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To be honest, I've been somewhat underwhelmed by the Helix bass amps. They just sound dull to my ears. Then again, I haven't spent much time dialing them in, because I keep going back to my ME-50b! As far as your need for serious stage levels, the PV seems somewhat underpowered. Compare it's specs to the Alto TS315: Output Power: 2000 W peak (1300 LF + 700 HF) 1000 W continuous RMS (650 LF + 350 HF) LF Driver: 15-inch (381 mm) LF driver, 3-inch (76 mm) high-temperature voice coil HF Driver: 1.4-inch (35 mm) neodymium magnet HF driver with precision wave guide Crossover: 2 kHz Maximum SPL: 134 dB peak, 131 dB continuous (dB SPL @ 1 m) Frequency Response: 50 - 20 kHz (+/- 3 dB) Frequency Range: 43 Hz - 22 kHz (-10 dB) Horn Coverage: 90° H x 60° V nominal Equalization: Contour Switch Low and High Frequency +3dB Boost Connectors: (2) XLR/TRS 1/4” (6.35 mm) combo inputs, (1) XLR link output, (1) IEC power cable input Controls: (2) Volume, Power on/off switch, Contour switch, Ground-Lift switch Indicators: 2 x Power LED (front and rear), Clip limiter LED Protection: Electronic clip, Thermal and transducer overdrive protection Power Connection: IEC with Mains Fuse AC Voltage Input: 100,110-120,220–240 V, 50/60 Hz Enclosure: Trapezoidal, injection-molded, polypropylene enclosure, with perforated steel grille Mounting/Installation: 36 mm standard pole mount, Wall or ceiling mount using TSB125 bracket, Flown application with integral M10 suspension points, Wedge monitor Dimensions: (H x W x D): 25.7” x 16.6” x 15.4” / 652mm x 421mm x 392mm Net Weight: 41.3 lbs. / 18.8 kg. Design Origin: Designed and tuned in the USA Accessories: TSB125 Bracket, TS215 Cover A pair of these will run you $700. However, while the Altos will be a lot easier to deal with than your Markbass rig, that's a hard rig to beat with FRFR speakers!

Example: Path 1a - Input=Guitar Output=USB1/2 Path 2a - Input=MIC Output=USB3/4 Just as you now have guitar on 1&2, you should then have MIC on 3&4.

Download and install the Helix Editor. That installs the editor and the updater. Then open the Updater and select your device. FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS to install the latest firmware.

Have you tried a factory reset? Helix Floorboard/LT 1. Holding footswitch 5+6 on boot restores Global parameters 2. Holding footswitch 7+8 on boot restores presets and setlists—THIS WILL OVERWRITE ALL USER PRESETS AND SETLISTS 3. Holding footswitch 8+9 on boot restores presets, setlists, and IRs—THIS WILL OVERWRITE ALL USER PRESETS AND SETLISTS 4. Holding footswitch 9+10 on boot restores presets, setlists, globals and IRs (restores factory bundle)—THIS WILL OVERWRITE ALL USER PRESETS AND SETLISTS 5. Holding footswitch 10+11 on boot will rebuild your presets in the latest loaded firmware 6. Helix can now restore by clearing only the current preset instead of wiping out all presets. While holding footswitches 11 + 12 7. Helix can now, after firmware 1.06.5, enter update mode manually by holding footswitches 6 + 12

DOH!

Maybe you should post that on Ideascale? I'd vote it up!

Any word on when the Helix Watch Control and Expression Pedal Implant will be ready?

It was fun - but it's time for Star Wars to end......... To avoid temptation, Unfollowing.........

Another interesting (dumb?) observation - has anyone noticed that in all the hoorah about Steel Panther's sexist presentation, no one has ventured any opinion on Lexxi Foxx? Not my type, but s/he is kinda cute...but is s/he PC? Are there no LGBTQ musicians in the audience? Not that I mean to stir the pot or anything.....

The "slippery slope" concept is certainly valid, and something that all thinking people need to be vigilant of, both in our own beliefs and in society. It is also inherent in the acceptance of the idea of the gray scale. In my opinion, Trump's "grabbing" statement, while typical of "locker room" banter, is certainly way over on the dark side. I'm under no delusion that Steel Panther's stirring of the pot stems from high moral motivations. They're capitalist artists in it for a buck and their hedonistic perceptions of "good times". But whether or not an artist is consciously striving to influence society in a positive way or just making a buck doesn't change the fact that it DOES stimulate dialog through art. For better or worse is up to the participants in that dialog, and history will be the judge. Has anybody else noticed that there doesn't seem to be many women on this forum? There are quite a few over on Gearpage, but the moderators seem to have shut down the discussions before they got involved. Was that the result of a chauvinistic conspiracy? My tin foil hat is vibrating......:)

