My biggest mistake with the Helix was : Why Am I watching This, I Don't Even Have a Helix.

Commenting before I watch: My biggest mistake in all modeling devices with a visual signal path layout was to put the amp first in my patch. I don't know why I never thought about it in real-life terms where most of my effects would be going before the amp, but holy crap did it make a difference. It's especially a thing with overdrives and distortions. It turns out it's super important that they go before the amp so they can actually BOOST the amp signal. It sounds super obvious, but I spent like ten years thinking this was just what modeling sounded like.

My biggest mistake was to invest in FRFR speaker. What I missed was the sound of amp punching air. Ended up using the effect loop of amp and 4x12 cabinet. Huge difference that brings me back to the old days. Nothing beat the real cabinet

My biggest mistake with the Helix was: I should have bought it a long time ago.

My mistake was definitely not using snapshots with my HX Stomp. I was kind of disheartened when I could hear a noticeable gap in audio when switching presets, but with a little creative thinking I was able to get my 3 tones (clean, rhythm and lead) onto one preset and can now use Snapshots for tone, with no gaps in audio!

To deal with different situations (at home, studio, live, or with headphones, or a cab, or monitoring speakers etc etc..) the real secret with modelers like the Helix, is to use the low/high cut to always stay in the mix. It will do the 90% of the job every time. Personnaly, I always make my tones with headphones, that's my "sound reference", and after, depending on the situation, I will use the Parametric EQ block with it's low/high cut parameter to go back in the mix without touching anything else. Always works for me.

Great video. The reason that sounds different at loud volume is because of the Fletcher Munson curve and how we perceive sound. Old stereos had a loudness button to turn up bass and Highs at low volumes to compensate for this

Your Tip with bypassing everything and take that Level as "default" helped me a lot! TY!

Totally guilty of 1. Too much volume, 2. adding high end instead of rolling off bass, 3. Too much gain.Gonna go back and check a few things. Another great , yet simple tutorial, gracias again, man!

I used my 2 JBL 15” mains and dialed them at a loud volume. I know everyone doesn’t have a single-family home or rehearsal space but it works well.

My biggest mistake was buying numerous pedals, different budget multi fx, modellers and mini amps then selling them all to buy a Helix LT instead of just buying the Helix originally.

The home to stage stuff is paramount! Excellent!

Great list. I haven’t made any “mistakes” per say as much as just the learning curve. Making patch after patch and perfecting each one. I learned a ton from you, Rhett Shull, Rick Beato, Jadon Sadites and Richie Castellano. I have fairly simple signal paths yet very full and real sounding rigs. Great video though, very helpful.

The basics of Steve's message: 1. Proper monitoring -buy good monitors or good monitoring headphones 2. Jumping to IR's right away -get to know your stock cabs 3. Preset volume too loud-Helix does not like high volume 4. Too much low end--"squishy, mushy, farty" sound 5. Too much gain-bring down the bass and use the channel volume, not master volume. Try using the output block instead. 6. Making gigging presets at home and thinking they're going to sound good on stage. Go to the "Leveling Presets" video that Steve has put together. Use high volume on your studio headphones to test out but don't blow your eardrums out.

Best Helix advice I've heard. I am guilty of a few of these, and now I can't wait to sit down with my Helix and apply what this video has taught me! You rule, Steve! Subscribed.

Hey man, just wanna say thanks. As an analog guy I felt a bit overwhelmed when I got my hands on a Helix, to be fair - I still am. You tips help a lot. Even if you just repeat my thoughts out loud, it helps a lot to get some confirmation. So thanks and stay strong!

This is not only for Helix users but also who are using other amp simulated fx out there. Learned a lot.

i have had my helix Lt FOR 6 MONTHS trying to push buttons but now i am watching videos and trying to learn the system . this is my first modeling effects system . i use to use TC electronics G Major with voodoo lab midi control and use my Marshall for channel switching so i have a big learning curve .

These are all mistakes I used to make. Glad that we agree

I absolutely agree with the IR thing. I made my best presets or patch with stock cabs. also because the scenario of IR shops is so bog that is someway confusing people

Absolutely hear ya on the advice to learn stock cabs. This really did it for me. Thanks for sharing!

