nycte Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 I am a complete newbie to this and none of the articles I've found seem to answer this basic question (at least in any way I can understand). Is it possible to connect my guitar to the Helix pedal, and the pedal via USB to my MacBook and have the guitar audio play on the MacBook speakers? If I open sounds in the Mac settings, I see the Helix listed as an input. When I strum the guitar I see the input level changing, so I know the computer is getting the signal. When I switch to output, I've got MacBook Pro Speakers selected. But I can't hear anything from the guitar. All other audio works fine - i.e. if I play a tune on Spotify or open up YouTube. What's going wrong here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 The Helix is your audio device, so you need speakers connected directly to the Helix to hear the output. You won't hear audio through the Mac's speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou-kash Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 On 2/25/2023 at 4:24 PM, nycte said: Is it possible to connect my guitar to the Helix pedal, and the pedal via USB to my MacBook and have the guitar audio play on the MacBook speakers? It is, but you need an application that can enable "playthrough" which is essentially the same as software monitoring, including the latency that comes with it. For example GarageBand: Not that I would want to listen to my guitar or even bass through the MacBook speakers though… :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PierM Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 Any daw will do the job. Just select Helix as audio interface input and your mac speakers as audio interface output. The processed signal from Path A will be available at USB 1/2. (better to use Core Audio drivers at 48Khz, less latency for live monitoring) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datacommando Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 On 2/25/2023 at 3:24 PM, nycte said: What's going wrong here? Hi, Simple - you just need to select your Helix as audio Input, and built in as the Output device. Now you should be able to hear the Helix via you Mac’s built in speakers, but it will sound truly awful, get some decent cheap monitors. Those nice people at Apple have a support pages for this sort of stuff. https://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search&src=support_book_topic&locale=en_GB&bookid=2ad4ecbb8e24f6cd9efcac897a233cf2&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.apple.com%2Fen-gb%2Fguide%2Fmac-help%2Fmchlp2567%2F13.0%2Fmac%2F13.0&title=macOS+User+Guide&query=Audio+midi Hope this helps/makes sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lou-kash Posted February 26, 2023 Share Posted February 26, 2023 On 2/25/2023 at 8:19 PM, PierM said: your mac speakers as audio interface output Yep, I forgot to select "Hear sound from: Built-in" in my screenshot above, thanks for clarifying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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