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Now this I have to completely agree with. This is after all a music related forum so why we can't directly upload clips is completely rubbish. IMHO.

Bottom line for me is this. I love the sounds my Helix gives me. Whether others like it or not is of no concern. Done.

Jazz is the Blues on illegal steroids! Way fun and a lot less dangerous than illegal steroids.

I get annoyed when my mind thinks, "hey I think I'll play this line" and my fingers say, "yeah... not tonight, pal." I alternate between two types of picks. Clayton 1.50mm Acetal jazz teardrops or Gripicks small jazz.

A couple of days ago, I made a setlist for for every guitar I can gig with and copied and modified all of my patches for each guitar. Can't wait for the weekend when it won't matter which guitar I bring!

Perhaps it's the construction of my guitars. My Strat is a chambered body from Warmoth and my RAW custom guitar is neck-through and semi hollow. Neither one has sustain problems and I get musical feedback fairly easily.

Hey... so are Cheetos.

For what it's worth, I've never been that happy with "real" amps - tube or solid state. Even when it was all we could have as guitar players They have their own set of bugaboos and limitations that I just can't abide by on most but the simplest of gigs. Tube amps, even the low wattage ones, have to be too loud before they start to feel right. And just because they're tube amps, that doesn't automatically mean that they'll sound good at all settings. I have a Blackface Fender Princeton Reissue and while it sounds great for clean sounds, I don't care much at all for its overdriven sounds - and it's starting make weird little sputtering noises so recording with it is out of the question. I love my little Quilter Aviator 8 and Yamaha THR100HD. They sound great for recording but for gigs, neither of those amps ever go with me unless it's a jazz gig or if it's a straight up rock or pop gig, I might take the Yamaha... maybe... if I don't have to do any acoustic sounds. What I'm saying is, they all have their flaws. The Helix certainly does but it also has sooo many advantages that you might want to consider the possibility that you might just be trying to find fault in it - to find a way not to like it and be able to go back to the comfort zone of your amps? But what if you put your amps through the same level of intense scrutiny as you do the Helix? Would they survive that scrutiny or have you simply forgiven their faults because you're used to them? I'm very much used to the Helix and the way it sounds and the plethora of sounds that I can get out of it. Because of that, most amps do not survive my level of scrutiny.

^^^ Yep.^^^ This wouldn't necessarily make you wrong, you would just be a very small minority.

I always use the XLRs - no issues.

Still want to hear an example of it.

^^^This!^^^ I would change one word, however. I wouldn't use the word 'Complicated'. I'd say, 'Capable' or 'Flexible'. Most of the complications in the Helix are happening internally and unseen. The UI, though not without its idiosyncrasies (what doesn't?), is for the most part, not complicated. I do suppose that compared to a 6 knob amplifier, it is complicated. 😉

Or this. http://atomicamps.com/portfolio-item/atomic-amplifire-pedal/

Indeed! Thank Line6 for Snapshots!!

Neither of those two devices, especially the Zoom, is doing as much detailed computational work as the Helix is. If you want more instantaneous patch switching, you'll have to live with crappy modeling. We may be waiting a couple of years before chip speeds will allow for gapless patch switching while maintaining the quality of the modeling. That's just the reality we live in.

It's interesting that the dual 4" woofers of the E44s are essentially moving the same amount of air as a 6" single woofer but don't seem to over power the room. There's plenty of low end but it's just not all over the place and flabby. The imaging though... MAN! I have not heard speakers that image like these do in a long time. It's the widest soundstage I've ever had in my room.

Don't count the smaller speakers out - unless you've got a big room. I had a pair of KRK VXT-8s that had unbelievably great mids and highs, super smooth but the low end just overpowered my little room. I've since replaced them with a pair of Presonus E44s. Maybe not quite as smooth at the top end but as a whole, its frequency response is far more balanced for my room. Consequently, my mixes translate better on other systems, especially the low end.

Well, I checked the preset again today and nope, not changing a thing on the patch except it needed a bit of a level boost and that's done now. Whenever I'm in front of the Helix and get that urge to ask, "What would happen if i..." I'm gonna go with it.

Compression, midrange and sag are key - at least in my experience. If you're scooping the kids too much, it can be difficult to get feedback. You need to have a bit of volume too. The speakers have to be loud enough to able to excite the wood of your guitar. Ooh... that last bit sounds indecent! lol Unlimited sustain though... takes yet more volume. Not sure there's any way of getting around that. One other thing to consider is the positioning of your monitors versus the position of your guitar cabs. The cabs are likely at about the same level as your guitar - that makes it easier to get feedback. The studio monitors may be at a disadvantage here. See what happens if you stand up and get the guitar near or at the same height as the monitors. See if that improves things.

Interesting. That has not been an issue for me.

I've always taken issue with this as well with YouTube vids and most demos for that matter. I had to take a leap of faith when I bought the Helix - a big one because I hated the only other Line6 product I had owned, the PodXTL. So glad I took a chance and got the Helix as it is simply head and shoulders above anything I've tried. Its clean and medium gain amp models' transition into clipping is so good, so smooth and so eminently playable. To me it's in the subtleties where I find most modelers' weaknesses. They seem to typically do the extremes ok, either super clean or super saturated but the sounds in between these two extremes leave a lot to be desired... Until now. At this point, I have pretty much waved Adieu to the persnickety tubes.

In my experience, YES. Absolutely YES. Its advantage is you can get the response you want at ANY volume level... unlike a tube amp which has to be stinking, eviction notice inducing and get fired from the gig for playing too loud loud.

You'll get no argument from me about phase issues... but...At this point, I am not going to look a gift horse in the mouth and figure out why this is working as well as it is. One reason may be that it's because I'm not using indentical IRs. They're two completely different sounding ones. I listened to my short recording again this morning and I'm baffled but very very pleased. However, I did make some Snapshots with different IR combinations last night and will have to see if they still hold up. One combination gave me an almost nylon string sound. BTW, I believe it was your Dtar IRs that I used along with the first set of IRs that I believe you also shared. I still wish this site would let me share an m4a clip.

Thanks, PeterHamm. That patch sounds great but is quite a bit more effected than mine. I'm trying to create a patch that is a bit more exposed so the only effect I'm using is reverb. I'm also using a solid body guitar and it seems, and this is just a theory, that depending on how the two different IRs match up (or don't match up), in mono, there are natural phase cancellations that actually help to minimize the dreaded "piezo ping". It's almost nonexistent as far as I can tell. I tried to post a clip but this forum wouldn't allow me to post a .m4a file. Dang it! What's up with that? Anyway, the bottom line here is that I've managed to coax a fairly convincing acoustic sound out of a solid body guitar. I just wish I could share the clip.

Probably, but I don't know how successful that would actually be. That and you may change your mind about the mix of the two and you'd have to go back and do it all again. And it's not like not like the patch is starved for DSP.