Excellent set of things to avoid, agree with them all, and think these are the ones that are critical. For my biggest mistake, I think it's too much of a good thing. Less is more for gain, modulation, reverb, delay, etc. What sounds good by yourself will sound like indistinct mud with the band or in the mix. Second mistake I think people make is not sticking with a tone - trying to use a preset for every song and snapshot for every section of a song. This results in tone that's all over the place and leaves you with no identifiable tone that's yours. So I use Helix in "stomp" mode, relying more on footswitches that change a few parameters that can be combined any way you need. Snapshots are for big changes (variax open tunings, a quick acoustic tone, etc.). Mostly I use one patch all night.

Steve, for those using it FOH and folding back into in-ears, a big mistake is ignoring an ambient mic. When I first go the Helix, we were not using an ambient and I thought "Well this was certainly a mistake!" It sounded pretty bad. Installed an ambient in the middle of the church and fed it into the foldback mix. Viola' great tones again.

The biggest mistake I made was trying to make dozens of cab combination presets blending different mics etc. The sweet spot is in finding which mic works best with which cab. Once you know that pick your 2 favorite, put them in a dual cab block panned hard left and right. You can make adjustments to the mic position to adjust the tonal balance. But 90% of the tone comes from mic+cab.

The "preset compare to bypass" signal is such good advice. I bet it applies to so many other areas, like DAW, live mixing, etc. Thanks for the reminder.

I’ve had a Helix for two years now. Played in studios and live. The best way to dial in tone and dynamics for me has been to use a Powercab. I have JBL LSR4328p monitors and nice headphones as well. I realized that the 25 years I’d spent dialing in tones on amps and pedals turned out to be the most accurate way to do this for modelers as well. I found myself making almost zero adjustments when going direct to PA with a band, or in a studio with this setup. Bonus: you get to scratch that itch of moving some air in the room. It’s made my Helix experience far more enjoyable. I wasn’t able to get that out of headphones or studio monitors.

Great comment about starting with a blank preset and checking for unity gain as you adjust each effect. Consistent gain structure is how you avoid getting clipping in your clean sounds.

This was a great video for any modeler user, even, us, the abandoned Firehawk users.

Hey Steve, Great video. I haven't checked my bypass level yet, but I'll do that. One of the most challenging issues I've had with using every Line 6 multi effect pedal, (which I've been exclusive to Line 6 since the original red kidney shaped unit to now Helix, from Line 6 Variax 700, to now every JTV, 59, 69 & 89F), has been, trying to match levels of amps. The fender amps are nowhere near the output levels of Marshall amps. I typically add post boosts to even out the levels, and I've definitely gotten great tone I've used to record and play out with in 800 plus sized arenas, but I'd love to get your take on how you go about correcting this issues. On a different note...I purchased your Brad Paisley patch. Great work! Thanks for posting these videos, they're really helpful.

Great vid. I’ve gone full circle - stock cabs to IRs and back to stock. Just learning how to use them and max out their potential. Big problem was learning not to rush into a full rig chain and just starting with a great amp and cab tone. Lose hours just tweaking!

Thanks, Steve! I've been thinking about getting a Helix & this is the 1st video I saw that has "don'ts" instead of all the good about them.

Don’t expect any preset or even a patch you’ve downloaded/purchased to sound any good for you, let alone anything like a video that showcases it. I’ve known this for a long time, way before the Helix, and still I get disappointed. Part of the problem is the designer used a different guitar, and along with different pickups, tone control, speakers, and even your room or headphones, it’ll often sound odd at best. I think the best advice is to build your own patches by starting simple: maybe just an amp/cab plus a room reverb. Make that sound good to you with a clean tone as well as an a edgy tone. Or conversely, throw in a bunch of FX that tickle your fancy, and experiment - a lot of patience and experimentation required here . Either way, I agree with your tip that you shouldn’t go rushing towards IRs - at least not until you’ve exhausted the other built-in options.

Parametric EQ is a lifesaver. I high pass at 60 Hz and low pass at 8 kHz on the PEQ; leave the cab high pass at 80 Hz and pull back low pass to 6 kHz to start. The PEQ passes have a steeper slope. For high gain channels I scoop at about 320 and 570 +/- and bump 2.7 kHz by just bit. It sounds awesome. Try using the Greenback 25 4x12 with a R121 at 3” back as a “tone home base”. JIME (just in my experience)

I a newby and some of your acronyms aren’t understood, but I’ll research more. So far love your channels and I will be back! 💙🙏🏼

I was listening to The Guitar Hour Podcast and they said they changed the guitar-in impedance to 1M Ohm instead of Auto and it helped with the "feel" on the helix. It definitely changed the tone a lot, but I'm not completely sure about the "feel" aspect. Those guys are insane players and I'm absolutely an intermediate bedroom player.

