Helix 3.7: The Freeman Update

[TheTrueZoltan!]

I still wear Doc Martins, 8 Hole Black. Bought a new pair about 2 years ago but still have my original pair I wore to all the shows back in college. The wifey hates them. I usually only wear them doing work around the house, going to hardware store, etc. because they look like hell, but I still have them!
Oh the memories

I still wear them all the time. Lately they even have become a trend again, I see lots of women wearing them.

 

[2112]

I got my stomp back today and was able to update. 2203 is verrrrrrry niiiiiice.

 

[SwirlyMaple]

I got my stomp back today and was able to update. 2203 is verrrrrrry niiiiiice.

Nice tones, and kudos for giving @James Freeman a shoutout! I think this is the Marshall that people have been waiting for in the Helix since its inception.

 

[Sascha Franck]

I got my stomp back today and was able to update. 2203 is verrrrrrry niiiiiice.

Great video as usual.
Is that the DGT PRS model? And if so, the affordable SE version?

 

[DrewJD82]

I still wear Doc Martins, 8 Hole Black. Bought a new pair about 2 years ago but still have my original pair I wore to all the shows back in college. The wifey hates them. I usually only wear them doing work around the house, going to hardware store, etc. because they look like hell, but I still have them!
Oh the memories

I stopped wearing them when I first moved to South Florida 20 years ago, but recently saw them when buying shoes and didn’t even hesitate to buy them. The AirWairs are really comfortable for casual wear while still feeling like you can tear up a mosh pit.

 

[2112]

The 2203 really makes the amp selection feel a lot more complete IMO. Kudos to L6 for including more of their original amps as well.

Great video as usual.
Is that the DGT PRS model? And if so, the affordable SE version?

Yes, it's a 2020 core DGT. I have a Goldtop SE DGT as well that stacks up very, very well against it.

 

[ragingplatypi]

I finally got some good time in with 3.7. Thank you Line 6 @Digital Igloo for consistently *bringing it*. Thanks to @James Freeman for making 2203 happen, but also for the tidbit about adjusting the master.

I have all the same compliments everyone has said here already, but here are a couple excellent surprises.

I was shocked how good the Line 6 Clarity amp sounded and felt. I have a Catalyst, and thought it was fine there, but running it through the HX cabs is a different experience.

The Nonlinear Reverb is cool on its own, but running it in a chain of delay—>Nonlinear Reverb (inverse logarithmic)—>Shimmer created a beautiful synth pad that will stave off my LVX gassing for a good while.

 

[Sascha Franck]

I have a Goldtop SE DGT as well that stacks up very, very well against it.

That's the one I'd be interested in - even if buying a new electric guitar is possibly the last thing I should do any day soon (I'd need to get both a new nylon and western before, plus there's tons of unused guitar-alike things cluttering up the house anyway). But all I hear from those DGTs is just great.

 

[burningyen]

Yeah, unfortunately there is no market for that, it's expensive to develop with zero actual demand.
A keyboard player can do it all with some MIDI and VST, etc.

I’ve been harping (yuk) on the need for more synth features since forever.

 

[Sascha Franck]

I’ve been harping (yuk) on the need for more synth features since forever.

Pretty please!
IMO, for a start, these could take you quite far already:
- Freely assignable modulators (LFOs and envelopes), ideally akong with options to modulate their individual parameters, too (so an LFO could possibly as well just modulate the attack of an envelope).
- Input level as a freely assignable modulator. That alone would allow for an incredible amount of wicked things.
- A bunch of great filters, which you would then shape with the mentioned modulators.

All of this is possible with, say, Guitar Rig since way more than a decade already, so it's no rocket science.

 

[Digital Igloo]

I finally got some good time in with 3.7. Thank you Line 6 @Digital Igloo for consistently *bringing it*.

Cheers, but the only thing I brought to 3.70 is the Release Notes and maybe a bit of parameter/value name wordsmithing. The team does all the real work. I perform no engineering or coding whatsoever.

 

[SymphonicDischord]

Now y'all are speaking my language. First saw NIN at one of their secret shows a week after The Downward Spiral came out—tiny venue in Tucson. Met Trent after the show and he gave me a signed key from one of the Yamaha DX7's they smashed on stage. (Was stolen at a house party years later.)

Saw so many great industrial bands in Phoenix in the 90s: Ministry, KMFDM, Pigface, Front 242, Revolting Cocks, The Young Gods, Front Line Assembly, Lords of Acid, Nitzer Ebb, Thrill Kill Kult, Sheep on Drugs... Never got to see Skinny Puppy and I'll be out of town when they're in LA next month. <sobs>

Yes, I wore Doc Martins.

Shameless name dropping: Decades ago I was working on Machines of Loving Grace's last album (were my favorite band at one time), but they broke up before it was finished. Oh, and Bruce from Kidneythieves is my neighbor.

I got to finally see Skinny Puppy this past weekend, definitely a bucket list moment for me. Fantastic show, almost like watching a 90 minute horror musical. Covered a lot of ground with the setlist, both old and new. Ogre is a great frontman and Cevin had quite the nuclear level control center setup.

 

[SwirlyMaple]

Cheers, but the only thing I brought to 3.70 is the Release Notes and maybe a bit of parameter/value name wordsmithing. The team does all the real work. I perform no engineering or coding whatsoever.

Au contraire, you are the person who interacts with us here and brings our ideas & wants to the bigger team. That is a hugely important (and appreciated!) role.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Cheers, but the only thing I brought to 3.70 is the Release Notes and maybe a bit of parameter/value name wordsmithing. The team does all the real work. I perform no engineering or coding whatsoever.

Never underestimate the power of a wordsmith!

 

[Stone]

Cheers, but the only thing I brought to 3.70 is the Release Notes and maybe a bit of parameter/value name wordsmithing. The team does all the real work. I perform no engineering or coding whatsoever.

I think yours is the hardest job @ line6/YGG you have to push the great ideas, you have to cut through all the red tape, you have to convince the bean counters
those are not easy tasks

 

[SwirlyMaple]

I think your is the hardest job @ line6/YGG you have to push the great ideas, you have to cut through all the red tape, you have to convince the bean counters
those are not easy tasks

And has to be the public-facing PR guy with the rabid forum fanatics, which has caused lesser men to buckle, but DI has somehow always managed to float above it. That takes some highly-honed people skills.

 

[Digital Igloo]

And has to be the public-facing PR guy with the rabid forum fanatics, which has caused lesser men to buckle, but DI has somehow always managed to float above it. That takes some highly-honed people skills.

Oh, I don't have to do any of this, nor does anyone at YGG ask—much less obligate—me to. Must be a glutton for punishment.

 

[SwirlyMaple]

Oh, I don't have to do any of this, nor does anyone at YGG ask—much less obligate—me to. Must be a glutton for punishment.

Well it's sure appreciated. All of my Line 6 gear purchases have been strongly influenced by the customer-facing interaction you provide. So, thanks for what you do!

 

[kartikg3]

Well it's sure appreciated. All of my Line 6 gear purchases have been strongly influenced by the customer-facing interaction you provide. So, thanks for what you do!

Same thing. Hasn't been a guitarist I have met that I haven't recommended HX hardware to.

 

[kartikg3]

Can't believe I still haven't had a chance to playthrough what is arguably the best update ever! Been hearing the demos and I can't sleep (in a good way)
This really makes HX a very complete modeller. Nothing else needed. Synths - check. All amps - check. Ac guitar, elec guitar, bass guitar, check check check..
Routing check. Workflows check.