CBTL

It would be great if the manual went into detail about the different parameters on the FX. It would kill the time spent with a lot of the experimenting needed! The compressors are particularly confusing, to me at least 😳

No, the input block parameters are only visible when I switch patches, but once make my first snapshot change, the input block disappears again in the editor, though it is still visible on the Helix itself.

 

After the input block disappears in the editor, if I switch to another patch, it comes back. It also comes back if I use the Helix's cursor to move one block to the right then back to the left (back to the input block), as if a refresh of the block would make it re-appear on the editor. I guess this could be a temp workaround until L6 releases a fix.

It's really messing with my feng shui 😋

It also seems that the global reset changes the "Per Preset" Variax Settings (2nd page of input block) back to "Global". If this is a glocal setting, it does not belong within the patch settings as this means there is a patch setting that gets overwritten when you do a global reset, *even after restoring the setlist*!. This setting belongs in the "Global Settings" Menu, under either "Preferences" or "Ins/Outs". What makes me think this is a global setting is that once I changed it on one patch and saved it, it also updated on all other patches.

 

So I set that entry back to "Per Preset" on the first patch that I fixed, then checked the rest and most were where they should be, except for one, I think, that had the "Custom 1" entry changed to "Lester 1" for some reason. After I fixed the entry and resaved the patches, they all went back to turning Variax on/off per preset as I used to have it.

Have all the parameters come back on editor?

Same here. Switching patches do not preserve the status of the Variax when last saved (on or off or even the model that was saved) and also, when switching snapshots, the input block in the editor disappears, but it is correct on the Helix.

I have created a support ticket. It would seem something is a miss with the new editor and FW2.10 intergration.

That seems strange to me. I have mine set to Preset and i changes guitars just fine between Snapshots.

Will try that but I don't think it will solve my actual problem

Iv tried a few of the suggestions. Clicking on a different block and then back on the input block certainly brings back the parameters but it shows the wrong guitar model (the correct one is indeed selected on the unit) it's like the unit and edit are not talking to each other regarding the input block. I have always had it set to global as this is what i was told to have the guitars change per snapshot. I will attemp to open a support ticket.

So is this a bug that needs to be reported to Line 6? Iv also noticed that my variax has defaulted to the mag pickups! It's a complete pain, I really don't have the time go through every snapshot and redo the guitars 😕

Iv downloaded it, just need to work out how to use it 😳 I'm not down with this IR stuff yet

Iv updated my helix and editor and done all the global resets. I always have the input block set to variax. Now when I click on the input block all the usual parameters are there but incorrect guitar is also there. Regardless of whether I select a snapshot from editir or from the unit all but the input gate disappears from editor and the input shows none? It is however correct in the unit! Can anyone help, I do all my editing from editor 😭

How do I download it?

Thanks for the answers guys. It was just with everyone talking about matching your first block with the impedance of your guitar.

Hey guy, why when variax is selected for the input block do you not get a choice for impedance? Is it just automatic?

Will have to give that a go.

Should of been the first thing for L6 to implement!

Hey CBTL and Thurston9. I tried that out and while it did sound really good, it unfortunately did not fix the problem I am having.

 

Also it's not that the Triangle fuzz sounds bad though I does sound good it is just not quite Muff-y enough for me. about 75-80% there but that low end just is missing for me.

 

Guess I'll just have to keep mine in my effects loop.

Ummmm, do you have a big low end cut globally? I have an eq with a low boost on occasion!

I hope you're using a Tele because I think you're going to struggle capturing that tone if not.

I'm using my jtv69 on the tele setting!

Thanks for all the answers, iv been going into a clean hi watt ala gilmour! Maybe that's where I'm going wrong with it

Hey there. Muffs varied so much from model to model and you are comparing two different models! They even varied from unit to unit as they were built with what ever was lying around. I use the Muff a lot on my Gilmour patches and here is what I do. Run the tube driver or other light overdrive pedal into the Muff with the gain set to between 2 and 4 and eq to taste. You can then set the Muff to moderate gain and play with the tone control. I also set the bias and bias x to 10! On its own the Muff sounds 💩. I put up a post a while ago with a custom tone link on to Dog by Pink Floyd, check it out, it uses this technique 😀

I'm trying to recreate the solo tone. Sounds easy but it's escaping me completely. This is what I know about the signal chain. Tele into compulator, Cornish G2 into a hiwatt with what sounds like a bit of delay/reverb. Iv tried the LA Comp into a Rat and Muff and have some interesting results but just can't get that open quaky tone. Why are the easy ones the hardest?

Are you running the Muff and Rat in parallel? Cool idea.

I believe that is what it's called. I do it with mods a lot. Rotary one side and phaser/choirs/flange the other

So I'm trying to get a Pete Cornish G2 sound. By all accounts after some reading it's a Rat clone with a bit of muff thrown in for good measure. Would it work on the Helix to run a Rat and Muff side by side with the Muff mixed slightly lower on the split? If anyone has any thoughts!

I read that all they are adding is a tuner for the editor...

😱

Whilst creating a patch involving an external pedal I stumbled across something pretty cool, however I don't know if it's damaging to the helix. I had all the ins and outs in the wrong place and unplugged one of the leads from the fx box. When I touched the possitve tip of the lead it produced whale/seagull noises a la David Gilmour in Echos and many other Pink Floyd songs. The longer held t on the tone chanced and you can pulse on and off for some cool effects. The original sound is produced by a wha pedal being plugged in back to front and to tone pot being manipulated on a strat, I don't think you can do this with helixs on board effects and a variax. Here is a vid of how it's "supposed" to be done. If I get chance I will do one of my way 😀

Iv done a lot of searching this afternoon and there doesn't seem to be any other pedal that replicates the talk box sound. I have the EXH talking machine which doesn't come close. Down side is $300 😕 That's a lot of money in my opinion. The Helix defenatly needs a "vocal formant" filter, the HDs had one.

I need this in my life, it's by far the closest I've heard to a talkbox without the hassle of a real talkbox.