I'm new to Helix and had my first show with it this past weekend. I'll just say that the experience was impressive and enjoyable! I'll also say that the support resources for this device on KZfaq are endless! Thanks for this video BTW. I spent hours at home using my Electro-Voice ZLX-12BT 1000W 12-inch Powered Speaker turned up to stage volume as my monitor in which to build my presets which I have on stage behind me at the gig. It really only took a few minutes of tweeking the stage volume and patch levels between snapshots and I was ready to go! Definitely going to try your patch volume and gain staging idea.

My biggest mistake was to use FRFR to dial in my sound. I was compensating for the Headrush's bassy sound, and as a result my sound was very brittle and high-pitched when I plugged it into the line at a gig.

Tip: Use Global Eq to tune Your sound to the room You're playing in.

Awesome tips! Especially re: matching to the bypass volume. Currently going through my helix and doing this with all my presets now. Man, were they loud!! Haha.

I appreciate your channel. You are a professional but are providing tips that apply to everybody who uses these line 6 products-even hacks like me! :-)

Great video. My biggest mistake as a beginner was not realizing I could assign individual parameters to snapshots (duh). I was putting in multiples of the same block with different parameters dialed in and turning them on and off by snapshot! As far as the difference between home and rehearsal, the fist time I did a rehearsal, it sounded like I had a hall full of tweeters! Craziness. I'm using Alto 12" FRFRs; I would love to get a pair of Powercab+ but I have budget constrainch. 🎸🎸🎸 You're absolutely right about the IR rabbit hole, better to learn what you already have in detail first. I have barely touched IRs (I had the experience you described--TOO many choices with just one IR). But you made a great point that I hadn't considered--there's no adjusting them like you can with the cabs. You have to comb through a hundred of them to find what you want (if it's even there). From what I've seen with other users, it seems the super high gain players find the IRs useful. I'm happy with the cabs, especially the different mics you can use make a huge difference in tone. I think I need to go back and turn stuff down. My presets are way higher than unity.

I’ve found that using a Headrush FRFR 108, the Cabinet low cut that works best is 130hz for the stock amp models and 110hz for clean. High cut, 4.5k for distortion, 8-18k for clean. I also try to roughly recreate the basic frequency curve of a Celestion Vintage 30 with the global EQ. It’s a good starting point at least. I also have to add… I think the best way to make live presets is gig loud through a full range speaker. Powered monitor, FRFR, whatever. Headphones aren’t going to reflect the low end the same at all. That’s the biggest issue I’ve had. Not enough or too much low end.

Good to know! I tried to search curing hiccups. I watched this with no idea wtf this is and it cured my hiccups.

My mistake...trying to use the Helix and Pod Go with a power amp and real cabinet. It sounds ok I guess when using the peramps, but then I recently ran these units through a couple of JBL 305mk2 Studio Monitors and it opened up a whole new world. I just ordered a Line 6 112 Poweramp for that bigger sound. But I highly recommend the JBL 305mk2 speakers for anyone on a budged, they sound great with the Helix or Pod Go.

I needed a speaker solution for my Helix, so I bought an inexpensive Column Line Array from Amazon. The result? it sounds AMAZING!!!! Total cost $250!

I no longer gig and have spent more money on my Home Studio since then, but for FRFR, I guess I’m not picky, as I purchased the Headrush FRFR 112’s and they sound terrific for “at home.” I also have a nice pair of Focal and KRK monitors to work with and I also get great results for all my modelers and my music with all of ‘em. Folks, if you cant afford the top of the line monitors, use what you can afford and make the most of them. Not everything good has to cost a fortune and you can always move up later... A good set of cans (headphones) can also be your best friend! Most of all HAVE FUN!!! Best!✌🏼

As Steve said, spend time on cab/mic combinations. Also get to know global settings - specifically high/low cut edits and sag.

