boynigel

In an effort to (hopefully) quell ear fatigue when using headphones w/my LT for long periods of time, I’m considering a pair of open, or semi-open headphones but it’s my understanding that many of them come w/the recommendation of a using a headphone amp. I don’t want to deal with that so I’m wondering if anyone can comment on the Helix, particularly the LT, as to how good its ability is to drive a pair of open back headphones without the help of a headphone amp.

Yep, i purchased it. glad i did.

Thanks Craig, sold.

Would anyone here know if it covers 3.0? The timeline would dictate that it more than likely does but sweetwater doesn’t say either way

Is there a manual out there that describes what each parameter knob does specific to the selected effect model, for ALL effects? Obviously this isn’t needed for models like tube screamers and other self-explanatory effects, but there are many that I wish had manuals specific to them.

I oh so carefully shaved about a millimeter of rubber off of each rubber bumper under the expression pedal to make it easier to click the toe switch. It worked well but I may still try it with the percentages as triggers

Trying to find out how, when I turn on my LT’s wah via its toe switch, to simultaneously turn on a delay.

The notion of a single enclosure that can (supposedly) do stereo has piqued my interest. Are there any owners who can say how good/bad the stereo spread is? I get the whole physics aspect and know it’d never be as good as two individual cabs, but L6 were boasting something to the effect of digital trickery that can create a wide stereo effect. I’m skeptical but hopeful. Anyone?

Right, I’m aware of that. Only mentioned the H9 issue to illustrate, from a previous experience, why I was concerned with putting stuff in the Bad Cat’s hot effects loop. I’m not looking to use the H9 with the LT just yet but I’m sure it’ll happen eventually

My H9 input peak light was clipping/flickering virtually all the time in the Bad Cat's fx loop. Eventide said that flickering was an "early" warning of an actual, audible clip and not to sweat it...then in the same breath said that if the peak light was solid more of the time, rather than just flickering, that it could damage the pedal. My peak light was flickering a lot but when i kicked in an overdrive pedal, the peak light would indeed stay solid. Well known and documented w/the H9. They designed its input for a guitar signal level. I don't know what the hell they were thinking, especially given that it hosts a lot of time-based effects and we all know where those like to live. My Bad Cat's ridiculously hot effects loop output is equally to blame for the issue. I can run my H9 in other amps w/no issues but the Cat sounds SO good, it's a shame i can't put the H9 in its loop.

Right, I just wanted to be sure the voltage can’t do any “physical” harm at the input, before any attenuation. Maybe that’s not even a possibility but I know next to nothing about electronics so…

i was given the 10 volt peak to peak value by Bad Cat. They said that was the number they got "with the amp gained up" so i'm assuming they meant w/the preamp dimed, or close to it. i generally don't go past 1 o'clock on my preamp volume of the amp so maybe i'd be okay? They're actually working on a fix for this but if i can avoid shipping my amp from coast to coast...

I have an LT that i'm considering using with my Bad Cat Cub via 4CM. What concerns me is that the effects send of the Bad Cat has a peak-to-peak output of 10 Volts. This factor always had my Eventide H9's input in the red, and although i couldn't "hear" the clipping, it was still concerning to me as i was told by Eventide that if i was constantly in the red that it could damage the pedal. to be fair, the H9 is an instrument level only input (it's only real major flaw to me). Does anyone know if the Helix LT can withstand the 10 volt peak-to-peak output of my amp's effects send? i would imagine i could pad it internally somehow but i'm still a little concerned until someone can confirm or deny that my concern is warranted.

I’m pretty sure Boss pedals won’t pass signal unpowered. One way to find out though.

OP here. The fix for me was putting a true bypass pedal between my guitar and the Go. Problem solved. Wasn’t a deal breaker for me given that despite all the cool pedals inside the Go, I still have some pedals of my own (with buffered bypass) that I wanted to use in conjunction with the Go.

So the Pod Go has a dedicated Guitar amp out that automatically disables all speaker cab modeling when you connect to this output. it appears Helix doesn’t have this, correct me if I’m wrong. Does that mean with Helix I’d have to create duplicate patches and then disable speaker modeling in each one (for when I want to go into my amp’s fx loop Return) or is there a quicker, easier way?

Trying to use my Ernie Ball expression pedal to (in this case) control the mix value of a delay. I do the assignment procedure as per the manual but it doesn’t work. If I move the pedal through it’s range I can see the values change as to how I set them, but the pedal turns into a volume pedal in the process...meaning heal-down outputs NO sound. Adding to the strangeness the on board volume pedal no longer functions.

Does anyone know what the impedance is of the Guitar In jack? I'm having issues with how the Pod Go pairs with my Suhr guitar's treble bleed circuit. I reached out to Suhr and they were asking for this value.

My Suhr PT Standard has a treble bleed circuit on its volume knob that allows it maintain highs as the volume gets rolled down. This works flawlessly with all my amps and effects but for some reason, with the Go, the second I move the Suhr’s vol knob from its full-on setting at 10 down to as little as 9.5 all of my high disappears. Not horribly so, but still very obvious. It’s as if a switch was thrown. As an experiment I put a Boss pedal (because it has a buffer) between the Suhr and the input of the Go. Aside from a bit of high end loss from the Boss, the problem with the Suhr’s volume knob disappeared. Thing is I really don’t want to use any other pedals with my Go setup. Is there any good reason why this is happening? I’m aware that I could always cut the capacitor off of the Suhr’s volume knob, but that would mean losing the benefit of the treble bleed when I play through different rigs. I suppose I could get a dedicated buffer pedal…hopefully they make one that has a foot switch so I could turn it off when I use my other guitars with the go. Still curious as to why this is happening, and more importantly if there’s anything that can be done?

okay so i just did a factory reset and it's still doing it, whether it's a factory or user preset. i updated to the latest firmware when i got it 5 days ago. what's weird is that Line 6's site says v1.11 is the most up to date version, yet after doing the update the Go's screen says v1.12 upon start up. so i'm somehow running a version that isn't available on their site? okay... and now the icing on the cake- i backed up my presets on Edit but now when i try to relaunch Edit all i get is a window shell that's completely black inside. rebooted my (essentially brand new, up to date) Windows computer, rebooted the Go, reattached USB- same thing. black screen. perfect.

Thank you. Not feeling good about this now because it has exhibited this behavior both before and after a factory reset and firmware update. Aside from this it is totally glitch-free.

Would I be correct in assuming that one can’t control multiple effect parameters via an external expression pedal? For example, on a delay, could I control parameters for both Feedaback and Mix, or no?

Well it didn’t seem too obvious to me, especially given that I can actively scroll through all the other effects when they’re still on. I’m guessing the wah effect is an exception given that it shares an on/off switch with the volume.

Yes. The wah is on and it’s light is lit when this happens. That said, I found a workaround. If I select different wah models while the wah is bypassed, I don’t have any issues. The problem only seems to occur when I try to select a different wah model when the wah effect is on.

I remember that my Helix allowed me to set foot switches as non-latching so they’d go right back into bypass mode as soon as I removed my foot from a given switch. Does the Go allow this function?