Dramey Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 I've got a pair of Rhodes NT5's. I love them for recording acoustic guitars. Is there a good way to use them with the Helix? There is only one mic input with phantom power yes? Are there any work arounds? I'd keep my Focusrite, but I've never had any luck making multiple audio interfaces play nice. I should mention that double tracking isn't an option as sloppy as I play... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterHamm Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 What are you trying to accomplish? Using Helix as a recording interface where you can hook up multiple mics? Sorry, beyond the scope of this product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted February 10, 2016 Share Posted February 10, 2016 Well, you just need another mic preamp with phantom power, and then you could use both of them to use the Helix as a recording interface. Plug the output of the preamp into on of the Returns, and you'd be good to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tagmusenmagnus1 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 It is just for recording, yes ? You could just use focusrite and make a send to helix. I dont know why you would use helix for recording with mics... FX are not better that the ones in your DAW and if you need some specific FX from helix you can just send it through after it has been recorded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 It is just for recording, yes ? You could just use focusrite and make a send to helix. I dont know why you would use helix for recording with mics... FX are not better that the ones in your DAW and if you need some specific FX from helix you can just send it through after it has been recorded. I'm assuming he just wants to use the Helix as a recording interface for his mics. It will still work well for that purpose even if you don't want to use any of the on-board effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tagmusenmagnus1 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 But if he going to keep his focusrite anyway, I would use that in stead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dramey Posted February 13, 2016 Author Share Posted February 13, 2016 I'd like to get rid of the Focusrite. ASIO drivers don't tend to play nice with multiple audio interfaces and I want to leave the Helix pluged for reamping etc. I'll look in to a preamp of some sort. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tagmusenmagnus1 Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Cool. Then it makes sense. From your first post i just got that you would keep it anyway. But if you want to use the two mics as a paired set of stereo, you would need two preamps. Using two different preamps would actually kill the point of the paired set. I dont know how much, but it would definitely take out some of the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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