Helix - Common pre-process for 3 or 4 Paths?

[SteveJohns]

Hi,

What I would like to do with the Helix is to take the guitar signal in and process it with a block (e.g. a compressor, or the Wah), and then fork that processed signal into 3 or 4 separate FX paths  (e.g. 1A, 1B, 2A  or  1A, 1B, 2A, 2B) before having the final summed result go to the outputs.

 

I realize I could get the sonic equivalent by duplicating blocks (e.g.  3 or 4 compressor,s or 3 or 4 Wahs) at the start of each line, but that is what I'm trying *not* to have to do. 

 

I get the impression that this cannot be done, at least not directly.   Is that mistaken?

[rd2rk]

How about this?

The gain blocks are there just for a low DSP way to split the paths.

 

 

SteveJohns.hlx

[SteveJohns]

Yes, I like that.   You've created the 3-path version of what I described.   Thank you very much!

I appreciate also the pithy comment re: how the the gain blocks are the key to creating the path splits.

Being still new to the Helix, such little insights save me alot of potentially lost time.

 

 

 

 

 

[SteveJohns]

Still on the "Can't be done?" list  (for confirmation or disproof):

 

1.  Adding common post-processing to the 3-paths as shown above.

 

2.  Same idea(s), but with 4 paths.

[rd2rk]

The Line6 "Wish List" is called Ideascale. Post your idea and people can then vote on it. Since there are LOTS of ideas (search before posting), not all of them get developed. As a result, cynics and sore losers like to say that L6 doesn't pay attention, but some of the ideas posted there ARE implemented, so give it a shot!

 

https://line6.ideascale.com/a/index

[SteveJohns]

Yes, thanks, I'm aware of the Line 6 Ideascale, which I applaud.   It's a great way to both capture/save the ideas and to provide the users perspective on how many ideas there are competing for consideration!