the_trooper_emi

Yup, that is too much. I was thinking up to 12ms round trip latency.

Bellow 5ms!? :O Can any interface even do this? Anyhow, I think you're being a little to harsh. 5ms latency is like playing 1.7 meters away from an amp. Who plays with their ears glued to the amp? You know how much latency you get when you play 5 meters away from the amp? 15ms. I think everything up to 12ms of latency is perfectly acceptable.

Thanks for the info about 500(X)! The thing is, there doesn't seem to be an FX unit that offers 4 cable method, has freely movable blocks (even Line 6 has one that you can't move the compressor and some other blocks) and can function as an interface. As far as I can tell there's HD500X and Boss GT100. In my price range, up to 250-300€. There's also Mooer GE250 which is a newer device. It also has the advantage of being much smaller (I don't need a monster size unit on my desk since I'll use it as an interface 90% of the time). But, honestly, if I'm giving 300€ I'd rather have a Line6 than a Mooer. Maybe I'm wrong but, there it is. You might say, just get an interface. I could, but I still need an FX unit for the rare occasion when I play live with an amp. Which brings me right back to the beginning.

Hello everyone. I'm on a tight budget for two things, guitar interface and a multiFX. So I thought to get both in one unit, and the HD500 can be found used for a reasonable price. Expected use cases: - As a pedalboard replacement with an amp and 4 cable method. Your standard pedal board: wah, volume, compressor, OD, noise gate in front. EQ, chorus, delay, reverb in the amps FX loop. - As a guitar interface. So just an interface, no modeling. To play and record through DAW with VSTs. As you can tell I'm not interested in it's amp and cab modeling capabilities at all. I only care for effects and PC connectivity, so I have two questions. 1. How are its effects, do they stand the test of time? Off course I'm not expecting Helix level quality, but are they decent enough to be used today? 2. ASIO drivers. This is a somewhat old device. Can it be used for playing with VSTs with acceptable latency? I know Line6 is famous for its customer support, but how long can they support a product. Do you fear your drivers will break with every Windows update never to come back? With that in mind does it make sense to buy HD500 if it won't be able to function as an interface in the nearby future. (If you have suggestion for another device that fits the descriptions and is affordable, please share!) Thanks in advance!

Thanks everyone, I got close to what I want with Soldano clean model and a lot of tweaking, and three EQs, and two different IRs and two different reverbs :D

That's how I started, but I didn't get far :D Then I downloaded several presets from customtone and a couple of them were helpful enough to point me in the right direction. So for now I'm calling distorted tones done, I'm happy with what I got and now it really does sound a lot better and fuller then my free VSTs. But clean is still a mystery, free Emisary amp and free IRs, sound leagues better then what I'm able to get from Helix.

Actually I think I figured this one out, it's reverb, the free one I'm using is much more "spacey". And since I'm playing through headphones exclusively, that is what I need. But I'm getting good results with one trick i dug out on this forum - two IRs with two different reverbs and Optical trem at the very end. You are correct, compressor is turned all way up. But the thing is that it's "transparent", i.e. it has minimal effect on the sound. Helix compressors all behave like you turned tone knob down, at least that's what I'm getting which is why I asked if I'm doing something wrong with them.

Hello everyone I downloaded Helix Native to try it out. Two days later I still can't make it sound good! My biggest issue is that it sounds very muffled, like you're playing with blankets over the box. I've tried different cabinets, combinations, mics, amps, reverbs... I just can't get it to sound like it's in the same room with me. Here is a comparison I did: https://vocaroo.com/i/s1NubH3LoyOF First clip is my free VSTs and IRs, second one is factory preset "Brit 2204", and the third one is my attempt. First one sounds like there's and amp in the room, other two sound like I'm listening my upstairs neighbor playing. I'm attaching my preset so you can take a look, what am I doing wrong? Or am I going the wrong way about it? I saw Glenn from SpectreSoundStudios explaining how he records with box covered up. Is that what's going on here? Is Helix native geared towards recording and sounding good in the mix? My second issue is sustain, I can't get a low gain long sustain to work. Again, this is something I'm able to get with free VSTs but struggle with Helix. Again, here are two clips: https://vocaroo.com/i/s1Q3nT5sdrqe First one is my free VSTs long sustain one, the second one is Helix. I know I can do it with compression (I have it on one block in my preset), but all compressors that Helix offers seem to, besides adding sustain, kill the character of the sound, they just dull it somehow. Any help here, am I using the compressor the wrong way? Thanks in advance!