PeterHamm
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The real challenge, honestly, is that a 100W tube amp through a 4 x 12 is ridiculous for a small venue, and sound will carry so much from that that you almost need the same kind of speaker to compete, imho. Deluxe Reverb-sized amps are all you need for a space like you are probably talking about. One thing for sure, I've heard enough noisy music in my life and wouldn't be coming to see your band that sounds like it's probably too loud. Ithink the 1500 is the right call, and I think your other guy needs to get a smaller amp and/or power attenuator so that y'all's ears survive...
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How about YOU get a 4x12 and a big tube power amp? It might be a great option.
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Yes, do this. Best way to do what you need.
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Are you using your on-stage speaker as the main audience sound source? If so, the 1500 is the clear winner imho.
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If you go to the input block you can change it to Digital (S/PDIF or AES/EBU) at least on my Helix Rack you can. It's the 13th option.
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Click on the "Helix Native" logo at the bottom of the Helix Native plug-in screen. "Restore Factory Presets" is what I think you want.
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Very often I find that when you aren't cutting through the mix, there is one constant that seems to always be the case. There is almost always way too much bass in the tone.
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We're u able to try a POWERED USB hub?
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really? Helix is as good at getting my mic into the computer as anything I've used, and it's better at getting guitar in than anything I've seen.
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does not actually work... do not ask how I know...
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What are you actually trying to accomplish...? No... seriously...?
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fyi, just so I could say I tried it, I did. Sorry, skyfirez1, but you are incorrect in this matter...
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Also, skip The trs cable. All 1/4" connections on Helix are unbalanced.
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For very serious looping, I can't recommend enough that you should have a dedicated outboard looper like the Boss.
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Sounds like the solution is to jam that output block up. PLEASE get back to us and tell us how that works, too. But the Global EQ does, I think, also have some volume adjustment. If you have a lot of patches, you could do it there to save the time.
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The problem is, those meters don't measure perceived volume as well as using a db meter on a phone or something. I think the results using a meter are not the way to go. I have tested this using a meter on a mixer connected to Helix's output. The db Meter worked better. Also, DO NOT adjust input metering if you are using Helix as the interface and want your patches to sound the same in Native as on Helix.
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Kylotan, I honestly wonder if it wouldn't be way more useful to use gain blocks with footswitches. What I've seen guys do is this. One block is +3, one is +6 and together they are +9. Leave the +3 one on all the time except when you want to back off (I use my guitar volume for that, btw, and it works extraordinarily, but that doesn't work for everyone). Between the 4 iterations you'd have, 0, +3, +6 and +9, wouldn't you have all you need. Remember, all you're doing with the big volume knob is lowering from unity, never "increasing gain" per se.
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couldn't agree more, but perhaps for different reasons...
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I wonder how many of these issues are caused by interfaces whose instrument inputs aren't really instrument inputs...
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Yes, it would be for me, as my chains are usually already rather full, and your suggestion is not really helpful imho.
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yeah, what would you know... Your comments have only been found helpful on here 3,455 times...
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all due respect, you're over-complicating the issue by suggesting a "solution" that those of us who've successfully used this product for months or even years already know has nothing to do with the problem. Ignoring that for a moment, OP, I re-read your original statement. imho, there is no reason to have the big volume control at anything but max for this use, and then adjust gains down if necessary in the output block. That big volume control is at unity when it's on full. Everything else is a cut.
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Real amps have fizz, too. It's in there. I would say that there are a few things you want to try that might seem counter intuitive. Bias and Bias X (especially the former) need to be messed with, too. I find that my favorite mikes (almost always the ribbons) tend to mask the fizz really well, but... again... it's part of the real amp. the high-end stuff is often solved with eq cuts on the cab.
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It solved a volume/level/impedance issue? Just by adding a term? yeah, I'd need to see a video proving that.
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I would think any time you're plugging an instrument in you want it set to instrument. Not sure where you would want the gain, though. You might get some answers on the Focusrite web site, I don't know.
