Line 6 Helix Stadium Pre-Launch Discussion

[timbuck3]

That they played them. That they are actually amazing. That they will blow Tonex away.

That’s the converters will outclass the budget interfaces but won’t get close to the RME Babyface Pro FS.

I wish the rear jacks has metal jacks vs plastic ones as would be more pro feeling but maybe it would cause the price to be higher

 

[timbuck3]

Line6 made sure sales reps, especially from SW, got a chance to play through the Stadium at the event. I'm sure it was a tightly controlled situation, but they are not lying.

Hopefully some skeptical line6 reviewers will put it thru its paces and have more balanced reviews… like myself if I got one.. lol

 

[Mongillo19]

like myself if I got one

IF???

don't back out now Tim

It's FM9 all over again

 

[GTR37]

Just needs to be updated to "Finally Bought Shit" or "I Bought Shit". An official poll might be in order

I think in the interim it should updated to be pre ordered shit @DrewJD82

 

[GTR37]

I was just really torn between the regular and the xl. I hope the scribble strips are clear and the pedal is well balanced and heavy duty. Wouldn’t want to step on it and have the Inuit tip to the right

Never have the Inuit tip to the right that’s a problem
Tip to the north sure but if they tip right you’ll throw off the entire arctic ecosystem

 

[mikah912]

Please let the old Helix models play the captures!

I'm guessing that's a no given how heavily cloud-integrated they say the Proxy process is.

That being said, YOU are the number one third-party guy I'm looking forward to getting involved in Proxy captures.

You'll have a repeat customer on day one.

 

[molul]

Saw this size comparison with the QC in Reddit. I'm glad Line6 didn't reduce the number of switches to QC's 10 to achieve an even smaller footprint.

I've never used a QC, but with this comparison I can see I would have a hard time pressing the right switch while playing and singing I feel I would only enjoy the QC footprint when carrying it.

 

[Deadpan]

I'm guessing that's a no given how heavily cloud-integrated they say the Proxy process is.

That being said, YOU are the number one third-party guy I'm looking forward to getting involved in Proxy captures.

You'll have a repeat customer on day one.

Yeah, I can see making captures would be likely not possible but could they add a player block?

Seems the resources to run a capture player would be less than an amp model.

 

[molul]

Yeah, I can see making captures would be likely not possible but could they add a player block?

Seems the resources to run a capture player would be less than an amp model.

I guess the capture block wouldn't be very difficult to add (unless it's very DSP-intensive), and while I wouldn't expect them to add it very soon, maybe in a few years when OG Helix is facing its final days. It would be a good "last sales boost" and at that point it wouldn't prevent people from jumping to Stadium.

 

[HomespunEffects]

Hey, will us early adopter, preorderers get any exclusive special extras? Put some swag in the box or a coupon for the backpack or maybe access to exclusive profiles or whatevs.

 

[molul]

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I love this. The url says "don't publish", price is the cheapest I've seen, and they say the non-XL will be available on September 25th

 

[Sascha Franck]

Please let the old Helix models play the captures!

As much as I understand the request, If I were running this business, I'd possibly not deliver that, even if it was somehow possible.
At one point in time, Line 6 wants people to buy new hardware - and possibly even needs to create some more incentives than before, because the modeling market is pretty saturated with welldoing devices.

 

[EOengineer]

Hey, will us early adopter, preorderers get any exclusive special extras? Put some swag in the box or a coupon for the backpack or maybe access to exclusive profiles or whatevs.

Yeah the $250 backpack smarts, NGL. I guess it feels weird to bitch about it right after dropping $2k for a device, but $250? Ouch.

 

[HomespunEffects]

Yeah the $250 backpack smarts, NGL. I guess it feels weird to bitch about it right after dropping $2k for a device, but $250? Ouch.

Yeah man, deliver my preordered Helix Stadium XL IN a backpack!

 

[HomespunEffects]

The XL’s treadle has a toe forward switch, correct? Does this mean that it can be a volume pedal and then when you click the toe switch and it can be a Wah (or control anything else)?

 

[Karl Houseknecht]

I guess the capture block wouldn't be very difficult to add

But if the underlying models that the capture tweaks are based on the new architecture in Stadium then you wouldn’t be able to play the captures on an OG HX device.

 

[Mongillo19]

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Compra Line6 Helix y recibelo en ✅ 24/48h. Envío gratuito en pedidos a partir de 99€

www.txirula.com

I love this. The url says "don't publish", price is the cheapest I've seen, and they say the non-XL will be available on September 25th

When I was chatting with musicians friend here in the US they said end of August but Im not trusting them to know for sure

 

[Mooselake]

When I was chatting with musicians friend here in the US they said end of August but Im not trusting them to know for sure

I hope there's some clarity on that before long. I assumed "fall" meant sometime in the October-Dec time frame, but if it's really going to be Aug-Sept I'll need to change the shipping address on my preorder.

 

[EOengineer]

Musiciansfriend told me Oct 22nd for the XL, FWIW.

 

[LCW]

When I was chatting with musicians friend here in the US they said end of August but Im not trusting them to know for sure

Underpromise... Overdeliver? @Digital Igloo