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Wow, that is really odd. Maybe try changing the selected effect or model in each block and then change it back and see what happens. Using the looper might be helpful for this test.
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Have you considered adjusting the pickup heights?
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Well, so far it's been mostly just double entendres and innuendos... well, mine was/is.
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"Four inches... that's all I got... Some people don't like it that wide, but that's all I got." :lol:
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Look at it as using a virtual "Y" cable going to two different, or even the same rigs.
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Was a recovering victim of the XT-Live and had also sworn off Line6... The Helix is another beast altogether. And a mighty one at that.
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Thank you!
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Done deal, my friend!
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No no, vote for mine! Or you could vote for both! LOL http://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/An-LFO-and-an-ADSR/811573-23508
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That was what I found with my original Variax as well. Like the upper and lower frequency range of the models were filtered off - like you were already playing through an amp and speaker. I couldn't get any sparkle out of the Strat and Tele models. As a whole the models sounded kinda dull. Likely, this was a way to mitigate the pinginess of the piezo saddles. Not sure how they can get around this.
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Could it be that if it uses a battery for its memory, it may have gotten one that is dead or faulty? Just a guess.
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Thanks for the info. Just saw one at Reverb.com and it's got me gassing'. Better not though - no room in the house for it. lol
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Thanks! Wow, I had no idea!
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?? What Roland amp uses tubes?
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Yup. How many people do you know that own 25 tube amps?... and bring all of them to the gig?
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Next time I have a chance, I will have to check out one of the new Variaxes. Not sure I can buy one as I do not know what guitar I'd be willing to part with as I have no room for anymore guit-fiddles. I wonder though, the original Variax had very little sheen or sparkle in its simulated modelsi is this still the case?
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Indeed. Vote it up, boys and girls!
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Exactly. It's also apparent in more quiet parts of a musical passage.
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You misunderstand me. I never said anything about piezo lag time. In fact what I'm saying is that certain frequencies captured by piezos are too immediate. Too fast responding compared to magnetics. At least that's what it sounds like to me. Piezo just don't feel the same as the magnetics to me. I think that there has to be a delay between when the string starts to move and disturb the magnetic field then generate the voltage being sent to the amplifier compared to a string that is almost directly in contact with the piezo crystals that generate the voltage. Maybe I'm crazy but it sure feels like it. I think that the formants generated by an electric guitar are easy enough to replicate these days but the time-based aspects of the signal are either more difficult to simulate or simply have not been taken into consideration. I know that the newer ones have magnetics. As I said in my post, I have admittedly not tried any of the new ones.
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As an ex-Variax owner, I have to say that the feel of the immediacy of the piezo pickup's reaction time is what turns me off. Tonally speaking, the simulations are quite good but they feel odd. Admittedly, I have not played any of the newer Variaxes but i also know that altering a piezo pickups reactive character is not an easy thing to do. There's also the way piezos react to dynamics. When you really bang on them there's no way to deal with the way the midrange jumps out. It's a very weird and to me, unpleasant sound. The only way I can think of to deal with it is through a multiband compressor...one with many many bands. But I'd bet it's no panacea either. Now, the other thing missing is the way real magnetic pickups react to the input impedance of an amp. The Variax isn't really reacting to the amplifier at all. That leads to a very static sound.
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I was hoping you'd chime in on this. Thanks for taking the time.
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Wow. That's a lot of tap dancing.
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Well, I don't personally need that many but some say they do. I use the Helix in Snap/Preset mode and could use more than the four that that setup allows.
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Because they don't really understand how it all works.
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While you might be able to access 16 Snapshots with midi, it would be an inelegant solution requiring yet another device, likely a pedal, that you'd have to pack around and connect at every gig. The idea here is to take advantage of what's already there by tweaking the Helix's firmware.
