Can the Line6 PodGo compete with the Helix? Big Shootout! Part 4/5
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Line6 release the PodGo... but where is the difference between it and the Helix?.... this is Part 4 of 5.... let's check it out together!
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You WILL hear a difference if you tell your brain to hear the difference.
As a previous Helix owner and now a Pod Go owner, I can say that the Go is everything I need and more for my home studio. The Helix was overkill and I was more intimidated by the madness available to me that I never needed. The Pod Go delivers the same sounds with a much easier interface. I've yet to run out of DSP (I don't make insane patches), and I pocketed a ton of cash from the sale of my Helix. Win win for me. Thanks for the video.
Scream at me if you think this is stupid but how would you compare the Pod Go to a budget device like the Boss GT1.
Does the POD Go really sound just the same as the Helix? I am asking this because if they do sound just the same, I will go for the POD Go. The Helix would be too much for me. Thanx!
@@accentontheoff I have the gt1 it sounds like ass
I am Japanese. Many Japanese people say POD Go is far worse than Helix. I think because they see only its name and not the sound. the Japanese tend to think products' name or spec TOO important.
sorry my English may bad😭
Your English is great. I think that applies to a lot of people.
Your English is considerably better than my Japanese. No need for apologies: I agree with you. I think that the name, rather than what you get, is pretty common to all cultures, sadly.
Your english is better than my Japanese! Lol!!
It's not just Japanese people. People like symbols. Silly but true.
People have the unfortunate habit to think they can compare a 500$ to a 1500$ product...
Obviously the Helix is better.
当たり前だけど1500$がなかったら、PODGOは十分にいいペダルです。
Weight 1:18
Price 2:20
Overview/Specs 2:59
*SOUND COMPARISON*
Clean POD 12:33
Clean Helix 13:36
OD POD 14:48
OD Helix 15:30
More gain POD 16:20
More gain Helix 17:09
Even more gain POD 18:08
Even more gain Helix 19:19
Lead POD 20:35
Lead Helix 21:29
Quick comparison (clean) 22:48
Quick comparison (OD) 23:52
Quick comparison (more gain) 24:34
Quick comparison (even more gain) 25:23
Quick comparison (lead) 26:34
The funny bald guy's 2 cents 27:28
thank you for this!
@@EytschPi42 No. Thank you! This video must've been a pain in the ass to make!
Awesome video bravo
Thanks they sound exactly the same to me.
@@watermelon5114 - yep, no difference. It's the same exact engine so there shouldn't be any.
Zero difference in tones from my perspective. I don't need all the complexity and additional I/O of the Helix. Going to give the PodGo a go before Line 6 decides to go and raise the price!
Well, there's also the Helix stomp...
This was perfect. Really appreciate the work that went into this. For a rig to play when the rest of my family is asleep you just saved me $1100 bucks. Thank you!
Same algorithms. Same sound.
man. I was thrilled to hear you say EXACTLY what I think about these 2 units. New subscriber here based on your Truthful honest opinions..your average garage band guy or dive club gig doesn't need all that Helix delivers...I truly hope your review helps Go sales..and that players who couldn't afford helix can enjoy some of the same beauty its brother. Has to offer in sounds ..thanks dude Rock On
I agree w a lot of the comments...the helix may possess a tad of a smidge of a scoche more detailed low end/higher fidelity sound? Onstage, NOONE would tell the difference, EVER.
This has gotta be one of the best comparisons I've heard. Truly honest and to the point. Specially at 10:19
Thank you for this one!
How about the LT then vs pod go?
Cheers from Montreal!
I would say the LT is again just like the Helix, which sounds like the PodGo
Great demo and video, I had a helix lt, and found it too confusing! Ive ordered a Pod Go and I cannot tell the difference, and the simplicity is a bonus for me
I say this as a Helix Rack user: I must say, in the high gain/lead tests, I heard a little more mid presence from the POD Go.
Could you release your POD GO presets? That lead setting you have going is unreal I love it!
I can hear no difference but my wife can. She says the Pod Go sounds way better.
there is no difference
I don't own a Pod Go, It is a VERY interesting unit some some users. As for the MIDI, According to The Andertons Pod Go review it DOES HAVE a MIDI use. Apparently it is the USB cable. Here's the link ruclips.net/video/xbRFuBtsA84/видео.html
As for the comparison Helix VS Pod Go Sounds sounds the same. At the end Helix has more options for the user depending what you needed for.. Other than that The Pod Go can be your work horse for Clubs and Church..
