soundog Posted December 8, 2017 Share Posted December 8, 2017 I spent a little time yesterday running some non-guitar (vocal, harp, sax, drum and keyboard) tracks through Helix Native. To do so, use Helix as your first plug-in on the track, preferably a Mono to Stereo instance (if your track is mono). Start with a blank Helix preset with no blocks. Adjust your in and out gain to give you equal audible levels when you toggle bypass (I use -16 dB input level). Then, insert a single Helix block into your path to play around with. You can chain blocks together after you get a sense of how each effects the sound. Since the blocks were primarily designed for guitars, not all of them seemed useful with certain instruments. But I was surprised with how effective and useful some of them were, especially if you don't have a lot of effects plug-ins (Sound Toys, etc). For example: - a lot of the Modulations and Delays were quite useful, especially stereo versions - I was hoping for some good rotary (Leslie) effects, but was disappointed (except for distorted versions on Hammond B-3 sounds). Rotary effects are difficult to replicate on vocals (Melda makes the best rotary plug-in I've found). - pitch-based effects are pretty limited (you end up with chipmunk and Frankenstein on vocals, for example). I wish Line 6 would add some vocal-friendly pitch shifting (like those found in TC Helicon pedals). - distortion (from either pedal or amp blocks) might be useful on some instruments (even vocals) for really specific effects. At least there's a lot of variety to play with. - the reverbs are hit and miss, but some far-out verbs (like Particle Verb) are nice to have in your tool box - wah pedals are useful for certain applications, especially keyboards - get familiar with how to automate parameters for even more fun. Helix Native has great support for assigning parameter automation Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleezye1 Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 On a recent tune I did I tried using the bullhorn in native to get that scratchy/telephone vocal sound. Long story short I ended up using the tube screamer instead. It sounded better for my application.. had all the lofi I was looking for but a much warmer, almost vinyl like vibe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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