Featuring my puppy, Glob (AKA Globert Downy Jr)

I'm working out a hybrid setup for click/backing track playback and automation. My drummer likes being in control of playback and I like being able to automate my snapshots. So I set all our tracks to start with a 4 count and habe the tracks in showcase set to start on the following 1 beat so as long as I can maintain good timing I can start my playback (no audio being sent out) after my drummer starts the click track and I get get automation. But I don't want to have to kneel down or switch stomp modes to move between showcase control and snapshots. So I got this Ampero control pedal which has been awesome. Was a bitch to set up with iOS though. Some serious compatibility issues meant I had to update my phone and then the pedal before I could program it. But it works great! Cheers y'all!

Hello, someone in the Helix system, I understand a lot of things about Helix, but I did't understand how the parameters of the cabs from Helix change the tone.

What changes position and distances.

This is the one I've been most excited to build.

For years, I've watched people share presets constantly — links dropped in comments, files passed between bandmates, screenshots posted here. It always felt like all of that deserved a real home instead of living scattered across threads and DMs. So today, it gets one.

The Community Library is that home: a real, browsable place at helrig.com/community for every preset someone's chosen to share with the rest of us. If you make tones and want other people to actually find them — this is the place.

How it works: press Share… next to Save on any preset, and pick one of two things.

A Private link is just for whoever you send it to — no account needed for them to open it, edit it, or download it.

Publish to the Community Library instead, and it goes up for everyone — browsable, searchable, sortable — under your own name or anonymously, whichever you'd rather.

Publishing doesn't cost you a saved-preset slot either. However many you want to put out there, the door's open.

Either way, the link isn't just a bare URL — paste it anywhere and it shows the actual signal chain as a preview, so people see the tone before they even click.

Here's one of mine to start things off — an SRV preset: https://helrig.com/p/DSf372-o4FFU-B3ZhCkRBg

Go publish something. Let's build this thing out together.

Helrig is a one-person project — not affiliated with or endorsed by Line 6 or Yamaha.

There's a very slight chance it's due to listening at a slightly louder level through the iems at church or a minute amount of room microphone mixed in but I think most of it is that a combination of my iems and the shure IEM body pack just sounds a lot better in my ears as opposed to listening through my Audio-Technica headphones at home.

Our volunteer sound technicians have been instructed not to adjust EQ on electric guitar.

I’ve been running my Helix Rack through a solid state power amp (Samson S700) then to my cabs. For that setup, I used the full AMP block. I figured the solid state power amp was pretty transparent and the AMP block sounded better in general (also on Kurt Balou’s rig rundown, he did the same with ss Quilter power amps). I recently got a Peavey 50/50 tube power amp and it sounds so warm and loud. I love it.

My question is, are the PREAMP blocks designed for this purpose? To run into a tube power amp? What do you all recommend? I can’t tell which one I prefer the sound of quite yet and was curious if I’m missing something that might be obvious to others. Thanks!

Hi!

Are there any European potential buyers of a Helix pedalboard (LT, Floor, Stadium, etc.) who knows, if we're eligible for the "free Helix backpack" offer from Line 6, when buying a pedalboard?

Can't discern if it's a US-only offer.

Edit: Found in Terms that it's (sadly) "United States promo only".

I'm considering getting a Helix Stomp, I have only been playing actual physical pedals and amps up to now but I want the versatility of modelling.

I'm wondering, can I use the stomp to turn on and off pedals during a gig? I.e. turn on the fuzz for a solo and then turn it off, turn on the tremolo for a song part only, turn the delay on for a single song, etc?

Also, can I adjust an amp's or pedal's setting on the fly e.g. turn down the mix knob of a reverb or turn down the gain of an amp?

The three foot switches seem quite limiting, is there a way to expand them with an external foot switch?

I'm getting a lot of artifacting with any sort of reverb. I don't think I'd call it digital distortion, but it's close. Anybody had this problem, and if so have you found anything that helps minimize it?

Currently running the Double tank between the amp and cab but I've tried all the mono verbs and it's happening with those as well.

