Line 6 Helix

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FarleyUK said:

tekbow said:

sgosden said:

The Facebook group is a borderline cult. 

So so so much....

I joined to get some info about the HXFX and compatibility with line level loops etc.

They've almost put me off buying one.

Still not as bad as the Fractal forums

Yup. Have to agree here.

For balance, the Kemper forums aren't much better! What is it with these modelling communities and their Drew-ishness ??? Muchos dislike

robinbowes

WiresDreamDisasters said:

FarleyUK said:

tekbow said:

sgosden said:

The Facebook group is a borderline cult. 

So so so much....

I joined to get some info about the HXFX and compatibility with line level loops etc.

They've almost put me off buying one.

Still not as bad as the Fractal forums

Yup. Have to agree here.

For balance, the Kemper forums aren't much better! What is it with these modelling communities and their Drew-ishness ??? Muchos dislike

It's not even just modelling communities, it's all over the the fucking internet. Mailing lists, forums, FB groups. As a long-time internet user (I've worked in IT since the early 90s) I've learned to filter, and not take anything seriously.

R.

gibsongretschfan

robinbowes said:

WiresDreamDisasters said:

FarleyUK said:

tekbow said:

sgosden said:

The Facebook group is a borderline cult. 

So so so much....

I joined to get some info about the HXFX and compatibility with line level loops etc.

They've almost put me off buying one.

Still not as bad as the Fractal forums

Yup. Have to agree here.

For balance, the Kemper forums aren't much better! What is it with these modelling communities and their Drew-ishness ??? Muchos dislike

It's not even just modelling communities, it's all over the the fucking internet. Mailing lists, forums, FB groups. As a long-time internet user (I've worked in IT since the early 90s) I've learned to filter, and not take anything seriously.

R.

completely off-topic but I genuinely shed tears for 90's internet. It was just porn, multiplayer Quake and anonymous chat rooms. Bliss

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gibsongretschfan said:

robinbowes said:

WiresDreamDisasters said:

FarleyUK said:

tekbow said:

sgosden said:

The Facebook group is a borderline cult. 

So so so much....

I joined to get some info about the HXFX and compatibility with line level loops etc.

They've almost put me off buying one.

Still not as bad as the Fractal forums

Yup. Have to agree here.

For balance, the Kemper forums aren't much better! What is it with these modelling communities and their Drew-ishness ??? Muchos dislike

It's not even just modelling communities, it's all over the the fucking internet. Mailing lists, forums, FB groups. As a long-time internet user (I've worked in IT since the early 90s) I've learned to filter, and not take anything seriously.

R.

completely off-topic but I genuinely shed tears for 90's internet. It was just porn, multiplayer Quake and anonymous chat rooms. Bliss

Ditto. It's when the normies got involved that it turned to shit. I mean... there were still flame wars and trolls and what not.... but it was great! The old Planetquake and PlanetHalfLife forums were mucky as fuck!

welshboyo

I'm getting more and more problems with bad solder joints on my Helix - its a very very early one and has been gigged quite hard but even so I can't understand why it has so many problems - for the 3rd time over the weekend I had to completely disassemble it to get at the rotary selector to solder back on a few wires - ok, perhaps my soldering skills ain't up to circuit board quality but it shouldn't happen in the 1st place - @rossyamaha anything Line 6/Yam could do about this - its obviously out of warranty  - I could send to the auth'd service centre in MK but I would imagine it would cost an arm/leg to fix....
 

gibsongretschfan

I had a clan.... well it was just me and my mate and we sucked lol. The only game still play is Counterstrike and I still suck. I remember cybering girls on the Napster chatroom. The glory days. Trolling used to be an art form, not something Linda from Shrewsberry could get your home raided at dawn for by the anti-terrorist unit 

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gibsongretschfan said:

I had a clan.... well it was just me and my mate and we sucked lol. The only game still play is Counterstrike and I still suck. I remember cybering girls on the Napster chatroom. The glory days. Trolling used to be an art form, not something Linda from Shrewsberry could get your home raided at dawn for by the anti-terrorist unit 

hahaha! I was in an Unreal Tournament clan for a bit. It petered out fairly quickly though because we were all on dial-up.

gibsongretschfan

WiresDreamDisasters said:

gibsongretschfan said:

I had a clan.... well it was just me and my mate and we sucked lol. The only game still play is Counterstrike and I still suck. I remember cybering girls on the Napster chatroom. The glory days. Trolling used to be an art form, not something Linda from Shrewsberry could get your home raided at dawn for by the anti-terrorist unit 

hahaha! I was in an Unreal Tournament clan for a bit. It petered out fairly quickly though because we were all on dial-up.

love it

digitalscream

WiresDreamDisasters said:

gibsongretschfan said:

I had a clan.... well it was just me and my mate and we sucked lol. The only game still play is Counterstrike and I still suck. I remember cybering girls on the Napster chatroom. The glory days. Trolling used to be an art form, not something Linda from Shrewsberry could get your home raided at dawn for by the anti-terrorist unit 

hahaha! I was in an Unreal Tournament clan for a bit. It petered out fairly quickly though because we were all on dial-up.

You clearly had no dedication. I ended up buying a dual ISDN line so I could get better performance for UT. Was ranked #1 for instagib for three weeks at one point.

Yeah, I had no life.

smudge_lad

gibsongretschfan said:

I had a clan.... well it was just me and my mate and we sucked lol. The only game still play is Counterstrike and I still suck. I remember cybering girls on the Napster chatroom. The glory days. Trolling used to be an art form, not something Linda from Shrewsberry could get your home raided at dawn for by the anti-terrorist unit 

Counter Strike! Is it still going???

