I don't get much time to play these days, but really enjoy playing with the sounds in my Stadium XL when I do get a few minutes spare. Noticed while using a guitar with very old strings (in a bad state, guitar strings and my sweat don't mix well) that playing notes on the higher (non wound) strings sound pretty awful. Really digital/fake sounding. I no longer have any "real" amps to compare directly with, but presumably it's a side effect of a very impure signal going through all the processing?

Is this a commonly known issue with all modeling gear?

The same guitar with new strings through the exact same preset sounds perfect.

I have a Brit Plexi & US Luxe Black stereo preset previously dialed in. After the update it sounded a little more alive. So I isolated my snapshots with various gain structures of each amp to hear them in their dry states. I wish I could have compared the differences from before the update, but I’m dialing things in freshly. In the process I created another preset to A/B the Brit Plexi and the SL100 with same settings and there’s a very noticeable difference. I had to tweak the SL100 to approximate the same tonality, levels, and gain for comparison. My first attempt has me thinking the difference is like there’s a blanket over the Brit Plexi compared to the SL100. Has anyone else been able to work with the SL100 yet, and I would be interested to hear your thoughts.

Hey all, Back when the Stadium was announced, it was said that Helix/HX line would continue to receive updates. I remember watching a video with Eric where he specifically talked about effects being developed for Stadium would be easily applied to the Helix. Anybody else remember this?

I think it was also said that someone on their team was going to be kept on Helix development. Not as sure about this.

I know it's probably best and most people probably use things like the parametric EQ in their presets rather than the global EQ but I only play in one venue ( a church) and with eight different snapshots over four presets ( one preset per song ) that's a lot of editing.

I know in theory clean snapshots, overdriven snapshots and lead snapshots should have individual customized parametric EQ settings and I may get there eventually but I wonder if the bulk of cutting through the mix can be accomplished in global EQ?

I already have things like high pass low cut filtering going on in my presets, generally filtering out frequencies below about 150 Hertz and also filtering out those above about 6 kilohertz, but I'm thinking of at least trying global EQ primarily to boost some portion of the mids

Can we get a “the noise” clone effect in Helix Stadium. That would be awesome. Something that doesnt have to combine so many blocks to get close.

During heavy editing sessions at home ( OG Helix LT ), I want changes to stick as I move from block to block and snapshot to snapshot. Then I save once when done before moving to another preset. Setting snapshot edits to recall seems to achieve that, but what are the reasons I might want to revert that setting after these editing sessions?

My feet never get near the adjustment encoders near the screen.

Hey all

I've come over from Fractal FM3 and I'm going to just stick with plugins as I'm only a bedroom player these days.

On the Fractal there's an 'input gain' parameter option for delays and reverbs. You can control this via a midi expression pedal.

Fractal blurb: ' Input Gain parameter inside the delay block controls the amount of signal fed into the effect processor, functioning similarly to an auxiliary send'

Is something like this possible with Helix at all. As this is an option that I've come to rely on.

Many thanks

Hey all,

Helrig for Android just went live on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.helrig

Plug your Helix or HX into an Android phone or tablet over USB and you can:

• open the preset the pedal is playing and edit it live
• read your setlists off the pedal into one library
• save presets to any slot (it keeps the slot’s old content first, so you can undo)
• manage the IRs on the pedal
• open, edit and convert presets between Helix and HX, with or without a pedal

Requirements: Android 7.0+ with USB OTG, and a cable or adapter to the pedal. Setup, cables and troubleshooting: https://helrig.com/helix-editor-mobile

Big thanks to everyone here who signed up for the Android beta. You caught a lot.

