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I'm perfectly happy with the sound/feel of the Helix direct, in fact never been happier with my sound. My current dilemma is what to do with all my amps and pedals that haven't been used once since I got the Helix.
I keep looking for reasons to keep them and can't find any
Its a bit scary actually...
senms a shame to sell it all.
Gone to the Helix and even happier!!! The Fractal vs Helix stuff is a little tiresome and it's really just different flavours rather than quality - both are immense at what they do.
That was my plan, but haven't used the 'proper' board or an amp for that matter in nearly 3 months, it's sitting gathering dust, which I suppose is a shame, but my sound is better, life's easier which is a good thing
Proper pedals will go one of two ways, the way of 1st edition Star Wars figures, or the way of CRT TV's. The thing is, knowing my luck, which way it goes is going to be decided by what I do with my pedals
There are really none of my existing pedals I couldn't live without, I'd be using the Helix loops for the sake of it, it's good that they are there, but it does make things more complex, and I love the simplicity of having it all in one box
Ive been round the modelling merry go round a couple of times so far, I had one of the first Flextone amps, which was great at home, rubbish live, and the 11r which is fine for recording but a bugger to dial in live.
I'd like to consider myself a modern player, both in equipment and attitude, I'm all midi switching, sample triggering, ambient swelling and whatnot.
But I'm just not sure I can put my faith in yet another multi fx that's gonna be worth £5 in 4 years time, I don't have the disposable income to throw at gear as some guys here seem to.
most drop 50% of their value after you plug them in
the Helix has actually gone up in price but that won't last forever
if you sunk a grand into a brand new pedal board with a switcher what would it be worth in a few years time?
To me multifx are disposable use things. I used the M13 live for 6 years plus so it doesn't owe me anything
im looking for the Helix to be on that board for the next 5 years at least and then move it into the studio
1 - How good does it need to be?
2 - If the Kemper (the one to beat in terms of accuracy, IMO) was superceded by a more accurate version with respect to its profiling, do you think you'd be able to tell?
At some point, modelling is going to have to move on from everybody trying to reproduce the same old amps, and into the realm of making their own sounds. The units all sound different anyway at this point - I'm thinking about the high-end ones, so Kemper/Helix/Fractal - so there will have to come a time when they all make a feature of that rather than everybody chasing the same unicorn (just as happened in the valve amp world).
I think the stellar jumps will be in price rather than capability, in 5 years there'll be a Helix Mk3 for £149 or Helix based Spider 8's or something, There isn't that far to go regarding accuracy IMO, and no one needs 10 amps at a time so I think were just about at that plateau.
I'm sure I said that when the Boss ME-5 came out though
Same in all walks of life - cars are a prime example..
The rolling gear merry go round will be over.