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a DI box is probably a better option with the Stomp anyways, so you can give an XLR output to the FOH. If you're running in mono there's really no reason to use a stereo effect in the chain, but yes, the L/Mono output used on its own will collapse the signal to mono. Depending on FX or settings you may run into some phasing issues, though.

If you have a fully-mono signal chain, the Left and Right main outputs are putting out the exact same signal if you connect both of them. If you're running any stereo FX, then they'll be different, but if you wanna run the whole chain in mono, there's no need to add any stereo FX to the chain anyways.

Like changing the note value of the delay, or changing the tempo of a Note-Value delay?

Because I keep hearing about how amazing Ardour is from people using it, but then when I ask what hardware they're tracking with they usually tell me nothing, or they are recording onto an external hard disk dedicated recorder and dumping into Ardour for mixing editing. I've tried the Windows port and it seemed like a cool program, but had some issues with Windows that made it unreliable and at the time there had to be a wrapper for regular VST/VSTis and it killed the workflow. I'm curious about what hardware actually works reliably with it because I would love to get away from the Windows/Mac tethers, but I'm not really interested in using 10 year old hardware or writing my own code to get something to work that just works when I plug it in with my current rig. Do they even still make that interface?

Every Linux/Ubuntu thread I've ever seen I've asked what hardware people are using to track with Ardour nobody ever answers me.

I've been wondering about this type of functionality for awhile now. I wonder how hard it would be to implement the IO like a regular old digital mixer, assign inputs to different outputs, change I/O levels, etc. It would be super cool to use the Helix (especially the rack version) as a hub for live audio. You could assign USB returns to different outputs to send backing tracks out to the PA, send click to your drummer's, mixer, send and input with a monitor mix through the headphone output, etc....that would be pretty sweet. For my band that plays with a click exclusively I was considering just plugging straight into my XR18 and using Native for guitar processing and sending a bus output with just guitar to a splitter for my stage sound and FOH, but I'm not THAT comfortable with the computer doing all my processing (yet).

It seems they mostly limited it to keep people from complaining about being able to put 10 blocks in one preset and only 6 in another because of how different FX use DSP, which kinda makes sense, but kinda not when you consider how the big brothers handle this (you add blocks till you're out of DSP). But I'm not really sure what they could possibly mean by "It will make more sense in the future".

If you put it in an FX loop you can drop it anywhere in the chain you like. As far as turning the onboard volume pedal off, if you don't insert a volume pedal, then no. You just assign pedal 1 or 2 to whatever FX/parameter you want. If I have two FX using the pedal I usually assign the bypass/pedal switching to the toe switch just to make things easier for me.

You're going to have to build/adjust your presets at gig volume, there's really no way around it. What sounds good at talking volume isn't going to sound the same at gig volume. It's the same way with every modeler and every amplifier, pretty much.

Man, a pedalboard with my Floor and my wireless, a PA monitor, and my guitar cases is quite the haul..lol sometimes, I even help the drummer load in/out.... Sometimes several days in a row.... Wild

That's gonna be the LT. If you need something smaller that does everything there are a plethora of options from various manufacturers, just not L6. If you need something that does all the Helix stuff, there's the Stomp/LT/Floor, none of which are much of a pain to cart to a gig.

Please don't do this, lol. Scooped mids haven't been metal tones for like 20 years now. How are you using the HXFX with your amp? 4CM method would be ideal, then run a boost into the front and an EQ in the loop. Been a minutes since I've been around that particular amp, but its already pretty full and chunky, so dialing in your boost and EQ really depends on your cab and what you want to hear.

What hardware are you using to track in Ardour?

I doubt it was unintentional, either. HXFX integrates with a normal guitar rig and offers more switching, but no amp models. So if you want amp models and adequate switching, you need get the LT. HXStomp IS a guitar rig with amp modeling, but limited FX blocks and switching, so if you need more blocks or switching, you need to get the LT. So they've covered a few specific use cases people were asking about at a lower price, but with limited functionality to drive people on the fence towards a more full-featured product. Smart, if you ask me, other than they have to wait a few months to get my money for the LT since the Stomp is just a little too limited for me to justify the cost for a B rig.

