My Line 6 Helix Snaphots Preset
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- After a little coaxing by my friends online, I delved into the new and exciting world of Snapshots on the Line 6 Helix. I was very impressed by the ability to get 8 different sounds without having to switch presets! Very cool stuff.
To see and hear my main BOC presets, check out this video:
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On global settings there's a parameter about snapshots that you must set to "discard" instead of "recall", so that when you change snapshot it doesn't hold on to the pedal changes you may have made.
Thanks!
Richie Castellano I am thinking of Buying a helix and I was just wondering if instead of naming the sound for the actual foot switch you can name the name of a track that you are playing?
Yes you can. I name my presets by the bands or songs that I'm recreating. I have a Gojira for general Gojira sounds, but I have a "Stranded" one that has the synth added for the Whammy effect.
I was going to purchase the unit today... being there are no trails between presets changed my mind... all that technology and they couldn’t make the sounds trail...
@@fredzungri5835 yes you can set it up to not cut off trails if you switch but this must be done in snapshot mode not preset mode
Line6 is a bunch of geniuses - when they designed this thing. So much capability - so easy to use. I probably use 2% of the capabilities. Your explanation of snaps and the capabilities of this thing is also genius. The fact that you and the community share your experience, strength and hope makes the Helix even more valuable. I’m so happy I got this thing, and happy whiling away the hours watching your videos and getting inspiration. You rock on so many levels. Thank you.
You can turn off the feature where the snapshots remember what you've done so you always have the snapshot you programmed :)
Richie...awesome video. Here's a shortcut: When setting snapshot parameters instead of holding down the knob and scrolling through the controllers you can push down and simultaneously turn the knob left or right and the brackets will appear, automatically setting it to snapshot.
BAM! This is the stuff I love! Thank you.
I've heard you can tweak 63 simultaneous parameters with snapshots !! although I suspect its actually 64...memory permitting that is
You're getting the best sounds out of the Helix I've heard to date. Used your Axis presets as the basis for my main live patches. Thanks a bunch!
Thanks! Glad you like them! I'm having a lot of luck with the US Double and the Angl Meteor, so I'm sticking with what I like. I have a few other presets I've made with the AC30 and the Matchless sims. Those are cool too.
Hi Richie. I'm picking up my Helix today. Can't wait to dig in. You've done a ton of homework for your viewers and I really appreciate it. You're an amazing player and these sounds and tones are stellar. So, just wanted to say thanks and keep plowing forward, I'll take advantage of it!!!
Just a quick tip, you can change the state of the Snapshot Pedal savings. If you don't want that every change gets saved automatically just switch it off in the options.
13:48 "Only thing is; snapshot WILL remember what you've done"
I don't know why but this made me laugh; it looks like Helix is one of those villains from 80's thrash terror movies hahaha.
Great sounds and great video btw!!
Bought one of this a couple days ago...boy do I have alot of homework!!! LOL Enjoying the presets right now but some of the sounds you have are good....one day @ a time ;)
A super easy way to get those brackets around parameters is to push in and simultaneously turn the parameter knob and it will put them into brackets automagically.
Awesome videos by the way!!!
Richie -- just unbelievable tone and vibe!! Look forward to you sharing!
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Thanks Richie!!
Richie...I would most definitely be interested in a Q&A session with you. I enjoy your vids because they inform, to the point, and you use the Helix the way we can relate to. Outside of the Helix, my dream come true would be for you to do a guitar lesson for E.T.I. !! I saw BOC in Columbus, Ohio (1980) and it was an awesome show!
Definitely the best Helix video there is for showing you how to set up snapshots and all the little tricks and tips. Thanks.
Geek mode ON! Great run-through on the Helix for this engineer with a guitar problem. With my old ME box dying I was looking at putting together a pedal board but you make a convincing case that the Helix will do the work of $20K worth of pedals and preamps and cabs, and sound good doing it. This vid alone probably is going to save me 30 hours of hacking through the learning curve.
Hi Richie, I really appreciate that you have taken your time to not only learn everything about the helix but also make all these great videos! Thanks a lot!
Best explanation of 'Snapshots' I've watched on RUclips - thanks.
I'd be interested in a Q and A. Love your clear and concise vids🙂
This is my new favourite channel :-)
Awesome review learned alot sice I've been line 6 for over 10 years, recently went head and cab, but going back to line 6 head and use my b52 cabs soon... have 350 watt crate shockwave I love it but it blew up lol needs new blue pill...anyway line 6 has never let me down in boutique amps etc...been playing since very young and 44 now. And finally getting ready to record solo albums and doing metal bands and stage productions etc..
