samclarke666 Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Hey all. Just a quick one. I'm trying to make a preset that will play nicely with some external pedals i'm using to test for a review, but having trouble making a transparent patch that i can put a distortion pedal in front, which doesn't colour the sound. Just wondering if anyone's done this before and if there's a trick i'm missing. Ideally I just want a nice clean amp to put pedals in front of to test/reamp. Any ideas would be great Sam 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty_burford Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 Hey SamI use a Butler Tube Driver and a Tim pedal with the Helix - and used both the the HD500 before that. I've found the best results come from not having the gain too high if the pedal has a lot of output (which the Tube Driver does). Depending on the guitar and pickups, playing with the impedance can make a difference too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samclarke666 Posted November 22, 2016 Author Share Posted November 22, 2016 Hey Sam I use a Butler Tube Driver and a Tim pedal with the Helix - and used both the the HD500 before that. I've found the best results come from not having the gain too high if the pedal has a lot of output (which the Tube Driver does). Depending on the guitar and pickups, playing with the impedance can make a difference too. Cheers Scotty! Do you think it's worth using an amp/cab or just a preamp/cab? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty_burford Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 What are you connecting it to? I have a DT25 that I connect to the Helix via line 6 link - for that I use the preamps. I've shot some demo videos for a local music shop using the Helix with an amp model and Ownhammer impulse responses going into Cubase via XLR and they seemed to work quite well too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samclarke666 Posted November 22, 2016 Author Share Posted November 22, 2016 What are you connecting it to? I have a DT25 that I connect to the Helix via line 6 link - for that I use the preamps. I've shot some demo videos for a local music shop using the Helix with an amp model and Ownhammer impulse responses going into Cubase via XLR and they seemed to work quite well too. It's mainly going to be DI'd using the USB (reamping too) straight into Logic. So no live use. I'm also doing demo videos so any help would be great 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty_burford Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 I haven't tried the USB out, but I imagine the principle is the same. So I think for that you'll get the best results from using an amp and cab or amp and 3rd party impulse response. I have been using the pedals in the fx loop. For some pedals playing around with levels (both the XF loop and the pedal itself) could be worthwhile. If the gain is too high I have found I get an awful fizz over everything - and I hate fizz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samclarke666 Posted November 22, 2016 Author Share Posted November 22, 2016 I haven't tried the USB out, but I imagine the principle is the same. So I think for that you'll get the best results from using an amp and cab or amp and 3rd party impulse response. I have been using the pedals in the fx loop. For some pedals playing around with levels (both the XF loop and the pedal itself) could be worthwhile. If the gain is too high I have found I get an awful fizz over everything - and I hate fizz. Yep me too! Hate it. I think i might look into impulse responses. Most cases i turned the gain pretty much all the way down and made sure not to use a high gain amp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty_burford Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 I bought a couple of packs from Ownhammer. Some are really very decent. Gain structure and the pedal in question will vary greatly from one player to the next - so playing around wiht settings for yourself will be very helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samclarke666 Posted November 22, 2016 Author Share Posted November 22, 2016 Cheers man, you've been very helpful! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.