Best prices currently:
Full Fat £1039
Lite £777
But.. Word is when Helix Native is released it will cost full fat owners $99 (~£77) and Lite owners $299 (~£233) ..
With VAT thats about £92 and £279 respectively
Assuming the a Helix owner wants to invest eventually in the whole shebang
For the hardware and software combined packaged we're looking at approx
Full Fat => £1039 + £92 = £1131
vs
Lite => £777 + £279 = £1056
So a typical difference of £75!
So what would you go for?
(pronounced: equal-sequel) "I suffered for my art.. now it's your turn"
Comments
It really should be the same as full fat helix users
I can see no actual rationale for the discrepancy .
LT users still get some discount, just not as much as full fat users. There aren't any stats on how much cheaper it is to produce the LT. It's possible that the answer is not as much as we'd think, hence recovering more from the plugin price might make sense. But for anyone who doesn't want to buy the Plugin there's a decent saving on the HW at new prices
After all it's not like the LT is THAT much cheaper
and by the same logic Rack users with the dloor board should get it free
What is 'Native'?
Can someone explain it in caveman terms please?
I take it that's different to just connecting the helix to the computer and having it all that way.
Do you mean on the PC without the helix connected?
(I should say here that I really do make Fred Flintstone look intelligent! )
Given that I would be at the max-out point of my budget..
If you had the choice of going for a brand-new full fat floor version, or a used (gigged) rack version with controller and expression pedal, for the same dosh... Which would you choose?
Are there any caveats regarding the software licenses?
Owning the LT, there's nothing I wish it had that the full fat has and I don't have any interest (at the moment) in the native plugin.
Also if they're the same price more-or-less then I have a strong personal preference for shiny and new, which I know is a bit irrational.
There was one sold on Ebay last week.. I think it was £750 Buy it now.
A shop listed one not long later for over a grand as... Box opened.
Just have to keep your eyes open i suppose.
I thought Id prefer the screen coloured mode (performance is it ??) that is unique to the LT. as it happened, I prefer the scribble strips and 10 assignment option.
Both sound identical ans are tremendous value for money.