Hi,
I'm new here. I ordered a Helix Rack yesterday, and it should be arriving tomorrow. I'm really excited :)
I plan to use it mostly for recording (for now), but want to keep gigging in mind too.
The Helix will go into a rack with my Laney IRT Studio. My plan is to send the Helix's out the IRT's effects return. What I'd like to do is record both a dry signal and a processed signal from the Helix into Logic, and also capture the sound that goes through the Laney's power amp, both direct (USB) and mic'ed through my iso cab. At least at the start, so I can determine what I like best.
Would it be possible to send a signal out of the Helix's output that bypasses the power amp and speaker models to the IRT, and a signal with these things enabled through USB, at the same time? And if it's possible, is it easy to set up for existing patches?
I was thinking that for live, this could be good too... send the full signal through xlr, and the non-power-amped signal to the IRT, for monitoring purposes.
Or is there a benefit to sending a signal that already has poweramp and cab sim to the Laney? I've seen a video about the Amplifire where the reviewer recommended doing just that, even if it seems weird... so maybe that would also sound good when doing it with the Helix.
Any information on this subject would be greatly appreciated, because it will help me get set up quicker once my Helix arrives :)
Thanks!