rd2rk
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1) Guitar amps typically have a 1meg input impedance. This "loads" the pickups and causes them to sound a certain way. Some effects are designed with a lower input impedance, which loads the pickups differently, and is part of their sound. The TS808 for instance, has 230k input impedance. The first non True Bypass effect in the chain determines the pickup loading. If your tuner comes first and it's 1meg, then that's the Input impedance that determines the pickup load. That's one reason why some tuners allow you to run them in parallel to the signal chain. Pickup loading in Helix is determined by the Impedance setting on the Input Block. If it's set to AUTO, then the first effect, regardless of it's ON/OFF status, determines the Input Impedance and pickup loading. If you have, say, a Wah with 1meg impedance first in the chain, followed by a TS808, you'd want the ON/OFF switch of the TS808 to also change the Input Impedance to 230k when ON. 2) Maybe. The longer the total cable run the more likely you are to need a buffer. All cables have capacitance. Buffers overcome capacitance. Pedals that are not True Bypass can color a signal, but often have built-in buffers. I believe that most BOSS pedals are like this. True Bypass pedals are a simple point to point connection between IN and OUT, so their circuitry doesn't color the sound, but the more TB pedals you string together the longer the cable run which adds capacitance to the signal chain and affects the tone (attenuates high frequencies). 3) See 2. I believe that the Sends/Returns are buffered, as you can increase/decrease the gain on them.
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MONO = 1 A typical guitar amp is a MONO playback system. A stereo playback system requires two speakers and two independent amplifiers. It creates a "soundstage", whereupon different sounds can be located anywhere between the two speakers. An ideal stereo configuration is an equilateral triangle between the two speakers and the listener. The L/MONO out collapses a stereo signal from Helix into a MONO signal. If the last block in the signal chain is MONO, then the signal is already MONO, and will be the same at both the Left and Right outputs.
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I'm not really sure what you're after here. If you have Native, take a DI (unprocessed) track. Put Native on a third track and point the DI track at the Native track. You can then use the DI track to make as many different sounding Native tracks as you like. Recording Expression pedal MIDI, Preset and snapshot changes, etc will allow you to control the effects in Native just like the original track. For your final mix you can pick and choose, combine, add further processing, whatever, without changing your original recorded track or your DI track. EDIT: unless you're using a MAC and specific DAW (see the latest Native manual), preset changes don't work, but everything else MIDI does.
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I tried this in Reaper and in Cakewalk. I could not reproduce the problem. What am I missing? DAW and Helix set to 48k. Helix as AI. Dragged an mp3 backing track in A into the DAW. Headphones into Helix, DAW output set to 1/2. Playing into Helix, so they're mixed in Helix, not even an input to the DAW. "A" is "A". Am I missing something?
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Please attach your preset.
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You won't see the Helix in Reaper unless you're using it as the AI. If you're using a MAC you can create an aggregate device and use both the 2i4 and Helix, but on a PC you get one or the other. I'm a PC guy, so if you're on a MAC look into creating an aggregate device. If you're on a PC: On page 9 of the 2i4 manual there's a hookup diagram. They have the mic into channel 2 . Create a second path in Helix with no effects, select XLR as the output, and take L/Mono XLR to channel 1.
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Put an EQ with the settings you've discovered into a separate track, then instead of sending the tracks you want to monitor direct to the Master out, send them to the track with the EQ and send THAT to the Master Out. Just don't base your mixes on that sound, that still needs to be done with headphones and Monitors at real world levels.
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Right. Taking this offline.
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I'm taking this offline because this thing between you and me is stupid, and nobody cares.
The ONE thing we have in common is that we're both stubborn, so...........
I HELP people with PC based problems. I go the extra mile creating screenshots and example presets. I read manuals for HW and SW I have no interest in ever using, for no other reason than to help people with their problems. The ONLY reason I have Live10 on my system is to help troubleshoot people's Live10 related problems. I personally use Live9 and have no need of the extra features on Live10. I actually use Reaper way more than Live9. I do this sort of thing here, on TGP, TB, the FCB1010 User Group, and occasionally elsewhere.
My motivation is NOT altruistic. I derive pleasure from solving problems and helping people.
You see the world as a horse, and you're the burr under it's blanket. You rarely contribute anything positive.
Mostly you're just here to make snide remarks and jerk people's chains.
You COULD have DL'd Live10, installed it, and verified the problem in 15 minutes, then hit uninstall. You might even have discovered the problem while you were at it, since it DID turn out to be a MAC thing.
But noooo, you'd rather take that 15 minutes to fight with me.
Buy a MAC? Somebody GAVE me one. I gave it back after two weeks.
That's not to say PC is better than MAC. We all have our preferences. The comment I made about it being a MAC thing was actually in jest, it just HAPPENED to turn out to be right. Your knee jerk defense of your preference was silly. I've never made derogatory comments about MACs. I once made a statement, based on my observations of why people choose MAC over PC or vice versa, which actually complimented MACs (paraphrased: for those who want a turnkey solution requiring minimum computer knowledge/intervention), and criticized those who buy PCs (because they're cheaper, then they whine about them not being turnkey solutions).
SUM IT UP - You want to fight with me because it's in keeping with your "burr under the blanket" perception of your role on earth.
Try being helpful instead. You MIGHT like it!
