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I think the important question is whether it works for you overall. It's easy to get mired in detail and tiny differences.
What works for one person doesn't work for the next.
The Helix range is just so easy to use. Wonder how the GT1000 will stack up.
But what I said was that the important thing is to see if the Helix works for you overall. Are you really disagreeing with that?
FWIW I think the Helix Timmy is great, sounds spot on. Definitely the best digital drive I’ve ever used and light years ahead of anything else I’ve tried.
Most off the others are usable, but as a core sound into a valve amp, I can get away with just the Timmy.
I’m just finishing off setting up our new studio, when it’s done in the next few weeks I’m going to get some good clips of the Helix into an amp, with some nice lower gain sounds.
There is no need for you to call me names - this isn't a school playground.
There are are no rights or wrongs with this. You may do an a/b with a rat and a model and prefer one or the other. The greatest thing about Helix is that if that’s the case, you have the option to use one or the other. Or both for different things.
I play guitar and take photos of stuff. I also like beans on toast.
I used to do it a lot, then decided to go on instinct more.
However, A/Bing worked out for me recently. I had a Darkglass B3K, bought a B7KU and didn’t AB for ages as I just assumed they'd sound the same but the Ultra would have more options.
Decided I’d sell the B3K but was in no rush. Eventually I plugged it in to test and thought it sounded better - more aggressive.
I A/B’d the Helix B7KU and real B7KU and did prefer the real pedal, but given I thought the B3K was actually the best sounding of the bunch, plus the Helix Native plugin had a load of other great stuff in it, I decided to sell the B7KU instead and buy Native. That's worked out well because I really like a bunch of the delays in there as well as the bass models I initially bought it for, and given the upcoming update it'll be the biggest expansion of plugin effects I've had.
I did recently ditch my SP compressor though. I tried the new Helix model and within about 20 seconds knew it would work. The last thing I wanted to do was start A/B’ing then because it would probably melt my ears then break my heart a little.
A/B’ing for fun is fun. That’s cool of you want to do that but my advice is give it a play and if it works then it works. Does it matter that you slightly prefer your own TS808 to the modelled one when you play them side by side as long as the modelled one still hits the spot?
i suppose for this to work you already need to know what you’re looking for sound wise before you begin
i know what components get me in the ball park
if I’m using the Minotaur instead of the Tubescreamer or using an Eq instead of a treble boost it doesn’t matter to me.
as long as I get to the time I need I just keep trying things until I get there
i have a Kemper, an Axe FX 2 and Helix as well as a bunch of boutique pedals
I bet if I posted up clips, you couldn’t tell which was which.
So for me it doesn’t matter if the Helix Tubescreamer is identical to my own or if the Placator sounds like my BE
It’s the whole picture not the authenticity of the paints.
Do all for anyone board..
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Mini space saver board..
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I play guitar and take photos of stuff. I also like beans on toast.
Exciting times.