zolko60

On 12/13/2018 at 7:00 AM, Gritch666 said:

Hey man,

Sorry, but you won't get rid of all hiss and hum from Helix in the front of your crunchy amp. I use a Rivera kr100 and I put a mxr smart gate, seeing at minimum, just before my front input to remove the floor noise from Helix. The floor noise is inaudible in a clean amp, but once you start pumping gain, you can really ear an hiss.

You won't now.
It is obvious Helix needs some more advanced gating implementation. I mean a gate controled with one input while it affects another input/output. I don't see any point of using analog gates with Helix in the future unless you need to get rid of the last in the chain DA converter noise.
BTW Lack of gate for FX loop is strange while all input blocks are gate equipped.

I guess "uneven" means "intended gain difference".

This is not complicated at all, but the only owner manual we have is for kids. Maybe after 3 years of product lifespan it is time for some adult version  ;)

Good questions!
Actually when I make either Y or A/B split I hear my guitar louder, so there is no gain compensation.
Split Y is even between A/B paths with respect to gain but you can adjust pan balance, so maybe there is some paning law compensation?
Swapping A/B Paths works better with A/B Split automation than Merge Mixer automation because you can set level to minus infinity vs. -60dB in merge mixer what leaves some bleed.

Exploring Helix is so exciting!

I would not call it "faulty". It is probably bad design, users usually do not pay attention to.
If H&K claim then can "replicate this behavior", it sounds they do not want to be responsible. There are no norms what that bleed should be.

Yes, TRS, impedance balanced.
I wonder if "Humbuster" and "impedance balanced" are the same thing.

Apps are nice but require hands and phones/pads. Hands are busy with guitar and phones/pads need some space.
What do you guys use for wireless floorboard?
What is the latency using blutooth control?

IR browser in Hx Edit 2.70 and Hx Native 1.70 is too narrow to display full long IR names.

No idea. I use HxN as input FX for each DI guitar track. Much easier way.

I was also surprised how much noise add Hx send/return in front of high gain amp simulations. You can test it by pluging 1/4" patch cord and adding FX Loop block and listen.
RMAA measuring still gives fair 111dBA S/N ratio.

1/4" TRS. I am gonna make 1/4"TRS to 1/4"TS to use two paralleled amps, but for my needs one amp is loud enough.

Thank you. Please update your sheet with Legacy section. Some old fx have no better versions and nobody knows if they will.

I took a tech supp ticket for headphones amp wattage. Unfortunately they seem not to have such a spec, so I have asked my friend, HxF user over the ocean to measure it for me.
He got whooping 1/4W for 8ohm load (for one side).
Connecting Celestion V30 100dB speaker to that wattage gives 94dB SPL at 1m (3 feet) distance.

Thank you!
Sharing with knowledge, ideas, good vibes and software is sooooo sexy!

On 12/5/2018 at 3:45 PM, MLSoundLab said:

Not sure if you know my background but I make IR's for some awesome people. 

I don't know, but you look cool and share with people.
Will you share with DR power amp (connected to a speaker or reactive load) impulse response? (From FX return to speaker out)?

Why not use toe switch for wah/whammy activation?
I know it sounds ridiculous, but a lot of Helix users never discover toe switch exists.

Yes. The Toe Switch is programable in Command Center like every other manipulator.

https://line6.com/support/tickets/

Charlie? Not Bob Vance, Vance Refrigeration? ;)

"Snapshot safe", "Snapshot protect" - disabling snapshot bypass automation for chosen DSP blocks.

https://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Snapshots-2-0-Overlays!/830999-23508#idea-tab-comments

https://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Unaffected-blocks-in-snapshots/836513-23508#idea-tab-comments

https://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Disable-Snapshots-for-Individual-FX-Blocks/916071-23508#idea-tab-comments

https://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Snapshot-INDEPENDENT-effect/836872-23508#idea-tab-comments

https://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Exclude-specific-effects-blocks-from-Snapshots/893972-23508#idea-tab-details

2 hours ago, duncann said:

So it would in effect expand - to a switch by switch basis, instead of an entire preset only - the snapshot edit global for recall/discard. Keep the current global as it is, but if one wants to override that global for each switch, perhaps a couple of settings could be added to the command center for each assignable switch. There does seem to be room there for more. One encoder could determine where each switch gets its snapshot edit value from: Global/Recall/Discard. Another encoder could determine what to override: Entire Block/Parameters/Both. Could be useful.

Sounds reasonable to consider.

I have upvoted all six ideas phil_m found for me. Thank you!

My quirk post was a joke (as I stated) but I found Jens from Hamburg who claims he has made it:
 

Hi, me again

In between i got the line6 helix working fine with a hack, which is to 
set an arbitray rate i have readout from another interface on the same 
bus. This works reliable so far, no more clicks, no xruns over several 
hours. There must be som magic to get the true usbrate from this device, 
but i did no fond a way yet, so my hack is more something unique for my 
working situation.

I also tried to get the implicite feeback from the capture interface to 
the pb interface to get a proper sync_ep, but still the rate is plain stiff.

Another problem is the mixer, which should be a plain passthrough. Cause 
ctrl interface is somewhat broken pure alsa does not work, but jack can 
create the device just fine.

I attach below the lsusb dump from the helix + my hack and the resulting 
working proc for further investigation.

Any ideas and voodoo is welcome.

Cheers ... Jens

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10113121/

So who is the admin on ideascale to redirect repeating ideas, close doubles etc?
Is such unmoderated ideascale useful for Line6 at all?

4 minutes ago, phil_m said:

I think there is an existing IdeaScale entry about this somewhere, as I remember someone bringing it up before.

Let's find it then!

4 minutes ago, phil_m said:

I think there's a danger in having a lot of different parameters that affect things in ways that aren't entirely transparent.

Of course it will be hundrets of threads about it. Albeit Helix is already rather complex computer device with steep learning curve.

7 minutes ago, phil_m said:

I think that's especially true when you're talking about people using third party presets and such.

It will not change anything for them. If preset makers want to use such a feature, in their best interest is to teach customers how to use it.

The owner manual is teaching users think about snapshots in "verse, bridge, chorus" pattern. It is OK for organized musicians but when it comes to improvisation, the current (2.70) snapshot implementation seems a little bit stiff.
When I get three more users interested in this thread I promise to submit it to ideascale.