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    Beware - iConnectMIDI4+ can NOT receive and route Audio from a HELIX over USB

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    Group the Loop looks really good!  So cool that the dev got 48kHz update to you the same day!!!  The joys of a 1 man dev team eh! :)

     

    I'm trying to find a manual for Group the Loop so I can check out all it's features - but can't find one.. maybe you can help?

    I was wondering how it would play with Helix..  can Group the Loop access any of the Helix USB outs or just 1/2??

     

    It would be cool for example if a metronome / drum loop could be sent out of USB 3/4 for example and then out of Helix Send sockets to a stage monitor, whilst the main looping action took place on USB 1/2 which was routed through the Helix XLRs

     

     

     

    The 48khz update isn't out quite yet ( unless i missed something ) and in fact i'm expecting at least one more beta to come my way to solve certain issues. But rest assured its coming :) 

     

    <It would be cool for example if a metronome / drum loop could be sent out of USB 3/4 for example and then out of Helix Send sockets to a stage monitor, whilst the main looping action took place on USB 1/2 which was routed through the Helix XLRs> 

     

    agreed.  why not suggest this on the forum ? 

    I don't think there IS any manual in pdf etc format I'm afraid - but there is a help thing i recall hidden away under settings. but I'm not near my iPad right now so can't be sure.

     

    I think GTL  can only access the main HELIX 1/2 channels right now. But i think the dev has plans for more in the future. at least i think i read that somewhere on the GTL forum.  

    Beware - iConnectMIDI4+ can NOT receive and route Audio from a HELIX over USB

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    After having spent tons of time learning and preparing for loopy - some googling and scanning has revealed there are other powerful Looper apps that might fit me more. 

     

    Loopy seems - after enounctering the "new breed"  - to be exquisitely elegant visually and GUI wise. But lacking features. And many aspects seem unnecessarily fiddly - albeit promoting a minimalist uncluttered view. 

     

    The new contender I will plump for as MYlooper of choice - is most likely Group The Loop - since it offers the opportunity for on the fly songs sections like Verse Chorus etc

    http://www.grouptheloop.com   [ UPDATE ... don't - GTL currently does NOT support 48kHz  ]

     

    Might also check out LoopTree

     

    http://musicappblog.com/looptree-review/

     

    Also - quite simpler - more like a Ditto X4 in operation is QUANTILOOP :

    https://ask.audio/articles/review-quantiloop-the-ultimate-looper-for-ios 

     

     

    Everest looks good - but doesnt offer me more of what i need than Loopy really. 

     

    https://itunes.apple.com/app/everest-audio-looper/id935099124?mt=8#&uo=8&at=10lPzZ

     

    Finally - (  i think ) 

     

    come across this  Mac/PC based looper.   But without touch doubt i'll go for it

     

    http://www.repetito.com/index.php?page=homepage

    Beware - iConnectMIDI4+ can NOT receive and route Audio from a HELIX over USB

    in Helix

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    looked at that a while back - will do so again. ( audiomux ) 

     

    now i'm back exploring Loopy after a long break - ( just did my first improv using just fingers and helix-itv this morning ) i'm wading thru the huge amount of options for MIDI control - hard to know where to start. 

     

    I'm going to be using my Keith McMillen 12 step initially.  

     

     Which of all the many mapping options have you decided to map onto pedals and why ? 

     

    i'm off to read up soon audiomux and then watch youtube training vids of Loopy.

     

    <I'm loving the simplicity of it, and not sure now that I want to add my Mac back into the mix.> 

     

    hear you.  problem is - my HELIX is also the audio hub of my "music-room" for minimalist simplicity - the only audio interface in the whole system ( no mixer either ) and the XLRs from my HELIX feed the studio monitors.  And my iMac also needs to connect to the monitors for Ableton BIAB etc.. 

     

    so need both.  Hopefully that USB switcher will suffice.   

    Beware - iConnectMIDI4+ can NOT receive and route Audio from a HELIX over USB

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    Be warned - if you're thinking of buying an iConnectMIDI box in order to connect both an iPad and your Mac to your HELIX at the same time - all over USB and with a totally (USB) digital audio path, routing audio how you please ... 

    You can't. 

    I didnt read the small print - and the USB B Host port on the iConnectMIDI4+ unit that finally arrived here the other week - ONLY SUPPORTS MIDI routing not audio

     

    Shame :(    I wanted to have my HELIX connected via USB to both my iPad AND my mac  at the same time.  To avoid plugging in and plugging out USB cables- when switching from using Loopy HD on the iPad to much apps on the Mac such as a DAW etc. 

     

    There ARE  USB B  "Switchers"  but i'm unclear as to if they work when doing audio streaming over USB. 