However, I must say I love this channel and it has awesome context. Cheers!!
Henning: did you try inverting phase of one rocerded track into the other? Not too scientific, but maybe it surprises us with a flat line. BTW, it's still good enoughh for me.
you can try to do that by yourself with the audio from this video ...its compressed quality, but still
"can it give you D to A" is a question I ask of everything.
Here's a question that I'm guessing most home-recording folks will ask - when USB'd to your computer for recording, can you balance the mix between the POD signal, and the monitored signal from your DAW? I always find that one is louder than the other, and cannot figure out how to get a balance between them for recording.
YES in global settings
By far you Sir have broken the myth about podGo and Helix. You have just made my day. Thanks
Fantastic review! And couldn't hear any difference between the 2 of them
Thanks father !
if the pod go had 2 or 3 more slots, imagine how many more of those they would sell. With more DSP power of course.
thank you for the deep down review and comparisons. I was't sure, that the POD Go is worth to buy, but now i know it is. I do not have the budget to by the Helix, so i was looking for budget and now i am buying POD GO!
Very similar to me!!! I have been playing for 35 years and have had all the different high gain tube amps and now being alot older and don't want to pay or have to lug around a 4 by 12 this pod go is a great sounding very close in tones to the way far more expensive helix I'll go with the GO!!! LOL
They sound exactly the same. Not a wise marketing move for line 6...
Don't say that please. Or else they will bump the POD Go price. hahaha
It's all about whether you need pro features. If not, why build it and make you pay for it. It's an awesome move by Line 6 to give you the best quality available for the price.
They've also saturated the market with helix at this point. Pros may buy several of them, but basically most of the at home people who were going to spend $1700 have spent it. Now, the folks who wanted one but couldn't afford it are going to snatch these up...
@@Newnodrogbob Spot on
I have a buddy with a Helix and he recommended the POD Go so I purchased a POD GO wireless last week. No way there’s enough difference in sound to justify an extra $1000, and I sure don’t need all the options of the Helix. I’m content… at the moment, haha.
Thank You. I can't afford the Helix Lt but I can afford the Pod Go. I care about sound and I agree with you that I could not hear a difference. Pod Go it is. Does the Pod Go have the same presets as the Helix Lt? Also I heard some fantastic presets on the Helix Lt, can I get a few from their website to load into the Pod Go? Please let me know when you have some time. Thank again for the great demo.
Although the PodGo is built on the same premise as the Helix, they are both completely different entities.
Yes, the effects really do sound the same , but the PodGo is part of the Line6 Pod series, while the Helix Floor is part of the Helix series , so to answer your question, no you cannot load Helix presets on the PodGo. But you can try making a similar preset on the PodGo since they basically have the same amps, cabs and effects :)
I guess different people always hear different things. To my ears, in some of the sounds there was no difference, in a couple of them the POD sounded a little better to me, in others the Helix was superior. In the end, as he said, it comes down to what you want to use it for, and how much you're willing to spend.
Good job using a looper to remove yourself from the equation! It's not a fair comparison unless you use a looper. I always greatly appreciate your reviews!
I paid $1700 USD after tax for my helix. I just bought it last year. Not sure why the price jump all of the sudden.
Great sound on this preset... got me thinking along the way too. I have been looking at this thing the wrong way, its not as simple as people think, it takes time to pull a tone this sweet out of that little box but by golly its in there for the taking if you expend a little xtra effort.
Ty again
I want a Helix but I don't want to buy a product that is at the end of its life. I currently have a Firehawk FX and I can't even use my phone to edit my presents because I can't get the Firehawk app on my phone. I have to use my iPad which is much less convenient. Don't want the same to happen with the Helix so I'll wait until the next one comes out.
Let me scare you guys a bit. I have the original HD500, which is still amazing. I have a Helix in a flightcase under my bed. You guess right if that is up for sale or not. In the living room i have a vintage Traynor YCV40 with a HX Effects. A great combo for practicing. But i do the serious playing on a Powercab 112 and the PodGo.
If you can't create a good tone on the PodGo, something is seriously wrong and no Helix can fix that.
The design and looking for the Helix is very cool as well as makes players feel professional when using, playing it on the stage. On the other hand, the POD GO looks more for home practicing or small gigs. But! They both sound amazing.
