Line 6 | Eric Klein Details the Development of the Helix Guitar Processor
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2020
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Line 6 Chief Product Design Architect and Helix/HX mastermind Eric Klein reveals the previously undisclosed history of the Helix guitar processor in great detail. Eric shares dozens of images of early Helix mock-ups and prototypes, describes the ways in which the design evolved over time, and also explains how the development of Helix informed the design of HX Effects, HX Stomp, and even POD Go. Plus, he spotlights some less well-known Helix features, including how to use Helix footswitches as a transport control for RUclips videos!
This live-streamed presentation was part of the Yamaha Guitar Development Open House, held on August 13, 2020, in which Line 6 and Ampeg also participated.
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I just want to say thank you to everyone at Line6 who made Helix the great product it is. Thank you for listening to your customers and providing us with great updates with features we suggest. I couldn't be happier with the Helix.
What an interesting video of the History of Helix and it's development. I've had my HX Stomp for almost 3 years, and every year it improves with the frequent and useful Firmware Updates. Thanks Line 6, and the RUclips Algorithm for suggesting this video.
I’m an intermediate player. Bedroom guy. The Helix is my favorite gear I’ve purchased in 20 years.
Same for me !
Thanks Eric for everything! Helix, DT25, JTV-69. Got my Helix on preorderfrom Sweetwater in 2015 and its been on and used ever since...
Helix was the game changer! I will never lug an amp again! Thank you Eric Klein and Line6 team!
I have purchased my LT since the first day and love each new release updates since ! Thank you so much Line 6 team for your GREAT WORK !
LOVE LINE 6 :) Been with my helix over 4 years now!
Oh, and thank you so much for continuing to support the Helix software, that was a big part of why I bought my LT!
Best bit of kit I have bought in the last 10 years ......amazing
Helix is the most awesome piece of guitar gear! and the people behind makes it more awesomer!
Had my LT for just under a year now and I absolutely love it! There’s still so much you can do with it that I didn’t know! So glad I went with it instead of the kemper... keep it up guys!
I am listening to this using my Helix as my soundcard. It's amazing.
Wow, you and the Line 6 crew are unreal!
I absolutely love my Helix. Such a wonderful product. The amps and effects are so good, plus all of its other capabilities and constant upgrades. I rarely go to a music store now. My GAS is gone.
I was in the market for a modeler some months ago deciding to take the plunge after steering clear for years because I just didn't think the technology was up to par. I feel it is finally viable after two decades of waiting. I spent weeks taking a deep dive watching comparison videos for days on end and I started to notice the trend that all of the units seemed to be this unit vs. Helix and that unit vs. Helix, so I figured Helix was the measuring stick. All of the various units sounded damn good and all had their own pluses, selling points and niches. I really zeroed in on the Helix for the clean tones and the fact that Line 6 really seems engaged with all of their units offering constant updates and upgrades which means the unit is just going to get better and better with time. I've owned the Helix floor for a few months now and I'm loving it. Best gear purchase I've made in years.
So cool to see the journey, thought processes, and ideas that went into an amazing product like the Helix.
Eric, you guys nailed it with the Line 6 Helix line of products and now Line 6 Pod Go. Well done!
I appreciate enormously the effort you have put into the Helix along this years. That creates user trust and a great future for Line 6 products.
Great video, cool history lesson and my respect to all the folks behind the design these great products!! I hope to get my HX Stomp soon
I love my Helix LT so much, I ended up getting a HX Stomp too. I love that I can switch between the LT and the stomp w/other pedals. Just shows how much trust I have in your products! Keep up the good work!
Great stuff thanks Erick.. keep up the work.
Thanks guys, I really appreciate my HX stomp.
Helix is a beast, i still think it's the best on the market considering his adsurd flexibility and reasonable price. Use it everyday in every way possible, as a splitter, hot keyboard, fx processor, loop switcher.. you name it, i tried it.
Fascinating peek into the hardware development process. Kudos!
Thanks for sharing this. Really interesting. A good product lives through the years. So much software upgrades let me think that buying helix it's been a really good investment. Not only some new amps or effects, but some really important features. This means that originally the device was ready for future improvements. Proud about this machine. Good job!
Amazing work by this engineer!
Thank god you went with 3 switches on the Stomp. I don't think I would have bought one with only 2 switches!
Helix LT user here! Fantastic piece of gear. Without any doubt, it's the most perfect multi fx I've had. BUT, you MUST add PROFILING. I enjoy and feel better playing new Mooer iPad profiles than helix amp sims. And second, polyphonic pitch shifting, just the way Kemper does. The rest is just perfect. If you're able to add these things with the actual hardware, no competition can beat Helix.
Hello! Im a helix user and im proffesionally into Agile software development. Love to hear how close to users you are making the feedback loop so tight. Another thing - origami models, great! Have you wrote some articles about your process of development? Love to read/hear about your development story. Love to show your story as a good example of hardware increment work. Keep going guys.
This is super interesting, thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
Thanks for the 3.7 update
As an engineer, and a musician (and a HX Stomp owner) I really enjoyed this video. If you have the opportunity/ability to further share the engineering and deign side of Line6, I'd love to see more videos like this.
