Line 6 Helix Stadium Talk

[Deadpan]

Anyone else excited to maybe see Proxy some time soon?

Very much so!

 

[eggpl@nt]

Anyone else excited to maybe see Proxy some time soon?

I’m hoping Proxy drops more or less at the same time as the Stadium.

 

[CakeEater]

Anyone else excited to maybe see Proxy some time soon?

I think vendor patches with proxy captures will be next level, especially for p&w patches from Signal Theory / Worship Tutorials, and Tone Factor. Really looking forward to rare amps like the Prosonic or the original blonde Tone Master.

 

[Chocol8]

Anyone else excited to maybe see Proxy some time soon?

I am hoping we see it much earlier than "SOON"

 

[GTR37]

I would you think would hear something next week at Namm
1.3 w more Amps and bug fixes should be coming too in February I think prior to Stadium release

 

[EOengineer]

I think vendor patches with proxy captures will be next level, especially for p&w patches from Signal Theory / Worship Tutorials, and Tone Factor. Really looking forward to rare amps like the Prosonic or the original blonde Tone Master.

Based off my reamping tests over the weekend, I really think the new hardware is going to offer a new level of consistency for captures moving forward. It’s an obvious area where IK and some others are weak and there’s a real opportunity for L6 to eclipse them.

 

[Mooselake]

Anyone else excited to maybe see Proxy some time soon?

I'm curious about it. But I don't have much to capture unless we can capture Stadium Blocks we have dialed in to our liking and it makes sense for DSP reasons (or others) to use proxies of blocks, chains of blocks, in place of the blocks themselves. I'm most interested in two things--whether they can do anything about the difficulties some of us are having staying connected to wifi, and what the resolution to the perceived Agoura variances from other sources is, how it will affect the things I like about the Agoura models.

 

[Lysander]

I just feel for the poor guys at L6. Proxy won't even be in people's hand and you'll already have drones asking about NAM

 

[MIJLOVER]

I just feel for the poor guys at L6. Proxy won't even be in people's hand and you'll already have drones asking about NAM

They’re used to it by now lol
But seriously, I don’t think they mind people being exited and even impatient about feature stuff. Nobody wants this to be better than Line 6 themselves.

Proxy will be interesting, especially for more esoteric amps and pedals, but I’m really enjoying how Agoura feels.
Never hurts having both. I also hope they enable NAM captures as well as their own as I think that would make it the best hardware to offer them.

 

[Dave Lewis]

 

[Lysander]

Proxy will be interesting, especially for more esoteric amps and pedals, but I’m really enjoying how Agoura feels.
Never hurts having both. I also hope they enable NAM captures as well as their own as I think that would make it the best hardware to offer them.

I'm really psyched for the smaller HXS... and forcing myself not to buy a AM4 at the same time. This is not a great time to be a guitar player, man!

 

[Richard_G]

Luckily it wasn’t…

I care more about 46 & 2.

But then again, I AM getting depressingly old.

 

[Dave Lewis]

 

[EOengineer]

Spent a little bit putting together another quick reamp comparing the Stadium 2203 to my Ceriatone 2204, which is a stock clone of that circuit minus a 3 way bright cap toggle which I left in the stock position. Again, imperfect comparison but interesting nonetheless. Also, I realize this tone sucks, but I couldn't crank my 2204 so its a little starved gainwise.

Real amp first following by Stadium.

 

[Dom Mcsweeney]

I liked that. They sound pretty close, but actually the Stadium had a tiny bit of 'hair' or 'smidge of fuzzyness' that I somewhat preferred.
Or, maybe you could say the Ceriatone sounded just a bit tighter, which may be more preferable to people who prefer that aspect of toneshaping. Probably easy enough to dial that 'hair' out, or just shove a tube screamer / sd1 in front and be done with it.

 

[Richard_G]

These are obviously much closer than your earlier Stadium-to-amp comparisons, @EOengineer

 

[EOengineer]

I liked that. They sound pretty close, but actually the Stadium had a tiny bit of 'hair' or 'smidge of fuzzyness' that I somewhat preferred.
Or, maybe you could say the Ceriatone sounded just a bit tighter, which may be more preferable to people who prefer that aspect of toneshaping. Probably easy enough to dial that 'hair' out, or just shove a tube screamer / sd1 in front and be done with it.

Yeah so I did run the treble and presence slightly higher on the Stadium because the 2204 felt like it had a little more kerrang when I matched the settings. I went a touch too far (which wasn’t much) and ended up with a slightly brighter Stadium model.

I do go back and forth on whether I feel like the Stadium 2203 is missing a LITTLE kerrang, but overall these aren’t worlds apart considering im comparing two totally different amps, different wattage, etc.

 

[Richard_G]

I'd like to know more about this new comparison. Are you, in this case, trying to match them rather than keeping them at the same settings? There is less gain on these compared to your earlier comparisons. To what extent do you believe the issues we've been worried about are primarily related to higher gain?

 

[guyonthefox]

Anyone else have an issue with the touch capacitor on FS11? Or is it just mine?

 

[EOengineer]

I'd like to know more about this new comparison. Are you, in this case, trying to match them rather than keeping them at the same settings? There is less gain on these compared to your earlier comparisons. To what extent do you believe the issues we've been worried about are primarily related to higher gain?

The amp and model are matched settings with the exception of the treble and presence being roughly 1 value higher on the Stadium model. Totally matched Stadium is a touch darker but nothing like the IIC+ clip.

In both cases it’s a 1960a SIC and the same York IR from the other examples.