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Hi, all.

 

I just got word that my own Helix has shipped and is on its way.

Any suggestions as to what I should do first?

Hi, thanks for the reply!!

 

As it currently runs, if you compare it to an 'analog' rig as it were, where does your -MOD/DELAY/REV etc come into the signal chain?

 

Well, if you look at the diagram on the Helix's screen, you can see how the signal chain is set up. You can pretty much put anything anywhere except for in between the preamp and power amp. Generally, people like to put Mods, Verbs and Delays after the amp and cab like they would in a recording studio. That, however, yields a more 'refined', cleaner sound and it won't sound like what you'd get if you plugged those same effects into the effects loop of an amp.

Yes. This is a feature that a few have asked for and it's already in Line6 IdeaScale.  It would be nice to have a virtual effect loop between the modeled preamps and power amps.  This is in keeping with how a spring reverb is situated in a real amp or the chorus effect in the JC-120.

 

If it's important enough to you, go vote it up there - http://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Separate-preamp-poweramp-cab-blocks/551666-23508 

Don't scare me with stories like this. Mine's on its way.

Hmmm... I'm suspicious of the fact that while some claim that the tape fails to hold properly, others claim to have difficulty removing the tape. 

Leads me to think that some did not clean the surfaces well enough causing the sticky tape to fail.

Mine is mounted on a Temple Board Trio 43 with dual lock along with some other stuff. 

 

It all fits in a keyboard Gator softcase.

 

The Temple mounting pedal plates aren't all they're cracked up to be IMO. The board itself is a very good design.

 

Interesting.  What's their main flaw?

Well, if you're not so handy as the OP is, this seems like a very nice option.  Love the mounting system too.

https://reverb.com/item/670514-temple-audio-design-duo-24-24-5-x-12-5-pedalboard-w-soft-case-temple-red

Oh, I see. Thanks.

I don't really understand the need for this. Is it just to elevate it further? Could someone please explain?

So, what does it mean when they change the status of your idea submission from "Active" to "In Review"?

I'm soon to be in the same boat, Spikey.

I hope to have the same experience as you.

Just remember that a little move up on the Helix goes a long way.... cranking up a Helix setting may be way over top sounding... most controls have a pretty wide sweep..... haven't worked much with the twin but the amp settings on other models have been dynamic and produced good results with a few nudges here and there, i.e. sag, bias, etc

 

I usually like to go to the extreme settings just so I know what I'm getting and then back off from there.

I have to be more clear: I set the volume knob to something I'm NOT using as an output at the time (Digital)

So I take it that the Volume knob is as programmable as the rest of the Helix's controls?  Couldn't we assign the  Preset volume to this knob?

Preset Volume.

 

http://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Shortcut-to-Preset-Volume-UPDATE!/806548-23508

Before gigs I go into global settings and turn the volume wheel OFF. So front of house support gets a consistent level in case you bump the knob. Also check your overall levels between patches. Although the helix has been better about that than any other gear I've had

 

Great tip!!

 

Seeing as the Volume wheel is programmable, I'm going to amend my IdeaScale suggestion.  Instead of creating a shortcut to the Preset Volume, make it available on the main Volume Wheel.

Please upvote this if you agree.

 

http://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Shortcut-to-Preset-Volume/806548-23508

I have been considering the purchase of the Helix but find it amazing that there is no editor. I went over to a local that owned one so he could show me around. He had to have it up on a table to demo. Hardly foot pedal. Seems like everyone understands how convenient a computer editor would be for this marvelous tool. Makes not sense why Line 6 has not come up with one yet.

I think they only have so many resources. I mean, you can't really expect them to hold back a product that's ready just so that they can do a simultaneous release of it and the editor. That would be lost revenue - not good. Also, I believe that the development of the Helix was likely an "All hands on deck" effort. I think that the Helix would be less than the product that it is today or its release would have taken a lot longer if they'd tried to develop and release both the Helix and the editor as well.

 

I don't have mine yet and can hardly wait to get my mitts on one. Thus, I'm happy to prop mine on a table when it arrives until the editor comes along.

Don't you first have to have that effect in Helix? I don't remember seeing that one in the effects list.

Break a leg!

 

Post the link please!

Here you go, talwilkins.

 

http://line6.ideascale.com/a/dtd/Shortcut-to-Preset-Volume/806548-23508

I think that the Preset Volume is likely the most oft adjusted parameter on any modeler.  There should always be a shortcut to that control built into the interface.

 

I just now submitted this to Ideascale.

I think that the Preset Volume is likely the most oft adjusted parameter on any modeler.  There should always be a shortcut to that control built into the interface.

 

 

But any time you compare the sound of a speaker producing sound, vs. complex physical objects producing sound, you're comparing apples to oranges. They are fundamentally different.

 

By analogy, a guitar amp modeler might be so good that, in a blind test, you cannot tell a recording of the modeler apart from a recording of that same amp mic'd the same way. I believe the Helix is this good, and you might conclude that yourself after hearing the sounds in the link Silverhead posted above.

 

But, remember what the modeler is doing - its XLR outputs are basically equivalent to the mic cable coming out of a soundproof studio where the amp sits. It's not replacing an amp sitting next to you; it's replacing an amp in an invisible soundproof studio.

 

 

Excellent.

 

 

By analogy, you can imagine a synthesizer that perfectly re-creates the sound of a specific piano, let's say Steinway Model B, Serial Number 123456.

 

If it's a perfect synthesizer, then that means you can take a recording of synthesizer, and compare it to a recording of that actual piano (mic'd the same way as the synth and played the exact same way), and nobody would be able to tell any difference, ever.

 

What's missing here is that there's a difference between a recording (which is played on speakers) and a live piano in the room (which produces sound through strings and wood). If you compare apples to apples by listening to the two recordings, played through the same speakers, then there is effectively no difference.

 

And if the synthesizer is truly perfect, if you flipped the phase of one or the other 180 degrees, the two signals should effectively cancel each other out and you'd hear nothing... or next to nothing.

 

... But this kind of thing may not happen in our lifetime...

When i comes to modelers, the only question I ask is, "will it give me the sound I'm after?".  Or at least a sound or sounds I can use.