Replicate a Guitar Rig preset

[ben-juodvalkis]

Does anyone here use a Helix and also have Guitar Rig? I really enjoy the tone of the 'Timeless Clean' preset in Guitar Rig 6, and would love something similar in the Helix. I've experimented with various amps on the Helix, but I'm not very savvy on dialing in a tone by ear.

Anyone have any tips?

Thanks!

Ben

[theElevators]

Here's a tip: When transitioning from one piece of equipment to another replace one thing at a time.  For example, when I transitioned from my pedalboard + amp to Helix I...:

 

• Connected my helix right after the pedalboard, into the amp
• On a blank preset, I found a distortion that matched what I had on my pedalboard.  I A/B'ed between the Helix and the pedalboard, to make sure they sounded as close together as possible.  Since I use the volume knob to clean up my sound, I had to find a distortion block that would correctly clean up, just like my analog gear.  This took me several days of trial and error, until I found a perfect replacement for my trusty .... "DS-1".  DEEZ-1 was nowhere close.  
• Repeated the same with the other pedals, using my ears.  The delays, for example took some time to not bee to overbearing, yet audible.  
• Eventually it was time to find an amp.  I used an amp + cab with default microphone settings.  I fiddled with the controls, to ensure the amp responded the same way as my analog gear did.  
• It took me around 2 weeks to get a pretty decent tone, and now my identifiable "signature" tone and all that is inside my Helix.  

 

[HonestOpinion]

Once you feel like you have rebuilt an indispensable tone or two, which may prove to be a great exercise in getting a tone you like out of your new Helix, you can move on to leveraging your freshly acquired preset editing skills to make some new tones that were not available in your old gear. Not a bad way to transition to your new device.