imaroy

Sorry I meant the DXR12. However since tinkering further, I found that I got a better sound from the 1/4" jack set at an instrument as opposed to XLR at mic. Yamaha set to receive at Mic level....it however sound better with XLR line to line but not as good as 1/4" jack instrument. So it as it stands, the best sound I get is from the 1/4" out at instrument level into a Yamaha monitor set to mic level (albeit that doesn't come into play as that only effects the xlr input) .... but when comparing with my studio headphones and studio monitor both of which sound pretty much the same, the Yamaha DXR12 definitely sound a lot different but I'm guessing that is something to do with it being a PA system speaker and the nature of the eq of the speaker maybe amplifying certain frequencies which are prob more tailored towards vocals. At this stage, I'm guessing your going to tell me to either get FFFR speakers (like the line 6 and run them as a PA speakers to FOH) or I'm going to have to either tweak the global eq or eq on the mixing desk to try and smooth out??

Much thanks for the reply, going to try again tonight to make sure it wasn't my ears getting tired. An additional note, I run my Helix at Mic level as feels more dynamic whereas line level seems to sort of compress when picking soft to hard... I know that goes against the manual and recommendations but it just souds better to me. Yes the speaker was set to mic level. Master Knob around 12 and I'm using an American strat.

Hi guys, I've had Helix for around 3 weeks and love it. I set my tones up with one of my bands powered monitors and was very happy with it. Had a couple of gigs since and noticed the FOH sound was very bright and "hard" sounding. I took one of the FOH speakers home which is a Yamaha DXS12 to have play and adjust eqs etc... I became frustrated and still found the sound hard and lacking tube warmth... I soon found out that I'd set my output blocks on my preset to -3.5 (can't remember why i did this) and decided to increase the level and as I did all of the lush warmth came back. It's as if the Yamaha DXS12 received the signal from the helix in a clearer less coloured singal as opposed to the powered monitor... Is there any science behind this??