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Hi Guys Im an experienced analogue gear head with loads of lovely amps and analogue gear but this digital modelling is new to me so please be patient! We gig every weekend and play rock and roll. I use a Les Paul Traditional (57 and classic 57+) pickups and a Bernie Marsden PRS (also with vintage PAF style passive pickups. Ive just taken delivery of a helix and immediately tried the 4 Cable method (the initial reason I bought it for) and got some ok results. I then tried helix into one of our FOH - pa speakers (after reading various topics on this forum on how to get the best out of helix) - this is a Yamaha DBR12 Powered speaker - i was blown away! Aerosmith patches sound like aerosmith! I have now tweaked several of my tones through this speaker and am loving the tones im getting. I now plan on buying an Alto TS112 or 110 to serve as a cheapish onstage monitor / wedge and ill also use this as my main practice (powered) speaker at home - ill use this to set up my tones. QUESTION NOW is - how do i transfer these wonderful sounds to a gig environment? Our drummer (who takes care of the desk and FOH sound) says i need to send the desk a FLAT EQ / DI signal - so he suggests i set up a mixed tone (which ive already done using the yamaha DBR12) and then presumably this mix is the one ill send to my alto ts wedge (so i heear the tones ive created at home) and then send one to the desk for FOH with a "flat EQ" as he will then adjust the EQ from the desk - when we are at the venue to allow for room dynamics etc So Helix friends my questions are as follows: 1) do i need to alter my patches to allow for different signal paths? ie create one signal path to the desk for FOH and one signal path to my monitor? - If so where do i start? - Do i need two signal paths? - how do i create this ? what are the outputs etc i would use ? - what is a flat eq? - do we mean completely flat i.e. no bass , mids or treble or just take them all to for example 4 i..e. very low levels ? what exactly do i have to do to achieve this? 2) In terms of physical cables and outputs do i send an - XLR to the desk for my guitar (same as with analogue gear) and then - take a feed from the desk to my onstage monitor or - do i / (can i) & is it beneficial to send a direct feed from helix to the monitor (to ensure i hear the EXACT tones i have set up at home) - (with no mixer interference / tweaking) , I almost sent helix back (before i tried the powered pa speaker - thank goodness i didn't) - once i had set up my tones i thought great "ill just turn up and plug into the pa (as if i was miking up) and hear the same sounds back i had created. i don't want to spend weeks tweaking endlessly SO YOUR EXPERIENCE AND ADVICE are valued and appreciated. .