Getting 2 microphones in to Helix floor

[Vulture1]

Hoping someone might be able to help. We play as an acoustic duo. That is, one singer with one microphone and one acoustic guitar player. We use helix floor to run the whole gig. Guitar goes into path one and vocal microphone goes into path two, both processed separately and going out mono to our small PA. As the guitar player, I also use a kick drum pedal on a cajon and I'm looking to get a microphone on this as well. Obviously my guitar goes into the guitar input, the vocal microphone goes into the XLR microphone input. What I'm wondering is if there is a way for me to use the auxiliary input on the helix going into a third path in my patch that I can just use maybe EQ on, solely for the purpose of the cajon microphone? I can't find anything in the knowledge base yet on this, which may make it an unusual question, but I'm hoping someone has more experience of this kind of usage and may be able to help. Thank you.

[ricstudioc]

Well, your options are either the Aux In or one of the Returns, all of which are 1/4" and (IIRC) are unbalanced.  So you either need a high impedance mic or an XLR to 1/4" adapter (I'd recommend an adapter cable, those hard adapter jacks would stick out the back to a ridiculous degree - definite trip/break hazard)  After that just choose that input as the input to a new line and off you go.  Not sure if your 2B dropdown (delay) would be a problem, you might have to move that delay back up to the main line.  All of which of course depends on available DSP but if all you're putting on the cajon line is an EQ you'll probably be fine.

[rd2rk]

Adding to what @ricstudioc said.

 

Use one of these to change the impedance, cable built-in:

 

https://www.amazon.com/Hosa-MIT-176-XLR3F-Impedance-Transformer/dp/B000068O69/ref=sr_1_4?crid=2I3J0S1KJHHRJ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.op2CXd8UUCo1-OC7bBV8NYkHQriqWDBwRexjPsYQYpBmRCx23vYju8wKd4Y2jH7LDT4MjVV-nAuLUO6DMGy9LuyjlU6YMg4dCXo5xE_pRWcaHZ9g02yGemJlagKZOW-FuGvCBDzqWMnE5aVNrY3LnLjnvGPTD8KHJSDtesDRcPGzf7kVyVBs8PkIXTgXPVaJ39uAl6zezUaS5nzmohBgi38ik-ecZi6BG1KUwqAk-tG2dkBuGxFzp4QAQy8yLbH7qS6Hr6KDJ23UXCI5gUlh_5S0p02g17t94zh7AzS7trs.1z39n2rPXXXDsNyab1IltMqqDqG_KnQuxcwg1QkzyoU&dib_tag=se&keywords=mic%2Bxlr%2Bto%2B1%2F4"%2Btransformer&qid=1746288555&s=musical-instruments&sprefix=mic%2Bxlr%2Bto%2B1%2F4%2Btransformer%2Cmi%2C254&sr=1-4&th=1

 

I tried both the AUX and a RETURN and got a much better signal with the RETURN.

 

Attached is a demo preset.

You're already using the SPLIT on the MIC path, so I used the split of the GUITAR path for the second mic.

Vulture1.hlx

[rwandering]

While I suppose it can come down to mic technique, I think you would prioritize some kind of small mixer to balance the mic signals on the way into the helix.

[Schmalle]

Name the mic for a meaningful answer.