musiclover7 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Was up late into the night again playing with my helix, this time with a Godin acoustic strung with heavy tension strings tuned Baritone (E is C). In my patch, I have added the LA Studio Compressor (love this thing!! My new favorite compressor), plate reverb, and yeah, strangely the mic tube preamp (which is also really enhancing this tone). I have a subtle chorus option, delay option, as well as a minotaur with very low gain for certain kinds of leads. What I am getting from all of this is a one hell of a unique, juicy, killer Sound! It sounds like the strings have some sort of vacuum suction action to them, with this crystal clear clarity wherein every nuance is heard and yeah... enhanced. My high E string is a minor exception. It lacks the punch that I am getting with my middle strings, but I only really notice it on leads, and this has nothing to do with the helix... still working in it though. I am going to have to find a way to get a decent recording posted for interested parties to dig, but it may take another day or 2 with my current schedule. Suffice to say, this thing will work very well with acoustics. I played my first gig with it last Friday, and was really happy with the results. The Baritone was sort of an exception that night, but I had not really spent any time before the gig playing with it. Just gave it it's own patch which was a carbon copy of my acoustic patch, just with a different input. What a difference a little time tweaking knobs/settings can Make! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roscoe5 Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 I totally agree this is a great acoustic setup. 10 band graphic, Studio Mic Pre, LA Compressor, and some effects are the basics in my Upright Bass and (real) Acoustic Guitar patches as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musiclover7 Posted August 3, 2016 Author Share Posted August 3, 2016 Here is a link to some audio I recorded today to give an idea of what I am talking about. Try to disregard the strange bubbly feedback I tend to get from the pickup on this older Godin guitar, I have taken it to a few places, but no-one can figure out what the heck is causing it. Some days are better than others with it.. Anyways, nothing too fancy here, just quickly recorded, but still.. I should do a side by side sans helix sound to compare, so you can see just how much the tone is being enhanced by this thing. Also, it sounds a lot better in the room, than it does in the recording.. Tascam DR-05... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amsdenj Posted August 3, 2016 Share Posted August 3, 2016 I love it! I think a Variax will produce something similar, but maybe with not quite the same attack and definition. Wonder what Michael Hedges would have done with these technologies had he lived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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