Around 3:45, you state that you cannot use the pod go simply as an effects processor. Couldn’t you turn the amp and cab block off in the pod go and run it in the guitar amplifier’s effects loop?
Very very very very close, I hear a tiny bit more dynamic range and overall fidelity in the Helix, more lows and higher highs and smoother. Im listening from some Kali monitors. But the POD Go is rad.. Now it would be cool to leave the Helix in the studio and gig with the POD Go
Great video! For my ears, Pod Go sounds better than the Helix on the clean on every example here. I have a Kemper Powerrack but I want to get a light weight option for small gigs. I tried Headhush and Fractal, really did not like it. But I decided to get the Pod Go (Helix Go?!) after watch you here.
Real life pod go > win
Plug and play
Plug practice
Use and sell
Cheap
Helix way to boring to use it
unbiased info 🤘😎 great job
I am enjoying this series immensely!
As a pod go owner I can tell you that these tones are not achievable on the pod go
Ive done almost every tweaking possible but there is a crunch compressed sound you cant get rid of. Tried to add third party IRs but the dsp couldnt handle it. This sounds pretty good studio wize and but irl the helix sounds more full and more realistic, while if you try to get the same result with the pod go it becomes thin and trebly. They sound very close but not this close in the room out of the studio
Frankly speaking I can't hear any difference on my headphones.
Could someone elaborate on his statement "you can't use it just as an effects processor?" What did that mean? That seems an important point to just mention in one sentence, without further elaboration! You can't use it with an amp?
One day I'll be ready for something like the Helix. I think the Pod Go Wireless is my place to start in this brave new world of all-in-ones.
I'm going out on a limb and saying most people who hear any difference already dropped 2 grand on a Helix.
And if you have a good ear for dialing in sounds, you can make the POD Go sound close enough to the Helix where no one would notice.
Let me ask you would rather get the Stomp or the Pod Go? I guess for portability with the Stomp, to travel, you can just throw it in a gig bag. But has only 2 effect pedals maybe three. The Pod Go has a little more Bells and whistles than the stomp. Great review. Stay safe out there.
Hey Henning, watching your videos quite a while now and this 'Pod Go' series is the most sophisticating in terms of direct gear compaision, yet. I'm really impressed by the format you choose focusing on the direct comparision between the two devices blendend directly. And I must insist that the sound on youtube are quite comparable for both devices, but please consider the compression and equing taking place on playback. For those people heading just for the sound the price difference is a decision-maker. Nevertheless, given the opportunity to play all three devices (HX Stomp, HX Floor, Pod Go) in dierct comparision, I could want to say that there is quite a difference. At most the the feeling while playing although I could not argue why (brighter eq, some milliseconds on responsivness). For all other people trying to make a decision on the Line6 series for pure home recording. My advice would be go with the HX Stomp. Reason being is the better integration to semi-pro setup, the better Software and at least the HX update policy.
For myself I must admit I'm really impressed with the HX Stomp in my HomeStudio Setup in regards of recording quality (Processed/ReAmp and Di) as well as the ease of use putting this thing under my desk and controll it via App or Midi.
Excellent video!! Thanks!!
Hey Yamaha - pls send Henning the Variax guitars... Line6 pedals are boring
with and without the Floyd please 👍🏽 I Don’t agree with the boring part. I love my Hd500x it brings excitement to my life.
This definitely helped me feel secure in a Pod Go purchase as opposed to dropping so much $$$ on a Helix.
It's all splitting hairs now in nearly all modern modelers.
@@LivinginLosAngeles-re5yx Well, for me it's about ease-of-use. Not saying one is better than another overall. The Pod Go just has the size and form factor that works best for my tastes.
@@TheMountainDemon. It certainly works well, the POD GO. Great form factor, great screen & menus, it's a nice product. I have a horrible gear obsession with a FM3, POD GO, Kemper Stage, and Headrush Prime, as well as a ton of high end tube amps, and it's taught me one thing, that all gear has it's own personality and something to offer. My Headrush Prime gives me sounds none of the others do. All gear has it's own personality. Line 6 stuff has a signature Line 6 sound, Headrush the same, Boss the same, and Fractal the same. It's about whatever we connect with. To me, nothing is "better", just different. I see the value and personality in all gear, and the POD GO certainly offers a ton for little money. 💯
@@LivinginLosAngeles-re5yx Very true!
