Helix 3.2 when?

[the-trooper]

I am pretty sure that phil_m is an alpha tester or pre-view beta tester.

Wouldn't he be removed from the program as soon as NDA is broken?

 

[Rewolf]

Wouldn't he be removed from the program as soon as NDA is broken?

Not if the "accidental" reveals are approved in advance by Line 6.... you know how DI likes playing games with us

Phil is often very active immediately after a Line 6 release explaining the new features and answering a lot of questions. He isn't a Line 6 employee, but he definitely has had preview versions of new hardware.

The beta program that many of us might or might not have signed up for is more of a wider public shakedown, phil has on more than one occasion indicated he has had conversations with L6 about features before they were fixed.

Here's an example:

https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/new-dl4.2344370/#post-34389989

Followed by:

https://www.thegearpage.net/board/index.php?threads/new-dl4.2344370/#post-34390179

 

[James Freeman]

Wouldn't he be removed from the program as soon as NDA is broken?

IIRC from DI posts on TGP Phil's has a different status, much closer to internal tester than a last-step beta tester.
He also tests pre-release hardware and has been a Line 6 tester since HD days if not earlier.

edit:
Rewolf, posted a second before me.
Ninja'd

 

[Stone]

Few could mean anywhere between 2-4 weeks, if he would have said a couple then that might have indicated 2 weeks
in todays lingo A few means a small number
but more than 2

 

[dronerstone]

Few could mean anywhere between 2-4 weeks, if he would have said a couple then that might have indicated 2 weeks
in todays lingo A few means a small number
but more than 2

Still way cooler than "in a few months".

 

[the-trooper]

So let's ask again

Why is Phil not here yet?

 

[Stone]

He's busy Working out the

 

[BenIfin]

I am pretty sure that phil_m is an alpha tester or pre-view beta tester.

He frequently posts about stuff that others on the wider public beta programs don't know about (eh @BenIfin ? )

Hey Rewolf !

I was on the 3.15 Beta Team but didn't get an invite for 3.20 ....... I'm guessing "too much complaining about FW update timeframes" didn't help my cause :)

Of course, they could also just be rotating-around the multiple beta testers they have access too... but I've got a sneaking suspicion it was the former for me :)

Its all good :)

All the best,
Ben

 

[HotRats]

PPS.
Why is Phil not here yet?

this is a good question

 

[dronerstone]

While I suppose this probably isn't something we're gonna see in 3.2, I still can't stop daydreaming about how crazy it'd be if parameter values could be assigned to an input trigger/LFO in the same manner we can tie them to an EXP pedal/jack.

Feel free to upvote: https://line6.ideascale.com/c/idea/1047901

 

[Karl Houseknecht]

I was on the 3.15 Beta Team but didn't get an invite for 3.20

Same. I’m not complaining. My Helixes need to be on release firmware. Beta testing isn’t as fun as some may think. I was also in that same program that Phil is but I left because I prefer not to know how the sausage is made. Playing is far more fun.

 

[Fireproof]

Few could mean anywhere between 2-4 weeks, if he would have said a couple then that might have indicated 2 weeks
in todays lingo A few means a small number
but more than 2

Agreed.

In fact, to me…
- couple = 2
- few = 3
- several = 4 or more



At any rate, if he said “a few more weeks,” then we may be looking at early October. Whenever it is, it sounds close.

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

"a few" means whateverthefrack the person that used the term meant it to mean.

 

[Fireproof]

"a few" means whateverthefrack the person that used the term meant it to mean.

Of course. I’m just sharing how I use it.

Which is not far-fetched…

 

[Sleezy E]

 

[Lysander]

"a few" means whateverthefrack the person that used the term meant it to mean.

+1

You guys are reading tea leaves here

 

[Rewolf]

DI only recently said that it was feature complete - that just means that it is possible to use the features without everything falling to pieces. Getting that stable enough for the wider beta test could take many weeks.

I know that a few people have said that they didn't think that they have been invited to test 3.2, but I suspect that wide audience beta testing has just not yet started ...

 

[Fireproof]

DI only recently said that it was feature complete - that just means that it is possible to use the features without everything falling to pieces. Getting that stable enough for the wider beta test could take many weeks.

I know that a few people have said that they didn't think that they have been invited to test 3.2, but I suspect that wide audience beta testing has just not yet started ...

Ooh - then Phil’s definition of “a few weeks” is actually “several / many.” I haven’t been tracking, but if they aren’t in beta testing, then yeah, they aren’t too close…

 

[Alex Kenivel]

Ooooh, semantics! Can I jump in?

One, un, me, single.
Two, a duo, together, a couple.
Three, a crowd, a thrupple, a few? (A Few Good Men has three faces on the movie poster).
Four, a foursome, a band, a gang, a group, now that's a month if we're talking weeks.

There are two kinds of beta testers that are publicly talked about, internal testers, and public testers. Phil, obviously of the former, (love the guy) has been posting as the L6 Hype Man for the past few years, so of course he's going to follow suit.

Beta testing is cool but it's work and can be a PITA if you rely on your devices for other work.

Personally I'm not itching for the drop but excited to see where they're going.

 

[Baba]

Y'all some semantical mf'ers in here

What I want to know is, what exactly do they mean about redoing that comparison? I have a full Floor and an XL, and I know the limitations/differences between the two, but if that line is getting blurred . . . I am excite.