Graemey Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 I hope there is a quick fix for this as I have a gig in two days... Im playing my Helix at bedroom level through my Line6 L2T speaker and whenever I play some low, punchy notes on my bass strings the treble cuts out (I assume from the 1 inch driver) and only the main speaker sound remains. After a minute or two, the driver comes back on (I have listened close to the cab and the top driver is cutting). I have tried both my Strat and Gretsch Black Falcon guitars, and problem persists. I plugged the Helix into a keyboard amp and problem went away, so this is likely to be the L2T. I'm using a CLEAN tone and normalish EQ settings on the amp models. Helix volume dial is at 11 o'clock L2T level is up at around 40% Mode is PA/Referrence Connected via Line6 link No way will this get me through my next gig. I am not driving the cab too hard by any stretch of the imagination. Am I doing anything wrong? Advice greatly appreciated! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricksteruk Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Maybe this is being caused by digital clipping and it's setting off a protection circuit in the tweeter? If you bypass all the FX blocks in Helix (or create a new blank preset) is the level a lot quieter than your normal patches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graemey Posted July 6, 2016 Author Share Posted July 6, 2016 Maybe this is being caused by digital clipping and it's setting off a protection circuit in the tweeter? If you bypass all the FX blocks in Helix (or create a new blank preset) is the level a lot quieter than your normal patches? Interesting point. I have just compared amp on / amp bypassed volumes and the amp ON is louder then the amp bypassed volume (all effects bypassed). Do you think I need to set all patch volumes to be about the same as bypass vol? I can do that at the output block right? UPDATE: Adjusting the output block volume effects even the bypass volume of the whole patch, so I tried turning the amp model Master volume down to balance to the bypass vol. I'll see if that makes the cut-out problem go away. I'll know better tomorrow when I can try at a suitable level (it's getting late now!). :P Anyone else experienced a similar problem with a Line6 L2 cab? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fukuri Posted July 6, 2016 Share Posted July 6, 2016 Yes Loose connection to the tweeter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricksteruk Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 Yes it could also be a loose tweeter connection / a dry solder joint on the tweeter. I had this happen on one of my studio monitors.. it just needed touching with a hot soldering iron to re-flow the solder and all was well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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