Line 6 Helix Stadium Talk

Orvillain said:
the usual suspects GIF


(sorry, couldn't resist!)
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Ouch... Kevin Spacey.
 
DanRad said:
Hey, @Digital Igloo, while you're here: Any update on the successor to 8-stomp mode? I REALLY miss having the Preset up/down buttons available on the left two switches and NEVER use all 10 stomps. I think you said you all were working on an alternate that would work better, but I can't even imagine what that would be.
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For now, you can assign Bank, Preset, Snapshot, Song, or Snapshot up and down to FS1 and FS7 from Command Center, but it's per-preset:
  1. Tap MENU and then Command Center.
  2. Tap FS1 and then the gold Preset/Snap button.
  3. Turn Knob 2 (Command) to Next Bank.
  4. Tap FS7 and then the gold Preset/Snap button.
  5. Turn Knob 2 (Command) to Prev Bank and save the preset.
 
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ccc118 said:
I took a look and the first factory preset and also some others hit the red there as well. Is this indicating clipping or does it not really matter?
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That first preset has the amp dialed in way too hot. It’s clipping the simple delay after it.

Ben Adrian of L6 once posted a best practices post on how to properly set block levels on the Helix OG. Wish he can do the same for the Stadium.
 
I S said:
That first preset has the amp dialed in way too hot. It’s clipping the simple delay after it.

Ben Adrian of L6 once posted a best practices post on how to properly set block levels on the Helix OG. Wish he can do the same for the Stadium.
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I'm not Ben Adrian, but whenever I start a preset from scratch on any of these devices, the first thing I do (after making sure there's absolutely no clipping on the input) is to check the level with anything bypassed. Then I add the amp/cab blocks and make sure the level isn't altered. Now, pretty much all devices will forgive you if the level is somewhat higher, but I defenitely prefer to keep quite some headroom to start with as it seems to be almost a kinda law that presets get louder when they "grow up" (as in being used for longer).
Anyhow, once that is done, anything else follows logically.
 
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That first preset has the amp dialed in way too hot. It’s clipping the simple delay after it.

Ben Adrian of L6 once posted a best practices post on how to properly set block levels on the Helix OG. Wish he can do the same for the Stadium.
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You can only see the meters in focus view, so it might not be something you even notice a lot of the time. I guess the downside to not being able to edit the factory presets is that you can't adjust the volume of them. It's not a big deal since I don't really use them. I just didn't want them blowing my ears out if I was to load one up to check something and I had my own lower. Normally, I like to have some more headroom on my own. I've gone through and re-leveled mine to be a bit lower. I guess the benefit of not having a lot of Agoura amps, is I don't have to manage that many presets.
 
ccc118 said:
You can only see the meters in focus view, so it might not be something you even notice a lot of the time. I guess the downside to not being able to edit the factory presets is that you can't adjust the volume of them. It's not a big deal since I don't really use them. I just didn't want them blowing my ears out if I was to load one up to check something and I had my own lower. Normally, I like to have some more headroom on my own. I've gone through and re-leveled mine to be a bit lower. I guess the benefit of not having a lot of Agoura amps, is I don't have to manage that many presets.
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I just copied the preset over as a copy and edited the levels and other things to taste. Ended up playing on that for hours. Added a Deluxe Comp to the clean snapshots before the amp and a Studio Comp at the end.

The Stadium sounds so so good. It’s addictive.
 
Can anyone with a Stadium compare the effects between old helix and also Helix Native?

If the improvements are solely down to a better audio path, then Helix Native should fare well. If there is under the hood changes, then those audible improvements should be apparent.

Keen to hear as it’s been mentioned a few times but not a single audible example of it
 
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