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You can measure the latency yourself. All you need is a mic and some software to visualize a recording. Put the mic very close to the headphones, then pick a note on the guitar while recording. Then you can take a look at the beginning of the wave form and get the time both signals are shift. Add the time for the acoustic wave traveling through the air from your guitar to the mic (3ms/m) and you got the latency. This should be easy with just a phone and an app. Or a laptop with a DAW or Editor like Audacity.

Drive on the Helix amps is the control that on real counterparts can have other labels like gain, volume etc. Reducing it makes the sound less overdriven (=dirty) and usually brighter as well. If your preset uses a Distortion block, reduce it's gain first and/or it's volume. Also make sure that you didn't accidentally change Global Settings -> Ins/Outs -> Input Level. It should be set to Inst for magnetic pickups.

Yes, probably. Is there a reset mode that does that?

This thread is 4 years old. Line6 probably changed the behavior of the editor in that particular aspect.

The passive K&K pickup should work better on the Helix instrument input. It has 1MOhm input impedance to provide a natural balanced signal. The L.R. Baggs has 10MOhm which should result in a hotter signal with slightly pronounced bass. What sounds better depends on the instrument and personal preference. It's only a marginal difference though. This comparison might give an impression. Keep in mind that cascading audio devices adds noise, too.

You can switch between 000-125 and 01A-042C in Global Settings -> Preferences -> Preset Number. .

Use a TRRS converter (instead of TRS). Yours connects mic/ctrl from the Beats to Helix gnd.

Global Settings -> MIDI/Tempo -> MIDI PC RX probably, it's setting should include USB. PC RX = program change receive.

Or 10 seconds backing of some bass with the global eq.

No.

I think this video might be helpful. Rhett describes in detail how he dials in amps. Later in it he demonstrates matching an amp for different guitars:

Setting the output level to line level adds a significant boost that should be compensated best in the FX loop by lowering the return level, assuming Helix volume knob is cranked. Generally that would be a good idea if you use dynamic effects. Again: check if volume stays the same when bypassing FX loop with Peavey foot controller, if it does levels are set correctly. The hiss comes from the Helix before the amp input. It's a high gain amp so any noise will be highly amplified. If you plug your guitar into the amp instead of the Helix you'll notice it goes away. Good news is there is the PV Panama preamp model which should sound nearly identical to the lead channel. Using this instead will get rid of the hiss.

Mic position parameter in IR and cab block. It might be as easy as a renamed tilt eq @670Hz. I think this would especially help players not too fond with eq stuff.

I've measured about 0.7A while booting and about 1A current draw after that with a patch with looper, amp sim, cab, IR, eq and reverb which (according to this) is about of 75% dsp usage.

What I'd do to set up a rig like yours: - cabling according to 4CM - set Input, Output and Send/Return levels to Inst - turn the volume knob (Helix) fully up - go to / make an empty preset - add FX Loop to the preset - play and check if you hear the amp and it sounds normal (some added hiss is normal) - check if volume stays the same when bypassing FX loop with Peavey foot controler - add a Noise Gate (Dynamics FX) after the FX Loop block in the Helix and try to get rid of the hiss [- bypass FX Loop block in the Helix, add the PV Panama Preamp block and match it with the amps Lead channel]

The Peavey 6505+ has a switchable FX loop.

It must be quite new. I saw it for the first time today and I've searched for FRFR stuff some weeks ago .

Normally a frequency response curve is the result of a free-field measurement. In a real use case the box stands on the floor which increases bass response. Also these cabs have active resonance and presence controls to fine tune for different environments.

Welcome to the club. I have a suspicion that this happens sometimes when plugging in the power supply to power up the HX Stomp. In the very first moment of powering up (the moment of plugging into the grid) the device might be powered with slightly to low voltage which might lead to glitches. Just a guess though.

Look up the Four-Cable-Method aka 4CM if you didn't already. It would be the ideal use of the Helix in context of an amp like the JVM. Essentially you can use the preamp of the Marshall or optionally the preamps of the amp models from the Helix and add FX before and after. Try that first and explore for some time. Keep in mind that these preamps were designed for different power amps and cabs. Not all will play well with the JVM power amp / cab. Additional post eq might trim that. Then break the rules and experiment with whole amp models and IRs.

I own a pair of DT 770 and like them because at higher volume they give a great representation of the frequency spectrum in a live situation. And I really hear the details of any room FX I dialed in. Other then that I think upgrading would be a rabbit hole that I don't want to get trapped in. "Better" becomes pretty subjective when applied to pro level equipment.

Lazy? - Me too: https://line6.com/helix/ https://line6.com/podgo/

Q controls for low / high cut on the EQ blocks as well as the cab and IR block. Emphasizing the cut frequency using Q higher then 0.7 empowers one to get rid of rumble / sizzle / fizz of a miced amp sound but retaining the overall frequency balance. Making a sound sit in the mix is pretty straight forward with this. I use it in the AxeFx all the time.

There is an amp model called Studio Tube Pre that you might give it a spin, but a Gain block works fine, too. If you just want to get the signal through at the same level set you need no blocks. Just make shure that Global Settings for Input Level and Output Level are set the same and your devices volume knob is all the way up. If you want to lift the signal from instrument level to line level do it there in the Global Settings. The volume knob on your device decreases volume from there. So about 2 o'clock on Instrument->Line output level setting is neutral while 5 o'clock (full) is neutral on Instrument->Instrument. If you don't want the volume knob behaviour you can set Volume Controls to Phones instead of Main+HP to switch it off.