Helix Amp Models Producing DC

[timbuck3]

Somewhere way back in the Helix journey, I remember becoming aware of those unrelated tones when playing through the HX Vox & Marshall amps using stock Ripple settings. Once heard, I found that I couldn't unhear those ghost notes and it really bothered me. Eventually I did the research and, after finding out that they do actually feature in those amps in real life, was absolutely ok with them. The funny thing is that I had never noticed ghost notes even once in all my years of playing through my real JCM800.

So I wonder: How many newish HX users have returned/sold their units or simply moved on due to real behaviours like these being modelled as prominently as they are in HX Land?

That’s the reason 10 yrs ago I returned helix: squirrels in the tones but granted that was before all the updates to bring it to now

 

[fret gunk]

That’s the reason 10 yrs ago I returned helix: squirrels in the tones but granted that was before all the updates to bring it to now

Understood. Perhaps that decision was largely about where the amp modelling was at prior to the oversampling update.

Fast forward to today and with v3.5 or later firmware, what if getting the tones right for New Helix User is simply a matter of giving that ripple knob (or some other control) a twist to the left, and New Helix User never gets to that realisation before writing the unit off as a waste of time? A similar scenario applies to other modellers.

The learning curve is near vertical. How can it be made easier?

FWIW, I don't think understanding and dialling in a modeller should be an IQ test.