Aw man I had to find this video to know how to connect my Line 6 POD Go. I saw that I needed 1/4" to XLR cables, but did I need two? Where do they go? I didn't even think about the fact that they would need to be panned Left and Right. This cleared it up. May want to do something like this for the POD Go as well for those (like me) who didn't know. Thanks!
does the signal to noise ratio get better when I adjust the gain on the mixing console? Is it necessary to put the gain of the mixing console higher than the lowest settings anyway? Meaning, should I try to avoid increasing the gain knob, and instead regulate everything with the fader on the helix and on the mixing console?
I have two major issues: 1) I loose most dynamics in Volume levels. If I play soft/hard doesnt really matter. The PA either blows everything away or im not loud enough. No compressor used. 2) Massive humming. I use a Noise Gate, a tubescreamer and an pre amp-cabinet modelling path. On higher gain levels the humming is manageable on heaphones and home studio monitors. But its unbearable in reheasal levels of loudness. I cannot crank the noisegate further as it kills soft notes and sustain. Anyone experience or possible solutions?
Guys one question - to me the helix XLR (Mic) although quieter has a lot better tonal quality in my in ear than using the 1.4'' out (Line). I'm using a regular gutiar cable to connect the 1.4'' out to the mixing console. The XLR (Mic) sounds like it's studio quality where the Line level sounds harsher, raspier and overall less nice. Hope someone figured it out, or maybe it's normal, I don't know. I'm asking cause I'd like to send mic level signal using the XLR out to FOH and still use the second XLR to our mixing console but I'm not sure if in both cases it should be Line level signal cause the Mic just sounds better :(
Thanks for the tutorial! So... If I play live, what is the best way for me and my band listen to the guitar? with speakers coming directly from the mixer?
I dont still understand how you can select "line level" in the mixing console using an XLR cable. When you run an XLR to a mic preamp,it raises the gain because the channel is expecting a mic level signal. SO HOW you set up a line level in a mic preamp input ????????????
How do you connect to both a FOH mixer and FRFR monitor? My frfr has only XLR input so I connect Helix's XLR output to it. Should I use the 1/4" output for mixing console then?
Use a 1/4” mono cable from of the Helix 1/4” output jack. Run that cable into 1/4” jack on the mixer. Phantom power only works using xlr jacks and cables.
COM A HELIX DESLIGADA, CONECTE A SAÍDA XLR/MONO NA MESA NA MESA, SELECIONE "LINE" E DESLIGUE O "PAD" E O "PHANTOM" (SE TIVEREM ESSAS OPÇÕES) COLOQUE O GANHO NO ZERO COLOQUE O EQUALIZADOR (MÉDIO, GRAVE E AGUDO), BEM COMO O PAN NO CENTRO (FLAT) AUMENTE O VOLUME DO CANAL DA GUITARRA NA MESA CONECTE A GUITARRA NA HELIX, LIGUE-A E VÁ PARA "GLOBAL SETTINGS" CONFIGURE AS SAÍDAS 1/4' E XLR PARA "LINE" VAI PARA O PRESET COM O VOLUME MAIS ALTO QUE VC TIVER E AUMENTE O VOLUME DA HELIX PARA 100% CERTIFIQUE-SE DE QUE O VOLUME PRINCIPAL DA MESA ESTEJA TODO PARA BAIXO, ENTÃO LIGUE A MESA TOQUE A GUITARRA E CERTIFIQUE-SE SE O LED (VERMELHO) DO CANAL (PEAK/CLIP) ESTEJA ACENDENDO SE ISTO OCORRER, ABAIXE O VOLUME DA HELIX ATÉ QUE O LED DA MESA NÃO ESTEJA MAIS PISCANDO (O OBJETIVO E DEIXAR QUE O VOLUME DA HELIX ESTEJA AO MÁXIMO, SEM QUE HAJA SATURAÇÃO) SE O CANAL DA MESA TIVER UM BOTÃO PRÉ-FADE(PFL), APERTE-O E AJUSTE O GANHO DO CANAL ATÉ QUE NO MEDIDOR DE PEAK/CLIP DA MESA, FIQUE LOGO ABAIXO DO "ZERO" SE FOR USAR EFEITOS EM STÉREO, CONECTE A SAÍDA XLR/RIGHT NA MESA, E SIGA OS MESMOS PROCEDIMENTOS DE CONFIGURAÇÃO DE ANTES. CERTIFIQUE-SE DE CONFIGURAR O "PAN" DE AMBOS OS CANAIS (LEFT TODO PRA ESQUERDA E RIGHT TODO PRA DIREITA)
Aw man I had to find this video to know how to connect my Line 6 POD Go. I saw that I needed 1/4" to XLR cables, but did I need two? Where do they go? I didn't even think about the fact that they would need to be panned Left and Right. This cleared it up. May want to do something like this for the POD Go as well for those (like me) who didn't know. Thanks!
Well....I needed this.....works too.....can't thank you enough!!
More HX videos like this, please!
does the signal to noise ratio get better when I adjust the gain on the mixing console? Is it necessary to put the gain of the mixing console higher than the lowest settings anyway? Meaning, should I try to avoid increasing the gain knob, and instead regulate everything with the fader on the helix and on the mixing console?
do i turn of the channels compressor or center it i turn it off right do to there being comp in the unit?
