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Helix USB Out - Dry signal won't go away


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I'm using the Multi-output to USB and I notice that my dry signal is always coming through on the right channel. Even when my volume pedal is at 0% and my XLR outs are quiet, the dry signal still comes in over USB. Has anyone else observed this on their Macs?

 

I've tried both custom and factory patches, and they both have this issue.

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The 1/4 and XLRs just send the final wet signal. The USB out recording has the wet signal plus the dry guitar sound with no effects.

 

I first noticed it because I was trying to do swells where I strum a chord with the volume pedal at 0% and then press it down to 100%. The swells sound great on the XLR outs, but in the recording you hear a dry strum followed by the swell in.

 

With my volume pedal at 0% the USB pedal out still gets a dry guitar sound in the right channel even thought XLR/1/4 outs are silent.

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Are you recording a stereo signal on a single track and then right channel is only clean? The only thing I can think is you somehow have an unneffected split in your chain. When I track I have a stereo wet track and then I set up a mono track for USB in 7 to record the dry audio, but unless I activate the monitoring in Reaper, I never hear that dry track until I play it back. Unless you're referring to re-amping a dry track through the Helix, then yes, your dry track will play along from the DAW as well as your wet track from the hardware.

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Thanks, gunpointmetal!

 

I am pretty sure I left the Re-amp Src (USB 7) to "Guitar" in the Global Settings > Ins \ Outs - which is why I'd be getting the dry signal in one channel. I was just doing a quick audio recording using Quicktime which meant it was recording all the USB outputs from Helix (in this case 1/2, and 7).

 

I'll change the setting tonight when I get home and report back. Additionally, I could probably use Garage Band to try recording just channels 1/2 and not 7.

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