Line 6 Helix Stadium Talk

[Richard_G]

To each his own, I guess. I definitely prefer my AM4 to the HX Stomp I had.

 

[Deadpan]

Also, while on the subject of clones, I rolled the dice on the LiveReadySound Proxy "test" sampler that @Deadpan has created for $20. Pretty fair price for a good sampling of clones (2 each) of a Dover DA-50, Omega Granophyre, PRS MT-15, and boosted Orange Rockerverb III.

First off, kudos to the man for providing Proxy content in the wild early days when there isn't yet a marketplace or similar function yet to make it easy both to sell and protect his content.

Second, there are some bangers on here. I know the Neural DSP folk are no stranger to the Omega Granophyre, but I never messed with the plug-in and tend to avoid their software like the plague now for other reasons. This is quite the pissed-off high gain amp, but with a really nice gain texture/character. Would probably be near the top of my wishlist for Line 6 to do an Agoura model now, and it wouldn't be a "me too" gesture from DI and the gang since there still is no model of this amp on any hardware modeling platform yet. I've been crushing on the Dover DA-50 clones too. All of them are full amp/cab captures going through his "preferred" cab, a 2x12 Mesa V30.

Anyway, just wanted to give the pack a bit more visibility. It's currently the only Proxy one currently available at his site: https://livereadysound.com/presets-and-bundles. Maybe I'll create a demo clip this weekend if time allows.

Hope we see more from him soon....

Appreciate the purchase and mention.

The Granophyre is a sick amp. The NDSP Plugin is fine. Pretty sure the plugin is based on the very first model. And I am not sure how much different mine sounds from the original, but mine has the newer transformers. Very organic, whereas the plugin I found a bit dry.

Someone had asked for an audio clip of the MT15 capture. I just hit record and played some random riffing. Trying to hit different techniques to show how it responded. This is unboosted. I had a little plate verb on in the Stadium.

For anyone curious:

 

[OneEng]

there's that mid frequency thing again. I think it's on all Agoura amps. It's welcome for certain amps, in the sense it feels more AITR, if that's what you're looking for, but for the high gain tones, perhaps not so much. For the plexi and Princeton, I like it generally because it's in the direction of the sound I'm driving for. For others not so much.
Like him or not, Leo had a video comparing his Soldano and the Stadium and he struggled with getting it to sound close. (no latency or null tests in that one)
Overall, for the folks that were hoping the Stadium would be a step towards authenticity, I think it's gone the wrong way. Once again, this isn't a debate on if it sounds good or not, because it does.
I think with the focus view lens feature, a good tone can be achievable in seconds. If you are trying to mirror your amp, it may or may not work for you depending on the amp.
Clones are another story. It is up to L6 on where the goal post is. It's pretty good right now. The bugs with the unit itself are more an issue for me than anything else.

It's an interesting question to ask. It sounds good and feels good. How important is it that it sounds like a specific amp to the point you can't tell them apart?

As you said, focus view lets you tweak in seconds to achieve "good tone".

I'm with you on the bugs. Just waiting until some time passes for Stadium to mature. It certainly seems like the device to beat in 2027.