Line 6 Helix

Cabicular

a work Geordie!

digitalscream

A quick spoiler on that vid: yes it is that good, and yes...I expect it to prompt a whole load of fanboy-in-denial threads over at the Fractal forums.

vasselmeyer

Bloody hell. Just watched the video. That looks and sounds like a phenomenal piece of kit.

Cabicular

I have to admit that sounds great

I'm a big fan of line6s pedal emulations. I've always had an issue with the Amp Modelling

This is different... I'll have to try one but the test is.. would I use it live...

digitalscream

vasselmeyer said:

Bloody hell. Just watched the video. That looks and sounds like a phenomenal piece of kit.

Yes, it does. I thought it'd be good, but I was quite surprised by how good.

Cabicular said:

I have to admit that sounds great

I'm a big fan of line6s pedal emulations. I've always had an issue with the Amp Modelling

This is different... I'll have to try one but the test is.. would I use it live...

That's what I want to find out for myself. If the workflow is as good as it seems to be, then this could well be the ultimate solution - because the interface fixes all the problems with using previous generations of digital gear (including the Fractal and Kemper kit).

At this point, I'm not even considering the AX8.

vasselmeyer

And that Paul Hindmarsh is a fabulous guitarist. What a great touch.

Fortheloveofguitar

To my ears the modelling doesn't sound alll that great, very clinical and hi-fi sounding tones

Couldn't really tell the difference between those tones and my HD500

Teetonetal

Fortheloveofguitar said:

To my ears the modelling doesn't sound alll that great, very clinical.

Couldn't really tell the difference between those tones and my HD500

I would agree, nothing there sounded that great, but room, YouTube etc could be responsible for that. To me it sounded quite cold and digital although it is clearly touch responsive.. Jury out till I actually try one

joeyowen

Maybe it is his playing style, but most of the first few amps sounded very similar and generic

Some other sounds were awesome though

Fortheloveofguitar

Teetonetal;749603" said:

Fortheloveofguitar said:

To my ears the modelling doesn't sound alll that great, very clinical.



Couldn't really tell the difference between those tones and my HD500





I would agree, nothing there sounded that great, but room, YouTube etc could be responsible for that. To me it sounded quite cold and digital although it is clearly touch responsive..



Jury out till I actually try one

Totally agree, gonna have to try one out

without starting another Chappers debate I do find that their demos don't bring out the best in the gear they're pushing.

digitalscream

Interesting. I thought it sounded exactly like an amp which has been recorded with a single mic and left unprocessed.

Drew_TNBD

@RossYamaha @Digital_Igloo - you've made me right tumescent. Need new pants!

Teetonetal

digitalscream;749618" said:

Interesting. I thought it sounded exactly like an amp which has been recorded with a single mic and left unprocessed.

Which is why I think you need to hear it in the flesh

guitarfishbay

Sounds promising.  I'm going to wait for the non honeymoon/sales promo reviews before I pass any real kind of observations on it but it all looks good so far still.

Drew_TNBD

My only issue with this Andertons demo is there's a bit too much bluesy toss, and a bit too much widdly-widdly stuff. I wanna hear Tool and Deftones coming from this thing.

Fortheloveofguitar

digitalscream;749618" said:

Interesting. I thought it sounded exactly like an amp which has been recorded with a single mic and left unprocessed.

digitalscream said:

Interesting. I thought it sounded exactly like an amp which has been recorded with a single mic and left unprocessed.

Trouble is said amp doesn't sound very good at this stage!

Drew_TNBD

Fortheloveofguitar said:

digitalscream;749618" said:

Interesting. I thought it sounded exactly like an amp which has been recorded with a single mic and left unprocessed.

digitalscream said:

Interesting. I thought it sounded exactly like an amp which has been recorded with a single mic and left unprocessed.

Trouble is said amp doesn't sound very good at this stage!

How experienced are you at hearing a mic'd up amp in the studio control room environment? To me it sounded basically identical.

Teetonetal

Drew_fx;749660" said:

My only issue with this Andertons demo is there's a bit too much bluesy toss, and a bit too much widdly-widdly stuff. I wanna hear Tool and Deftones coming from this thing.

Well bluesy toss / widdly toss is probably reflecting their biggest target demographic.

Cabicular

I disagree but then these things are subjective
I thought the first two tones were a bit wooly for me but then it started to open up
Problem I have with all this is that SS equipment just doesn't compete with a live drummer
Maybe this will be there one that will be different
If not they are getting close

hugbot

Drew_fx said:

My only issue with this Andertons demo is there's a bit too much bluesy toss, and a bit too much widdly-widdly stuff. I wanna hear Tool and Deftones coming from this thing.

Ironically if you wanted the White Pony tone your best bet would be the old POD.