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LesSand

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  1. https://line6.ideascale.com/c/idea/88919 Just posted this in IdeaScale, vote it up if you too find it useful ☺️ Cheers! -Les
  2. Has anyone tried to open a PC+ 212 using the same front grille technique?
  3. Surprised, not at all. ☺️ Annoyed… Yes? Maybe? I was less focused on my feelings, and more in solving the problem. ☺️ And right you are, this is very clearly stated in the manual, which was very helpful of Line 6. I also suspect this is not the kind of limitation that can be resolved via software with the current hardware, hence me not even feeling very motivated to add an entry in IdeaScale. Man, I took the blue pill - I’m firmly attached to the Matrix! What do you mean zeros and ones sound bad? Don’t you miss the sweet sound of a 28.8 mbps modem?? lol
  4. Few things I inconvenient, analog audio inputs not withstanding: I like tweaking my sounds and especially tracking guitars using the PowerCab for the amp-in-the-room feel. This is made extra convenient because I record the Helix guitar signal sans cab - I rely a lot more on IRs and other cab sims in the box. However, when I switch the PC on, I lose the S/PDIF link between the Helix and the Clarett. At such times, I switch the Logic Pro audio input interface to Helix USB, and thus can still record Helix digital audio. I find the back and forth inconvenient, nonetheless. Other times, however, I do prefer to track while listening to the full mix on headphones (or monitors). When I do that, I have been able to feel the latency when monitoring the Helix USB input. That doesn’t happen when I use the Clarett for all I/O in Logic - the Clarett allows me to internally route the Helix digital signal straight to whatever monitoring channel I’m using (monitor speakers or headphones). Finally, there will be a rackmount Torpedo soon in here at home sitting between the Helix and the Clarett (so I can also record an old TA-30 that I love), so now even more so my cab simulation will be happening outside the Helix box. With the Torpedo, I will at least be able to not use Clarett analog inputs (I have a bunch of mics and other stuff permanently hooked up to them). I hope the Torpedo A-D conversion is as bad*ss as the Helix’s, but I’m actually less sensitive about that, and more about the ridiculous amount of RF interference I have around me. I’ve had RF issues in the past in this location even when using some decent cables. So concerns with RF, latency and frequently switching across audio devices are my biggest motivations for staying as much as possible in the digital domain and have as static as possible a routing.
  5. Thanks for putting some thought on it, @HonestOpinion! What you described is EXACTLY what I was thinking too, but wanted to hear from you folks first. And I too was wondering about differences between L6L and AES/EBU protocols, whether a passive solution would even make sense or if would need to look for a digital splitter (if that even exists; would I then need to worry about clocking... a potential rabbit hole), but it didn't occur to me that there could be actually physical malfunction caused by it. Thanks for bringing this up, this perspective now gives me some extra pause. And all of this because I'm trying to avoid using two simple analog cables... Ugh. Just saying that makes me feel dirty. I wish I could digitize my ears and listen to zeros and ones. (-:
  6. Good! If I don't get a solution, at least we got a laugh out of it :-D
  7. Has anyone found any creative ways (other than using USB) to have a Helix (Rack) connect to a PowerCab 212+ via L6 Link and still allow for some sort of digital output (into a soundcard, for instance)? I use a Helix Rack + PC 212+ alongside a Clarett 8Pre and am bummed that switching on my PowerCab (connected to the Helix via L6) disables the S/PDIF output - I use the latter to intake the Helix signal, keeping some analog channels open and staying in the digital realm. I quickly perused the forum, but didn’t find any ideas that’d specifically address that scenario. Self-deprecatingly, -LesSand
  8. Couldn’t have asked for more helpful answers, cruision2 and spikey, thank you! Now back to the original programming... or not. :-)
  9. A bit off topic, but I have been considering doing this for a while now. Any tips/caveats? I suppose the first one is to not buy one pre-routed for Strats?
  10. Thank you, PierM - that helped me quite a bit. And since it's a trim level specifically for the compression driver, it shouldn't affect the XLR audio. And amsdenj, I would have thought the same - I read somewhere that the compression driver is off in speaker simulation mode, so it stands to reason this would only work for FRFR. However, I'm simulating speakers in the PC 212+ and the HF trim still works and brightened up my tone. Incidentally - and I'm not sure if/why this would matter - but I hooked the Helix Rack to the PC 212+ via L6 Link.
  11. Yeah, the mod worked like a charm for me, am a happy camper! The only small thing is that now is that pedal gets to 100% just about 1 to 2 mm before the end of travel. I can only imagine it's because of the slide resistor tolerance. I'd love the Helix to have the ability to run a calibration and adapt to pedal slight variations. Maybe this needs to go to IdeaScale...
  12. Do the reasons for this pairing have to do with tone, or is it just circumstantial? I had my Friedman delivered last night, will spend the afternoon on it.
  13. Wow, I haven't seen a single ASM-12 on these posts so far. Any happy Friedman users out there? I ended up opting for it instead of the Fender Acoustic Pro (which would have been a better acoustic amp option), hope I don't regret the purchase.
  14. I wonder the same. I just received my M2, hooked it up to EXP 3, added a Volume block to my signal chain, assigned controller to position and I'm seeing the parameter go from 0% to 58% and then back to 0%.
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