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Anyone using HX Effects with Mesa Boogie Mark VII FX loop?
MGW-Alberta replied to sweetpete's topic in Helix
Your best bet is to post your query over at the Boogie Board. They may be able to shed some light for you. https://boogieforum.com -
The bag is black and it wouldn't show very much if it was a bit dirty from being repeatedly set on the floor or from being handled so I am assuming you spilled something on it. I think I would try a low pressure wand car wash before a washing machine. Maybe hang it on the wall clips for the floor mats. Those bags are stiff. I think the washing machine continuously bending it back and forth and rolling it over and over would damage it more than just a straight on car wash spray. As for the other post, I can envision no harm the bag could ever possibly do to a washing machine. The bag is nylon fabric, foam and medium hardness plastic. The machine is steel and very hard plastic. If anything is going to be damaged it will be the bag.
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HX Stomp makes a pop noise when going into tuner mode
MGW-Alberta replied to LoudenDeri's topic in Helix
If there are random volume swells in addition to unexpected popping and you are certain both problems lie within the device then my first thought runs to the possibility of a corrupted firmware installation. I can't think of any other obvious reason why two things that are usually so unrelated to each other should both start misbehaving. -
I did some reading on both units. HX Stomp has a Stereo loop. The send is stereo (TRS) and the returns are separate mono, left and right. HX One has left and right inputs as well as left and right outputs. If your goal is to relieve HX Stomp of some of its stereo DSP load and offload that work to HX1 it should be possible with the right kind of cable. You would need a stereo splitting cable. The cable I am thinking of has one 1/4" TRS plug on one end and two 1/4" mono plugs on the other end. That cable would connect the Stomp send to the HX1 inputs. Then two 1/4" mono cables to connect the HX1 outputs to the Stomp returns. That setup should allow you to send a stereo signal from Stomp to HX1 and have HX1 process that signal (in stereo) and send stereo returns back to Stomp. Such a setup would increase your available DSP.
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Neither of those devices have enough options for physical connectivity to be able to run one in front of the other and one in the loop of the other at the same time. I'm not sure by your wording if that's what you meant but if it is, that is not possible with your existing equipment. You will have to choose one or the other. Run them in series or run one in the loop of the other. Also, running the HX1 in the loop of the Stomp is not the four cable method. That's just putting an external effect in the Stomp's loop. The four cable method refers to the use of a guitar amplifier in which some of the effects from your processor go to the input of the amp and other effects from your processor go into the amps' effect loop. It's not 4CM to run an external effect in a processor loop. Running a favourite overdrive pedal in the loop of a Helix device before sending the output to a mixing board or FRFRs does not constitute 4CM. It's only 4CM if you plug the device into a guitar amplifier's loop. Stomp is stereo capable but I don't know enough about it to know if the loops are stereo capable. If they are then I suspect it should be possible to outsource some of your stereo DSP load to the HX1.
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There are no rules. You can use the physical preamps and/or power amps of your amplifiers and still use amp and preamp models as well as IRs on your Helix. Do whatever you think sounds best. You're not going to harm anything. Remember, Helix is a guitar processor. It is not actually an amplifier. It has blocks that emulate amplifiers but those blocks do not actually function as amplifiers. They are digital effects which were written to behave like amplifiers. The IR block has a level control as well as a mix (blend) control which you can adjust on a per-snapshot basis to balance your levels.
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using send block in a signal path on a Helix Floor.
MGW-Alberta replied to denisfarr's topic in Helix
You could probably use split and merge blocks and put a send on one and other blocks after the merge -
I hate this idea. Helix is a guitar processor. If you need a drum machine, buy a drum machine. I have the Beat Buddy. It works quite well. Please don't screw up my guitar processor by adding non-guitar stuff to it. In case you were wondering, I also don't want to see a blender attachment as I don't think I will ever want to make margaritas with my Helix. Why not? Because it is a guitar processor, not a bartender .... or a drummer. Thank you. (insert rolling eyes here)
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Preset Spillover not working, or I’m misunderstanding..
MGW-Alberta replied to jeremiahzellers's topic in Helix
If I am understanding you correctly, the Line 6 Vetta was capable of doing what you want to do but it has not yet occurred to me to attempt it with Helix Floor. Knowing what I know, it may not be possible. Perhaps using snapshots but I'm not sure as I've never looked into it. Vetta was sort of like (but not exactly like) two AX2-212s built into one unit. You could set up two different tones and then use one of the treadles to blend them or to fade from one to the other. I used it back in the day on a cover of Creed's My Sacrifice. The first guitar tone in that song was clean with chorus and verb and then (in the recording) another distorted guitar fades in but I used the treadle to fade from the clean tone into the dirty tone. I will think on this some more but I suspect it is not possible with Helix. If anyone would know for sure it would probably be Craig or Jason. Or maybe Ben. -
Helix Floor FX Loops stopped working firmware 3.71.0
MGW-Alberta replied to DaJuice007's topic in Helix
I think if it were mine I would try loading 3.6 back onto the device. If your loops work again then you can reasonably suspect it is related to the update. However, if they still no longer work it could possibly be something with the hardware and then it would be time to start a ticket. -
Helix HX Effects channel switching, which amps work and which don't?
MGW-Alberta replied to Tele123's topic in Helix
I don't have HXFX. I have Helix Floor. My amp switches channels. (Boogie MarkV-35 connected using 4CM) I personally find it to be a bit of a cumbersome process programming it but it does work. (Also, I had to fabricate a custom cable for my particular amp but that is a separate conversation) -
I have an M1 iMac. HX-Edit had no problem loading and works fine. That's all I need. I have not used Updater for several years. I didn't even know they were still supporting it until this thread so I had to go and take a look. New update last fall. Huh. I never would've thought. Just out of curiosity, what am I missing? What can you do with L6 Updater that you can't do with HX-Edit? Am I missing out on some vital functionality?
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HX Edit unable to import IR Error -2 out of memory condition.
MGW-Alberta replied to apurplemunky's topic in Helix
You can't believe that Stomp has worked just fine for so many people for 6 years. You find it frustrating that others have not shared your unfortunate situation. -
You are not erring. Your perception is accurate. If you don't like the sound of cab blocks then don't use cab blocks. You might think about IRs instead of cab blocks because IRs can be blended in or out. Cabs have much more adjustability in other ways but they are always at 100% and there's nothing you can do about that except maybe put them on a parallel path and blend that way. Try an IR. If it's too dark and muffled you drop the mix from 100% to 40% and then adjust to taste from there. I do it all the time. I have 50 or 60 IRs and I don't use any of them at mixes over 50% for the exact reasons you mentioned. I play through an amp though so my needs are a little different but the idea is still valid. Don't fall into the trap of thinking you must use such and such a thing such and such a way because that's what somebody on the internet said to do. It's about pleasing your ears and finding your sound.