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  1. The pad impedance..... this is something that I need to also explore. My lack of knowledge in this area has kept me from playing with things I don't know about.
  2. Yes guys, thank you for those tips, I'll take a look at those and play around with them. I'll be honest I'm compressor illiterate. I understand what they do, and I get generally how they work.....but just cannot become 'fluent' in working with parameters especially across different models (I have some of this issue with other effects as well too). I've read a few posts where people have put Compressors in front of amps to help drive them a bit or for what you mentioned...I'll have to check it out. Yes you are correct...the two tones I struggle with the most is that Clean up front, but spongy type after taste. I think of Takin Care of Business type tone, then adding a TS808 or something to help give bit more sustain or liquid to the notes for leads. The 2nd is going to be just that classic Plexi Classic Rock sound from a cranked amp...but this is where I really struggle getting that nice breakup without it sounding to snarly. I'll try your settings Duned, and see what happens. I appreciate the info.
  3. Ok...sorry to bother you all with this question....but I've always had a hard time dialing in that light/medium crunch sound for Classic Rock type tones. I can get the heavy stuff down ok, and my clean/slight breakup stuff is ok....but getting that next level of saturation/gain seems to elude me. I'm guessing part may be because of EMG's maybe, but I would think there would be a way to compensate that in the settings of the Drive/Master. Songs I'm referring to are American Band, Boys Are Back In Town type stuff. It always seems like to get enough 'crunch' out of it I have to put the drive higher than it feels it should be for that tone, and then it gets too (for lack of a better description) stiff and preampy sounding. I usually start by bringing up the Master to above 7.5 or so to get that power section working, then try to find the sweet spot for the Drive that gets me in the ball park. Then play with the sag/bias settings to help with the 'feel' of the attack and body of the notes. Usually that will result in reducing the Drive a bit to keep me in the same area of crunch I'm looking for.... It sounds like a modern amp doing classic sounds though and doesn't sound authentic to me. Maybe I'm using the wrong cab sims to achieve it as well?? I've also tried using a TS808 or other pedal and they all just make it sound tighter (go figure huh?) rather than helping to push the amp where I want it to go. Any suggestions on amp/settings? I usually start with the Plexi type model and when I can't seem to get that 'right' for my ears I start looking at Plexi-like models to maybe do something it wasn't for me. I'm sure it really is just something I'm doing or not doing, or maybe my ears are just jacked..... Thanks in advance.
  4. I generally will try to get in the ballpark 'tone' wise....but for me, its more about dialing in the feel of how the guitar sound sounds to me. I play in a cover band that does everything from Neil Diamond to Metallica and everything in between. Originally, I create a bank for each 'genre' that involves 4 sounds, generally a clean/gritty/crunch/boosted versions. For genre's I'll have a Dance Rock, 80's Rock and Hard Rock....that should cover just about all sounds we play and also any impromptu ones we don't have in the list that we can pull off. I'll then go back and use those tones as starting blocks to create more song specific presets (utilizing Snapshots to make changes during the song, I run 4 preset/4snaps mode). My original statement is referring to my approach of getting in the ball park. I'm not going to play Metallica using a Fender Twin with a pedal in front...to me that's going the wrong direction tone wise for the song.....likewise, taking a Dual Rectifier and reducing the Drive/Master til I get a cleanish type tone for Sweet Caroline is also like trying to use a screwdriver to cook eggs. I'll dial in a sound that gives me the right gain/feel/response and call it good. I like playing the song Your Love by The Outfield, and really banging on the strings to get that percussive strumming type sound that you hear. So I try to find an amp that gives me that type of response but not get too gritty. Same with Metallica, gotta have that chug a lug thickness without losing some definition. Generally I still only use probably 6-7 sounds a night, but really try to dial in what feels good when playing. If I have to fight the guitar or the sound for how I wanna play, its no fun. But I also don't usually spend more than an hourish on a specific song's sound unless there is some crazy routing or effects. Just recently I've gone through all the amps and created snapshots of clean/amp drive/amp gained/boosted, and when using the looper pedal I can now play the riffs of the song, and just cycle between the presets/snapshots and jot down a few amps that get me where I want. I then just copy/paste that Amp block into my songs preset and tweak until I'm satisfied. It's been a lot of setup work, but now that its completed its made my creation process much more streamlined and I can focus on the smaller details of getting what I want.
  5. I figured it out.....when in the 'effects chain' view use the joystick to highlight the looper block, then push the bypass button, this exits the effects chain screen and brings up the screen with the looper controls. Once you start editing it will change back, but the buttons for Stop/Play stay lit and control the looper still.
  6. But for the life of me I cannot figure out how to jump between the editing chain screen and the screen that shows the looper controls. Trying to do lots of editing and I know I can put the looper in the first block, but can't find anything that explains how to get to the control screen. couple things... 1) Yes I know this is probably way easier than I'm trying to make it, and that is causing more issues... 2) Yes, I realize this is a waste of forum space, lol 3) Yes, I feel like dweeb having to ask this when I've done it before.
