PeterHamm
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Record Dry Signal and Wet signal at same time: With separate interface
PeterHamm replied to phantomofalfred's topic in Helix
This. Much this. -
Record Dry Signal and Wet signal at same time: With separate interface
PeterHamm replied to phantomofalfred's topic in Helix
In the meantime, what program are you running? And why are you stuck at Windows 7? How old is the computer? -
I don't think anybody using any of these boxes expects their tuners to compete with a TT or Strobostomp, though. And for guys who must have an amp, only an amp will do... that's true. But... again... I'm on the list of people who have no problem whatsoever with the tuner and don't even get my StroboStomp out anymore, so what do I know...
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Pretty sure none of them have this.
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Record Dry Signal and Wet signal at same time: With separate interface
PeterHamm replied to phantomofalfred's topic in Helix
Except we already know that his interface he's using now is buggy as hell. btw, there's a simple solution if you MUST get a Helix and use it with a different interface and want to record dry and effected tracks at the same time. Get the rack. It has a buffered guitar out that is just whatever is coming in to "Guitar in" and spitting it out dry. -
It can be a one-box solution, but it's very very specifically designed to be ultra-flexible and interact with all your other boxes. So, no. That's the whole point for some users, not all. A "high end" looper built-in? Probably never, because I suspect Line 6 knows that the vast vast majority of users don't need it, and they know that many if not most of the "high-end" looper users are going to just prefer a dedicated looper like the excellent Boss unit.
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So, you're comparing a tuner that is built-in to a box designed to do other things to the very best thing on the market in a standalone tuner. The Tuner in Helix will probably never be as good as a TT.
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Record Dry Signal and Wet signal at same time: With separate interface
PeterHamm replied to phantomofalfred's topic in Helix
The (buggy) interface you have is not better if you are recording the sounds in the Helix. It really isn't. And adding extra boxes for ABY, and all that attendant possible noise and fiddling, will CERTAINLY insure that as well. The Helix has better input circuitry for electric guitar, btw, than what you are using, seriously (especially if you use Native). It is an INCREDIBLE input for electric guitar. And Helix can already record the effected signal AND a mic through the mic input AND the unaffected dry signal simultaneously without changing a single thing about the patch. You can also create a composite interface in your software can't you? Nobody in the entire world can tell the difference between going in through Helix for your guitar and mic and going through a MOTU 896. Except that the guitar might be noticeably better through Helix... However, your recording performance might suffer because of the frustration of using a buggy interface. -
yes... and no... I don't play 3 hour sets, so most of my tuning is laid back and I can be super-critical. I can "fix tuning" in a few seconds, but never have to. I'm either recording at home or playing in worship environments where there's no more than 2 or 3 songs in a row. So, I take 2 or 3 minutes to tune my instrument and really get it right. Not close... but right. But there is a bit of technique. If you play the strings real quiet when tuning and then hit them like sledgehammers when you play, your tuning will be crap. If you tune down to a note (UGH I HATE WHEN PEOPLE DO THIS!) you'll go out of tune before the first chorus. There's technique. and for the record, I never turn my tone control down really, although I do generally flip to my neck pickup. Have done that for decades I think. All that to say, that it's probably not a bad idea for L6 to address what a lot of people seem to NOT like about the tuner. Still (hides...) it works great for me every time. Now ask me about the tuner in my old Yamaha AG Stomp. That is worthless...
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Record Dry Signal and Wet signal at same time: With separate interface
PeterHamm replied to phantomofalfred's topic in Helix
If you are only recording one instrument at a time, ditch the interface and use Helix. Recording an efected and dry track simultaneously is a piece of cake, the mic input is very good, and you have Aux and return inputs that are available, too. Break out the big box only when you have to record full band at once. But not using Helix as an interface when by design it is the best tool for the particular job at hand (recording effected and dry simultaneously) is insanity. -
a few ms is nothing. A few seconds and I think you have a technique issue, and I see that too much. That, btw, is one of the reasons I abandoned FR terms about 25 years ago and never looked back.
