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So we played a gig for around 500 people this weekend. Set up my normal stage rig, EVH 5150 III S going into an Avatar 4X12 cab with my basic pedals. Right next to it I set up my Helix going into my new Mission Engineering Gemini 2. I was too afraid to go just Helix on such an important gig and I have not had it long but I did have 4 patches set to go. I used the Helix with Glenn DeLaune's early VH patch I bought for Dance the Night Away and Eruption/Aint Talk About Love. It blew the audience away. I had people come up to me during the break and say it sounded like they were at a Van Halen concert. My 5150 III also sounds good but I could never get that total stereo effect like they did with the original album. Then I used Glenn's the Nudge patch for Stranglehold. OMG! I got goosebumps because it was like my guitar was possessed with uncle Ted's vibe. The lead sounded exactly like the album thanks to the patch. So for the whole set list of 30 songs I only used the helix for 4 this time but very good results. Of course for the grand finale we closed with Enter Sandman and used my 5153 Stealth on channel 3 with some delay.... left the stage smoking! Special Thanks to Glenn and Line 6. Helix rocks.

$1,699 for the Bluetooth model which is the one I bought. About a $1,000 cheaper than a nice tube head so in perspective its not bad.

I had the Helix for about a week and tried running it into my PA direct, then into the front of a clean Marshall JVM head and finally into the direct amp in lines for the left and right channels on a Roland GS-212. The Roland is one of the few amps that can do stereo with direct inputs bypassing all tone circuits. The sound was best with the Roland setup but just not the "blow me away" sound you can get running a Helix direct into a computer. But I gig and I needed a live application. And I didnt want to depend on crappy FOH systems at some of the clubs we play. I like to play direct; guitar to amp to cab to ears! So I was ready to pull the trigger on a couple QSC speakers and was on the phone with Sweetwater and the guy said you need to try the Mission Engineering Gemini 2. True stereo with a typical woofer/tweeter configuration. 220 watts of Class D power. So I ordered one and it arrived today. Plugged into the Helix and it was amazing! The sound is huge and rich and the stereo separation on the stereo patches is incredible. It fills the practice studio with 3D like sound. I believe the key is the frequency response of the speakers which is far greater than typical 12" guitar speakers. But the amazing thing is even the PA where I have 15" lows and horn tweeter did not sound even close to this unit. I know lower cost PA systems are tweaked to have the sweet spot in a very narrow vocal frequency range. Maybe its the solid wood cabinet but whatever it is I am very happy. It brought my Helix to life! I

Sweet! I missed that on his site. That will solve my problem for now, thank you. I did download two of his patch sets and they are awesome!

Thats too bad. I know they can;t model every pedal but any good acoustic simulator would have been useful. Its kind of a staple for me since our band does a lot of 70's & 80's. Used it on Boston songs, Poison, Tesla, etc...

Did I miss something or did Line 6 forget to put in the AC-3 acoustic simulator pedal as a stomp box?

What global eq settings?

This was an awesome thread. I will be buying some of Glenn's patches for sure as I am just too busy in my life to sit at the Helix for hours trying to program patches. I just want to plug in and play! Awesome work Glenn.

I talked to the guys at Sweetwater and the recommended the Mission Engineering Gemini 2. I was reading specs and spoke with the guys at Mission and sounds like a perfect fit. They have had some good feedback with Helix users. Anyone have any experience with this unit?

I did the update today. No problems.

Those Alesis look nice but the 15" woofer seems very deep for a guitar. Is your low end muddy at all?

Using my Helix to go directly into the PA system was a nightmare. At every venue the sound is different probably because of acoustics. I am now running my Helix through my Roland GS-212 which is one of the few amps that was made for a muti-effects with two separate inputs directly to the power amps and 12" speakers. However still hitting the limitations of a guitar amp narrow range speakers. Thinking of trying a nice Roland stereo keyboard amp (KC-880) with horn tweeters. Has anyone tried this setup yet?

Completely agree. They need a dedicated link that goes right to "Search Cloud" and "View Library"

I understand the logic with searching for tones based on the song you call up but what I find frustrating is this example: Lets say I want to play "Eruption" (Van Halen) . I load the song and the app brings back a dozen possible tones. However the best tone which is the Line 6 tone that they have in the Spyder amps or PODs is not there! Why? Why don't they have their proprietary tones in the databank?