Digital Igloo (Eric Klein, YGG)

Digital Igloo said:
A few are (I'd have to check the museum and studio to confirm) but most of those were on loan back then. Our whole "we must own an amp/pedal to model it" self-imposed rule is relatively recent.
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REALLY hope the ones that are skyrocketing in value like the Park and Marshall Major (and respective cabs) are still in there…. I’m sure Yamaha have enough clout to get hold of whatever they like (and maybe if all the associated costs with getting an amp model to market, maybe the actual amplifier cost itself isn’t a huge barrier). But it’s still awesome when you guys have the means to preserve (both the physical amp and by means of emulation) the rarer amps. So many are just unattainable to most people now and there are quite a lot of collectors who are just sat on them rather than having them in any kind of playing condition.

I’m under no illusions that it’s the circuit that matters most, but when there are fewer and fewer unique amps to model, the associated history attached definitely makes it fun to try those kind of models.
 
MirrorProfiles said:
REALLY hope the ones that are skyrocketing in value like the Park and Marshall Major (and respective cabs) are still in there…. I’m sure Yamaha have enough clout to get hold of whatever they like (and maybe if all the associated costs with getting an amp model to market, maybe the actual amplifier cost itself isn’t a huge barrier). But it’s still awesome when you guys have the means to preserve (both the physical amp and by means of emulation) the rarer amps. So many are just unattainable to most people now and there are quite a lot of collectors who are just sat on them rather than having them in any kind of playing condition.

I’m under no illusions that it’s the circuit that matters most, but when there are fewer and fewer unique amps to model, the associated history attached definitely makes it fun to try those kind of models.
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We definitely still have the Park; don't think we have the Major any longer.

EDIT: Brandon pinged me and said we have the Major as well. We have a lot of amps.
 
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No one should hold their breath on us adding legacy amps to Helix. Legacy effects make more sense because a ton of digital rack effects from the 80s and 90s still hold up to this day, but we'd rather put our best foot forward, amp-wise. If it didn't kill some people's presets, some of us would've loved to have booted Hybrid cabs after 3.50's new cab engine was released.
 
Digital Igloo said:
No one should hold their breath on us adding legacy amps to Helix. Legacy effects make more sense because a ton of digital rack effects from the 80s and 90s still hold up to this day, but we'd rather put our best foot forward, amp-wise. If it didn't kill some people's presets, some of us would've loved to have booted Hybrid cabs after 3.50's new cab engine was released.
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Hybrid cabs?
 
Digital Igloo said:
No one should hold their breath on us adding legacy amps to Helix. Legacy effects make more sense because a ton of digital rack effects from the 80s and 90s still hold up to this day, but we'd rather put our best foot forward, amp-wise. If it didn't kill some people's presets, some of us would've loved to have booted Hybrid cabs after 3.50's new cab engine was released.
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I'm glad you didn't.

I still go to my go to presets
 
Any chance Line6 will jump into the portable side of the market (beyond the legacy Pod you still sell)? Something to compete with the Fender Mustang Micro and the Nux MPP, perhaps as a gateway to Pod GO and HX lines?

Pod Micro with a decent looper?
 
Digital Igloo said:
No one should hold their breath on us adding legacy amps to Helix. Legacy effects make more sense because a ton of digital rack effects from the 80s and 90s still hold up to this day, but we'd rather put our best foot forward, amp-wise. If it didn't kill some people's presets, some of us would've loved to have booted Hybrid cabs after 3.50's new cab engine was released.
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Remodeled past amps confirmed
 
mavrick102000 said:
Hybrid cabs?
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Our marketecture <grumble> term for the cab engine that shipped with 1.0. It's still better than a lot of people give it credit for, but we greatly prefer the new engine (which you may notice we haven't given a marketecture term to—it's just "the new cab engine" or "the cab engine that dropped with 3.50").
quadgear said:
Any chance Line6 will jump into the portable side of the market (beyond the legacy Pod you still sell)? Something to compete with the Fender Mustang Micro and the Nux MPP, perhaps as a gateway to Pod GO and HX lines?

Pod Micro with a decent looper?
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Like Pocket POD, which still sells, but with POD Go modeling? The über cheap and portable market is difficult for non-commodity-based companies to push down into—especially with an army of well-paid engineers who live in California—but we've definitely tossed ideas around. I have design docs.
Alex Kenivel said:
Remodeled past amps confirmed
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Well, yeah, we'll have to eventually. It'd be insane for us to dump our museum of amps and only model new purchases. But we have a lot of other things to finish first.
 
Digital Igloo said:
But we have a lot of other things to finish first.
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Helix II or the Scrote Tote confirmed.

Please let it be the Scrote Tote. I really need a carrybag for my stomp.

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Digital Igloo said:
Like Pocket POD, which still sells, but with POD Go modeling? The über cheap and portable market is difficult for non-commodity-based companies to push down into—especially with an army of well-paid engineers who live in California—but we've definitely tossed ideas around. I have design docs.
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You mean like the Fender Mustang Micro? ;-). Perhaps they did the work in Arizona or contracted it out? No display on a plugin modeler helps with COG's I'm sure. Trickle down code from the Pod Go could limit dev/maintenance cost (similar to your point on the Pod Go a while back).

Yes something like like a nextgen Pocket Pod (or smaller). Wonder if a Pocket Pod + IR would be enough. I do like the plugin form factor when outdoors, on a plane (the only way to travel), or wherever a table like surface or clean floor is not available.

Suspect a higher end device with a retail price of $150 to $250 might fly if had the quality of tones and features (fx, ble midi, looper perhaps via a mobile app and USB interface). Some add-on potential for wireless, floor switches, etc.

I'd pay Pod Go prices for the perfect, compact unit, but that's just me. Down sell from HX Stomp as a backup unit that fits in a pocket?

In the unlikely event I've failed to changed your roadmap, how about a better modeler for the pedalboard, more knobs, more display for weaker eyes, ...?
 
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