Line 6 Helix Stadium Pre-Launch Discussion

[EOengineer]

L6 was really appealing to me with the double boxed unit inside a third MF box.

 

[Fireproof]

Dumb question (and really just a curiosity) but surely it's been asked and answered by now.

With Helix - there is the Helix Floor and Helix LT.

So why didn't they go with Helix Stadium Floor and Helix Stadium LT?

 

[GTR37]

I love that so many of our gearpage members are getting these , IMO way better reviews than many of the YouTube guys

 

[EOengineer]

This hardware feels both elegant and indestructible. Flawless job on the unboxing presentation and everything. Like getting a new Mac. Great execution.

Updates are running. Wife is glaring. May not survive. Pls send halp.

I love that so many of our gearpage members are getting these , IMO way better reviews than many of the YouTube guys

I’d like to think we have more realistic expectations?

 

[paisleywookiee]

Like getting a new Mac

 

[banned]

Where the heck is my unit? How come everyone has one of these in their possession but me. Can we get some detailed reviews guys for those of us living vicariously through your experiences.

 

[Hapless]

Just got mine today. Had it delivered to my job so the wife is none the wiser. I was able to connect to the company Wifi and update it and play around with the touch screen. Very solid build quality, the screen is bright and responsive. I have a work meeting this evening, so still can't plug a guitar into it yet.

 

[Stone]

Awesome guys, very happy for all of you, it's a fine unit for sure

 

[texhex]

For all you guys still waiting on your deliveries…

Had to drive to Chicago this afternoon, passed Ole’ Sweetwater right on by.

 

[DanRad]

There's no 8-switch Stomp mode in Stadium; both Stomp A and Stomp B are 10-switch. We ditched it because eventually, there'll be a better solution and we didn't want methods conflicting with one another. In the meantime, you can assign FS1 to Bank Up and FS7 to Bank Down from the Command Center, but this is per-preset. Easy to copy/paste them into other presets tho'.

I'm very interested in what this eventual better solution is, but for now I'll just enjoy the extra stomps and get used to tapping twice to change presets.

I am so bummed this dropped on me when I have so very little time to play with it (and used more time than I had on it today). But I can't wait to do a deep dive.

I did import my main set list from my Helix Floor, and that went without a hitch. Though I will most certainly end up wishing that amp settings persisted when swapping in a different amp. Switching my existing presets to Agoura amps won't be as easy as I hoped without that.

That does lead me to one more question, @Digital Igloo: Is there a way to identify Agoura amps from the model list? I assumed there would be, but I'm not seeing anything obvious. There's the building with a column logo for legacy amps, but I don't see anything to differentiate Agoura amps. But, again, I've had next to no time at all with it.

 

[paisleywookiee]

That does lead me to one more question, @Digital Igloo: Is there a way to identify Agoura amps from the model list? I assumed there would be, but I'm not seeing anything obvious.

Yeah there’s a line of delineation, after the Agoura amps. Then after the HX amps, it goes to Legacy, which are the HX amps that have already been redone to Agoura.

 

[Digital Igloo]

Yeah there’s a line of delineation, after the Agoura amps. Then after the HX amps, it goes to Legacy, which are the HX amps that have already been redone to Agoura.

Correct, but it only appears in the Model List when in list view, not grid view.