     

    any suggestions Peoples ? 

    Help me cull my collection of Fremen Clean Presets

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    What makes it harder is owning a JTV - with so many pickup-guitar options. So Preset X might sound "muddy" or "meh" to me when say using the magnetics hum buckers - if checking all the presets one by one using them.  But might sound ideal when using the Strat model - or Tele - or Special etc etc .... 

     

    One reason NOT to buy a Variax !  - choice paralysis !

     

    ( the only one :)  ) 

     

    - gaaaaaaah !

    Help me cull my collection of Fremen Clean Presets

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    Posted

    I've got a setlist dedicated to just CLEAN presets and they're mostly Fremen ones. 

     

    I really need to simplify and reduce choices - so for those who own the Fremen collection and have experience with the Clean presets.

     

    which ones can safely "Go" ( for example do I need the Vox AC30 ones if I already have Matchless ones there ? )  

     

    and which ones are in your opinion definitely KEEPERS - and the most versatile ? 

     

    And if you like - also mention which amp models work best as CLEAN and which ones really don't" 

     

    Of course i'm using my ears - but i'd rather cull down to a smaller set of amps/patches and then tweak by ear a reduced collection as necessary. 

     

    I also want to really learn a few amps in depth and forget about the others. 

     

    TMC.    Too much choice !  Choice overload !   :)

    HELIX RETURN inputs - what is the input impedance ?

    in Helix

    Posted

    someone on the Facebook  group was asking something related to this  -because he wants to bring round a friend and plug TWO guitars into his helix.  

     

    I got curious too.  I have guitarist friends round sometimes and wondered about this.

    The AUX input impedance is lower than normal gtr so only suited according to manual etc - to active pickups - i.e. PU's with low output impedance 

     

    Future of Helix

    in Helix

    Posted

    I have posted versions of this before, but I think I have the words to convey my thoughts more accurately this time.

     

    I think of the Helix this way.....   It has component modeling technology.  There are 25 basic setups of amps.  Honestly, I'm not sure how they stretched it to 25, because an amp with 6L6's driven by a 12AX7 isn't going to be much different than another amp with 6L6's driven by a 12AX7.  Except for some boutique and experimentation, there are not that many options of tubes and class of amplification in the scheme of things.

     

    WIth those 25 "configurations" for starting points.. we can change parameters such as Bias, Sag, Ripple and more that dramatically change the tone and playability of an amp.   Lets not forget compression, gain, and eq.  The changes that we make with the twirl of a knob can be the difference between a Marshall, Carvin, Laney, Fender, etc..   Sure other components change, but in the real world, you have to change transformers, and caps, and filter circuits to compensate for the changes that we take for granted at the twirl of a knob.  Now add not only cabinet IR's but the ability to do tone matching with IR's and add eq, sustain and compression, gain... and well...   we all have 1000's of amps in our Helix.  

     

    While we're on the subject of tubes...  really we were...  Which version of which amp?  What brand tubes?  In some cases tubes are swapped completely in the same model...  My Carvin can have EL84's or 6L6's.  My Roland can use a 12AX7 or a 12AT7.   With the helix, we just turn a knob or three.

     

    My wish is to have a reference of what the actual amplifiers used.  Not just "hi-watt" or "Engl" but basic configuration, easy to look up.  I know I like amps with EL34 power tubes...  Of the amps modeled in the Helix, which ones have EL34 tubes, EL84, 6L6, 6V6, 6550 or KT88.   If you are unfamiliar and think the list goes on and on... nope... it doesn't.   There are a few more, but basically... that's the majority of guitar amp power tubes and that combined with the "Class A"  or "Class AB" circuits, and you define the overall sound of an amp.  The only thing left is the pre-amp stage.....

     

    Oh... yeah that's right...  we can sorta mix'n match pre-amps too....

     

    Seriously... I think there are enough amps in the Helix already... and while there are even a couple I'd like to see added at some point, I'd rather see IR Management, maybe some Reverb and Looper enhancements,  etc etc.  FIRST...

     

    Amen !

    Future of Helix

    in Helix

    Posted

    Apart from my ( atypical )  request for a PolyTone.  I find it hard to think that the current range of amps cannot  - after suitably tweaking in a preset - cover most tonal situations.     So many amps are just boutique versions of the classics anyway.  

     

    Some have said that there are definitely some high gain HM type amps that are sorely missing. But as someone not into that genre I have no idea. Is it really so ? 

     

    Maybe someone should do a YouTube Blind Test where someone plays a 100 REAL tube amps and we all guess which one is which. 

     

    I seriously doubt many would be able to get anywhere close to 100/100.  

     

    And oh.....  I guess we really could do with a Dumble... 

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