Line 6 Helix Stadium Pre-Launch Discussion

[paisleywookiee]

Can’t edit after 1 minute

Uh....you posted it.

EDIT

yes, you can. You can edit out the stupidity.

 

[paisleywookiee]

Wow, made the mistake of looking at TOP thread on teh Stadium. What a mistake. That FPFL dude is a fucking prick. “This isn’t opinion it’s fact!” Whatever, dildo.

 

[Dom Mcsweeney]

Can edit after 1 minute, just don't wanna

ftfy

 

[HotRats]

Yeah I expected it would have challenges like this. If HX Stadium Rack ever becomes a thing, I'd probably prefer it to lean on mobile/computer editors and be more like a rudimentary "see your preset/snapshot name and your levels" thing with knobs for setting output levels and not much more. Could probably cram it in 2U like that.

If you look at e.g John Petrucci's rig, he's got two Axe-Fx IIIs at the bottom of a rack where they're going to be a pain in the ass to adjust without Axe-Edit. They're either heavily pre-programmed or used via Axe-Edit which wasn't really shown in the vidoes.

Maybe it's easier to put an Helix Stadium in a rack drawer and have @Digital Igloo make a 1U rack display that shows preset/snapshot/whatever on front instead of a full rack unit?

 

[0XI0]

Maybe it's easier to put an Helix Stadium in a rack drawer and have @Digital Igloo make a 1U rack display that shows preset/snapshot/whatever on front instead of a full rack unit?

I was thinking the same thing

 

[Orvillain]

A rack unit would be very cool, particularly considering my fabled "Super Rig" concept - which was a Helix Rack + Axe FX III + Mark Five amp, with either one unit in the FX loop and one unit in the front, or both digitally connected together via SPDIF and then the whole thing in 4-cable-method; with the Axe3 slaved to the Helix via midi program changes or control changes.

Massively overkill, but would be amazerocks!!

On balance, if I had the choice, I'd go floor unit as a standalone thing. But racks do appeal as well.

 

[Chocol8]

A 1u rack display? We must have VERY different impressions of the size of 1u, unless you are talking about just a couple lines of text.

I 100% believe the key to a rack unit being viable is a completely remote user interface, touch screen, encoders, switches buttons etc all NOT on the device in the rack.

 

[EOengineer]

IMO a rack unit would be better served with a port to optionally connect an external touchscreen/control device or you make a solid mobile editor. I can’t see a world where even the 2u footprint has a worthwhile touchscreen.

 

[banned]

All I want is mirroring to iPad from Stadium floor so I don't have to bend over

 

[ian_dissonance]

All I want is mirroring to iPad from Stadium floor so I don't have to bend over

I don’t remember if anyone mentioned it, but since it has wifi it seems like there’s the possibility of a browser-based editor that would do exactly that.

 

[HotRats]

A 1u rack display? We must have VERY different impressions of the size of 1u, unless you are talking about just a couple lines of text.

I 100% believe the key to a rack unit being viable is a completely remote user interface, touch screen, encoders, switches buttons etc all NOT on the device in the rack.

Yeah I mean only text for basic feedback.

 

[dean701]

I was thinking the same thing

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[Chocol8]

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I think that might be a little bit too big unless they can knock the dimensions down by about 20%.

 

[mbenigni]

What the hell is even that

Even worse than when benifin used to post with 12 different fonts.

 

[mbenigni]

Maybe it's easier to put an Helix Stadium in a rack drawer and have @Digital Igloo make a 1U rack display that shows preset/snapshot/whatever on front instead of a full rack unit?

This makes it sound like DI is going to head out to his garage with a pair of tin snips LOL.

 

[EOengineer]

This makes it sound like DI is going to head out to his garage with a pair of tin snips LOL.

 

[Fireproof]

No boxes in the hands of influencers yet? We should be getting close!!

 

[Frodebro]

What the hell is even that

Some people did some things.

 

[mikah912]

No boxes in the hands of influencers yet? We should be getting close!!

WHen we were in a similar wait for 2015 Helix, DI did announce when they had release firmware ready to go, so he'll probably let us know now.

I still don't think it'll be October.

 

[Chocol8]

SOOON!!!!