TimmyO

smudge_lad said:

gibsongretschfan said:

I had a clan.... well it was just me and my mate and we sucked lol. The only game still play is Counterstrike and I still suck. I remember cybering girls on the Napster chatroom. The glory days. Trolling used to be an art form, not something Linda from Shrewsberry could get your home raided at dawn for by the anti-terrorist unit 

Counter Strike! Is it still going???

my son has a CS:GO (Counter Strike Global Offensive as it is now) team 

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digitalscream said:

WiresDreamDisasters said:

gibsongretschfan said:

I had a clan.... well it was just me and my mate and we sucked lol. The only game still play is Counterstrike and I still suck. I remember cybering girls on the Napster chatroom. The glory days. Trolling used to be an art form, not something Linda from Shrewsberry could get your home raided at dawn for by the anti-terrorist unit 

hahaha! I was in an Unreal Tournament clan for a bit. It petered out fairly quickly though because we were all on dial-up.

You clearly had no dedication. I ended up buying a dual ISDN line so I could get better performance for UT. Was ranked #1 for instagib for three weeks at one point.

Yeah, I had no life.

I was 12.

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smudge_lad said:

gibsongretschfan said:

I had a clan.... well it was just me and my mate and we sucked lol. The only game still play is Counterstrike and I still suck. I remember cybering girls on the Napster chatroom. The glory days. Trolling used to be an art form, not something Linda from Shrewsberry could get your home raided at dawn for by the anti-terrorist unit 

Counter Strike! Is it still going???

Yeah man! It's still going, plenty of servers around and what not. 

gibsongretschfan

smudge_lad said:

gibsongretschfan said:

I had a clan.... well it was just me and my mate and we sucked lol. The only game still play is Counterstrike and I still suck. I remember cybering girls on the Napster chatroom. The glory days. Trolling used to be an art form, not something Linda from Shrewsberry could get your home raided at dawn for by the anti-terrorist unit 

Counter Strike! Is it still going???

Oh hell yeah, its absolutely massive now, to be fair there are still guys playing 1.6 and Source but the latest incarnation is great IMO

The tournaments these days look like the Eurovision song contest

I was the top ranked War Craft 2 player (the Command and Conquer style game not the RPG) on BT Wireplay for 8 weeks. No one can ever take that away form me

tekbow

digitalscream said:

tekbow said:

Can the HXFX work with the SLO's loop?

Yes. The HXFX has the same loops as the Helix, and I've used the LT with my Jet City JCA50H just fine (it has the same loop as the SLO in the same position in the circuit, to my knowledge). You just have to be careful with the level you're sending back to the amp, so as not to push the tone stack too hard, unless that's the effect you're going for.

Incidentally, I used it in 4CM too and it works perfectly.

Thanks @digitalscream , I guess if it works I  the loop, it'll work with the line out also.

When you say same loops, do you mean send and returns? I realise the HXFX has an FX loop or something also.

Didn't realise you could set the return levels on them.

Does the dual detune algo manage the EVH micro pitch shift thing?

digitalscream

I mean the HX FX loops are identical to the Helix LT loops (and yes, you'll need to configure them to use line level, but be careful about the level you're sending to the amp).

Therefore, since my LT worked perfectly with the JCA50H, the HX FX will work perfectly with the Soldano SLO loops.

tekbow

digitalscream said:

I mean the HX FX loops are identical to the Helix LT loops (and yes, you'll need to configure them to use line level, but be careful about the level you're sending to the amp).

Therefore, since my LT worked perfectly with the JCA50H, the HX FX will work perfectly with the Soldano SLO loops.

Well that's encouraging, save some money on buying an eventide eclipse

PolarityMan

Speaking of loops.....I got a mother fucker of a ground loop with the helix yesterday at band practice.

I have a prototype patch that has all my effects split out into a common path then has a split going into an amp sim and IR out to send 1 while the main outputs by pass the amp / IR and go straight to my amp, the goal being that if I do this to all my patches then I have built in backup for if my amp goes down.

So to check the sound I wired the send into the PA so I was getting the cab+IR in my monitors instead of the mic signal. 

PA and helix connected via wall plug 1

Amp connected via wall plug 2 on the other side of the room

if the send from the helix was plugged into the PA at all I got horrendous hum / buzz comign out of the amp so I assume there must be a ground loop due to using 2 different wall sockets?

I guess the best way to solve this is to run everything off a single socket but is it worth having a DI box or something similar that can ground lift in case I dont have that luxury live at any point?

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PolarityMan said:

Speaking of loops.....I got a mother fucker of a ground loop with the helix yesterday at band practice.

I have a prototype patch that has all my effects split out into a common path then has a split going into an amp sim and IR out to send 1 while the main outputs by pass the amp / IR and go straight to my amp, the goal being that if I do this to all my patches then I have built in backup for if my amp goes down.

So to check the sound I wired the send into the PA so I was getting the cab+IR in my monitors instead of the mic signal. 

PA and helix connected via wall plug 1

Amp connected via wall plug 2 on the other side of the room

if the send from the helix was plugged into the PA at all I got horrendous hum / buzz comign out of the amp so I assume there must be a ground loop due to using 2 different wall sockets?

I guess the best way to solve this is to run everything off a single socket but is it worth having a DI box or something similar that can ground lift in case I dont have that luxury live at any point?

Get an Orchid Electronics Isolator box.

gibsongretschfan

I always carry an ebtech him eliminator about with me. Can come in handy for a lot of things

Edit- Hum Eliminator... not Him.... I'm not travelling around gig venues trying to erase early 2000's corporate rock.... honest guv