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  1. USB to Midi Adapter. Just get the M-Audio one. My Mio didn't work. The M-Audio Uno did.

     

    Update the DT through Line 6 Monkey. 

     

    Then, if you want, you can download DTEDIT and clear everything out of channel A if you are having that issue as some people here may have?  And program in whatever you want on channel B.

     

    I put a pretty consistent clean tone on Channel B so I can use it with all of my presets if I want. Basically adds an additional amp block to all of my presets.

     

    XLR cable may or may not work. Get an AES/EBU cable to be safe.

  2. On 7/25/2019 at 11:26 AM, ezut said:

    I've had enough. I've been waiting a lot of time for this update. And now I see it doesn't work for me. Someone suggested that my cable is not good. I bought a new one. Not good now.
    I supposed to upgrade the DT25 firmware, but it doesn't work with my USB-Midi converter.
    I spent a lot of time and no results.
    Now, I'm going to regret buying the Helix LT.

    I had the same problem. I was using an I connect mio and it wouldn't work. I picked up the m-audio uno 1x1 midi interface and all is now awesome.

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  3. 14 hours ago, Digital_Igloo said:

    Before 2.80, Helix <—> DT over L6 LINK was limited to sending the left signal to the first of two DTs, the right signal to the second of two DTs, and merged mono to a single DT. That's it. People here asked if Helix <—> DT over L6 LINK was going to get some communication love, and the answer was always "we'd like to, not sure if or when it'll happen (IdeaScale, etc.), but if it does, it won't be the same as how HD500 works." IIRC, I even got into the details a bit, because we had already designed it. TONS of features are already designed and specced, just so we don't paint ourselves into a corner if and when we have time and resources to pursue them. If we had the ability (we don't) to implement and release every feature we've designed up until now, Helix could get updates for decades.

     

    One of my life's greatest regrets: "Oh crap! I forgot to find spikey and remind him of what I wrote three years ago!" ;-)

    I'm just glad that we are getting the functionality at this point. I honestly did not expect that to happen based on prior comments. In fact, I almost sold my DT50 as with Helix it was basically just another head, and I have plenty of those. Using the L6 link was basically the same as running it in 4CM. Add in the Midi cable (which I also did) and it had some of the funcionality, but is much more cumbersome.

     

    Now that there will be greater integration, I'm glad I didn't sell it as it will make a super versatile and streamlined stage rig, especially with the Variax (which I also still have).

     

    So thank you guys for deciding to add this. It was unexpected, but is also greatly appreciated.

     

    So, now that the DT series is back in the fold with the Helix, are there any plans to re-release the DT50 and 412 cabs? Or is the 25 going to still be the only new DT available?

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  4. On 6/2/2019 at 6:26 AM, mselies said:

    Hi,

     

    Im using the HX stomp and a Atomic amplifier. I got is set up now using the 4 cable method.

     

    Guitar -> HX input

    Hx Send -> Atomic amp input

    Atomic amp send -> HX return

    HX out -> Atomic amp return

    Atomic out-> frfr cab

     

    Now I want to bypass the Atomic Amplifier and use the HX stomp straight into the frfr ( in case of malfunctioning of the atomic amp). I want to be able to do that without pulling cables out.

     

    Guitar -> HX in

    HX out -> frfr cab

     

    Can this be done? And if so, what do I need for it? (some sort of routing pedal?)

     

    greetings,

    Marcel

     

    Just disable the loop block in the helix that you use to go to the amplifier head and add an amp block and IR. Assign all 3 to one footswitch to toggle off the loop and toggle on the amp block and IR at the same time (or snapshot it) and you are good to go.

     

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  5. 15 hours ago, markdaniels76 said:

     

    The Helix is a great floor unit.. and IMO sounds as good as anything else out there, I include AxeFX and Kemper in that.

     

      but again they don't have a 'professional' product yet so my comments may be hasty, 

     

     

     

     

    One of these things is not like the other................:lol:

  6. I actually think L6 has done a great job of updating this unit over time. I bought mine back in February of 2016. right before 1.06 came out.