1) Headrush 112 is totally adequate and loud. 2) Use Parametric EQs to refine your tone, and take out some low end. I scoop about 320 Hz, take a pinch out at 570 Hz and high pass at 68 Hz. I also bump at 2.7 kHz for OD and 5.3 kHz for cleans. 3) don’t scoop your mids too much 4) understand what tone you’re going for and what kind of equipment creates it in the real word before trying to create a present. Have a comparison tone. Don’t go in blind. 5) dial in presets as you would hear them playing at volume. Then listen to what it sounds like in headphones. It’s different. 6) have presents you jam with and presets you play life with. Things sound different in a mix. My bedroom presets are much more scooped 7) Front-end all high gain amps with a a TS or SD-1 block with gain at 0 and volume at 10 (tone usually at 6-8). It focuses the tone perfectly. Reduce amp gain or pedal volume by a bit if need be for classic rock sounds. 8) Use ribbon mics on your cabs. It’s much easier to start with a fat tone and scoop lows and boost highs with an EQ than to try to fatten a thin sounding dynamic. Ribbon 160 works great on axis for cleans and off axis for OD.

Another great video, Steve. A mistake I made early on was thinking that every preset needed to have an amp and a cab. Of course Line 6 has designed the amps and cabs to mimic the ones we’d have to use in real life, but each Helix block in a preset is really only an electronic modification of the input signal. So - I’ve got one amazing preset for my Les Paul that has no speaker in it at all. The Helix actually lets you be like the Beatles as they started getting into recording production - “Hey! I wonder what this knob does!” Thanks again for a great video

Mines: 1. Chasing the amp in the room feel using a frfr speaker. (I can get it easily by using a power amp and real cab) 2. To believe I have to tweak a lot. Most amps sound good as they are. Obviously adjusted for gain and volume 3. Dailing in patches using headphones. - i use irs not because of tone but they can be changed with snapshots

Great tips. If I had done a video on this concept before you, my tips would have been very similar. And like you, I too made almost ALL these mistakes when I started gigging 25 years ago with my first modeler (POD Pro rack). And it took a pro DRUMMER friend of mine in another band, who would come see us play live, to slap me in the face during our first set break and tell me I had WAY too much low end and WAY too much gain dialed in, and it sounded like a "hairdryer" to the audience. I, of course, fought him on this (because what would a stupid drummer know about guitar tones, right?), but I reluctantly agreed to let him re-EQ and re-gain my rig before the next set (pulling the low end and gain WAY back). And no shock at all, our 2nd set sounded remarkably better, and HEAVIER. Counter-intuitive to me at the time, but I saved that preset with his tweaks literally onstage, and have never looked back conceptually. Great vid!

Use the low cut and high cut controls on the cab. Most times, dialing those to taste will help too much low end or top end fizzy.

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Never felt the need to try IRs, and I pre-ordered my Helix before it was even available. The stock cabs are fantastic especially since 3.5.

You remind me of Nick Miller from New Girl, which is an absolutely good thing.

GREAT post, as usual. Valuable content. I'd love to see topic timestamps in the description; this is the sort of thing I'd refer people back to. For discussion's sake, I have mixed feelings about IRs vs stock cabs. A $30 IR bundle gave me a few IRs I use everywhere, and a guitar teacher would have charged me that much for a tone-shaping lesson. I also see pros and KZfaqrs making patches with wildly different cuts of high and low end, each claiming they're optimized to sit in the mix. I'd say tone shaping is one of the biggest amateur challenges. I could follow you building a preset knob for knob, playing my Helix through the same speakers as your video, and not sound like you at the end. I've had this happen with other artists' commercial presets, sounding so much darker than the demo video on the same speakers that I can't use the preset I just paid for.

All good points. Sound reference is definitely the thing. It’s what you trust as, the actual sound. I found a $299Berhringer wedge with a 12” and horn that has worked perfect. I set the wedge and the helix at the same output levels at all times. This little thing was a game changer for me. I also make sure to put the same affect first in every signal chain. And use the input resistance as a little buffer, EQ. Tried to power cab, air, basically smoke and mirrors. It is not easy for everyone to adjust to direct guitar. Once again, there are lots of rabbit holes to go down when using the helix. In my experience I think it is important to find a couple amps and affect you really love really get to know them, then experiment with all the available tools there are. Great video. Subscribed.

