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Posts posted by DarthHollis
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If you switch snapshots with trails on you may get uncontrollable noise. That's why I also suggest keeping it in front of the amp. The amp works as a compressor/limiter and keeps the delay from going crazy. If you put it after the amp the delay feedback could cause digital distortion.
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I was not the first to do this but I thought some people might be interested.
Hyperspace Pedal Formula for Helix - Transistor Tape Delay best used in front of the amp. Expression Pedal will control Time, Feedback and Mix. Time (Toe - 50ms / Heal - 600ms), Feedback (Toe - 100% / Heal - 0%), Wow/Fletter - 3.6, Mix (Toe - 100% / Heal 0%), everything else leave the same and I highly recommend leaving Trails Off. Make sure you save the patch or snapshot in heal down. Enjoy!
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You assume correctly. There is no power amp in the Helix.
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TRY THE HELIX.
It's the only way you will ever know if you like it. If the stores in your area don't have to try find someone on this forum or on the FB Helix page that lives in your area. Find someone that plays the same kind of music as you.
I sold my 5150 III 50 watt and 2x12 cab and I don't miss it all. I use two FRFRs for stereo sound and it is great. Much easier to mix my band now with no guitar amp on stage and there is more room. The advantages are vast.
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I have probably owned over 10 wah pedals in my life. Morley, Morley Bad Horsie, multiple dunlop wahs, the 535Q, the Zakk Wylde wah, etc. I really liked the 535Q because it is super versatile but I ended up setting it like Jerry Cantrell's wah. I would not buy a Morley again. They were OK but were not very versatile and broke down easily.
If you want versatility, stick with the Helix. I use the Mission expression pedal because it has the feel of a wah pedal. Also, you can order it with a spring so it always goes back to zero. I don't have the spring setting, but I set my wah to turn on at 1% and I don't have any problems. Find a wah you like (or an artist who's wah sound you like) and use this chart: https://www.sweetwater.com/feature/dunlop/wah-pedals/index.php
If you pick the right inductor and frequency range you should be able to get the Helix to sound like whatever you want.
To answer your second question go guitar into wah into Helix. Don't put it in a loop unless you want to add extra noise into the signal. I only use the loops after the amp.
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It is not the best but it can be done.
Use the Simple Pitch FX. Put it as the very first thing in your FX chain. Interval +1 and mix on 100%. Leave everything else at 0.0.
The Whammy DT pedal is the only polyphonic pedal I know that goes up (most just go down in pitch) but you may want to check out Electro Harmonix pedals.
Line 6 seemed to hint that they were working on polyphonic pitch shifting but I would not hold my breath. It couple be a very long time before it becomes a reality.
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I was using this stereo like I do the Mimiq. I even tried adding a delay to the effected side of the Double Take - add 35ms at 100 mix with no regeneration, to try to expand the stereo sound and it still didn't sound like the Mimiq.
My conclusion is I like the Mimiq much better and will keep using it until the Helix can beat it.
It seems like I'm using the Mimiq in a way in which other people are not, so I really like that because it kind of gives me my own sound.
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What brand case? Seems pretty functional. I like the mic stand mount too, probably find something like that at a hardware store. Directly bolted to pedal board?
Roadcases USA 32"x16". The mic stand mount is a railing flange from Lowes. Less than $10. Yep, bolted to the board. There is room underneath because I added some rubber feet to the bottom of the board.
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Sounds like a great base tone, but your audio’s all messed up in the left channel so it’s a bit hard to judge the comparison.
What amp model are you using there? The crunch tone’s lovely!
The cord from the mixing board to the video camera must have been dirty or something.
The amp models are a 5150 for the crunch and a US Double Nrm for clean with an Own Hammer 412 MAR EDVH MDRN-06 IR.
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Here is a comparison I just did of the Helix Double Take vs the TC Electronic Mimiq pedal. Enjoy!
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Here is a comparison I did with the Helix using Simple Pitch vs the Digitech Drop pedal. I used clean and distorted tones.
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My first inclination is to say the power cord where it attaches to the Helix is loose. If it loses connectivity at all it could cause issues, especially if it reconnects and disconnects before the Helix has a chance to fully boot. There could definitely be other issues but I would check that first.
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I took the carpeting and I attached dual lock to the padding underneath. The carpeting and Velcro did not stick very well anyway. I used extra layers of dual lock to raise the Helix up and I did not have to remove the feet. It also left room for cable to go under the Helix.
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I do "ME" the best.
My cover band plays rock n' roll every weekend. We play Pink Floyd, Duran Duran, Disturbed, Godsmack, Van Halen, Eve 6...... it's a huge variety.
