Line 6 Helix Stadium Talk

[OneEng]

A big reason why HX Stomp still sells (and continues to sell) so well is that it's decidedly not just a cheaper Helix with a smaller LCD, fewer switches, and missing I/O. If we had designed it with traditional multieffects users' demands in mind, it would've flopped in comparison.

Basically, we ignored all y'all and it worked. Kinda like if you want to make a successful Star Wars movie, stay the hell away from Star Wars fan fiction.

Certainly true to an extent .

HX Stomp clearly re-uses most of the IP from Helix... but does so targeting a different user. No different than how Fractal re-imagined AM4. It's certainly NOT just a cut down Axe III Fx (like their FM models were).

It appears that there is lots of merit to this approach :).

 

[Sascha Franck]

HX Stomp is half the DSP of Helix, not a quarter. Or do you mean a it's a quarter of Stadium?

Well, it's only got 8 blocks, which make it a quarter Helix (sorry for mixing it with DSP juice). And it's defenitely the number of blocks (and partially switches) always getting in my way the most.

 

[Sascha Franck]

Basically, we ignored all y'all and it worked.

And you still don't know whether it would've worked better with one additional switch (and we don't need to discuss the max. number of blocks because pretty much all Stomp users wish there were more, especially as the DSP would allow for it).

 

[Digital Igloo]

And you still don't know whether it would've worked better with one additional switch...

We do.

 

[Sascha Franck]

We do.

Fine. So that's 4 switches confirmed then.

 

[DG80]

Not to sound like a broken record, but this talk of using a load box to make a proxy capture; is nobody else noticing the fizz happening 'behind' the notes when you roll the guitar volume down on the proxy capture itself?

It's driving me nuts, and nobody else seems to be saying about it.

@Digital Igloo - just checking if this is being looked at…? Raised a ticket that was closed, and had to recreate a new one a few days ago with no news or updates.

 

[Chocol8]

I always found that using a real cab, either for capture, OR for live use resulted in every capture having the "flavor" of that cab.

Are you talking about DI captures where the cab is just a load for the output stage, or full captures with the cab mic'ed?

Cabs are a HUGE tone shaper so of course one used on stage will have a big impact on a modeler or capture just like they do for a real amp. A cab baked into a capture is also going tk have the same significant impact.

A cab used as a load for the DI however doesn't impart any of its own sonic signature. It's impedance curve impacts the power tubes frequency response and breakup, but thats not really going to give it a flavor.