Very happy to find your channel...
Thanks again
Awesome video! I've been learning a lot about the Helix and the 212 Powercab plus...I don't own them yet, but seems a smart way to go. I like the idea of having two pieces of equipment that can do the work of 30 amps and 30 cabinets. I can save time, money, and space and spend more time playing. Thank you again for all your informative videos!
My Vox ToneLab LE died after 12 years of use. I just ordered the Helix and it will arrive tomorrow. Latency between patch changes was going to be a deal breaker for me. This video set my mind at ease. I'm curious how the Helix will react to feedback. I had the Line 6 Spider when it came out and the feedback was horrid. It couldn't compute. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Hi im new to your channel and subscribed. I used the old pod hd500X and switching preset i never noticed a gab in sound when going from a clean tone and then to a solo clean tone preset. When i bought the Helix i was like WTF! When i switched presets there was a 2 sec delay before the patch was at full strength. It really made me crazy. But then i started to understand snapshots. And now im happy again. You can pretty much have tons of patches in one preset now with no gab in sound when switching. Sometimes you have to be creative to get it all to fit in and not overload all processing power. But it is cool. You are super good guitar player and i love your sounds. Best regards from Denmark.
Yeah, I really ended up liking snapshots too. It's a weird concept to understand at first, but if you plan your programming accordingly, you can do some amazing things with it.
Hi Richard I just purchased the Helix 6 this is great Richard your presets and snapshots setting are great please send more helix 6 video's! thanks so much !
Great video man. I don't currently own a Helix, but the more I see, the more I want one. Keep up the great work Richie. Rock on!!!!
Seriously you're one of the best Helix Demonstrators on RUclips. Thanks for your time and effort.
Your Helix videos are most informative - excellent job explaining snapshots.
This is one of the better Snapshot tutorials that I've watched. Nice work!
I use "Setlists" for diff guitars and snapshots as Richie is using here. That way the diff guitars are already dialed in and I don't need to do that on the fly. For example, one Setlist is names TVJ for my Strat loaded with TV Jones T-Armond pups, then it has all the snapshots I need set up for that guitar.
Finally got a chance to load up this preset as well as your Axis ones, Fantastic job I'm really diggin them
Love the demo of how to copy snapshots at 12:40. Thanks for that.
Did you know holding the mode button down puts it into edit mode and you can edit your blocks on the fly with your foot which can be useful when changing guitars? Your videos are excellent. Please keep them coming. Steve
That's one of my favorite features. So cool!
Richie Castellano 👍
Great video! I know the "adjust on the fly" for a different guitar sound, strat vs les paul etc. My solution, I just bought the JTV59 and that pretty much solved my problem, the tones for a strat or les paul are really good.
Hi Richie, Great tones! They don't seem to translate to well to my JTV69 Have you tried yours yet. Id love to see your Snap preset tweaked for a variax up on custom tone. I'm hoping to get up to hear you at Lakewood Ranch Fl if I'm not playing. I'm on Marco Island only a couple hrs away.
I'm using my Variax tonight and I definitely had to tweak my settings a lot.
Hey man, In the snapshots its SO MUCH EASIER to do the parameter changes within the snapshots. WHILE YOU'RE PRESSING DOWN the encoder, turn to your desired location, Boom Save. Thats how I do mine man, it makes it all happen within the main page without having to dive any deeper into the unit.
Just saw that someone already commented it, my bad man, I now blame you that I don't have my helix at home and I want to play with it in the middle of the night.
thanks for this video and to the comment section for also providing key info.
I would love to see an FX comparison between the helix and HD500x, its no question the helix has superior sound, yet when I read the specs it seems to have less than half the FX the HD series has. I know not everyone uses the synth and spin cycle but I do and I'd save up for a helix if it had all the stuff the HD has.
Great video. Best explanation for snapshots on RUclips I've come across. Thank you!
