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Not surprised! BTW... I thought your response was AMAZING. Over the top, actually. Shared it in a Studio 1 Zoom Meetup with someone who was thrilled to have met you in person (and other attendees). All were impressed. None were surprised. You rock!

Having recently fought most of these (and several other related battles) I settled on this setup... Tried and returned a couple of audio interfaces, settled on a Presonus STUDIOLIVE AR16c mixer. Does everything I need/want. Happy to share more/why. It includes 6 months subscription or 1-time (no upgrades) to Studio One 7. FaderPort 16 and Atom SQ controllers (very cool!) "stack" extra 6 months for each. Helix "Native" .vst was like $69 or so since my Floor (purchased used) was neither registered nor Native purchased. It has become one of my favorite plugins. It's like a Swiss Army Knife. Dusted off Floor, may plug in soon (probably as a effect send to on mixer?) but this is a pretty solid (freaking awesome?) setup!

And this... NEW MODELS, FREE! The 19th free firmware update for Helix® and HX® hardware devices and the 3.80 software update for the Helix Native plugin finally delivers the missing link with six of the most requested amp channels and four unique cabs. Although the focus is on new amps and cabs, please note that the HX Effects™ processor and HX One pedal will still receive a new free effect. Based on the Bogner® Ecstasy and EVH 5150III (6L6), these new models round out the portfolio of amps and the Teardrop Bass Q represents the first new Wah since v1.0. This update once again demonstrates the power of Helix and HX products as the entire creative tonal palette continues to expand, all the while in lockstep with guitarists' needs. The update gives you the following: NEW AMP MODELS For Helix Floor, Helix Rack, Helix LT, Helix Native, HX Stomp™ XL, and HX Stomp US Super Nrm, based on* the Fender® Super Reverb (normal channel) US Super Vib, based on* the Fender Super Reverb (vibrato channel) German Xtra Red, based on* the Bogner Ecstasy 101B (EL34) (red channel) German Xtra Blue, based on* the Bogner Ecstasy 101B (EL34) (blue channel) EV Panama Blue, based on* the EVH 5150III 100 [6L6] (Blue channel) EV Panama Red, based on* the EVH 5150III 100 [6L6] (Red channel) NEW CABS For Helix Floor, Helix Rack, Helix LT, Helix Native, HX Stomp XL, and HX Stomp 4x10 US Super (Single, Dual), captured from* the Fender Super Reverb 4x12 Cartog Guv (Single, Dual), captured from* Ben Adrian's Cartographer cabinet (Modified Lee Jackson 4x12 with Eminence® Governor speakers) 4x12 Cartog C90 (Single, Dual), captured from* Ben Adrian's Cartographer cabinet (Modified Lee Jackson 4x12 with Mesa C90 speakers) 4x12 SoloLead EM (Single, Dual), captured from* the Soldano SLO 4x12 cabinet NEW EFFECT For Helix Floor, Helix Rack, Helix LT, Helix Native, HX Effects, HX Stomp XL, HX Stomp, and HX One Wah > Teardrop Bass Q (Mono, Stereo), based on* the Dunlop® 105Q bass wah

Got this today! Looks like Craig has some long nights ahead... HELIX UNIVERSE CONTINUES TO EXPAND Still wondering if you want to join the massive Helix® and HX® owners’ family? Well, there’s no better time than now to make your move. The 19th free firmware update for Helix and HX hardware devices and the 3.80 software update for the Helix Native plugin finally delivers the missing link with six of the most requested amp channels and four unique cabs. Although the focus is on new amps and cabs, please note that the HX Effects™ processor and HX One pedal will still receive a new free effect. Based on the Bogner® Ecstasy and EVH 5150III (6L6), these new models round out the portfolio of amps and the Teardrop Bass Q represents the first new Wah since v1.0. This update once again demonstrates the power of Helix and HX products as the entire creative tonal palette continues to expand, all the while in lockstep with guitarists' needs.

Need to try that for sure!

ABSOLUTELY WORTH IT! Thorough explanation of features / tips / tricks. Tons of useful presets and how created and how to use and tweak them. Free updates when SW changes. PRICELESS ACCESS TO THE AUTHOR HERE!

:) Just waiting for a little spare time and spare cash and I will pull the trigger on the Waves AI EQ! Thanks for the "feedback!"

Thank you as always, Craig. I don't disagree with most of what you say. And no doubt my experience doing live sound in a wide range of venues (working for the band or sound company) and for a wide range of bands (when working for a fixed venue) colors my perspective. And my "Acoustics 101" lesson #1 is: "The room is a box" and "everything that goes in the box stays in the box!" And yes. Our guests / patrons are warm bags of water and as they come and go and how they are dressed clearly matters. While I am trying to learn the MPC platform, to try to create something musical (not just with a bass) I am also fine-tuning my system. Of course, FRFR does NOT mean "no EQ needed." Human hearing, audio sources (difficulty reproducing certain frequencies, etc.) normally pushes me to boost the bottom and top, cut the middle and then fine tune the rest. 10 or 31 bands just work well for that, for me. I did try the Air 4-band PEQ and was able to get satisfactory results - for a bit! For under $30 the Waves 31-Graphic with both "Classic" and minimal artifacts modes looks like way to much fun for me to pass up. Stay tuned if you care for an update!

