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If it’s on a preset that’s saved with a certain bpm value, then it’s only a case of moving the downbeat to a different point. And that is possible with one hit.

Ok. thanks ✌️

Hi. Without any tempo syncing from external device, is there a way to get effects to work in tempo? I often program one song per preset. And snapshots per song section. This way I can easily get delay times dialed to the tempo for each song. If I want to. The problem appears if I want a envelope effect or tremolo to work with the tempo of the song. I’ve heard that with the H9 you can program the effect to let’s say 130bpm, and with just one hit on the footswitch on the downbeat you are now locked in. For as long as the whole band stays on 130bpm. If you start to drift a little you could just hit the footswitch again. I haven’t found a way to do this on Helix. Does anyone know if it’s possible? I know I can just tap multiple times. But I don’t love the idea of tapping tempo while playing.

Hi. I had an issue last night with helix recieving midi. We run Ableton and midi over usb. We have experienced this one time earlier during rehersals, but that was with another unit (hx stomp). And the problem was solved by simply restarting the stomp. Yesterday it was the helix that had problems receiving midi. Some changes did work. It changed snapshot sometimes. Sometimes not. And it did not change song (PC message). And restarting it didn’t work Luckilly I had a backup on my helix floor, so I ran backstage and grabbed that. Plugged it in and finished the set. Now the helix (guitar) and hx stomp (banjo/mandoline) is connected to a powered usb hub. The hub is then connected to a iconnectivity Playaudio12. Do you guys think it will it be more stable if we buy the midi expansion unit from iconnectivity? With din-connectors.

This is kind of like the 4 cable method. But my amp doesen’t have a fx loop. So the only way of getting the sound of the whole amp is to get the speaker output and attenuating it down to line level. Works great. I have rewired the speakers in the amp, so I can run it stand alone like before in mono, or plugging my power amp into the speakers in stereo. Did this with the type of jack sockets where the signal runs through the terminals if nothing is plugged in. 2ohm mono and 4ohm stereo. probably freaks out some guitar nerds with an old fender amp with stereo delays. Haha. :)

Thanks. Guitar cable all the way then! :)

The reason for the crazy routing is because I perfer my old tube amp. But in most settings thats way too loud. And I love using the helix for effects and cab sim. And I’m now able to get both the sound of a cranked super reverb and stereo effects. AND I’m able to dial in the perfect volume on stage without changing the tone going to FOH. I also do gigs without any sound on stage. Just the amp going to the attenuator and into the helix. And on a lot of gigs I use just the helix. I love my rig and the ability to change it up to suit the gig. The reason i asked about the cables was just because I have a lot of left over mic cable multicores. And the loom would be slimmer with mic cables. I’m guessing the signal from the helix to the power amp could be mic cables. The signal from the guitar will of course need to be a guitar cable. No hum btw. The sb6 does the trick. :)

Hi. I’m gonna make a loom for a rig. And I wonder where I could use microphone cables (with jack plugs) and where it should be guitar cable. guitar -> helix -> fx loop send -> amp -> speaker output -> attenuator -> attenuator line out -> fx loop return -> 1/4 inch output -> power amp -> guitar cab. FX loop is set to instrument. The line out from the weber is pretty hot, so that gets attenuated -15dB on the way into the helix on a Radial sb6. Does the impedance change on the outputs of the helix when you change from instrument to line level on the outputs?

Yes, my marshall is making a bit more noise than the helix. about 6dB more. That I can live with. But when plugging helix into the marshall it adds more than 6dB of noise on top of that. Which makes the noise floor more than 12dB's higher with the marshall inserted than with just amp sim. And 12dB more noise is a little more than what I'm comfortable with. Here's another audio clip showing these differnces. First you hear - amp sim then - marshall inserted then - marshall inserted, but unplugging the input of the amp sim vs marshall vs marshall no input.mp3

I have measured the noise level by just adding a fx loop with just a jumper cable in the loop. I can't remember the number, but it's a lot. Of course this clip has been normalized so you can hear the difference. jumper cable.mp3

Here you can hear me playing a little bit with an almost in tune guitar :) First you hear the amp sim, then I roll down the guitar volume. The noise goes away. All good. Then I switch to the fx loop with a marshall in the loop. As you hear the noise is constant even though I roll down the volume after playing. Then I switch back and forth between amp sim and marshall with the guitar volume down. If the amp in the loop is set pretty clean i agree that it's not much of an issue, but with a cranked marshall it's a bit too much. new test.mp3

Thanks. I have tried that. Didn’t help much. The noise is generated at the loop output of the helix. If I unplug the cable between loop send and amp input the hiss goes away. All cables are testet. I’ve also tried with other outputs including the main 1/4 inch. Same result. Hiss is the same even with nothing connected on the input of the helix. turning down or up the fx send level also has very little effect on the noise. There’s allways this blanket of hiss. I’m really not that picky about this stuff. Been playing noisy single coils for many years. But I’ve allways been able to turn down guitar volume and be silent.

Thanks for answering. Good tips. But unfortonately the amp overdrive is what I want. So od pedals before amp is not actually an option. It works for sure, but then I’m just as happy with staying inside the helix. noise gate is not sounding very good in my opinion. I think I might just forget about the idea of having an amp in the loop. Have searched around a lot, and it’s pretty clear I’m not the only one finding the noise floor on the outputs too high. Just to be clear. Using the helix standalone going to FOH is dead quiet. Even with high gain amps.

Hi. I would really like to add my tube amps to my helix setup. But whatever I do I can’t seem to get the noise floor low enogh. The type of noise is hiss, not hum or cracke. Like adding a high gain distortion in the chain. Ground loop is not an issue. I’ve try with and without radial SB6 isolator both on the send and return. I have also tried both line and instrument level on both send and return. The only time I got the noise floor to an acceptable level was when I used line level on send (and return) and cranking up the level in front of the send by adding a gain block in front of the send. But then I would clip the output (send1) when hitting the guitar hard. This makes sense in terms of gain staging. By raising the signal as far towards clipping as early as possible in the chain would give the best signal/noise ratio. But that I would have to have less than 0dB headroom in the digital domain to give a somewhat quiet output seems odd to me. The amps I’ve been using is overdriving a bit which of course makes it harder to get the noise floor down. But any way, it should be possible. Been in touch with line6 support, and they say I should have it serviced by a tech. But I bough it second hand and would have to pay the repair myself. And I’m worried it’s just the design of the helix that is the problem since I have the exact same problem when I try do to this with my hx stomp. Anyone out there having luck with this helix-amp-attenuator-helix approach?