marijnv6

I think I read somewhere in the manual that you can turn trails on for the fx loops and have the trails going while bypassing the fx loop. Not sure though, not at home now.

Gonna experiment with this when I get home tonight. I am curious.... I'll post my findings.

Did you try lowering the master volume on the amp and maybe the drive a bit too? I had some clipping with that amp with the default settings. I think one of the ribbon mics has alot of low end. Did you try the different mics and distances?

if you want the fx to be stereo, no, not within the Helix....if so i would like to know how.

Keep in mind that all stereo fx before the cab will "collapse" to mono since the cab blocks are mono. I think it all depends on the sound you are looking for. You could have some fx between the amp and cab and then add some fx after the cab like the post processing you would do in a daw for example. Indeed experimenting with that is the best way to go. I personally like my time based fx after the cab most of the time.

Did you try the room, chamber or maybe even the tile reverb? Play with the decay and mix settings and adjust the high en low end to taste.