I use basically two sounds - clean and dirty. I also only use one guitar all night, it's an EVH Special Stealth with two humbuckers.
My philosophy is to match FX to songs as much as possible but I don't worry about amps. To vary the sound I do choose what pickups work for certain things. For instance I like using the combo of both humbuckers for acoustic type sounds.
I feel very strongly that if I was switching between several amps and patches all night that at some times my tone would get lost among the bass and drums. The core sounds I have blend well with my band. I'm not saying I wouldn't rule out using something different but that would only be if the guitar just doesn't sound right otherwise. For example, we are going to be covering a Pantera song and I think it's important that I use a more thick and cutting tone. When we all get in a room and play though, I may just go back to my core tone.
I also don't want to spend too much time worrying about the tone, I think it's much more important that my playing be on point.
Think about it this way, if your drummer had an electric drum set would he change the sound of the set for every song?
The last thing I would say is that it never hurts to experiment but make sure you are recording your experiments so you can go back and see what sounds best to you.
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Thank you everyone. The patch is not complicated and I barely changed any of the factory settings for the amp, cab or FX.
Special thanks for the compliments on my playing. I do think the player makes a difference.
I made this patch for free and kept it simple hoping to show everyone how it can be done. You don't need special IRs or to pay for patches. Those things have there place and I have bought many IRs myself and I love them.
It makes me very happy that I can help some people.
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Hello everyone,
Thought I would share a video I did on getting the Van Halen 1 album tone. I used just the Helix with no IR's and no other processing.
Download the tone here:
https://line6.com/customtone/tone/3254199/
Enjoy!
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I had dinner last night at a really nice place that had delicious hummus.
And it got me reminiscing, as hummus often does (obviously... right...?)
So I had this pedal in the 70s. It was an Electro Harmonix booster.
Anyway, it sounded great, but I found out that's because it was broken inside.
There was a wire loose or something.
Fast forward years later and I really want to find out who has that pedal.
So I went back to my home town and asked around but nobody remembered me.
Or the pedal.
So I went to the local music store that had closed down and now it was a liquor store.
I had a few bottles of Thunderbird and slept by the side of the road.
When I woke up, I had forgotten why I was there, so I checked my phone and sure enough, it was Tuesday.
So this particular Tuesday I had nachos at lunch.
The cheese sauce was particularly bad and I think that's what made me sick.
So I wake up in this hospital in New Jersey and a really big smelly guy is leaning over me with a hypodermic.
This is when I realized or remember (not sure which) that I was actually an international spy.
Thinking quickly, I slipped off the side of the bed and clobbered him with the nearest bedpan and ran.
I ducked out into an alley and borrowed some guys clothes.
Now I have a rash.
Thinking back...
That little knob on the side of my Schwinn bike I had when I was 15.
What was it for?
Now that Peter Hamm is here he will be taking over. Thank you, Peter.
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My Helix, and Batman are never in the same room at the same time.
My Helix often is hard to find at night, and it comes home with scrapes.
Some guy name Lucius Fox keeps leaving messages..
Could my Helix be Batman?!?
Helix was invented by Batman. If you have enough money you too can become Batman and invent something like the Helix but it will never be as good as the Kemper or Axe-FX.
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IS line 6 planning on incorporating a power amp stage into the Helix?<br />Seymore Duncans Power Stage (size of a pedal), Blue Guitar Amp, Wampler and others are<br />making pedal platform amps and just seems that a stereo pwr amp of the<br />newer Class D amps would probably fit already or at least Heix "Powered" could be made.<br />The question is I suppose? Will the pedal platform specific amplifier sell? And the real question is;<br />is it needed?<br /><br />
For twenty years people have been asking Line 6 to launch such a product. I can tell you that they deffnitely will come out with such a power amp in exactly 20 years from now.
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I read somewhere that a "Helix XT" (Extra Talented) will be part of the next Helix generation.
Far too many pedals for the moment to simulate:
It also teaches you kegel exercises.
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Why do people feel compelled to participate in this thread?
Pure silliness may make you forgot how stupid it is that so many people are obsessed with being outraged about insanely idiotic things.
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Helix EVH 50 watt head stereo setup question
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If it was my rig I would only use the pre-amp in one head. Unless you're using blue channel of one head and red on the other they are pretty much going to sound the same. Also, it's a little simpler with the FX going in front of the amp. Use the Helix to do stereo stuff and then go into the FX return of both amps. It would be a 5 cable method. For me, that would just be simpler and I think would sound great.