     

    Since then they have added a ton of amps, effects, and functionality to the Helix as well as introducing HX Effects, Helix Stomp and Helix Native (which I also have in my pro tools setup).

     

    They have also added quite a few high gain amps for those of us who like it nasty. The Cali IV, the 2204 Mod, the Fatality, Archetype, Badonk, Placater, etc. It already came with Quite a few from Soldano to Mesa to Bogner to Engl, 5150, Several original models, etc etc....right out of the gate..  Now they are throwing Revv into the mix?

     

    That doesn't include the massive amount of effects added.

     

    I'm pretty happy so far and I'm very excited to integrate it with my DT-50 head.

     

     

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  7. On 4/17/2016 at 11:48 AM, fretmeister said:

     

     

    I would love to see models of the Darkglass bass pedals coming.

    It has the BK-7 (obsidisan 7000) which works fantastic for bass. I would like to see the Alpha Omega and Vintage Microtubes as well.

     

    But if you dial them in the Minotaur sounds great as does the Clawthorn if you like a fat fuzzy distortion. Lots of great bass tones.

     

    also the Woody Blue amp model is very good for a platform to start with.

  8. 9 hours ago, TheRealTomTom said:

     

     

    The problem then is price. £350 vs £800 I just can't stretch that far!

     

    That is understandable. I went full blown Helix (bought it when they first came out) into a Blackstar Series One 104EL34 for a long time. And then added an Egnater Vengeance head to the mix to go stereo. It was a phenomenal setup. 80% of the time I used the 6 real tube channels from the heads, but it sure was nice to have the flexibility to add a lot of additional amplifier tones into the mix, such as Matchless, Friedman, Engl, Archon, etc. It just gave me way more flexibility.

     

    Now I'm back on bass for gigging and I still use 4CM for my guitar rigs at home although that will change with the DT50 and the new update when it hits. 

     

    I may go to gigging bass with the Helix and a EV ZLX112 cab for stage monitoring and see how that flies. It's gonna be hard to not use my Mesa Prodigy/Bergantino NV610 cab though. It sounds so good. But the Helix direct would be SO much easier.

  9. On 4/2/2019 at 7:04 AM, gunpointmetal said:

    For hard rock/metal bass its the balls! So gnarly-sounding with the gain cranked.

    All the darkglass pedals are different flavors of awesome. Vintage Microtubes, Alpha Omega, BK7, BK3.....all just sound so good.

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  10. 29 minutes ago, gunpointmetal said:

    Yeah, if you're gonna use toobz and cabs live, all of the cab modeling is unnecessary anyways. I do the self-mixed IEM rig with computer back tracks/samples for both of my bands, so going FRFR and DI eliminates a couple of cables, a microphone, speeds up our set-up/tear-down, and provides me with an ultra-consistent monitoring situation. I'm also usually playing multi-band bills with 30-40 minute set times, so the faster I can get on stage and start rocking and the faster I can get off stage the better. I really only miss the big cabs when I'm spacing out by myself at the rehearsal spot.

    I hear ya. We do 40-60 minute sets all the time because that's the original market in Denver.

     

    Our drummer handles the samples and backing tracks with the laptop and runs an IEM to the other ear for a click. So that's on him. I'm actually back on bass again now in my original band and I use the helix there too, but really just for some effects into my Mesa Prodigy/Bergantino NV610 rig. Don't need to model anything with that rig, :D

  11. 7 hours ago, cruisinon2 said:

     

    Of course it's subjective, but you've missed his point... he's not arguing that there's some universal definition for what constitutes "good" sound. He's saying that anyone should be able to achieve a good sound, whatever "good" means to them...and that the persistent inability to do so isn't the gear's fault. 

    exactly

  12. 43 minutes ago, gunpointmetal said:

    I mean L6 did kind of address this by releasing their own FREE IRs, which are actually quite good, if a little to hi-fi for some people. The lack of mic movement is kind of a glaring defect in cabinet modeling, I think. I personally would have a preferred an Edge-Center adjustment over a Distance adjustment right out of the gate. If they could manage BOTH on the stock cabs, I probably wouldn't need IRs (at least for live playing), but I seem to remember a couple of earlier generation modelers with those adjustments and those cabs were straight trash.

