gnumarco

Hi all. Digging out this topic as I found a solution. I have read in other forums that the Ampero Hotone II seems to work with the HX Stomp. I have a Helix Rack, and it did not work. I had the "famous problem" of values going 0% - 100% - 0%, which is not ideal. So, I plugged a TRS cable to my Hotone II and tested the resistance between "tip - sleeve" and "ring - sleeve". "Tip-sleeve" goes from 0 Ohm to 10k Ohm linearly, and "ring-sleeve" goes from 10k Ohm to 0 Ohm linearly as the pedal is pressed. My conclusions: maybe the Helix actually has TRS jacks but tip and sleeve are hardwired together "just in case". This way, when pedal is up or down the whole way, it shows a 0 Ohm resistance (because signal passes either through tip or sleeve), and when the pedal is at the middle position, resistance is at its max, which is approx 2.5k Ohm (if the pedal is really linear, in the middle position we have two resistors of approx. 5k Ohm in parallel, which gives a 2.5k Ohm total resistance). So, this might be, for me, the explanation of why the Helix works like this with the Hotone II. When a TS cable is used, the resistance between T and S goes: 0 Ohm - approx. 3k Ohm - 0 Ohm, not sure why though. SOLUTION: just take TRS jacks and wire Tip to Tip and Sleeve to Sleeve. Let the Rings unwired. It works perfectly with my Helix Rack.

This is very frustrating...no way to find a Variax in Europe...what happened??