Line 6 Helix Stadium

Yeah, Line 6 amps got "realer" too now! 😂

Meanwhile, all the techo-lust musos are getting stimulated...

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I missed a few pages.... is there going to be a rack version?
Given all the MIDI options and multiple variable impedance guitar inputs a stadium rack could be a dream for me in a two guitar band performing live to a click. I’d kill to program in all my changes on a set and just roam freely. Throw it in the rack and forget about it.


Didn’t DI imply that existing stuff will likely sound better running on these too?

Not sure if that means something like the existing modelling engine can oversample more or take some shackles off (or if it was purely relating to HW specs reducing noise/headroom).
That mention was definitely in the context of the higher dynamic range of the hardware.

Hoping one of those 16 amps is a full model of a recto. and another one is a decent Mark, with all modes and channels too. Those amps are criminally light on the HX platform and would both benefit from the latest modelling tech too.
Big same here. Whatever the new modeling trade methods are, I want to hear what they can do with a IIC+ or Revision F/G Rectifier.
 
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June 11th 2025 - the day Line6 escalated the Digital Audio Modeling Wars.
I sure hope Tonex 2 is focused on the best sound + features for a guitar modeler/profiling, not loading the unit up with techno-lust options just short of including a digital kitchen sink...

I'd be *totally* happy with affordable 2nd-to-none amp toans/feel/dynamics, since I've got da best *real* analog pedals > preamp & Eclipse/H8000 FX > post that will never be 💯 replicated in the digital guitar modeler realm.

I'm saving for the Eventide H10k now :clint

Please IK Multimedia, think different!

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I sure hope Tonex 2 is focused on the best sound + features for a guitar modeler/profiling, not loading the unit up with techno-lust options just short of including a digital kitchen sink...

I'd be *totally* happy with affordable 2nd-to-none amp toans/feel/dynamics, since I've got pre/post pedals & Eclipse/H8000 FX that will never be 💯 replicated in the digital guitar modeler realm.

Please IK Multimedia, think different!

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Amplitube and tonex or helix and helix captures (which will almost definitely be nam based and nam quality but we haven’t heard it yet)…. Yeah that’s a super tough call (not)

IK missed the boat on the floor unit, stadium is here.

I guess they could still do it for half the price and compete with the hotones of the world
 
Congrats, DI and Line 6, this looks incredible! Very excited to see more and to hear it!

As of right now, I’m on the preorder list, though I’m also conflicted on whether it’s too much for my needs and workflow. I like having a 5 or 6 separate pedals, it’s fun, and the combo of that and a big floor modeler (vs a Stomp, Tonex, etc) always seemed really awkward to me—and in reality I’m not going to use half of these awesome features anyway.

So I may end up backing out and waiting for a potential smaller unit… but damn, yeah, it looks so good!
 
Amplitube and tonex or helix and helix captures (which will almost definitely be nam based and nam quality but we haven’t heard it yet)…. Yeah that’s a super tough call (not)

IK missed the boat on the floor unit, stadium is here.

I guess they could still do it for half the price and compete with the hotones of the world
Guess I'm not excited about the all-in-one solution floor unit, not my monkey, not my circus...

Anyways, more power to all you that need a stage/home studio do-it-all humdinger with endless tweak-ability (y)

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I feel like it's 10 years ago and I'm on TOP obsessing over the Helix announcement!
10 years ago, I'd had the Helix for a little while before the release and being completely honest here: I was underwhelmed with it for a couple years after that. Fractal and real amps had me spoiled.

But this product...I am completely and utterly blown away because I know it's going to be at least as good and probably better than the current Helix. So blown away that I'm giving them a pass for including a touch screen.
 

I haven't gone through all the videos/features yet, but the only 2 things that stuck out to me as downsides were exactly that and the outputs. The outputs I just need to read up on. I love the flexibility the FM9 has with the outputs and being able to go into a real cab as well as sending a DI to FOH, which requires 2 different output blocks. If the Floor can do the same, regardless of how it does it, sweet!

Not that my FM9 is going anywhere, but it'd be cool to have 2 different platforms on that level to fuck around with.
 
What a great set of features in a modern looking package. I’m a die hard fractal fan for the modeling tech, but this is so tempting.
If they get anywhere close in sound quality, I might just have to pull the trigger and switch.
 
I haven't gone through all the videos/features yet, but the only 2 things that stuck out to me as downsides were exactly that and the outputs. The outputs I just need to read up on. I love the flexibility the FM9 has with the outputs and being able to go into a real cab as well as sending a DI to FOH, which requires 2 different output blocks. If the Floor can do the same, regardless of how it does it, sweet!

Not that my FM9 is going anywhere, but it'd be cool to have 2 different platforms on that level to fuck around with.
I think you can do that even with the current Helix... Just create a split at the end of the chain and assign XLR to one end and 1/4 jacks to the other end
 
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