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I heard its being released in timing with Chinese Democracy II, thus breaking records for the most expensive firmware release date ever

I don't know how you did that...purchase something and be happy with it for what it is I personally bought the Helix almost 2 years ago for a specific amp they have not included yet and a wah pedal they have not included yet.....they owe it to me. OMG was that hard to actually type out, lmfao

Ok thanks for the original suggestion by those of this app...i finally got everything for my band switched over and I'm at the point of exploring controlling my tablet from the Helix. Its been years since I worked with anything MIDI...and i'm sort of a midi-ot.... Would anyone be willing to walk me through how to get this to do a few things? Without knowing if this is possible...here is what I want...not sure what gear, if any I need as well between helix/tablet..... For my acoustic preset, I'd like stomps for previous/next song, and page up/down. I only use one preset with snapshots to control any changes so I'd be in stomp/snap mode here. For my full band, I'd like to have it pull up lyrics for each song as I engage the preset (not sure if this possible)...if not, then I need to know how to advance songs, page up down....I typically run in 4 preset/snap mode, so I'm not sure how I'd trigger stuff otherwise. Being that we run a setlist and I have a preset per song, I could probably change my up/down buttons to advance presets instead of banks and then utilize stomp/snap mode as well.... Any help? Thanks in advance....

that makes sense, and I wasn't worried about it just falling out (poor wording while at work, lol) but with it being a stand alone piece of gear that was plugged in, was worried the little bit of weight would cause issues with it. Though my logic says that if that was the case it wouldn't have been released across several companies designs. I appreciate the info, and will continue my shopping....

i'm looking to replace my Sennheiser that I've used for 10 years...I'd really like a pedal version as then I could get rid of one extra piece of gear to haul to the shows. What exactly is the issue with the Active pickups? Also, i'm worried about the guitar plug ins that don't use a belt clip style pack....should I squash those? I move around quite a bit.....worried about it falling out or swinging around loose

you don't really copy/paste, you just save, and on the save screen you can choose which setlist/slot you want it to go to using the knobs.

I like ducked delays, just horrible at setting them up...again either too much or none at all. I have a hard time setting the threshold/release on the ducking parameters..

I AGREE!!! I recently got turned on to the Bandhelper app...and have loaded all our songs and such into there. I researched the song length as recorded and BPM's. Its nice when building setlists cause you can enter pauses in the set for talking, and also time between songs. I have 1 minute for pauses and 3 seconds for between songs, but then when you add songs to a set it gives you the length of the set/night in total. We even have 'extra' sets in case the audience favors one style of music over another and it can exclude those from the total nights sets. Its really a useful tool to help you be consistent....tons of other features in there as well....for $6.00 a month, I can enter all our gigs and contacts into it and everyone has access to everything....sends notifications of gigs and you can set them up that each member has to accept it. its pretty slick, but like most quality things, its only as good as the information you put into it what your going to get out. sorry got sidetracked....

That will help me as well Duned, I'm in the same boat as the OP, either seems like too much or too little. I typically set my feedback around 10-20% (usually 15%) and my mix around 30% and only turn it on for my solo's. I just use the mono delay and also set mine to BPM. I think I stomp my BPM differently than I'm supposed to though, I usually end up with either 1/2 or 1/4 regular/dotted notes for my time based setting. When I set up my recent presets I looked up the BPM's of the songs in our sets and saved them to my song presets....and noticed that I had to adjust my time setting from the usuals to more of the 1/4 or 1/8 dotted. I usually tap the main kick/snare beats in a 1,2,3,4 beat...I've always struggled with this simple concept, lol.

One of the features I've been waiting for is ability to save 'blocks' as individual presets of that effect/amp.....Then I can pull up a boosted JCM800 and save the Amp as Boosted JCM800, and also save the Drive block as Boosted JCM800. Then when I create a preset, I only need to load the 'core blocks' for the sound I've saved. You could potentially do this with presets....have one of your setlists be dedicated to presets with specific sounds....but then copying/pasting is a bit tedious depending onw hat your trying to move....rather than just right click>Load block>(drop down menu amps/cabs/effects>sub menu>sub menu if needed) click on the block you want and its there. I sometimes get frustrated and quit trying to reconfigure settings from scratch all the time for specific effects.

