Superior Clean tone from Helix like we get from fractal and Boss GT series

[sumit_helix]

Dear Helix Users/Experts,

 

Any help, comment or suggestion on my below problem/question will be highly appreciated.

 

I migrated from Boss GT100 to Helix floor 2 years back and the reason was the dirty tones (overdrive and distortion tones), which in Boss multi effects (GT100, GT10 and all earlier models, I am not sure how good is GT1000 in this area though) have always been unexplainably hopeless and pathetic and I am super duper satisfied with what I got from Helix (slightest crunchy tone to heavy distortion upto metal tones) but after using Helix for 2 years and trying out all possible combination of effects, I still feel that it is the clean tone, where Boss multi effects still shine far ahead of Helix. 

 

Fractal AX III is still the bench mark in clean tones...and Boss all GT series starting from GT-6 upto GT-100 are no less either. But Helix has always disappointed me in clean tones. I have Fender start and an Ibanez with EMG and I use pro grade JBL studio monitors, so I don't think I lack at any place in my entire setup to not get a creamy and refreshing clean tones. 

 

So looks like it is the effects and amps together in helix which, though are undoubtedly realistic, but somehow I failed to get a superior sparkling texture in my clean tones.

 

After some research, I found that it is the "chorus" from Boss GT series and the effect named "Enhancer" in Fractal play a big role in getting a creamy texture in the clean tones from those units while I never got a mesmerizing clean tone from helix.

 

Thanks.

Sumit

[DunedinDragon]

It sounds to me like what you're looking for is not a standard "clean" tone as most of us would think of it and can get quite easily from the Helix, but rather a very specific clean tone you have heard from the two other units through the use of some specific effects they've added to a clean signal chain.  Without knowing specifically what those effects are and how they're setup is all guesswork.  Apparently some form of chorus which Helix has plenty of those variants, but which variant and which setting is still a mystery.

[phil_m]

I’d also say having an example of the tone you’re after is going to be more useful than simply describing it. Personally, I think clean tones are kind of easier to accomplish in general, just because there’s fewer ways to mess them up.