PaulTBaker

If you do this, how do you activate Exp2?

agree with the pickups and guitars. If the mesa is not working for you, try using the litigator. I have a few presets using the Litigator that sound close to that. Try in Minatour and the Compulsive (?).

I have had a situation where I have a footswitch assigned to multiple parameters of an amp. for example, on will increase the master and lower the drive and the bass, off will reverse these. In playing around with this, sometimes the light for on/off gets switched. Which is what I think you want. When this happens, I found that if I just tap the footswitch (not press all the way down) it will cycle the light on or off. So if the footswitch is On, tap it and the light goes off. Save the preset. This seems to let me do what you are trying to do. So pullup your preset. Step on the footswitch to go to drive (light should be off). Just tap the footswitch, the light should go on. Save the preset. You should be good to go. If that doesn't work, play around with the Global parameter for selecting the footswitch and then try my suggestion again. Good luck.

Yes, it is best to "set" your tone at playing volume, however if that is not possible, there are some posts on here that talk about adding an EQ to the end of your chain that supposedly simulates the Fletcher Munson effect at low volumes. Sort of like a loudness button on the stereo. The idea is you turn on the eq at low volumes and make then tweak other things to make that sound good, then turn off the eq at the end when you play live (louder). Lots of posts on this, look them up and they give you examples of settings for the eq block. Of course they are no where near exact, but by messing with them, you start to learn what is going on. When I was starting out, I did use these eq tricks and they did help. Eventually, your ears will get used to how to set things in low volume that will translate to high volume, but the eq trick can help. Some of the main things people say (and folks please correct me if I have them backwards:)) are don't use as much drive as you think for your dirty and leads. The low end and extreme high end will sound much louder than the mids when given more volume. So at low volumes your tones may be dull or not bassy enough, but that may be perfect at louder volumes. Have fun, don't get frustrated, cause when you hit that tone, it is worth it! Good luck.

Thank you! I'll try changing to the quarter notes for easier tapping.

I have a helix floor and stomp xl. Been using Line 6 stuff since the first pod. Been reading this site for years and have enjoyed most of the conversations and have learned a ton. Thank you! For some of my patches I have a delay (or trem, or Chorus, etc.) and i have recently changed the timing to use the tap tempo. I would love to know how some of you are doing this. do you have it set to 1/4, 1/8??? which is easiest to change when playing live. I know this is a very open question, so let me explain why I'm asking. I have a hard time setting the time using the tap tempo live. For example, if I want it to get to 120, I can't really do that. I have not figured out the best way to make the adjustment by tapping. Let's take a slap back on the delay. I used to set it manually at 130 to 150. now I have it set to tap tempo 1/8. the thought being I could change it live depending on what I want. I know I need to just dig in and keep playing with it, and I will. I would like to hear how you guys have it set up. Is it easier to tap what you need when it is set to 1/4 instead of 1/8? Things like that is what I'm looking for. Thanks....

sorry, but the "keep drummer ontime button" doesn't come out until the next release!!! Haha.

I loved my HD500x expecially through my DT-25. Unfortunately, the DT-25 was not very reliable and finally bricked when I tried upgrading to version 2.0. I moved to helix LT, then to Helix Floor because it was a lot more sturdy (at least imo). I am very happy with the Helix. I tried to replicate my patches from the 500x as a start. That was not really successful. I have spent tons of time reading (Jason Sadites, John Nathan Cordy, and some other guy :) ) and have learned alot about the helix from them as well as trial and error. Knock on wood, the support has been very good. I had only one upgrade where i got in trouble, but Line6 quickly got me unstuck. So if possible, I suggest upgrading to the helix. I also have the PC +112, and PC+212 and I really like both of those. Best of luck to you. Also, there are a lot of smart and helpful people on this site that are glad to go through this journey with you!

couple of things.... 1. for me, the only cab that I can get a good sound (to me anyway) is the 1x15 Ampeg B-15. All the other ones (all of them, even the new ones) sound to metalic like to me. Especially through the headphones. I run though the PC+212 and PC+112 as well as through a behringer XR18 going through two ZLX's. 2. the high cut will get rid of what I think you are hearing as digital clipping. In some cases I cut as low as 4k... normally around 6-8k. so you could try the Ampeg cab and/or cut some highs. You can do it in the Cab settings (this is a more gradual cut) or add a Parametric EQ towards the end of your chain and just use the high and low cuts. (thank you Jason Sadites)

it sounds like you may have a noise gate on that could be killing your sound. Click on the first input block and see if the noise gate is on. good luck!

Some time back people were swearing by putting the kinky boost inbetween the amp and the cab. They said it made a huge difference, in a good way. A google search of that could tell you more. I tried it and it wasn't necessary for what I was doing.

Wow, as my dear old mom used to say "what an age we live in!" :)

the helix bag (which I had for years before I knew what they were for :) ) has these little loops in it at the top. You can put the clips (don't know what they are called but they are spring loaded) and put your cables in the clips.

I don't understand all this talk about tuning! Next time buy a guitar that is in tune!!!! :) just kidding of course :)

That is exactly what I was looking for... Thank you!

actually, I don't think Command Center will let you change EVERYTHING.... it would be nice to be able to change the Tap/Tuner ... you CAN change most everything else though!

The buttons on my Helix Floor are getting a little picky. Sometimes (usually at the wrong time) they will not work. I have to hit them several times to make them work. What is the best way to fix (or clean them). Thanks... I thought I had posted this earlier, but I can't find it.... so thanks again, if you replied earlier!

I see what you are saying, however, I keep thinking of this great floor board I bought several years ago because I loved what it did then.... and then I find out the company put out FREE updates... and keeps on doing that!!!! To me that is awesome.

The buttons on my Helix floor are becoming flakey, meaning that sometime I have to stomp them several times to get the to activate or deactivate (change). I remember some people taking about how they cleaned the buttons, but there was something about losing some springs? My question is what is the best process for cleaning the buttons... and does it sound like cleaning would help my problem? Thanks!

this may be a different issue, however, there were threads awhile back that talk about what shows on the PC screen. It had something to with the correct speaker would be selected, however the PC screen may not change to a different preset when changing the speaker from the helix. Bottom line was you get the speaker you want and just disregard what the PC screen says.....at least that is what I took away from that!

If you offload it (speaker or IR) to the PC, then you have to go from the PC to the FOH. Correct?

I can say I really love the PC112plus.... however I dont use the speaker models. I run it in LF Raw mode. But I love the way it sounds.... To me, the PC would give you more flexibility, however, it may not sound exactly like the black shadow..... it could be better or worse... depends on what you like. I always go with the more options.... but that's me.

I think I understand and I do the same thing. I have a footswitch set to the output block and set it to 0 min and +3 max. works great. boost is after everything so nothing is changed tone wise, it's just louder!

and ice?

Your point is a good one and is probably shared with mostly newish or new to modeling level of players. I can see where it would make sense, buy this and it will sound like this! However, in reality as many have said (in billions of posts) that is not possible. The most Line6 can do it try to make the defaults for the amps, effects, etc. sound the best it can through a range of monitoring systems (maybe the wrong words but I mean whatever is used to get sound from the Helix). IMO, they have gotten better at that. For the new players that don't get immediately turned off, this can be a great learning opportunity that can improve their knowledge of what makes a good tone which I believe can help them be a better player. I don't know if it would be possible to "qualify" new customers' expectations on the possibilities of the expected sound without hurting the product sales. However, I believe that would help new players not get discouraged so fast. I know in my case, I really have enjoyed the "tone" rabbit hole and have learned so much from sites like this.... and I have been playing line6 stuff since the first beans.....