Line 6 Helix

chrispy108

I really like the pedal edit function, can't help but think he could have put it on the floor in less time than he spent apologising for it not being on the floor though...

ElectroDan

Sounds great here.

 https://youtu.be/MBVT0kDO4n4

 

longi

I didn't realise you could run most of your band through the Helix at the same time ie bass, vocals, guitar and drums (granted elctronic drums would be easier. This is what our drummer has.) This is a nice touch, it would make a huge difference to my band that's for sure. I'm even more interested now. At least this is the impression I'm getting.

Digital_Igloo

longi said:

I didn't realise you could run most of your band through the Helix at the same time ie bass, vocals, guitar and drums (granted elctronic drums would be easier. This is what our drummer has.) This is a nice touch, it would make a huge difference to my band that's for sure. I'm even more interested now. At least this is the impression I'm getting.

You can, but I've been trying to temper expectations. Don't expect to get an entire processor's worth of amp and effects blocks for every band member.

ThePrettyDamned

Digital_Igloo;677334" said:

longi said:

I didn't realise you could run most of your band through the Helix at the same time ie bass, vocals, guitar and drums (granted elctronic drums would be easier. This is what our drummer has.) This is a nice touch, it would make a huge difference to my band that's for sure. I'm even more interested now. At least this is the impression I'm getting.










You can, but I've been trying to temper expectations. Don't expect to get an entire processor's worth of amp and effects blocks for every band member.

Could it be moderate processing for guitar (say, effects, amp and ir) with just a pre for bass and mic model for the others?

Even just doing an instrument plus vocals makes it interesting. I see a surge in quality of Muse tribute bands from the point of view of vocal distortion...

chrispy108

Does it have an effect model that adds a big, audible gulp of breathe half-way through every line?

ElectroDan

@Digital_Igloo It would be cool to see/hear some more tonal examples. The Univibed Marshall was very useable.

ThePrettyDamned

chrispy108;677365" said:

Does it have an effect model that adds a big, audible gulp of breathe half-way through every line?

Sadly not, that still requires human input.

But drenching vocals in reverb and distortion is attractive to me.

Digital_Igloo

ElectroDan said:

@Digital_Igloo It would be cool to see/hear some more tonal examples. The Univibed Marshall was very useable.

We'll have more clips up in the coming weeks.

Heartfeltdawn

http://ilovefuzz.com/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=47360&p=964129#p964129

"Almost all the effects are new.

The verbs are based on the Verbzilla reverbs, but they are tweaked and they have more comprehensive EQing of the wet path.
Eight of the ten wahs are from HD500/M9/13, but have added features.
The rest of the effects are all new.

I do not think looping has midi sync right now. It might be in an update, but I can't say for certain.

Cheers!"

rossyamaha

I should be able to get you guys confirmed UK pricing and availability soon.

Drew_TNBD

Clips:

Drew_TNBD

The Clean Luxury demo sounds LUSSSSSSHHHHH!!! As does the Scratchy clean demo. Very very nice.

The bass sounds sounded nice too. Preferred the low grind bass to the 70's warm P. But that's just a preference thing.

I'm a high-gain guy, but the first two demos didn't really give me what I wanted. Too djent. Too distant. Too filtered sounding. I need to hear someone ripping off Adam Jones to know if this thing can deliver the goods! *hint hint @Digital_Igloo *

DI - I could even throw some DI's your way if you fancy. Just let me know via email.

rossyamaha

We are working on some demos at the moment so will do what I can to stick my nose in. I'm hearing good things from Paul Hindmarsh about it. There are some toanz I would like to hear myself. Still not had chance to see one in the flesh yet.

Drew_TNBD

These are the sorts of tones I'm looking for Ross:
http://bridgedisaster.co.uk/album/sunday-vocal-version

And a quick plug for my band

I did spot in one of the videos, even though the reverbs are ported over from HD land... they've added parameters. At least a high cut and a low cut. That will most likely make all the difference to how they sit in the mix.

Drew_TNBD

lolz

monquixote

Sounds so good.

want want want want.

Drew_TNBD

This might be the thing that makes me go fully digital for live sets. All depends on the patch change times or scene abilities.

digitalscream

Drew_fx said:

lolz

I'm shocked. I always approach companies' attempts at humour with trepidation, but that was actually quite funny!

Anyway...yeah, this sounds like it could be something really special. I'm just hoping that the patch changes are quick, the scene functions are good and FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT'S HOLY MAKE IT DO TRAILS!!!!!!!!!!

guitarfishbay

Watched that office vid. Tones seemed cool on SC but like Drew I'd like to hear something beefier for high gain. All looks good on paper though.