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JTV 59 won't connect to workbench HD
silverhead replied to stevenah's topic in James Tyler Variax Guitars / Workbench HD
A VDI cable has RJ-45 type connectors on both ends. This will not work if connected to an Ethernet port on your computer. You need to use the Workbench hardware interface, which converts an RJ-45 connection from your JTV to a USB connection to your computer. Alternatively you can use a POD Hd500X or ProX device as the workbench interface. ... And yes, you do need to connect the guitar output to an amp or multiFX device. Workbench HD does not produce audio; your JTV guitar does that. -
I used a Variax 300 with an HD500 and Variax Workbench for several years and I can confirm that it's a 'Yes' to all three questions. Also, HD500 Edit supports the Variax 300 so you can specify the Variax models while editing presets. Just need to clarify that when you say 'Variax Workbench' you mean the original Workbench, not Workbench HD which does not work with a Variax 300.
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Yes, that should be good for audio. Just make sure you configure Sonar to use Helix and its ASIO driver as the audio input/output device. If you haven't already installed the Helix driver you will need to do that first. However, I don't believe Helix can be recognized as a midi interface by Sonar. You can try it but I don't think your keyboard note on/off messages will get through Helix to Sonar over USB. Your M-Audio interface may still be required as a midi interface.
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Hey spikey!! Welcome back. Can't wait!!
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The manual is on there.
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You have to manually switch setlists before you can acces the tones in another setlist.
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It's called HD500 Edit. You can find/download it from the Downloads section of this website.
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You don't make that setting at the track level. It's a global setting within Reaper - I think it's in an area called Preferences or Settings. In the Audio section you select the HD500X and its ASIO driver as your audio input/output device. To do this you need to have your HD500X connected to your computer via USB. After doing that (you may need to restart Reaper) you will find the HD500 Inputs available in the track section when you arm a track for recording. Also you should set the HD500X Output Mode to Studio/Direct.
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Check your tuning reference setting in the POD tuner. Standard is A440 but it is capable of setting to a different reference, which results in non-standard tuning.
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Here's an anecdote from last week. Take it for what ever you think it's worth. I've been getting together with a buddy of mine for decades to jam every now and then. We're not pros. He's had and used the same electric guitar for all that time - never played another during our jams. A couple of years ago I gave him a Pocket POD to play with, and he's kept it. He's built up a set of presets that he uses when we play together. He and I both know how they sound. He's looking to purchase a new guitar so I suggested he play my Variax to get a feel for how different types of guitars sound different. He began to play my Variax using his tried and true Pocket POD presets. They sounded like $hit. He initially thought, of course, that his Pocket POD was screwed up. I assured him it was due to the different guitar. And they sounded a very different kind of $hit with each different Variax model. He spent the night tweaking every preset and could not believe that a change in guitars could do that. FWIW......
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Actually, it does. There's nothing wrong with your settings that I can see - at least nothing that wouldn't be reset by the preset you've loaded in. Here's a test you can do. Download a bunch of tones/presets from customtone and try them out. See if they sound anything like their description. Understand that the person who uploaded them did so because he/she thought they sounded just as they described them (despite the fact that they didn't record them). Draw your own conclusions.
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And five or six millennia ago it was socially acceptable (and hence ethical) to make human sacrifices to appease the gods. In fact, some might look at ISIL and claim that the same is true today. Now we can segue into a debate of whether ethics is a reflection of some absolute and unchanging standard of right vs. wrong, or merely a reflection of changing social norms and behaviours over time. .... And I'm outta here......
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After selecting the desired setlist on the device using the 4-way nav key you must hit the ENTER button to activate the new setlist. In the editor, you must also hit the ENTER key on the computer to complete the (re)naming of a setlist. Then SEND SETLIST to save/store the new name on the device.
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I see you are using headphones to monitor the tone. That in itself can make it sound very different from the recording. When you listened to the recording, were you using your POD as the audio interface, with the same headphones? Maybe the guitar he recorded with wasn't a Schecter Hellraise C-1. Maybe the EMG pickups were a different model. Maybe he didn't use the PAD. Maybe he mic'd a physical amp/speaker for the recording? Did he record with the POD Global EQ on or off? ....Maybe one or more of a dozen other things.... All and each will result in a difference in the tone you hear on your device from the recorded tone you hear. As I said this is not uncommon. If you really want to pursue this, open the preset in the editor and start tweaking it.
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There are many variables involved in producing the sound you hear in a YouTube video. It's not at all unusual to find a patch that you download does not sound like the recording you heard. There's much more than the preset and device settings involved. The most important differences include the guitar being used, the amp/speakers being used, and the recording methods. I suggest you spend your time trying to find sounds that you like by creating your own presets rather than trying (usually in vain) to figure out why a preset you downloaded doesn't sound the way you think it should.
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Aaah, yes. I forgot to mention that the Tuner only works when Input 1 is set to Guitar (or whatever physical input jack the instrument to be tuned is connected to). Glad you got it sorted out.
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They know that, and it's coming..... soon. I'm not trying to be disagreeable or confrontational, but it's a fact that we'll know the editor is available as soon as it's available. Meantime we all act as we wish about it. If that means selling Helix, well that's up to you.
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Well, they've already found out that their previous plenty-of-disclosure policy affected their legal liability (as a publicly traded company) as well as customer (dis)satisfaction and lost sales when reality even slightly deviated from forecast release dates. I don't expect them to revert back any time soon.
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Line 6 doesn't announce this sort of information in advance. And nobody else knows for sure. All we know is that some version of the editor was on display at the Line 6 booth at NAMM in January. So it will be coming ..... soon ... in either a quantum physics or a cosmological timescale. It's up to you to decide what to do with your Helix. But if it's 'beloved' and 'somebody else will be happy' ..... seems a bit like cutting off your nose to spite your face, no?
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Yes, a firmware reinstall (probably update if the device hasn't been used recently) would be a good idea before returning it. But if the tuner display is not responding to the guitar there's a problem at the input stage, not the outputs or headphone volume.
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Has anybody tried to record a vocal track using exclusively Helix?
silverhead replied to Paolo_Maina's topic in Helix
I wasn't consciously cautious about anything. I am in the habit of connecting a condenser mic before turning the phantom power on so I probably did that in this case, but otherwise no particular procedures or thought processes. -
Yes. Just drag/drop the preset file from a folder into any preset slot in the HDD500X Edit program, not Line 6 Edit.
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The KC350 is a keyboard amp - a clean amp as he said - which means it colours the sound very little. It works well as a stage monitor/amp. The FH output would be set to Line so that both the XLR and 1/4" outputs send both the PA and the KC350 the same Studio/Direct signal. It would be different if he were using a regular guitar amp as the stage monitor.
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You do not need to be connected to the computer. First thing I would verify is that the guitar signal is reaching the POD input properly. To do this, make sure your guitar is plugged into the Guitar Input on the POD HD ProX. Then engage the Tuner by holding down the Tap Tempo switch. Does the tuner recognize the guitar input? If not the guitar signal is not being recognized by the POD. If you are 100% certain that you have ruled out the guitar or its cable then there is a problem with the HD ProX device. Return/replace it if you can. If the tuner is responding properly the next thing I would check is the preset Inputs. Keep using headphones on the HD ProX to listen for the sound. There are two logical inputs that correspond to the device's physical inputs. If your guitar is connected to the Guitar Input then make sure that Guitar is selected as either Input 1 or Input 2 in the preset.
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Don't know exactly what caused you all the trouble. You seem to have had a unique experience. .... but hope all our BS here helped you out a bit..... ;)
