Line 6 Helix

gibsongretschfan

simonk said:

gibsongretschfan said:

Not really sure where to put this so it went here:

Would the Power Cab be able to handle bass in FRFR mode? Obviously it isn’t going to be an 8x10 but would it be enough at least for stage monitoring? Anyone tried it? Not much chat on the net so far

It’s fine for low volume home/studio stuff. No way would it have the grunt for bass for gigging, even just as a personal monitor (assuming there’s a drummer with an acoustic kit present).

Cheers mate. 

Cabicular

I had a very strange incident last night during a gig
at some point during the breakdown section of Def Leppards animal the entire guitar went up 5 semitones as if through a pitch block
I have a pitch block in the patch but it is set to momentary whammy of +12 on a footswitch
I was looking down thinking, am I playing in the wrong key? My first thought is that I had caught a string in the pickup with the Floyd Rose but no.
i got to the end of the song by playing a single string in various approximations of the pitch
 it was only after the song ended and I played an E chord I could hear it was all pitched up
i honestly couldn’t do it if I wanted to on that patch
I banked out of the patch and back in and everything was fine. Anyone seen anything like that?

Digital_Igloo

2.60 is currently in beta. Lonestar and Friedman clean channels, HX Effects editor, a $#!& ton of bug fixes, and a handful of effects (no additional reverbs or pitch stuff yet). I wouldn't call it a major update. With a lot of luck, next week sometime. If not, the week after.

robinbowes

Digital_Igloo said:

2.60 is currently in beta. Lonestar and Friedman clean channels, HX Effects editor, a $#!& ton of bug fixes, and a handful of effects (no additional reverbs or pitch stuff yet). I wouldn't call it a major update. With a lot of luck, next week sometime. If not, the week after.

Excellent. Thanks for the update.

Pitch stuff would be great - I really would like a nice 12-string approximation so I don't have to take (and tune!) my 12-string to every gig!

R.

John_A

@cabicular. Had something similar happen ages ago on an early firmware version, it just went from sounding great to really thin. Reselecting the patch put it right and it's never done it again since

gibsongretschfan

Digital_Igloo said:

2.60 is currently in beta. Lonestar and Friedman clean channels, HX Effects editor, a $#!& ton of bug fixes, and a handful of effects (no additional reverbs or pitch stuff yet). I wouldn't call it a major update. With a lot of luck, next week sometime. If not, the week after.

It’s bad when I’ve pretty much lost interest in updates! Only really wanting a Marshall in a box type drive pedal or two. Any pitch shifting swirly reverb assignable LFO stuff is just all gravy by his point 

robinbowes

gibsongretschfan said:

Digital_Igloo said:

2.60 is currently in beta. Lonestar and Friedman clean channels, HX Effects editor, a $#!& ton of bug fixes, and a handful of effects (no additional reverbs or pitch stuff yet). I wouldn't call it a major update. With a lot of luck, next week sometime. If not, the week after.

It’s bad when I’ve pretty much lost interest in updates! Only really wanting a Marshall in a box type drive pedal or two. Any pitch shifting swirly reverb assignable LFO stuff is just all gravy by his point 

Why do you need a MIAB drive pedal? You've already got several actual Marshalls in the box!

rossyamaha

robinbowes said:

gibsongretschfan said:

Digital_Igloo said:

2.60 is currently in beta. Lonestar and Friedman clean channels, HX Effects editor, a $#!& ton of bug fixes, and a handful of effects (no additional reverbs or pitch stuff yet). I wouldn't call it a major update. With a lot of luck, next week sometime. If not, the week after.

It’s bad when I’ve pretty much lost interest in updates! Only really wanting a Marshall in a box type drive pedal or two. Any pitch shifting swirly reverb assignable LFO stuff is just all gravy by his point 

Why do you need a MIAB drive pedal? You've already got several actual Marshalls in the box!

^ This. Try using one of the Marshall amps but the preamp only as a pedal. Works brilliantly. 

gibsongretschfan

rossyamaha said:

robinbowes said:

gibsongretschfan said:

Digital_Igloo said:

2.60 is currently in beta. Lonestar and Friedman clean channels, HX Effects editor, a $#!& ton of bug fixes, and a handful of effects (no additional reverbs or pitch stuff yet). I wouldn't call it a major update. With a lot of luck, next week sometime. If not, the week after.

It’s bad when I’ve pretty much lost interest in updates! Only really wanting a Marshall in a box type drive pedal or two. Any pitch shifting swirly reverb assignable LFO stuff is just all gravy by his point 

Why do you need a MIAB drive pedal? You've already got several actual Marshalls in the box!

