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The key ingredient of the sound is the slapback delay. It doubles your sound so that it has that "tile room" sound. Then maybe some kind of a distortion, flanger... recorded directly without an amp. It could be a thousand things that went into the sound, but I definitely hear the slapback.

I have had that popping sound in one of my presets with a regular electric guitar. In my case it was the the acoustic sim on the HELIX itself that made the popping sound. I opened a ticket and got a response with an attached fixed preset: ... I can hear the sound glitch you reported. I think the AC-2 is one of those effects that needs to go near or at the very beginning in the signal chain. Another thing that I've seen makes the popping sound worse in my case was the volume pedal that I used to cut the input volume. It made the popping sound a lot worse.

Use the EQ block to boost 2K 10 decibel... place that block right before the amp. I've been doing this on virtual and physical amps for the last 5 years. And now this works just as well on the Helix. Works like a charm. Do NOT make it louder. Make it piercings Check out my "kitchen sink" preset: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Yumi3gTcxKQvqFgouNNu7jrQBdD54oyd/view?usp=sharing Video explaining what's going in in the preset is here: See my signal path for the solos (top row snapshots) P.S.: I asked the sound guy if my sound balance was ok with this method and he assured me that it was: meaning he barely needed to boost me/lower my volume throughout. We have been working together for several years, and this is the first time he was really happy with how little work he had to do. I played a 22-song set in June using the Helix to FOH as my only effects/amp.

One cool way of using snapshots is to use change the mix parameters of various blocks to 0 or 100 percent. When at 0, they are essentially bypassed. In my case, I have several filters and a wah blocks, all within the same preset. I only want to have one filter per snapshot. So I set the rest mixed at 0 percent and they do not make any sound. I set all these blocks to be engaged with an EXP pedal. So as a result, in my preset I have 3 different filter / special effects that I can engage within specific snapshots with the exp pedal. It's a shame not all blocks have a mix parameter....

Not sure why you don't want to add the amp block to the signal path as it suits your needs. If you don't want both guitar signals to be processed by the amp, then relocate the amp block up above. I think you should watch some videos about how to route multiple inputs. It's just a wiring diagram. What you see is what you get, no surprises. There are some people who do preset building workshops remotely. Otherwise, watch this video, this guy is excellent

lmao. I mean my question is that does the washer play a structural role in the FS...Like if it just shatters, does the button fall in? that's all.

Howdy. I have an LT I bought used. I noticed one of the footswitch's clear plastic washer/ring is cracked. I fixed the crack using "plastic surgery" plastic glue. After that, I noticed a 2nd crack started to form. The cracks are following the 4 lines underneath the ring. There are these 4 lines that divide the area into 4 sectors. I follow the "if it ain't broke, don't fix" saying. So how bad/dangerous is it to have this cracked washer/ring? Can my footswitch fail? thanks!

Let me explain how I use snapshots. I use a different preset for each song. If there are some sections in a specific song, for example only 2 (rhythm and solo), then I create 7 identical snapshots with blank scribble strip texts, and one that says "SOLO". If there is a song that uses one sound throughout, I just have 8 identical snapshots that have blank text. There's no way to delete a snapshot, you can just choose which ones do what.

For the master volume question -- that's easy. You can control several things with one expression pedal. So simply add as many volume pedal blocks as needed. In your case, put one volume pedal at the end of your acoustic path. Put another one at the end of your electric path. Use the "learn" feature to assign the expression pedal to your 2nd volume pedal. Disable bypass -- since you always want the volume pedal to work. And you will have 2 volume pedals moving in synch. But that's besides the point.... For all the other questions... you route your acoustic to "multi", and also route your electric to "multi". Instead, you want to route both electric and acoustic to a combined path 2A. That way you can put effects on the combined path (2A), and only need one volume pedal. That's the main issue you are having. You should also be able to put the looper on the very last "line", and it will combine both acoustic and electric sounds and loop them. You need to look at this as a real wiring diagram. Figure out what you need to accomplish. Like, do you want 2 instruments to be routed out independently, or combined into one signal path and processed together.

Right?!? Since they are inverting black/white for the pedalboard mode. If it were my call, I'd also have the same snapshot name view as the Helix LT. To me my signal chain view is absolutely freaking USELESS! I am playing a show, and I don't care about the order of my blocks. So it's just a huge waste of a huge screen to display all these blocks. When playing an outdoor show during daytime, Helix LT has better visibility than the floor. Good thing I have both :) -- LT is my workhorse, practice tool and the Floor is what I take to [dark] gigs. On a dark stage, the scribble strips absolutely saved my lollipop last time -- no way I'd be able to see anything, unless I changed the ring lights setting.

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Sharing my experience: You need to have good balanced sound without global EQ. I set up my global EQ so that I could compensate for having too much bass frequencies that some amps have, when I go into the effects loop. The global EQ is meant to apply only to your monitor mix, since your unadulterated sound that is going to FOH is perfect with perfect balance. Get a friend who's a sound guy to come over to your house. There are phone apps that do sound spectrum analysis. You can also do that on the computer using any DAW as well. Have the sound guy analyze your sound and make adjustments so it's within what is expected from a guitarist. (I'm not a sound person myself). Make adjustments on the amp block, etc until all the bad frequencies are gone.