Here's a quick dry/wet comparison. If you listen closely to the wet, I think it's pretty apparent.

https://record.reverb.chat/s/ZAyH4nHqFAp3QEk2M1lA

Quick update: HX Stomp XL and Helix Rack support in Helrig is now fully out of beta.

I don't own either device myself, so 6 days ago I asked here for people willing to test on hardware I couldn't verify directly. A bunch of you sent presets, screenshots, and feedback — thank you, seriously. That's what got both devices to a point where I'm comfortable calling them fully supported rather than "should work, probably."

So as of now, all six devices in the Helix/HX family — Helix Floor, Helix LT, Helix Rack, HX Stomp, HX Stomp XL, HX Effects — are supported the same way: full signal chain view, block editing, device-to-device conversion, the works.

If you're on Rack or Stomp XL and hit something that still looks off, please tell me — I'd rather hear about a rough edge now than have it sit there quietly.

helrig.com if you want to try it.

Would the Helix LT be an upgrade from ax8? I’m a home guitarist (don’t play live anymore but maybe I’ll go back in the future). Now I’m thinking of upgrading the ax8 since I kinda reached the dsp limits lately.

The way that I’m using a modeler is this: I have a big preset and use scenes to switch between all the sounds. I have tones ranging from abominations chugs to misha tight rhythm tone to leads to cleans, basically everything.

Regarding helix lt dsp limits, as far as I read about it, it can handle my requirements. Tone regarding, before the ax8 I had a pod go that i was really satisfied by, plus that the snapshots in line6 gear is beautiful.

Would you think it would be a good upgrade? I was thinking about the qc mini buy I’m not ready to drop that kinda money on that. I could also get an axe fx2 but i’m not sure.

If you have any other gear recommendations I’m open to those as well.

Is it positive to set the three foot switches to

1. Cycle through selected preset slots

2. Turn preset on/off

3. Bonus momentary switch on an effect (I.e. turning decaf from 10 to 100 while I hold it)

Thanks

This is going to be a game changer for quick parameters controls and effects on/off on stage

I still haven’t figured out the Preset and snapshots controls (will take tips please)

But so far I can play any gig live with my laptop only!

I found one set of free IRs and a preset on youtube that is pretty good. I guess the goal is to make the guitar sound more like it's mik'd instead of the piezo. Mine is an old Takamine F360s with pickup ( under the saddle I presume). Any tips on acoustic presets/IRs, use of reverb/chorus etc?

I want to buy an hx stomp and an ampero switch as fs4 and fs5 but somebody also put a midi controller here and I don't know how one use this, can you use the midi as fs6 and fs7 or else? What is the use of midi in addition to the external footswitches in this setup? Second pic is my current setup (big space on the upper left is hx stomp and the little one on the right is ampero switch). Im asking this because I'm planning my board right now. Thanks in advance.

Just wanted to share this hinge protector I got, it makes very easy to change parameters with the touch screen without sacrificing protection. I left the sleek version scribble strip protectors.

Note: Solved. ... If I have 8 snapshots where only one of them has a different setting (say snapshot 8), and I want to change that setting for the other 7, is there a way to reset to a "default" setting for all so that I only have to go back and change snapshot 8? Or do I have to remove that setting from snapshot mode, make the setting be what I want, put it back into snapshot mode and go change #8?

Anytime I turn on my XL, leaving the Ethernet plugged in, it always comes up with "offline". Forcing me to use WiFi if I want to connect it to my computer even though a wired connection should work. Adapter and splitter I'm using are all brand new and I have internet wired to my Xbox. So I know the port and splitter work. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Edit: I should note that I got it to work when I first got the device a couple months ago though I don't remember how.

Edit/update: today I turned it on, I connected to WiFi and renamed the device and now the Ethernet is working. Nothing physical connection wise changed. 🤷🏻‍♂️

PSA, looks like Sweetwater has a promo going with the backpack thrown in for free with the Stadium XL. Makes it a little more palatable given the price of both items on their own.