fenderbenderlax Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 Hello Everyone, I have been a user of the Helix for the last several months and it has been a totally wonderful experience. At this point I'm developing a rig which will allow me to use stereo effects and also a potentially useful Wet-Dry-Wet scenario as well. I would like to seek advice on what you folks think might be the optimal path. Current Set up: Currently I hook up the helix to a Headrush 112 FRFR. For live situations I usually hook up the helix to FOH and use the Headrush as my monitor. What I would like to do is to think more about moving towards a WDW set up where I have something on stage to capture the dry signals and then send the wet signals through to FOH. For this I'm considering a couple of options Option 1: Get another FRFR and route a dry path in the Helix into that. I guess this is the cheaper solution. However, both when going through FOH as well as the FRFR. Although the FRFR seems to work fine, I wonder if I can improve upon the sounds that I can get from the Helix if I go with other options. Option 2: Get a Powercab plus. A big question is whether the Powercab Plus is worth the additional cost compared to say the Headrush or the Alto? The idea where would be to use one path in the helix with its preamps into the power cab with its speaker models as the dry channel. Use the second path and using the Helix amp/cab models split it stereo left and right into FOH as my wet channel. Option 3: Get a mini head/cab. I have been toying with the idea of investing in a mini head (e.g. Peavey 6505 or the EVH 5150 LBX) with a 1 X 12 cabinet to go with that. I guess price wise this would be close if not cheaper than a Powercab plus. The idea would be to patch this in with a 4CM method and use it as my dry channel and then use the amp/cab modeling within the helix for the wet channels going direct to FOH. Has anyone used this kind of a set up before? Any thoughts on that? If this is indeed a good path to take, does anyone have suggestions between the 6505 Mini, 5150 LBC or the PRS MT 15? I guess the LBX and MT will end up being more expensive once I add a cab to to it, but for now I'm ignoring that aspect. Thanks folks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsdenj Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 https://jimamsden.wordpress.com/2018/06/19/wet-dry-wet-setup-with-helix/ I have a Powercab+ and a pair of JBL EON610s that I could use for WDW. But I haven't found the motivation to set that all up at gigs yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenderbenderlax Posted August 2, 2019 Author Share Posted August 2, 2019 On 7/25/2019 at 6:30 PM, amsdenj said: https://jimamsden.wordpress.com/2018/06/19/wet-dry-wet-setup-with-helix/ I have a Powercab+ and a pair of JBL EON610s that I could use for WDW. But I haven't found the motivation to set that all up at gigs yet. Thanks Jim!!! Your explanation is really detailed and clean...thank you very much for pointing out that resource... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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