Woodinblack

In which way would that not be polyphonic? You put two notes in, two notes are coming out, that is polyphonic.

OK, so pretty much what I said then? It is fairly apparent if you really listen to it. Now, if we were talking about the Boss SY-1000, then that is a whole new ballgame!

Because you are playing a polyphonic signal into it. So the effect happens to that. It isn't analysing your signal for pitch, just for dynamics. If it changes the pitch it is doing it in an effective analog way, rather than a pitch to note way such as a proper synth You will find if you change your bass sound it will affect the synth out. Just not that much because of the depth of the effect.

No, I cancelled my order as it was taking too long, and now I think if I go for another short scale it will be one of the ibanez's. Seems they still aren't out.

AFAIR these are the bottom 4 strings of a 5 string set. Obvs jabba will say for definite but that is how I remember it. And it played and sounded just fine.

Well, that is the LT updated to 2.91. Can't say I notice a difference, still has a million and one things to select, although I guess now it has a million and two! Might as well drag the HX FX in and do that too.

Indeed - I get that. It is comparing apples with oranges, but I guess if people need that I don't think I am really - its not a 'synth', I think the problem is that it has synth written on it, its more like 'synth effects' for a guitar / bass.

Just ordinary 4 string basses.

Odd - never heard anyone say that their distortion pedal or their HPF had great tracking. Exactly the same thing!

Why do people keep saying 'tracking'. This thing does not track, it is not a 'synth' in that sense. You are modifying the smoothed waveform you put in, there is no pitch detection like in something like the FI, GR etc. Sorry, my pet hate with this! Some of the sounds are pretty samey, but never exactly the same and I think that is because they are variations of the same thing. I mean they could have just provided the 9 basic sounds, without the variation knob and it *still* would have been a great pedal.

Well, true, but I loved that little brown bass the first time I played it and I still love it Its the perfect 'house bass'

I love the sound they get on this on the record. And surprisingly I didn't even think about it being a harmonica on the record until I saw the video!

I have used new tones, both for a short scale 5 string Set and for a chapman stick. Can take a while but they worked well where I used them

Yeh, if it had a sample playback and a SY-1 built in it would be ideal!

Yep, pretty well how I use it. I like the paths thing because I have a distortion which is pitch dependant, in that the bass goes through a soft overdrive and the treble goes to a harsher distortion. On one pedal though. I do like you can overload whatever pedals you want.

The keys have all the effects they need, so never really tried it. When gigging the synth sounds come from the iPad (and I don't have the LT).

I think the difference for me is that I didn't use patches, I use it like a bank of effects on one patch. Well, actually I have another patch that I use for a set of completely different songs (and another for another group). So I have a bit of narrow echo on all the time. The amp has the tone controls and the compressor, and I have a separate HPF. I need the pedalboard anyway as I need wireless, sample playback and keys so it has to be small enough to fit in that. This is why I am getting rid of the LT. If I didn't have the keys I would stick with the LT, it is clearly better, or if I was a guitarist., especially a non singing, non keyboard playing one.

When that is half price it will be killer!

Well, almost certainly before any gigs!

Presumably not too soon, they aren't out yet are they?

I think the Pod Go is an ideal form factor, I assume from the button spacing that it is the same size as the HX FX, but with a footpedal. If they could put a full helix in that (even at helix price), I would get it.

I have tried that but found it depressing! What I have done is start going through the songs and recording them part by part so I can really listen to them. That is what I intend too. I hope to have had a chance to listen to all those songs and redo the parts that I always did wrong!

Why would the group have drifted apart? My group has no reason to be in contact apart from gigs but I have no doubt that as soon as we can gig we will be out there. Luckily we don't need much practice, we are pretty terrible anyway I am still playing regularly anyway at home. Probably more so now.

I think that Line 6 are pretty clear in all their marketing material about the position of the HX FX. It is an effects unit for people who want to use their own amp. I still believe that at some point in a few years, with companies snapping at their heels, they will make something which is the same as a full helix in an FX sized case. But not for a while yet.