Only started on this helix path so this is incredibly helpfull thankyou sir

Thank you Steve for the video, great tips! Please allow me to give some advise here....It's taken me 4 years to get the pro tone I'm looking for on this Helix Stomp box and checkout the Blue Sky 100watt powered monitor/mains absolutely amazing studio tones with them. I'm purchasing me 2 more of them they're expensive but you get what you pay for of course. Guys try the 2 X12 Double C12N cab on the HX Stomp or Helix its kickass cab and no IR needed! For metal or rock lead tones only go up to 3.0 on your presence, for metal rhythm go to 7.0 on your presence, the presence takes part of your guitar signal and it re-routes it back through your pre-amp thus it boosts all your high gain distortion/saturation, if you (set your presence on 3.0 for lead tones) you'll realize you can have the gain up higher with better tone and clarity. Also don't for get when you set your low cut and high cut in your cab settings thus then the other effects pedals you add have to be matched if they have low cut and high cut. For example I set low cut on 80hz and high cut on 6.9kHz so I set exact same setting with my Room reverb low and high cut to match.

yeah. mistakes I made. , I have pod pro and firehawk and the helix puts them to shame . I slave into mesa boogie mark2 and a combo Marshall (1-12) . the mark2 to is running a mesa stack, yup 8 12inch speakers. sometimes ill split the stack with the Marshall running the bottom .... the mistake I made was thinking the helix would be as easy to program as the fire hawk or the pod pro. , not true. but its far superior then either of those units. I was thinking about sending it back in exchange for another fire hawk but took a nap instead and banished those thoughts.... woke up and watched a couple tutorials and its making sense.... well worth the $.

Everything covered here has been very helpful for me. Thanks so much Steve.

Thanks! Just got my HX and will take notice of these mistakes.

I’m late to the helix game but love it so far. Thanks for these useful tips! Subbed

Great video. I think I have "hit" all of these mines. Learned some lessons by watching these Helix videos and just try-and-error. Today really happy how my Helix sounds.

Man I’ve been using the Helix live and in the studio since 2017. And recently had to wipe it and rebuild all my patches. The tip about not making the patch too loud really spoke to me and since I already have to rework everything, I’m gonna try that. Thanks!

Build your own blocks. I was trying to edit existing and it just didn’t work for me. Start from scratch - it’ll help you learn to navigate your way around the unit as well!!!

Hey Steve, great concise video! I was already pretty happy with my Helix tones but your bit on gain staging made me question myself… yep sure enough I was waaaay too loud. Dialled some presets back and it’s like a whole new toy! Thanks!

I’ve just started watching your videos Steve…really helpful thanks….The reason really is I found half a dozen tones I really liked and just stuck with them. Recently I started tweaking….something I did for years before Helix…in search of “that tone”….I’ve sorted myself out now and gone back to playing….but always keen to learn….

helpful yes thank you. So true about the tone being quite different in the live setting as opposed to home.

I agree with your IR statement. Helix only needs a little tweaking. I just made the move from Headrush, and you needed IR’s because the stock cabs did not sound natural. I deleted them all off my Helix.

Thank you, I’ve been struggling with ALL of these for months

Big help, cheers Steve - just subscribed! I play in a folk band and use Helix for fiddle as well as acoustic and electric guitar. The high volume thing is so true. It's great to get some pointers as the Helix is a complex beast and tough to shape your sound, especially when you have to take into account venue and audience sizes. Will check out your other vids!

Your last mistake I'm very familiar with hah. I spent a long time coming up with patches in a home setup and was loving them. As soon as I brought it live it was so shrill at performance volume. What has saved me the most for that situation is the tilt eq block

The biggest mistake I made was running this through an actual guitar amp (Diezel VH2 w/matching cab) and thinking that I had to choose speaker and cabinet blocks at all. O.D. pedal, EQ, Amp model, any other stuff...done. Sounds way better than trying to fiddle with mic placement on cabs etc. Especially when you're just a bedroom warrior.

Regarding monitors, I decided that since I was going to go to FOH with my Helix I thought it made the most sense to purchase a couple of floor monitors along with a small mixer that I can run my Helix through to imitate/replicate the intended use. My setup uses my Helix XLR out to a Behringer XENYX 1202FX and then 2 JBL EON 612 for the live FOH mix. I then also sometimes add a Headrush 108 for personal monitoring but I find that it makes all my patches very heavy on the bass side so I only use when needed. I control all my output sound at the board so the master volume on the Helix only sends to the Line outs and not the XLR. I can then control my volume for my personal monitoring by only using the Helix volume knob.

