r/Line6Helix

So i just got my Helix Stadium XL (hooray!!) I'm connected to my studio speakers directly. They're a cheap pair of Mackie Cr4. I've tried so many combinations of amp and cab and mic placement to get a nice crystal clean sound, but everything sounds boomy and bland. I'm almost certain it's the speakers fault, but i am also completely new to the Helix.

I want to run a guitar and two vocals through the Helix. Do you recommend a better pair of speakers like the Adam TV5 or an FRFR speaker?

Right now, I'm just feeling slight disappointment, and I'm pretty sure it's either the speakers fault or my fault (or maybe a nice healthy mix of both!)

I have a whole set in one patch, just switching presets. it's sweet. I have a clean path and a dirty path, varying levels of crunch or FX, and i'm switching them on and off with a volume block at the end of the chain. It's all automated via midi. I have 7 snapshots and the 8th snapshot is a mute essentially. I'm thinking I might want to use it now, is there a better way to just mute the outputs via midi for guitar switches etc? I'm searching google and forums but I'm not sure if i'm asking the wrong thing or there's just a ton of similar but not the same info.

Did you know you can just buy 4 Helix LTs second hand and do almost literally anything you want for nearly the same price?

Do you get the fancy new Agoura models? Who cares! You didn’t need them before you knew they existed.

Need more than one poly tune? Have 4, idiot.

Sad because you can’t stack every single distortion block? Now you can! Obliterate the audience!

Stereo amps? Set up a whole 7.1 system for all I care. Don’t think so small.

You’re fucking welcome for solving all of your problems. I accept Helix LTs as a tip.

GOOD DAY.

**posted this on the FB helix users group too - casting a net**

I've had a Helix LT for a few months and doing my utmost to lock in a rig for my post rock/post metal band, but struggling to get a tone and setup that I'm happy enough with to settle on.

Modelling is new to me (like many I come from a traditionalist setup) and I really want to get the best sound out of this thing that I can.

Anyone in this group that plays similar genres that I could link up with to collaborate with on getting me to where I am, or any Helix specialists that I could reach out to for some help over Zoom/Facetime etc? I don't mind paying for someone's time. YouTube tutorials have only got me so far and I'm struggling to find resources that really help me nail the tone I want (Worship ain't my thing).

For what it's worth, I am ideally looking for tones along the lines of bands like Blackshape, Shy Low, Russian Circles, Thrice -> Mix of post metal/post hardcore tones. Nice crisp cleans with a bit of breakup, Boost, Heavy (without turning to mud), and the usual bells and whistles for this genre -> delay, verb, some modulation etc.

it took me time to bond with the helix high gain amps until i realized the Master (amp/pre-amp block) always needs to be in the 2/3 mark, little tip :) ... Enjoy playing!

I just bought a HX Stomp. One of the main reasons was to stop GAS and my problem of constantly buying and selling pedals!

The latest firmware has non linear reverbs which is a big plus. For my delays, I will mainly just use a basic digital delay, an analog or echo delay, and maybe a dual delay the odd time.

I won't be using any of the amp or cab sims for now.

All my drive and fuzz and wah will be from individual pedals into the Stomp.

I am going to audition my EHX Neo Clone chorus and Walrus Audio Slo v the HX Stomp. If I can get close enough, then they will be off the board as well.

Which brings me to my question. Any other weird and wonderful pedals that would go well with the HX Stomp?

The EHX Memory Man Hazarai is one I thought of, with it's multi tap settings. The other one I thought of is the OBNE Minim. Or else something that glitches.

I don't need any Strymons or Eventides etc. That's the reason I got the Stomp! Both of those have some amazing presets etc, but in a practical situation, I can't see how or when I would use them on a guitar.

Just got the Helix Floor brand new, any suggestions for building a chunky heavy distortion tone would be greatly appreciated.

Hi y'all. I'm 57 year old gigging metal head out here in Australia. We do pretty good gigs, and the live gear I'm running is usually Ibanez 7 string into LT, sound guy gets XLR out, and I use 1/4' jack that goes into my Carvin TS100 power amp into whatever 4x12 cab is there at the time. I use the big knob on my LT to control the cab volume. I'm not huge on monitors and like to hear an amp from behind kinda deal that I can control the volume to.

We do a few fly in/out gigs..and I want a smaller power amp. I WAS gonna go with the 100 watt Orange Pedal baby (for roughly $800 AUSD brand new)..but I've also heard about the Seymour Duncan Power Stage 170 kicks ass also. I just want something small and loud that'll fit into my backpack. I've had back surgery in the past, that shit is not fun. So the lighter, the better. ish.

PS - Don't get me wrong, I LOOOOVE the Carvin, and it's not terribly heavy. But I want light, small, loud.

Thanks in advance.

At one point chorus was kind of like Nickelback ... looked down upon sometimes with justification sometimes not.

But now that I'm creating my presets totally in mono because of our PA and room design I'm wondering if there's any point in trying to use certain effects like chorus.

My main preset has the elephant Man and the vintage digital... I'd like to get rid of one of them to make room for something else ....I'm thinking that if I pull my reverbs down on a parallel path so the entire delay is not getting washed out by the reverbs, I could probably get by with one of the delays The Elephant Man is less pristine which I suppose means warmer , whereas if you're doing like dotted eighth delays the repeats are more likely to be heard on something like the vintage digital.

I am using the helix floor unit. I just want to be able to press a stomp button to switch presets. I was doing this before, then it stopped working. Holding edit doesnt seem to work...

Hi everyone,
I just got the HX Stomp and have been playing around with it but I’m wondering what the best resources are for this pedal and also where I can find presets and IRs online, thanks in advance!

Edit: I use windows and ableton as well

Anyone else constantly running into this issue? I spent a few hours this morning working on a new preset only to have this happen when I go to save it. it's happened a lot more frequent since the last update. It will allow me to save again once I reboot the Helix Stadium but now I just lost my preset I was working on. In a few hours, it will stop letting me save presets, switch presets, or add blocks.

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Am being dumb. I have an OG floor and I always use the treddle as a volume, last in the chain. If I want to use the treddle as a wah, how do I do that, without making the volume go up and down too? Thanks!

Hi Everyone,
Looking to make life simpler and more efficient.
I’m hoping to plug 3 instruments in at any one time and replace an analog set up completely.
Configuration is generally
Electric
Acoustic
Banjo

Acoustic
Banjo
Mandolin

Banjo
Mandolin
Uke

Questions I have…
Can I have all my Electric Sounds/snapshots/patches for a show like Rock of Ages going through one I/O and then another for acoustic for tunes like ‘More Than Words’ and ‘Wanted:Dead or Alive’ separately going into another in/out while having everything plugged in and out through one DI fed to monitors and front of house. And in order to switch it’s all at the touch of a button? Does it have enough processing power to have a patch set up for say 12 string effect (so I don’t have to bring yet another instrument), reverb, compression while having all the snaps loaded for tunes on electric?

Can I use a 57 on a banjo and have an acoustic and mandolin DI’d all plugged into the helix LT?

What’s the best idea for a lightweight small personal monitor for the helix lt?

Thanks.

Just got an HX Stomp XL and can't quite get a heavy enough metal tone. I'd say Nu metal is what I'm after? Heavy, doom, and power? I'd like to try them all and see which I like best.

I'm actually Bassist and vocalist currently looking for a band. In the meantime I'm recording solo for fun and to show what my vision is.

Anyway thanks in advance!