PeterHamm

You need to turn on the input monitoring in logic. On the track. I think its an "I" button. Not able to look now.

Yup. Exactly... HEY... another Helix guy here in Cinci!

Best way?

fire up an FRFR at gig volume.

Use a dB meter.

Even better? Play through the system and have the sound guy give you feedback from patch to patch.

The only thing I would change is I would use a path and a half for the electrics (i.e Path 1A 1B and 2A) and reserve 2B for the acoustic as it needs much less processing, You can also stick an acoustic body IR (like the Taylor one that is floating about) and mix it with your piezo signal for great results

YES! DO THIS.

Looks like you'll be able to do everything you want with the Helix.

I run acoustic and electric at the same time (same guitar). I use an EXP for the volume up and down on the acoustic (and electric) but you can most certainly use a footswitch instead.

Love your layout.

You should perhaps, however, explore the possibilities of additional EXP pedals to control that Helix.

the best thing might be something that is as much like what you are going to use as mains as you can find.

... i'd like the bank up and down to be located along the right side of the pedal and vice versa. Is this possible?...

It isn't. There isn't that level of programmability possible in the unit at this point.

I e-mailed Wes from his website.  Have not got his IR yet.  The original one I used on the Axe was from the Axe Forum.  It was supposedly from a Taylor.  The Taylor ones are what I use the most.  I do adjust those sometimes.  I use a Taylor and a P22 with the Helix.  Both are using some form of the the Taylor IRs.  I have a patch with just effects for the Taylor but tend to use the IRs with a studio pre on it.

Wes has publicly shared his right here.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/f2qdh9jtcl6s5cv/AACRlEt-UVeLAhuvV4YwMY7Wa?dl=0

I found one of them (HD28 martin through 414) to be my favorite with a PowerBridge.

I usually play with one IEM in the ear the other open to hear the outside.

Also... read this article and stop doing that right away. You are destroying your hearing without even knowing it.

http://www.1964ears.com/blog/2014/07/07/the-danger-of-wearing-only-one-in-ear-monitor/

I was lucky and got one of the first shipments from Sweetwater back in Sep/Oct.  Been using it every Sunday since i got it.  I have already owned several Ownhammer packs from the Axe Fx.  I loaded the a couple of Acoustic IRs and the Taylor IRs.  Then loaded several of the mix and match IRs.  I purchased the Justin York after I had been using the Helix sometime in Nov/Dec.  All my patches you external IRs.  My go to patch is a Vox 30 with external IRs from the Justin York collection.  I start with the mix options then try out the SM57 based upon different positions across the speaker.

 

We use IEM at most of our area churches.  I tweak the amp knobs just like I would any real amp in a live situation.  Global EQ is always off and I will have the sound guy set everything to 12 O'Clock.  I usually play with one IEM in the ear the other open to hear the outside.

I'm curious about the acoustic IRs. I hunt those down all the time. Have found Wes Hunter's and the Taylors. Both derived from Fishman Aura actually... 

Have you found others?

yea while i agree you , having stale digital sounding tone in the in ears is not that fun. haha as good as the helix sounds through home motors i'm going to be using it at church the most with the in ears. i'm getting amazing sounds when i record with into logic with it and i want to hear that tone in my ears and coming out the mains. can the helix do that

Can you EQ the sound JUST in your ears? I know you can on the P16s.

IEMS are always going to be a compromise to some degree. Always. Anytime there's not a live speaker, you are compromising something.

I think it should be, but I always use the power switch. superstitious I guess.

I've had it, too. Importing one at a time?

OK, you've convinced me to give it a shot going direct.  So now I'll have to choose between XLRs and 1/4" outs.  I'll try the XLRs first and see how it goes.

 

Do any of you run a stereo feed to FOH, or just mono?

I never run stereo. The only time it would make sense would be in a room where the system is set up so that everyone can get the benefit, not just the 8 guys sitting right at center, and I'm never in one of those rooms. In fact, in the church I work at, our sound system is mono (bad room for stereo) anyway.

And a stereo signal can clutter up the mix if there's more than 2 guitars, which means you'll end up getting set lower and lower.

I think I understand the question here.

I have a set order for my pedals (which is changing a little now) that I've been using for years on HD 500 that I still use with some adjustment on Helix (allowing for the two extra stomp switches I now have).

Always the same in every patch. The Helix won't create this system for you, but you can do it. Whenever I work on a new patch I basically run from one of my others as a template to get going quicker.

...my question is for you guys using it to FOH, are setting up your tones through the headphones or are you listening coming out of the mains?...

Set it up for the mains, so that you have it sounding great for the audience.

If it's not perfect for you, that's okay, they're the ones that you are playing for.

That's my philosophy. Love your audience.

Using Helix to lead in church direct and it's a fantastic sound.

If you can use the amp and want to, that's cool, but I don't want that much stuff.

LOOK SOMETHING SHINY!

I want a pony ....

You think you do, but you don't. They are messy, cantankerous vicious little beasties...

for the record, I love the Leslie 145 in there. Use it a lot.

Thanks, we had no idea.

(yeah... I got it... funny...)

Shucks, I remember when we had to wind wire around a spool to record; uphill in both directions.

With no shoes through 3 feet of snow in the heat of summer...

DI,

You do NOT know what you were missing with 8-track reel to reel and Smart FSK (which I had before I had SMPTE). Funny thing is, I think my favorite recordings might have been made with that rig.

I had one of these babies...

There will never be spillover on this unit, though, just as there isn't on Axe and there isn't on Kemper. Comparing it to the G system, which doesn't have amp modeling, or the Zoom, which is a whole different class of product, is unfair.

But using an amp, especially, it seems to me that with judicious use of footswitches you could set something up within one patch where you have a BUNCH of different tonal possibilities and FX "groups" so that for many uses you simply won't have to switch patches, you can do it all within one patch.

I'm finding Helix so easy to use that I keep losing the manual...

I'm hearing 2 weeks or so.

1. Is it a two-conductor pedal or TRS? the Helix is looking for a 2-conductor. That Mission pedal might just not work, or it might be possible to do some re-wiring or some such.

2. I'm pretty sure this is not possible. The only pedal you can switch is the one on the actual Helix floorboard itself.