Line 6 Helix HX effects unit leaked....

Cabicular

gibsongretschfan said:

Cabicular said:

gibsongretschfan said:

It’s still missing a MIAB HX drive pedal model.

The BE may get you there

Thought that was an amp model?

It is
i got confused about which thread I was on

gearaddict

mattismetal said:

Question helix users, I'm very Interested in this. One of my amps, orange th30 has a clean channel that for me always breaks up too early....

Really?! Are you in Disaster Area? I tried to get my TH30 clean channel to break up once and now my house is at the bottom of the garden.

gearaddict

Looking at the sweetwater vid...this looks really nice. For my simple needs the way the various functions are displayed in the scribble strip screens as you edit them actually makes it look like it would be easier to edit than the LT I had. No joy stick to accidentally hit! Yay! And because the amp modelling isn't there I wouldn't be tempted to disappear down that particular rabbit hole. I know it seems mad to say that having less functionality would make something better but for me I think it really would...
Interested.

Musicman20

Is it really £540?! 

Cabicular

Musicman20 said:

Is it really £540?! 

See earlier on
unlikely that will be the street price

gibsongretschfan

Cabicular said:

Musicman20 said:

Is it really £540?! 

See earlier on
unlikely that will be the street price

Still cheaper than an H9 Max

sweepy

I seriously doubt that it would be even in the same ballpark sonically as the H9 tbh but if they can do it for £450 I think Line 6 could have a hit on their hands

Wazmeister

gearaddict said:

mattismetal said:

Question helix users, I'm very Interested in this. One of my amps, orange th30 has a clean channel that for me always breaks up too early....

Really?! Are you in Disaster Area? I tried to get my TH30 clean channel to break up once and now my house is at the bottom of the garden.

@gearaddict - I did genuinely laugh at that mate. Brilliant

meltedbuzzbox

sweepy said:

I seriously doubt that it would be even in the same ballpark sonically as the H9 tbh but if they can do it for £450 I think Line 6 could have a hit on their hands

They are different animals.
Based on owning a helix and a h9 I would say the h9 can do everything the helix can, singular effect for singular effect. Obviously being able to engage 8 effects at once is something the h9 can't do.
However the h9 has a wealth of patches/algorithms the helix simply doesn't have. 

mattismetal

gearaddict said:

mattismetal said:

Question helix users, I'm very Interested in this. One of my amps, orange th30 has a clean channel that for me always breaks up too early....

Really?! Are you in Disaster Area? I tried to get my TH30 clean channel to break up once and now my house is at the bottom of the garden.

Ha, well I suppose I should have clarified I meant sparkly cleans! It is damned loud.

Teetonetal

meltedbuzzbox said:

sweepy said:

I seriously doubt that it would be even in the same ballpark sonically as the H9 tbh but if they can do it for £450 I think Line 6 could have a hit on their hands

They are different animals.
Based on owning a helix and a h9 I would say the h9 can do everything the helix can, singular effect for singular effect. Obviously being able to engage 8 effects at once is something the h9 can't do.
However the h9 has a wealth of patches/algorithms the helix simply doesn't have. 

See, what you want to do is stick an H9 in the loop of the HXFX, control it via midi, use the pre/post routing and you have an fx behemoth. 

John_A

meltedbuzzbox said:

sweepy said:

I seriously doubt that it would be even in the same ballpark sonically as the H9 tbh but if they can do it for £450 I think Line 6 could have a hit on their hands

They are different animals.
Based on owning a helix and a h9 I would say the h9 can do everything the helix can, singular effect for singular effect. Obviously being able to engage 8 effects at once is something the h9 can't do.
However the h9 has a wealth of patches/algorithms the helix simply doesn't have. 

This does way more than a H9 and the H9 is £600. The format with 6 switched, and the way it integrates with an amp means one of these and an amp is your complete rig.  For those who insist on a 'real' amp it looks great

english_bob

mattismetal said:

Question helix users, I'm very Interested in this. One of my amps, orange th30 has a clean channel that for me always breaks up too early. Are there any effects in this that could double as a sort of clean preamp that I could use in four cable method?

In theory at least, you could put the preamp section of your amp in to one of the loops on the HXFX (loop send to amp input, effects loop send to loop return on the HXFX, then HXFX output to the amp's loop return), then bypass the loop for your clean sounds. You'd probably need some sort of EQ or preamp model in place of the amp- Helix doesn't have anything like it at the moment AFAIK, but there's a studio preamp model on the M-series effects that should be on the HXFX.

StefB

£449 at GuitarGuitar, total steal in my opinion - https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/180122321373008--line-6-helix-effects

digitalscream

StefB said:

£449 at GuitarGuitar, total steal in my opinion - https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/180122321373008--line-6-helix-effects

Yeah, that's much more like it.

John_A

StefB said:

£449 at GuitarGuitar, total steal in my opinion - https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/180122321373008--line-6-helix-effects

That's cheap if you ask me   If only it could run an amp block, it's the perfect size.

BRISTOL86

digitalscream said:

StefB said:

£449 at GuitarGuitar, total steal in my opinion - https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/180122321373008--line-6-helix-effects

Yeah, that's much more like it.

I like the ‘was £540, SAVE MONEY NOW!’ when it’s never even been on sale  

Aidanspaghetti

It should be the new industry standard I reckon. Smart move on Line6’s behalf. It’ll be interesting to see what PCs up on the classifieds now! Great time to be a buyer!

gearaddict

StefB said:

£449 at GuitarGuitar, total steal in my opinion - https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/180122321373008--line-6-helix-effects

Woof. Nice. I'm guessing that'll be the street price generally then.

When is it out? Anyone know?

dindude

I'm gonna get one for sure...