I too was the impulse all the way party guy till 3.5, then I completely stopped downloading IRs on the internet entirely and stuck with the stock cabs since. I also do use a parametric EQ at the end of my signal chain, but it's not the problem with the Helix modeling because that is also what happens in the real world with real recording of all of these 3 grand and up dollar amps as well. That's just what happens when microphones are involved and miked up amp tones is what modelers are modeling in the frist place. And who cares if Helix is out dated? it does almost everything that every guitarist needs on stage and recording session. People say that only to justify their immature spending habits.

I just bought Total Studio 4 max, and I hate this GUI and navigation. It's too cluttered. Amplitube 5 is a waaaaay better GUI and navigation. I don't spend 2 hours playing with an interface. That's time better spent creating music. Tonex max👎

Hey Jason do you know what measurement the input volume on the plug in is in comparison to the input on pedal?

Quad sounds like helix

Lots of great, free profiles at Tonehunt. Some bad ones, too, but that's the nature of things.

Someone needs to make an FM9 equivalent with NAM and find a way to do it for like $699-ish. True stereo effects and outputs with 8-10 footswitches.

sounds killer

If you have the two notes GENOME? you can load nam profiles into that. Works great.

Looks like I am first. Haha. Watching your video. :)

Where can i buy that Helix preset

Really great 🔝 I've been going crazy for years, I couldn't get any sound at breakup because when I raised the gain of the amplifiers after 5 the sound distorted badly. And I couldn't insert overdrive or distortion for the same reason. I had already tried to set the gain of the sound card to 0 and I felt that it was better, but the sound seemed too thin and so I thought it wasn't correct, since the manuals say to reach a certain threshold. But with this demonstration video you have removed all my doubts and so I set the input that arrives around -20db and I have finally solved all the problems. Really thanks for this test 🙏🙏🙏

So is the '20.5' the universally accepted output level for this instance?

Now you need to review 3.0

Thanks for the helpful video 👍

The best Marshall in the Helix imo is the 2203…not much it can’t do.

My favorite Marshall in the Helix, and possibly yours too, is the Placater Dirty. Wait, what? At least for the tones i'm using for my Rush tribute band.

I wonder f you did a video about plugging straight into the power section of an amplifier through fx return

Your videos are great! Just bought my tonex pedal and love it. Some issues I wonder if you can point me to a video that can help. Switching amps in midi was super easy but my patches sound terrible in my monitors! I’m constantly tweaking amp volume and model volume. If the amp gain goes to high it’s boomy and hear no highs. When it’s down things get muddy. If my monitors on stage are set low I’m re adjusting through the show and chews up time. Maybe someone can help me I’m a noobie to the pedal!

Great video

To me the sound produced is similar to an ebow. Amazing how they just put this in digital form. I imagine if you assign an exp pedal on this you can make violin-ish sounds..

Always great reassurance. I'd still like to hear your Joe Pesci version of explaining ! 👍

I was very anti noise gate but thanks to this video it solved not only the single hum but also the natural high gain hizz. Thanks and keep them coming

I bought the Satriani Pack for Amplitube ages ago, what an absolute waste of money, these don't sound any better tbh. Neural got it sown up even the Amp Sims are better than these offerings.

Honestly, pretty much all gear sounds good today. We are in a golden age of guitars and gear, and line 6 has done an a killer job in keeping up with everyone. I have 3 different versions of a Friedman be-100 from my hx stomp, tonex pedal capture, and a plugin from ML sound lab. They all sound good in their own way and they can get pretty close to sounding the same which is crazy because the helix family is much older. I actually bought my stomp this year and I only got the tonex pedal because I was hitting the dsp limits pretty quickly, but it’s a solid unit.

I tried to play with the thing at a guitar center, but it was too over my head. Too many options

I added these to my Tonex software and they all sound very dark, like a blanket over the sound. When I change the IR to a VIR they brighten up and sound good. There is no reason I can’t use different IR’s on these? Right?

Jason, I’m curious, do you have any favorite reverbs in the helix that you’d recommend? I’m a bit fan of fender-type clean tones so I usually use the spring reverb (I forget what it’s called) but I’m curious if there’s any ones you really like/think sound great with cleans. (Ps I’m the guy who recognized you when you were in Miami a few months back! Hope all is well! 🙂)

Always enjoy your content and tones. It amazes me how current the Helix remains, especially considering how long ago the hardware was designed. Kudos to Line 6 for their incredible forethought and also all the update patches.

