Vic Winters
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HX One $50 price drop.
Interesting...Last week I spent a lot of time with the FM9 on my desk. I edit all of my modelers on the unit as much as possible & rarely open the editor unless absolutely necessary. I put away the FM9 & set the HELIX FLOOR on my desk. It was like the sea parted & the silver lining ruled the modeling world. A color & larger screen, simple smoother button navigation, simple menu navigation, the joystick navigation, etc. Side by side & sound wise the differences are negligible & insignificant, but UI/UX the HELIX is so much better. That's why NDSP stole from Line6 & not FAS. I wouldn't know about Kemper compared to HELIX. I suspect it's all in our heads anyway.We'll see what the new update brings. Beyond that, I know a lot of people who are switching to other pedalboards like the QC KMP FRCT, but I don't know anyone who is coming back. I hope that line6 in some update or in some new generation of pedalboard manages to reverse this trend.
It would be interesting knowing what triggers the switch in those cases.We'll see what the new update brings. Beyond that, I know a lot of people who are switching to other pedalboards like the QC KMP FRCT, but I don't know anyone who is coming back. I hope that line6 in some update or in some new generation of pedalboard manages to reverse this trend.
It’s a hard market , especially when you have Fractal launching updates bi weeklyWe'll see what the new update brings. Beyond that, I know a lot of people who are switching to other pedalboards like the QC KMP FRCT, but I don't know anyone who is coming back. I hope that line6 in some update or in some new generation of pedalboard manages to reverse this trend.
It’s a hard market , especially when you have Fractal launching updates bi weekly
Fender just released a fairly impressive update
And NDSP released their editor in November and will release another one soon and likely again in the fall
Line 6 has an amazing GUI and a lot of great features but it’s almost 10 years old and is far from the most powerful or most compact unit
HX Two incoming.HX One $50 price drop.
Actually HXFX 2.0 perhapsHX Two incoming.
Many things are in development. Just had two new hardware products pass Concept Alignment (our first approval gate) yesterday. That's on top of theYep, something seems to be on development.
So we should see many of these products go to market in 2025 -26Many things are in development. Just had two new hardware products pass Concept Alignment (our first approval gate) yesterday. That's on top of the eight (!) existing hardware projects already started and another... five?... that should hit Concept Alignment over the next year. And that's just the products where I'm designated as Product Designer—we have lots of other things happening from other Product Managers/Designers as well. And that's not counting software either.
We've never been busier, except for maybe back in late 2010, early 2011 when POD HD500, POD HD400, POD HD300, DT50, multiple James Tyler Variaxes, M5, MIDI Mobilizer, and the L6 LINK protocol all dropped within a span of months, and this was while a separate full design/engineering team was developing the Stagescape M20d mixer and multiple Stagesource speakers.
Can we get firmware breadcrumbs to hold us til fall?Many things are in development. Just had two new hardware products pass Concept Alignment (our first approval gate) yesterday. That's on top of the eight (!) existing hardware projects already started and another... five?... that should hit Concept Alignment over the next year. And that's just the products where I'm designated as Product Designer—we have lots of other things happening from other Product Managers/Designers as well. And that's not counting software either.
We've never been busier, except for maybe back in late 2010, early 2011 when POD HD500, POD HD400, POD HD300, DT50, multiple James Tyler Variaxes, M5, MIDI Mobilizer, and the L6 LINK protocol all dropped within a span of months, and this was while a separate full design/engineering team was developing the Stagescape M20d mixer and multiple Stagesource speakers.
That brings me back.MIDI Mobilizer
3.80 definitely drops this year. Fall most likely. Igor just sent in his factory presets for one of the new amps and they slap.Can we get firmware breadcrumbs to hold us til fall?
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First music-related iOS peripheral and the first product to utilize TRS MIDI.That brings me back.
EDIT: Forgot about the other thing coming out this fall. So it's nine.
Probably a question you can’t answer but what the hell are any of these items in the Helix3.80 definitely drops this year. Fall most likely. Igor just sent in his factory presets for one of the new amps and they slap.
First music-related iOS peripheral and the first product to utilize TRS MIDI.
First music-related iOS peripheral and the first product to utilize TRS MIDI.
3.80 definitely drops this year. Fall most likely. Igor just sent in his factory presets for one of the new amps and they slap.