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YADA YADA YADA. Here's your SUM right back. I'm not here to satisfy your little personal experiments. I'm not on this earth to take your crap or anyone else's. You help others as long as they rub you the way you want them to. You wanna know why things are then do it, but don't get upset when others don't do what you want and fire back at you for runnin yer mouth at them when they don't with cute barbs. And don't flatter yourself, you are not a burr under my blanket, or significant in any form to me. I'm just doing this with you to show the same sarcasm that you've used for so long now, you don't even recognize when you do it. How does it feel when someone treats you the same way as you treat them? That medicine tastes bad doesn't it? We do agree on one thing- we are both stubborn. Now that we have helped each other I feel much better, how about you? ; )
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I suggested it because I'm trying to help a user with a problem and I'm not a MAC person. You being a MAC guy, by installing and testing to see if it's a widespread problem or just his specific configuration could have been a useful troubleshooting step, vs blindly blaming L6. As long as you've been around, I'm sure you're familiar with "Uninstall"..... ;-)
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I stand corrected. Just tested on Stomp, they are indeed panned hard left and hard right.
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Like attached? Uses 3 Snapshots - Y/A/B Split Rout.hlx
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You likely mean a DUAL Cab. AFAIK, they are not stereo. It's just like mixing two cabs into a mono signal.
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I'm old, and I can't stand hip hop/rap music, so I'm not even really sure what all is involved in the making of "hip hop beats". If it's what I think it is, try this. Run your beats through a frequency analyzer. Your DAW probably has one, if not, they're available as free plugins, just do a search Observe the wave forms. Now run recorded music through the analyzer. Finally, pick up your guitar and hit a few big chords. The differences, and the relationship to the Fletcher-Munson curve, should be readily apparent.
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DUDE! You still don't get it! First, when I said that LOUDER IS BETTER, did you notice the smiley? Second, it DOES NOT MATTER what you perceive when you listen to YouTube, or your car stereo, and I can't explain your perceptions other than to say that recording engineers get paid BIG BUCKS to make sure that every detail of their recordings is clear at any possible listening level, through any possible playback system, and that not all YT Videos are even listenable at ANY level. Also, older stereos had a LOUDNESS button to compensate for the effect of the Fletcher-Munson curve. Modern stereos have that function built in to the Volume settings. When you're using the Helix ITRW (not in a DAW with Native), the only way that the BIG KNOB affects the TONE of your preset is in the way that different volume levels accentuate/attenuate different frequencies AS YOUR EARS PERCEIVE THEM, in accordance with the Fletcher-Munson curve. The BIG KNOB controls volume in the digital realm, prior to the DAC Converter. There is technically a possible tone difference which has to do with the way the bits are handled in the DAC, but it's GENERALLY agreed that it's too tiny to be perceived by normal human ears. You can drive yourself crazy trying to figure out why this sounds different than that, but it doesn't matter, physics is physics, science is science (despite what the politicians say), and playing the guitar live in a room is always going to sound different than a recording of the same performance. As Frank Zappa said, "Shut up and play yer guitar!" :-) NOTE: Capitalization and bolding is done for EMPHASIS. Only the first word of this reply was YELLING.
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Try this. TestRouting.hlx
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Not wasting anybody's time If You have this problem, somebody else does too. They just might not know it yet :-).
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So, you seem to have agreed that it's a L6 problem. ninemag - do you, in fact, have one of the machines that spikey mentioned, or something else? spikey - does it work in Live10 on your machine? If you don't have it, it's a free trial DL from Ableton, installs in a minute. I'm curious because I have friends with MACs, and I just like to know these things. You know, tech nerd, started in computer music on a c64 in 1983........pretty much pre everything but MIDI. Wandering minds want to know......
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Because I don't like MACs. It's OK, lots of people don't like PCs. Also, if you read the previous posts, you know that there's an OS X driver that fixes exactly the problem he's having, but he can't get it to install properly or something. Being a MAC guy, can you help him with that? Agreed about the sampling rate, but some people think they can hear 1ms latency too. If he wants to use a higher sampling rate, have at it I say!
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Latency Mon is a great program for telling you that SOMETHING is wrong. If you're a real geek you might even be able to figure out how to fix it. You didn't provide much detail about your system, so I'm going to assume that: 1) You're running a fully patched Windows 10. If not, get Windows 10 and install all the latest patches and drivers. W10 has many audio improvements over previous versions. 2) You have at LEAST an i5 processor and 8 gb RAM. If not, consider a HW upgrade if none of what follows fixes your problem. MINIMUM STARTING POINT - Disable Start-up programs. Only what you ABSOLUTELY NEED! Disable Power Saving. Control Panel/Power Options, choose the High Performance Power Plan. In Control Panel/System/Advanced System Settings/Advanced/Performance/Settings/Adavanced/Processor Scheduling set "Adjust for Best Performance" to "BACKGROUND SERVICES Disable wireless. BUY a wire to connect to your router if you have to. REQUIRED READING https://support.presonus.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025279231-Optimizing-Your-Computer-for-Audio-Windows-10 https://support.focusrite.com/hc/en-gb/articles/207355205-Optimising-your-PC-for-Audio-on-Windows-10 https://www.sweetwater.com/sweetcare/articles/pc-optimization-guide-for-windows-10/ https://helpcenter.steinberg.de/hc/en-us/articles/360008589880-Windows-10-How-to-set-up-and-optimize-a-Digital-Audio-Workstation-DAW- https://forum.ableton.com/viewtopic.php?t=222241 You'll notice that they all suggest certain things. Do them After you've done all of that, re-run Latency Mon.
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Attach your preset and I'll have a look at it.
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Time to contact support.
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Must be a MAC thing (PC here). Isn't there a special Core Audio driver? If you're on OS X: "Helix Mac Driver 1.0.7 is a required update to support Helix Firmware 2.80 or greater. It supports the following sample rates: 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, and 96 kHz."
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Not happening here. Attach a screenshot of your Ableton Audio Preferences screen.
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AES/EBU L6 Link OUT
