Originally Posted By: justanoldmuso
Scott.
Gosh ive lusted for a helix or a kemper for ages.
Cant justify cost tho’ after i read tother day most musos make 67 buks from streaming services yearly. Music biz is nuts.
I first heard helix at a music store when wife n i were on a short holiday. v nice.

I’m very curious if you can get some of my favorite lead gtr sounds out of it.
Eg…
..hank shadows
..the brilliant lead sound on 38 special hold on loosely
..pat benatars brilliant guitar lead sound on hit me with your best shot. she had a great lead player.

The problem i find with lots of dsp chip based products these days is they get close but no cigar.
Too many “fuzzy sounds” like muffy.
I go through many products on you tube but most sounds dont crank me up. What i’m finding is lots of emulators
do clean sounds rather nice but not the “overdriven rock mother tones” we all love.

Ps your a great guitar player.
pps...ive had some interesting sounds and lots of fun manipulating the gtr amp emulations built into reaps.

Best
om


You mentioned some of my favorite tones as well. I have only had the Helix for a couple of weeks. I have been playing with effects, amps, guitars and audio interfaces for about 10 years now. We have a very strong used music gear market here in Canada. Once gear gets to a used price it can purchased and sold for relatively the same price. So if it doesn't fit it can be replaced with very little cost and sometimes a little profit. :-)

The Helix so far has endless variations of tone adjustments. The sounds are exceptional;. One thing I have noticed that doesn't translate live (i.e. in the room) is the sound pressure you get from an amplifier. What is cool though is that the signal chain can be routed to a traditional amplifier and or a FRFR speaker. The other cool thing is IR or impulse responses which can emulate pretty much any cabinet.

My delay sound comes from an Eventide H9 which I could not part with. I am able to incorporate in an effects loop on the Helix.

The other big benefit of going to this style of guitar effects chain is that you can have all these sounds and be totally silent in the room. The BIAB/DAW backtrack and guitar signal path can be routed to headphones. A huge benefit for apartment dwellers or early morning or late night sessions.. The Variac guitar is just crazy. Banjo tones, changing tunings adjusting individual string volumes. Blows the mind. The best of all worlds I think.

Last edited by Scott C; 04/04/22 05:48 AM.
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