Line 6 Helix Stadium Talk

[Chocol8]

I noticed DI mentioned that providing a way to control the XY pad thingy without bending down and touching it was also on their radar. That could work great for live use!

XY Controller

Guitar Mounted Wireless Controller for Graviton Series Pedals Low-profile design: Minimizes changes to the instrument's look and playability (compatible with whammy bars). Simple operation: With no power button to worry about, it always works like a pickup selector switch. Fully programmable...

luminitefx.com

 

[paisleywookiee]

XY Controller

Guitar Mounted Wireless Controller for Graviton Series Pedals Low-profile design: Minimizes changes to the instrument's look and playability (compatible with whammy bars). Simple operation: With no power button to worry about, it always works like a pickup selector switch. Fully programmable...

luminitefx.com

The Luminite stuff is cool AF. Thinking of getting the M2.

 

[Chocol8]

The Luminite stuff is cool AF. Thinking of getting the M2.

Yeah, I am considering the M1 but not sure. I really don't need midi but...

 

[paisleywookiee]

Yeah, I am considering the M1 but not sure. I really don't need midi but...

I'm really, really going to need MIDI. I shouldn't have sold my MC6MkII.

 

[bucephalus]

"Is that piss? IS THAT PISS?"

 

[Rocco Crocco]

You should not die unknowing. Global blocks is concept where you have the settings of a certain block in your signal chain being persistent over all presets. So when you change a setting in that block the change is reflected in every preset that uses this particular (probably named or otherwise marked) block. One example use case would be an amp/cab block that you use on multiple presets for a gig. When you make adjustments on that block, you want it to be the same on all presets. It is one, besides "channels" the most discussed, concept to overcome the limitations of presets and snapshots/scenes.

Thanks for the explanation. I would never want to use a feature like that.

 

[BenIfin]

Admittedly, Showcase is the feature I will personally use the least for the foreseeable future (the groups I perform with like to do stuff impromptu, and we don't switch guitar tones mid-song nearly that much), but that is a powerful and hella cool demo of how it takes something "techy" like laptop MIDI automation and makes it more approachable for the everyday guitarist.

%100 totally. And pretty f*cking amazing tones and efx too.

 

[DanRad]

Thanks for the explanation. I would never want to use a feature like that.

I feel the same. I think having favorites is great because it gives you a starting point. But tweaks to a block that sound great in one preset could sound like dog crap in another.

 

[Chocol8]

I feel the same. I think having favorites is great because it gives you a starting point. But tweaks to a block that sound great in one preset could sound like dog crap in another.

Yep! Blocks interact, so if you make global changes, at a minimum you would have to go check each preset impacted, and then what do you do if further tweaking is necessary? Make the block non-global where you need to make adjustments, or adjust other blocks that may or may not be global?

I can see the appeal of global EQ but I would have very little desire for other global blocks.

 

[jcfluhr]

I noticed DI mentioned that providing a way to control the XY pad thingy without bending down and touching it was also on their radar. That could work great for live use!

I was messing this yesterday. If you use a midi cable going out and back into the unit you can send a midi command to go to a coordinate on the xy pad and then use the rubber band feature so that it returns to 0,0. Pretty cool. Still working it out, but there's potential there.

 

[StarF666]

Yep! Blocks interact, so if you make global changes, at a minimum you would have to go check each preset impacted, and then what do you do if further tweaking is necessary? Make the block non-global where you need to make adjustments, or adjust other blocks that may or may not be global?

I can see the appeal of global EQ but I would have very little desire for other global blocks.

All fair points. But what about using the same amp and cab across multiple presets for a gig and you want consistency across them? Soundcheck time and you need to make some adjustments, remove some bass because the room has plenty, feel like adding some gain because you brought single coils. Same for your main reverb or drive.

I think there are probably even more concepts and ideas out there which are suited to extend ye olde presets and snapshots. What about favourites that are recallable inside snapshots, like micro presets for blocks? ...just realizing this is Fractal's channels basically.

I just think there are many different approaches how to use such a capable device. So many features in Helix, most of us won't use all of them. Just use, what you need.

What I liked about the OG already, you could very much tailor it to your needs. I'd just like to see them push this even further. And I think there is some demand for this when I look at the possibilities of a Morningstar controller and how people use them.

Sorry for the long post...

 

[Chocol8]

Soundcheck time and you need to make some adjustments, remove some bass because the room has plenty, feel like adding some gain because you brought single coils. Same for your main reverb or drive.

There is no way I would use the amp block to make room adjustments at soundcheck. Thats what I would use a global EQ for. Global EQ could also be used for a SC/HB boost, but I handle that on the guitar or with separate presets if needed. I want all the guitar related stuff sorted out well before soundcheck.

As far as adjusting a drive, no way I would do that globally without a chance to check how it impacts every preset. Reverb might be less risky, but I am not messing with that last minute too much either.