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Having worked with lexan and plexiglass for numerous projects previously, it's hardly impossible. It won't look as nice or be as quick as waterjet cutting, but it works fine after a little light sanding. I'm not claiming it will look as nice as this product, but it'll have the same utility and be a fraction of the cost. I also don't know when I'd use it except on a stage where nobody can see it, since I'm not worried about spills or other damage in my office/"studio", so I'd be more concerned over utility rather than appearance, but that's again just my personal thought on it Again, it's a nice product - it's just very expensive, and as I said, you don't need my validation of your purchase. I'm glad you're happy with it and thank you for sharing the link!

Good point - I have a Shuriken Variax as well. I got it after the Helix, and I didn't realize that the stomp didn't have that integration. Turns out I had more foresight than I thought! The Stomp is still an absolutely amazing product at that price point. If I had been on a tighter budget, I would have absolutely gotten it.

While those look nice, I completely agree that it's an incredibly high price for it, and something like carbon fiber is silly on this. Another ounce or two of plastic isn't going to matter for this use, use something cheaper. Not that carbon fiber is even that expensive these days. While it wouldn't be nearly as nice, you could probably fashion something quick out of cheap plexiglass that would do the job of protecting it at gigs or anywhere else you're worried about damage for just a couple bucks for the plexiglass and a tool to cut some holes in it if you don't already have a drill and a dremel or an xacto knife of some sort. I would have considered it for maybe $20 just to save some trouble and have something that looked a bit nicer. That said, to those of you ordering it and happy with it, all power to you. You certainly don't need anyone else's validation of it!

I can understand it, though. I was initially going to get the stomp, but the extra footswitches and most importantly the scribble strips pushed me to the full Helix Floor, and I'm really glad I did. I know it's not that important unless you're playing live and have a bad memory, but even with recording and screwing around, they add a lot of value to everything. Everything else that comes with the Helix Floor is also nice, but for me, scribble strips were the killer feature.

I'm using Reaper (Win 64bit) and Helix with no issues. I use the ASIO Helix driver in Reaper, and I didn't adjust the buffer at all. I'm on a fairly beefy system though. If you're using the ASIO driver already, try adjusting the slider to the right, I think, and see if that helps. My only issues I have with Reaper and the Helix are pretty much entirely related to lack of talent, ability, and knowledge on how to use Reaper or how recording/mixing/mastering is supposed to work in the first place.

For what it's worth, I bought and installed a bunch of Greg's patches and IRs yesterday evening without any trouble, using latest HX Edit and 2.71 firmware, so at the very least it's not a universal problem with people who recently purchased some of his IRs.

Right, I fully agree on the Powercab being inappropriate for mix, which is why I'm getting the monitors in the first place. I was just hoping to have a dumb special snowflake setup, but you guys are right that the monitors will just be better for it even during playing/recording. I guess I'll relegate the Powercab to "screwing around" or "playing elsewhere" duties, which you're right that it's better suited for than recording duties anyways. It's not really what I wanted to hear, but you're both undoubtedly correct and I'll probably end up liking it better after a day or two of adjustment anyways! Soon enough I'll be forced to stop focusing on equipment and actually address my terrible playing and practice a ton more. That's affecting my recording a lot more than amp choice! Thanks!

The short version is that it's what I'm used to, playing out of a mono amp. Headphones or speakers slightly weird me out when I've tried them recently or in the past. It's dumb. I think you're right and I'm just going to have to get past it, honestly. I need to re-learn how to play the guitar anyways, I haven't played in about 10 years after selling my stuff for rent money until my wife got me a new one for Christmas this year, and I wasn't very good in the first place. Thank you! I'm still interested if anyone else has any ideas, but that's probably going to just be the way I need to go with it.

Hey all, I had a question about the best way to accomplish a goal. Basically, I've been using Reaper to record stuff, via USB from the Helix (and the ASIO driver). I also have a Powercab 112 hooked up to left XLR out on the Helix for my "amp in the room" sound. I've also occasionally been using the Powercab for mixing, although it's not very good at it. I briefly used the ASIO4ALL driver to set helix for input only and use the computer speakers for mixing, but I'm overall not happy with that. I also have some studio headphones going directly into the Helix that I use for various mixing/monitor type stuff occasionally. I'm planning on picking up some KRK Rokit 6 G3 monitor speakers because I don't like using headphones or the powercab for mixing. They can be hooked up via (balanced) TRS 1/4" or XLR. I plan to use them mostly for playback and mixing, although I may end up using them somewhat for a monitor while recording. My questions relate on how to hook all of this up. Ideally, I'd like the Powercab to be used while playing and recording, while the monitor speakers are used for playback and mixing. However, I don't believe there's really any good way to do this with everything running through the Helix, is there? I'm also not sure how to hook these up best. The only balanced outputs on the Helix are the XLR, and one of those is already in use for the Powercab. I could maybe switch that to 1/4" unbalanced, but I'd rather not if I don't have to. I don't really want to use unbalanced 1/4" for the Monitors either. What I'm leaning towards at the moment is hook everything up via XLR and just reach down and switch plugs around when I'm playing/recording vs mixing, but that's a bit of a pain and I'd like to avoid it. So, to boil this down a bit more: 1.) Is it possible to have the monitors and the powercab hooked up to the Helix at the same time but have the powercab only for playing and the monitors only for playback? If so, how can I do this? I don't really want to use ASIO4ALL and hook the monitors up to the computer because I have a garbage onboard sound card and don't really want to buy a new one, plus I'm not keen on 1/8" -> XLR. 2.) What's the best way to wire this thing all together? I can't afford a mixing console or anything right now. Apologies if I'm unclear or confusing anywhere. I'm pretty new to the whole studio/recording thing. Thanks!

Use the Line 6 updater tool that you can download from Line 6 and it should do everything you need.