Line 6 Helix Stadium

[GTR37]

The GSG was my choice for this kind of thing, I really love that model.

I’ve always had a soft spot for SRs though…

To me, the GSG was kinda like my idealized SR.

D

The GSG is a dumble clone I think , yep I hope that one is in the launch

 

[GTR37]

39 Agoura amps/channels on launch, per the man himself. Some Agoura models include all channels, which you can switch using f.ex. snapshots but a few (Revvs, notably) had to be split up.

So out of the 16 amps which ones are you guys hoping for at launch ?

 

[HomespunEffects]

I think it's just excellent. But then, I'd get away with the Princess, too. And before they added that with the Cali IV clean channel.
Basically, I need a clean amp with plenty of headroom that isn't as sterile as a JC. Anything else is pretty much adressable with the right choice of cabs for my needs.
Yet, so far the Super Reverb is the one "speaking to me" the most, if you will.
Similar things go for the Voltage. I'd possibly get away with one of the other Marshall(-ish) offerings, but the Voltage happens to work all the time (I'm pretty much exclusively using both with either one of my two live IRs or the Mandarin 30 2x12).

The Super Reverb is a really nice model but I’ve mostly been using Ventoux lately.

 

[bucephalus]

I only have HXFX as a pedal but in Native I find the Super Reverb breaks up quite early. Am I dialing it in wonky? Not played one in really life so not sure what it should sound like.

 

[dk_ace]

The GSG is a dumble clone I think , yep I hope that one is in the launch

Yeah it’s grammaticos take on the robben ford dumble supposedly. It’s supposed to be a 1:1 clone, but who knows.

I don’t use it for anything that people would think of as a “dumble” tone. No dark, honky lead tones or anything like that. It does a really perfect BF fender tone, but it has a touch responsiveness unlike anything I’ve felt before in a modeler.

D

 

[GTR37]

Yeah it’s grammaticos take on the robben ford dumble supposedly. It’s supposed to be a 1:1 clone, but who knows.

I don’t use it for anything that people would think of as a “dumble” tone. No dark, honky lead tones or anything like that. It does a really perfect BF fender tone, but it has a touch responsiveness unlike anything I’ve felt before in a modeler.

D

Dumbles can get some beautiful clean tones IMO
Check out the Steel Stringer
And some of Paul from Studio rats tones

 

[Dom Mcsweeney]

I only have HXFX as a pedal but in Native I find the Super Reverb breaks up quite early. Am I dialing it in wonky? Not played one in really life so not sure what it should sound like.

Try adjusting the input gain to be lower in Native so you get more headroom.

 

[Sascha Franck]

I only have HXFX as a pedal but in Native I find the Super Reverb breaks up quite early. Am I dialing it in wonky?

Well, I think it works quite well with the gain pretty much down. My standard patch has the gain at 4.5, though, and it even doesn't clip when I use my Ibanez 335 clone and add a little bit of push from the Vetta Comp. So maybe it's indeed your interface's input level driving it too hard with HXN's input slider at the default value.
Here's a little clip that I recorded quite straight after it was released (sorry, posted that somewhere else before), I think it's pretty clean (maybe a little tad of hair when I pick harder, but I had the gain a little higher back then):

All guitars are using the same patch.

 

[Digital Igloo]

Well, I think it works quite well with the gain pretty much down. My standard patch has the gain at 4.5, though, and it even doesn't clip when I use my Ibanez 335 clone and add a little bit of push from the Vetta Comp. So maybe it's indeed your interface's input level driving it too hard with HXN's input slider at the default value.
Here's a little clip that I recorded quite straight after it was released (sorry, posted that somewhere else before), I think it's pretty clean (maybe a little tad of hair when I pick harder, but I had the gain a little higher back then):

All guitars are using the same patch.

Dude, that sounds GREAT.

