Turning distortion on and off amps

[sbeam3]

I am new to Helix and have a question. I have a peavy classic 30 amp that I have a clean channel and a distrorted channel that I can switch back and forth on with a foot switch. Do the amps on Helix have this functionality to go clean to distorted like my Peavey? I realize not all amps might have this but for the one in real life that do, does the Helix do this also?

[zooey]

Helix has models of two channels of some amps. You could set up separate snapshots or presets using them, or any two amps you want.

 

But really, each snapshot or preset can have different settings for the same amp, for instance, one with low gain and high channel volume -- clean, in other words, and another the opposite -- dirty. Presets or snapshots can have EQs, overdrives, anything, with different settings, and different blocks enabled.

 

Short version is that Helix gives you tons of flexibility to create a wide variety of different tones, and switch between them quickly. Experiment!

[AlexKenivel]

Each amp model on the Helix is a model of one channel. You can usually have two amps on your chain and toggle them with a single switch

[jaminjimlp]

And if you're using a variax with a VDI cable and the Helix you can go from les Paul plugged into a Plexi High gain channel to a strat plugged in to a Jazz rivet clean channel with just one Touch of a stomp switch