phil_m Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 FWIW ...... and Ive done a lot [ too much :) A/B'ing ] the Hi Cut [and Lo Cut] in the Helix Cab / IR block need "fine tuning" ....... the slopes are relatively-flat ..... in my Axe XL, you can chose between a 6db slope or a 12 db slope ....... %99.99 of the time for %99.99 of all IRs, the 6 db slope is perfect. Ive run [looped] the Axe into the Helix and the Helix in to the Axe and without exception, the same IR in the Helix needs a much "stronger" / "bigger" hi / lo cut ..... this is time consuming and it means I have to run a Post-IR EQ to re-compensate for the "slopes" ...... this seems like it would be an easy fix .. ? hopefully it is addressed in 2.20 or very soon thereafter. My workaround [ post IR / post Cab block eq ] isnt hard or anything, but it should not be necessary ..... how hard could it be to introduce a 6db or 12 db slope ? Ben Seems like there are lot of things that people suggest that could fall into the category of "how hard could it be?"... Seems like quite the chore to have to sift through all this stuff and decide what's worth spending time and what's not... Glad it's not my job. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbosko Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 It sure would help to alleviate a lot of frustration for those of us new to this if Line 6 would print in bold red letters at the beginning of the manual that this EQing needs to be done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunedinDragon Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I think a lot of these things are purely subjective... One person would call a tone bright, the other would call the same thing harsh. Someone might call another tone warm and full, but another person might think it's dull and muddy. I mean, I hear demos all the time where a person loves the tone, but to me it sounds like nothing special or even annoying. Heck, sometimes I'll go back to tones I created and listen to them with fresh ears, and I'll be like, "what was I thinking?"... Really is more of an art than a science, imo. Exactly!!!! This is the reason I've learned to get up and walk away from working on a preset after a while. You came back in an hour or two and you have a "what in the world was I thinking" moment. I've gotten to the point now that I'll work on different presets over a period of several days just to give my ears a rest. Otherwise I end up with something that's not anything at all like what I wanted it to be. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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