lukewp Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Hi all Long time lurker, first time poster (or it's been a while at least...) I've had my Helix a while but for various personal reasons it's only the last week or so I've really been able to sit down and start building my own patches. One of the main things I was looking forward to doing was creating dual signal path amp setups, but I've hit a snag. I've worked out how to split the path and even managed to create an A/B/Y setup with the footswitches. Unfortunately though, that's as far as I can go. I put an amp/cab combo on track 1 (SVT Normal) and an amp/cab on track 2 (SVT Bright). I then want to add an octave effect on the bright channel. Unfortunately though, when I try that block of effects are now greyed out and unavailable??? I can't imagine it's running out of DSP power already after just a split and 2 amps, so am I doing something wrong with the way I'm setting things up!? Hope you can help. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siremoon Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 When you say "track 1" and "track 2" what do you mean? There are 4 paths labelled 1a, 1b, 2a and 2b. Do you mean you have the amps on 1a and 1b or on 1a and 2a? If the former then try the latter as this will use both DSPs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Make sure that you are using both paths (1 and 2) and not just the split-path capability in each (e.g. 1A and 1B). You can create a preset that uses 2 amps - one in path 1A and another in path 1B. This setup utilizes only half the available DSP because each of paths 1 and 2 are served by their own DSP processor. Instead, create a preset that uses one amp in path 1 and the other in path 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukewp Posted July 10, 2016 Author Share Posted July 10, 2016 Ah right... I didn't know the DSP was split that way. That's done the trick in regards to being able to add in the extra blocks I need... Sorry, I'm probably asking stupid questions, but now they're on paths 1a and 2a as opposed to 1a and 1b I can't see to see how I would a/b/y or pan between both channels with an expression pedal as I can when using 1a and 1b... Can that be done? Or do I need to set up 3 patches? 1 for A, 1 for B and 1 for Y (both)? Thanks for the fast replies! Cheers Luke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukewp Posted July 10, 2016 Author Share Posted July 10, 2016 Ah... Never mind... Think I've worked out how to do it from Google... Need to add a pan at the start of each chain. One left, one right, assigned to the expression pedal. Uses int "Two Tones Blend" patch as a template... Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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