briandampsim

i have this issue too. it drives me insane

Hmm I wonder what makes the helix hardware work differently from the plugin. How can the hardware adapt to different pickups and stuff but the interface can’t?

Do you change your levels for every song?

im trying to work out how to use it live and work with changing volume knobs and pickups and stuff

Hey guys. I followed the input gain advice and dialed the input of my interface back to where I’m hitting helix native at -18 a -24 dB. My DI waveform however now looks really weak.

my other question is if you were using this and recording sections where you switch pickups often how would Native react properly? Would you have to readjust the input gain on the interface? I’m struggling to wrap my head around this. Perhaps I get my highest output(bridge humbucker) in the right range and everything else falls in line as it naturally should?  I.e. the neck pickup will be quieter due to its lower output. 

Is the small waveforms a problem for the DI?

On 7/21/2016 at 2:56 PM, vickersr said:

I love this thread.  I recently was frustrated that you can't do a toe switch expression pedal setup with Helix so I gutted a old wha and then decided to go nuts with it.  Basically, I turned it into a actual midi expression pedal.  Give 9V and a midi connection to the Helix (or any midi capable device) and I now have expression with a toe switch.  Since I based the circuit around a RFDuino that meant I also had access to BLE so I went even crazier and built an iOS app so I can change the midi channels and the CC #s via my phone.  I have not added up parts cost or time, but it was a really fun project so worth it either way.  

 

I'm really impressed with the thought that went into the Helix overall, this was just a nit on my part.

 

 

I don’t mean to bring up old news but I love this and want to make it. I also made a midi foot controller on teensy that just has 5 switches right now but I have to go into the code all the time to change the cc value it’s spitting out. Do you know how i could learn to make a GUI like you?

Right but does impedance matching matter to get the sound accurate of your different pickups!

yeah my snapshots are not reclling bypass block state

nvm i figured it out. cc 0 was mapped to something else. I switched to 21 and it worked fine.

Hey guys I have an envelop to control Snapshots for plugin Helix Native in Reaper. 

Helix has Snapshot Index midi automation controllable so it puts the control on an envelope. It is an index of 8 and can be controlled by Midi Learn CC. 

I have it set to Midi cc 0 and mi controller is sending values 16 32 48 64 80 so i should get snapshots 1 2 3 4 5

not working though. any advise?

cant get this to work in reaper. please advise

I actually cant seem to get this to switch the snapshot index. anyone successful?

Thanks! With that info I can code my controller to send out values for this 

yeah i would have to be really on time for that to work. Right now the gang is mostly improvising. The nicer use case for me would be if i could assign midi to modify that automation lane. You have at least pointed me down the right trail to look Soundog. Thanks

1 hour ago, soundog said:

HXN doesn't directly support MIDI control yet (it is planned). But that doesn't mean you can't control snapshots, and you can do it via external MIDI controllers or DAW automation:

• Snapshot control via your DAW automation is fully supported by HXN, and works great (at least in Logic Pro X, which I’m using; it should work in any major DAW). Just follow the instructions on how to do this in the HXN manual. 
• If you want to control Helix Native using external MIDI controllers in real-time, and if your DAW supports "controller assignments," you can usually simply assign controls to plug-in parameters. Logic Pro X, and Reaper, for example, can do this via a "Learn" function. Most major DAWs support controller assignments.

so i figured out how to turn parameters on for snapshot control. 

I see where to select "Snapshot Index" from the FX parameter list. It puts a little sub track below the main track in REAPER. I am assuming I can program this subtrack to automate snapshot changes but not exactly sure how that is actually done. 

I am trying to use Native live. With snapshots it should be pretty straight forward. just need to figure out how to trigger snapshot changes with midi

i see the FX Parameter Snapshot Index but not sure how to control that in Reaper. 

I have a teensy based MIDI controller that i can program to send whateve codes i want, just need a solid plan of what midi codes ill need to send to get a board going. 

thanks gang!

On 3/5/2018 at 7:29 AM, zivdud said:

I solved my problem by just getting an active DI and now it sounds just like my Helix Hardware.

I am curious to know about this. I only have Helix Native not the hardware. 

I have just a behringer UMC204HD interface and I feel like i would get better response between my different guitars i.e. having them sound individual and unique  by getting access to the impedance matching that the helix and axefx have. 

does your active DI box provide this effect?