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Firehawk 1500 sounds great at all levels. That's the great thing about FRFR. Although you do need some different IQing at different volume levels due to the Fletcher Munson thingy ;)

YES! I use this for a preset. Now I need to switch to stomp mode to get the feature. Not a disaster in this case because i could get all needed features for this song in Stomp Mode but having it in Snapshot mode would lift a lot of restrictions.

My Helix has a broken Page button. I had it for 1,5 year now. Then I just discovered that BAX Shop give a standard 3 year guaranty! I'm a happy camper!

Voted! Better than using some shorted piece of hardware

Fair enough. I use autoengage but don't like it that it turns off when I don't want it to. Setting a longer time makes it impassible to precisely time when it does turn off when I want it to. You're right we need to work around the limitations.

How would that be nice? You would constantly need to keep the pedal moving for it not to disengage. Wouldn't that be extremely limiting and irritating?

My Bad, sorry. You need to then set the "Bypass assign"to none. Voila! :)

That's what I did. It was just a quick and dirty experiment and I planned to make it a bit better nut never came round to it. Then the fix came so I didn't need it anymore. I remember the problem now. The state of the Expression pedal wasn't saved in a snapshot. That messed things up sometimes. With the fix the pedal just stayed on EXP1 and the switch just turned the effect on and off.

No, it was another bug that came up when snapshots were introduced. Anyway, it doesn't matter. The workaround works fine, there will only be EXP1 and the toe switch won't do anything.

Actually you can use a shorted dummy plug or cable. I used one until some bug was sorted out. Can't really remember what the bug was precisely (Alzheimer beta version ;-)

I'm sorry to say that you have been doing it wrong all the time. The HD500X DOES have a switch under the Expression pedal! So does Helix, of course.

Yes, please elaborate! I also have a hiss and would love to know how to solve the problem

What happens if you connect a Helix 1/4" to the guitar in (no effects on in FH) and also have two XLR's from Helix connected to monitor in (left and right) of FH? Does this activate all speakers? Does this also work with the FH settings turned to mono?

I had some terrible noise in a certain venue once with my Ibanez RG with two humbuckers and a single coil in the middle. The noise was considerably less with the humbuckers but still way too loud. The I got a tip from some guy there to place a wire from the ground plate of the pickups to the ground of the volume pot (if I remember correctly). So, an hour before the first set I took it apart and attached some wires the best I could without soldering. It really helped a lot. It wasn't quiet afterwards but it was OK for the night. Afterwards I redid it neatly with soldering and also covered the whole cavity with copper tape (the pick guard was already covered with aluminum and the cavity was covered with shielding paint). Now it's much better in that venue. be it still not completely silent.

That's just so cool! And what an amazing looking guitar! I love Ibanez guitars and having seen one being made is fantastic. I realise my Ibanez guitars are nowhere near this class but still. Thanks for sharing!

I don't think so. All patches are stereo (also sound stereo through headphones) and are sent to left and right Monitor In on FH1500. The FH1500 itself is set to mono.

I have four patches in Helix that I use, all based on the same amp and effects. They all route to the 1/4" out which I connect to the monitor in of Firehawk. 3 of them are actually exact copies with different snapshots. They are dead silent at high volume. The fourth is also based on the same patch but I changed the routing. This one does have a pretty strong Hiss and I can't figure out why. It has two seperate signal paths, both going to 1/4" out. One path has the pre amp sim and a compressor, the other path has drive (external in effects loop), delay, phaser. When I bypass the effects loop the hiss dissapears (got it, I thought). But then I found that if I enable it again (hiss reapears) and bypass the amp sim (Clean amp), the hiss returns. I really don't know whats going on but am inclined to beleive it's not the Firehawk because it doesn't hiss on my other patches. Also, when I pull the cables out of the Firehawk the hiss is gone.

Not sure but it's definitely on the FH itself. You have a setting somewhere where you can choose between Mono, Stereo and Wide Stereo

Correct but there is also a setting in the FH that turns it into mono, even when receiving a stereo signal.

I use it in mono, going in through the monitor in (left and right). I tried stereo first but got fase issues. Turned the FH to mono and was blown away! Haven't taken the time and effort to try with one cable but I guess it should work fine. I do like having the patches in stereo on the helix so I can use them that way at home through headphones. Hiss: Actually I have no problems with hiss except on one patch. I can't figure out what's going on. I have an external drive in the effects loop in front of a clean amp sim. At first I thought I had the culprit because the hiss stops when I bypass the effects loop. But then I found that the hiss also stops when I leave it on but bypass the amp sim. Huh? I don't think it's a FH problem since my other patches are dead silent and also use the same pedal in the loop and the same amp with the same settings. There is a difference in routing though. The one wit hiss has a seperate path with just the pre amp while the other path has the drives and effects. By doing this I get the really pronounced picking dynamics of the clean path mixed with the drive sound with a lot of sustain from the second path. Anyway: I love the FH with Helix this way. I've never had such a great, clear and defined sound that cuts like a knife before. And I can tell you that volume really is no issue. It's REALLY LOUD!! I'm pretty sure it uses the two coaxials and the 12" center speaker (could be wrong, don't know for sure). I don't think it's unseeing the horn though.

Reaper is great, I've been using it for recording for quite a while now. I really don't like the standard theme though, I think it looks terrible and confusing. I recommend the AM_JANNE-2017 theme or Albert-C

No that's being cruel to the new audience who probably doesn't deserve it. No, if there's any justice in th eUniverse, he became aware of his behaviour, curled up in a corner felling ashamed and came out after a few days and apologized to all of us.

I'm so happy to see there are many Zappa fans on this forum. Up untill now his name barely ever got mentioned. I was alsmost convinced I was alone. Zappa has been my hero for alomost 35 Years and something Zappa related goes through my head every single day. Be it music or some quote or lyric. Thanks guys!

Absolutely one ofe my top favorites!!!It genius from start to finish!

The highlight in my musical "career" has been touring with Ike Willis twice!