caledoneus

put in a ticket. They will fix the LTs exp pedal even if you bought it used and it is out of warranty.

if you are running it into the front of an amp, most (or quite possibly all) of the factory presets are going to sound bad, b/c they have an amp/ cab block in them. You'll need to delete/ bypass the amp/cab blocks, or just set up your own presets with no amp/cab blocks involved to use it as a pedalboard.

OP stated he is using the HX Effects. This does not have XLR outs, just the 1/4".

the plus side to using the 4CM is that with it you can run your drives and stuff before your amp and delays and stuff in the loop... That being said, some down sides are you have to have more cabling, and you have to use up blocks for the send/ return to get the 4CM working (so you would have less options). I never really tried the 4CM with mine when I had it b/c I got the sound I wanted just running it before the amp.

Yeah, this is a great point. I use my LT for bass all the time, and like you said, the reality is that technically every effect on the unit has a blend control, you set up a parallel un-effected path, and then use the split block as your blend. To try and put the Zoom stuff on the same level as the Helix is just silly. With it being a bass specific unit, I'm sure it has more things that say "bass" before them (Bass Phaser, Bass Flanger, whatever) but so what? And as far as no 12" cabs go, you can put the bass "amps" into the 12" cabs pretty easy....

You don't even need the 4CM then. You can easily just set up your distortion/ ODs/ Delays/ Verbs/ whatever on the HX effect how you want them, plug your guitar into it, and then the HX into the front of your amp and call it a day.

I use my LT for bass, acoustic and electric, so I've got one setlist called Bass, one called acoustic (which has more than just acoustic stuff, simply b/c I don't need that many acoustic presets... lol), one called Electric (direct) for going straight to a PA, one called Preamp switches for running into the FX loop return of an amp, and one called FX only for running either into the front of an amp or in 4CM with an amp....

that assumption is correct. Preamp models are not in the Effects.

as a general rule, you don't want to run the cab models into a real amp and cab (I've tested that and can tell you that it sounds like crap) but running the amp blocks themselves (or preamp blocks) into an amp can actually get you some pretty cool sounds. The preamp blocks are kind of meant to be used as "amp in a box" type options. You won't break anything by trying it out though, so go for it.

useful trick I saw somewhere (not sure where) is to put a looper block first in the chain and put you in a loop of typical playing for what you would play with that preset, then let it loop while you fiddle and adjust stuff. :)

trying to avoid copyright infringement... ;) lol

they just did a massive update and improvement to the core firmware (2.8), so my guess is no time soon.

get a Spyder. Same thing really

I've heard good things about the Kali's. I've been using a set of Presonus Eris 3.5 monitors for the past couple weeks, and they are pretty good and don't take up too much space. I actually am just running straight out of the helix into the inputs of the monitors.

Honestly depends on which amp model you are using. Some sound better to me with the Preamp block, others sound better with the full amp block. Best bet is just to try them out both ways and let your ears pick for you. ;)

That's the only thing I could think of to explain this.

True enough man. That is one of the best things about the Helix... You can try out different effects in different places and levels and such super easily. In real life with real pedals and amps, a lot of the stuff you can do on a Helix with the touch of a button would be a colossal bit of effort.

I was thinking that this would be the closest thing we have available to using an effects loop in the amp itself. Anyone ever experimented with the delays to see how they respond in this position in the chain? I may have to set up a little experiment later on tonight. hmmmmm

Revv Generator amp model. You are welcome. :)

no fx loop, no 4cm. You'll have to run everything in front of the amp.

well, at this point in time I suppose I would qualify as a hobbyist (only time I play out is Sundays at the church), and thus far I have not bothered doing the 2.81 update (I have updated to 2.8, and the stuff they added there is killer). The reason simply put is that I have not run into any of the issues that they had to fix with 2.81, so see no real reason to bother with updating further.

bout the only difference between using the Helix into an FRFR and the return of a physical amp is that you would not want to use any cab models/ IRs. Other than that, basically work the same.

speak for yourself bub. IS the Revv awesome sounding? Yes Am I looking forward to the other channels? Yes Is the Grammatico awesome too? Yes

The backpack is pretty great. I was hesitant to get it at first b/c it is pretty dang expensive for a "soft" bag, but it is really well designed and well built. There is plenty of room in the extra pockets for whatever other stuff you might need... Like a previous commenter said, it isn't luggage, it isn't a hard case, and I wouldn't check it on an airline or throw it in a trailer with a bunch of amps and heavy stuff like that, but for carrying the Helix to and from gigs/ practice/ whatever, you can't do better.

the new amps and the KOT are both pretty DSP heavy. Might have to use both paths in serial mode.