dave_bass5

Haha, yeah, we heard the 11th time lol.

I’m seeing a lot of past tense ‘had’ comments and wondering why if these are ‘best’ then why aren’t they your current amp? I’m just bored and asking, not questioning your choices.

Must admit I couldn’t get a filter effect that matches my MXR BF. Close enough though.

When I got back in to playing bass I started with a Ashdown EB, and then moved to a MAG307. When I out grew that I went with MB, for a good few years. It took me a bit of adjusting because the low is set much lower than on the Ashdown’s. It was that 100hz that I missed.

I don’t recall it coming with a USB-C cable, only Lightning and micro USB IIR. But yeah, the Stomp is the way to go for now.

Cheers. I think I’ll stick with the Stomp, especially as I’d use it for bass and Guitar anyway. I have an iRig HD sitting at work, but I’ve since changed my iPad so have no use for it. I’ve just been reading that Logic Pro and FCPX will be arriving on the iPad Pro sometime in the next yearly two. That will be a game changer IMO.

Are you using a 2018-200 iPad Pro? I was thinking of getting the Scarlett Solo but don’t want to have to use a PSU for it. I have to do this via a hub with my old 2i4 (I’ve been saying it’s a 2i2 but recently realised it’s a 2i4). Pretty sure the 3rd gen Solo also needs the power as well though so may just stick with Bass-Stomp-ipad.

I’ve used my Focusrite with my iPad. Works fine, but it takes a lot more leads and boxes compared to just going straight through the Stomp. As I’m only going to record guitar and bass this works better for me.

I found all my patches in the Stomp are set to 0db output. This is fine for my rig and headphone practice, but upping the gain to around +5db or so made a huge difference to the way my iPad would record the input. I don’t think there is any real reason I need to back this off for using with my rig, but I do.

I’d be surprised if the Floor unit didn’t have more routing options.

Just saw this posted on FB https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/line-6-helix-the-overachieving-audio-interface/

That’s just for USB in as far as I can see. There is also the option to just increase the output gain for each patch. I’ve used this method with my iPad and it works fine. Just need to remember to put it back afterwards. I suppose I could keep a copy of it just for recording purposes.

Love that the clipping Indicators are always visible, but can anyone actually see them on the stomp from a standing position? I suppose they are more for setting up the patches (and are much more visible in edit mode)

Been playing with the new Comp, and it’s much easier for me to get the effect I want. I gave up on the Helix comps and got a Becos, and really, really love that one. I think the Helix ones are a bit too complicated for my small brain, but the new one seems very close to my Becos and I can hear it’s doing a very similar job.

This is how I see it. Once the signal goes in to the Helix it’s converted to digital. It will stay like that until it’s either output though the analogue outputs, or out of the DAW. Probably not a lot in it if you use another interface in front, but it will be there. i just tried using my Stomp in to Adobe Audition on my PC and had bags of volume on tap. Not used a Mac for audio so can’t help with that.

I noticed that a well but i loaded a back up and things all went back to normal. Because I did it all in one go I missed that there are new bass presets (apparently), so might do a system reset and have a look later, and then restore again.

Only for the synth songs, then it’s gets strapped back up 😂

Just untie your keyboard players left hand and let him do what he/she is supposed to be doing 😉

Having a bit of a nightmare with quotes in replies on iPad. Sometimes the cursor jumps in to the quote, and there seems no way to get out and back to my part of the reply. Have to back out of the whole process.

No, not had much chance to try the update out yet, just the bits I was lookIng forward to. Doubt I’ll ever use the splitter.

Yeah, I thought it seemed faster. Was going to wait and do a few more tests to confirm that to myself,.

Ooh, just noticed the Stomp now has the coloured foot switch indicators like the Effects when using the Tuner. Very cool.

I’m looking forward to trying the Comp. This and the Small Stone are the highlights for me.

Unfortunately for me I won’t get the meters, just the clipping indicator.

And Native 1.9 New Features in Helix Native1.90 NOTE: For additional information on Helix Native 1.90 or HX Edit 2.90, check out the latest Helix Native and HX Edit Pilot’s Guides, which are automatically installed with the new 1.90 / 2.90 software. A/B Compare Helix Native A new set of buttons lets you temporarily store all of the Helix Native instance’s model selection and parameter settings, then tweak any number of parameters and easily compare an A version and a B version. Click the middle button to quickly copy the current state to the other (A to B or B to A). Other Changes and Improvements in Helix / HX 2.90 | Helix Native 1.90 The EQ > Low / High Shelf model’s Hi Freq parameter now goes down to 400Hz (Helix Floor / Rack / LT, HX Effects, HX Stomp, Helix Native) Booting up now takes roughly half the time (Helix Floor / Rack / LT, HX Effects) While in Tuner mode, the three footswitch LEDs act as additional tuning indicators (HX Stomp [feature is already in HX Effects]) Edited presets now display a small “E” icon (HX Effects, HX Stomp [feature is already in Helix Floor / Rack / LT]) Blocks can now quickly be copied and pasted across signal flows by Option-dragging (Windows: Control-dragging) the block (Helix Native, HX Edit) IRs can now be dragged directly from the Impulses list onto the signal flow view (Helix Native, HX Edit) Double-clicking an IR in the Impulses list now auto-populates the currently selected IR block (Helix Native, HX Edit) Parameters with very few values now appear as select boxes instead of sliders (Helix Native, HX Edit) Parameters assigned to controllers now scale slider width to reflect Min and Max values (Helix Native) A “Check for Updates” box has been added to the Preferences window (Helix Native, HX Edit) Lots of stability and usability improvements across the board (Helix Native, HX Edit) Bug Fixes in 2.90 Distortion > Obsidian Drive’s polarity was reversed Remotely changing Powercab Plus speaker modes upon preset recall could sometimes result in a volume bump Using Learn to quickly assign a parameter to footswitch control could occasionally swap the switch’s Latching / Momentary setting Setting the Input block on Path 1A to S/PDIF could stop passing audio if a new Path 1B Input block had been created Connecting an expression pedal to Helix Control could sometimes cause the pedal position display to behave erratically Lots of other minor bug fixes Known Issues in 2.90 A slight thump can be heard when loading a Distortion > Kinky Boost, Arbitrator Fuzz, or Tycoctavia Fuzz model While backing up, the scribble strip on FS8 can sometimes flicker (Helix Floor, Helix Rack / Control) In very rare cases, leaving the unit on for many hours can sometimes cause reverb models to cease outputting audio In a preset with two IRs blocks, moving one IR block to Path B can sometimes cause the other IR block to reset its Impulse Response to slot 1 In rare cases, after exporting and then importing presets using HX Edit, the Split block’s bypass state can sometimes change (Helix Floor, Helix RackControl, Helix LT)/ When using Blue Cat Audio’s PatchWork VST host software, resizing the Helix Native window may not scale smoothly (Helix Native) Compatible OS: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10