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    Helix Floor/LT/HX/Stomp/PodGo owners' Club - Tips, Ideas & Patches

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    2 minutes ago, Sibob said:

    I think the answer is no, but with the HX Stomp, anyone know if it’s possible to have one patch with the 3rd footswitch as an effect switch, then switch to another patch where the 3rd footswitch changes to the tuner?

    Cheers

    Si

    I think you're right in that it's not possible!

    The easiest way around it would be to use an external footswitch for the tuner. Even if you only need a total of 4 footswitches you could always use a single external switch with a standard mono cable, you'd just need to figure out if it would default to footswitch 4 or 5 in the global settings but that should only take a minute. It ought to work as in the past I've not pushed my TRS cable in fully and only had my twin footswitch working on one channel. Lots of swearing and reboots later I managed to figure it out :D

    Helix Floor/LT/HX/Stomp/PodGo owners' Club - Tips, Ideas & Patches

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    16 hours ago, bassfan said:

    Rant warning. 
     

    Ive spent 5 hours this afternoon/evening trying to sort my stomp. It worked fine at the weekend so I thought I’d play with some more effects. First it wouldn’t reallocate the light from white to any other colour. Then it refused to copy any presets into new blocks in edit. All firmware is up to date. So uninstalled the software. Reinstalled the software. No difference. Checked all the settings. I have fs 3 aligned to true bypass, wasn’t working. Wouldn’t reallocate fs3 back to tuner. Factory reset meant I had to reallocate fs4/5- god bless YouTube. 
    4 hours in. Plenty of 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 it just sprang back to life. Wtf! 🤷🏻‍♂️

    Have you tried a hard reset? Line 6 recommend doing it after every firmware update as counterintuitive as it sounds! Don't quote me on this as it's been a while since I have done it but it's something simple like holding down foot switch 3 (possibly 2 and 3 similtaneously) while you boot up the Stomp. I had a behavioral issue with mine a while ago and this sorted it, it seems to clear out any clutter from the cache when updating the firmware. 

    Noisy pre amp pedal

    in Effects

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    16 minutes ago, Judo Chop said:

    Luckily I bought it new so I can return it if the batteries or power supply don't help.

    Is there a way to upload sound files on here? It would probably be easier to record a short A/B clip to show you both rather than describing the sounds to you 

    You can upload sound files, other users have done it, but it's not something that I've done myself so although I'm not certain I'd guess you just upload it as you would a picture using the Choose files option. That's on the desktop version of the site, I'm not sure if it works the same on the mobile version. 

    Noisy pre amp pedal

    in Effects

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    On 02/07/2021 at 01:18, Judo Chop said:

    I bought one of these Ampeg analog pre amp pedals in January and it sounds really nice, only it's got quite a low output and it's extremely noisy when switched on.
    This isn't a problem for me when I'm just playing through my amp but when I try to record with it it really sticks out, I have to crank the volume control to make up for how quiet it is which in turn makes the hissing and noise stand out a lot more. Turning the mids and treble up makes it even worse, and the Ultra Hi switch just adds to that.

    Has anyone else had one of these pedals and did you have similar problems or do I just have a dodgy unit?

    Cheers!

     

    That doesn't sound quite right to me. Although I've not had one of these Ampeg units I have had a few different pre-amps over the years and none have been excessively noisy, IMO. Obviously if you start adding high gain drive and lots of high end then things get inherently noisier but at clean and low gain settings you shouldn't really be having the problems you describe. And all the pre's that I've used have had plenty of volume boost available too, even with clean sounds, so if you're having to crank it to reach unity then it sounds like something's not right. If you bought it new there should be at least a 12 month manufacturers warranty so drop the retailer a line about getting it replaced. If you bought used there's not a lot you can do about it, unfortunately. 

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    Post punk, alt-rock corner

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    Working from home the past god know how long has led me to discover and rediscover some cracking music. A band that I used to listed to a lot in the 90's but then I lost touch with was Fugazi, an American post hardcore band that mixed in a dub like vibe at times. This is one of my favourite tunes, I think it was originally released in around 1990 but still sounds great today, helped by the fact the band were doing their own thing so haven't dated like a lot of music does. 

     

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