Line 6 Helix

Sporky

Cabicular said:

So... on the wicker basket at the bottom left there... are those borrowed, or are they your ownhammers?

HA HA HA HA HA.

Teetonetal

guitarfishbay said:

.Teetonetal said:

IR's were not for me, I saw no real sound quality gain, it was a bit of extra faff (downloading, installing, setting up) and a few extra pounds to get to where the on board cabs already got me. As above, it's not that IRs are in anyway wrong, it's just an extra thing that didn't appeal to me. Maybe the cabs simply work with my gear? who knows. But I'm very happy with them

The Helix cabs are IRs though.  As are the Fractal ones etc...

Yes, I know, but it's just easier to talk in terms of Cabs vs IRs via the loader. Seem to recall it mentioned that the Line 6 Cabs also have some modelling going on too - they are hyrbrid IRs IIRC

guitarfishbay

Sporky said:

So... on the wicker basket at the bottom left there... are those borrowed, or are they your ownhammers?

Well played.

Cabicular

Sporky said:

Cabicular said:

So... on the wicker basket at the bottom left there... are those borrowed, or are they your ownhammers?

HA HA HA HA HA.

Perfect

sgosden

Cabicular said:

nice selection of mallets

Cabicular

Amp maintenance .....

sgosden

everything needs a 'calibration tap' everynow and then

rossyamaha

So just been messing around with it again and found something interesting on the IR vs inbuilt cabs. 

For me, if I'm using amp models, IR all the way. Just adds a certain clarity. BUT! I plugged in 4 cable to my Lonestar and split the chain so the loop feeds the PA. Much preferred the in built cab. In fact, anyone looking for a good emulation of a Lonestar, try the Silver Bell 212 with a 121 ribbon. Sounded fantastic and ab/ing between the amp and direct, it was almost in audible. 

FarleyUK

So, my Helix has finally gone back for repair..... and I've been advised there's a 4 to 6 week turnaround.

Well, f*ck.

I've got 2 gigs in 3 weeks......!

sw67

FarleyUK said:

So, my Helix has finally gone back for repair..... and I've been advised there's a 4 to 6 week turnaround.

Well, f*ck.

I've got 2 gigs in 3 weeks......!

I have been seriously looking at the helix but the long term reliability is a worry. I have a G10 away for repair and that makes 3/3 failures under warranty on line 6 kit i have used.

FarleyUK

sw67 said:

FarleyUK said:

So, my Helix has finally gone back for repair..... and I've been advised there's a 4 to 6 week turnaround.

Well, f*ck.

I've got 2 gigs in 3 weeks......!

I have been seriously looking at the helix but the long term reliability is a worry. I have a G10 away for repair and that makes 3/3 failures under warranty on line 6 kit i have used.

Yeah, it's been mentioned on the Line 6 forums a fair bit; however, the issues seem to be one of three things:

1. Rotary knobs breaking (my issue)
2. Footswitches not working
3. Scribble strips becoming distorted

I don't know what the faulty percentages are - and of course those of us with faulty units would be more vocal about it - but I'm actually pretty confident it's a strong and reliable unit. However, having said that; if you're purely using it as a modeller and playing live, for the love of God have a back-up rig....!

Cabicular

Can I add blown mic inputs...

FarleyUK

Cabicular said:

Can I add blown mic inputs...

Pffffft who needs vocals?

Fiftyshadesofjay

And I'll add mystery horrible distortion

FarleyUK

Fiftyshadesofjay said:

And I'll add mystery horrible distortion

That'll be the Compulsive Drive effect block

Drew_TNBD

No problems here.

John_A

Or here, fingers crossed 

markblack

Anyone here record guitar and mic into Logic at the same time with the Helix.

I'm trying to get my head around it, but no joy.

I can get it working to a fashion but I can hear the input audio and the monitor audio at the same time. Records fine, but obviously it's hard to record with the latency.

I've read page 44 of the manual a few times now, but I can't get my head around it.

What I would like to do is record guitar and vocals at the same time while monitoring with headphones.

Any thoughts much appreciated.

Cheers

Mark

Teetonetal

You need to turn input monitoring off in logic. When you open a new project, you can turn it off, or you can do it from the audio settings. You are hearing your direct track from helix, plus logic's software monitoring and you get a nasty phasey chorus going on.

Teetonetal

Go Audio Logic x - Preferences - Audio - General: unstick Software monitoring and maybe Input monitoring for focused tracks...