vinny199

Wow!! I wasn't expecting that.... I OWN the Helix. I bought it from Yamaha on pre-order in London UK. I don't care whatsoever for Axe FX or any products I don't own. I have also bough the full Glenn Delaunne patch collection and OwnHammer IRs. Here is a pic of it in my living room infront of my Gretsch white panther. But yes, keep telling yourself that anyone who says something you don't agree with is a troll.

Really guys, I understand the argument for "my one patch does it all" kind of thing. It is great it works for you.I get it. Sadly, this is not an option for me.. (because of too many different sounds that need using through songs and sets) Sir, thank you for your condescending message. By normal board I meant little pedals you stick with little bits of velcro on a little board, like old times. The thing I describe as nothing to do with clean or distortion. It was anecdotal. It has generally speaking to do with switching between 2 full patches. No sir, I did not notice these things while assembling the patches as I had the Helix on my desk and was changing patching with fingers, not in real time playing a real song. I also did not notice a big warning from Line 6 about latency in the sales pitch, but that's fair game I guess. Thanks! Yes, I''' make a couple of my patches available for anyone who wants to have a look at them. The only thing is that I use OwnHammer commercial IRs, so I guess I'm not allowed to redistribute these freely...? Maybe I first need to find some free replacement IRs. I'll get going on that. Thanks. Yes, I will make a recording / video and update. Thanks!

I don't really have a question I guess, except: is it something Line 6 can improve upon? Or is that it? I have read a few threads / watched videos and so many people just say "use a single patch with various behaviours programmed" etc. "I can play an entire song with one patch" etc. Good for you if you can. I'm a singer / guitarist. I don't have time to remember on each song which button does what. My tones are carefully crafted and layered out in patches in logical order (lower row: variation of clean, upper row various driven sounds). Each patch uses its own set of IRs for cabs etc.That is how I have organised my pedalboard for years and how I need to keep doing it. While I am sure someone will try to prove that "YES! you can still do it all in one patch", I would say that it will involve "tap dancing" at some point" for sure in my caseand this is not at all how I want to use the unit. I want to use it with individual patches clearly labelled and positioned to switch from without looking down much as I sing (which I've never had problem doing with my "normal" pedal board). I thought this "user behaviour" would be a given... Apparently not. I'm so disappointed. Just back from the rehearsal studio for the first time using the helix and it wasn't good. The lag between patch changes is beyond acceptable and nothing I've seen in any other unit to such an extent. It was so bad on changes between clean and distortion, when it is supposed to really kick in", that my entire downstroke on the chord is silent! bass and drums playing on their own but no guitar as helix is "doing his thing" changing patches. Absolute vibe killer for a rock band. I understand about digital latency and that it is normal, but this is way beyond anything normal. Could they not have added some kind of memory to preload all 8 patches of a batch or something along those lines? I hope there is going to be improvements, but its been plenty of time since launch already so... maybe not? Sorry if it sound like a rant. It probably is. Just so disappointed with how today went...

That must be it then, because so far I only have it on my desk and using my hands to learn the unit. Thanks!

Hi, I'm really confused about this. I've been reading the manual and various posts on this forum and I am still not sure how to make this happen. All the presets I see that have a wah included in them, the wah is always "on" and controllable with the expression pedal. But can you not have it off (like a real wah) when pushing the toe side all the way down to the switch? I read on the manual about a hidden toe switch, and then I read on forum people saying you need the: "Mission SP1-L6H For Line 6 Helix" to do this? Could someone please help me understand this? I'd be quite disappointed if you could not have wah assigned to the expression pedal but keep it off as default and switch it on when stepping on it, and of course being able to switch if back off. Hopefully such a smart machine can handle this behaviour without an external expression pedal? Could you please let me know if / how I can do this? Thank you Vinny

Thanks guys. Great tips.

Hi, I like the spring reverb included, but I find it a little "too nice" and warm to some extent. I see on the pdf file that it is not modelled after a specific reverb, but it is a line 6 creation I was wondering if anyone uses IR instead and which ones? Thanks, Vinny

Thanks Peter. Will try that!

Thanks Mike, It is such a pity they only modelled the delay of the echoplex. So many players use it for the preamp section tone..That would have been awesome to have that option Thanks for your help, Vinny

Hi, I wanted to find out if the listed Helix echoplex effect can be used exactly (and have similar tone shaping effect) to the EP Booster or a real echoplex preamp section. What I mean is can you switch the delay off and if so will is sounds the same as a preamp section of an echoplex? Basically using it at the front of pedal chain as a boost (with its charistic tone) into the helix amp of choice. And generally speaking, do "boosters" into helix amps have the same impact as on real amps? Alternatively, would placing the EP booster pedal before the helix be the same as puting it before a real similar amp? Advice much appreciated Cheers, Vinnyh