution here. I'm new to the HX Effects world and I'm having a bit of an issue with the expression pedal. I'm using a Mission EP1 with it and it seems like I'm only getting about 1/4 of the travel before hitting 100%. Is there a way to calibrate this not to be this sensitive?

Howdy, a few days back I did the update (I'm SHIT at computers)..I'm surprised I succeeded. Anyways, I took the Panama Red Channel and made 8 snapshots using that amp, with various EVH effects, and here's what it sounds like with VH songs. I'm aware there's mistakes and shit in my performance, I just turn on and start recording, like the clown I am. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEYTsY8zrC8&ab\_channel=DougSteele

I’ve looked around but most threads on it are from several years ago now, and I’d like to know what currently are the best paid for presets?

The reason being I don’t want (anymore) to be trying to make the thing sound good for hours on end. I just wanna play.

Thanks

Okay, I got one! Now what? I had the Stomp, so I’m okay on the navigation side of things, but I’d like to know any tips and tricks you may have come across for the Helix, or your favorite was to use it.

For me, the snapshot mode was critical for the stomp. Being able to turn on and off multiple pedals at once and adjust parameters was great, but I have all these buttons now… is snapshot mode the way to go still?

Hi there! I’ve done some research and I’ve come up blank so I’m here with the brains trust. I’ve been using an fs-6 for ages to switch between snapshots, preset and stomp mode for ages. I’ve recently delegated that task to my iPad and purchased a Nektar exp pedal to use for wah and controlling other parameters..but when I move the expression pedal, it changes view between stomp, preset & snapshots..then I did something from you tube video that I can’t remember doing and now when I move the expression pedal, the screen says “exp pedal active!” and nothing happens. Does anyone know how to fix this so I can control my wah block? Thanks in advance.. love this community.

Our band has hired a new singer and she wants to cover a few linkin park songs. One of them is numb which I think should be fairly straight forward. The other two are leave out all the rest and shadow of the day. Nothing crazy guitar wise but just wondering if anyone has made any tones around these songs. These songs are so light on guitar my google searches only bring up acoustic covers lol

I posted earlier and got help to figure out how to use command centre to make FS1 switch between snapshot channel 1 and 2, however after hours of playing with this to get it to work, the delays seem to bleed across when pressing the switch and totally sounds like a mess.

I need to use SS mode and figure a way to use FS2 and FS3 for cycling through the channels and FS1 only as a switch to alternate between 2 different delay times. I basically want it to be a line selector pedal, so with each press, it will only play the delay speed I'm switching to. Although I'm in snapshot mode, it isnt vital for me to have the snapshot change, as only the delay is changing. But for ease of use I'd much prefer to achieve this in SS mode rather than having to switch to stomp mode for one thing.

In my last post (video) although it sounded clean, it is a pain to keep clicking the two toggles. I want to achieve this somehow with just one switch but although I finally figured it out, now it is a mess and the delays merge across as I switch between 2 channels. Maybe it is impossible?

I’ve looked for some instructions on how to profile pedals, but I can’t seem to find any instructions on it.

I'm thinking about taking advantage of the sale on Helix Native before it ends and couldn't quite figure out what the policy is regarding updates. When you purchase Native, are you getting just the current version, updates for a limited time, or lifetime?

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share something I’ve been working on for a while: a Helix preset pack that captures Justin Chancellor’s tone from Lateralus.

This pack emulates his spaceship of a pedalboard of course, but what took countless hours was striking the right balance of aggression and clarity in the amp/DI chain. I also included some elements of his Wal's circuit that are key to his tone (hint: this is also a great Blood Sugar Sex Magik starting preset), plus a user manual for those who want to explore the minute details of each patch.

Presets are not for everyone, and I get it. But this was not some weekend project. The amount of time I spent on it makes now financial sense. This truly was a labor of love that took hundreds and hundreds of hours of critical listening, building, destroying, and figuring out how to make these complex patches as authentic and useful as possible, both for people who want to plug and play, and for those who want to dig deeper and adapt them to their own workflow.

The result, I feel, is a great rock tone that is not just for Tool cover bands.

Full song playthroughs coming soon, starting with The Grudge, but for now here's a snippet of what the pack has to offer. If you’re curious, there's a longer version on HelixPresets.com, including a bass only demo.

Feedback is very much welcome, so please reply or DM me with thoughts and ideas.

https://reddit.com/link/1h2zkqx/video/iqa3jlm1ex3e1/player

It's been over a year since they updated my boy the Pod GO, does anyone know if there is a new update coming in the future?

Assuming that whatever comes next will have significantly better DSP (since otherwise I don't see what the point would be of updating the hardware) I'd like to have amp models that have both/all channels. Splitting the different channels into different amps has created a bit of a headache for me, both in terms of the DSP usage and the block space taken up by trying to use both channels on the same preset. Namely I struggle every now and then with switching between clean and distorted snapshots without getting some clipping, especially with reverb and delay active. I'd like to think that switching from one channel to another in a single amp block wouldn't have that issue. Plus the new EVH blue and red channels both sound so good that I want them both on one preset but they take up so much DSP that I can't even put reverb on it

That's all, peace

Hey yall I just ordered the helix line 6 floor and was wondering what speaker you guys would recommend for home usage that is about 500 and below. Thanks this is my first pedal ever and I want it to sound great.

