Line 6 Helix Stadium

[GuitarJon]

Finally got to hang out with @Digital Igloo himself (and Paul, who's absolutely wonderful too) at Guitar Summit. It's such a cool event and I'd recommend it to anybody! Anyway, we had a chat about the Helix Stadium. Check out that segment at around 01:02:54:

 

[FuzzyAce]

I'll end up with one either way I am sure

Won't we all?!

 

[HotRats]

Focus view will be cool once you can save your own settings.

Is also a very clever tool for exploring effects even with default settings.

 

[eggpl@nt]

Apologies if this has been covered -

Is it possible to control the Focus view “cursor” with two expression pedals, one mapped to the X axis and the other mapped to Y?

 

[mikah912]

The fun in using it is there from all I am seeing. Get the Boogies up to snuff and I'd give it a go \m/ The amp list as it is for me is still at "Just use the Placater" and I'm not doing that in 2025. I'll end up with one either way I am sure

Apart from the Mark and the Recto (and maybe a JVM), what else are you looking for them to add?

 

[JiveTurkey]

Apart from the Mark and the Recto (and maybe a JVM), what else are you looking for them to add?

New Marks with multiple modes, new Rectifier (and any associated modes) and JVM. Not expecting the JVM. That would do it for me.

 

[FuzzyAce]

Apart from the Mark and the Recto (and maybe a JVM), what else are you looking for them to add?

Every Peavey known to man. And every ss pawn shop beauty we know and love.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Every Peavey known to man. And every ss pawn shop beauty we know and love.

In addition to the reworked OG 5150; the 6534+ and Triple X would all be cool.

 

[mikah912]

New Marks with multiple modes, new Rectifier (and any associated modes) and JVM. Not expecting the JVM. That would do it for me.

I'm with you on the Boogie stuff. I have to say that I got the newer 2203 model to basically match my favorite OD1 Orange sounds from the fm9, and I expect the launch Agoura version to be even better.

 

[FuzzyAce]

New Marks with multiple modes, new Rectifier (and any associated modes) and JVM. Not expecting the JVM. That would do it for me.

I wouldn't mind a good selection of Mesa tbh.

 

[Fireproof]

Finally got to hang out with @Digital Igloo himself (and Paul, who's absolutely wonderful too) at Guitar Summit. It's such a cool event and I'd recommend it to anybody! Anyway, we had a chat about the Helix Stadium. Check out that segment at around 01:02:54:

Very cool. Thanks for sharing!!

 

[Rock Chalk]

The fun in using it is there from all I am seeing.

Gotta say, it looks like a blast.

 

[mikah912]

I wouldn't mind a good selection of Mesa tbh.

DI did say that we wouldn't have to wait until Proxy ("early 2026") to get Agoura Mesa sounds, so a Recto and/or Mark (or Badlander?!?) is clearly at the top of the list.

Reaaaaaaaaaaally hoping that's going to happen with 1.2/Showcase.

 

[banned]

My American understanding of the German language says there’s a non zero chance that his entire dialog was a single very long German word that has one super specific meaning. I believe it translates to “WHERE ARE THE MESAS, LETS FUCKING GO!!!!”

Whenever I listen to German, I feel I should understand it because it sounds so familiar to an English speaker...but then I don't understand anything that's said.

 

[mbenigni]

I'm sure both will appeal to different crowds and intended use

The only wrinkle here is that a lot of the people who would prefer the smaller form factor for desktop studio applications are also the users most likely to make use of the extra I/O, which will frequently go unused in floor/live applications. But it (size restraints) is what it is…

 

[paisleywookiee]

Life is short. So tell someone you love them. But scream it at them in German, because life is also scary.

 

[JiveTurkey]

There is a great bit on the German language in the new Andrew Santino stand-up special

 

[bucephalus]

Life is short. So tell someone you love them. But scream it at them in German, because life is also scary.

ICH LIEBE DICH

 

[Orvillain]

@Digital Igloo

If I ever get a band together for some limited Sloganyear shows where we play the more rock-meets-electronica stuff, I'm really interested to see how much Showcase can take on what I want to do.


If you want a sneak peak; certainly I've posted these before:

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I used a lot of Helix Native in these. But as you can hear, there's a shit ton of synth stuff going on. Not stuff I could or would want to really focus on live, as I'd focus on vocals. So this would be stuff that originally I was going to trigger in Ableton Live. But here's my dream:

- Load up the stems onto Helix Stadium. Chuck them into Showcase. One of the stems is a click.
- Click comes out to the drummer, along with a sub-mix of whatever other tracks he wants.
- I get a dedicated mix too, into some IEM's or a little stage monitor. I'd be playing a minimal amount of guitar for this stuff I think.
- Guitarist and bassist shouldn't in theory need a click, but the option seems to be there.
- Synths and backing vocals come out of a dedicated stereo output, straight into the PA.
- Showcase controls which snapshot gets triggered for the guitars. Stadium processes 2 guitars at once.
- Showcase plays the set in the order I decide, triggering various visuals in Resoluum Avenue via midi notes.
- Jury is out on whether I'd want to use Stadium for vocal processing.

 

[Whizzinby]

DI did say that we wouldn't have to wait until Proxy ("early 2026") to get Agoura Mesa sounds, so a Recto and/or Mark (or Badlander?!?) is clearly at the top of the list.

Reaaaaaaaaaaally hoping that's going to happen with 1.2/Showcase.

That’s cool. I def fall in the camp of let’s get a DR, Mark and JVM before a Revv, but I’ve got to imagine they know those need to be in the queue sooner rather than later.