How cool that the PodGo helped inspire the design fir the Stomp! Oh and it can control RUclips?!
That was a bad ass party!!!
#namm2020
Love my HX stomp. Would love to see a few more effects/ amps. Maybe even features tailored to bass players
Thanks for the video! Love my Helix, and love the “Line 6 Helix Family User Group (Official and Original)” on Facebook - the most friendly, helpful, and fun social media group on the planet!
Awesome video! I love the nerdy details. I was an original POD user, and then I took a break from emulation for a while... the HX Stomp is the product got me back into emulation. The Helix tech is very good... I do think there's room for improvement in some of the cab emulation, but since we can load our own IR files, that's not much of an issue. I use my Stomp exclusively at this point - my amps are collecting dust.
great vid!
Excellent
Awesome!
Eric, the Variax controls made it simple for me to upgrade from my HD500X. Makes my life so simple yet so complicated LOL. But seriously, it's so much easier to perform without having to make changes on guitar itself, just do it by snapshot. You guys are the greatest musical company ever. Can't wait to see 3.0.
Excellent video! Any chance to have a power amp model for Helix so tube preamps can be used too???
Very interesting! POD HD 1000 sounds cool :)
Santa says I’m getting Helix Rack soon ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🎸
Hi Eric, I have the Helix Rack + controller already since 2016, and It is a great machine. Unfortunately I don't play enough. But I wanted to tell you that the Helix UI has inspired me when we developed a very powerful uncompressed Video Processor (handling up to 100Gb/s video data or over 8000 audio channels. It was a real pleasure to watch the process and the design steps that I am confronted with in many new design stages. I would love more of these maybe on other hardware selections of the Helix.
As a gear junkie, would the Helix sonically benefit from a Yamaha SPX2000 (to stay in the family) in a digital effects loop?
Thanks
Hey Eric, can't we get the TUNER on the TAP button like at 8:00 as an global function option as always on (mini) preview?
Please!
I think you meant to say "have the tuner built into the scribble script above the TAP button."
Holy hell, this is cool.
Very cool! Maybe we can have another video like this showing the R/D and progress made on the tone department! BTW, at about 8min there's this scribble strip showing a small tuner. Can we have that? :)
RUclips control BLEW my mind 🤯🤯!!!
Is that feature only available in the HX Rack or it can be used in HX Floor and HX LT too???
Can you guys please make the looper buttons re mappable? I really need the once button on the front row, and I need to be able to split up the record/play buttons.
Love my HX Effects. Any chance of a global reverb level, though? Would be super useful.
Any plans for a helix lt in a rack?
Eric, you are doing a fine job! God bless you and Yamaha. I have a question. Does the stomp sound darker than the helix floor? It sounds great, but mine is much darker than the Floor using the exact same patch.
Any chance of an acoustic simulator on future updates for HXFX?
Is there a shortcut to insert an amp or fx with everything neutral (noon on the amp, and 5 on fx) ?
Does the continuous development mean that we not only can expect a huge touchscreen but also the beloved profiling feature to capture exactly the sound of physical rigs like in the Kemper or like in the new and "more modern version of the Helix" from a different company - the Neural Quad Cortex?
i am on 3.01 and I do not see any RUclips custom patch in 9A?
Any date on the firmware. 3.0 update?
I’m interested in if the Helix will get a hardware upgrade anytime soon? As we’re approaching 6 years. What’s the usual time frame for these upgrades? I’ve just heard of people not having enough DSP power with some of the great software updates, in term of added new effects to old patches. Any help would be great. Thanks. As tech reviewer loved to history of development.
I want the youtube remote as a standalone device!
I thought there was going to be a bit more sample testing and results and stuff like that !?
STEREO - IR - BLOCK please!
It would mean so much if I could disable the function of pressing two foot switches at once on the stomp. I go into present switching mode accidentaly at least ones in a show.
One day, a bluetooth "watch" with a touchscreen to select presets from setlist would be sooo nice!!! ;-)
I’d be happy to make that if they have an open api for the helix
Helix 2 anytime soon? 😉
16:30 holy shit do you know how handy this would be to have under your feet in cubase doing editing? zoom to selection, loop selection, start/stop, mixer, set punch in/out, solo active track, track up/down, WTF?!?! it would be like dance dance revolution! line 6 needs to make dedicated usb midi controller pedals with the capacitive switches and strips, you guys inadvertently set the ease of use standard for midi mapping with command center
Why not make a new pocket pod with hx modelling in it?
Helix is 5 years old now. Can be considered old.
Hopefully there will be the next gen.
Would really love to see the Helix do tone matching like the Axe Fx can.
I'd take an extra row of switches on the Helix
11:41 - Preset name: Pastor of Muppets
Bring back the step design, make up/down buttons more difficult to press, then it’ll be a great perfect unit. Don’t care for the touch screen and other gimmicks.
After all this time.... it’s still a box of Unicorns inside... just sayin’.... :-)
Ha ha. Waiting for me to make money so I can get a helix. I have the hd500x and build patches and share online. 50.000 downloads so far. Means I am good. Lol. Wish to make for helix but. Like I say. Money is short
10:18 If it wasn't for the faulty Joystick I would buy the Rack version in a heartbeat !
MAJOR design failure !