There may be some brutally obvious way to do this, but my google-fu didn't get the job done. I'd like to use software to give me some guidance on ways to use the EQs built into the Helix.
What I'd like to do is this - I'd make a tone on the Helix for a certain song, play, and then feed a wav or mp3 of that recorded sound to be compared with a reference tone, like an isolated guitar only track that would also be fed in.
Then, ideally, the plugin, or even better - standalone software, would show the difference between the 2 across the frequency spectrum. You would then theoretically be able to come up with some settings for a 10 Band Graphic EQ or a Parametric EQ on the Helix that you would add to the signal chain that would make your tone closer - not exact, but just get closer to the overall feel.
I know that there are plugins that will kick out an EQ within a DAW that would provide an EQ Match, but there are two things about that I'd like to avoid. One would be, I'd like the tone to be able to exist on the Helix alone, and not be tied to a DAW, so it could be shared, or just be used that way. The other thing is I'd like the EQ to be able to not necessarily be an exact match, not an EQ curve with a bajillion nodes - just something that one, or maybe 2 at most, EQ blocks could do to push the tone closer to the reference.
A side benefit is that I think I would learn a lot about how to use EQs on my own with this kind of a workflow. If it's all automated within the DAW, I'd get a closer tone maybe, but I wouldn't really learn as much about how to do things in a more "real" setting.
Hope that makes sense - please excuse the lengthy post and thanks for any ideas!