Greg Edwards69

Is anyone else have ground noise issues using the supplied psu? I only noticed it tonight. The past few days I've had my helix plugged into the same power strip which must have grounded it. I was using my mooer psu for the anagram for a couple of days, then tried the supplied DG one. It's only when playing tonight since packing away the helix yesterday that I noticed so much noise.

I need to look into better footwear for gigs for similar reasons. My right foot rolls inward after rolling my ankle badly some years ago. Often, gigging makes my ankle ache for ages afterwards. Strapping it up helps, but it's not comfortable. My go-to trainers are a pair of Camper Beetles as they're so comfy, but obviously not giving enough support for lengthy standing stints. Having a high instep also limits my choices somewhat - typically, trainers that fit my footshape are too loose around the heel, which starts to slide inward.

Guilty as charged!

No worries. I did try it without cab blocks, but felt it lacked a certain “Je ne sais quoi”, it’s diffult to put your finger on it. That said, I notice most of the effect and/or the amp blocks seem to have a smooth response at the top end, almost as if they have a high cut already applied. I’m glad to hear I’m not the only one scratching my head over the I/O gain. I kinda feel the input needs to be pushed a little more - it would certainly explain why the compressors seem a bit unresponsive - I’m having to crank the input on hte luminal FET compressor. I never really though about it with my Helix, I just added blocks to get the tones I wanted. The resulting signal is bit hotter than going in, but that's just the way they turned out. The Anagram blocks seem to naturally sit at unity gain. Furthermore, the main volume knob on the helix is cut only. I have detached it from the XLR outputs so that FOH get full volume. I'm a little confused with the Anagram's mixer block. I would assume leaving the XLR outputs at 0db would be "unity", but it also has a master volume control that I don't really see the point of. I notice you can unlink the different output from the master volume. I assume that unlinking will achieve the same as disabling the Helix's volume knob. Like you, I need to investigate this further. I haven't been able to A/B these at volume yet, and I'm not likely to before the next gig.

New venue for us at The Winged Horse in Basildon. Pretty much your usual community pub in a busy resential estate, with an array of lively, colourful characters. We were also joined once again by one of our dep singers, Hazel, who did a fantastic job once again. Initially they wanted us to set up in the main bar area, but there's barely space for a duo, let alone a 6 peice band, so we set up in the secondary room. It did however mean we had to compete with the football on the screen in hte main bar. Nevertheless, we played well and had a decent crowd who came through to watch, sing and dance. Only real downside is no body told us it's payment via "Just Pay", not cash. So that's that's going to take a while to come through. Oh well. Next stop, The Sarah Moore in Leigh-on-Sea.- about 15mins walk from my front door.

I do have a further question, where are you guys aiming for on the input and output meters? A the moment mine are hitting abut halfway on each. But I’m thinking I maybe should push them a bit hotter.

`yes, I’m quite aware how cab blocks work. I didn’t use them for years with the Helix, largely, because I don’t have great knowledge of different mic types and mic’ing techniques. But I started using them within the last couple of years once I got to grips with them - whilst I realised they are largely a complex eq curve, I find a nicely dialled in cab blocks bring a certain “something” to the mix that I can’t dial in with eq alone - almost as if there’s subtle compression in the right areas. Anyway, I think I’ve sorted it now, by simply changing the default mic selection and a tiny about of eq. Still, I think the Anagram cab blocks have more high end cut than the revised helix cab blocks introduced a couple of years ago - the helix one usually need taming with further high and low cuts, whereas the Anagram feels like they need opening up.

I've spent most of that afternoon playing with the Anagram and dialling in some nice sounds. I ended up using the Jim Bass amp and the California Bass 4x10. I've been favouring the SVT Brt amp on the helix for ages, pages with an 8x10 and 1x12 dual cab block. But I just didn't enjoy the Peggy amp and amp cabs on the anagram - it sounded too 'pillowy'. The combination I chose it much punchier. However, once I got it it sounding nice, I switched to my Helix - it's like night I day. My helix preset is so much more articulate with upper end detail. The Anagram sounds like it's got a blanket over it, even with this punchy and seemingly articulate amp and cab block choice. I'm going to to have to spend more time with this tomorrow and rig up a method to A/B on the fly. EDIT: according to chatgpt, the anagram has baked in high cuts on the cabs (and possibly elsewhere), whereas it's editable on the helix. This would account for why drives sound smooth without need to put a high cut block in the chain like I do with the helix.

I've since discovered that a number of users have mentioned the headphone volume issue, the lack of editing features in the Suite. I'm hoping DG can address both in future updates. I haven't just been able to compare the main 1/4" or XLR outputs. I'm hoping these are more similar to the Helix. Can anyone confirm. FWIW, on my Helix I use 1/4" at line level and XLR at mic level. The main volume knob is also detached from the XLR, so it sends full volume.

Had 30 minutes or so to play with the Anagram last night. Updated the firmware straight away - far more straightforward than updating the Helix! Whizzed through the factory presets and had a play with some individual blocks. There are some lovely drives, as expected, and some of the amps sound great without cabs or further low/high cuts, which are essential with the Helix. Just a couple of niggles so far. The volume over headphones is much quieter than the helix. Even turning up the headphone output and setting it to +10dB, it's still nowhere near as loud as my helix. I know my ATH-m50x are 38 ohm, but even my little Katana:Go drives them louder than the Anagram. DG Suite is very underwhelming. It looks pretty and makes updating the firmware a piece of cake, but coming from HX Edit, it lacks basic expected functions, such as remotely controlling presets/scenes on the Anagram, and preset editing. I really hope this will be enabled in a future update. I'll have all day to play with it tomorrow before the evenings gig. I don't expect to have a gig ready presets created, as I haven't yet planned out how I'm going to design my workflow. Downsizing from the Helix LT with 8 stomps/snapshots to 3 will take some thought.

Non-standard tuners on mass-produced basses, that I can't simply drop a Hipshot XTender in without drilling (looking at you, Squier!). Pickup selector switches - give me a blend or two volume pots I prefer maple fretboards because I like the look - I don't buy into maple sounds brighter and rosewood sounds darker Boutique curly maple tops that look like the instrument has been smeared in poo (Cort GB Modern) When people say "it plays like butter". Sounds horrible to me - all greasy and slimy!

Does anyone use the supplied PSU, or another third party solution? I'm not a fan of wall-wart design PSU's and the included one looks a bit fragile. I don't really want to get a proper 'pedal-board' style brick either. I have this Mooer one kicking around somewhere that'll probably do the job, but I might look into something with a bit more juice, in case I want to run anything else with it at a later date.

To be fair, at the Stadium announcement event, Line 6 confirmed that they would continue to develop the current hardware for the foreseeable future - they're still going to manufacture and sell them. Obviously, their main focus is launching the Stadium and adding promised features, but I don't think it will be too long before the current devices are shown some love.

Just placed my order with GuitarGuitar, and it should arrive tomorrow. Eeek! I doubt I'll be able to dial in the tones I need in time for this weekend's gig, but I understand it's easier and quicker to achieve a good tone with it than with the Helix, so I'll wait and see.

Just like the real thing then. I bought one once. Took it back a week later. Couldn't get a sound I liked out of it.