Andy unknowingly wrote a new Rush album in this demo.

Andy is, has, and always will be the MAN when it comes to demoing Effects. Great Job Andy !!!

This is what I want. I love the idea of the Helix, but I don't need a bajillion amp tones. I'd really only buy it for its effects catalogue, so spending so much money on it to get something I don't need doesn't appeal to me.

Now, Andy knows how to do demos. Him & Brett Kingman & Harry Maes, are 3 of the best on KZfaq. Come on Henning, try some of the guy's for the next Guitcon. The 1st Guitcon was awesome. This should sell like Bananas, Sounds really good..

In short, if you have an amp you love, and a pedal board that works, you can add this in and never want for another sound or tone again... Line 6... You may be on to something great here! I use my HD500x for just effects now, and this is a huge leap forward. I think you folks at Line 6 have been listening.

he's smiling, he likes it :) that's the best recommendation from Andy, I guess I need to get one now...

Very clear demo. Thank you man!

Ok, this actually sounds really really good. I guess I'm gonna save up for this one.

It's nice to see Andy with a posh Suhr guitar (he totally deserves because he is an amazing player) but I kinda miss the nostalgia accent of old guitars (especially the Hagstrom!).

Just ordered one of these. Cannot wait for it to arrive!!! So excited!!!!

Great demo. Love it

i am like 75% on getting this. have always been a fan of their modulation, delays and verbs. combining that with the preset and signal flow options at a $600 price point is off da chain.

i might buy this and sell off my expensive pedals for beer hahahah

Andy! Is that a cover of Built to Spill's Things Fall Apart at the end?! It sure sounds inspired by it at the very least! If so, you're my hero!

I have had the HX for about a year. I also have a board with some of the actual boxes emulated (Klon, Fender Reverb Unit, Slow Gear, PN-2, DM-2). It sounds very good but L6 support is terrible and it won’t channel switch my Soldano. Even sent it L6 and they said they fixed it and it doesn’t work. Good for taking to places you wouldn’t want an expensive board and easy to move.

Oh I want! 🔥🔥🔥 this is so good.

The Modulation effects sound incredible. I am less taken with the drive effects. They sound like a pedal to me. But maybe in a room, through an amp the drive effects are more convincing. What is the length limit of the looper? ..and what is that tele in the first part of the demo? Sounds great!

What is the great tune in the background starting at 1:04? I am also wondering what effects are on it to get that sound (sounds like a deep vibrato). Great demo as always - Thanks!

I see most of his reverbs in this video are the old Legacy reverbs. I have tried all of the newer verbs and they all sound gritty and modulated. I find myself never using the new ones. I love Legacy Plate a lot and Legacy Hall. I can use them very wet and they still sound good. For ambient and lush though, I use a Strymon Blue Sky. SO MUCH BETTER!

I use my Digitech GSP1101 exactly for this: Virtual stompboxes in front of my real tube head. Multi FX, Wah, Compressor, Noisegate, EQ in the effects loop. All in one unit. Advantage of this: Only one CAT5 cable to front of stage (Control 2 floorboard, phantom powered). Disadvantage: No amp switching without additional device, stompboxes can't boost. This new Line6 is very similar and like a prototype for future modellers: They will model everything, but not the tube sound. That will come from devices like the Synergy Syn-2. What i don't like about the Line6 is that it is in pedal form and needs multiple cables run to front of stage and it does not have a wah pedal. The BIG question about it is: Is the send jack behind the fuzz pedals able to boost the input of the a tube amp, like real pedals can? If not, this is not really a step forward and my Digitech can stay where it is, i just switch the amp model section to "external amp" and it does the same. It seems strange to me that this kind of use for modellers is the best idea ever to get the best of both worlds and make any amp multi channel, but no company does it right. Wether it lacks true bypass or the virtual overdrive pedals can't boost, or the sheer amount of cables, power supplies and expression pedals immediately give me back my stompbox-park feeling, or the damn amp switch is missing - the perfect digital device to "wrap around" my tube head via 4 cable method has not been made yet.

That sounds versitile and good presentation

this is the solution to kemper's lack of effects

Imagine this thing put into the FX loop on a Helix that you already have. That's at least 20 different effects.

