themetallikid

I've been having issues trying to view the whole Helix forum for the last few days. I can get to the forum lists of different categories, and I can view the firehawk one....but Helix will not display at all.

I'll have to try the 'minimizing' the amount I'm trying to backup at a time. What I've done so far is the File - Backup (this gets about 7% through the last step and then gets the error), and Export a single setlist (setlist 2), also copy Setlist 2 > past to Setlist 3. I can copy/paste individual presets and no issues on the presets I do use...so, I may just have to play around and see where I run into the block.... I am using an LT, not the HX Effects only version. The update went fine without any hitches and no issues with sound at all. One other thing I noticed...based off someone elses suggestion (dont remember who sorry) I inverted the polarity of my EXP 2 (Mission Engineering pedal used for Wah) so that toe down is auto-engaged on/off at 97%. This also required the min/max settings to be backwards. There was some special sauce that intended the auto engage to work with the heel down, so by inverting the polarity, it applied that 'sauce' to the toe down method. After the update, I had to revert those settings of polarity/min/max settings back to their regular settings...that was the only quirk I noticed from the update for me.

So I updated to the new firmware fine, havent had a chance much to play, just updating my presets a bit......but During the installation process, and when trying to create a new Setlist for gig tomorrow/today (damn its late already)....I get Error Code 8606. Can't find what that is referring to. I get it when I try to do a total backup....also when I try to just copy/paste presets from one setlist to another.

I understand the answers provided, lol....I guess it was just a random question...in my head....I would tend to think the HI/LO cuts get processed first, and then any shaping of the frequencies happens, it would make less sense in my head to shape frequencies, and then put the LO/HI Filters on after and affect the previous changes.

Well....thanks, I guess......but that's not what I was asking. I was asking that within the EQ block only (not related to signal chain placement), there are frequency parameters (Parametric block is what I'm picturing in my head) for Low/Mid/High Frequencies, and then also LOW/HI Cut. I assume the LOW/Hi Cut is happening first, and then the LOW/MID/HIGH boost/cuts are happening?? As opposed to me boosting the 125hz I mentioned originally, and then it going through a 150hz Low Cut and defeating the boost at 125hz.

When you have an EQ that is paired High/Lo cuts....which of those is processed first...I'd assume the cuts are, then the frequency boost/cuts. Its a trivial question, but my mind needs to know how it works. This stems from me liking a sharp spike at 125hz for palm mutes, but adding a low cut up to 150hz. If the cut is processed afterwards, is it defeating the boost at 125hz?

I'm stoked about the colored dim/bright option for active/non-active snapshots....I like to roam offstage during songs and I can color code my lead/rhythm as Green/Red for my bass/guitar player to switch to and back. Before I'd have to be picky about what songs I could do that on.... ****OH!! And the other updates are awesome too. hehe

I actually was questioning this concept in my mind, as I'd like to go back to a preset per song approach. I have some presets I've bought from Fremen, that use IR's, usually a dual configuration.....but if I want to use another amp sound in that preset, that would be 2 amps, and 4 IR's, which I think will be too much DSP. Any ideas...? Or am I forced to use the same amp, and use a volume block before the amp to reduce the amp gain or use a snapshot to save the amp gain lower to get a cleanish type sound.

Ok, so I'll check out the PF presets.....but I'm not missing the individual Trainwreck/Cartographer presets then yet....thats what I was looking forward to. I've been playing with them, but his IR's are what really make the difference, and I just can't seem to match them up well yet, lol

Right, I remember the Pink Floyd Presets, I may need to look at those presets further, Was looking for presets similar to the ones that came with the packs originally, not PF ones. I apologize if I overlooked them in there.

Am I missing something? Are the new presets with the 2.3 amps built in? I redownloaded the 2 packs I purchased and I didn't see them in there. I'm at work and not sure I have the names right but I think I got the 'big' pack, and the 'add-on' pack. Did they not have the 2.3 presets added?

Yeah I'm checking on getting the work done, but not sure I can do it in time. I was hoping maybe the multi band would be able to help the strings come through, and tone them a little fatter so its not that buzzy choked sound. Again, I know it wouldn't be a permanent fix, but at least get me thought his gig. I don't play alone now in my acoustic gigs, so it gets masked more in that way, but it'd be nice to sound full across the board again.

I figured as much, was just hoping there was a way to maybe 'mask' it in some way. When I do a lot of solo gigs (not so much anymore, but they will be picking up again) a lot of my songs do have D/G in them...I'm sure its just fret wear as I've had the guitar for almost 10 years now.

So, I have an acoustic show this Friday....I do not have the money/time to get my axe properly setup to eliminate the problem.....I understand in very basic principle how these work.... So...could I use it to help out on the higher strings to help? Its mostly my higher E string that is getting choked out. There is just a bit of buzz, and I lose sustain...I'm guessing the compressor would just make that more prounounced and not be a band-aid at all. Its also not all frets, but the ones I use most for the stuff I do. I dont know much about maintenance on guitars, so not sure if its something that I can easily correct. I get it around the 2nd/3rd frets, and up around the 12-15th frets.

