Line 6 Helix Stadium Hype Check

[cardinal]

sorry but
1) is this thing out yet and 2) does it have the profiling tech or is that coming only at some point after launch?

I'm interested but not until it can profile.

 

[Simon Dorn]

Oh do tell!!! Honestly I think Jon Symons vid was solid. I won’t watch Jason Sadites or a few others because I just don’t like them as people and I’m fine not giving them a click.

I’m certainly looking forward to getting mine in. I’ll definitely be making some 1:1 comparisons of the amp and cab models and sharing those. You may also not like the sounds I get but it is what it is.

They just sound digital, static and boring. No matter the Reviewer, no matter the Device.

 

[Chronic Narnia]

They just sound digital, static and boring. No matter the Reviewer, no matter the Device.

The clips in that video are too dark...it's either the EQ or Cabs they were using. But I don't think it sounds any worse than anything already out there and if the feel is better than that's a win even if the sound is only 10% better. Plus this thing looks like it be a core part of your setup than just providing your guitar tones.

 

[pipelineaudio]

I made a computer rig a couple of years ago, and it worked out so well that I made a second one using a refurbished Dell Latitude Rugged Extreme Tablet with a touchscreen, KMI SoftStep2 and Arturia miniFuse:1 audio interface. Small and compact.

I have and use several guitar plug-ins, and to manage them I use Blue Cat Audio's PatchWork. I organize sets of PW patches into MIDI maps for my KMI SoftStep2. Load a MIDI map into the SoftStep2, gives me up to 10 patches, or I can use fewer patches and dedicate switches to MIDI parameter changes. I have around 6 MIDI maps IIRC.

I have a thread where I'm making a computer centered guitar pedalboard. I'm using Gig Performer, but you are using patchwork, why did you pick that over Gig Performer? I don't know too much about it, but Blue Cat was an early pioneer and a great coder!