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I guess this is more of a general question, please feel free to delete this topic if this is the wrong place to post. So, with the new cab engine I was wondering if there is some sort of tutorial or general guide regarding microphone selection and positioning? So far everything I have done has been by trial and error, and I'd just like to take a more calculated approach to dialing in cabs, to know what the hell I am actually doing. Any experts or other resources out there?

Loving this new update, but I do hope the the next update will add more cabs. My favorite (the HiWatt one) wasn't among the remastered cabs and I'm salivating at the idea of how good it could sound with the new cab engine.

Yeah, that it though, I want my pedals. And I'd have to buy another cable to send the signal back from my reverb and delay to the interface. What I hadn't considered is that I could just disable the cab in FX 2 and run Native after it, though it'll probably lead to sound or latency issues. I'll give it a try when I'm home.

Ah bummer. As for the preamp, I run a Ground FX Burning Sunn (a Sunn Model T pre), which, indeed, was not part of the Helix lineup until recently (and whose inclusion I'm really excited about). I suppose there's probably a way to route the signal back out to my delay and reverb pedals from my interface, but it'd be a rather convoluted affair just to make Native work, I'm afraid. FX 2 works OK for me but I was hoping to test out those new cabs. Guess I'll have to hope for a power amp in a later update.

Oh I already have Native, I was just asking if there's some kind of option like in BIAS FX2, or if there's an amp model that can be used as a simple power amp.

So far for my day to day playing I have been plugging my pedalboard (which includes a pre-amp pedal) into my DAW, and used BIAS FX2 as a combined power amp/cab sim. Now, with the new Helix update I'd like to try out Native for that purpose instead. However, I'm not sure how to do this; FX2 has some options to bypass the preamp and tonestack of any amplifier, leaving you just with the poweramp and cab. Does Native have something like that too, or some kind of (single stage, if that is the right term?) amp model that would lend itself to simulate a power amp?

I for one really welcome the inclusion of the Model T (and Life Pedal for that matter too). The Model T may have been around in the 70s but it really only rose to prominence in the last 20 years (the prices they fetch nowadays are obscene to be honest, and they're getting very hard to find) within the doom metal scene, as they were extensively used by Sunn O))) (a band that literally named itself after their favorite amp brand). It's basically a holy grail amp within that scene, on account of it's insane headroom and bass/lower mids. A lot people want that kind of sound, but they can't exactly afford to spend in excess of 5k for a 50 year old amp. Now most modelers cater to classic rock, clean, blues or modern high gain sounds. It's kind of rare to see anything catering to the doom crowd, but it's great to see that Line6 is making an effort to reach out to that crowd too that has so far been largely ignored (though I suppose it's a mutual thing as a lot of doom metal guitarists seem to be very preoccupied with analog gear). Ever since Metallurgy Doom was released I had hope that the Moo)))n would come to Helix too - the fact that they added the Vital Distortion (another coveted piece of doom gear) is just the icing on the cake. I could see a lot of doom folks looking into Helix on account of these effects (as well as the two Oranges, which are already great amps). It's not exactly as popular an amp as a Fender Twin or some kind of 5150 but Line6 is wise to branch out, as those bases have already been covered extensively by them (as well as their competition) by offering something actually new and novel. As far as I know the only other modeler that offers some kind of Model T emulation is the Quad Cortex, and I don't know if that one can replicate the jumped channel sound that most people use with the amp.

So, I want to use my Stomp mostly for switching purposes on my pedalboard. However, since I am using a preamp pedal I need a third FX loop. One to engage my drives all at once, one for the preamp and one for my delay and reverb. So I was thinking of using the left and right ins and outs to set up two completely seperate signal chains and creating a third always-on FX loop for the preamp pedal by running the signal from the left output into the right input. Whether this is possible, and how to execute it settings-wise I'm not exactly sure. Figured some experts in here could give me a pointer?

So I guess this is almost more of a question than a suggestion, since these amps and effects already exist, but yeah: What are the odds of the Metallurgy stuff coming over to Helix? I'm a doom players and this is the first time I've ever seen someone try their hands at a doom centric VST, and I would love to have the amps and effects (especially the Sunn and Silvertone) on my Stomp as well.