FarleyUK Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Played a gig last night, and there was something 'off' about the Helix. No idea how best to explain it, but the 'feel' of it just didn't seem right. Recently upgraded to 2.20, and this was the first gig since. Maybe it's my imagination.... Just really felt that the feel of the Helix wasn't dynamic, and the sustain was not right. Maybe I just need more practice, but it was fine at the previous gig..! A bit more detail - I remember thinking the overdriven sounds didn't seem as rich or powerful ad usual; I even tried three different amps in each set, and felt the same in each (Plexi, JCM800 and Line 6 modded JCM800). Going via dual xlr out to 2 alto TS210's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocco_Crocco Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 So many variables affect sound. How loud the rest of the band is, the room, the number of people in the room, your mood, dead strings etc. all affect tone. The last gig I played the same sounds that had been coming from my monitor for months sounded thin and weak. It was distracting. But when I walked in front of the mains in the middle of the bar it sounded fantastic, so after that I stopped worrying about it. Not to say there may not be something going on with your set-up. Just pointing out that it could be any number of different things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestOpinion Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Played a gig last night, and there was something 'off' about the Helix. No idea how best to explain it, but the 'feel' of it just didn't seem right. Recently upgraded to 2.20, and this was the first gig since. Maybe it's my imagination.... Just really felt that the feel of the Helix wasn't dynamic, and the sustain was not right. Maybe I just need more practice, but it was fine at the previous gig..! A bit more detail - I remember thinking the overdriven sounds didn't seem as rich or powerful ad usual; I even tried three different amps in each set, and felt the same in each (Plexi, JCM800 and Line 6 modded JCM800). Going via dual xlr out to 2 alto TS210's. Could one of your output settings be set to Line instead of Mic since you did your global reset? Just spitballing here as it sounds like you lost "feel" and you report the overdriven tones not sounding as "rich or powerful". Both of these symptoms might be attributed to a lower signal level at the outputs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunedinDragon Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 I've had this happen to me a couple of times. Each time I later found out it had to do with mistakes I'd made when setting things up, not with the Helix. In one case I had come out of the L/Mono 1/4" on the Helix but had plugged into the R input on the DXR12 rather than the L/Mono input. Another case the volume level on the DXR12 had gotten turned down. Sometimes it's just simple goofups in setting things up. However, since you just upgraded and reset your globals, I'd say to go and review all your global settings and make sure there isn't something there that you may have forgotten to change. If everything sounded good to you after the upgrade when you were practicing, it's probably not something in the Helix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Could have been the dynamics of the room itself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twystedriffs Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Shouldn't it be set to line? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestOpinion Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Shouldn't it be set to line? Good point. Not sure if you were referring to the comment about mic versus line level but just in case...I don't own them but I think the Altos accept either line or mic level and you simply set the input volume knob level appropriately. I was referring to the fact that if you have whatever you are monitoring the Helix with set up for mic level output from the Helix and you do a global reset and that output ends up, unbeknownst to you, set to line, it can impact your sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twystedriffs Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Ahh, gotcha. That was what I was referring too, in case I was missing a secret. Good point though.. I just got my altos so making sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StruckingFuggle Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 One thing I did recently was plug my guitar into the "Aux In" jack, instead of the "Guitar In'. It sounded exactly like what you're describing. Like it was running on flat tires. I knew it sounded better the last time I played, Must be my patches, right? Nope. Wrong jack. Doh. I think I might put some tape of that jack, since I don't use it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinceh Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 Did you change strings before each gig? Once they're "dead", the result can be exactly as you describe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rzumwalt Posted April 10, 2017 Share Posted April 10, 2017 I think the main volume knob works a little differently since the 2.20 update. If you ordinarily set it to the same level, you could be sending less volume out without knowing it. Another pure spitball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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