Bypass IR and Cabnet

[shvulcanis]

Why don't you update the bypass pass on the HX Stomp for IR and Speaker Simulator when using the send as an output for a stage amplifier?

[rd2rk]

First, this is a user to user support forum

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BUT... before you do that, explain in detail what you are attempting to do.

There's probably a simple workaround.

[codamedia]

Separate the amp/cab block and put the send before the cab.

YES - it does use one additional block, but it also works! 

[theElevators]

Pod Go has this automatic bypass of amp/cab for the "Amp out" jack.  You can control whether you get the amp/cab on or off in global settings.  It's pretty convenient.  Helix does not have this, but it's so flexible, you can do anything you want....

 

On the Helix, as mentioned, you can route any signal chain to any output jack when you build the presets.  You take a long chain and route everything except the last couple of blocks to 1/4" out, or Send 1/2, and route the complete chain to other jacks.  There is no limit to what exactly you do.  For example, you may want to route the amp, but not the cab to your Send 1, if you like. 

 

But I never bothered with the removal of the amp/cab in almost 5 years of using my Helix and 3 years of owning the Pod Go.  I just take my whole stereo chain and send it to FOH.  I also take the same exact chain (summed in mono) and run it through a power amp on stage, or a clean amp like Fender Twin.  The reason I don't bother with removing the amp is that it's too much of a hassle, and the fact that I run my delays AFTER amp/cab.  So if I were to bypass the amp/cab in the Helix, then I'd either be missing the delays, or the delays/reverb would sound like garbage if I now run them before the physical amp/cab--the balance and the EQ would be all messed up. 

 

So for all intents and purposes, the best way to do this is to keep your entire chain and run it into a clean amp for stage volume.  I swear by my Mooer Baby Bomb 30W power amp going into a single 12" speaker.  Sure some of the sounds may be too boomy now, but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make.  This setup is superior to any FRFR, because you actually get the familiar "combo amp on the floor next to you" feel.