What a cool bloke, I have the same outlook as you. Get something that works, roughly in the ball park and then just go and play. 99% of people don’t really give a shit anyway 😅
The deluxe comp. Set the ratio to 3:1 and maybe shorten the attack a little. I personally would place it after the wah at the beginning of the chain but before any distortion block. Thank you!
I had no idea i could use one switch to operate 2 amps, so thanks for that. Do you have a suggestion how i could level out all of my presents so our guy on the mixer doesn't have to continuously tweek my mix channel
The best way is to use headphones. Play through your presets at an almost uncomfortable volume and pay attention to the sound pressure in your ears to get them the same.
You must have a laptop connected to your Helix on stage then? Because you wont be tweaking it in the the Helix that way. Why not show how to do it HOT.
No, I’ve never brought a laptop to a show. If I tweak live I just reach down and do it. I rarely change things on the fly after I do my setup at home. Not sure what doing it “HOT” even means.
@@bluecollarguitarist it means on the fly at a gig... without the aid of a computer. I would like to see more tutorials on the actual unit. Most of the time there is no access to computers at a gig. You began the video saying " if you had a catastrophe and lost all your presets " Im just asking why you didn't do a quick rebuild on the actual unit,because lets face it, thats where the rubber meets the road so to speak. No disrespect intended.
@@dangertreez I see. Working on the unit itself is just as fast as the desktop editor. With the capacitive touch foot switches you can assign effects in seconds. There’s already tons of videos out there covering that so I didn’t see the need.
Yes; keep it simple. Good reminder not to get carried away with options. I use only what's in my Helix; nothing extra; and even then it's easy to overdo it and wonder why it sounds like crap simple: once you get the amp, cab and mic placement sounding good, the rest is just extra. The Global EQ is your friend if you're using FRFR / PA. Cheers!
Hi, great video, thank you for posting, just one question, I tried to set both amps up on the one switch to make it multiple but it only toggled between the US Norm and not the PLexi, is this a global setting thing?...Simon
Gosh, I don’t know what to tell you buddy. When you’re assigning your switches as long as one amp is off and the other is on they should alternate with one press. The switch will auto label as MULTIPLE (2). If it only has the amp name then they’re not both assigned. Hope this helps!
That’s a very broad question but I’ll try to help. Make sure your 1/4” outputs are set to instrument level in global settings and turn off all amp and cabinet modeling. Use effects only.
Good question. The main reason is it keeps your sound between your clean and dirty more uniform. The speaker is your last eq before it goes to front of house. If you are using two different speaker and amp combinations it makes it harder for your sound guy.
DUDE! You can map 2 amps to one footswitch and switch between them? This is the secret sauce I've been looking for on my Helix! THANK YOU!
@@mrbjengel you’re welcome! Rock on!
I'm liking the tonex into the effects loop of the HX stomp or big helix
Subscribed. Not brain surgery, keep it simple, j love it. Great insights and tips. ❤
Thank you so much!
What a cool bloke, I have the same outlook as you. Get something that works, roughly in the ball park and then just go and play. 99% of people don’t really give a shit anyway 😅
@@jamietaylor1664 thanks buddy!
This is exactly how I build my presets 👍🏼 just subscribed 🤘🏼
Thank you! I wasn’t sure if anyone would appreciate a video like this.
Appreciated so much. Thank you
Great advice 👍
Glad you think so!
If you had to put a compresor on which one and were? Great Chanel great sound great playing
The deluxe comp. Set the ratio to 3:1 and maybe shorten the attack a little. I personally would place it after the wah at the beginning of the chain but before any distortion block. Thank you!
I had no idea i could use one switch to operate 2 amps, so thanks for that. Do you have a suggestion how i could level out all of my presents so our guy on the mixer doesn't have to continuously tweek my mix channel
The best way is to use headphones. Play through your presets at an almost uncomfortable volume and pay attention to the sound pressure in your ears to get them the same.
🤘🤘🤘YouRockSir🤘🤘🤘
Thanks! 🤘
You must have a laptop connected to your Helix on stage then? Because you wont be tweaking it in the the Helix that way. Why not show how to do it HOT.
No, I’ve never brought a laptop to a show. If I tweak live I just reach down and do it. I rarely change things on the fly after I do my setup at home. Not sure what doing it “HOT” even means.
@@bluecollarguitarist it means on the fly at a gig... without the aid of a computer. I would like to see more tutorials on the actual unit. Most of the time there is no access to computers at a gig. You began the video saying " if you had a catastrophe and lost all your presets " Im just asking why you didn't do a quick rebuild on the actual unit,because lets face it, thats where the rubber meets the road so to speak. No disrespect intended.
@@dangertreez I see. Working on the unit itself is just as fast as the desktop editor. With the capacitive touch foot switches you can assign effects in seconds. There’s already tons of videos out there covering that so I didn’t see the need.
Yes; keep it simple. Good reminder not to get carried away with options. I use only what's in my Helix; nothing extra; and even then it's easy to overdo it and wonder why it sounds like crap
simple: once you get the amp, cab and mic placement sounding good, the rest is just extra.
The Global EQ is your friend if you're using FRFR / PA.
Cheers!
Hi, great video, thank you for posting, just one question, I tried to set both amps up on the one switch to make it multiple but it only toggled between the US Norm and not the PLexi, is this a global setting thing?...Simon
Gosh, I don’t know what to tell you buddy. When you’re assigning your switches as long as one amp is off and the other is on they should alternate with one press. The switch will auto label as MULTIPLE (2). If it only has the amp name then they’re not both assigned. Hope this helps!
I’m plugging my helix in my Marshall amp jcm 2000 and it’s sounds really bad. Why?…
That’s a very broad question but I’ll try to help. Make sure your 1/4” outputs are set to instrument level in global settings and turn off all amp and cabinet modeling. Use effects only.
Agree totally 👍
I just followed along and built this preset and I LOVE IT! It works very nicely with the song "Hurts So Good" Thanks, great video
Hey man! That’s awesome! Glad it helped 😀
Question: Is there a reason why you used a separate cabinet block, rather than use 2 amp+cabinet combo blocks?
Good question. The main reason is it keeps your sound between your clean and dirty more uniform. The speaker is your last eq before it goes to front of house. If you are using two different speaker and amp combinations it makes it harder for your sound guy.