    And to me, a lot of this is moot for live playing. I only use cab modeling or IR's for recording as I decided I prefer playing the helix in 4CM through tube heads and actual speaker cabs live.

     

    I still love having a tube half stack (usually with 2 heads running stereo into a stereo 412 cab) behind me on stage for a LOT of reasons, but dynamic feel is the most important one. Weight is the least. :D

     

    I bought several different ownhammer IR's because I do prefer them to many of the line 6 cab models, but there are some gems in the Line 6 cabs as well, depending on how you use them. Especially in a 2 cab setup.

  13. 2 hours ago, jclark5093 said:

     

    I love the direction of this thread, but I'll say you'd be free to blame Mesa for not making a cabinet that you like. Not that they will care or change, they'll say to get a different brand, because their product is clearly not for you. Can't please 100% of the people 100% of the time, right? So it's a "fault" of the product - meaning a weakness or a flaw. The flaw is not it's sound, the flaw is that it is not universally loved. Every product has that flaw, but some of them will be perfect for you.

     

    What I did *not* say, however, was that helix is defective in any way.

    And I'm not saying that you are claiming helix is defective. I am, however, stating I have seen that claim from a whole lotta people.

     

    And I can not agree with the assertion that the Mesa cab has an inherent fault. Just like my personal example with V30s. Other people can make them sound great to me. I can't. The fault lies with me, not the speaker.

  14. 5 hours ago, cruisinon2 said:

     

    I've tried tons of gear over the years that I just plain didn't like....I suspect it happens to everybody. But there's a difference between not liking something and labeling it defective or incapable of accomplishing a particular task. For example, I loathe Mesa cabinets. 1x12, 2x12, 4x12, doesn't matter. Tried em all and I've never been happy with any of them. Yet I've heard plenty of other guys who get great tones with them, so is it Mesa's fault or mine?

     

    I'm in the same boat. In fact I'm not a huge fan of V30 speakers. And I play mostly hard rock/metal. I much prefer Creambacks, Greenbacks, and G12T-75's to V30's.

     

    I think some of it has to do with amp pairing and some of it has to do with playing style as well as the actual speaker. But there's nothing wrong with V30's. My lead guitar player in my metal band makes them sound glorious with his Engl rig. I'm the problem, not the cone.

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  15. On 4/2/2019 at 1:40 PM, jclark5093 said:

     

    I am of the belief that if I can't, then either A) I don't know how to use it (in which case your reply *would* have been helpful if you pointed me in a direction of education), or B) it doesn't sound good TO ME. So I think your position is a little lofty for someone who's using a modeler... Reminds me of conversations with tube snobs, but kinda inside-out or upside-down...

     

    I think the cabinets/speakers/microphones (or some combination of the 3) in Helix are either intended to be "mix friendly" or something like that, which might not lend itself to all types of music, and definitely sounds odd when just playing solo. Maybe it's actually *better* in a mix, I don't know, didn't try it yet. But the out-of-the-box sound was definitely not what I have heard from any real cab in a real iso booth. I'll assume it's either the room they used to record the cabs, or the microphones, or the mic placement "algorithm." I don't know how much of Helix is IR and how much is DSP algorithms, so I'm not sure what it is I'd like to blame in this case!

     

    But either way, the amp modeling on the 11R and Helix seem to be almost identical (didn't do a phase invert test to check for null, because I assume they're not actually 100% identical, not a useful test), and when run through a 3rd party cab IR, I can't tell the difference even when PLAYING LIVE of which thing I'm hearing back. So I appreciate your position of feeling the futility of these posts, but this time I (the OP) got a great answer along the way, and solved the problem I was having, with the help of the community - which, I think, is the entire purpose of these types of forums to begin with!

     

    Congratulations, internet! We did it!

