mattjea Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 Hi I have recently invested in a Helix floor and am looking for some help with custom tones. After searching through the custom tone pages I have found a decent White stripes sound but looking for help with: The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger Green Day - When I come around Kings of leon - Four Kicks Joan Jett - I love rock and Roll Nirvana - Heart shaped Box Can I download and import tones for the pod for example and load them into the helix?? Hopefully someone can help Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinon2 Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 5 hours ago, mattjea said: Can I download and import tones for the pod for example and load them into the helix?? No. Quote Hopefully someone can help Cheers You've got two options: 1) Waste countless hours downloading and auditioning patch after patch that will allegedly sound like "Artist X" or "Song Y". I'll save you the suspense... the overwhelming majority will not, for a multitude of reasons. 2) Learn to use the unit and do it yourself. In the end, the latter option will save you tons of time and endless aggravation, wondering why a patch that someone else created, with a different guitar, different monitors, headphones, listening environment, at a different volume, etc etc etc... fails to sound like what it's supposed to on your end, with your gear. Start here: 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themetallikid Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 1 hour ago, cruisinon2 said: No. You've got two options: 1) Waste countless hours downloading and auditioning patch after patch that will allegedly sound like "Artist X" or "Song Y". I'll save you the suspense... the overwhelming majority will not, for a multitude of reasons. 2) Learn to use the unit and do it yourself. In the end, the latter option will save you tons of time and endless aggravation, wondering why a patch that someone else created, with a different guitar, different monitors, headphones, listening environment, at a different volume, etc etc etc... fails to sound like what it's supposed to on your end, with your gear. Start here: I agree with Cruisin....Because all the ingredients are different you wont get there exactly. Its like getting a famous cake recipe from an out of state bakery and trying to make it yourself. You can by the same ingredients, milk/flour/eggs etc...but maybe not the same brand. Your also not the same cook and not cooking in the same kitchen or the same dishware. Your best bet is to read the recipe used in the cakes you mentioned and then find the Helix equivalents to match your shopping list. Experiment with things. You may not like your cake with Brand X flour, but the store brand flour for half as much might work with your guitar, ahem, I mean eggs better for mixing and a smoother batter. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brue58ski Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 One more "do it yourself" suggestion. It will probably take you just as long to find something as it would if you were to plod through Customtone. One suggestion, look up what equipment they used. I've had a lot of luck with that. Previous modellers weren't very good at all at that, compared to the Helix. Clean Pink Floyd (Breathe)? Hiwatt/Univibe/Strat. Without any tweaking, wow, pretty close. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattjea Posted September 1, 2021 Author Share Posted September 1, 2021 Thanks everyone. really helpful learing what equipment they all used and trying to match to that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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