Line 6 Helix Stadium

[molul]

Clips? Meh. I know what the Helix sounds like today and I love and use it. It's apparently going to sound and feel better than that. I don't need clips. This isn't uncharted territory.

Same thing for when the Axe-Fx II and III came out. I had the Axe-Fx Ultra and II and those sounded great. Clips were meaningless. Were the new ones going to suck?

Actually, I just remembered about Boss GT10 "cocked wah" sound. That was an example on how a new unit sounded worse than its precessor.

 

[paisleywookiee]

And today you can get Helix love for as little as $179

And by this we can assume there will soon be a $199(?) POD Express Turbo with Stadium tones?

 

[LP59]

Oh, I get it. "Blues Lawyer," "Blues Dentist," "Blues State Senator"... There's definitely a type that can afford to fill their den with expensive gear.

And a cynic might look at Helix Stadium and go "Oh, they're catering to this niche group of wealthy people and leaving the rest of us out in the cold."

EXCEPT:

1. We certainly didn't land that way with Helix/HX, which if you remember started out THREE TIMES the cost of our previous flagship, POD HD500X. And today you can get Helix love for as little as $179.
2. When building a new platform, it's much easier to start at the top and then scale down.

I think that's the single greatest innovation that came from Fractal Audio. They discovered that there's a significant market out there for a guitar amp sim/multifx in the >$1500 range. It's not just rich hobbieists who are willing to pay that much for a high quality product.

 

[Frodebro]

I guess we are cut from very different cloth. I default to proof over promises. I would apply the same standard to any other company.

We already know what HX modeling sounds like, and this is a refinement of that. If there was no established history for sound quality, sound clips would be extremely important.

 

[Dom Mcsweeney]

I wonder if some new fuzzes will be added with Agoura modelling?
Fingers firmly crossed =)

 

[Karl Houseknecht]

Actually, I just remembered about Boss GT10 "cocked wah" sound. That was an example on how a new unit sounded worse than its precessor.

For sure. But that was in the before times. And it was Boss.

 

[paisleywookiee]

We already know what HX modeling sounds like, and this is a refinement of that. If there was no established history for sound quality, sound clips would be extremely important.

Yeah I don’t really need to hear clips; I like the Helix already, and this is better.
Helix Backyard BBQ Stomp is a day one purchase for me.

 

[banned]

Looks like there's no mention of improved OD modeling with Agoura? Any updates on the OD/Dist. pedal modeling front?

 

[TheTrueZoltan!]

Looks like there's no mention of improved OD modeling with Agoura? Any updates on the OD/Dist. pedal modeling front?

I know I‘ve said this before… the SD-1 and TS models - at least to me - are the weak points of the current Helix firmware. I would definitely be delighted if they were completely overhauled. But Eric already stated that Helix Stadium 1.0 doesn‘t have new FX.