NUTKIN13 Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Hi there. I want to run my Helix in stereo into a Hughes Kettner Grandmeister on one side and a Boss Katana 100w head on the other side, with each amp going into a H & K 1 x 12 cab. Is it best to just go straight into the front of each amp from the Helix, with the guitar going into the Helix, or is there a better way? Any answers or comments gratefully received. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryanblackburn Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 I would run into each of these amps from the sends on the helix and then feed the tone back into the returns of helix either to process with IR's or if the cab tone comes from the output of the amp I would disable the IR's in the helix for that line of processing but I would feed the out put of my helix into a seperate power amp / cab or powered cabinet that is FRFR or to FOH. Some will suggest you feed the helix out into the power amp in on the Katana. If moving air is important and it always is I would use the HK live and use it with a 4 cable method and use midi to connect all these midi units. There is a device you can buy that will allow you add midi to the katana http://www.primovasound.com/index.html. I personally am leaning towards the headrush powered cab units for my FRFR solution or the new tech 21 deuce deluxe http://www.tech21nyc.com/products/amplifiers/powerengine-dd/ now if I had the $$$ I would probably opt for 2 of the new 212 power cab plus that line 6 just came out with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryanblackburn Posted October 14, 2019 Share Posted October 14, 2019 You can get a low cost mixer to mix and send the out puts of amps back into your returns as well and if you have a good mixer with midi like the behringers x air 18 you can use the sends on that mixer and feed the outs from many other devices into the extra channels on on the x18 air to add even more amps or FX units and build out a truly monster system like you would see in use by those who use these units https://www.rjmmusic.com/effect-gizmo/ which you can also get if you want to feed even more amps and multi fx units then switch among them all. Or you could sell the extra gear you have to get a decent FRFR system and have money to spare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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