I have a large pedalboard with pedals on it that are personal choices. I want something more compact and flexibility of arrangement instead of the task that I am physically moving them around fussing with patch cable routing.

The big big question is, can the Helix replace my pedals. Can the Helix replicate 100% some of my valuable pedals? These are the ones I value, MXR phase 90, EVH Flanger, Boss GE-7, RAT, DS-1 , CE-3 and a few others

I just got an HX Effects a couple of months ago with a really cheap expression pedal (Nektar-NP-1) which honestly might be the problem but I tried to use it with any volume/pitch effect and it will only go from 0%-~60% toe down. Has anybody had any experience using this pedal with an HX unit? I know there is a trim pot with it but it won’t really work at any setting. I’m still pretty new to the HX Effects in general so I’m not too knowledgeable at this point in time. I’m curious if there’s a way where I can set the position to be 100% at toe down on the HX and save it like that? It will allow me to manually move the parameter on the unit to 100% but the moment I go back to the expression, it goes back up to 60%. If anybody can help that would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

Got a bit of a weird one here.

So chain is guitar directly to stomp, L/R outputs into a Harley Benton Thunder 99 stereo power amp into a 2x12 v30 Harley Benton cab via stereo L/R from the power amp. Stereo switch is turned on at the cab too.

As soon as I turn either the power amp or the stomp volume past a certain way, all volume cuts to the speaker. I imagine this is what happens if your amp doesn't have enough power to drive the speakers? Note: I have also tried using the headphone out into the line in on the power amp, same result.

To troubleshoot, I swapped over to my GX-100 and tried both the same configs as on the stomp. Got the volume up to uncomfortable levels and no cutting out.

What gives? Are we saying that the stomp has more of a power requirement for the speakers than the Boss unit?

I have a Helix Stomp and am really enjoining, especially with the new Super Reverb model. I've been thinking about upgrading to the LT to double the processing power and be able to run more complex patches. Black Friday prices have the LT at $850. Do we expect a price jump with the likely tariffs? The ads show the current list LT price as $1000.

Are their any go to cabs and mics for the john mayerish dumble sound?

Silly questions I know but hear me out. Ill try and be succinct. I play/record at home with headphones and jam with friends. need help deciding if the difference in price justifies what I do.

live rig: tuner - compressor - wah - boost - fuzz in front + hx effects in loop (purchased used recently, haven't set it up or used it live yet) - marshall dsl40cr

home rig: Scarlett - garageband ios - studio headphones.

I am mostly engaging with my home rig. live rig is used once in a while but I like it. It's what I had before having a family but I can't play it at home much so that led me to exploring silent home rigs. I like the simplicity and convenience of GarageBand but the in-app guitar tones arent always super inspiring. I currently have the Tonex app for tones and that's fine too. Still, I think an actual pedal with amp sims would be good for a few reasons: plug right into that without setting up the iPad, have something physical to dial in rather than on the iPad, and I could pair it with my hx effects and play both pedals at home and, if i want to, live. It begs the question at what point do I go to something simple like a POD Express? Or do I sell my HX Effects and get an HX Stomp XL?

What turned me onto the HX Effects was that I could sell most of my live rig pedals and replace them with that. I like the compressor, wah, and boost I have so I would always keep those. I researched Helix LT for an entire month in the summer but I didn't want to spend that much at the time and still don't. Between the Stomp and XL I would just opt for the XL. But I recently came across the POD Express and am intrigued by its simplicity, new Editor update, ability to be used in home rig and live rig, and mostly, price. I think I am okay with having fewer options on a POD. I'm not one to spend a long time dialling in sounds because I mostly just want to find a good tone and write stuff. But the XL could do everything I want it to do and more. When I got my HXFX, i was also closely considering the XL.

So those are just a few of my buts before I get lost in my abyss. Can someone pull me out?

Has anybody heard of any Black Friday deals on the FR-12 for this year?

I have a fender hot rod deluxe tube amp 1x12 speaker but not sure if the helix will sound horrible or off through it. The amp alone is super clean so could be a good canvas for it. I'm leaning heavily towards picking up the Helix LT.

Pedals are often used to be able to crank to distortion / overdrive because the amp would be too loud if you did it by amp.

But with Helix you can get that natural overdrive from the amp.

So do you use it to change the tone? Get a different tone of overdrive?

I recently found a POD 2.0 (script logo) in mint condition and It surprised me, I didn't know that sounded very decent for today's standards. I have an HX stomp and yesterday I was trying to use it as an IR loader, but didn't work. I plugged a 1/4" cable from the output of the POD to the input of the HX stomp and turned the cab simulation off on the pod, then I put the IR on the stomp, and nothing! I'm not sure if I have to move something else on the Stomp or if I'm doing something wrong. Thank you so much.