Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility Jump to content

rwinking

Members
  • Posts

    271
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Profile Information

  • Location
    Bozeperson Montana
  • Registered Products
    11

Recent Profile Visitors

1,783 profile views

rwinking's Achievements

Rising Star

Rising Star (9/14)

  • First Post Rare
  • Collaborator Rare
  • Week One Done
  • One Month Later
  • One Year In

Recent Badges

17

Reputation

  1. 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
  2. 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+?
  3. 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!
  4. 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....
  5. 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
  6. Ah....that really helps. Thanks for the explanation and I think I can do it now! rick
  7. 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?
  8. 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.
  9. I have a Helix rack and use it for all of my FX. I still use the Synergy/Egnater tube stuff for guitar but like the idea of using a powercab for Variax acoustc sounds. My question is how to set up a patch that defaults to my tube amp (4CM) on some songs and then to the powercab for the acoustic stuff. I am using the L6 Link cable between the Helix and PC. It seems there should be some simple internal switching that can send the signal to one or the other but I have not found it yet. YOu know, hit a button and it goes to my tube amp and Cab and then hit a button and it goes to the PC+ for that lovely FRFR sound. thanks rick
  10. So I have some down time and I am enjoying tweaking my Shurican and JT Variaxs. I am trying to do it without workbench as I won't have that luxury on a gig. So I was wondering how to mix the magnetics with the digital sounds using only the Helix and if that is possible. I see in the input block there are some choices: All, Variax and Magnetics. I am not sure where to begin. I don't use thedigital strats or LPs on a gig as I use the real deal. There are times when I want to use a digital sound by itsel. I can get the sounds fairly passable but there is still that digital "squank" that I can't seem to eq out. I have downloaded others patches and it is still there. I thought maybe a little of the magnetic pisckup could tame that, at least in standard tuning. Going from a sitar or rezo and then to have a really great tone on the Shuiken would be great. thanks in advance! PS there seems to be a bit less action on here lately....
  11. You are forgiven! I am using the VDI cable. Not that I couldn't make that kind of silly error as it usually is something silly. What you said didn't fix the issue but it really got me to notice something. None of the parameters like variax model or custom tuning were bracketed, so of course they disappeared when I changed snapshots. I cannot figure out how they got turned off. I have turned it on occasioanally and found that, for example, my high e is a half step flat without me touching it. Some weird bug must have shut everything down. Now that I pushed in the knobs and got the bracket appearing it works fine. I saved the preset, went to another and came back and it saved it as it should. I really appreciate your help on this. Just having you run me through something made me look at it differently and then I was able to find the problem. I really appreciate you being on this forum as you have helped me numerous times in the past. rick
  12. Thanks. I tried that and the same thing happened....all of my FX blocks turn on and off according to the snapshot, but for some reason the Preset Variax models or tunings do not change. I tried using the Multi and also the Variax input and same thing happens. In the input block the first thing that comes up is the gate. I page over and the next page, first knob is Variax settings I assume this is the one you spoke of. I can switch that one from Global to Per Preset. They are acting the same way. It is weird as it was working just fine one day and not the next. thanks for your input! rick
  13. I use the Shuriken and Helix with one of my bands. We have been on hiatus since Jan. 5 and I decided to try and tweak some stuff. I am not sure what happened. When I am in snapshot mode I have different variax models, eqs, compressors, etc. assigned to each snapshot. In the past I would change the snapshot, it would change the tuning, the guitar model and all of the different reverbs, eqs, etc. All of a sudden it quit changing any of the variax models or tunings. It stll changes verbs, eq.s etc. but it will stay on what ever tuning or guitar model I am in for every snapshot. I tried changing the tuning for a snapshot and save it but it will then stay in that tuning or model no matter which snapshot I am in. I think I changed some little global thing but for the life of me I can't figure out what I might have changed. I hope this makes sense. thanks rick and I am doing this on the Helix proper and not workbench or HX edit.
  14. Datacommando, Silverhead and Ricstudio! Wow! Thanks so much for taking the time for me! Still not sure what was going on but this piece answered all of my problems, although the first time I tried it it got hung up. I was able to do my rack, LT and XLStomp all this afternoon. I copied the thing and put it in my Helix Update file as I am sure I have not seen the last of this stuff and it will come in handy next update. I can't wait to try all of the new toys out. It seems that the issue was me signing in when I did not need to for the offline mode. EVerything got backed up and I will try each out before my next gigs. Thanks again.....
  15. I noticed that the other day I was able to update my HX FX easily through HX Edit but I pulled out my Stomo XL and it does the same thing as my rack. My computer is a Mac Mini that is only a couple of years old so that should not be an issue. Maybe there are just fewer things on the FX since it doesn't have amps, cabs, etc.
×
×
  • Create New...