kingbobyjr Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Hi all, Just picked up a Helix yesterday and I am thinking about using it as the primary audio interface on my PC replacing my Focusrite Scalett 2i2. My PC is on 24x7 so I was wondering if there would be any issues with keeping the Helix on 24x7. Thoughts? Thanks for any input. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterHamm Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Probably not. But I wouldn't waste the electricity myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicLaw Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 The only thought is: regardless if you live in a region with stable AC main power, it would be a good idea to always run the HELIX and all your expensive electronics from a conditioned surge supressing power strip at the very least. Even better would be a conditioning Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS). Not for the fact that you can continue operating for a while should the mains go out, but more for preventing damage when teh mains do down or they resume. Just a few weeks ago in portions of the West San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles there several fairly wide spread power outages lasting several hours. Many people I know sustained damage to the equipment (audio gear, computers, video gear, etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfsup1955 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 I'd keep the 2i2, I still use mine for keyboards, vocals, and as another selectable DAW audio device when mixing and monitoring projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 I wouldn't keep my interface on 24/7. I don't understand why you would need this. With my UAD Apollo quad I don't have to leave it on as it boots up anytime with my Mac with no issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbuhajla Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 If you do leave your computer and Helix powered up all the time, have them plugged into a good UPS. It provides voltage regulation/filtering during brown outs as well as power during black out. https://www.amazon.com/APC-Battery-Backup-Protector-BE750G/dp/B000Z80ICM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenewbie Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Can the headphone monitoring be updated to be assignable to any specific output. Instead of just the current 3 options of 1/4, XLR and "Multi" Example, assign headphones just to monitor USB 1/2 or any other specific outputs just for recording? What I'm doing is using the 4 cable method to play live, but then I'm routing the amps speaker out (using load box) back into a parallel path into my Helix return 3. So I can record this complete signal chain back into my helix, into USB 1/2. But the problem is, my headphone can only be assigned to multi or XLR. So that means, for multi, I'll also be hearing the pre-amp 3 cable signal chain. I only want to hear the final output, not just the pre-amp (send/return 1/2) signal. And if I assign headphones to XLR, I can't record/send the parallel path to USB, since I just assigned the parallels output to XLR. So if I can assign my headphone to monitor any output (E.g usb 1/2) then I can use the parallel path to just monitor/record the amps final output (e.g. into return 3) into my computer USB 1/2. --Philipe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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