I have two major issues:
1) I loose most dynamics in Volume levels. If I play soft/hard doesnt really matter. The PA either blows everything away or im not loud enough. No compressor used.
2) Massive humming. I use a Noise Gate, a tubescreamer and an pre amp-cabinet modelling path. On higher gain levels the humming is manageable on heaphones and home studio monitors. But its unbearable in reheasal levels of loudness. I cannot crank the noisegate further as it kills soft notes and sustain.
Anyone experience or possible solutions?
Guys one question - to me the helix XLR (Mic) although quieter has a lot better tonal quality in my in ear than using the 1.4'' out (Line). I'm using a regular gutiar cable to connect the 1.4'' out to the mixing console. The XLR (Mic) sounds like it's studio quality where the Line level sounds harsher, raspier and overall less nice. Hope someone figured it out, or maybe it's normal, I don't know.
I'm asking cause I'd like to send mic level signal using the XLR out to FOH and still use the second XLR to our mixing console but I'm not sure if in both cases it should be Line level signal cause the Mic just sounds better :(
Use a stereo DI box. Plug the 1/4 jacks to the DI and then send XLR to FOH. Then you can run and XLR to your stage mixer
Thanks for the tutorial! So... If I play live, what is the best way for me and my band listen to the guitar? with speakers coming directly from the mixer?
I've been trying to know that too,
Wouldn't you run another out of the helix to an FRFR speaker, thats on stage with you and the band?
Do you really need XLR plugs for this when it's going to be set up as "line input"?
So confused.
Did you find out?
No. You can use standard instrument cables. Just do the same process using the 1/4 inch jack on the mixer and on the helix.
I dont still understand how you can select "line level" in the mixing console using an XLR cable. When you run an XLR to a mic preamp,it raises the gain because the channel is expecting a mic level signal. SO HOW you set up a line level in a mic preamp input ????????????
Can the right channel be dry? Like direct input DI?
How do you connect to both a FOH mixer and FRFR monitor? My frfr has only XLR input so I connect Helix's XLR output to it. Should I use the 1/4" output for mixing console then?
If you're not running stereo then you could run the left xlr to the mixer and the right xlr to your speaker
Use a DI box, there is a thru output that goes to your FRFR, that way you will have a split signal to your monitor in stage
How would be on a PreSonus mixer?
My tone is dull and boring when direct to PA setup, any tips?
What if the Mixer doesent have a LINE LEVEL SELECTOR?
Just use a DI box to convert line to mic, otherwise you will be clipping the PA
I hardly understood that, why such a short video???? Why not step by step video examples
What if phantom power is for the whole board and not just individual channels? My mic is a phantom powered one
Use a 1/4” mono cable from of the Helix 1/4” output jack. Run that cable into 1/4” jack on the mixer. Phantom power only works using xlr jacks and cables.
Vocês tem usuários em outros países , bota legenda em português please
COM A HELIX DESLIGADA, CONECTE A SAÍDA XLR/MONO NA MESA
NA MESA, SELECIONE "LINE" E DESLIGUE O "PAD" E O "PHANTOM" (SE TIVEREM ESSAS OPÇÕES)
COLOQUE O GANHO NO ZERO
COLOQUE O EQUALIZADOR (MÉDIO, GRAVE E AGUDO), BEM COMO O PAN NO CENTRO (FLAT)
AUMENTE O VOLUME DO CANAL DA GUITARRA NA MESA
CONECTE A GUITARRA NA HELIX, LIGUE-A E VÁ PARA "GLOBAL SETTINGS"
CONFIGURE AS SAÍDAS 1/4' E XLR PARA "LINE"
VAI PARA O PRESET COM O VOLUME MAIS ALTO QUE VC TIVER E AUMENTE O VOLUME DA HELIX PARA 100%
CERTIFIQUE-SE DE QUE O VOLUME PRINCIPAL DA MESA ESTEJA TODO PARA BAIXO, ENTÃO LIGUE A MESA
TOQUE A GUITARRA E CERTIFIQUE-SE SE O LED (VERMELHO) DO CANAL (PEAK/CLIP) ESTEJA ACENDENDO
SE ISTO OCORRER, ABAIXE O VOLUME DA HELIX ATÉ QUE O LED DA MESA NÃO ESTEJA MAIS PISCANDO (O OBJETIVO E DEIXAR QUE O VOLUME DA HELIX ESTEJA AO MÁXIMO, SEM QUE HAJA SATURAÇÃO)
SE O CANAL DA MESA TIVER UM BOTÃO PRÉ-FADE(PFL), APERTE-O E AJUSTE O GANHO DO CANAL ATÉ QUE NO MEDIDOR DE PEAK/CLIP DA MESA, FIQUE LOGO ABAIXO DO "ZERO"
SE FOR USAR EFEITOS EM STÉREO, CONECTE A SAÍDA XLR/RIGHT NA MESA, E SIGA OS MESMOS PROCEDIMENTOS DE CONFIGURAÇÃO DE ANTES.
CERTIFIQUE-SE DE CONFIGURAR O "PAN" DE AMBOS OS CANAIS (LEFT TODO PRA ESQUERDA E RIGHT TODO PRA DIREITA)