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Helix allows you to add Global EQ to 1/4", XLR or both outputs. When building presets, forget that Global EQ exists. Make it sound good coming out of mixing monitors. An intended way to use your modeller is to send XLR L/R to FOH, and use 1/4" for stage volume, to be able to hear yourself. Or use in-ears. In order to hear themselves on stage, many people use an FRFR, a power amp + cab, or go into an effects loop of an amp + cab. In all 3 cases (with some exceptions), there is no way to adjust your EQ. So. If you go direct to FOH, then: Global EQ is meant to be able to adjust your on-stage sound and nothing else. Sometimes you go to play a show and the stage is super-resonant, and it keeps rattling when you play a certain note or chord. Or the stage is surrounded by ceramic tile, and your ears are hurting because everything is loud and shrill. Global EQ to the rescue! Unlike your typical amp high/mid/low, Global EQ is extremely flexible. When I toured, I mostly left the Global EQ off for the on-stage amp. However, since the clubs I played were not all huge, sometimes the on-stage sound would interfere with the overall mix. That's when the sound guy would ask me to adjust my sound a certain way. Or sometimes, the stage is too boomy, and I would have to make the adjustment myself so I would not sound like one of those cars with a giant subwoofer in the trunk! In summary: Leave the direct FOH mix to the sound guy. Don't add any Global EQ to the XLR outs. Sound guys can apply whatever EQ they want to what you are sending them. Use Global EQ to compensate for the unforeseen stage acoustics. And nothing else. Every room is different. Even if you play with the same exact lineup, same exact club, same exact sound guy several days in a row, the room may sound different on any day due to: humidity, temperature, number of people, where people are, how worn out your strings are.

Using these three for examples: I would put a tuner before the volume pedal. WHY? Because I can turn my volume off and still tune. There's some more technical reasons, like a volume pedal amplifying certain frequencies that may or may not drive the tuner bonkers. But muting to tune is the primary reason. And noise gate???? I wouldn't put it before a volume pedal because when the gate activates and shuts off sound, if you have the volume pedal up, it will be a much more noticeable hard break. That doesn't make them wrong. And I am certainly not wrong. But it shows how rules aren't rules as much as they are suggestions. The different ways one uses a NG or VP can alter where you place them.

Separate post, not a continuation of the first A lot of new users (myself included) get lost because they look at 1000 options in the unit and they feel overwhelmed. But instead, to become familiar with the concept of virtual amps/fx/etc, you should be comparing it to the physical amps/fx/etc. Try to recreate your physical rig using a virtual rig. If you never used a "Tron Up", don't use it now. If you never used a Peavey 5150, don't use it now. If your 1983 rig was guitar-wah-distortion-amp, your virtual rig should be guitar-wah-distortion-amp. This brings down the drama to something more manageable. You are familiar with physical X, use virtual X. The 1000 options in the unit can be thought of as "The Music Store". In the physical world, we stress over which of the 1000 options to buy, but only buy a handful. In the modeling world, you have the 1000 options from the store (the device), but only need to buy a couple (patch design). Once you get the hang of that, then you can start with "what if I add this" or "what if I Switch that" and the always famous GAS - I never owned a Fender Twin, nows my chance to use one.