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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.

I've dialed in a really great Metallica Master of Puppets clean tone, with one exception. That first strong E note of Sanitarium captures how the real amp sounds, super strong yet lean on the low end. In my case, I get clipping and none of the strong bottom end. I addressed other EQ but can't get rid of the clipping nor the bass response I'd expect.

 

Anybody have any insight?

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.

Is there any way to apply a cabinet to a stereo signal without mixing down to mono?

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.