Linux is fun. Unless you want to use any readily available commercial audio hardware, lol.

I think this is an oversight as far as the HX Stomp goes. They should have locked it down even more (old-school Boss style, one block for amps, one block for drive, one block for mod, one block for delay, one block for reverb) so they could reserve some DSP for seamless patch changes and spillover. I was looking at the HX Stomp for a backup rig, but between not being able to load a patch enough to actually use snapshots through a whole song and the patch lag, it really didn't seem worth the $$. I feel like its really only good as an addition to a fully-loaded rig where it can be switched in and out like any other FX pedal, and not a full-on "mini-rig" that works well standalone (unless you're a one amp/one sound guy with minimal FX needs) for live use.

I think your best bet would be to have something else connecting the analog output of the Helix to your iPad for looping. I doubt the Helix supports sending USB audio to one device and USB Edit Data to another with the same connection.

Elektrik, Badonk, Epic, 2204 Mod, Doom, Fatality are all high-gain metal/hard rock amps. Litigator and Cartographer is a medium gain clean to crunch amps. Since they're "originals" the way I understand it is that they're not really based directly on real amp models with the exception of the 2204 Mod, which is a modded Marshall 2204. Elektrik was a "mistake" in the 5150 model from the HD series, but everyone wanted it back after they "fixed" it in a firmware update. Badonk, Fatality, and Doom all sound, to me, like Rectifier or 5150 flavors. Litigator and Cartographer, as I understand it, are based off custom amp circuits designed by Ben Adrian (one of L6's amp modeling engineers) of his own amp and one he kinda of "made up" from different parts of other amp models.

This was my experience when I tried one for a little bit. Very guitar cab-like as far as the mid presence and air movement. I didn't think it sounded "better enough" for me to haul its heavy lollipop around everywhere when a molded PA speaker is 98% of the way there and half the weight.

Where are the outputs going?

If you downloaded that patch and you have your L 1/4" input plugged into one amp and the Send 1/2 1/4" output plugged into another amp and you're not getting signal out of the second side, I'm at a loss. That would be the proper set-up.

The Aux in isn't an instrument input, its expecting a line-level signal (or at least a pre-amped signal like active pickups/bass). If you want L/R guitars you'll need two complete signal chains (two amps, two cabs, two sets of FX) that have to start at the input (add a block, drag it down to the second row, then change that input to AUX). With a passive guitar into the aux you can add a GAIN block at the beginning of the chain to boost the signal up to hit the models the way you like. Apologies if any of this is obvious, but I always find its the silliest of mistakes that should be obvious whenever I'm having issues.

You have some settings messed up if ASIO4All is giving you better RTL than the supplied driver. Asio4All glitches out every two minutes when I've tried using it with either the Helix Floor or the Firehawk FX.

Everyone can quit acting like the HD/HX/Stomp PSU isn't a terrible design for real-world use. It's long, and its just wide enough that it takes up at least two outlets on a power strip. The cord is too short, and I'd guess the only reason its in use is because its cheap, available, and properly approved. It's a terrible, terrible design for pedalboard use.

All two-way systems will sound "hyped" in the bass compared to a guitar speaker because the drivers are being used more efficiently (the larger driver doesn't have to put out anything above whatever the crossover point is, usually between 2.5-4Khz) and they have some sort of DSP or electronic processing to further "smooth out" the sound because, for the most part they are designed for a full-range sound. If you run a high-pass filter and keep it below 200Hz you're probably not sending a "thin" sound to FOH, just one the engineer isn't going to have to high-pass out of the way of the kick/bass. I think the most important thing to remember with FRFR monitors is that you're not amplifying the same signal you would amplifier out of a guitar cab. It's a complete recording signal chain included a microphone, which in just about any normal recording situation is going to be treated with EQ either on the way in, or in the mix to get rid of the rumble and tame the top end so you have to think about those things in the modeler when you're using FRFR. The other thing to remember is that quiet sounds (studio monitors at a moderate volume, headphones) aren't ever going to sound the same when they are very loud. It's always advisable to build your loud sounds at loud volumes.