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Yeah exactly haha. I think it's an interesting effect though. At least I learned how to create an IR!

I was lucky for a friend to give it to me, I don't think I'd ever buy one

It's definitely not linear. I was mostly interested in the EQ curve it brought. It's very minimal but I didn't really have a choice but to stop using the pedal anyway, so now the IR I captured is in my chain. @CraigGT I just tried that, gives it an interesting sound on the low end. Might use it for an effect one day, thanks for the tip.

I would love to see Line6 make an effect for the BBE maximizer! I ended up making an impulse response of my BBE Sonic Stomp. I had the Lo Contour set at 10 o'clock and the process set at about 9 o'clock. It doesn't sound quite like the actual pedal, but I can hear a bit of a similar EQ curve with the IR. The level of the IR needs to be set to 0.0db on the Helix. BBE Sonic Stomp IR.wav

"The BBE is supposed to be a phase alignment device. The idea is that when a signal is amplified frequencies overlap and you get distortion. The BBE process is supposed to remove this distortion improving clarity and timbre. It is not a compressor, limiter, expander or harmonic generator. The BBE like any other tool can be overused and much of an amplifiers distortion character can be lost with overuse." and "Sonic Stomp’s application of the BBE technology is just like its big brothers, using frequency-dependent time alignment with integrated amplitude compensation. What’s all that about? Simply put, it helps a speaker more faithfully reproduce the signal so more of the nuance and detail is revealed." I read something about how it delays lower frequencies at like 2.5ms so that they hit your ears the same time as the higher frequencies. I'm going to create an impulse response of the pedal today and see what happens. Thanks for your info, @kylotan .

I used to run a BBE Sonic Stomp in the Helix FX loop between the Amp and the Cab. Now all my FX loops are used by pedals that go in front of the amp. Could I achieve a similar sound by creating an Impulse Response of the BBE Sonic Stomp and placing the IR between the Amp and the Cab? P.S. I'm aware of the controversy surrounding the Sonic Stomp. I can live without it, but I want to see if I am able to get close with an IR. The pedal just doesn't sound the same in front of the amp.