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I am wondering if the Stadium would come out with a rack unit and floor control. I love not having to bend over to tweak my rack.(hmmmm, that sounded a little odd....) I can't remember if the Helix Rack/Control came out at the same time as the floor version or if it was later. It would be really great if they had a new rack unit that could utilize my old floor control.

I saw that the Stadium has a feature called NEXUX. The guy in the video said that one of the first updates on the Nexus feature will be making it compatible with Variax. I wonder if that means something for the Variax?

So I am using a Grace preamp into the PC with the IR on the PC. How do you blend the K&K and the IR. I can see how if I am using a Helix or Stomp but LMK if there is a way to do the blend on the PC. Also, what mandolin did you mic for your homemade IRs? thx

So I hooked up express edit to my unit. All of the FX show up as well as the amp models and cabs. The issue is that not everything is controllable. For instance, the reverb has all parameters listed and tweakable. The delay shows up and I can switch models but there are no controls for it. The modulation block is fully functioning but the distorion block and amp models are not. I saw another person on here had trouble with his on iOS and he got another unit and it worked. I would rather not do that as I bought it online and would rather not wait to send it in and get a new one if there is something I can do. Any help out there?

I tried it out and it works great. I have the Powecab+ and loaded some acoustic IRs into it. I even found some mandolin IRs for it. I went from my Grace Felix out of the insert and then into the POD Express and then back into the grace into the Powercab. it works like a charm. For small gigs it is perfect. Everything fits onto the powercab. I was able to use the POD Express Edit and tweak the verb/delay and then have some simple but useful presets. I downloaded the editor for my Android phone but the realized that it needs a USB->USB cable as it is not bluetooth. Not that I will need to do it much, but it could be nice to be able to fine tune the FX at gigs. It is nice to have a pocket sized FX box.

I have been posting on here a lot about getting a great acoustic sound with acoustic IRs and PC stuff in general and I am getting close. Since I was working on this I decided to try some mandolin IRs from a company called 3 Sigma Audio. They only had three but they are cool in that you get to download IRs specific to your pick up system, in my case a K&K. It is a game changer for me. I use either a Martin or a Taylor IR for my acoustic and now I have the PC+ set up to where I just turn around and dial the knob up one and there is my mando IR.Totally cool! I don't know if there are a lot of sensitive acoustic players using PC or Line 6 stuff, but I do. And it is really helpful for me/ BTW, I also play a lot of sreaming loud electric music too.

I guess "clean" is relative. When I think of clean, I think of a Fender Twin or Roland JC120. A princeton is not clean in my book but compared to a Peavey EVH.....

So I tried it out with a Plethora X5 and it works great. Please understand that this would be for small acoustic gigs where I just need verb and delay. I don't know if I am making it up, but the IRs seems to sound a little better on the powercab vs on my QC or SXL. I downloaded 5 different acoustic guitars and it is nice to have choices. I don't need the MIDI function on these gigs....basically I just plug into the Grace Felix and out to FX, back to the Felix and then into the PC. I will have whichever acustic IR I like and then I don't need to change it so I am good there. Thanks for the help!

Will the power supply from an HX Stomp or HX FX work on the POD Express?

I have a powercab and can put the acoustic IRs on there Im thinking. I plan on getting a POD Xpress and have already tried the IR thing in the PC+ so I should be able to use the express as just FX.

So I have been using my PC+112 or 212 for an acoustic guitar monitor with either a Quad Cortex or Stomp XL. I use a really nice Martin D-28 IR and it gives the tone a kind of next level acoustic with a mic sound. I go from a Felix preamp out and use the QC or Stomp in the FX loop for Verb and DDL and also have that Martin acoustic IR in the chain. I have been looking into the POD Express with the idea of having a really small pedal for smaller gigs for verb/ddl. 1) My question is can I load an acoustic IR or two onto the Powercab? 2) And I could then have that extra shimmer? 3) Using the acoustic IR, would the PC then default to FRFR or something? 4) Would this be in effect doing what I do on the Stomp/QC except putting it in a different place in the signal chain? 5) If this is doable, are there tutorials on how to download IRs onto the PC/? Thanks everyone. rick

Thanks a Iot! This is putting me closer for sure. I also have a Helix and Stomp XL. I'm still not sure how this would work. Do I put an FX return block on the Helix right before I assign an output? I am pretty sure if I can do this on the Helix, I can then adapt it to the QC . It's interesting that I tried this with input 1 & 2 on my Powercab 112+ and there is no issue. It must have something to do with the stereo capability of the 212+? rick

Trying to get my head around this thing. What I am attempting to do is use my Quad Cortex for both an acoustic and electric rig. So I have a Grace Felix plugged into input number 1 for acoustic and then my QC into input number 2 for electric. I noticed that when I have different things in each input, it only comes out one speaker. It's like each input is assigned to one or the other speaker. If I plug the QC into input I and the Felix into input 2 my electric guitar from the QC only comes out one side. If I unplug the Felix from input 2 input one gets both speakers. Is this normal? More importantly, is there a way from me to do what I am attempting..... have whatever I have plugged into one input or the other come out both speakers? I also have a 112+ but have not tried it on there since it only has one speaker anyway. I hope I am explaining myself on this. It is kind of confusing to me...