Hi ! I was wondering what makes the Nova so great ? The unit is quite old ... is there something very special about it ? I am considering buying it but what when comparing with line 6 hx Effects ?

Hey, I’ve got a couple questions. 1) Are you able to have it so when you select a different button, it automatically turns the previous one off instead of having 2 effects on at once? 2) Can you set presets to turn on/off your actual physical pedals too like a looper button would?

Andy is so good.

Creativity oozes out from him.

im guessing theres an expression pedal that can be bought separately...

I have used line 6 for so many years , From Verbzilla & Echo park pedals to M-13 , that one is a work horse! My question - can one get the "Steel String" clone effect of the dumble on the HX ? I have the HX and rather than torture myself with the overdrive section which btw , They should lower all the gain@ the factory , unless you enjoy loud 4 feet away from your ears while trying to find a suitable overdrive .ha ha its crazy ! thank you , you always do great demos ,good for you :)

Not convinced re: the fuzz but otherwise this thing sounds amazing.

That Classic S sounds really good... Modulations from the unit are really luscious as well. This will sell a TON. At $599, IR hosting capability alone is worth the price of admission. Add in the amp channel switching, lots and lots of possibility. You could design a pedalboard that can be used with your regular amp rig (mono or stereo) or a direct rig with a preamp of some sort.

What are the cords to that opening riff? Is it a A/D/G with some hammer-ons?

Wow, does it do intelligent pitch shifting n octave stuff too? Really just overwhelmed with the awesome products this year!! Haha

I create tracks all day... and used to use Pod Farm 2 to go thru hundreds of cool presets looking for inspiration for the next part I was tracking. There were so many cool fx chains (and song/artist styles) people made to download free, so there were hundreds of tones/sounds I would have never dialed in that I could use. Now I'd like to add something on my studio pedalboard ...to add that kind of variety of pre-made flavors I could use for my recordings. Does the HX Effect allow me to load up a bunch of presets like that... and do they still offer a forum to find & download for HX Effects? I use a Kemper for most amp tones now so that part is not needed. Thanks!

Anyone have any idea, will this thing switch the channels on my carol ann three channels amp? The footswitch is broke.

Ok, it's right on the tip of my tongue and probably something obvious...but what is the tune starting at about 0:38???

Can we compare all line 6 multiple effects peadals please

One thing I'm not sure of,does it feature the same quality audio/algorithms of the high end Helix models or is more like say the m9/m13 end(which I already have and wish to upgrade in FX audio quality)

Can you route the effects differently? Drives and fuzzes to the front and modulation and spade to the loop?

Dang Andy!!! Nice playing!!!

I didn’t quite understand the bit about it modeling transistors and being able to recreate your favorite drive pedals. Can you tweak things down to the transistor level?

What color is that Suhr and is it satin? (2:53)

Wow! Never heard phaser and delay before! I think they really have something here..

This may be the answer! Maybe you’ll know this...I just bought the orange rocker 32 and am running stereo thru the fx loop. With this allow me to run some thru the front of the amp (drives, comp etc) and then stereo from the back of the amp?

I am really interested in buying this unit to use in front of a clean Fender HRD (my go-to amp for clean tone, that I use at least 50% of the time). My big concern is: does the Helix HX changes the basic tone of the amp when bypassed? Or should I use a buffer, specific settings, change the amp EQ etc?

it's like a refreshed M Series. cooooool

Wow those Fuzzes sound way better than the ones in the Axe Fx 2. I know I have had one for around 4-5 years and I can't get them to sound that good.

Real talk I just discovered the Particle Verb on my old HD400 and it's killing me that I cant find a good alternative to go on my actual pedal board. It's such a great, usable sound.

I love mine 🤘🏼

Does anyone know, if this unit will incorporate the trippy ambient reverb patches of the Helix ?

Really like my hx effects. You have to spend some time with it, but it’s worth it. But hey, line 6, it wouldn’t put you out of buisness to put a few amp modelers in the next update!

Nice demo, enough to get me to go and have a look because it did leave me with lots of questions. Not the least of it which is.... exactly how is he picking? He appears to be holding one, the strings sound like they are being hit with a lock but he goes into finger picking without seemingly stashing a pick and goes back to picking as effortlessly... is he using a pick?

I'm curious about the looper -- max loop time?

