Line 6 Helix Stadium

[Mongillo19]

Amp: 1

Power amp or solid state amp?

 

[GTR37]

Power amp or solid state amp?

Good guess

 

[mbenigni]

Inserting only the wet signal of something like Valhalla's Supermassive or SoundToys' Spaceblender (plugin's Mix set to 100% and controlling the Mix from Stadium's FX Loop block) is the main use case we see here. And your pitch-to-MIDI. What else?

I'm not sure I understand the question, but the application would be any scenario where you have an outboard effect path whose only or best I/O is USB. So basically, any effects running on tablets or laptops without dedicated audio interfaces.

In my use case, I'm sending USB audio to an iPad, which coverts to MIDI, triggering iOS softsynths, which then send audio back to QC. (Bonus MIDI control on the same cable.) But this approach also applies to any audio effects running on iOS. (I just don't happen to love any of them enough to go to the trouble.)

 

[Digital Igloo]

You'd know better than anyone else here, but as far as I can tell the Stadium products are going to have the competition on the run. NDSP must be thinking about ways they can lower manufacturing costs on QCs so they can put a little more daylight between their price vs. a non-XL Stadium.

I dunno. Those who focus on their own customers' problems will continue to be successful. Our Stadium patents are really meant to maybe give others pause before they rush to lift entire workflows whole hog, like some have done with our signal flow, DSP allocation, snapshots, Command Center, etc. There are SO MANY cool and unique things a multieffect could potentially do and I maintain this whole "Oh, Company X's box needs to add Company Y's feature" is a plague upon our industry. Proxy still leaves a bad taste in my mouth, even with the self-deprecating sheep icon.

I'm not sure I understand the question, but the application would be any scenario where you have an outboard effect path whose only or best I/O is USB. So basically, any effects running on tablets or laptops without dedicated audio interfaces.

In my use case, I'm sending USB audio to an iPad, which coverts to MIDI, triggering iOS softsynths, which then send audio back to QC. (Bonus MIDI control on the same cable.) But this approach also applies to any audio effects running on iOS. (I just don't happen to love any of them enough to go to the trouble.)

Any serial-type effect (distortion, fuzz, compression, etc.) would end up with really bad latency, or if applied in parallel, phase issues. So there'll definitely need to be some explanation added to the Owner's Manual if and when we ever get around to it.

 

[Rewolf]

I return a Hammond B3 via USB triggered by MIDI Guitar 2 on an iPad Pro. Latency yes, but the keyboard playing a bit behind isn’t a problem

Now a properly controlled version of a Mel 9 inspired effect….

 

[Rewolf]

You’ve got both of the USB FX Loop users right here

 

[mbenigni]

Any serial-type effect (distortion, fuzz, compression, etc.) would end up with really bad latency, or if applied in parallel, phase issues. So there'll definitely need to be some explanation added to the Owner's Manual if and when we ever get around to it.

I've never really used this to add more effects; more as a routing tool to crossfade between entirely different signal paths - typically guitar synth. But obviously you've got to pick your battles.

 

[mbenigni]

I return a Hammond B3 via USB triggered by MIDI Guitar 2 on an iPad Pro. Latency yes, but the keyboard playing a bit behind isn’t a problem

Now a properly controlled version of a Mel 9 inspired effect….

Oh man, all of the EHX x9 effects, please!

 

[mikah912]

I feel bad about talking about this even as @Digital Igloo says Proxy leaves a bad taste in his mouth, but I JUST saw the @2112 video on the new Hotone Verbera convolution reverb pedal.



In addition to having a ton of modes and cool presets on its own, um....this MFer clones reverbs?!?!

If that's the case and that Pandora's box has already been opened, Proxy almost certainly is going to be able to clone time-based effects at some point.

 

[molul]

The 'Wah/Filter" is tough because stuff I'd normally put there (e.g. synth, ring modulator, bitcrusher) is already accounted for in other categories. Only thing I can think of there is an envelope follower.

Poly synth maybe?

 

[Digital Igloo]

I feel bad about talking about this even as @Digital Igloo says Proxy leaves a bad taste in his mouth, but I JUST saw the @2112 video on the new Hotone Verbera convolution reverb pedal.



In addition to having a ton of modes and cool presets on its own, um....this MFer clones reverbs?!?!

Neat.

You've been able to capture reverb IRs in DAWs for a long time. Logic added Space Designer and a capture utility in 2013.

On the hardware front, the Sony DRE-777 ($12,000 new!) is from way back in 1999; we've clearly come a long way since then.

And a few neighborhoods over from us is Logidy, who, in 2014, released the EPSi, a convolution reverb pedal (playback only). A bunch of people asked them to make a cab IR loader with lower latency, so EPSi has two different versions of firmware, depending on whether you want reverbs or cabs.

 

[Mongillo19]

Good guess

I'm assuming a non response has to mean yes.

Right

 

[Lysander]

In addition to having a ton of modes and cool presets on its own, um....this MFer clones reverbs?!?!

Only non-dynamic verbs. It basically computes long IRs.

 

[mikah912]

You've been able to capture reverb IRs in DAWs for a long time. Logic added Space Designer and a capture utility in 2013.

On the hardware front, the Sony DRE-777 ($12,000 new!) is from 1999; we've clearly come a long way since then.

My first time seeing it in a pedal, especially one from a guitar multi-effects company. I genuinely thought we were a little ways off from that, but I know you can't talk about future-leaning stuff.

So, I'll just say that's....interesting giving the one Reverb block and Proxy blocks missing from your 1.0 legend.

 

[ispunk]

No joke, "The Humpty Dance" is my karaoke jam. Old band in Tucson would do a metal version and I'd rap on it.

The Stadium sure looks cool and all but...man I really wanna see a video of DI bustin' the rhymes of the Humpty Dance

 

[Digital Igloo]

The Stadium sure looks cool and all but...man I really wanna see a video of DI bustin' the rhymes of the Humpty Dance

Oh, you definitely don't.

 

[Sleezy E]

The Stadium sure looks cool and all but...man I really wanna see a video of DI bustin' the rhymes of the Humpty Dance

In the stewardess outfit

 

[Digital Igloo]

I'm assuming a non response has to mean yes.

Right

Nope. Proxy clone types will likely end up in their respective categories, not together in a list.

 

[Mongillo19]

Nope. Proxy clone types will likely end up in their respective categories, not together in a list.

Oh my guess was for the amp category

Either a power amp section or solid state section

Unless I'm confusing your answer

 

[GTR37]

Oh my guess was for the amp category

Either a power amp section or solid state section

Unless I'm confusing your answer

He won’t answer that
But if that was a thing let’s say you could take a 5153 preamp into the 2203 power amp with 34s
How would the hype work ?
Would it follow the preamp or power amp topology ??

Or would it be disabled because you have created a custom hybrid