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This is a FANTASTIC solution. btw, if you find that it's hard to get the volume pedal that controls your stage volume "just right"... this1smyne makes a volume pedal that is a rotary dial. Easier to dial in. I used to have one for a similar purpose. It worked amazing.
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Would you rather start sharp on every single note or go a little flat on only the longer ones? Try this. tune to the decay, and then record a passage. Tune to the attack, and record the same passage. That will tell you which way you should go. Also, players with severe playing dynamics (I am one, too), serve themselves and their music well by using heavier strings than the next guy. .011s on my (now only) electric, and .012s on my acoustics. If you have a lot of dynamics and play with .009 strings, no tuner will ever work. Lastly, old strings will make all tuners work $#!††y. Y'all ARE doing these tests with new strings... right...?
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I can tell you this... the Lonestar amp model is worth checking out. And for more gain-ey stuff, the Friedman... HOO boy... can't wait for the clean channel of that amp!
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Here's another quick tip. Gravity matters, too. Especially when doing intonation. Ever seen someone tune or intonate a guitar while it's lying on its back? Don't do this. Intonate a guitar while holding it in playing position. I used to have some friends who had me do this on their guitars because they didn't know why when they did intonation it didn't work out right. So one day one of these friends watched me do it, because when I described how it's done, they said, "Yeah, that's what I do! Why does it work for you and not me?!" When he noticed that I held my guitar in playing position, he went "CRAP! THAT is ALL I had to DO?!?!?!?!?!"
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SO MUCH THIS!~
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I do know which is true. The note you want to tune is the one most like the one you'll be actually playing in music. If I pluck a string and it is 5 cents sharp at the outset, and settles down 5cents over a second or two and then I tune it based on the second or two later, and I'm playing quarter notes and faster... I will always be 5 cents sharp except for the note's decay. It's simple logic, really. Of course, if you use heavier strings, more often this is little or no consequence.
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btw, all due respect, I think this tuning technique might cause problems. (Not sure if you actually tune this way, tho). If you tune based on the later decay of the note (in some cases I hear guys tune after the note has been playing for several seconds), when most notes you play on guitar are probably at the attack, you'll end up wacky out of tune anyway. This is why I keep plucking the note over and over and tune to the attack. Maybe that's why I have fewer problems than others do? I don't know.
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Yesterday, I was recording a quick song for an assignment for a class. I couldn't locate my "real" tuner... so I had to use Helix. It was sure to be a disaster! Only... it wasn't... I've seen the videos, I don't know that any of them are a clear indicator one way or the other (including my own). But I do know that when I tune properly, using Helix's tuner, my guitar gets in tune... just fine... every time... ...enough people are complaining, sure... maybe they'll do something, but I still don't see it in my daily use.
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In my experience, with a good mixer, at the same level, 1/4" to a Whirlwind DI and XLR direct sound identical. I would guess that you are hearing the circuitry in the mic pre built into the mackie mixer. If you went XLR - TRS into one of the balanced TRS line inputs on that mixer, it might sound identical to the 1/4" at the same level.
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This does not mean that Yamaha runs Line 6, btw. That is not historically how they have worked. For instance, when Yamaha owned Korg at the height of the synth craze, late 80s early 90s, technology did not go back and forth between them. Nothing in an M1 ever made it into an SY77 or vice versa, for instance. Not even FX. Yamaha did, it seems, manufacture the actual key bed mechanism for Korg, as they did for, iirc, others as well.
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It doesn't appear to be hurting sales. But of course, it's working fine for me...
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None of the similar products on the market allow you to download additional FX, until they add them in firmware. Yes, Kemper allows you to download amp profiles, and that is indeed cool, but in terms of FX, Helix, Fractal, Kemper, Headrush... it’s always what the company has provided to you. Currently none of those companies offer any add-on “purchases†either. In other words, when the new verbs and amps for v 2.5 of Helix firmware come out in a few days, they’re free for everyone. Honestly, this is better...
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It's fairly easy to know though, isn't it? I mean, if you have a 1/4 note and want an 1/8 note, it's 50%, if you want a 1/16, it's 25%, if you want dotted eighth, it's 75%. I use it to do a stereo wide delay, so when I use this feature, it's at 97 or 98% personally.
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Indeed!
