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I just tried the Flat/Raw and it sounds nice. I have one other question on this. The cab models have a high end edge to them, almost like the horn is on. When you are in cab sim mode, is the horn completely off? If not, is there a way to turn it off?

Cool.Thanks! rick

Sorry....different terms here, If I use a flat response it will sound awful to FOH. So, if I use no cab sim on my helix but use a speaker sim in the PC, will the FOH get my speaker sim from the PC? I will try to clarify a little....I have a preset on my Helix that does not have a cab sim. I go from the Helix into the PC and the PC will be using the creamback speaker sim. Will the FOH get the creamback speaker sim from the PC?

I use midi to change speakers with each preset here in the studio, but for simplicity's sake using the PC for the first time live, I think I will just use one speaker. Thanks for everything. I usually like the 160 or 121 ribbons so it is nice to know that I can send that to FOH. I am assuming that this will work the same way for either the Helix or Quad Cortex? If I am not using a cab sim, I just send the left mono out XLR to FOH and whether it is Helix or QC, he will get a cab sim? That really makes it easy. I will mess with the other stuff like getting the patches levelled tomorrow. It's kind of weird to be doing the digital gig. I have been doing session work for a few years with the Helix and now the QC. I was just holding out on the live gigs and am ready to take that leap. thanks for all of your help! rick

I am a little confused about using the powercab live. I am doing my first all digital gig on thursday and not sure on what to give the sound guy. Whether it is my Helix or QC, I finallly surrendered and now the digital models are just that good. I have been using them in the studio for a long time. Just never live. I looked on page 20 of the manual and it says that I just give him an XLR out and the PC assigns a speaker model with a 57 to it automatically. Not sure whether I will use a Helix or a QC for the gig but either way it will be the same issue. I will not be using a speaker model on the modeler as I like the sound of the Creamback in the PC for the amps I will be using. So page 20 is saying that I don't have to send out a second path with a speaker model to the front of house? Is there any control about which speaker model it sends out or is it the model I choose but always with an SM57. Sorry, just a little confused.

I don't do a lot of palm muting but I do noticed that the elctric 12 string models really warble a lot. I have come to the conclusion that it is the nature of certain models to warble. I am not a sloppy player. I can be very precise but I still get the warble on the electric 12s. Are you implying that if I lower the magnetic pickup this might get rid of it?

I do love how the Helix and Variax work together. I never need a battery and I also never use the knobs on the guitar as the Helix does all of that for me. That is probably the biggest reason I have not moved on to something else.

So I downloaded Powercab edit and did not find the relevant settings. I then tried my StompXL with HX Edit but still can't find anything in the output block. Even without HX Edit, the choices on the StompXL are limited to Pan and Level, which is set at 0.0 db. On my Helix Rack I have more output choices with the ability to page over to more settings including Powercab settings. But the XL doesn't seem to have this feature unless I am missing something. The issue here is that it also does the with my Quad Cortex, always at higher volumes. I am not talking full on 100W MArshall stack vlume but a nice Deluxe type volume. All of the tutorials mention running the modeler really hot. If I do that, meaning running the volume on the XL wide open it will turn the PC knob red. The noise I get is when everything looks fine....green and maybe a little yellow. I am thinking that I might need to accept a volume limitation on the 112+? Maybe I am just pushing it a little too far or hoping for it to do more than I had hoped? rick

Thanks for the response Paul. I am a little unsure of what you are saying here. Are you talking about HX edit on my StompXL? Or is there an HXedit for the PC+?

Thought a reset had fixed it but it is back. It sounds like a static kind of crackle and it comes on after I have been playing on it for about 10 minutes. Help!

Meanwhile, back at the ranch.....I went ahead and hooked up the Quad Cortex through the PC+ and it had the same problem. I also have a 212 PC and hooked the QC to it and no problem. So now it is definitely the PC+. Again, it is a crackle at higher volumes....not a speaker distortion or clipping. I know that I can gig with my 212+ but the thought of carrying a 1X12 PC and the Stomp XL really thrilled me. I hope someone has an idea. I also live in a state far far away from any Line 6 repair place so the thought of sending it back is disturbing. Please God, Let it be something simple in the software....

I have gigged with my powercab on acoustic guitar and it is stunning with the quad cortex and using their modeled API preamp. I still have not gigged with the PC on electric and I have a gig coming up that is relatively a low volume gig....think fender deluxe type gig. I hooked up my Stomp XL (which I plan on using) and tried it in my studio at gig volume. When it gets to a certain point there is a crackle. Not a clipping sound but a crackle. Often it comes in as the sound is decaying. It sounds like a bad pot on a tube amp but in turning the pots I can't get it to do the sound. I can turn down the stomp volume in the back and it is ok or the master volume on the amp model and it is ok. I can't get it to gig volume without the crackle. It is also weird that it comes at higher volumes even though the light on the PC is still green. The light works as I can get it to red if I try. I looked up and tried various line/instrument settings in Global but nothing seems to do it but higher volumes. I am not talking about pushing the power section either...just a comfortable deluxe style volume. It's possible it is in my Stomp but the PC is built for Helix stuff. I will try out the QC tomorrow, which even if it works I am still left with the issue on the Stomp XL. Any thoughts or experiences like this? thanks, rick

Ah....that really helps. Thanks for the explanation and I think I can do it now! rick

Thanks. I am not quite sure how to interpret this. I use the Helix and Synergy Syn 2 4CM. I use the FX loop, so will this mess with that?

Wow! How do you even think like that? The opposite volume parameters is wonderful.This also answered my quest for the ultimate 12 string sound. The 12 string stuff has always been a little unstable but adding the right amount of the magnetics distracts my ear from the wobble. You have opened up a lot of new doors for me. I did have one issue...when I made the second path there was a hum....kind of like a ground loop hum. When I addend fx blocks it would add more hum. Then it went away. ANy thoughts? Or maybe if it's not broke, don't fix it? Any way, thanks! This is getting really cool. I kind of had a "meh" opinion on the Variax beyond certain things but this has opened some nice less digital sounding possibilities.