Are the Helix Synths the Best in the Modeling World? [Probably?]

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Are the Helix Synths the Best in the Modeling World? [Probably?]

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This morning I wanted to make some non-guitar sounds for a bit, so that meant delving into some of the dustier parts of the helix - the legacy synth section. In here, my favourites are the Attack Synth and the Octi-Synth - do any other modelers have the variety of synth based tones that the Helix offers? Have I missed one?
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@TLMuse Жыл бұрын

That attack synth patch in the intro, and your choice of lines and phrasing, reminded me a bit of Pat Metheny's synth work on "Are you going with me?". Nice! -Tom

@deanandthebeans857 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for shining light on a hitherto neglected corner of what this amazing machine can do - great sounds!

@randyclere2330 Жыл бұрын

love the Helix, using some great synth sounds. this is a great video! Im running my Chapman Stick through the Helix... I can run both melody side and bass side of the Stick through the Helix. I have a synth on both sides. This video REALLY helped me dial in some Joe Zawinul lead synths tones and some great pads!

@dustsculpture Жыл бұрын

The poly effects beebo has a bunch load of synth modules, step sequencer and a looper ofcourse.

@geoffwaggott1110 Жыл бұрын

Interesting stuff as always! The HX family do have some very usable mono synth sounds. I've had some better results using a Boss SY-200 in one of the HX Stomp's fx loops, great for putting some pads behind the guitar as well as fat lead sounds. I'm now playing around with a Boss SY-1000 now, which is a very capable modeller even though it focuses mainly on the synth stuff. BTW I now have a SY-200 for sale if anyone in the UK is interested.

@kyran4238 Жыл бұрын

Ever synth I followed you I have gotten more from my helix

@PondoSinatra680 Жыл бұрын

The Helix is the best thing synth sliced bread.

@kyran4238 Жыл бұрын

@@PondoSinatra680 this is better than mine 👏👏👏

@AaronNGBnTech 10 ай бұрын

Good one

@sjsphotog 4 ай бұрын

good one ;P

@canyondepths Жыл бұрын

I've been using Jam Origin's MIDI Guitar 2.0 plugin for a few years now. You can play chords with it. It is a plug-in, that allows you to play software synths in your DAW. It tracks OK. Usually I have to go back and take a few minutes to edit/clean up the MIDI tracks it generates from my guitar playing.

@johnnathancordy Жыл бұрын

Midi Guitar 2.0 is awesome, I'm looking forward to seeing what they cook up in the new release!

@lchown1813 Жыл бұрын

Maybe the next step for Line 6 is a combination of the Helix plus a bigger synth presence, otherwise where will they go from here....I look forward to that marriage. I always look forward to checking out your Helix patches. I'm sure you are going to reach critical mass with the Helix in the not to distant future, but for now it's still interesting. I really enjoy your little musical excursions at the beginning of some of your vids....The" Dial In Neo Guitar Sounds" one, and the "You Need this Joe Bonmassa and Eric Johnson Inspired Tones" and the "Friedman BEOD- Best Marshall Tones" intros you did were great and I am using them for practice all the time lately....Thx!

@sjsphotog 4 ай бұрын

great studd JNC. Very Holdsworth -like. Keep it up. you rock!

@user-zo2qh8to1h 3 ай бұрын

This sounds awesome

@omegasunn Жыл бұрын

So I wanted a synth pedal, and was also looking at a new distortion and some different reverbs too. All the while thinking of how I'd route it all and what switcher I'd need to get to prevent me tap dancing all over the place! Now I'm thinking just to get a HX STOMP! Thanks for the great videos. I have been putting off getting a modeller as I feel learning to use it will be a bit daunting, but this unit could clear a lot of my current board AND prevent GAS (at least for a little while!).

@picksalot1 Жыл бұрын

John, could you do a video on how to get good/authentic sounding Bass Guitar tones from a regular guitar by using an HX Stomp and other Modelers? There's going to be a good natured battle between bassist, Charles Berthoud and guitarist, Bernth who made his guitar sound remarkably Bass-like by Pitch Shifting his guitar and running it through a Bass Plugin. Can we get such realistic Bass sounds directly from our Modelers? Thanks

@Art-zs6sl Жыл бұрын

I really like the EH Key series. K9 is so much fun.

@GJSolo Жыл бұрын

Is there enough DSP to split your signal and use a Soft Synth ➡️ Vol Pedal ➡️ Delay/Verb to create a pad behind a clean guitar?

@theSpiritofSeep Жыл бұрын

Hey my friend! Fantastic! How did you get that beautiful synth sound you shredded with in the beginning?

@rajanchelliah8675 8 ай бұрын

Does your Gum road General pack have these synth tones? The're absolutely gorgeous

@JamesJLaRue Жыл бұрын

Since these are in the legacy area, if all I wanted was the synth block stuff, would the M5 do all the sounds in the HX Stomp? Or is there anything other than what was in the legacy products?

@its_lucos 6 ай бұрын

wondering if these are part of any of your packs?

@bryantwalley Жыл бұрын

You think the Line6 team will ever give us the Miku?

@ensignbarabus Жыл бұрын

We can hope!

@GabrielFingolo Жыл бұрын

John, is there any chance you get back to make boss gt1000 core videos again? got one recently,and there is not much interesting content! Alredy managed to get good tones, but there i think it's a very needy comunity (very different from helix)

@timjx3675 Жыл бұрын

Which synth model matches the VH Jump synth ?

@asdas-hg9uq 5 ай бұрын

hi, is this available in helix lt also?

@Musicman3832 3 ай бұрын

This reminds me of Robert Fripp lol 😆

@vio4jesus 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. I do not think the tracking in the Helix is as good as the Axe Fx is. Also.... for foot switch generated notes; I wish you could add an LFO or something to modulate it a little over time to give it a more live feel.

@GrantFunkyFrabe 7 ай бұрын

Add some chorus

@iambear.6526 9 ай бұрын

Does it have polyphonic synth options?

@GrantFunkyFrabe 7 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sire they do. But if not, you can always add a block like smart harmony yes.

@vg99 Жыл бұрын

The best guitar synths in the modelling world are still the ones from Roland 1) The VG 99 - still the king 2) The GR 55 3) The SY 1000

@shitmandood Жыл бұрын

But aren't they discontinued??

@vg99 Жыл бұрын

The SY 1000 , GR 55 and GP 10 are still in production. The SY 1000 introduced three years ago is their flagship product

@shitmandood Жыл бұрын

@@vg99 Strange considering you never hear anything about them anymore. I could've saved $1300 if I'd just bought an HX Stomp. Instead, I bought a Jamstik for the synth stuff, a Bias Mini for my amp head, and a Plethora X5. Had I bought the Stomp instead, I wouldn't have needed all of that.