K was supposed to pick up my helix 2night but didn't make it! Let me describe my typical chain. Volume, Noise gate, compressor, Loop 1 ( Bogner Shiva ), delay, reverb. I also have a bb preamp on loop 2. The crunch channel is assigned to a switch and I also have the boost assigned to another switch. The path does not have any IR's as I'm running it to a Radial Headload and then from there to front of house-I have a Bogner cube as a monitor for on stage (the headload has cab simulators). Clean channel sounds great as it should volume wise, engage the 2nd channel and there is the gain channel but the volume drops somewhat and does not provide the rip and roar I'm accustomed too!