Line 6 Helix Stadium Pre-Launch Discussion

Actually that was straight from Igloo
He said Agoura amps did not sound like a line6 product to him
One of the worship guys that actually played it said similar
The difference to him was about the difference comparing HX to Fractal same model
Excellent thanks for confirming I hadn’t lost it. I guess that’s why I found @Frodebro and @JiveTurkey comments somewhat confusing.

Yes, we may know quite well what Helix amps sound like but I believe (but may be wrong) that the Stadium will offer something quite a bit different from just “higher resolution HX.” I’m not trying to misquote either of them intentionally if I am. That just a paraphrasing of what I recall.
 
Actually that was straight from Igloo
He said Agoura amps did not sound like a line6 product to him
One of the worship guys that actually played it said similar
The difference to him was about the difference comparing HX to Fractal same model
Oh, I wouldn't say Agoura sounds like Fractal. They have their own thing going on, and it's great. No claim of better or worse, just different.
 
Well, I think it works quite well with the gain pretty much down. My standard patch has the gain at 4.5, though, and it even doesn't clip when I use my Ibanez 335 clone and add a little bit of push from the Vetta Comp. So maybe it's indeed your interface's input level driving it too hard with HXN's input slider at the default value.
Here's a little clip that I recorded quite straight after it was released (sorry, posted that somewhere else before), I think it's pretty clean (maybe a little tad of hair when I pick harder, but I had the gain a little higher back then):

All guitars are using the same patch.

Dude, next time you see Chasey Lain, can you get her autograph for me?
 
Well, I think it works quite well with the gain pretty much down. My standard patch has the gain at 4.5, though, and it even doesn't clip when I use my Ibanez 335 clone and add a little bit of push from the Vetta Comp. So maybe it's indeed your interface's input level driving it too hard with HXN's input slider at the default value.
Here's a little clip that I recorded quite straight after it was released (sorry, posted that somewhere else before), I think it's pretty clean (maybe a little tad of hair when I pick harder, but I had the gain a little higher back then):

All guitars are using the same patch.


Sounds really good, and nice playing as well.
 

Well, seriously, I think this is as much of a myth as the good old "Boss sounds like a cocked wah" thing (which in Boss' case seems to be largely related to their internal cabs).
Yes, there's a series of amps that may sound rather same-ish in the earlier FW revisions and IMO the factory defaults enhanced that quite a bit.
But it got a lot better from maybe 3.0 onward. And IMO the selection right now is pretty great and you can coax pretty much any sound out of them.
Are they as accurate as those from others? Maybe not. But personally, I couldn't care less.
Is there room for improvements? Very likely - but, again personally, some amps really don't leave much to be desired for me. Not all, obviously.
And well, I certainly can't spot much of a "typical Helix sound" quality.
 
Back
Top