Yeah, seems the same conundrum

I dont see how.....I mean I do in a way I guess....but I can provide proof of the files that I have, and paid for but am not able to mix. I get protecting the distribution of the files from being freely shared across the internet and preventing the sales of the IR's to the company that created them.....but I'm trying to do something that is freely something that can be done....if the same product was purchased another method.

Does anyone have the Friedman IR's and be willing to mix a few for me? Being that I have the L6 ones that can't be changed/mixed apparently....I have a list of the ones I'm looking for, they are the Mix, V30 and VNT speaker/cabs...but I'm specifically looking for 3 versions of each of those the Full/Cut/Rear ones....and looking to mix different combos. If someone has these and can do it....or is willing to share the non DRM versions please pm me. In the meantime I seem to be stuck unless they release stereo IR block. Otherwise I found this entry in the HX Edit manual in the FAQ area.....hilarious.... Can I buy dog food, tequila, or 19th-century expressionist paintings via Marketplace? What? No.

right and at the time I was all good with that. But I'm trying to mix IR's into a single file/block use...and I can't cause of the DRM, which I understand....to a point. Unless they come out with a stereo IR block....I hate having to 'burn' my parallel path on 2 IR blocks instead of seperating delays/reverbs. or whatever....

Is there a way to do this so I can mix the IR's? I think that is the issue I'm running into at this point.

EQ your lollipop wrong and you'll get the new Lawnboy 2.5hp tone...lol. EQ it correctly and you'll get the nice Marshall Chainsaw ready to mow down anything.

Ok, so I played with both....sorta....in the Valdemar program I can't seem to load my Ownhammer IR's, they are a different filetype and it doesnt recognize them to open....the lancaster one, I can't seem to get the program to load at all....i'm sure I'm just being stupid about it again....

For the Pre/Post Eq's, I will generally keep them the same. My reasoning for that is to set a solid foundation at the beginning, and send a solid spectrum of frequencies to the board on the output. For my 'lead' boosts, I use a combination of EQ/Drive blocks before most my amps. Which drive block changes based on the amp I'm using and how it interacts with the amp feel wise. I have another Parametric EQ setup (leaving the low/high cuts alone this time) and I usually boost somewhere between 800hz-1.5khz to help push the mids before the amp, which are then carried forward throughout the sound. I may boost the mids on the amp a bit more as well, but usually just slamming the front end of the amp with a mid boost into a drive is good enough for rock patches. So typically my chain is: Path A: PEQ - (Drive - Wah) - [PEQ - Drive] - AMP in this line the (Drive - Wah) combo are auto engaged with the EXP Pedal and the [PEQ - Drive] are my lead boost Path B: Speaker IR's - Reverb/Delay - PEQ - Compressor (Sadites LA Comp Style) - Volume - Output Theres some splitting of the IR's into parallel paths and only one of them gets the Reverb which then joins back before the PEQ in the chain. If I remember correctly. I could do that same boost in the 'pre-eq' block, but I haven't experimented to know if I get the same response. I'm sure I would as there usually isn't a lot between the 2 EQ blocks really, except my drive/wah combination.