Not sure what I mean exactly......Sorry. Perhaps accessing the Boss guitar tones via MIDI or another way using a Variax? Or combining certain guitar tones in order to fatten them up a bit. Many of the Variax tones were lacking and sterile and it would be cool to use a Variax/Helix in conjunction with the Boss stuff in order to warm up some tones, I have not played the Boss but as it is years ahead of the Variax I would think that they might have some improved tones.

Boss seems to be doing well with this kind of technology. I was just wondering if there are ways to combine the Variax/Helix stuff with Boss' tech. It would be cool to pull it off somehow as I sense that Boss is going to stay up with it.

Yeah. The solution is in an earlier post. It is kind of bulky but it works. As stated above, I used a Cool Switch Pro while doing 4CM putting the unit between theamp and the Helix. It only doews the ground loop on certain Randall/Egnater amps and not on others. I also did get the Ebtech Hum Eliminator and it works the same way. I have an Egnater M50 which is MIDI and I can switch amps that way. For some reason it only does the hum with the RM50 amps. I have had the amps looked at and nothing is wrong. Apparently it is just a quirk with some amps.

I meant Variax.

I have an 1962 Epiphone Casino and the model is not even close. It would be great if they could redo them with the newer technology and get closer but I don't see it happening. They are done with the Helix.

Is there a manual for the Amplifi? Usually companies have legacy manuals but I can't find one. I brought out my trusty ol" Amplifi 75 and had some questions but no manual.

Man, I really appreciate all of the research you have been doing and before my next gig I will try going into the interface in my studio like you did. So another thing I might try is lowering the output on each patch and then making that up with the PC volume knob, since as you suggested, that would have no impact on the XLR out Here is my signal flow: Guitar(with the Dimarzio black angel sytem which has a piezo and magnetic pickups) stereo out into a Grace Felix (with each channel having separate EQ) -> the Quad Cortex )using an API modeled preamp,Verb, DDL and then another EQ. Coming out of the PC+, it sounds like God and if not for the clipping, it should sound pretty close in the PA. YOu have given me plenty of ideas to trouble shoot before my next acoustic gig which is this Thursday with another on Friday and then Sunday. The PA that I had the problem with is for my Thursday night gig. I'll hopefully have tried out everything you've suggested between now and then. Thanks again and I hope that I can pass your kindness forward, although sometimes it is hard to find someone who know less than me! rick

Yeah, as an owner of Quad Cortex and a few Helix devices, they are pretty much set up the same. And yes, I was talking about going from the PC to the board. Going from the QC to the PC, there is no clipping. So I will check and see what the XLR output on the PC is set for. I'll bet that is the issue. thanks!

I have been using the midi commands to change speakers for a while and that way I can go from the FRFR when I am doing acoustic to the creamback which is my go to speaker for electric. I also have the 212+ but it is too heavy sometimes. I did an all acoustic gig last night and the sound from the PC was wonderful. I did use that HF trim and it was exactly what I wanted. There was one issue still.....So I used my Quad Cortex into the PC. I then used the XLR out to the FOH but it kept clipping. Was I wrong in assuming that the XLR output would just send the same thing out as I was sending to my PC+? Should I have just sent a signal out from the QC? Or is there a way to attenuate the output on the PC+ in the globals somewhere? No matter what I did there seemed to be way too much signal. thanks rick

Thanks for the tip on being able to adjust the HF trim! I never knew that was possible. I am using the Quad Cortex lately as they have a model of an API mic pre that is really good. I have to be careful getting into the globals on the PC as I am starting to use an acoustic and an electric on the same gig. What sounds good on one doesn't sound good on the other. anyway, thanks again! rick

So is anyone using the PC for an acoustic guitar amp? I have been for two years and was wondering what people are doing as far as FRFR, LF or LF Flat? Which one is working best for you and why? I am lately finding the FRFR a bit harsh and would like to tame it. I am using a Quad Cortex or a Helix. Thanks rick

I would never need to use my Variax in the studio as I have most of those guitars, I do use it live as the sitar is great. Also using the tunings like the open G for slide is cool for live. I still maintain that there is a kind of squank to the guitar models that I have never been able to EQ out. I do believe that Craig Anderton could do this but I just don't have the knowledge. I also think that in the years since they stopped developing the Variax, a lot has changed and they could have made it impossible to differentiate the "real" guitar from the modeled. much in the same way Helix, Quad Cortex, etc, have been able to do that with amps.