 

[Dom Mcsweeney]

Well, I think it works quite well with the gain pretty much down. My standard patch has the gain at 4.5, though, and it even doesn't clip when I use my Ibanez 335 clone and add a little bit of push from the Vetta Comp. So maybe it's indeed your interface's input level driving it too hard with HXN's input slider at the default value.
Here's a little clip that I recorded quite straight after it was released (sorry, posted that somewhere else before), I think it's pretty clean (maybe a little tad of hair when I pick harder, but I had the gain a little higher back then):

All guitars are using the same patch.

Yeah this sounds awesome - it made me go try it out for a bit, got into a nice jam for 20 mins
Good work!

 

[Sascha Franck]

Dude, that sounds GREAT.

My pleasure.
But seriously, that amp is delivering pretty much exactly the kind of clean tone I like for such things, both for rhythm and lead stuff.
Takes external (and internal anyway) pedals extraodinarily well, too - something that can be said for the entire HX series.

 

[bucephalus]

My pleasure.
But seriously, that amp is delivering pretty much exactly the kind of clean tone I like for such things, both for rhythm and lead stuff.
Takes external (and internal anyway) pedals extraodinarily well, too - something that can be said for the entire HX series.

Sounds great and yes from that I think my interface needs dialing back a bit.

 

[Sascha Franck]

Sounds great and yes from that I think my interface needs dialing back a bit.

Btw, do you have any HX hardware as well? Because in that case I recommend to set your interface so it'll record at exactly the same level as the HX hardware delivers through USB channels 7/8. Alternatively, set your interface just the way you do and insert a gain plugin before HXN (or adjust the gain slider), so it'd always see the same level as what the hardware HXes would deliver. That way things sound as they're meant to sound.

 

[yek]

Here's a little clip that I recorded quite straight after it was released (sorry, posted that somewhere else before), I think it's pretty clean (maybe a little tad of hair when I pick harder, but I had the gain a little higher back then):

Sascha Benson.

 

[Sascha Franck]

Sascha Benson.

I wish (well, just kinda...).

 

[sashimi]

Well, I think it works quite well with the gain pretty much down. My standard patch has the gain at 4.5, though, and it even doesn't clip when I use my Ibanez 335 clone and add a little bit of push from the Vetta Comp. So maybe it's indeed your interface's input level driving it too hard with HXN's input slider at the default value.
Here's a little clip that I recorded quite straight after it was released (sorry, posted that somewhere else before), I think it's pretty clean (maybe a little tad of hair when I pick harder, but I had the gain a little higher back then):

All guitars are using the same patch

Sounds great! That’s baby making music

Do you use the super reverb cab? Is that the normal or vibrato channel?

 

[KingsXJJ]

Well, I think it works quite well with the gain pretty much down. My standard patch has the gain at 4.5, though, and it even doesn't clip when I use my Ibanez 335 clone and add a little bit of push from the Vetta Comp. So maybe it's indeed your interface's input level driving it too hard with HXN's input slider at the default value.
Here's a little clip that I recorded quite straight after it was released (sorry, posted that somewhere else before), I think it's pretty clean (maybe a little tad of hair when I pick harder, but I had the gain a little higher back then):

All guitars are using the same patch.

Very Sweet! Belongs on Apple’s Focus Steam for sure!

 

[KingsXJJ]

Sounds great! That’s baby making music

Do you use the super reverb cab? Is that the normal or vibrato channel?

Add in some Barry White for some backdoor action… wait wat?

 

[KingsXJJ]

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.

I thought it was mentioned in a recent video that the Stadium didn’t really sound like Line 6 tones they were accustomed to.

Or am I misremembering and it referred to feel?

 

[Sascha Franck]

Do you use the super reverb cab? Is that the normal or vibrato channel?

Nrm channel. I think I used one of my live IRs (that I *somehow* slapped together many moons back). These days I'm still either using that very IR or the Mandarin 30 cab (which is my go-to for pretty much anything, regardless whether it's clean or dirt).
Here's the basic patch (IR is included if you want to try, no idea whether the amp settings are absolutely identical with those from the clip):