Great tips, thank you. I think the one about building your own patches, listening to how each addition colours the sound. It's like trying to learn from borrowed tab: you might think you're getting short-cuts, but you end up never developing yur own ears.

The last three actually translate all the way back to the POD HD500. I found the last one out the hard way recently lol. Had a semi-clean tone that was just on the edge of breaking up, with an eighth-note delay and a touch of reverb that sounded amazing at home, really gave a good atmospheric vibe. Got on stage for rehearsal and it was pretty much Boston Third Stage-type sound, especially when I added a touch of chorus. I'm not much into downloading patches/IRs. In my humble opinion, the best way to find your sound, is to FIND your sound.

To make all my presets and tones, I set up PA system sit about 75 feet back with helix and set presets in front of a full PA volume (concert level) with pre recorded backing track of band mates, and the tones that Helix can get in Live usage are Insane wow, cuts thru mix and sounds great!! Set it and forget it, sounds great night after night!!

Great video! I don't own one yet - just about to buy one. It's rare to find a vid that's really helpful and this one is! Thanks for posting!

Simple, direct and to the point! Great tips Steve! Thanks for the info. I always listen to the advice of those out on live gigs, and bro, yours are awesome! Stay blessed and keep it rockin'!

Yes I just bought a Helix LT and it really does sound like crap....but now by watching this video I understand a lot better on what to do....thank you for sharing your info....🤟😎🤟....and always remember....Nunca pare la Musica...

Great tips and notes! Thanks for your time and arrangement

My biggest mistake was ever selling my first HX Stomp! Bought a second one a couple years back and I’m never, _ever_ letting it go

Watching this video so I don’t have mistakes before my Helix LT arrives!😎 Brand new to the Line 6 community so any tips welcomed

I'd add using the high and low cut on every cabinet before adjusting any EQs. Often, I have found that my best results have come after setting the high and low cut before adjusting amp/drive EQs.

My biggest mistake was setting the XLR outputs to LINE level while connected to a mixer that expected MIC level 😣

Great tips, thanks man. Just got the stomp and I'm loving it.

Nice video Steve. I want to add that HI CUT on cabs and IRs is your friend! Don't get hung up on the number but I start by a pretty severe high cut to maybe 8k. Obviously, adjust to taste at high volume if you're aiming for a live tone.

My biggest mistake was thinking I could get acceptable tones from the modeled amp/cabs while using a 4CM with a SS half stack. I wound up getting some monitors to remedy that issue. I also had a plethora of pedals that I have since sold and thought "I should have just bought the Helix from jump street". My only issue I'm currently working on learning to resolve is getting tighter high gain tones. I have faith in the unit. I just need to keep learning with it. Maybe it's a low end problem.

Really good advices ! Thank you so much !! i totally change my presets and my sound

I wish there was an actual input gain knob that was dedicated and applied across everything in case you use multiple guitars that have different pickups

Guilty as charged....3,4,5... I also think i need to learn the global settings better. All my patches are high or low. I especially struggle with clean sounds/volumes. Thanks for all the videos keep up the good work brother!!

The last point.🤦🏻‍♂️ wow. This is really helpful. Thank you so much!

Biggest mistake was not using an eq block. Really helps when I am switching guitars and such and helps your get a good baseline tone before messing with amps and Etc

Most presets i use don't sound very nice at home, but when on stage, it just blow everyone's mind so.. I don't know, I never had problems using my presets live

Great video Steve.. Sometimes just switching back from line to 1/4 works with my in ears...

On speaker cost, good 100W speakers for home use are going to be cheaper than good 1000W speakers for PA use - recommendations for good speakers at home use power levels would be handy.

You gave a very good description of how Pete Townshend suffered hearing loss and enormous tinitus. Wearing Headphones and cranking the volume during mixing... P

Great video, I'm guilty of making at least a couple of them...

Thanks Steve. My biggest mistakes include dialing in tones at low volume and then playing that tone live ... did not work, extremely harsh.... I also agree on the IR “mistake” although ironically I use mostly IRs nowadays ....