Thanks for submitting this suggestion! EDIT: WAVES HAS IT! I'LL BITE! When I was doing live sound (70's - 2000's) we lived and died with analogs. End of that era I had a DEQ2496 and a Feedback Destroyer in my "personal gig box" (along with a dbx compressor or 2) which I would insert into the "house PA" (whether they liked it or not!) Even had a Sure RTA and calibrated mic setup in the 70's, back when I could get away with feeding noise (white or pink) through a PA well in advance of live show(s). Started TRYING to play bass a while back. Quickly moved to a Helix Floor and FRFR setup. Now have an Akai MPCX SE and MPK 249 midi kbd mpc gizmo and now Helix Native (for MPC and Abelton Live 12 Lite). While I have not yet explored the multi-EQ SW I long for a 31! Please weigh in on "phasing issue" as I don't fully get it. EDIT: Looks like user's choice in WAVES! BUT WHAT STRIKES ME IS THIS... If we have, "need"? tools to add noise, flutter, clicks, pops, make low-fi (tape, vinyl, radio / car speaker etc. emulations) what harm could a little 31-band EQ "phasing" do? Perhaps that will prove to be the best way to get that analog sound of old many (myself for sure!) long for! For a while I used to run a PA with "Thunderguppies" (homemade clones of Cerwin Vega Earthquake "Bottoms" folded horns. Worth a google). Those and EV Sentry 3 Series 2's were the ship back in the day. +1 on 31-bands! Better yet... H E double hockey sticks yeah!

AI EVERYTHING / EVERYWHERE! Sounds like the next "Dot Bomb Bubble" to me. So how are those self-driving semis and ride-shares and those drone deliveries working out so far?

Hi! Thinking of selling mine. Gently used by me only in a smoke-free pet-free home and, by all appearances by original owner. Looks and works pretty much like new. (Bit of fuzz on stomp pedal from micro-fiber dust cloth cover). Just purchased an Akai MPCX SE and MPK249. I believe they will allow me to do all that I need and want to do. Don't NEED to sell it. Open to reasonable offers.

GREAT STUFF! Thanks!

Thanks Craig. Couple of things... questions and a comment. I (am trying to learn to) play bass. MOSTLY interested in bass-specific or bass-centric presets. Manually sorted a bunch last version and have a bunch saved as favorites. With a bunch of new bass presets, it begs the question "Is there a way to sort or favorite them quickly / easily to get them all to the top?" (or saved as presets all in one place, etc.). Have a bunch of after-market presets which are labeled as B_Bass<blah blah blah>. Looks like alpha-sorting would get most of them at or near the top. I know how to label them as favorites manually on the Helix floor, but looking to do this in HX Edit and not sure how. As for the update procedure... I saw lots of stuff. Saved instructions as a document. Manually backed up device. Did update, restored backup (first time ever after blinking tap light annoyed me once again!) Looks like it got me what I wanted (settings, presets, favorites, etc., but left all the new stuff. (Even installed the Updater). All good! But it looks like ALL I NEEDED TO DO was connect the computer to Helix and launch HX Edit. It prompts to update HX Edit. Then prompts for backup. Then prompts for update. It WOULD HAVE BEEN DEAD EASY if someone just told me to "just plug it in!" EVERYTHING ELSE WAS UNNECESSARY! EZ PZ! Just saying!

Craig - on a slightly different but related note... now that I have your eBook and presets, I would like to load them. I don't know how much room exists by default. I have read that there are many that are rarely used and commonly backed up and deleted. As I will only use my Helix floor for bass, I am fine removing things less suited to bass and put as much bass-relevant presets. Please share your take on "best practices" to accomplish this. Thanks in advance for anything you can provide.

Awesome responses. Thanks Everyone, but ESPECIALLY CraigAnderton. Are you able to email the graphs? I would love to see them. Wondering if a .zip file could be uploaded containing them. So I can see where one MIGHT want some distance from a woofer in a cabinet where a top-mounted horn is part of the equation, but I have always had pretty good results with "near contact" placement of mics on everything from kick drums (if not INSIDE the drum), all manner of drum kit and guitars and basses. If anything, high frequency "bleed" tended to be more of a problem - especially if using vocal mics (which I tried to avoid) both due to FR and pickup pattern. It would NEVER have occurred to me to place a mic that far (9") from a bass cabinet. Still don't know what "position" is. Is this possibly clock position? (7.5 being 7:30 with the cabinet at 12:00?)