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OG Helix amps have noticeably less dynamic range than Agoura, which I’ve found to make a difference if I’m doing things that push the amp - like hitting it with a boost. Agoura responds much more naturally in that regard. I’m still pretty meh with digital drive emulations for whatever reason - both fractal and L6.
I have both and I honestly like the HX drive models better for the ones that are on both platforms. 98% of my playing these days relies on clean-ish to edge of breakup amps with boosts, drives, and distortions into them. OG Helix, Stadium, or Fractal all do it well, but the Agoura amp models are definitely a step up in this area. Right on par with Fractal.
Yep, that was probably me. There were times when running dual amps in a split stereo fashion where the audio would become unbalanced and quieter on one side. Reboot would fix the issue. I have only run into that once within the last several weeks. It used to occur with enough regularity that I stopped using the unit live for a bit.
It's not really the interaction for me as I feel like that's been there for some time now on both. It's how the drives themselves are modeled in the HX. Fractal drives aren't modeled as a single pedal. Sometimes different settings are modeled across multiple stomp types. Or sometimes they're omitted altogether. Line6 mostly takes the approach of modeling the whole pedal with all the switches and modes. Some of the newer Fractal drives are very nice, and I hope Line6 introduces more of those as complete pedals too.