The price is $1599 as far as I know, so exactly the same as the Helix floor. But it's got no pedal :) and has one fewer FS....

Helix is more user-friendly for me. Both processors have the same capabilities. At this point as a Helix user, there are no sounds that the Helix does not have, which I need. Which one is better? It's just about the capabilities, processing power, etc. Even though as far as I'm concerned, the Helix is doing just fine with processing power, maybe except poly shift -- there's a slight lag. There's a song where I transpose my whole guitar a step down and it is is noticeably "not together" with my picking. One more thing... Fractal just has a reputation of being professional touring gear. Line 6 does not for most. I used to scoff when I saw somebody using a Line 6 Spider amp, for example. Now obviously, I'm a Line 6 Helix fan and don't plan on switching to anything. With any guitar processor, once you start using it and spend 100s of hours dialing in your presets, it'd be crazy to abandon it all and start from scratch. Unless of course you just use a pedalboard approach, then it's not so bad. I have 55 presets that I spent countless hours perfecting and am planning on continuing to use them for a long time.

You have it auto-bypassed after reaching below 5% or something like that. When you put your EXP in the heel position, the volume block gets bypassed, and that's why you have volume all over again. Just clear the bypass assignment: In HX edit, select "Bypass/Controller Assign" section. Find your volume pedal in the list, and remove the "bypass" one: right-click and select 'remove assignment'. That way your volume pedal will always be on and when at heel position, will mute your sound.

Tone is in the fingers, man. I have come to a realization a long time ago, that I can dial in my "signature" tone with any amplifier: Vox, Fender, Marshall; using any basic distortion pedal (not Octavio). Helix has everything you'd ever need. It takes some time to conjure familiar sounds out of it, using workarounds, hacks or running multiple things instead of one. With very few exceptions, it has an ability to replace 99 percent of guitar rigs. I also think it's silly to use pedals with a processor -- it's meant to replace everything.

I don' think that is possible. Just use the preset-per-song approach, and use snapshots inside presets. Order your presets in the order of your set list. Snapshots are great--no audio dropouts when changing sounds.

You can change the color of the snapshots' button rings!!! The easiest way is in the editor. Just right-click on the snapshot in HX edit and select several option for the color. You can set the color of the ring to always be visible even if the snapshot is not engaged. Or have it be disabled all together.

You can use command center to rearrange all your buttons. Except Mode and tap tempo.

There is loudness of the signal, and then there is perceived loudness in the mix. I have seen many times when, for example, acoustic guitar simulator sounds nice and clear at home, but during rehearsals, it is completely inaudible. You need to adjust the balance in relation to the other instruments in the group. The most important thing is equalization. You can have the same "loudness" for 2 different sounds, but one is EQ'ed differently and stands out because it's more piercing and noticeable. For all my solos, I simply add an EQ block right before the amp and boost 2K 10dB. The best recommendation I can give you from my personal experience is keep your sound consistent in terms of the meat and potatoes setup: distortion type, amp block, cab block, IR. Pick one amp for clean, and another for dirty sounds tops. Don't go all out with multiple amps for each song section. There will always be various nuances where each virtual amp may sit differently in the mix, and you will get inconsistent results during your gig. Some PAs exaggerate certain frequencies, unlike what you get at home. Figure out how to take have lead/vs rhythm sounds. Try the EQ approach that I use. And then after tweaking things at home, be prepared to tweak things some more during rehearsals. In terms of loudness, you can set the amp's volume/master volume, and change the output level of each snapshot or preset. However, again, I don't recommend taking care of solos that way. It will not work for all situations.

There is also the same limitation with global EQ -- on your computer you can have fractions, but on the Helix itself you can only have whole numbers. I, like many, use the editor. It's just so much easier and faster to do it on the computer. For some quick fixes, I tweak things on the Helix itself. But most of the time I don't tweak things live because my presets have already been adjusted during rehearsals. When I first started using the Helix, I brought the laptop to the rehearsal to make adjustments. So unless you are having a continuous delayed note throughout the whole song, fractions or even a few digits off is not going to be a big issue. Tap in the tempo and save it. Or use an editor and save the presets.

the problem is that you added a volume pedal at the end of one path, but not the other. As a result, you can never turn down your signal to zero.

I downloaded the preset. Something is weird. You have 2 "Multi" input paths (first line and 2nd line). Usually there should be one input path, but that's besides the point. You have 2 Multi-output paths: line 2 and line 3. But you have only one Volume pedal on line 3. As a result, line 2 always comes through. If this preset sounds good to you, then just copy the volume pedal in the editor, and paste it at the end of line 2. You can control multiple things with the same expression pedal, so you will get your master volume pedal that way. When you rock the pedal, it'll be controlling 2 volume pedals.

I just tried it and updated my presets! This was exactly what I needed, instead of notes getting louder and louder/piercing. Thanks a lot!