Line 6 Helix

jaytmon

Just popping my head above the parapet to join the Helix club - picked one up at the show after chatting to Paul Hindmarsh. 

Compared to the FX8, it is far more intuitive for my simple guitar brain. I've trawled through a lot of comments on here too which have been helpful. 

Even with headphones I was impressed - not every sound is to my liking, but enough good sounds to keep me playing. Into to the front end of a Bad Cat Cub III, house friendly levels, I'm really, really impressed, and the ability to quickly build a patch of pedals without resorting to laptop/USB interface is a godsend. And this I coming from a previously diehard anti-modelling, anti-Line 6 valve amp fan. Now I feel like I have the best of both worlds. The flexibility is phenomenal. Still getting my head around having an FOH output but still using the physical amp's preamp....brilliant idea. Gold stars to the people at Line 6! 

Cabicular

And for 99 quid you will soon be able to build your patches at the PC as a Native Plug In. I wonder how many instances of Helix my i7 can cope with ...

Bridgehouse

Cabicular said:

And for 99 quid you will soon be able to build your patches at the PC as a Native Plug In. I wonder how many instances of Helix my i7 can cope with ...

Quadrophonic sound? 

Sporky

Pah. Ambisonic is where it's at. 12.2.

Cabicular

Bridgehouse said:

Cabicular said:

And for 99 quid you will soon be able to build your patches at the PC as a Native Plug In. I wonder how many instances of Helix my i7 can cope with ...

Quadrophonic sound? 

You could do Quad easily with the Helix on its own
That sounds like a project for @Sporky.
5.1 Helix patch with surround delays

Cabicular

ha! beat me to it mate

Bridgehouse

Alrighty then you lot, I want a demo of Octophonic sound by the end of today...

Stretch target - Duodecaphonic sound.

Cabicular

I really wish I wasn't at work just now ...

Bridgehouse

Cabicular said:

I really wish I wasn't at work just now ...

You've got til midnight

And I now know why the industry copped out and went with 'surround' sound

jaytmon

Cabicular said:

I really wish I wasn't at work just now ...

Same as that!

Sporky

Bridgehouse said:

And I now know why the industry copped out and went with 'surround' sound

If only they'd agree on one standard.

Bridgehouse

Sporky said:

Bridgehouse said:

And I now know why the industry copped out and went with 'surround' sound

If only they'd agree on one standard.

Well I vote for duodecaphonic. Sounds way too cool

Cabicular

Bridgehouse said:

Sporky said:

Bridgehouse said:

And I now know why the industry copped out and went with 'surround' sound

If only they'd agree on one standard.

Well I vote for duodecaphonic. Sounds way too cool

I'm going to have to get some amps out of storage !

Bridgehouse

Cabicular said:

Bridgehouse said:

Sporky said:

Bridgehouse said:

And I now know why the industry copped out and went with 'surround' sound

If only they'd agree on one standard.

Well I vote for duodecaphonic. Sounds way too cool

I'm going to have to get some amps out of storage !

I want to hear some ping pong ping pong ping pong ping pong delay....

Sporky

You could probably do some quite upsetting stuff with multiple panners and expression pedals... add a bit of expression-controlled phaser and anyone of a weak constitution may have to leave the room.

Bridgehouse

Sporky said:

You could probably do some quite upsetting stuff with multiple panners and expression pedals... add a bit of expression-controlled phaser and anyone of a weak constitution may have to leave the room.

Now that's what I call Ambient Guitar!!!

Cabicular

Difficult to give others the experience unless they come round the house...
I do have a stereo panner speed controlled by exp2 that I use to give people the boke during my solo for Moonage Daydream

Bridgehouse

Death by multiple panned and expressed guitar...

..I can see the coroner's form now

Digital_Igloo

Cabicular said:

Bridgehouse said:

Cabicular said:

And for 99 quid you will soon be able to build your patches at the PC as a Native Plug In. I wonder how many instances of Helix my i7 can cope with ...

Quadrophonic sound? 

You could do Quad easily with the Helix on its own
That sounds like a project for @Sporky.
5.1 Helix patch with surround delays

8 TEMPLATES > 05C Quadraphonic

Cabicular

Digital_Igloo said:

Cabicular said:

Bridgehouse said:

Cabicular said:

And for 99 quid you will soon be able to build your patches at the PC as a Native Plug In. I wonder how many instances of Helix my i7 can cope with ...

Quadrophonic sound? 

You could do Quad easily with the Helix on its own
That sounds like a project for @Sporky.
5.1 Helix patch with surround delays

8 TEMPLATES > 05C Quadraphonic

I thought that was a Pete Townsend patch