I have to be honest I love my Helix, I'm just a bedroom player, and I'm no tone obsessive.
What I really like it that it's makes life simple, recording is easy, guitar, mic in USB cable, laptop. Done.
I also like how it lets me play with pedal in a way that I couldn't do if I had an amp set up.
For example sending the dry feed from a pedal into one 'amp' and the wet into another...
I got rid of all my other pedals but I do still but the odd one of two that I can make odd noises with
Here's a few below that I think the Helix brings to life - in no particular order EHX 95000, Montreal Assembly CT5, Plus Pedal and Trio+
Just wondered if anyone else had any recommendations for ones to try?
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Pog 2
Whammy V
Butler Tube Driver.
Frostwave Blueringer
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monkeyFX FIGLA
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meris m7, poly moon and ottobit in stereo
gurus dd1929 and moog clusterflux.
love running vst synths through it
The reason I ask is the lead singer in my band has expressed an interest in picking up the guitar again for a few songs in the set. He doesn't want to cart an amp to gigs for just a couple of songs.
So my initial thought was to set up a 2 independent rig preset in helix. However due to DSP limitations i'm finding I'm having to compromise on certain things, plus the fact I would have to change sounds for 2 people.
So my thinking is to setup a signal path for him with just a clean amp (Probably the Mesa Lonestar Clean amp) and IR, and suggest he runs his pedalboard through the Helix. I think he would much prefer that as he is familiar with his pedals and knows how he likes them to sound.
So I'm looking for real world experience with pedals into the front end of a Helix using a clean Amp. Does the Helix amps react as you would expect a real amp would to drive pedals etc.
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