Posts by ajbsmirnoff

  • Line 6 Helix => "STADIUM": New Hardware Incoming

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    The stadium has the capability of running 2x expression pedals..........the XL can run 4x expression pedals AND has a treadle making 5.

    I know this is because of space limitations but man....... for the sake of including one more jack to let you use the same number of expression pedals*.

    Same with the loops. Having 4x is cool. Lets you have loops dedicated to specific things and reduces the need to rejig** stuff.


    * no one needs 4 or 5 expression pedals - BUT its really cool having one dedicated volume, one dedicated wah, and one spare for morphing/pitch/fading in a loop

    ** patchbays are the MVP

  • Line 6 Helix => "STADIUM": New Hardware Incoming

    Well. I'm excited about it. Theres alot of pros and very few cons (the price)

    Looking at the i/o - I definitely have to wait for the rack version - the Stadium doesn't have enough loops (it has 2).

    For me - the skeumorphic interface is frippery - I like to see it but don't need it. Bluetooth and wifi control - nice to have (but again I don't need it). The improved processing /architecture/memory/new modelling engine (Agoura)... yes, I like, that and for a device to be around for another 10 years it'll need it. Being able to use existing Helix presets - apart from the cabs) - also nice..

    Being able to split inputs/outputs and apply different eq - that's cool. The ability to have an audio track split into stems to play along with or control fx changes or external devices is cool. I use the SPDIF as a loop separate from the main output, and have different EQ depending on whether I'm using the TS and XLR outputs (they go to different devices).

    The capture tech.... its a computer so being able have its own tech or use NAM - is something folks have been asking for and its there.

    The only con for me is the price. To get the I/O I'd like, I'd need* the XL ($2200), and L6 charge more for the rack version.............if they make one (the rack followed months later after the OG launch). Its less than an AxeFx - its tantalisingly around the $$ of me selling my Helix and Kemper**.... although their value is set to go on the 'hey look at the new thing' value rollercoaster.


    * ha ha, I play guitar at home, I don't 'need' anything.

    ** unlikely, I see my Kemper as an amp collection to stop me buying amps...... with varying degrees of success.

  • Profiler MK 2 Discussion

    Quote from Drjoeljr

    I just plug in, dial it in and play, and enjoy my ignorance. :P

    Ditto.

    I love gear. And I don't see it as a zero sum game where if a better thing exists then everything else is garbage. Every week I have a different rig/amp/set of pedals/effects. Sometimes its modern modelling and profiling. Sometimes its an SD-1 into an 80's Marshall. Sometime its a wildly over the top rack rig*. I enjoy them all the same. I could not care less if there's a technically more accurate way of making a sound when I'm going to have top make a scientific study to see the difference.

    I'm despairing of the whining and hair-splitting and arguing over whose 'wild guess about some facet the Mk2' is more correct.


    *Rack is back baby. Rack is back !

  • Profiler MK 2 Discussion

    Quote from quemper

    Bummer. It would be nice to mix and match drives and amp ... especially when you don't have the ability to (re) capture a combined profile.

    In addition to being able to bake in a drive pedal during profiling, the Kemper takes drive pedals like a champ - (put them in the loop or infront) either as a drive with a clean amp - or if you use the gain reduction technique - you can 'push the front' of a profile just like an amp. It also has all the flavours of drive pedals in it and the Kemper Drive - which is hugely configurable.

  • NPD. Eventide pedal ahoy.

    [update]

    While the ethics of the DemonFX Gladiator pedal may be up for question (cloning pedals is one thing, but copying the trade dress can get you into serious trub (see Klon vs Behringer) - this pedal is exceptionally good.

    It is VERY amp like into a power amp/cab IR or my TwoNotes. Both sides of the pedal are also a great drive pedal, and with stacking you can cover a wide range of gain. A bonus is the '2.1' toggle inside the pedal switching it from a v2.1 version of the Gladio to the 'less gainy' v1 version.

    I want a real one now.

  • Profiler MK 2 Discussion

    Quote from quemper

    Is there some way to merge two profiles together? That way you could take your amp profile and add the drive profile to it.

    That would make it easy to have presets for multiple amp that have the drive on/off.

    Maybe the gain knob doesn't work very well after that, but it might work at a fixed setting.

    You can't add 2 profiles together.

    But yes - You profile the amp with and without the drive pedal and swap between the two in a performance. Make profiles at multiple gain settings and you then have a comprehensive amp pack. Put the profiles into a performance to seamlessly swap between them.

    Rig Exchange has loads of profiles of amps with various drive pedals baked into the profile. Many retail amp packs have this too.

  • Profiler MK 2 Discussion

    Quote from aehaem

    I'm curious if C. Kemper could add the ability to profile effects (at least distortions or similar) in an update...:/

    You can already profile drive pedals. They're preamps. Profile them like any other direct profile of a preamp. The profile would turn you K into a snapshot of that drive pedal. But I'm guessing you want to have it in an FX slot.....which won't fly.