^ This. Try using one of the Marshall amps but the preamp only as a pedal. Works brilliantly. 

Always found that to be really temperamental depending on which amp you’re putting it before. I’m really only looking for a light/medium AC/DC crunch and those models on Helix really miss the power amp distortion when just using the preamp

gibsongretschfan

robinbowes said:

gibsongretschfan said:

Digital_Igloo said:

2.60 is currently in beta. Lonestar and Friedman clean channels, HX Effects editor, a $#!& ton of bug fixes, and a handful of effects (no additional reverbs or pitch stuff yet). I wouldn't call it a major update. With a lot of luck, next week sometime. If not, the week after.

It’s bad when I’ve pretty much lost interest in updates! Only really wanting a Marshall in a box type drive pedal or two. Any pitch shifting swirly reverb assignable LFO stuff is just all gravy by his point 

Why do you need a MIAB drive pedal? You've already got several actual Marshalls in the box!

For using as a traditional stomp box in front of an amp style setup the Helix lacks that kind of overdrive/distortion. Sticking an amp in the mix just starts over complicating things and changes your base sound

robinbowes

gibsongretschfan said:

robinbowes said:

gibsongretschfan said:

Digital_Igloo said:

2.60 is currently in beta. Lonestar and Friedman clean channels, HX Effects editor, a $#!& ton of bug fixes, and a handful of effects (no additional reverbs or pitch stuff yet). I wouldn't call it a major update. With a lot of luck, next week sometime. If not, the week after.

It’s bad when I’ve pretty much lost interest in updates! Only really wanting a Marshall in a box type drive pedal or two. Any pitch shifting swirly reverb assignable LFO stuff is just all gravy by his point 

Why do you need a MIAB drive pedal? You've already got several actual Marshalls in the box!

For using as a traditional stomp box in front of an amp style setup the Helix lacks that kind of overdrive/distortion. Sticking an amp in the mix just starts over complicating things and changes your base sound

Ah, you're using it as an FX unit in front of an amp?

Jetfire

What stands are guys using for your pa speakers?

John_A

A MIAB type pedal would also be great for the HX effects

rossyamaha

Another great way to do the MIAB thing is get something like the OCD and pair it with a Klon, TS or EQ to boost the mids. Assign them to the same switch and hey presto. 

sgosden

whilst I love the space echo, I've really got into the way the el-capistan can manipulate tape age and crinkle  for really gritty/warbly repeats. Is there a way do to similar on helix?

gibsongretschfan

sgosden said:

whilst I love the space echo, I've really got into the way the el-capistan can manipulate tape age and crinkle  for really gritty/warbly repeats. Is there a way do to similar on helix?

Isn’t there age and warble settings on the Transistor Tape Delay??

sgosden

gibsongretschfan said:

sgosden said:

whilst I love the space echo, I've really got into the way the el-capistan can manipulate tape age and crinkle  for really gritty/warbly repeats. Is there a way do to similar on helix?

Isn’t there age and warble settings on the Transistor Tape Delay??

... maybe... I've neglected the transistor tape since space echo came out

sgosden

gibsongretschfan said:

sgosden said:

whilst I love the space echo, I've really got into the way the el-capistan can manipulate tape age and crinkle  for really gritty/warbly repeats. Is there a way do to similar on helix?

Isn’t there age and warble settings on the Transistor Tape Delay??

Nope, wow& flutter. But no age. 
Gives some nice modulation, but is more chorusy than the gritty broken sound I'm chasing

gibsongretschfan

sgosden said:

gibsongretschfan said:

sgosden said:

whilst I love the space echo, I've really got into the way the el-capistan can manipulate tape age and crinkle  for really gritty/warbly repeats. Is there a way do to similar on helix?

Isn’t there age and warble settings on the Transistor Tape Delay??

Nope, wow& flutter. But no age. 
Gives some nice modulation, but is more chorusy than the gritty broken sound I'm chasing

Could have swore there was a way to dirty that delay up

sweepy

gibsongretschfan said:

sgosden said:

gibsongretschfan said:

sgosden said:

whilst I love the space echo, I've really got into the way the el-capistan can manipulate tape age and crinkle  for really gritty/warbly repeats. Is there a way do to similar on helix?

Isn’t there age and warble settings on the Transistor Tape Delay??

Nope, wow& flutter. But no age. 
Gives some nice modulation, but is more chorusy than the gritty broken sound I'm chasing

Could have swore there was a way to dirty that delay up

Add a bit of overdriven compression perhaps ?