jaeger28

Hiya all,

I wanna run my JTV59P with my Helix in parallel with

-the CAT5 cable connection for songs with custom tunings and modeling guitars

-the standard jack cable for the magnetic pickups

Is there a multicore cable that has both, the Cat5 and Audio Jack in one cable and both connectors at both ends?

I could do one myself but it would be bulky.

Reason why I wanna do this:

This way I always use the (better) Helix A/D Converters instead of the ones in the Variax.

If I only connect through CAT5 then the Magnetics will be converted to digital in the Variax, and it sounds less punchy and full to my ears than going with the guitar cable to the Helix and let that one do the A/D job.

If I only go through Audio Jack, then I have no power supply, no remote control and an extra A/D-D/A from Variax to Helix, wich means more time lag and unnecessary tone loss.

Thaaaanks

CJ

Would you mind making your IRs available to us?

Do you do the tuning on the guitar itself, or on the Helix? I've heard the tracking is really good, but I've also heard the tracking is lollipop.

I carry two guitars Tacking is good but not for open chords 6 strings stuff.

2203 does the job for me, Prog with Drop C tuning. Marshall voicing always cuts it.

Using preamps on the Helix into the loop return of my Marshall. Bit of a pain. Some are really loud, like the Plexi, some really silent, like the Rectifier. Channel volume on full, a +12db gain module and +20db on the output to get it in the ballpark. Really?

The lack of gain/level meters doesn't make things easier.

The dual delay is a welcome addition as it has low and high pass filters as well as modulation in a simple setup.

You need to break theground loop. Easiest is with one split box before the amp input. I use a Lehle P-Split.

Tri Chorus kills. In stereo it's like mmmmmmmhhhhhhhjjjummyyyy!!!

Sometimes on very long note values they would stop modulating. It's a bug.

Monday? Sweeeet :)))

Here's a clip I recorded this week.

 

This is using the AC15 model for both the rhythm and lead parts. The drums are from the Beat Buddy pedal. Bass is using one of the bass presets, unchanged.

 

https://soundcloud.com/phil-miller-20/ac15-jam

Sweet tones and plying man!

Started 4CM using my amp and Helix FX only. But now I'm running the Helix Preamp models through my Randall RM100 power amp and a Marshall 4x12 from 1973 with original Greybacks.

Holy moly mother smokes, that is some rippin tone there!

An in the room recording using a Randall RM100 with stock Plexi module, and boosting with the Tube Driver plus a few gimmicks.

I "built" my own delay in a parallel path, using simple delay, then EQ then vibrato, this sounds like the "expensive" 80s/90s early digital delays tone I'm after.

Hope you like it

The Helix is very transparent. It uses top of the line converters, and I don't notice any tone suck with mine in front of my amp or in the 4CM.

I have to agree. And it's a first for me. Gazillion of pedals and amps behind me, incl. Bogner 100B and Friedman BE100 just to nsme a few. Running Helix with my Ampete One now and I can't even tell Helix is there. It sounds perfect, and I thought that was impossible for any digital effect.

Yeah you have to really push hard for it, too hard in my opinion. If you loosen the Exp Pedal resistance with the supplied tool, it gets a bit better.

Thanks man. So that means if I add the Block after the stereo Block it will become mono, right?

I am running a mono set up at the moment. But I want to program my presets stereo compatible in case I connect like that later on.

If I use mono effects in a chain where stereo effects are placed before them, will they be summed to 2x mono after the mono block, or will the stereo information of the effects first in the chain be retained?

No problem. You have 4 sends, 2jack outs, 2 xlr outs, headphone and USB to choose from. Did I forget any?

I experimented with a simple EQ after the wah, switching in simultaneously with the toe button, reduced treble about 2-3dB and added low mids about 400Hz by the same amount. Nice for making it more analog and fatter. I like lots!

I got the helix for exactly that reason, to replace my paddleboard. It does the job more than well, amazing actually. I too considered considered the fractal as an alternative. But I went for the helix, because it has impulse response, more inns and outs, and integrated expression pedal, and a more players approach, whereas the fractal is more scientific in my opinion. Plus the amp models are there as well.

Sound wise I am very positively surprised, when I switch off all FX it's like it weren't there. Sounds like highend analog gear to me.

Latest Firmware 1.03

When using tap tempo on Ubiquitous Vibe, going on longer note values than 1/2 (depending on tap speed) will cause modulation to stop. The LFO minimum possible speed probably needs to be decreased further to allow for slow throbbing at 1/2 bar or 1/1 bar length.

Works fine with a rock crusher. Or if you use a cab you could use a Suhr Iso box to run between amp and cab and generate a line signal for the Helix/IR block.

You could just take one of these black sturdy music stands and get your Helix on Desk level. Works perfect unless you wanna use the onboard expression pedal.

http://www.thomann.de/de/thomann_orchesterpult_deluxe.htm

Everything is possible and different placements do different things. As it is so easy to swap around stuff in the Helix, I would just experiment. A Phaser before the dirt (pedal or amp) does very different things than after. Basically you could say whenever you place a pedal before an overdriven amp or an overdrive pedal, you not only shape the sound but also shape the behaviour of the overdrive section. If you place it after, you will shape the final sound of things.

Best is not to read anything but experiment yourself and draw your own conclusions. Otherwise you might be missing out on a process that would get you your very own signature sound, instead of copying what xyz did a million times before.

I also think that your real wah sounds better and warmer in your clip,..

 

between the wah models you tried my prefence surely goes to the n.8 Fassel Dunlop CryBaby Super starting at 6:08 of your clip..

 

however I believe it is possible to adjust the range of action of the expression pedal on the wah FXs by setting the min and max values limits, to make them respond in a warmer way..

Yep I have adjusted the ones that had the parameters available. But I couldn't find a way to get that fat lower mid tone like the CAE. Still I am happy with the Wahs in there.