    I'm not trying to be "lofty". I'm just stating what I have seen. And it's not a direct criticism of you, so please don't take it that way. It is a general observation. And I'm not sure what you mean by "for someone who uses a modeler". Is that supposed to be a veiled insult? Not sure. but just for the sake of clarity, I use the Helix for modeling, I also use tube amplifiers. I use them together in 4CM. I use Helix Native for recording and re-amping. I use whatever gets the best results whether it be live or in the studio.

     

    The point is that there are thousands of people who are getting great tones out of new modeling gear, Helix included. Several people here had already pointed you to resources to try and assist you so me adding on to that probably would not help. And, as you said, you found a solution.

     

    I'm being very literal when I say if you can't get a good sound out of a unit (Helix, Fractal, Headrush, etc) the fault is not with the unit when thousands of people are in fact getting great sounds out of it. It could be one of several factors. The ones I have seen the most often are:

     

    1. Limited experience in setting up a signal chain. 

    2. Limited experience in using cab sims and IR's.

    3. Setting up the cabling incorrectly

    4. Using insufficient monitoring (headphones, speakers, etc)

    5. Really just not knowing how to dial in a tone by using hearing as opposed to what you think it should sound like with a certain setting.

    6. And this happens a lot..... deciding to slag on a piece of gear because you use a different piece of gear. (and I am using the communal "you" here).

     

    One of my former bandmates bought a Helix after hearing my setup and then couldn't figure out how to get a decent sound out of it. In fact, he had no idea how to use it at all and not only couldn't set up a signal chain, he couldn't even tweak an amp model. And made no effort to learn, but instead relied on me to program it for him. (He also couldn't dial in a good sound on his modded JCM800 and it took me about 30 seconds to do so). There are a lot of people like that out there that just want to plug something in and have it sound like the tone in their head. That doesn't work with a piece of gear like Helix and doesn't work for almost every tube amp I have owned over the years. But those tube amps aren't at fault any more than the Helix is. I can pretty much make any piece of gear sound like arse if I tried. :D

     

    The opposite is also true as long as you have the right piece of gear (tool) for the job.

     

    I'm glad you found a solution. The helix is an amazingly versatile piece of gear if utilized properly. And that can be in many different configurations, whether someone prefers FRFR or running through a tube amp, or just a power block and cab, 4CM or as a plug in..

  16. Add in the Variax guitars and soon the DT50 control (PC as well) and itt's ridiculous what you can do with the press of 1 button.

     

    Change from a Sitar with chorus through a JC120 to a resonator in open G through a fender twin to a les paul tuned to drop C through a PRS Archon with multiple effects available.

     

    It's stupid good.

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  17. On 4/1/2019 at 8:14 AM, Kilrahi said:

     

    And here's the thing. I agree with you on everything you're describing here. When it comes to figuring out how to sound like you want to sound on a new unit ABSOLUTELY. Especially with Helix, I think it has a very high learning curve. If someone comes on here and says, "Just bought Helix . . .LOVE the possibilities but feel completely lost as to how to get there . . ."

     

    That I can understand, and that can be handled. However, when someone goes, "Helix sounds like fake music and my modeler doesn't."

     

    That doesn't sound like a reasonable position to address. I don't think that position has been viable for a long time now. Helix, Fractal, Kemper, Headrush, Boss . . .  they all produce solid units that don't sound like fake digital recreations at this point. So when I hear that position stated it always feels like there's an underlying human prejudice that I'm not going to be able to address. 

    Which is why I have stopped responding to these types of threads.

     

    Seriously, I have yet to find a newish modeler that I can't dial in a pretty damn good sound in under 5 minutes. I am of the belief that if someone can't, it's definitely not the fault of the modeler (unless it is an actual faulty modeler).

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  18. I use my helix for bass and guitar.   I haven't had a problem with either, the bass models work great and you just have to dial them in. Hell, Billy Sheehan uses one live. 

     

    For a great nasty bass fuzz use the wounded paw battering ram model, it kills. Or and fuzz together. 

     

    The woody blue and gk 800 models are the best sounding for my styles.

     

    But live I use my helix in conjunction with a mesa prodigy head and bergantino nv610 cab. I add some of on the front or some modulation effects here and there.

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