devices · Helix Stadium XL Floor · learn · 02 of 08 · 6 min

making a sound, correctly

Plug in, hear something, and get the cab block right. Set wrong, the whole thing sounds broken.

the one thing

Cab block ON into anything full-range. Cab block OFF into anything that ends in a real guitar speaker.

start with headphones

Before you wire anything into an amp or a PA, plug headphones in and load a factory preset. That proves the box works and gives you a correct sound to compare against later.

the cab block rule

A cab block is a simulation of a speaker cabinet with a microphone in front of it. It belongs in the chain whenever you listen on something with no guitar speaker of its own: headphones, a full-range powered speaker, the desk, your computer.

Leave it out when the signal ends in a real guitar cabinet. Two speakers stacked on each other sound muffled and small, and EQ will not rescue it.

plug it into your rig

Once you know what right sounds like, work out what your setup needs. The setup tool covers each case with the cabling and the settings.

rig setup

What are you plugging into?
cab sim

leave it on

You're feeding a full-range system, so the Helix Stadium XL Floor has to supply the speaker.

uses all three outputs, each with its own mix.

balanced XLRs with the cab on them, and your own headphone mix.

Hook it up
  1. 01
    Guitar INSTRUMENT 1
  2. 02
    XLR OUT L/MONO Desk

    XLR

  3. 03
    Headphones PHONES

    Your own mix

Set it up
cab block
On
matrix mixer
Different mixes for the XLR feed and the headphones
volume knob
Hold the lit button to lock it

gridleak presets don't install on Helix Stadium XL Floor yet. the amps are all in the catalog.

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