In my first post I pointed out that this discussion was maybe not appropriate to this forum. The fact that the moderator has not shut it down is a tribute to how civil we've all been. With that in mind I'll add: The world is not black and white. As much as some people insist that it is, there are many shades of gray. It's not implausible that there exists some degree of racism hard wired into our genetic coding. How we handle that is what matters. Boys and girls making naughty jokes about each other's genitalia is entirely different than misogyny. Comedians making jokes about racial stereotypes can be considered "edgy", but is entirely different from a bunch of dirtbags viciously asserting their imagined racial superiority. There is also a difference between criticizing someone's righteous indignation over overt racism or misogyny and kidding someone over being a snowflake. Where one falls in any of those spectrums (spectra?) depends in part on one's own life experiences. Sometimes "stirring the pot" is essential to stimulating dialog and getting people to examine their core beliefs. That has, historically, been one of the functions of art, and especially of comedy. Whether critics are being "righteously indignant" or being "snowflakes" is part of that dialog.

Indeed!

Glad you figured it. I live in Colorado, but much of my family lives in and around Hart. TURN IT UP!

Set Ableton to send CC#69 with a value of 0-7.

What are you using for an Audio Interface? Helix or_______________________________? A picture of your Sound Control Panel (from Control Panel, like the one I sent) or Settings/Sound (like j_hotch sent) might be helpful.

What's really hysterical about this is the amount of discussion it's generated! Over on Gearpage, two or three threads have started and been shut down by the moderators. One was a poll, where the winner was "not buying, but not offended either. Different strokes...". Not everyone gets the humor, some people want everyone to know how PC they are, others how little they care about being PC. Meanwhile, a band I'd never heard of (and who some say are pretty good, if you like comedy and 80s hair metal), got a TON of free publicity. It'll be interesting to see if they actually sell a bunch of pedals. They probably will, if for no other reason than as collectibles. My bet is that it's nothing but another TS with funny paint. I'm on my way over to YouTube to find out if they're any good, should be good for a laugh at least..... EDIT: OK, so, the show I watched was from their current "Lower the Bar" tour. I won't try to describe it, I couldn't do it justice. Just a couple of comments: 1) It's no wonder that the critics are NOT AMUSED! 2) They're both fine musicians and excellent performers. Their audience (boys AND girls) loved every minute, and both they and the band were fully engaged with each other the whole time. And when I say "fully engaged", that's exactly what I mean. 3) I laughed my a$$ off, and was not offended. It's comedy. For $200 I won't be buying one of their pedals, but I hope they sell LOTS!

I mean, who WOULDN'T be offended by people who get offended by products created specifically to be offensive to people who are easily (even RIGHTEOUSLY) offended by people who make a living from being offensive? I think I'm offended by that....

Whenever I meet someone who enjoys getting angry and tilting at tiny windmills, I always suggest that they listen to any album By Kinky Friedman and the Texas Jewboys, or read any of Kinky's novels. A lifetime supply of political incorrectness on every page and something for everyone to be offended by in every verse!

Are you using Helix as your interface? If so, I think that's how it works. If you're using another device as your interface, then your sound control panel should look like this:

Lack of a sense of humor has always (going back to the '60s) been a problem with political feminists (political anything, really). The real world, practical feminists that I've known would have no problem responding by creating their own Toneprint called "Pecker Popper" or some such, to turn on "the 14 year old boys in the front row" who like Steel Panther. Back at ya! THAT attitude is what feminists are talking about when they object to sexist stereotyping of outspoken women. NOT funny. Could be that a thread of this nature has no business on this forum....

Bottom line from my discussion with HR Support was that the FRFR112 is a TS312 without mic preamp. With the FRFR112 you want to set the Helix out to LINE. With the TS312 set it to MIC. Other than that and the big HEADRUSH logo, they are identical. If there's a shop there that has both, why not bring your Helix and try both with the relative settings as I described, then report back!

Page 54 of the manual "DI Recording and Re-amplification"

If it works the same way as the Helix floor (pretty sure it does), you create your signal path with send/receive block between front of amp fx and loop fx (HX loop send to amp in, return from amp loop send to HX loop return). Your IR goes at the end. Then you pull the IR down to create a separate path. Path 1A (no IR) goes out your 1/4" to the amp fx return, path 1B (with IR) goes out the XLR to the board. If you're using lots of fx, you've probably sent 1A to 2A, in which case it'll be 2A (no IR) out to the amp return and 2B (with IR) to the mixer.

Maybe the BOR doesn't like being in the loop. If it sounds better before the HX, use it that way. Some ODs are just like that.

For YOUR EARS, that cab/mic combo doesn't work. Try a different mic distance. Try a different mic. Try a different cab. Or use it without a cab. It's all good. If it sounds good, use it! That's the only rule!