PatrickJ

What upset me about the post from theGreek was the implication that ADHD is simply a label used as an excuse for bad parenting. This is what parents of kids with ADHD / ASD face all the time by people who like to put quotes around the word "conditions". Trust me , we spend enough time feeling like we're failing and not doing a good enough job - we don't need to be told we're shitty parents by those who have no experience living with it day in day out.

As a parent with a kid with ADHD and ASD comments like this make me incredible angry. The OP wasn't talking about behavioural problems - more exploring why he has found learning and other aspects of life challenging and sharing some information about that. 50 years ago I very much doubt ADHD would have been picked up on and if the OP had these sorts of challengers at school was probably labelled a disruptive or under achieving kid. Exploring nuero-diversity wouldn't have been a thing back then. I think it's great @Grangurthat you are exploring it now. Since my son's diagnosis I have been recognising his traits in myself and understanding him helps me understand me, it answers questions from my youth as to why I struggled, was unhappy and volatile that I could never previously understand. It's helped me understand and accept myself more. Poor / inadequate parenting and lack of boundaries is going to cause many kids to follow undesirable paths, whether they have ADHD or not. I have multiple kids, all brought up in the same house with the same values. Only one can be challenging from behavioural perspective - this is not because of lack of boundaries it's driven by sensory overload and overwhelming anxiety that can't be regulated. All this bursts out in explosive anger. Teachers in schools these days do get training on ADHD and ASD and support is available for them though some are better at understanding and adapting than others. The school environment can be a huge factor in how well a child can cope - we had to move my kid into a different school because his didn't and the difference that made to him has been incredible - IT'S NOT ALL THE PARENTS!!! We are still tryif to repair the damage that school has done to him in terms of accepting himself, crippling low self-esteem as a result of how they treated him. Charts and information you share are great. School teachers do get training on this stuff. Private music teachers DO NOT. My kids drum teacher had never taught a kid with ADHD / ASD before and had no idea on how to approach it. He was amazing, he went and did a bunch of research but I bet most don't or wouldn't know what signs to look out for.

I found his video on Snapshots very useful

Yes I only just learnt about Favourites today! And SNAPSHOTS - why I didn't know about them before I don't know, but they are seriously useful.

Miles away .. makes me think somethings not quite right with the import perhaps. My helix doesn't seem to respond in the same way his does which could be a playing style thing.

tried it, sounded nothing like how it does on the Video - at least for me. And thus is the problem with using other peoples patches, different gear, different playing styles, different results.

Synth Bass Funky Duck - Helixpresets (sellfy.com) $3 advertising as working for all Helix units. think I'll get it myself.

1 of his patches, funky duck, is available for all Helix units. I think it's Around $6 dollars. The links are in the Youtube video description. I was quite tempted by it just to see how he's setting up his patches.

After posting I watched one of Chad's other videos. In this one he goes into more detail on how he produced the sound The new polyphonic stuff is looking good. I was previous using the Legacy Octave patch in my synth patches but I'm updating that with the polyphonic modules as they give a better synthy tone. I've also changed my fuzz of choice to the Xenomorphic fuzz (again an idea taken from @bassfan) as you can change the wave shape which lends it's self nicely to creating synth patches. The only issue with the Polyphonic modules is the amount of DSP they need. I did have to move to Simple Pitch for one of my boards as there wasn't enough DSP for the Poly modules.

Checked out Dr Tone this evening but didn't really rate his Synth sounds... This guy however - much more the sort of thing I am after https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lz02CvQ42U&ab_channel=ChadCarouthers Also this guy is using a HX FX in this video for some of his synth effects Scott's Bass Lessons - Top 10 Synth Bass Lines (But it's not Scott!)

haha, actually I have to say I've got something working I kind of like on the Helix using one of the new Poly patches. I was looking at some of the information @bassfan sent me and saw he had a Blinding Lights patch, my drummer also mentioned that song as he saw it in some Rick Beato video so thought I'd give it a listen and it sent me off, once again , on trying to get an Octavey / Synthy patch going (seriously I should just sell my basses and buy some keys). I do think I'll end up giving the OC-5 a go, @Al Krow if you see one pop up on a black Friday offer let me know.

I spent lunch reading that thread and watching the demo's. Trying to convince myself I have the Helix and don't need the OC-5.

Yeah,been discussed many times. Perhaps I just bought the wrong multi-fx since it is synths and filters I'm reaching for most these days - and I'm gassing for an OC-2 type octave

Honestly I wasn't trying to enter the broader discussion about bedroom vs. gigging basses other than a genuine interest to see who is using a Helix is a working situation. For me Multi-FX have always been something I've had to play around with at home for fun, and to try and different sounds and FX out as a precursor to buying the few dedicated pedals I need to playing in a band setting. Previous Boss and Zoom units I had I always found the quality lacking when it came to playing with a band (or maybe I just didn't know how to use them properly back then) or I find the interfaces (especially Zoom) were too difficult to adjust on the fly without significant time and effort. With my Helix I did try using it at rehearsal a couple of times but the Filter settings I were using just got completely lost in the mix. Then we went into lockdown and I've not had an opportunity since. I was just curious to understand if other uses were finding the quality sufficient enough to replace their full pedal boards on live gigs.

I used the same update approach and completely missed that although the HX FX unit was updated to 3 HX Edit remained on 2.92. Thanks for posting this I'm now downloading HX Edit 3.00

nooo, I'm too old for Facebook. Social Media died along with MySpace for me

Would you mind sharing which songs and what modules you're using for them? Which compressor do you favour?

Out of interest, how many of you have been using your Helix's in a live setting, especially those with the HXFX, Have they been working out well, and if so what effects have you been using?