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the MFC though I'd have to config by hand..
about 20 mins of button pushing if I had to do it on the unit itself..
now to contact G66
- Convert between Mk I / II / III models
http://www.fractalaudio.com/mfc-edit.phpprobably cos I nailed my config long before it became available..
this could be seriously handy too
btw I've mailed G66.. let's see what they come back with..
in the mean time, I have some new Helix presets to write..
I am of course only thinking about my own specific need, which is why I don't have a job in product development. Well, that and many other reasons...
View my feedback at www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1201922
@Clarky will you consider sharing your patches when you're done?
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156217104109816&set=a.10156217087124816.1073741837.701189815&type=3&theater
patches can be shared no prob..
the solution is use 2 and carve your tone with just those
snap1: Riff = 5150 left / Engl right
these are panned hard and pretty hot
snap2: solo = 5150 panned centre
this gets more gain, compression and more level stuffed into the amp..
it approaches the feel I'm used to
snap3: Clean = 5150 panned centre
gain is real low, the compressor before the amp also sucks out some level to clean things a bit more
the amp's presence and bass get boosted
the overall eq gets a 125Hz boost to keep the tone full-bodied
and jeez I really like this clean tone.. my Strat neck pup [SC] loves it
this clean is not 100% pure clean…
to be honest, many folks looking for 100% pure clean that chimes miss the point..
you need a gnat's of dirt in there to make it chime..
with EQ you cannot create top end that is not there, only boost what exists in the first place
add a gnat's of drive and the hi's get fired up.. new top end is created as if by magic..
in isolation you can make out the dirt.. in the mix it vanished..
this is a clean with a tiny hint of dirt.. something I refer to as an 'aggressive clean'..
you can only really hear the dirt if you really play very hard..
a very low setting on the amp's drive with a low signal level entering it will clean but thin the tone..
so I mend it with compression and EQ
and it is fkn lovely…
so… my thinking at the very start of this experiment..
I have two amps and I want 3 tones.. only one is clean..
I clean amp will not naturally go hi-gain without fizzy stomps in front of it..
but a hi-gain amp can be cleaned and the resultant tone can be re-carved and the level put back
this works...
it was the parallel chains 2a and 2b being up and dry at the same time = sux bad…
easy to sort… I'll go back thru the presets I've made so far and mend them.. see what different it makes
busy today but when I get a mo later I'll investigate further
View my feedback at www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/comment/1201922
it'll be even more fun if I can manage to find a way to have it jump through my many and difficult hoops
Done it myself many times.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
An alternative to this in an fx unit like Helix or Axe-fx is to have the effect run at 100% wet in one signal path (or chain) and have the dry in another parallel path.
in my case I have 2 parallel paths and was accidentally mixing dry with dry.
this is a bad thing and totally explains why I've been struggling with the tone and feel in the Helix.