Helix Talk

[Lele]

Timmy is probs one of my favorite drives, period. Good for adding dirt to a clean tone and for boosting/shaping a distortion tone.

It is often also my favorite by far. It offers the choice of asymmetrical clipping ("up" mode) that also adds even harmonics or symmetrical clipping ("centre" mode) that generates just odd harmonics. Its bass and treble cut controls shape the sound in a very natural way (they are a kind of passive circuit in the real pedal) but at the end they don't allow to get some mid hump that may be helpful specially with mid-scooped amps (Blackface...), but in that case even a simple eq block after the OD boosting a little around 600-700Hz can do the trick. But I consider Timmy a "medium" gain pedal. Imho it's its best role.

Higher gain, I like the Hedgehog D9, even if its sweet spot is with the tone control just between 0 and 1 (and maybe closer to zero is even better).
Lower gain: both the Heir Apparent and the new Prize Drive are very interesting.

I still can't get a good relationship with the mid boosting ODs (Horizon Drive, Dhyana Drive, Stupor OD) with asymmetrical clipping, even if I can't negate that in the proper context their sonic characteristics (boosted mids, aggressive sound) are what it may be necessary and suitable.

 

[Alex Kenivel]

Hedgehog D9, even if its sweet spot is with the tone control just between 0 and 1 (and maybe closer to zero is even better).

 

[MirrorProfiles]

Ben Adrian posted a few photos on facebook. Of note (to me anyway) are the Carvin, Buddha and Mesa Electradyna (I think?). Also cool to see the Mesa cab is a straight slant

also a Matchless Chieftain (that’s been there for 12+ years) and the Bogner cab. I’m a total slut for that Park half stack, cool as fuck.

 

[Vic Winters]

Ben Adrian posted a few photos on facebook. Of note (to me anyway) are the Carvin, Buddha and Mesa Electradyna (I think?). Also cool to see the Mesa cab is a straight slant
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also a Matchless Chieftain (that’s been there for 12+ years) and the Bogner cab. I’m a total slut for that Park half stack, cool as fuck.

REVV Green and RECTO Orange when?

 

[holoholo]

Ben Adrian posted a few photos on facebook. Of note (to me anyway) are the Carvin, Buddha and Mesa Electradyna (I think?). Also cool to see the Mesa cab is a straight slant
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also a Matchless Chieftain (that’s been there for 12+ years) and the Bogner cab. I’m a total slut for that Park half stack, cool as fuck.

This was my favorite pic of the bunch

 

[holoholo]

That Magnatone in Line 6’s vault is one of the few they haven’t modeled yet

 

[Lysander]

This was my favorite pic of the bunch

 

[dronerstone]

This was my favorite pic of the bunch


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36x10" cab?

Legit amount of surface area.

That's what she said.

 

[Humberd]

Def will push some air

 

[Orvillain]

 

[kartikg3]

Ben Adrian posted a few photos on facebook. Of note (to me anyway) are the Carvin, Buddha and Mesa Electradyna (I think?). Also cool to see the Mesa cab is a straight slant
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also a Matchless Chieftain (that’s been there for 12+ years) and the Bogner cab. I’m a total slut for that Park half stack, cool as fuck.

Thanks for the share! Saved. Can't wait for the next update.

 

[Vic Winters]

More Orange? Looks like an AD30 Twin Channel on top of the Rockerverb.

 

[laxu]

I wonder what that brown handle combo with a black cover on it is? Between the Grammatico and Matchless.

 

[ragingplatypi]

Just posted a ‘synth’ patch using the Nonlinear Reverb

https://line6.com/customtone/tone/6271294/

 

[Orvillain]

Something I've been thinking about. There has been a lot of hype and interest in gapless preset switching on Fractal. But on Helix we've had the preference "preset spillover" available for some time now. What it does is allows you to sacrifice the 2nd path altogether, in favour of nice seamless transitions between presets - and it works really really well.

How come it doesn't get the hype it deserves?

 

[Lysander]

How come it doesn't get the hype it deserves?

My guess is that gapless switching is one of those things people gush over, but rarely ever use.

Specially on a full Helix, where snapshots and the plentiful DSP means you'll rarely need to change presets mid-song.

 

[holoholo]

Ok so just needed a change. But gigging the helix Mandarin 2x12 cab lately. Is it just me or this cab is seriously great? I actually looked at it on a RTA and it doesn’t have that mid spike even with the V30s. It sounds good clean and dirty.

 

[the-trooper]

My guess is that gapless switching is one of those things people gush over, but rarely ever use.

 

[JiveTurkey]

GAPLESS SWITCHING: WHEN 427 UNNECESSARILY COMPLEX PRESETS THAT YOU DIDN’T ACTUALLY NEED IF YOU JUST THOUGHT IT OUT CORRECTLY BECOMES 2936 UNNECESSARILY COMPLEX PRESETS THAT YOU DIDN’T ACTUALLY NEED IF YOU JUST THOUGHT IT OUT CORRECTLY

 

[JCW308]

Just posted a ‘synth’ patch using the Nonlinear Reverb

https://line6.com/customtone/tone/6271294/

Sounds great but the shimmer is making it sound out of tune. Weird.