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Glitz Reverb The Glitz reverb is Helix's take of the modern modulated reverb sound. There are oscillators in the pre-delay sections as well as near the end of the reverb algorithm. For the latter, there is crossover where everything above the set frequency is modulated to get that glistening sound int the mix without getting too much in the way of the core tone. Controls Rundown: (excludes non-specialized controls, unless modified for this specific effect) Decay: The Decay control controls the amount of damping within the reverb algorithms, and such that as this is set higher the longer the reverb will last. (Note: Our Decay parameter has a 0-10 nondescript unit, and not a time value, as the decay is very organically tied to the reverb voicing.) PreDelay: The amount of pre-delay time between the dry and wet sound. This is modified compared to the Legacy reverbs as the delay time is very slightly modulated with the Rate and Depth parameters. More modulation effect gives the effect of being in room with moving and spinning walls. Note: If you want a less boozy reverb, this modulation can be nullified if the PreDelay is set to zero Delay: The amount delay time before the latter modulation oscillator. Rate: The speed of the modulations for all oscillators in the reverb. This is interactive through different sections of the reverb algorithm. This can be set to tap tempo values as well. Depth: The depth of the modulations for all oscillators. This is interactive through different sections of the reverb Xover: The crossover will set the frequency where the later modulations will take effect. Everything below will only have the modulations from the early sections of the effect, and above will have the extra modulation. This and the Mod Mix param can be used to completely transform the voice of the Glitz Reverb. This is a parameter where experimentation is highly encouraged! Mod Mix: The amount of extra-modulated vs non-extra modulated sounds. This does come after the crossover section, so that your voicing for this reverb is highly dependent on the Xover parameter.

I have a pair of these: Sescom In Line Phantom Power Blockers. They are inexpensive, durable and work great. I have them in my Helix Backpack so should the need arise (mixer unable to disable Phantom Power on a per strip basis) there won't be a problem.

This is one of the reasons I really hate the term "FRFR" because the "flat response" part of that is so speculative. Other than the Headrush you'll see the speaker manufacturers tend to avoid this term. The reason being is this isn't the first time the "flat response" term has come under fire. Back in the 90's and early 2000's the term was casually used a lot with studio monitors, however every studio monitor would sound different with the same source recording, so how could that make sense? Well that's because what sounds "flat response" to one person doesn't sound "flat" to another. It's a very subjective term that really means a lack of artificial coloration that would normally be added in consumer grade gear for audiophiles in contrast to a more pure representation for the studio. One other thing that entered into the picture in studio work was the critical nature of how the speakers were positioned in and the room treatment order to have a natural response and not accentuate various frequencies. Roll forward to today's live performance powered speakers and this explains a lot about what they try to achieve. Ultimately the basic tuning of the speaker is reliant upon the manufacturer and the construction methods and materials used. However you don't always have control over the placement and acoustic treatment of the room the speaker will be used in. In live applications it's not reasonable that the speakers be tunable to room acoustics as that tends to be better handled by RTA processes at the sound board. But the speakers can adjust tuning for various placement/deployment situations and potentially what it will be used for (live music, recorded music, speech, etc.). So the value add for these speakers is in the DSP contouring options that will adjust for such things to address speaker coloration issues. Those DSP contouring adjustments automatically tell you these speakers aren't "flat" because if they were you'd be stuck with that response regardless of how you placed them and what you used them for. If I were to imagine some nomenclature for this I would probably elect to use Full Range Contoured Processing (FRCP) instead of FRFR as that's really more descriptive of what they're doing.

On the HELIX you have to push save TWICE for it to actually save. There is a reason for that second push, it's so you can change where you want it saved. When you push save the first time look on the screen for the word "destination"... the knob under that word allows you to choose the location you want it saved. Choose your location, then push save again to store it there without harming your original preset. For safety reasons, I always copy a preset to a location before I begin editing it. That saves me from accidentally over writing a preset in error.

So I recently bought a Line6 Powercab 112 Plus to go with my Helix. I thought my Studio monitors sounded pretty good but this thing is much more amp like, can do FRFR and Cab emulations, plus gives the ability to free up the Cab slot DSP in the Helix for even more effects if wanted, highly recommended to check one out !!! The only bad thing is it now has me wanting to get a 2nd one for full stereo, but that will probably be awhile.

Try this. Not exact, but if you mess around a bit more with the eq, you might get closer. I happen to have the Redwires IRs that S-Gear uses, and with the same cab, mics and the 50% Impulse Curve it almost nails it. S-Gear HiGain Hlx.hlx

Man, that is some pretty impressive production. Sounds great! I really enjoyed the video.

There were several older Line 6 products that allowed you to save your own default settings. The last few have not had that. I've never understood why since, I'm assuming, it's a fairly rudimentary programming issue and I think a lot of people liked it. I know I did. Here's and idea scale requesting this feature. Vote this up. https://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Save-tweaked-model-defaults-for-Helix/796930-23508#idea-tab-comments

If you are using the App then you can go into settings and there is an option to turn it off

Are you aware that we have Customtone where you can post the patches instead of making videos hoping that we catch the settings to replicate them as you twist the knobs.

I had this issue because I ran the "Line 6 Updater" before I updated the latest USB drivers. Download "Line 6 Driver2" and install before running the Line 6 Updater app.