Helix Talk

[Sascha Franck]

I guess you’ll just have to get some kneepads or something. But you also find the general navigation system a pain point because your preferred parameters aren’t always on the first page, so it seems just about anything that isn’t practically thought-controlled is an impediment.

Well, you can of course choose to make fun of whatever kinda stuff. I for one prefer to suggest improvements. Improvements that would very well be possible to be realized.

 

[ian_dissonance]

Well, you can of course choose to make fun of whatever kinda stuff. I for one prefer to suggest improvements. Improvements that would very well be possible to be realized.

That’s awesome, and a lot of your suggestions are useful, but you present them as though you’re getting callouses from how complicated editing is that it’s kind of comical.

 

[Sascha Franck]

but you present them as though you’re getting callouses from how complicated editing is that it’s kind of comical.

I'm not. I'm just saying how it is vs. how it could be.

 

[CakeEater]

So, I've been a dedicated user of the 2203 since it was released, believing that it was just a step above everything else, and it does sound phenomenal. But last night I re-visited the Divided Duo (/13) again, and that amp is incredible, so full, so touch responsive, so much gain if you want it, it cleans up so nicely, and its a v1.0 amp. I think it's replaced the 2203 in my kitchen sink patch, and it also has the added benefit of being quite light on DSP. Don't sleep on the earlier amps!

 

[HotRats]

So, I've been a dedicated user of the 2203 since it was released, believing that it was just a step above everything else, and it does sound phenomenal. But last night I re-visited the Divided Duo (/13) again, and that amp is incredible, so full, so touch responsive, so much gain if you want it, it cleans up so nicely, and its a v1.0 amp. I think it's replaced the 2203 in my kitchen sink patch, and it also has the added benefit of being quite light on DSP. Don't sleep on the earlier amps!

That amp model has been my first love back 2018. Is really good for what it does.

 

[Alex Kenivel]

 

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What was the issue?

 

[Alex Kenivel]

What was the issue?

I really have no idea. I turned it on a few days after a jam and it didn't power up. I sent it to Line 6 on the Tuesday before last and got it back yesterday. They even replaced some missing screws.

I Line 6

 

[ragingplatypi]

So, I've been a dedicated user of the 2203 since it was released, believing that it was just a step above everything else, and it does sound phenomenal. But last night I re-visited the Divided Duo (/13) again, and that amp is incredible, so full, so touch responsive, so much gain if you want it, it cleans up so nicely, and its a v1.0 amp. I think it's replaced the 2203 in my kitchen sink patch, and it also has the added benefit of being quite light on DSP. Don't sleep on the earlier amps!

I’ve had the same experience on the cleaner side of things. Been using the GSG, but revisited the Archetype because of the Catalyst update. Another super underrated amp.

 

[spawnofthesith]

Never really boosted my roadster much, I have an SD-1 but don’t really care much for how that sounds with it

Sat down and auditioned all the dirts on the HX one with it. My overall favorite is the Timmy model actually, my strat sounded brutal af with that combo lol. I really liked the ocd model too, which is funny, because I’ve tried several times to like the real ocd but I’ve never moved

Added bonus with the Timmy model is that same settings on the clean channel sound incredible

 

[Mongillo19]

Never really boosted my roadster much, I have an SD-1 but don’t really care much for how that sounds with it

I've found the SD1 can really over brighten some tones. How do you feel about it?

I love the SD1 but could def see how it won't work with some amps. The TS variants are much more mellow to me

 

[TubeStack]

I love an SD1 boosting a Marshall/Marshall-y Mesa (Helix or real), but it’s a very specific sound and not always what I want.

I usually have two boosts, one being the SD1 and the other a more full-range and/or fuzzy one, which I get from the Helix Timmy or Pillars (EQD Plumes), or my real Keeley Fuzz Head.

 

[TubeStack]

And I’m a big lover of boosts.

For some reason I always prefer boosting a crunch tone with a pedal vs turning the gain up on the amp. Probably the EQ shaping and added compression.

 

[TubeStack]

Also, posting in the Helix thread about the HX One is just one step closer to getting the full Helix Floor, @spawnofthesith (ask me how I know ).

 

[spawnofthesith]

I've found the SD1 can really over brighten some tones. How do you feel about it?

I love the SD1 but could def see how it won't work with some amps. The TS variants are much more mellow to me

I find it really amp dependent, I liked it best with my old Mesa express. I should probably try it with the mark

Also, posting in the Helix thread about the HX One is just one step closer to getting the full Helix Floor, @spawnofthesith (ask me how I know ).

 

[SpaceMan]

Maybe slightly tangential to Helix but hopefully on-topic enough:

Stomp, Stomp XL, and Pod Go prices went back up at most retailers recently. Interested in what’s driving some of the fluctuations.

 

[Vic Winters]

Maybe slightly tangential to Helix but hopefully on-topic enough:

Stomp, Stomp XL, and Pod Go prices went back up at most retailers recently. Interested in what’s driving some of the fluctuations.

They were having a sale though March.

 

[ragingplatypi]

Maybe slightly tangential to Helix but hopefully on-topic enough:

Stomp, Stomp XL, and Pod Go prices went back up at most retailers recently. Interested in what’s driving some of the fluctuations.

The biggest driver for sales is when a manufacturer is inventory rich. From what I’ve heard, there’s still reverberations from Covid where it’s been hard for folks to predict when orders will come out of the factories.

 

[timbuck3]

How Does the Old Line 6 Pod Work With Modern Impulse Responses? The Results May Surprise You

The old digital modeler was tested by Henning Pauly.

www.ultimate-guitar.com

 

[Sascha Franck]

How Does the Old Line 6 Pod Work With Modern Impulse Responses? The Results May Surprise You

The old digital modeler was tested by Henning Pauly.

www.ultimate-guitar.com

Nothing new here. Many older modelers are doing pretty well once running through a somewhat modernized cab sim (typically IRs). I'm right now using my GT-10 running into an AMT Pangaea for one particular show, it's pretty much perfectly fine. Yeah, amp dynamics have been improved quite a bit in the last years as well, but in case you keep your gain civil, older modelers will often do just fine in that area as well (the Boss GT units have always been quite decent at dynamics, IMO better than most PODs from the same years).