Yes, I have the Pre EQ as the first block in my chain as it will help 'clean up' the signal's low end for further processing by the blocks down the line. I think I read that the Parametric EQ has the steepest slopes on the low/hi cuts.....which means if you set it to 120hz, it rolls off pretty quickly <120hz. WHere as some of the other style EQ's have a more gradual rolloff, so there is more of the frequencies you are trying to cut out. For the Pre Eq portion I leave the parametric frequencies alone, other than the Low Cut one. in the preset I will again add in the bass to just short of being too much, then in the Post EQ Parametric block, I will add my 120hz spike that I like for some good chunky/percussive palm mutes, and then adjust the low cut there as well....that can range anywhere from 80-200 hz as well. Depends on the amp, but usually I end up around 100-120. It just helps retain the low cut you set earlier in the preset, but allows the amp's bass parameter to do what it should be doing, and then retaming the muddy bass stuff before being pushed out......if that makes sense. I know it sounds counter intuitive, but don't be afraid to (in my case, yours may differ) raise that low cut....as long as it counds good. I have some presets where I do my 120hz spike thing, but have the low cut up closer to 200hz. Bonus trick: this is where the 'looper trick' really helps. Put the looper in the front of your chain, and record something you intend to play through that preset/snapshot.....then as its playing back what you recorded you can edit the preset without having to play, edit, play edit, play edit, etc.....easier to really fine tune the cuts in the EQ's so you can hear them real time with the recorded playing. Once I'm there with that, I'll stop the looper and play and listen to make sure I didn't dial out any sort of 'feel' from the preset. I'm not at home right now, but if you want, I can shoot you a preset I have that's just sort of a template so you can see what I'm explaining.....if not, that's ok too. :)

Yeah I always struggled with flubby bass on some amps until I gave this a try. I read someone on a post explain: To tame flubby bass - Pre EQ To tame ice pick highs- Post EQ I typically will overcut the lows a touch....pre EQ, and then raise the bass parameter to where it gets out of control again, and then back it down to just below freaking out level.....then in my post EQ I use a Parametric EQ and will dial in the specific frequency/Q that I want for the low end. I myself love a very sharp spike at 125hz, however the Helix does 120 or 130, so I add the 120hz in between 0.5 - 2.0db with a really high Q of above 7.0. Adjust it to the amp I'm using and how much chunk I want.

Depending on the amp, it can vary. Also are you Pre-EQing or is this a post EQ. in relation to the Amp Block? I typically will 'low cut' before the amp and my post EQ will be more for high cut. I have low cuts as low as 100hz, but some get close to 200hz. Just depends on the flubbyness of the bass in the amp for me. usually I settle around 150hz and that is now my starting point. if I can't get enough of the right bass reaction in the amp block I'll knock it down or raise it up and then compensate with the Amp block or Post EQ blocks to get me there. Where you are doing the cuts can make a difference.

I had this issue as well and got no help on my thread....I just gave up on the looper. other than for tweaking purposes.

I agree, and for the sake of leveling presets, I generally will only use a signal meter to get me in the 'ballpark' but then use my ears as I'm aware that differently EQ'd presets will not sound matched when the outputs are the same...I can compensate for that. In fact that is what my 'core' presets have already had done. Where I was trying to lead my questioning and discussion was more so that when I take my core sounds (that I'm very happy with) and make them into song specific presets that utilize a dual path....even utilizing the same block parameters yields different volumes when comparing single vs dual path presets using the same settings. My statement about the Ch. Volume parameter was just a question about it being even across the amps as I know it doesn't affect tone, in the same way that the gain/master combinations do....and how that varies between amp models. I don't expect a 'fix all' method to presets...been around the modeling thing too long to expect it to be that easy.....but there is some 'under the hood' stuff that knowing can definitely save you some pulling out of your hair (I don't have much left anymore, and what I do have is reserved for pulling out in regards to my 3 year old princess, lol) when trying to maintain consistency across 60+ presets.

I don't have any fancy gear to legitimately test it, lol.....I did change my terminology as there are more than one way to run 'dual amps' so what we are referring to are dual path presets vs single path presets. But if I hear you correctly (for simplicity sake): Single Path signal strength = 'X' Single Path preset output = 'Y' Dual Path preset signal strength: split A/B 100 (using as an amp selector on different paths) = 'X' Dual Path preset signal strength: split A/B 100 @ merge block when rejoined = 'Y-3db' So to fix this signal split/merge issue, at the merge point, we would need to add +3db to get it equal 'Y'??

thanks, I'll give it a shot