  7. I appreciate that and will check out those examples. I'm currently building a bank of 'useable' tones for each amp. Creating snapshots for clean, amp drive, full drive, and boosted type sounds to help create the colors on my palette. I just don't have experience with the drive/amp combos in regards to good sounds.
  8. Thanks for the input, and I agree (as with my other thread about delay/reverb) no one cup is right everyone. However, being that I've never been a drive pedal guy...other than the 0 Gain, 10 Level kinda boost pedal into an amp....was looking for what others do use so I can test out and hear what others consider good. Everytime I try to set something up, I think it sounds like junk and just move to find a 'useable' amp sound, when I know others are using the drive/amp setup to get the sound.
  9. I'm all for this, but for the sake of trying to copy/paste a general setting that will accomplish what I want across my 48 presets, I was just looking for what others use as their 'stock' live setting for things. And I agree with this as well, my cup of dark porter beer is anothers wasted hops, lol.....however, again, I am just looking for some stock type settings that work for others to try out and see what I like. It's hard for me to dedicate an hour to sit down and 'figure out' a delay setting only between job, actual band stuff to accomplish (poster runs, bookings, FB stuff, etc), wife time, 2 year old time, house chores.....nothing that I'm sure others dont also have to deal with.... I'm just a weekend warrior in a local cover band. Looking for some help on some starter settings. I already lock the delay to my preset/song's tempo...but the repeats and level also seems to good on others presets, and I can't seem to find that right balance.
  10. On this front, I've always been an Amp sound guy, maybe a drive pedal to tighten it up or boost a bit for leads..... I've never been good at creating a drive pedal sound going into a cleanish amp. Can anyone share their favorite type of drive/amp settings? I play a range of rock covers using clean to higher gain type stuff. I'd like at least one or two fuzz sound choices (these are like trying to nail jello to a tree for me, impossible)
  11. I've listened to these presets that people come up with and they sound great, they sit well in a mix due to reverb/delay settings. I struggle with it...I like what I hear on presets, but cannot for the life of me dial up something that sounds as good. Would someone be willing to help me out with a few settings? I'd like a reverb that will help the guitar sound more up front, and add some depth, nothing too 'wet', but enough that it does what it should. I always seem to make them sound like a cave or the effect is non existent. I'd like a good lead delay sound, I prefer ducking delays. I cannot seem to get the level/repeats and such correct. I'm usually decent with tweaking once I have a home spot to start from, but to take a block and edit it from scratch...I get lost in the options of settings for those effects. I play mostly rock covers, ranging in sounds from clean to Recto/Metallica sound. most of our stuff sits in the medium gain range. I appreciate any input/help.
  12. There is a spot, I believe its when you are in the save screen, you can choose what color the ring is.
  13. I have not had those issues with my Helix, but did have issues with my Boss GT100 that prompted me to get the Helix. During its last performance, it would just start changing presets as soon as I would activate my lead sound via Exp Pedal. Reboot was fine, for a short bit (usually up til solo) when I go to kick into a lead it again would just start changing presets... ...hooked it up again that week back at home, worked perfectly fine. Reputation damage was done though and I haven't used it since. We have a dedicated sound/lighs guy/gear and at that gig we tapped directly into the box, so I doubt power was dirty for us....but I can easily see how that could cause issues with something like this with all the failsafes they probably have built in
  14. Thanks for the notes and checking that out. So, what I gather is that it 'works'.... What I also gather is that if I have an OD in front of an AMP for my rhythm sound, by assigning the stomp to the OD, it will automatically toggle the on/off status to the opposite of what it currently is? So not only adjusting the parameters you specify, but also the on/off bypass status?
  15. But my 'setup' of the snaps and then a momentary stomp would be correct?
  16. Also heard that 'tube' food tasted better and had more organic nutrients in it. My palatte can't tell, but some tube snobs insist that 'Tube Food' is better.
  17. Is there a specific routing or input I'll need to use with that? I don't see a 'hunger' port on the back side. I also don't want to over feed it and end up with flubby tones, I heard rumors they were working on converting the expression pedal into a scale to help with overfeeding....any word on when this will be included? I prefer nice tight tones and I feel like its already starting to get a little chunky in some frequencies.
  18. I will check that out tonight (possibly). So at the risk of melting my insides with thoughts on this.......So if I'm understanding your explanation of my misunderstanding (lol) I can have a preset, we'll call it 'Crazy Train'. I can have 4 snapshots of that preset: 1) Opening Rhythm, 2) Verse Rhythm (slightly more gain), 3) Blank/Empty, 4) Lead if I wanted a momentary 'stomp', I could also setup a stomp for that 'Crazy Train' Preset, and use footswitch #6 to toggle between the 4/4 mode and stomp mode? That would give me access to a momentary lead boost (this would be different than the #4 Snapshot above?) If I'm not misunderstanding or missing anything with that scenario, I can see where that would be helpful.
