Line 6 Helix Stadium

[smn159]

Announced yesterday.

I've been a Line 6 user for a while, with a Helix Floor and a pedalboard with a Stomp, depending on the occasion.

Have recently been using the pedalboard and a Deluxe Reverb for small gigs, but very temped by the Stadium

Anyone else?

https://line6.com/helix-stadium/

[franki68]

Current high end modellers are so good it’s difficult to envisage a big leap forward for them , I think the issue for the helix/qc /fractal is that some of the cheap stuff is now getting to sound as good as they do especially now some of them are doing the neural capture stuff .

[smn159]

Agreed. In the context of a live mix especially you'll be hard pushed to tell the difference between them. The new Helix has some interesting features around storing and playing back samples / tracks as well as stem splitting capabilities as well as a (promised but not at launch) amp capture function.

There's also a ton of automation stuff in there to control other stuff, including DMX lights, switch snapshots etc for those who are happy to play with a click.

Plus it's easily the best UI

[franki68]

smn159 said:

Agreed. In the context of a live mix especially you'll be hard pushed to tell the difference between them. The new Helix has some interesting features around storing and playing back samples / tracks as well as stem splitting capabilities as well as a (promised but not at launch) amp capture function.

There's also a ton of automation stuff in there to control other stuff, including DMX lights, switch snapshots etc for those who are happy to play with a click.

Plus it's easily the best UI

I’ve had all of them except the fractal , you can get great sounds out of all of them (the boss gt1000 and headrush are not up there sound wise though) , the helix can sound great but takes a lot more messing with to do so than say the qc ,I also found the line 6 stuff gives too much options and you end up with option paralysis .
I’m interested in the new kemper as liquid captures will certainly be fantastic if they do what they say it can , just a shame their UI is garbage .

[oddball1313]

I’ve given up with Line 6 and their modellers - never got a decent sound i liked. Went down the Katana artist route last year and it’s the best decison i’ve made regarding music in a long time. So much more responsive, it feels like your connected to your sound. Might keep the helix stomp just for a few useful effects and the tuner.

[franki68]

oddball1313 said:

I ve given up with Line 6 and their modellers - never got a decent sound i liked. Went down the Katana artist route last year and it s the best decison i ve made regarding music in a long time. So much more responsive, it feels like your connected to your sound. Might keep the helix stomp just for a few useful effects and the tuner.

You need to do heavy eq on the line 6 stuff , other modellers are much easier to get good tones from .

[Animal]

oddball1313 said:

I ve given up with Line 6 and their modellers - never got a decent sound i liked. Went down the Katana artist route last year and it s the best decison i ve made regarding music in a long time. So much more responsive, it feels like your connected to your sound. Might keep the helix stomp just for a few useful effects and the tuner.

How reliable is the Katana?

I picked up a Spark 40 a few years ago and really liked the fact that I could control presets by Bluetooth and jam along with Spotify playlists. For the last year or more though Spotify doesn't work reliably (they've switched to Apple Music) and I have a frequent problem trying to switch between presets (it just doesn't). Really annoying and I barely use the stupid thing anymore.

[franki68]

Animal said:

How reliable is the Katana?

I picked up a Spark 40 a few years ago and really liked the fact that I could control presets by Bluetooth and jam along with Spotify playlists. For the last year or more though Spotify doesn't work reliably (they've switched to Apple Music) and I have a frequent problem trying to switch between presets (it just doesn't). Really annoying and I barely use the stupid thing anymore.

Anything boss is usually supremely reliable , but I’m going to upset Odball , the katana is actually painful to my ears , I appreciate it offers superb bang for buck but I genuinely find the overdriven and distorted tones painful , so try one before buying (and you can get round it by adding pedals as the clean is great and takes pedals very well )