I do the same thing pretty much. My presets are tailored to our main sound guys FOH rig, and I know how the powered wedge I use translates to that, so I'm pretty spot on regarding any adjustments or new presets I make. My only issue with this approach is volume, I will usually get my rhythm presets leveled out well, however, the 'boost' I put into my presets going to a lead is designed for the signal vs. gain between my Helix and our soundguys board settings. There are some places we play that have FOH provided and when we play there, if the gain on my guitar's in channel is set more/less than what my regular guy has, that has an effect on how prominent my leads are in relation to the rhythm. its either squashing or expanding the 'boost' I already have programmed. What would be nice, is if there was a way to globally set a 'Lead Boost' and have that as a parameter on your Amp block or maybe a separate block for end of chain placement. The block or switch could be assigned preset/snapshot/globally. All of your presets would have Rhythm - off, Lead - on for this switch...and you could set a db boost for each patch. It'd make it easier to adjust 30+presets (15 of which are leads) consistently. Just adjust your global boost, when that setting is set to global. **sorry to hijack, not my intention.

Yes, I only use preset mode right now, but having colored 'blocks' on the performance mode screen would be a great help when trying to choose which buttons for which sound. Or at a minimum allow the LED Rings to stay on, and choose between off/dim/bright when active or not.

Did a similar Mic Mounting to my old board using some plumbing supplies. Used a threaded nipple on my board like you did, Gorilla Glued a threaded pipe to the shaft of a mic stand. At setup, just had to screw the mic stand into my board....Was great. I was using a talkbox and couldn't find a mic stand that had enough counter weight for the additional mic/tube weight.

So....resurrecting an old thought I came across when thinking back to my older rigs. I had a Boss GT-3, that the wahs were horrible and someone on the old Harmony Central forums had a way of using an EQ block as a wah. If I recall correctly, we would just attach the Mid Freq Parameter to the Foot Controller and assign the Min/Max Settings. This would allow us to control the Q and also the amount of the boost as you could essentially assign multiple frequencies then as well. Any thoughts to this? Was going to try it out this week when I have time and see how it works. Also have seen some people with modelers put 2 wahs back to back and like the results...I haven't cared for that... Or, use an EQ along with a Wah set to autoengage to get an exaggerated Frequency response from the wah as well.

I get the phasing thing....I've recently switched to sending L/R to the board at the request of my other guitar player and sound guy. I've always run Mono, so they said even Dual Mono would have some more 'ballz'. lol... When I added it I added at the end of my chain right before the delay/reverb blocks which are both set to stereo, then its out to my outputs, which I use the XLR's usually, but was monitoring via headphones plugged right into the Helix. I can hear some separation when I play with stereo delays so I don't think my headphones are collapsing something to mono.... Am I missing something?

I read the link, used it as a basis for understanding what each parameter does. I guess I 'understand' the effect......my question was more about the rhythm vs lead sounds. I suppose I could use the double take on my rhythm patches as well, and use 'lesser' settings for the rhythm. Right now with it just on my lead presets, they have a more 'box' like quality to the voicing or sound. Rhythm does not have that. My question is (or isn't, if I'm thinking wrong) is that normal, or is there a way to make them slightly closer in that voicing? My rhythms tend to be a bit tighter and the leads with that effect sound more boxy. I think I answered my own question by just adding the double take to my rhythm presets and lowering the level of the wet signal to minimize, but keep the general feel of it. Maybe....am I missing something?

So, I played a little with it last night....I like the way the leads sound when I have it on the '2' setting, and lower the Slop and (I forget the 3rd parameter name). I liked my rhythm sounds as well, but there is a big difference in sound between the single tracked and multi tracked (DUH!!, I know).....but the Double Take preset has a very 'boxy' type feel to it, and its a pretty drastic change when playing along with tracks and practicing that I wonder if it would be too much of a change and sound bad out front in the mix. Is there something I can do to my rhythm presets to get them closer? or is there something I'm missing in the Double Take settings to minimize this? Am I just missing the boat logically in my head about this (completely possible here). Thanks for any help, and I understand any criticism....lol

This was a huge help in the feel of how my external pedal works with the auto engage.... I was originally setting it with a 95% engage setting, I prefer toe-down setting for engaging the wah. It always seems abrupt when it engages, and then I read the following in the another thread and it seems much smoother in the on/off feel and consistency. The auto engage was designed to work with the heel down. With this, you can go into Global Settings and you want to reverse the polarity of whichever expression pedal (1 or 2) that you are using. Now, this will make your wah function backwards (toe = bass, heel=treble sounds). Go into your wah pedal settings for your presets and reverse the Min/Max settings to return your pedal back to regular wah sounds (toe=treble, heel = bass sounds. I was able to raise the auto engage % a few notches to 97%, and it seems to 'feel' better when controlling the wah in relation to the auto engage feature.

I just last night sat down and set up some basic patches on my Boss GT 100 for use at practice only....man what a pain in the lollipop and the tones are nothing compared to what I can get in 3-5 minutes on the Helix. Night and Day difference.

I used the stock cabs for the first 4 months I've had the Helix, I think they are usable, but come with their own set of tweaking needs. Using an IR just eliminates some steps in moving sliders and knobs. Choose a file and tweak around that, as opposed to going with a stock amp setting and tweaking the cab. With the digital units there are usually a dozen places you can add bass/treble/mids to a sound....older analog rigs you only had a few places. So I think people who don't like the stock cabs, just don't spend enough time tweaking to find a usable sound. I got lots of compliments from guitarists in my community regarding my sound, but I agree IR's are typically a cleaner sound to start with.

Curious if anyone has created a good Raygun sound....we recently added Rebel Yell back to the list, and previous rigs (Fractal, Boss) I've been able to create a good ray gun using either vibes or delay settings. I don't pretend to understand how the delay makes a good raygun sound.....but it was the best one I've tried. So....any good rayguns out there? Or other fun strange sounds.