  19. Can my helix make me a pizza and bring me a beer?
  20. Got ya...so just to homogenize the vocabulary I've had to use over the years with different rigs...... When I had my AFX ran by my Ground Control Pro, I had 4 preset buttons, but then had 8 Instant Access switches. What I could do was program that IA switch to trigger a specific MIDI number, and adjust the AFX Blocks so that MIDI #60 would trigger the on/off stage of my lead stuff (drive/delay/mids/gain). I'm guessing the stomp mode is the same thing, but because the guts/controller are all one, the 'MIDI' programming part is removed and its just attaching the delay to that IA/Stomp switch to be on/off. Just to be clear, I could have my rhythm patch as just the AMP/CAB, REV blocks, but then my Stomp 1 - Modulation would have a signal of CHO, AMP/CAB, REV blocks, Stomp 4 Lead would have COMP, DRIVE, AMP/CAB, DEL, REV? Or does the preset have to have all ingredients in it and the stomp will activate/deactivate what is necessary. I'm guessing each stomp only needs what is 'in' that specific one...if I'm understanding correctly
  21. So if I'm understanding this right... I would switch from 4 preset/4 snapshot > 4 preset/4 stomp mode (seems there isn't much difference between stomp/snapshot modes, or am I missing something) Then create my 'snapshots' for each stomp. So I could setup the basic rhythm preset sound, and then each of the 4 'stomps' I can assign whatever changes to that rhythm sound that I would like. Stomp 1 - reduction in input volume to the amp (clean-er sound) Stomp 2 - adding modulation effect Stomp 3 - Momentary Lead sound (delay, drive, gain, mids added), button would be on when pressed only, then disable those changes when released? Stomp 4 - lead sound (same changes as Stomp 3, but regular button reaction of on or off Am I missing something there or are Stomps and Snaps more different that I'm imagining.
  22. Is that something I can do on board in the 4 preset/4 snapshot mode, or something that I'd need to add externally?
  23. Just curious about this feature....I'll explain... We play a few songs where there are lead parts for a few seconds that stand out, and then I fall back into rhythm. On my Axe FX/Liquid Foot rig, I could setup a switch to turn on my 'lead settings' (whatever they were) when it was depressed, and when I lifted my foot it would revert back to the previous preset. I don't think I've seen anything like that on the helix in my digging around so far. Curious if that is something that can be done, or possibly incorporated in the future. Its a pain to step on a snapshot for a lead phrase, then another one to turn it off for just a few seconds of playing, while trying to sing at the same time. Not saying it can't be done, but anything to help focus on the performance and less on the process is better. On a side note, I usually only use one expression pedal, and I have an additional Mission Engineering pedal. I used to use that to also turn on/off lead settings. Toe down was rhythm, and it would auto engage lead stuff when it was lifted 5% or so....is that something that can be set as well? Can I attach the expression pedal to change snapshots? For example Snapshot 1 - Rhythm Snapshot 2 - Chorus Snapshot 3 - Clean Snapshot 4 - Lead Expression pedal toe down would be Snapshot 1, heel down would trigger snapshot 4 I'm guessing something like that also can't be done. Any other suggestions?
  24. I work in a similar field of customer service/warehouse shipping of orders and I completely understand where the OP is coming from. However, I also understand that even though someone was watching for that label and may have seen that it was shipped on 9/13, they may have not been able to pre-order anything in their system before the label showed tracking. Several things at play that are hard to confirm/deny here... Did the online label tracking not update until 9/14 Once the tracking was updated was it outside the normal shift of the person tracking it, so that added a delay in when the order was placed Once the order was placed, does it take a day or so for the order to be fulfilled, and then an additional day to get the shipping information generated and get it out the door. I get where 6 days can seem like an exaggerated length of time for this, but being my work history, and also that you have the 16th/17th weekend days in the middle of that window of 9/13-9/19. I could potentially see this as a scenario Item shipped back 9/13, tracking not updated until later in the day/night of 9/13 (person at Line 6 doesn't work again til sometime 9/14). L6 rep comes in on 9/14, places the order for the replacement to be shipped out. Warehouse processes the order later on 9/14. 9/15 item gets to the shipping area and is ready to be sent out. With the weekend, nothing progresses or get shipped. Item is picked up and 'shipped' 9/18, however, tracking may not generated until 9/19. I've seen worse scenarios, but I've seen better ones too. I understand, but don't fault either party as there isn't enough information to know for sure.
  25. Update on my portion of the fun topic....so quick update first: Found out that reason wah was staying on was that it was only reading 0-96/97% if my Mission Engineering pedals travel. So I updated my patches to auto-engage (off) at 95%. I do a quick check to make sure that it is turning the wah on/off as well before I move to the next patch. As I'm doing this I'm watching what the Helix does read on my pedal and its back to reading 0-100%.
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