Great video. Thanks for the info. I unpacked my Helix (w/free backpack to carry it about) last evening. Played through presets. Sounds amazing. I have several different rigs and I’m finding this has some similarities to the Roland GR-55, which I’ve used live for the past 8 years or so. That rig is fabulous to use due to the flexibility of the unit's bridge/saddle setup. I’m sure all of us looking on are appreciative of the video work you’ve put up on the whys and wherefores of the Helix. My son is a touring bassist and he is getting a Helix in the next few weeks. In the meantime he’ll be learning about it on mine. Thanks again and keep the song covers coming. Love watching "the band" play. Everyone is a solid player and you look like it’s a blast! 🖖 dif-tor heh smusma
Barney Fike the presets aren’t even that bad. I just got mine too. Usually presets are horrible but not too bad on this.
Richie, you mentioned in the video at 13:50 that snapshots remembers the changes you make to your preset. You can turn that off. You go to Global Settings, click on PREFERENCES, at bottom of screen you can choose DISCARD or RECALL Snapshot Edits.
The M13 had features like this. This isn't terribly new tech, but maybe it wasn't incorporated into devices like the HD500. This is a lot like the "Hit" button on the TC Helicon Voicelive 3 that I use, where you hit a single button and it turns off and on various effects all at once within a single preset chain. Like if you had 6 feet and could hit a bunch of stomp boxes at once.
This is also what a lot of digital controlled true bypass loopers can do.
Although the ability to change the settings within a pedal block does seem to be new to this device, at least to me.
Another great video Richie..!
It would be awesome if you could do a detailed one with the Variax, especially with the acoustics settings on the Helix.
Thanks again
C
Hello Richie. Thank you for the great tutorial on Snap Shots. Very Helpful. I'm just beginning with snap shots. You were very helpful.
Thanks Richie for the instruction and insights, much appreciated from a new Helix owner.
Your the most informative helix guru around, amazing axe skills
Great content! Thanks for sharing. Can you copy snapshots between different presets?
Richie I’ve actually been considering selling all my amp/speaker rigs in exchange for the helix either floor or pro. I just went through the pilots guide for the 212 plus and it’s amazing. I’ve seen your BOC live setup. It would be a major setup change fir you and it looks like the other guitarists are mainly old school. Do you think you’d consider 2 12 power cab plus for your stage rig. I also highly doubt that BOC would permit the youngest wippersnapper and by far the best guitarist to have a stereo wide field?
Excellent video and description!
Very cool explainer. Awesome chops! Awesome Queen tribute wall. You are a credit to the Internet!
I'm thinking of spending some time with this particular for my synth guitar songs in my set. This will be a big help.
Is it possible to display four snap shots top row with presets bottom row?
Yes, I believe you can do that under the footswitch settings.
Great video - cleared up a lot of my snapshot questions- thanks
Hey Richie, great stuff. Thank you! I was wondering if you found a good way to "level set" ALL Helix patches. For example, I'd like to ensure I don't have a large volume jump from one patch to another. I don't mind pre-programmed jumps in Snapshots as some may have a little boost as required, but I'd like to find a way to match the volume or output levels of ALL presets easily rather than by ear.
The easiest way I've found is to run the helix into a channel on my mixer board and A B the channels while watching the input meter, then make necessary adjustments. Time consuming but accurate.
This may help on your volume leveling. I've seen this on a couple of different videos. ruclips.net/video/nlbM06SlYQY/видео.htmlm56s
wow I was getting caught up in the sound and playing on the blue music man - what a sound - :)
Hey Richie! Just stumbled on your channel as I recently order a Helix LT. Great stuff man! Love the vids.
By the way, Thank you so much for your RUclips channel. I watch it every chance I get!
Hey Ritchie, loving the videos and Band Geek podcasts are like my new favourite TV show lol - can I just ask you why you don't use a volume pedal block on the Helix at all? Keep up the great work - just loving it. Being a player who loves to busk and play different songs, I'm loving the range and quality of the music that you're all producing.
Hey! Great video! You're stuff is amazing and I've been binge watching all your Helix stuff! Keep it up :3 Anyways, I just wanted to mention that I have a D'Angelo Premier DC and it does that same resonance thing that you mentioned! It also goes away with the same tip you gave.
Hi Richie, l really enjoy your playing and your posts on RUclips are really inspiring,I see on your wall you have a Brian may guitar,have you ever tried to get that sound with the helix....and your red special
Many thanks and keep on posting 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Great vid as usual Richie !!! I bet you could pull off a great Royal Blood snapshot.
