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Line 6 Helix Stadium
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Sascha Franck
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Will the flights be on you? In that case I may attend...
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Not at launch.
molul
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Helices — traditional, from Latin/Greek (used more in scientific/academic contexts). Helixes — standard English plural (accepted in general usage, and often used in informal or modern contexts like tech or branding).EOengineer
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I’m just excited you all decided to approach this problem. Proxy not being there at launch is a non issue IMO.
You’re doing it right.
fret gunk
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Don't lose your nerve, Tim - hold steady
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I am good…hemming can afford 3 of everything so he will get the stadium I am sure and rave about it in the end. But it does seem more an evolution and not something new.. and adding a touchscreen .. well I agree with what he says about that… that it’s just becoming “required” in flagships asking 1800-2200$
molul
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It is. I mean, at this point, what would it take for a guitar modeler to be considered something entirely new? Reacting in realtime to your chords making full band arrangements with AI?
bucephalus
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Evolution can be a lot more fulfilling than something entirely new imo.
laxu
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Henning, like a lot of YouTubers is just pushing content. The more controversial, the more clicks.
Touchscreens are already found on inexpensive modelers so they are more of an expected feature.
A potentially "game changing" feature in Helix Stadium is Showcase. We haven't seen anything like it on any other digital modeler. Are there other tools to do that? Absolutely, but having it easy and convenient goes a long way.
The Focus feature is also something new, but under the hood it's basically just parameter morphing. The real improvement is making it super easy out of the box.
All the real "game changer" features on modelers are related to workflow. How can you get your preferred sounds setup quickly, how to switch between them efficiently and make your life with this complex gear so pleasant that you don't think about it and can focus on playing more than configuration.
molul
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This. And I'm aware I might just be getting old, but it's getting more and more disgusting everyday. The desperation for the clicks is pushing loads of crap content, and what's worse, normalizing it. You shouldn't be given a prize when you do something wrong, and yet...
And we haven't seen 80% of the features that Line6 already knows will be added to Stadium.
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I feel like within 1-2 years we have had this whole "We need to talk" genre of YT videos spring up that are basically opinion pieces on whatever new things have happened in a week or two.
I don't know if this is a response to some YouTube algorithm change where the visibility of your channel sinks if you are not pushing out YT Shorts and content constantly.
molul
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This comes from the Stadium announcement:
And these are current Helix blocks:
So who are these new guys in the neighborhood?
The first one looks like a volume pedal block. The block before the delay in the second row looks like a variant of the delay block. And the one right next to the delay might be a modulation variant too.
On the other hand, @Digital Igloo , it might be handy having an indicator on whether the block is stereo or not. Something like this (in the delay block):
And these are current Helix blocks:
So who are these new guys in the neighborhood?
The first one looks like a volume pedal block. The block before the delay in the second row looks like a variant of the delay block. And the one right next to the delay might be a modulation variant too.
On the other hand, @Digital Igloo , it might be handy having an indicator on whether the block is stereo or not. Something like this (in the delay block):
bucephalus
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They likely don't have the time. If only they spent the same time playing and creating music instead.
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For me it was the other way round. My old band actually had some fans, but I could never find time to do Youtube properly. I guess ultimately my interests are mainly in other things.
For my money, it's Rabea, Leon, Jon @ SDS, and I can't really think of any others that I would go out of my way to watch. I flirted with That Pedal Show for a bit, but it just got a bit boring.
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The preset looks like it could be guitar + vocals, or electric guitar + acoustic.
New blocks bolded.
Top chain:
- Guitar input.
- Wah or volume.
- Looks like a tape reel. A dedicated tape effects block?
- This is clearly the Shred block that makes you play faster.
- Modulation.
- Amp.
- Cab.
- Reverb.
- Mic input.
- Kemper Toaster?! Maybe acoustic amp?
- Compressor.
- EQ.
- Drive.
- ??? Alternate delay?
- Delay.
- ??? Looks like a cab.
- Stereo widener?
- Pitch.
- Looper.
molul
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XDD
Oh, I think I know what's happening: I'm guessing there are subcategories inside every block category, so for example instead of a Modulation block icon, we're having Flanger icon, Tape reel icon, Phaser icon, etc.
Same with the "shred" block. There might be separate icons for fuzz, overdrive and distortions.
Cabs might have different icons for bass and guitar.
And the one you point as stereo widener, I'd bet it's a chorus. So the fourth icon at the top must be a tremolo.
In the second path, below the Pitch block, that looks like a room reverb.
Neat.