The “Satri-annie” is killing me 🤣

Jason quick question im looking at buying some of your tonex models if i only have tonex cs will they still load for me or do i have to upgrade my tonex to regular or max?

I’ve come to the conclusion that tone is down to the player, these days all of the units are so good that you can get equally great tone out of any of them if you know what you’re looking for. All this talk of fractal v helix v kemper v quad cortex etc it’s all sales pitch pretty much now and the real question is which suits the person more imo…..this is coming from an amp and pedal guy who 1yr ago decided to give the Helix a go in a live situation . I’ve never looked back since. I’d used it for recording 4 albums but never live but now it does what I want it to do without any fuss.

I use this feature to toggle reverb decay from a low time to a long time or to toggle the reverb mix amount. This also works well for amp settings on a single amp. If you assign two settings to the same switch say gain and channel volume. This allows a quick change from low gain / high gain.

another great video from a master in making great tones . Thank you very much sir 👏👍

I find that a High Pass at 100hz and a Low Pass around 7k on the Cab block, really helps to tame some stuff. But I really dig the 3 band eq thing. I’m gonna give that a shot!

Fantastic.Thanks

beautiful healtyh channel to follow. can you pls make some heavy presets for metal and bass presets. thnx Helix DOCTOR :)

The problem with IRs is that they obviously dont sound like an amp in a room which we all know and love. I bought 5 different IR packs and only 1 IR sounded just like my cab at home. Now I am more than happy. But finding the right IR can make the Helix experience a bit frustrating considering how much a cab contributes to the tobe and feel.

It's so amazing, that the unit that is so old, feels and sounds modern, updated and amazing. And I am a fan of your Helix videos for years. Nice stuff!

Hi. Should I lower the input trim if I am running into a SD Powerstage 170? Or is that just for when recording into an interface?

Excellent! Thank you!

Hello Jason. I'm new to the Tonex ecosystem (Tonex One) and your videos have been helpful. As a small thank you gesture, I just purchased your Lerxst Rush pack. Keep on the good work. All the best.

I never get the 3rd. If the unit sounds great, how can it be outdated? Only thing I'm afraid is the longetivity for the software part, that it still works in 20years from now.

Thank you so much Jason for showing these statements are just as you state myths. You're tremendously open minded and clearly have an amazing ear and a terrific way of teaching. Thanks Mate 🤘 Jason, You're a Legend 👊

Truth is, it's the piece behind the gear. I'll bet you anything that if you try a preset I make, you'll want to hammer down the Helix into pieces lol You Sir, are like a Doctor when it comes to sound design and using the Helix.

If they had 30% of the quality of the amplitube 4 cabinets they would be good.

Even if we compare the sound of different modellers with each other through the same impulse responses etc, maybe the workflow, editor system, effects suite, pedalboard or lack thereof etc may not meet our needs all around anyway so it is sometimes a bigger decision or in some players cases they may choose to have some or all of them in the arsenal. For me at the time the Helix worked and continues to work great for me. Modelling is something that I think I've always been waiting for and didn't know it. A way to get the sound of amps miked up without blowing out the windows all the time.

Well said, Jason! Thank you!

the factory cabinets are rubbish. Horrible withered, without body, without bass, unless you use them like you, putting a lot of equalizers and compressors, there's no way to use them, 💩💩🎧💸💸💸🎧💩💩

I like to use the ambient reverb with another reverb . It seems to really bring any amp and cab setting to life.

I find these arguments ridiculous. Sound is, perhaps, 95% subjective. There's a few things we can all agree on, like how digital distortion is bad, but for the most part we do not agree. People go gaga over Vox tones. I find them annoyingly harsh. And I'm sure that there's no end to the people who absolutely hate the kinds of tones I like. So here we are, arguing about personal preference, as if our personal preference is somehow factual. How you achieve your sound does not matter. Only thing that matters about any tool, be it a real amp, or a pedal, or a modeller, is if it allows you to actualise in reality that tone in your head. I mean, look at Willie Nelson's Trigger. How many of us would pick that beat up crappy acoustic guitar with a hole in it and call it the holy grail of guitars? Not one of us, except Willie Nelson. What for us would be garbage, for that man is worth more than gold. And the same goes for all of us. Don't listen to someone telling you that a bit of kit is garbage. What does he know? He's not you. Try it out. It might just be your holy grail. Or maybe not. Just cause it works for others doesn't mean it works for you. Just do you.