Helix Talk

[Sascha Franck]

To be fair (to be fair! TO BE FAAAAAIIIRR... To be fair), we don't like Stomp's power supply either. It's the only one we've been able to find that results in the same low noise specs as Helix/Rack/LT. Or rather, the only one that isn't super expensive.

Hm, I'm powering my Stomp with either a Harley Benton multi PSU (ISO Pro 12) or a cheap one for around 10 bucks. Both causing zero noise issues. And yes, at one time I compared them with the original PSU.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I power mine with the CS6. But it's an absolute slog of connectors from the supply to the pedal.

 

[Sascha Franck]

But it's an absolute slog of connectors from the supply to the pedal.

I just purchased a current doubler with a proper 2.5mm plug and soldered a 2.5mm plug to the cheap PSU. No cable hassle (others than still wondering why Line 6 tried to reinvent the wheel and came up with a triangle instead).

 

[Alex Kenivel]

Boxking BK06 battery (the blue lights near the I/O telling me ho much battery power is left) powering mine for up to about 4 hours. I usually leave the wall adapter plugged into it.

 

[holoholo]

I power mine with the CS6. But it's an absolute slog of connectors from the supply to the pedal.

If you’re using a cs6 just use one of these and a normal power cable and be done with it:

2x DC 5.5x2.1mm Female To 5.5mm x 2.5mm Male Right Angle Power Adapter Connector | eBay

Right Angle, 90 Degree. Female Male DC Power adapter. USE: this item can be used for the power connector conversion.

www.ebay.com

 

[JiveTurkey]

If you’re using a cs6 just use one of these and a normal power cable and be done with it:

2x DC 5.5x2.1mm Female To 5.5mm x 2.5mm Male Right Angle Power Adapter Connector | eBay

Right Angle, 90 Degree. Female Male DC Power adapter. USE: this item can be used for the power connector conversion.

www.ebay.com

Thanks!

 

[Sascha Franck]

Fwiw, @Digital Igloo, what has been the reason to slap a 2.5mm socket into the Stomp when the entire rest of the pedal world is using 2.1mm?

 

[Lysander]

Search for B07D6C79G2 in Amazon for a cheap, HX-compatible power supply in brick format. Never had any issues with these.

The DC-x stock PSUs are not bad, but what makes them unusable for me is the form factor and the short cable. Those things are basically impossible to fit correctly on a power strip.

 

[Alex Kenivel]

TIL: You can bypass the Global EQ on the HX Stomp. It wasn't very obvious to me, but when you're on the Global EQ menu and click the top encoder knob (the one that navigates) you can toggle it off/on.

and all this time I've been zeroing the gains to bypass!

 

[Sascha Franck]

TIL: You can bypass the Global EQ on the HX Stomp. It wasn't very obvious to me, but when you're on the Global EQ menu and click the top encoder knob (the one that navigates) you can toggle it off/on.

Quite the normal procedure to bypass things on the Stomp...
But then, admittedly, the Global EQ doesn't act as any other block, either, so it's possibly easy to overlook something.

 

[Baba]

Search for B07D6C79G2 in Amazon for a cheap, HX-compatible power supply in brick format. Never had any issues with these.

The DC-x stock PSUs are not bad, but what makes them unusable for me is the form factor and the short cable. Those things are basically impossible to fit correctly on a power strip.

My stock PS is already showing bare wire, and I haven’t gigged it THAT much

 

[Baba]

TIL: You can bypass the Global EQ on the HX Stomp. It wasn't very obvious to me, but when you're on the Global EQ menu and click the top encoder knob (the one that navigates) you can toggle it off/on.

and all this time I've been zeroing the gains to bypass!

RIL (recently I learned), and I first learned this on the Stomp XL, and then like, months later on my Helix, when naming a preset, you can click through capital and lowercase letters, numbers, and symbols, (with the middle knob encoder on the stomp/the main encoder on Helix), by pressing them, instead of just scrolling until you get to what you want

 

[Alex Kenivel]

Quite the normal procedure to bypass things on the Stomp...
But then, admittedly, the Global EQ doesn't act as any other block, either, so it's possibly easy to overlook something.

I was very much used to my Helix Floor and it's shortcuts. Now it just needs a level parameter like the big boys

 

[Digital Igloo]

TIL: You can bypass the Global EQ on the HX Stomp. It wasn't very obvious to me, but when you're on the Global EQ menu and click the top encoder knob (the one that navigates) you can toggle it off/on.

and all this time I've been zeroing the gains to bypass!

Or from the Home Screen, press and hold BYPASS.

 

[norminal]

So I bypassed the internal modeling in the HX Stomp to use as an interface by creating a blank preset and dropping the output block level to zero. Is this best practice?

P.S. Where are those awesome REV presets that the full Helix got with 3.5?

 

[Sascha Franck]

Or from the Home Screen, press and hold BYPASS.

Not on the Stomp, though.

 

[eggpl@nt]

So I bypassed the internal modeling in the HX Stomp to use as an interface by creating a blank preset and dropping the output block level to zero. Is this best practice?

P.S. Where are those awesome REV presets that the full Helix got with 3.5?

You probably need to reset/restore the factory presets. I've also attached them here if you want to be more selective about that process.

Dropbox

www.dropbox.com

 

[norminal]

You probably need to reset/restore the factory presets. I've also attached them here if you want to be more selective about that process.

Dropbox

www.dropbox.com

Wow! Thank you!

 

[norminal]

@Digital Igloo

I was checking out the tutorial by @James Freeman and I’m thinking a nice quality of life feature for the Helix would be “Fredman Lock” toggle to lock both mics together in that orientation.

 

[norminal]

The mighty HX Stomp getting some much deserved attention from our resident Aussie shredder: