I use a Helix and never been a big pedal fan apart from the reverb/delay and compressor/boost but when setting up sounds at home at a bit of volume but not much - I find I am setting the mix pretty low as the FX seem to be over-powering - but when I get to rehearsal/gigs they seem to get lost - is it recognised you need to really emphasise them more than you think?
Just thinking out loud and wondering what others methods are.
I also read a thread which advised you can use an Expression pedal to control any parameter which I knew about but I just realised I could set this on the Feedback, level or mix options and use that to hear when an effect really kicks in while at rehearsal without too much pedal fiddling - our rehearsal time is tight and we focus on the songs rather than sounds most of the time!
Getting time to try sounds at gig volume is difficult.
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I tend to tweak as I go and as for reverb I'll either switch it on or off depending on the room (I'm old school rock so it's a light effect for me anyway)
i always have 1 expression pedal set for delay mix and I have it going from 18 to 40
The other Exp I have set for 0db at heel to +7db at Toe
it sounds a lot and I don't give it the full treat eme to for every solo but sometimes it needs to go flat to the floor
But when I do want to use some phase or tremelo I was not sure how to translate it to the full band mix - will try the exp pedal method - I have the Helix one but also a Dunlop vol/exp I had for the FX8. Think I'll use that.
Thanks for the advice
If you're going for a very subtle effect, then you might hear subtle effects alone that will get lost in a loud context with other stuff playing along with you. So to get the same effect in that different context, you need to turn the subtle stuff up.
If you're going for something clearly effected, you might find that in turning up for "gig level" the compression/distortion characteristic of your rig changes and the effects make things too mushy until you turn them down a bit.
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Quite a bit less drive
A bit more modulation as subtle doesn't cut through
Unless it's an obvious "effect" like a huge hall, reverb just pushes you back in the mix
A bit more mix on delays live
Live = less gain, less bass, more mids, lower delay and reverb mix values.
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The other alternative is to use the drives in the Helix I guess, never liked Pedal gain but maybe stacking will help...anyway, I digress...
Did he mean more?
More is more afterall.