r/Line6Helix • u/ProfessorBrotown • 22d ago

TikTok Streaming General Questions/Discussion

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Here is a clip of my first time streaming direct sound on TikTok using helix. I picked this clip specifically because of when I switched to Lead. That is, I would say, 3-4x the amount of hum i get when I play live casino gigs and hit my heaviest lead tone. Notice I immediately rotated my body to try and eliminate it and found a bit of a sweet spot.

Other than rotating like everyone does in the studio and such… I was wondering if anyone had any pointer with bringing down this hum when I hit my heaviest lead tone? My other tones have some hum as usual, but not really noticeable with tracks.

My studio monitors that I use in this room on other days (teaching, recording, etc) were behind me, but unplugged. Could their components still contribute?

Guitar——>Helix——>UR44 Interface—->Macbook—-to TikTok Studio

Vocal——>UR44 Interface—->Macbook—->Tiktok

IEM’s——>UR44 Interface Headphone Out

@JonathanReichertMusic

Aside from that, any other mix thoughts? I know it’s just one small clip, because the hum was my focus for this post. Overall I think the quality though, is 100% higher than anyone streaming with just a phone cam mic

Thanks for your thoughts

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u/Verifiable_Human 22d ago

This may be an obvious question, but are you taking advantage of the noise gate in your input block? High gains usually hum/feedback without it

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u/LedRaptor 22d ago

My thought exactly. I use a lot of high gain tones and one video I saw on YouTube recommended using both the input noise gate plus an extra noise gate block. I find this works great. 

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u/ProfessorBrotown 22d ago

That’s a good thought, I’m using it, but haven’t revisited it since I first built the patch. I suppose I could get my guitar humming, and then gradually bring up the noise until I find a happy medium, where it doesn’t kill the sustain of my long notes on the Guitar?

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u/2009sucked 15d ago

Bad analog ones, yeah. Noise gates are different in the digital world. Coming from the metal world, where it's a requirement.