I like how you control the treble with the high cut on the impulse response. Can that parameter be set to the expression pedal or an external pedal for hands free adjustments
Colby Clark absolutely
Great demo. I loved snapshots because came from having a big board and loop switcher so the idea made sense. So much better tho! Also, you can assign control of parameter to snapshots automatically if you simple push it's knob while turning it at the same time. Brackets pop up, no menus. Cool right!?
just to tell you, zoom gear does not have the interuptions between patches. It sucks seeing the Helix is alot more advanced in comparison but, te switching did not got adressed.
Richie, this is awesome. Thanks for taking the time to put this up. I am new to the Helix (less than a week) coming from a GT-100 and have been blown away so far. I have a quick question; on the custom tone page for this it mentions needing IR's "Designed for use with the Ownhammer Mesa 412 IR OH 412 MES-OS V70 7B-06". Where can I get these IR's? How do you install on the Helix?
Sorry for the newbie question. Thanks in advance
Richie great video. I am considering purchasing one of these for the exact reasons you specified...i use an m13 currently and can't deal with the slight delay in preset and channel switching....but i digress...herein lies my question....when you are in snapshots can you adjust the volume to be higher on certain snapshots vs others...i.e. can you boost the volume in your "lead" snapshot so it's louder than the others. That would be extremely useful in a live setting.... thanks.
wow thank you for putting your work on this page I've had the line 6 helix for 6mouths ,you have made a believer out of me have you worked on any prince sounds for the helix lt and again thank you so much
Dear Richie!
I really would like to watch a Helix-HD500X sound comparsion in the way you use those two.
Thanks a lot :)
K
Well done! Do you use any piezo bridge guitars?. I gig with my Petrucci Music Man and Helix. I'm experimenting with running two inputs and two outputs and blending sound through Snapshots.
That's an interesting idea. I don't have one, but I can borrow my cousin's Majesty 😀
Thank you so much for this. I'm new to Helix, and a technophobe. This has really helped me.
Some fantastic tones there! - You have a new subscriber, and I don't even own a Helix yet! I'm trying to soak up as much info as possible before I take the plunge, do you have any videos on a live setup? Not sure I understand all the output options.
Richie, really good vid!! Subscribed already and looking for more.
Trevor Rabin the best!!!
Just love this guy...
Thank for your video which helps me to understand how to use snapshots
Problem fixed Richie. I just needed to change the input block to Variax. I was using my JTV59 through the Variax input.
Hi Richie, great video! Just one question: why do you put your time based effects after the cab instead of after the preamp? Thanks!
YL Chowe it's just a personal preferences depending on what sound I'm going for. Sometimes I put effects before the IR if I want some of the high end to be rolled off.
Only recently discovered your channel a week ago. Love your videos! Are those stereo speakers (w/Yoda minature on top) connected directly to your PC or Line 6? What brand/model are the speakers? Thanks!
hey Ritchie, just wondering, (probably not the first time you've asked this question) , how does the helix feel under the finger with comparison to your tube amp and pedal?
cheers for the great videos.
Thank you Richie! Very helpful! God bless stay safe out there!
I am very interested in buying one and would love to see a Q&A!
Hey Richie , new to the Helix but loving the sounds .I do have a question for you , if I have a patch with amp, and purchased ir from sigma , I assume I don't need a Helix cab block ?? Does the IR take the place of the cab I assume
Awesome! I'm get some difficulties to mantain the same sound to High volumes (live for examples) any advice for this?
Go to a venue, and match the loudness during the sound check. No other way of doing this, except at loud volumes. You can assign the output loudness to the snapshots, so you can control how the entire snapshot sounds in terms of loudness. Also it helps to be consistent in your presets -- don't use different amps between your snapshots/presets--just stick to one thing and have variations of your main sound.
Hey Richie, thanks so much. I may be late on finding this answer on your site, but the Trevor! patch, is that available to download? It's dead on! Thanks!!
Hey Richie, Thanks for doing this tutorial. It's great! Is there a way to use snapshots without using global settings? I've put so much time into my patches. Also, how do you switch Variax guitars with-in snapshots? Thanks for the help.
Hi Richie. Can you re-check the snapshot you loaded to Custometone? I see the workflow on my Helix but don't get any sound (your previous presets work fine). Thanks
Hi Richie, i got the Helix Floor a month ago, and I absolutely love it! I am in need of a mentor to help me understand how to work the device. I need help in setting up snapshots. Only problem is, I feel so lost sometimes. I can make some good sounding presets but when it comes to snapshots, where do I get IRs, setting up an effect to a footswitch. I feel like I'm never going to get it. I'm learning more and more everyday I guess but I really wish I could get a tutor. Alot of these terrms i don't understand, like Sag, Hum, Ripple, BIAs, Cho Rate, Depth Mix Level, stuff like that. I know that it is a huge learning curve. Can you help? Thank you. Stay safe.
