![]() Right now I've got the Helix going straight into my H&K tube amp I've also played around with the 4-cable method, meaning distortion from the Helix -> amp -> rev/del/mod Helix -> back to the amp. On the other hand, if you've just got 2 or 3 sounds you always use, stick with the analog pedals it'll be cheaper, you can get your sound, and let's face it there's something cool about analog. If you want to play around with a large variety of sounds without having 10-20 analog pedals, I highly recommend this item. I am really happy I took the plunge and bought the Helix, it is a solid unit and sounds amazing!! The staff at Long and McQuade Calgary are a great team who are knowledgeable and helpful in every way □ I also purchased 2 Headrush 112 FRFR full response flat response PA speakers, which you need to get the full enjoyment of the Helix because the unit comes with so many different Amp Models, you don’t really want to feed the output if the Helix into a Fender Twin or Marshall or Mesa Boogie amp because you will not get the true sound of the Helix because your Amp will alter the sound whereas a Flat Response Speaker will give you the true sound from the Helix, you can still run a Helix into your guitar amp but the FRFR speaker is the way to go, IMO, and so all you need is Guitar straight into the Helix and the Helix into your FRFR PA or Console Mixer then out to the PA, now you just have the guitar and pedal board to deal with. These patches also come programmed as snapshots, which means one preset becomes all the buttons, where you can switch on effects within one preset or patch and turn on overdrive or other effects for a solo or a bridge or chorus section of a song, click one button and your pedal board is back to presets mode where each button is its own sound, very handy tool snapshots can be ! The factory presets are OK but not near the potential that the Helix is capable of, so I purchased some online custom patches and wow I am glad I did because they are not expensive, they allow you to see how a professional creates the patches and snapshots so you have a guideline to follow, saving you alot of time figuring the unit out, the custom presets I purchased online were simple to download and add to the factory presets and they did not disappoint, I am so glad I purchased the custom patches, I will still keep my other pedals for specific applications but now I have everything in one unit which simplifies everything, I have 25 other boutique pedals that are high end pedals, strymon big sky, korg sdd3000 delay, hughes & kentner rotosphere and many more and honestly I was at the point where I had too many pedals, they all sound great but my signal chain became overwhelming, coupled with the fact that I was looking at switching systems that isolate and power all these pedals and it can get really expensive to design a switching system that can handle all the pedals and create button presets, which led me to going back to having one system that does it all, the the Helix does the trick ! This unit does it all, you can recreate any artist tone or acoustic, classical guitar tones with an electric guitar, absolutely amazing pedal! Industry-leading 123dB of dynamic range on the guitar input, for tremendous depth and ultra-low noise Up to 3 expression pedals, CV/Expression out, external amp switching and deep MIDI control Four stereo FX Loops - integrate favorite pedals Extensive I/O for seamless integration with your entire rig - 10 inputs 12 outputs plus 8-in/8-out USB audio interface Large 6.2 inch 800x480-pixel LCD display Peruse the full-color Helix cheat sheet for 5 minutes and you'll have 90% of Helix mastered "Touch and tweak" - when it comes to creating tones, Helix is as fast as you are Hands-free Pedal Edit mode lays out effect parameters across switches and expression pedal 12 capacitive-sensing footswitches and customizable scribble stripstouch to edit, hold to assign, press to engage It's so intuitive you already know how to use it and it will let you integrate and control an entire rig of internal and external gear. Helix is a new kind of guitar processor: it's not only a tour-grade multi-effect pedal that sounds and feels authentic. Recorders, Classroom & Plastic Instruments.Signal Processors, Converters & Preamps.
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