cacibi Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Can the rubber feet on the bottom of the Helix be safely removed by unscrewing them, removing the feet - then replacing the screws? Are there any interior components that are secured by the same screws? I would like to mount my Helix to a Novo 32 Pedaltrain but need to get those rubber feet off to mount it properly. I will place is so the vent is not blocked :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncann Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Shouldn't be a problem. Just remove the screw from each rubber foot and screw it back in the housing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeolivercgp Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 cacibi, I removed the 4 screws holding the rubber feet in the corners and replaced them with 4 metric screws the same size, but longer -- long enough to allow me to attached to 1/2" clear pine cleats to the bottom of the Helix (with washers). The cleats are colored flat black so they disappear. I then set everything into a pedalboard roadcase with a lift off top (see attached photo). There are wood screws with trim washers that reach up from underneath the roadcase and hold the cleats to the roadcase. If you're wondering about the Radial stereo direct box, although the XLR outs on the Helix work fine in some local active monitors I use at home, I'm getting some noise when I run them into the FOH console at one of the venues I play every week (BTW, it's not related to the 'ground lift'; it's not the typical 'ground noise'; the position of the Helix ground lift switch for the XLR outs doesn't make a difference). I found that taking the 1/4" outputs from the Helix into the Radial gives me a clean signal to this particular FOH console. Hope this helps! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fukuri Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 I just removed the front two The rest fit between the gaps and help secure it from sliding down the board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tagmusenmagnus1 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 cacibi, I removed the 4 screws holding the rubber feet in the corners and replaced them with 4 metric screws the same size, but longer -- long enough to allow me to attached to 1/2" clear pine cleats to the bottom of the Helix (with washers). The cleats are colored flat black so they disappear. I then set everything into a pedalboard roadcase with a lift off top (see attached photo). There are wood screws with trim washers that reach up from underneath the roadcase and hold the cleats to the roadcase. If you're wondering about the Radial stereo direct box, although the XLR outs on the Helix work fine in some local active monitors I use at home, I'm getting some noise when I run them into the FOH console at one of the venues I play every week (BTW, it's not related to the 'ground lift'; it's not the typical 'ground noise'; the position of the Helix ground lift switch for the XLR outs doesn't make a difference). I found that taking the 1/4" outputs from the Helix into the Radial gives me a clean signal to this particular FOH console. Hope this helps! :) Sounds like the problem that some people describe when sending 48V to the Helix' XLR outs... If you have the option to turn the Phantom Power off on those channels, I would give it a try... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeolivercgp Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 I did check to see if our FOH console was sending phantom power. It wasn't. However, my experience of that problem occurred with the first Helix I received which proved to be defective. I haven't attempted to try this again with the replacement unit. I'll try this again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tagmusenmagnus1 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 At least use some decent cables to hook up the radial :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlong Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 cacibi, I removed the 4 screws holding the rubber feet in the corners and replaced them with 4 metric screws the same size, but longer -- long enough to allow me to attached to 1/2" clear pine cleats to the bottom of the Helix (with washers). The cleats are colored flat black so they disappear. I then set everything into a pedalboard roadcase with a lift off top (see attached photo). There are wood screws with trim washers that reach up from underneath the roadcase and hold the cleats to the roadcase. If you're wondering about the Radial stereo direct box, although the XLR outs on the Helix work fine in some local active monitors I use at home, I'm getting some noise when I run them into the FOH console at one of the venues I play every week (BTW, it's not related to the 'ground lift'; it's not the typical 'ground noise'; the position of the Helix ground lift switch for the XLR outs doesn't make a difference). I found that taking the 1/4" outputs from the Helix into the Radial gives me a clean signal to this particular FOH console. Hope this helps! :) Do you know what the screw/thread size was on those? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cacibi Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 Do you know what the screw/thread size was on those? No idea Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvaladez74 Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Really? A question about removing rubber feet? Wow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cacibi Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 Really? A question about removing rubber feet? Wow. Yes....really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hideout Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 I wonder how much ventilation the Helix needs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulu_m Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Really? A question about removing rubber feet? Wow. Well it's certainly more to the point than the 'worshipping' baloney I see so often in this forum and elsewhere ;-) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeolivercgp Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 Well it's certainly more to the point than the 'worshipping' baloney I see so often in this forum and elsewhere ;-) This comment "uncalled for"... If I made a similar comment about other genres of music, I'd never hear the end of it... It might surprise you to know that most of the folks playing that particular genre also cover other genres (e.g., rock, country, emo, speed metal, etc.). 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlong Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 No idea Here is what I used. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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