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Guitar > Helix Guitar Input
Helix Loop 1 Send > Front of real amplifier
Real amplifiers effects loop send > Helix Loop 1 Return
Helix Main 1/4" output > Real amplifiers effects loop Return
Thus the main volume knob would only control how much signal is being fed to the RETURN of your real amplifiers effects loop. So it's like a master volume at that point.
Then use the 1/4" for your 4cm rig... and the XLR outputs for your home recording rig. Then you never need to fuck around with those settings again.
You can even set the level for the effects loops on an individual basis - so...
loop 1 might be a drive pedal ... set it to instrument.
loop 2 might be the effects loop for your guitar amp... set it to line level or instrument level depending on what your amp has (my Sig X has a hi mode and a low mode, which I think are both line level but one is -10dB and one is +4dB)
loop 3 might be a rack effect unit... set it to line level.
loop 4 might be another guitar that you've got connected... set it to instrument.
Lots of ways to configure it.
It's size & placement bugs me a bit too, it's nice to have it accessible like that, but in some ways I'd prefer a set-and-forget location within a menu; or even the ability to re-assign those controls to something else too to create a pseudo exp.pedal perhaps?!
"Determines which output(s) are affected when turning the top panel VOLUME knob. For example, you may want to control the level sent from the 1/4" outputs to your stage monitor without affecting the XLR level sent to the front-of-house mixer."
Good point - I'd hoped that the pots were analogue/traditional types, or at least free-turning, but they still had intervals in use. I can't remember if the same was true for the Vol ones though.
L2T is identical to L2M apart from the fact L2T has a 2 channel analogue mixer on the side with eq and effects (to DI a mic and an acoustic). You won't need an L2T if you buy a Helix as the Helix will plug into the Line 6 link digital input which is common to both the L2T and L2M. By the way if you intend to buy either, don't buy from Thomann - I've just been refunded by them for a faulty L3T after a 5 month battle which was only brought to a conclusion when I threatened legal action. Don't get me wrong, when your purchase is not faulty they are brilliant, but if you have a fault you will be in for a world of pain to get your money back. I'm never buying from them again.
Nice one Centurion. Was the L3 faulty on arrival or did it go pop later?
Love the comment someone has put in there about the profile of the 'artists' invited to demo this.
None of them seemed particularly blown away by it. I thought it sounded pretty good
(lol)