DarrellM5 Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 I've been watching reviews on this pedal and it seems amazing. Has anyone been able to match the tones with their Helix? If so, I'd love to hear it (and you'd be saving me $200). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrellM5 Posted October 17, 2016 Author Share Posted October 17, 2016 After pondering this for awhile, I guess the answer might be Glenn Delaune's Boutique Pack. Since the BE-OD emulates a BE-100 and Glenn has a BE-100 preset, it will probably get me there. Guess I'll check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radatats Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 I can say for sure Glenn's Booteek patches are good. The Friedman is great but the others are stellar too. I am really looking forward to the Bias Distortion Pedal coming out soon. It will let you profile pedals like a Kemper and I'm sure ther will be lots of great profiles posted. May be a great addition to the Helix...https://www.positivegrid.com/bias-distortion/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrellM5 Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 I can say for sure Glenn's Booteek patches are good. The Friedman is great but the others are stellar too. I am really looking forward to the Bias Distortion Pedal coming out soon. It will let you profile pedals like a Kemper and I'm sure ther will be lots of great profiles posted. May be a great addition to the Helix... https://www.positivegrid.com/bias-distortion/ Wow!!! This is the 1st I've heard of that pedal. If it lives up to the hype, it will be a game changer for sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelForbin Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 I just spent the last hour playing my BE-OD into my Friedman runt (on clean channel). Definitely a killer pedal! Sooooo much gain on tap. I've got the internal gain trim all the way down and the pedal gain most of the way down, and it's still got a ton of gain! It almost behaves like an amp and cab model; strangely. I will load up Glenn's boutique BE100 patch and give them a listen side by side.. From what I remember, Glenn's patch is very Friedman realistic! The Runt drive channel has a toggle switch to go from regular gain to higher / BE100 gain territory, and the BE-OD into clean channel can be dialed in quite close, so I would imagine Helix can get you there too! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrellM5 Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 I just spent the last hour playing my BE-OD into my Friedman runt (on clean channel). Definitely a killer pedal! Sooooo much gain on tap. I've got the internal gain trim all the way down and the pedal gain most of the way down, and it's still got a ton of gain! It almost behaves like an amp and cab model; strangely. I will load up Glenn's boutique BE100 patch and give them a listen side by side.. From what I remember, Glenn's patch is very Friedman realistic! The Runt drive channel has a toggle switch to go from regular gain to higher / BE100 gain territory, and the BE-OD into clean channel can be dialed in quite close, so I would imagine Helix can get you there too! I'm looking forward to your results. I went ahead and bought Glenn's boutique pack a couple hours ago and I'm completely blown away by the tones. The BE-100 patch is incredible. Actually, all of them sound amazing. I didn't want to stop playing but I have to work tomorrow. I can't wait to spend more time exploring them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelForbin Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 I'm looking forward to your results. I went ahead and bought Glenn's boutique pack a couple hours ago and I'm completely blown away by the tones. The BE-100 patch is incredible. Actually, all of them sound amazing. I didn't want to stop playing but I have to work tomorrow. I can't wait to spend more time exploring them. Nice! Except for the have to go to work part - been there, work comes early on just a few hours sleep! :) And Yeah; Glenn's new set of presets is dynamite! I managed to get the house to myself from Sunday to Wednesday, and I have Monday-Tuesday off work, so I'm making the most of my time! Back to work Wednesday a.m. for me so I will have daytime / afternoon tomorrow (today!) to mess with this some more before I have to wrap it up and get some sleep (was up late last night too lamenting the Cubs loss; but ended up playing a ton of guitar as a result, so it all works out!) That being said, I just did a very quick test; interesting results! I put the BE-OD pedal into an FX loop of Helix, and ran it into a clean amp model (twin), into a pair of IR panned hard left and right with some reverb on each. While I can say this pedal is pretty epic - I can also say so is Glenn's Friedman / BE100 patch!! He totally nailed the Friedman vibe! I also tried just running the BE-OD directly into IR; that sort of worked, but it seemed to hold together better going into a clean amp model. Will do some more messing with this tomorrow when I'm more awake; in the meantime - and please forgive my sloppy playing - here is a clip of that BE_OD + Helix thing... Cheers! https://soundcloud.com/recordingforbin/be-od-helix IR left = 3Sigma Friedman 412 2a IR right = 3Sigma Friedman 412 3a amp model = mail order twin default settings and noise gate after the fx loop 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarleyUK Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Just purchased Glenn's boutique collection.... only question I have is that I am running my Helix in 4CM. Can I use the IRs in this way...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrellM5 Posted October 18, 2016 Author Share Posted October 18, 2016 It's worth a shot but I would assume that they would be more suited to a somewhat FRFR system. I'm curious to see how it turns out. I might even give it a try myself this week. Keep us posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radatats Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Just purchased Glenn's boutique collection.... only question I have is that I am running my Helix in 4CM. Can I use the IRs in this way...? Not a good idea. Glenn's patches recreate the booteek amps with a combination of Helix amp models, cabs, IRs and FX. If you are using your Preamp 4CM it negates most of his work. However, If you just use his patch to the FX Return of your amp it will work great. Just don't try to use your own preamp on his patches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColonelForbin Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Yeah; this pedal is fun! Once again, if you can overlook my sloppy lousy playing; here's a track I just did. One take improvised a rhythm track over SDX drums, then did an overdub noodling randomly over it. No editing, just mixed it together with a mixing limiter plugin in ProTools.. I will now warm up a bit and tune up and try to put something more listenable together... :) https://soundcloud.com/recordingforbin/be-od-helix_2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonestOpinion Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Yeah; this pedal is fun! Once again, if you can overlook my sloppy lousy playing; here's a track I just did. One take improvised a rhythm track over SDX drums, then did an overdub noodling randomly over it. No editing, just mixed it together with a mixing limiter plugin in ProTools.. I will now warm up a bit and tune up and try to put something more listenable together... :) https://soundcloud.com/recordingforbin/be-od-helix_2 Some great playing in there. Some of the licks reminded me a bit of Steve Morse's style when he was playing with the 'Dixie Dregs'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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