Since licensing came up a lot in the last weeks, here’s exactly what’s free and what isn’t:

• Free: downloading any Helrig app (Android, Mac, Windows, Linux) and using the browser editor. Opening, editing and converting presets costs nothing and needs no account.
• Needs a license: connecting to your pedal over USB (live editing, saving to the pedal, reading setlists, IRs). That’s Helrig Connect: a one-time purchase inside the same app, not a second app and not a subscription. Pay once and it never expires, with every update of this version and support for new Line 6 firmware included. One license works in every Helrig app, and in the iPad app too once it’s out. If you already have it, sign in on Android and you’re set.
• Helrig Pro is yearly and includes Connect, plus the unlimited cloud library synced across your devices and every new release.
• Going from Connect to Pro: you don’t pay twice. What you paid for Connect comes off your first year of Pro.
• 14-day refund on everything.

iPad: the code is ready and waiting on a USB permission from Apple. Once that comes through: beta test, App Store review, then release. No date, since step one is on Apple.

Questions, bugs, “doesn’t see my pedal”: drop them below and I’ll answer. Please include your phone or tablet model and your pedal.

Helrig is an unofficial, independent project by me, not affiliated with or endorsed by Line 6 or Yamaha. Line 6, Helix and HX are trademarks of their respective owners.

I updated my Stadium this morning to 1.4. I'm currently trying to update the app but it just keeps going in a loop. I download it, it says it's complete. I reopen the app, it says there's an update available. What am I doing wrong?

It is also worth mentioning that I have uninstalled and reinstalled the app, tried logging in and logging out. Nothing has worked.

I am also noticing that when I launched the update installer, it says it's the 1.3.2 installer. Not the 1.4

I'm on a Macbook Pro 2020 if that matters

Basically the title. I'm the only EG player at my church and now that our piano player retired I'm having to fill in a lot of those gaps. Is there a way I can stay on the same preset but have a foot switch to change the tap tempo to a different preset tempo?

Right now I have a preset for each song, but the only thing that changes per preset is the tempo. Can I stay on one preset but just change the preset tempo so I can avoid the delay between songs when changing presets?

And I know I can just tap the tempo in but there isn't time for that. Needs to be preset tempos.

TIA!!

Both my Stadium app and my Stadium XL have been updated to 1.4. I’ve confirmed I’m logged into my Line 6 account on both. But when trying to connect the app to the device via USB, I get the following message in the app:

“Connected in USB Update Mode.

This connection type only supports firmware updating. For full Helix Stadium features, please connect via USB or WiFi.

The device is running the latest firmware, please connect to continue. “

Then there’s a green Connect button, which just takes me back to the Browsing for Device screen. Any ideas what’s going on here?

I play in a cover band, I do love the scribble strips but at this point I essentially use one preset and probably go off of muscle memory… I’d like the XL for the built in footswitch and the scribble strips but also would like to save some bills.. it’s such a tough call!

Very bottom of the release notes for 1.4 it says:

Do we have to wait forever for 1.5 now?

Nope. It’s right around the corner and not what you expect.

Wonder what this could mean. <this is me leaning forward with interest>

Thank you for the USB connection !!

In my experience thus far I’m having a challenging time getting distortion pedals and captures to behave the way they seem to in front of a real amp.

In real life, Ive primarily used Tube Screamers, a Friedman BE-OD, a ToneKing Duellist, and a Suhr Eclipse. I typically have to keep all these pedals’ “Volume” or “level” parameters at around 4 to stay at unity, and anything beyond that radically increases volume output relative to the clean tone coming out of amp, whether I’m using a clean boost or not. I am trying to get a similar effect on Helix Stadium so my rhythm and lead distortion sounds can be around 2 or 4 dB louder without the use of gain blocks for each pedal (this is also because of the DSP usage of the clones).

The “level” knobs on distortion models don’t usually seem to audibly increase the relative levels of the clean tone and the distortion sound. This is particularly noticeable to me on pedals like the Heir Apparent or the Green 808. Beyond unity, there might be a decibel or two of relative increase but more likely it’ll just sound very squashed and compressed, almost like I’m hitting a limiter.

