toddkc

I don't have any specific presets, but in case you aren't aware there are Acoustic IRs you can get that work the same way Cabinet IRs work. You can load those up in one (or more!) Helix IR block. For acoustic effects I usually use a compressor, chorus, delay, and reverb. I don't have your exact guitar but I do have a Godin XTSA and I can get a really good acoustic sound out of it.

I'm a Tonex convert also. Went from a helix floor, to helix floor with Tonex in the loop, to a Tonex and a TC Electronics X5. I loved my helix but the Tonex with a good capture is just *chef's kiss*

If you figure out a way to do that you could get a very popular YouTube video out of it I bet :)

The downvote is just in jest...I'll remove it if it has any significance or bothers you, no offense intended of course :) But dude...you quoted me with a HUH? like I had no clue what I was talking about, then said the exact same thing I did just in more words. I literally told them to use multiple amp blocks. I'm not offended or anything, just poking fun.

That's exactly what I said... /shrug

You cannot have different amps, or reverbs, or anything, in different snapshots. A preset has certain blocks, and snapshots can only change the on/off setting for those blocks or parameters within those blocks. I'm not sure what you were doing before (presets maybe?) but you didn't have 6 different amps in snapshots on the same preset. What you can do, and keep in mind this will take a lot of DSP, is have multiple amp blocks in the preset and use snapshots to turn them on/off. I made a preset like this once that had all 3 channels of the SLO, just for fun. But it really takes so much DSP it's not worth it, IMHO.

Do you happen to be playing barefoot or in thin socks? I have that happen due to the capacitive touch on the buttons. Super random, but if that's what it is you can turn that off in the global settings.

Call it cheating, but since my band uses backing tracks I just record the harmonies and leave out the whole mess :)

I would have never thought to do that, that's genius.

Gain levels will of course vary by guitar. I still feel like I've had two "faulty" helixes with super-padded inputs. When I play this preset at gig volume with my strat-copy (with a HB in the bridge), with the minotaur dimed, it's still just barely enough gain for me. And that's for classic rock songs, not metal.

Is it just single-coil noise? Do you have the "clean" snapshot selected (meaning the hum may be gain from one of the OD pedals)? If you make a new preset and just use one block with the litigator do you get the same hum?

No I sure don't. Hmmm....you can try selecting a different amp and then going back to the Litigator to reset it to the defaults.

I got you dude. I'll go grab my helix over lunch and copy my preset. It's so far the best single preset I've come up with for covering pretty much any genre other than metal. We play some Metallica, but that's as heavy as we get. Cover Band.hlx

If you don't think that sounds good I think something is wrong with your monitors. That sounds exactly like I would expect (amazing) and I would 100% gig with that as my foundation. That may not be the exact gain level you are looking for, but your original issue was that you were having trouble dialing in a decent tone....well, ya did it :)

Okay cool, you should definitely be able to get a good sound through monitors. So, make a new empty patch, go to the input section and turn OFF gate and pad. If you need them you can revisit later. Then go over to an empty block, select a mono amp/cab, I suggest WhoWatt or Litigator. Make sure you did amp AND cab. Then add a mono reverb block, any of the dynamics will do, I prefer room or plate myself. That should sound great right there.