chasingMango

A power strip... But seriously, that's probably what you gotta do. While you're at it, think about getting a power conditioner such as this one. It will eliminate potential hum from the power source, as well as give your gear better protection from surges that a standard surge protector. It works well for me and fits in the Helix Backpack. Other than that... you could power the G10S via USB from a power bank. I've never done it with the G10S receiver but I have done it with the G10 receiver. Just make sure that the power bank can output enough amperage for the G10 (I think its 2.6A?)

I was thinking a noise gate, but this would be a cheaper/simpler solution :)

It should be shutting down automatically after 4 minutes of no playing. If its not, then maybe you have some buzz that is keeping it on.

Bro what kind of church is this??

Sounds good = is good

Maybe 2.9 will make me more technically proficient at guitar playing... with increased dexterity, speed, and precision, the tonal possibilities are endless!

My opinion… A lot of the wow factor is in the hand... high end equipment is no substitute... to avoid falling down the gear acquisition rabbit-hole and probably remain forever unsatisfied... view gear as tools to give you more control over the tones that you can create. It is still you creating the tones however. That is the difference between a guitar amp and a bose speaker.

I did connect my G10S to my helix for a short while via XLR, then I read something (I forget what) that caused me to switch to 1/4" cable.

Don't bother with a headphone amp. As others have mentioned, you shouldn't need one. I have a pair of openback headphones with mid-high impedance (sennheiser hd 650 / 300 ohms), if I played with the headphone volume all the way up, I would damage my ears. I.e. it gets plenty loud.

I did not break my CPU I did not break my mod'ler too The blame does not belong with me The blame is all Line 6 you see They did not make it good enough The written guide was just too tough I do not care that others win Its hard for me, and that's a sin

Sorry guys, I misunderstood the Powercab manual, differentiating between commands to control the PC+ through L6 Link which apparently is non-MIDI, and actual MIDI commands. After I went back I see that it differentiates between the two. Sorry for any confusion but thanks for helping me understands... I guess that's why I couldn't get it to work lol!

You can send MIDI messages through L6 Link.

FWIW I'm pretty sure you can still change presets via MIDI. I have not figured it out yet though.

I think people may abandon ship for *simpler* setups, but to accomplish the same things it can do in analog would be just as complicated if not more so. Stick it out, learning new things is part of the fun!

Firmware update is here: https://line6.com/software/index.html For the dropdowns, select "Helix" for hardware, your Operating System (Mac/Windows) for OS, then Line 6 Updater for Software. I did the update a while ago, you might need to install HX Edit as well. Upgrading to the newest version is a little detailed, you really just need to following the directions very carefully. One of them main things is that at some point you'll get an error message that makes it seems like things went wrong, but its supposed to happen. I think the instructions say that this will happen.

From your description I assume you are playing at a church... I have thought about purchasing an HX stomp for the exact purpose of accommodating other guitarists... they often don't have the equipment to plug in direct, and the church doesn't have the setup to mic a cabinet. Sometimes if another guitarist shows up, I plug them into my helix on their processor path but its not ideal (limits how I can arrange the DSP, sound guy can mix them separately, etc.) I've been keeping watch on reverb/craigslist for a decently discounted stomp...

I think you are both saying the same thing... you are both advocating for the use of 1/4" out. Theoretically the 1/4" could still be run to FOH with the addition of a DI box. The DI box could also be used with XLR out and would act as a Phantom Power blocker. Also, to my knowledge the 1/4" out on Helix is balanced, so provided you're using a balanced TRS cable, and the receiver is also balanced, then the length of the run should not impact noise any more than if it were an XLR run.

Based on what everyone else has said, using 1/4" out may be a solution. If your stage doesn't have a jack for 1/4", perhaps purchase a DI box and run your 1/4" out into that, then connect the DI box to FOH via XLR. I agree with @DunedinDragon, don't go change your whole rig, you're likely to run into new problems. Also, did you read about being connected via USB possibly causing the issue with the XLR out? Are you connected via USB @barmando?

Bump?

Has anyone else done this?

I own a PC212+. Page 7 of the user manual says: "NOTE: XLR Outputs are not affected by 48V phantom power." Anyone know the difference in architecture between the PC112+/212+, and Helix, which says: "IMPORTANT! Never connect the Helix device's XLR outputs to a device whose XLR inputs have 48V phantom power enabled!" I was about to purchase a 2-channel Line Isolator for my PC212+ plugging into FOH mixers until I realized it lacked the same warning as the Helix. Would the Line Isolator have no affect whatsoever, or would there still be some benefit?

Do you though? The only source of contention in this conversation has been you brother :)

Obviously there is an explanation for why there is a hum - what is the explanation for why this problem could not be avoided through a better/different design? It doesn't exist on the cheaper transmitter/receiver I tried.

I believe people who say they are plagued with issues, I however have never had problems with my G10S playing small church events. Not sure what the discrepancy is. One small annoying thing however is that I have to use an extension on the receiver in my acoustic guitar and my electric guitar with active humbuckers, in order to eliminate a quite noticeable and annoying hum. Fortunately the hum goes away with the extension, but it kind of defeats the ultra portability of the unit. I don't get the same hum when using my friend's much cheaper wireless product on the same guitars. Weird.

Oh, the question was answered thoroughly right away. And no names have been mentioned... I think that's as much as you could ask for!