kdrottar

I have tried tie wrap or guitar pick in the strings and for the amount of time I need the effect, it works and the price is right... until it inevitably falls out mid song. The EHX stuff sounds great. Yikes! POG 2 is $400 and a Poly Chorus is discontinued/unobtainium. Too rich for me. Any alternatives within Helix itself? Thanks for the quick replies!

Could possibly be some combination of existing effects that sounds like a steel drum. Any suggestions, help greatly appreciated.

When stuff stops working as expected, it's easiest to blame the last thing that changed. Although the issue was not encountered before the band switched to HX Stomps, you all have convinced me the only sensible path to resolution is treating it as a mixer gain staging problem, nothing intrinsic in Helix. I am grateful. Thanks!

Thanks for the continuing discussion and suggestions. It's a Mackie 808 mixer. Converting HX Stomp line level output to balanced line (mic) input to PA did not remove the distortion. Turning my question around... Has anyone on this thread actually used two HX Stomps through a PA in a live music performance? Did it work for your band? Was there anything special that needed to be done?

Thanks for the replies. Two guitars, two Stomps, two channels of one PA. Both HX Stomp patches set relatively clean sounding. The output of the PA is distorted as in sounding harsh/buzzy/unpleasant. Not distorted in a good way. Line level, direct from HX Stomp to PA channel has been tried. Converting HX Stomp line level output to balanced line input to PA channel has been tried. Neither has any positive effect. PA is not anywhere near its maximum output. Neither PA channel indicates an overload condition. Keeping input levels consistent, one guitar with HX Stomp, other guitar with mic'd amplifier into two channels of PA does not distort. Both guitars with mic'd amplifiers into two channels of PA does not distort. Two guitars, two HX Stomps, two channels of PA distorts. Does this rule out the PA? I don't know specifically how Helix works... Is it possible that Helix passes some digital oversampling frequency artifacts (normally inaudible) into its output and if these two Stomps are not synchronized in some way, then when combined in the PA, nasty sum and difference tones are created? The band travels and really wants a multiple HX Stomp solution to work, so again, any help greatly appreciated.

Running two guitars each with an HX Stomp through PA. Either one alone sounds great. Both together sound distorted. None of the level meters indicate a problem. Any idea what is going on and how this could be fixed? Thanks in advance.