how to create boutique pedals using built in models

[tattoodane]

currently, I'm looking to make my pedals sound like a strymon flint.  But there are many boutique pedals I'm trying to emulate, I am just not sure how to do it.  I'm fairly new to all this.  

[datacommando]

14 hours ago, tattoodane said:

I'm looking to make my pedals sound like a strymon flint.

Hi,

 

Well, way back in 2012, Chris Vinniecombe, in a review on musicradar.com said:

 

“To all intents and purposes, the Flint is two stompboxes in one. On one side, you have a tremolo effect with three voices based on a trio of 1960s amp tremolo circuits: '61 Harmonic Tremolo, '63 Power Tube and '65 Photocell.

 

On the other side, you have a choice of 60s Spring Tank, 70s Electronic Plate and 80s Hall Rack reverb. '61 Harmonic Tremolo is probably the most noteworthy and least commonly heard of all the voices onboard, because it is based on the harmonic vibrato circuit that appeared briefly in 'brownface' Fender amplifiers of the early 1960s”

If that’s correct, then the Helix contains the basic elements of the Flint. I would suggest that you could try patching a trem block into a reverb, or maybe adding a trem after a verb and see what you can come up with. Experiment, all the ingredients are in there, and unlike “real world boxes” it’s not likely to blow any circuits while you mess around. You’ll feel a lot happier when you discover how to create your own version.

Hope this helps/makes sense.

[Schmalle]

TGP-member John Mark Painter has a thread by called replicating my favorite pedals with Helix that might be of interest.