You can turn that off to where when u change things on snap shots it will go back where u had it
Excellent to know! Thank you!
Hello, love the channel. If I don't want to purchase the IR I believe I am able to sub a stock one correct?
Hello Richie, jon i cant use the send and return i tired daiff cables and diff jack, when i take the helix off and use my stomp box it work, fine. I really need some help I’ been dealing with for 2 weeks, thinking sending back
I apologize if you've already answered this but when your using snapshots can you set the delay to have spillover in 4 cable method? If so this Headrush unit might be going back to MF. I have an Axis Super Sport btw, great guitar!
Great Vid...on snapshots 🎸🥳🎉🎧👍
thank you for the very informative vid, and nice chops!!
Super helpful, thanks man!
Great video, thanks for sharing - it was really helpful
Hey Richie, love the vids man! I get my helix in 6 days. In regards to your various guitars and you changing some eq for each of them, do you see any value in 'copying' your snapshot preset and making versions of it for your various guitars so that once you plug a certain axe in, its already tailored to it?
David MacVicar that's precisely what I do.
Thx for this awesome video ,so very useful!
Head rush pedalboard doesn’t have the noticeable switch
Hey richie fellow staten islander here. Love the tutorials, really helped me with my Helix. Quick question, sometimes I feel the passive guitar pickups don't have enough umph pushing the amps in Helix and sometimes I feel like simple hammer ons and pull offs aren't really carrying unless I really ramp up the distortion. Any recommendations?
I find that differs with whatever model you use. To remedy that, I place an eq in front of the amp and use the level to drive it. I can also use the eq to tailor what goes into the amp. I did that one of my presets to make my axis sound more like a Tele and it worked pretty well.
I'm getting a volume drop whenever I engage the wah pedal - Even if I boost the db setting in the wah, it doesn't seem to make a difference - Any ideas??
weird, I'm not experiencing this. What you could do is set up a gain block right after it and adjust it to balance out the level. Then use the way bypass to also control this block. It's a workaround, but it should do the trick.
hey richie, i tried setting copying your same setup on my helix but i can't seem to get all the amps and effects to fit on there, it seems i'm running out of dsp or something. when i try adding the pitch shifter or another amp they are all in red letters and i cant select them? any ideas
Hello Richie, your helix videos are very helpful! I've learned a lot. Thank you!
I'm interested in how "Impulse Respones" works? I know nothing about that. Is it hard to get it right? I guess IR's is used to mimic a speaker? Since there's no real speaker involved in this kind of guitar sound? Do you need to find IR's on the internet, to then load them into the Helix-rack/floorboard? Or are there IR's included with the Helix that does the job good?
Can you show how to snapshot a path with a Variax as an acoustic guitar and a path as an electric guitar some I can switch back and forth and blend with a pedal.
To do the blend effect, you need both paths. So for example, the Variax magnetics would be assigned to path A and that would be your electric tone. The Variax itself would be assigned to path B with the acoustic sound. Then each path would have a volume pedal on it somewhere. They'd both be assigned to the same expression pedal, except the ranges would be reversed. For example, path A's volume pedal would have a min value of 100% and a max value of 0%, while path B's volume pedal would have a min value of 0% and a max value of 100%. If you did this properly when you raise that expression pedal, the electric guitar would fade out and the acoustic would fade in. I've done this, it's very cool.
If you don't want to burn an expression pedal and would rather just have the acoustic assigned to a button, you can go into controller assignment and assign the variax model parameter to a controller, making the minium value an electric model of your choice and the maximum value the acoustic model of your choice.
I'm not 100% sure on how to implement this with snapshots because I haven't played with snapshots in months. I prefer the presets for what I do, but I'm sure it's do-able. This would be a cool topic for a video. Maybe next time I have a little down-time, I'll try it.
Thanks Richie, With all this talk of Snapshots allowing for a seamless transition I was hoping that route would solve it. I'll try the dual path in one preset and see if it works for my situation.
Keep sending us ideas for this monster!
Love the Trevor snapshot