amsdenj Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 Just a quick reminder for those Helix users that are challenged by the DSP limitations. Remember that if you're going direct into the FOH PA, you have an opportunity to use some EQ, reverb and delays that are almost always available in any modern (digital) PA. You might also find that the reverbs in the PA are better than those in Helix in some cases. So why not use them? If you leave some delay on all the time, take that block out of Helix and put it in the PA. Use the reverb in the PA instead of Helix. That simplifies your patches, removes some blocks, and gives you more flexibility. Modern digital PAs have a lot of effects, and can often assign them as inserts to particular tracks. This can offload Helix in some cases, freeing up DSP and providing some after the amp effect options that might not be in Helix. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterHamm Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Here's another tip or two that goes right along with that. Stop fussing with Global EQ if you have a competent sound guy. Let HIM do that, because he'll EQ you anyway I promise. And reverb? If you are adding subtle room ambience to your patch, just delete that block when you play live if you're short on CPU power, because your room's reverb will sound more natural anyway, and if there's a lot of room verb, the audience can't even hear your subtle little chamber verb... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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