The Proxy clones I’ve made of my pedals behave similarly, though the lower gain captures can be pushed past unity further to get noticeable dB increases. But a high gain capture (for instance of my Suhr eclipse) will compress and stuff without really increasing the relative level compared to the clean tone I have dialed. I can turn Post Gain on the Clone block up to 10 and it’ll only be a dB or so louder on the output meter in both my Native DAW plugin as well as the Stadium XL.

The behavior is present on most clean amps—my default tone is the Deluxe 2x12.

For what it’s worth I had similar issues with the pedal models on the Quad Cortex, but the post gain parameter on the “captures” on that device behaved exactly as I wanted—small increases beyond unity position radically increased output volume relative to clean tone level. But the fact that I struggled with the simulated models on that device too makes me wonder if I’m not understanding something about gain staging or proper leveling at other parts of the chain, or the simulated behavior of the amps.

Any ideas?

Hi there!

I guess many of us have seen reverse engineering in videogames. This idea came to me (despite having no knowledge of programming or anything related), but is it possible to break the Helix code and use the hardware to process NAM files and third party plugins as well as the existing FX and blocks from the Helix firmware?

It would be a revolutionary update to be able to use the Helix hardware as some kind of DAW with whatever plugins you wanted coexisting with the native firmware of Helix.

What do you think about this?

Que puedo hacer para que la pod go cargue completamente, ya ponle poniéndole la última actualización, ya la desarme y la arme otra vez.

Que más puedo hacer para solucionar esto

My band is starting to run clicks and backings after I picked up a Stadium recently. I've got a ton of songs done, and we did our first practice last night (I tried them out on my own).

My first question is: Within Showcase, there is a "Count In" feature that I can't select. Is this available yet, coming in a future update, or am I doing something wrong? I can see it there, but when I turn the knob, nothing changes.

Second question: When I set up the backing tracks, I made sure to leave 2 measures of space before anyone comes in to compensate for not being able to use the "Count In" feature. However, when I click play (with a market to start click when I hit play), it's like it skips two beats before the click comes in. So rather than counting in: 1, 2, 3, 4 - 1, 2, 3, 4 it is more like: 3, 4, - 1, 2, 3, 4. This is throwing everyone off. Is there a fix for that or am I doing something wrong?

I do not currently have any screenshots or soundbites, but I can repost this if needed. Hoping someone already knows what I'm refering to.

I’ve tried plugging my phone into the send or return ports and added the Send 1 setting in the signal chain as well as tried the returns. Can’t get anything to work. Somebody please help or tell me I’m wasting my time lol

My band is starting to run clicks and backings after I picked up a Stadium recently. I've got a ton of songs done, and we did our first practice last night (I tried them out on my own).

My first question is: Within Showcase, there is a "Count In" feature that I can't select. Is this available yet, coming in a future update, or am I doing something wrong? I can see it there, but when I turn the knob, nothing changes.

Second question: When I set up the backing tracks, I made sure to leave 2 measures of space before anyone comes in to compensate for not being able to use the "Count In" feature. However, when I click play (with a market to start click when I hit play), it's like it skips two beats before the click comes in. So rather than counting in: 1, 2, 3, 4 - 1, 2, 3, 4 it is more like: 3, 4, - 1, 2, 3, 4. This is throwing everyone off. Is there a fix for that or am I doing something wrong?

I do not currently have any screenshots or soundbites, but I can repost this if needed. Hoping someone already knows what I'm refering to.

So i tried making tone like Dean Lamb's from his video with Nick Hill. I heard that Helix that Lamb used is the same as my Hx stomp Xl sound wise, so i tried recreating it like in the video with Badonk and XXL cabs and mine is not sounding any similar. Doesn't have enough crunch, sounds too digital. I use Seymour Duncan Jupiter rail 7 string pickup. I tried tweaking ins/outs on my Hx Stomp Xl yet I dont get any similar results. If anyone has any tips or solutions feel free to sugest them.

https://youtu.be/JeazDvmbiY0?si=zde8NZ07gvSLBW91