Line6 Helix LT Guitar Processor

A straight forward device.

The main reasons I decided to get the Helix LT;
- The user interface is very easy to understand and use
- Lots of support and user patches available on line
- Ridiculous amount of effects at one time

The only downside for me was surprisingly enough (and I still don’t know why), I received the unit from Thomann with firmware version 2.30.0 which from what I’ve read was released in 2017.

So one of the first things I had to do was update the Helix firmware to 3.11.0 because many of the effects listed in the manual were not present in my Helix.

The firmware update was interesting to say the least since. Apparently going from 2.30.0 to 3.11.0 is a little problematic and requires a reboot halfway through the process.

After this reboot I had this message on the Helix LT "Boot Failure, Entered Update Mode!". Luckily like I mentioned earlier, there is a lot of support for this online and after searching for answers, everything was working normally at version 3.11.0.

Forget about the Helix Floor. This has all the features you need except if you want to add vocals to it, but there is a workaround with XLR to TS adapter. The handling is easy, but switching between snapshots and presets is a bit weird. The expression pedal is the weakest point of the device. It doesn't feel good and its hard to be precise with it. Also the foot-switch on the pedal is weird. As for the Scribble strips i don't really need them. It's easy to tell which is which pedal by color or by Performance view. The price of Helix Floor doesn't justify anymore because this unit is all a guitar player needs. Yes the effects and amps are exactly the same as Helix Floor. The Helix application has bad design choice but it doesn't make this unit any worse. Tried my studio headphones and active studio monitors, the output sound is pristine. Love the built in audio interface, which makes audio recording and learning very easy. You can hear everything from your laptop and Helix on one output devices which makes tons of difference. I highly recommend this devices to any guitarist!