Line 6 Helix Stadium Talk

[dbagchee]

Strobe tuning mode is where it’s at.

 

[fr8_trane]

Gotta disagree here. The old one sucked too. I had an opportunity to use both today and they’re both awful compared to literally anything else.

I dont get this. I've got a fractal AM4 in the house. The AM4 tuner works well but I have no problem tuning with the HX strobe tuner at all. I also have an analog turbo tuner that I use for setups. This forum is the only place I've heard people complain about the L6 tuner.

 

[Orvillain]

Gotta disagree here. The old one sucked too. I had an opportunity to use both today and they’re both awful compared to literally anything else.

haha! Interesting! I genuinely think the new tuner is just as good as the Fractal one, and honestly, the old one was genuinely hot garbage.

 

[EOengineer]

I must be a total-tuner-tard because I’ve been fine with Helix, Stadium, and Fractal’s tuners.

 

[mikah912]

Yeah, I tune fine with the Stadium all day, e'ry day. I personally prefer strobe mode, but as I often let my bandmates record overdubs and basslines with it, they seem to much prefer the standard look of the tuner.

 

[fr8_trane]

Yeah, I tune fine with the Stadium all day, e'ry day. I personally prefer strobe mode, but as I often let my bandmates record overdubs and basslines with it, they seem to much prefer the standard look of the tuner.

Yeah, I find strobe tuners much easier to use but some folks can't get their heads around the spinning display. I remember letting a bandmate use my Turbo Tuner and he hated it.

 

[Karl Houseknecht]

Yeah, I find strobe tuners much easier to use but some folks can't get their heads around the spinning display. I remember letting a bandmate use my Turbo Tuner and he hated it.

I'm totally at home with strobe tuner displays. I have a Peterson Strobostomp. And that tuner is MILES better than either Stadium or Helix. So is my Boss TU-3 and certainly the Fractal tuner. I have no reservations using the Fractal tuner for intonation, but I can barely rely on Stadium or Helix to even tune the instrument roughly.

 

[JiveTurkey]

TC Polytune is best. Luckily Boss just removed that capability via FW update from the GT/GX stuff

 

[Digital Igloo]

TC Polytune is best. Luckily Boss just removed that capability via FW update from the GT/GX stuff

I have no inside information but I can only surmise BOSS licensed polyphonic tuning from TC (now B£#®!n&£®/MusicTribe) and the contract expired.

 

[paisleywookiee]

TC Polytune is best. Luckily Boss just removed that capability via FW update from the GT/GX stuff

I never really thought it was that great. Peterson StroboStomp HD, well, stomps it.

 

[JiveTurkey]

I never really thought it was that great. Peterson StroboStomp HD, well, stomps it.

I have the clip on and 2 or 3 of the pedal versions. It works best for me? I don't remember the Stadium being bad and the FAS one is fine. I just like the TC the best. I have the TurboTuner but that strobe freaks me out a bit when it never settles down fully

 

[MirrorProfiles]

This is the benchmark tuner for me, although I usually have a DTR-1000 in the studio in the background just for guitarists to have as something visible and easy to understand.

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I’m all about strobe mode, I think it gives you way more information and useful feedback for your tuning. Lockon combines both modes nicely, and honestly there isn’t really anything else I’m aware of that displays the information so well.

 

[Foxmeister]

Wrong thread maybe?

That's weird - I was definitely reading the blind tests thread when I replied!

 

[Chocol8]

I have the TurboTuner but that strobe freaks me out a bit when it never settles down fully

LOL, the TurboTuner is definitely the best tuner you can buy...unless you are a perfectionist or have obsessive compulsive issues. A guitar can never be perfectly in tune and the TT will make sure to let you know that!

 

[Sascha Franck]

That's weird - I was definitely reading the blind tests thread when I replied!

Maybe you've just been in a blind test and took it literally?

 

[crispsandwich]

I don't have an issue with blind test videos, nor do I have an issue with the "reveal" coming in a separate video - you can always wait until the reveal video is posted before watching the blind test!

I am definitely in the minority then.