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LINE 6 >HELIX< PEDALBOARD

 

 

This "HELIX" pedal-board integrates the following...

  1. 'Line 6' HELIX Amp Modeller FX system
  2. 'Line 6' G30 Wireless
  3. 'Electro Harmonix' Iron Lung Vocoder
  4. 'Throne Room Pedals' Push-to-Talk Mic Switch
  5. 'The Broadway Stand' pedal-board Mic Stand holder and power distro
  6. 'Cioks' AC8 pedal-board Power Supply
  7. 'DS Engineering' Chronograph pedal-board clock/ timer
  8. Custom Patch Panel

All mounted on an ozite carpet covered 5/8" plywood board with aluminum angle edging.

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Custom Patch Panel allows connection to the following Helix functions without stressing the actual connectors on the Helix...

  1. Guitar Input
  2. Auxilliary Input
  3. Amp Switch Output
  4. 1/4" Left and Right Audio
  5. XLR Left and Right Audio
  6. USB
  7. Variax Input
  8. MIDI OUT

patch

 

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The power to all of the components is provide by a Cioks AC8 Power Supply with color coded plugs.

power

 

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The Broadway Stand provides a place to mount up to 3 stands for Microphones or an iPad while providing power to the iPad via 2 USB outlets. There are 4 Courtesy AC outlets to power the Cioks 9 VDC Power Supply and the Line 6 HELIX.

stand

 

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The DS Engineering Chronograph is a pedalboard Clock with countdown and countup functions. The clock keeps the time saved even when the Pedalboard is unplugged.

sw

 

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The Line 6 RELAY G30 Wireless Receiver allows wireless functionality and automatically bypassed when a cable is plugged into the Patch Panel Guitar Input

relay

 

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A CAP-PLUG was cutdown and mounted under the HELIX Volume Control to ensure that the control was not accidentally bumped during performance.

output

 

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The pedalboard also includes an Electro Harmonix Iron Lung Vocoder in the HELIX FX Loop #4. The performer's vocal mic is automatically switched between the mixer and the input to the vocoder via a modified Throne Room Pedals Push-To-Talk Mic A/B Switch

ptt

iron_lung

 

The Throne Room Pedals PTT Mic A/B Switch has been modified with a 1/4" REMOTE Jack to allow the HELIX to switch the MIC automatically via one of the EXT AMP outputs. The PTT's internal Ground lift for Output B pin-1 was also moved to a switch on outside of the PTT box.

 

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Everything is mounted using brackets and bicycle chain links... No Velcro!

 

links

 

The Helix is mounted to the 5/8" ozite carpet covered plywood pedalboard using "L" brackets and wood screws.

bracket

bracket2

 

No Velcro

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The Pedalboard, with space for cables, mics, straps, etc underneath, travels in a rolling PELICAN hard-case.

case1

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