Hi guys I got a question about the HX? I just bought one and to me it's rocket science!!! I just want to have some reverbs,delays,some modulation and that's about it!! No OD ,distortion,fuzz or nothing!! I like the overdrive and distortion on my Orange rockerverb 50c mkiii... Should I just run this through the front of my amp like a regular pedalboard?? Or in the effects loop?? Also I tried the 4 cable method!! No knobs on my amp work now!! No volume,channel switching!! Is 4 cable method better sounding??? I need help??? I already read the manual!!! Any help would be appreciated 👍

what did you use for the synth string effect @ 5:45?

I'll wait and see if regular guitarists can get good dirt sounds out of it, I'm not taking Andy's word for it! I guess you could put your amp in the fx loop of the pedal and have pre/post fx on the go?

Will this sound good through a 15watt tube amp or is it designed to be played through a PA type setup

This is awesome

this all sounds really good.... but i doubt I'd ever buy. There's something about the history of classic effects pedals that I just love. There's so much history in a little phase 90 or a classic big muff that i just prefer that. I also would never buy a kindle.

Just pushed a turd out that made my hair on the back of neck stand up. Thanks Andy.

4:38 has me groovin so hard right now!

Apparently univibe, just as particular drives, is REALLY tough to emulate, 'cause I am yet to see anybody doing it properly. I have Kemper and univibe there is just horrendous. This one is better, but just a tiny bit. The rest of effects sounded really decent to my ears.

How would you use this with an expression pedal?

How is this different than the M-series of effects?

Who makes the guitars please? I would love to know who made each?

Whats the first song he plays?

Does this have amp/preamp sims also or only effects?

Wow 😱

As a Swiss Army knife type of thing where you might need just one specialist sound here and there this works. Will it replace my main pedals? Er, no!

Any tone loss in 4 cable method?

M13???

“Front of house routing”. Could you use this without an amp then?

But, it isn't available on reverb.com as you suggest in the vid, Andy.

But does it djent?

Andy could make playing a rubber band strung garbage can sound like Lez Zeppelin live at the Royal Albert Hall. Question - does the HX effects contain all the new pedals with 2.8 software release and will that be the case for future software releases? I realize amp and cab modeling wouldn't apply to the HX but I'm talking about pedals and potential other future greats. HINT LINE 6 - Please copy half of Catalinbread and Earthquakers pedal catalog for your next update ...

Can I use it with an acoustic guitar?

Remember when the POD first came out and people lost it because modeling sounded so "good"? In a couple of years we might all laugh at how bad these FX sound by future standards. PS: Future humans, if you're reading this, we apparently haven't melted earth yet... So, do we live on frickin Mars already!? How do guitars sound in that thin atmosphere?

Did Andy get another job?

Line6 still can't figure out how to get rid of that "limiter on all the time" sound/feel to their stuff, even when bypassed!

But that power cable 😓

its like new version of m9

Does it have amp models?

replacing the m series i guess.

Farewell m9

Is me or the effects sound tinny..thin...I was going to get one but having second thoughts..

so.....its like M9 and all that but updated in a way?

Fractals FX pedal just got demolished

Multi effects don't have to sound bad. The Boss ME series is pretty great because it behaves like stompboxes. Line 6 is just really hit and miss with a lot of their products.

sounds a bit harsh and digital, but great playing (as always).

Andy one of these days imma teach you how to play with a pick

Only liked the tremolo. I hate all that delayed crap.

Too much clean channels as all brands sound good at that.. even when I bought the first one ever made digi 2000 20 yrs ago

89

the fuzz at approx 7;59 sounds total crap. the effects are thin, and nothing like the real thing. disappointed, still a long way to go before the digital tones sound and feel like the real thing.

This actually turned out to be a downgrade from my Boss me80. The fuzzes are absolutely hideous !

I honestly really wana like it. But it doesn't sound good. Bummer.

Interesting the even Andy can't really make this sound good ... I have Pods from XT bean to HD Pro Rack - but with so many great new pedals avaialble now it's not really possible for one company to nail everything. I hear improvements in the modeling, but not the wow factor i'm hearing in many or Andy's other demos of seperate pedals.

That fuzz sounded terrible.

Cool, but it's line 6...

Only Andy could make one of these stupid multi-effects units sound cool.