Animals at the end are the BEST! :-) Well, I'm falling more and more in love with the POD :-) Gracias hermano \o/
They both sound exactly the same. The pod gobis more than enough to get the job done.
Great review, thank you for the job ;), the difference is negligible, a question arises, can I plug directly into the Imac and listen through the speakers without the need for external monitors?
Excellent review:) The gearhead in me says Helix the cool thinking guy in me says I really don't need the Helix the Go will be sufficient for my needs:) Only one thing that I actually could use on the Helix is the Variax interface.
Be damned if I can tell the difference. Helix is definitely a prettier box though.
I have the Line6 HX FX and have a Mooer preamp live (for amp modelling and IR's etc) in the loop of the HX FX, which I use as a control centre to control the Preamp by midi.. The Mooer pre amp live also tone captures brilliantly. You can do genuinely brilliant things with the HX FX and the Mooer pre amp live in combination. Add all this to the Boss Katana 2x12 I plug it all into, and I think I am pretty much done with buying gear forever.
Yeah, that's right haha
I also have the Mooer Preamp Live, with a Stomp, and I think the Mooer is a more intuitive and controllable amp stage (as you'd expect with more manual controls, that are more easily accessible) then the HX. Dare I say it, I think the amps are more natural sounding than the Stomp too.
I got a HX stomp to replace my HD Bean. While it sounds better, I still use the bean as a bass di and vocal pre lol.
how the hell do you not have more subscribers?!
Man, you are giving the people what we WANT
This is too hard!!
That's what she said!!
keep dreaming
Great video as always. Thanks for all the great information!
NO Variax or line 6 link for my DT 25! Horrible
Path 2 has its own DSP. If you start running out of horsepower on Path 1 route it to Path 2. You can also easily route Path 1 into Path 2.
Been watching since part 1. I like the introduction music.
Oh and the Pod Go is incredible. I find new capabilities every time I use it. The sounds i can dial in are 1000 tones better than the garbage that's thrown together on line 6 website.
Using this in conjuction with neutral archetype = never go back
How do you combine these two things?
This is nice. Please more do videos about the pod go
wonder how these will compare with the Fractal FM3
They should have called it Helix Mini
Which one will sound better with a POD GO, a Solid state amp or an inexpensive pair of powered monitor speakers?
I'm pretty confident that buck for buck the studio monitors would sound better. 1) you're getting stereo, that's a huge plus, 2) guitar amps aren't cheap... What guitar amp would you get anyhow? Pretty sure SM would sound better buck for buck for majority of SM vs Guitar amps..
27:50, top left cortner. Let the dog in 💙
i've kinda been waiting for the pod go. when the helix and helix LT came out, they were both just out of budget for me and I just don't need two signal chains and all those ins and outs. I'd like a good sounding updated unit that lets me plug a guitar in, and usually mono out maybe stereo out on occasion and this has at least that. I'll think i'll get one of these. it does all i need it to do
Perfectly stated. I thought this was my previous comment. I’d love to know how this compares to a Boss unit and the Mooer 250.
Sounds about the same to me.
I really wish for the Pod Go there was a line 6 GTR connector for the varrix GTR . This could replace the Pod Hd 500 x and be a nice solution for people who can't afford the Helix LT and the Helix
Also, what you're really paying for is the ability to put anything in the signal chain any where you want. Pod go is just straight forward. You get 11 blocks in a set order. Helix, you get 32 block in any order you want, the ability to run up to 4 different things at once, like vocals, two guitars, and bass. You guys the scribble strips on the board and all the routing. They don't compare at all. Why try to compare them? I'm not taking away from the pod go. I've been calling it helix go since I heard it ran on the helix brain back in Jan. Pod go is great if you don't mind the stripped back version. They are two very different animals though at the end of the day.
I have both and apart from a few modulation pedals my patches are setup the same. My signal chains are very simple anyway so it is easy to get both sounding the same. My Helix is now for full studio use...my PodGo for live. Love them both
can i download HELIX patches from 'custom tone' to the POD GO? or will they not work?
I don't think they will work.
I so appreciate your starkly honest review and demo of this product. Plus I know that you are a very good producer so I trust that what is coming through my studio monitors is going to be as true as I'm going to get on RUclips. I will likely never be able to afford a Helix, plus my needs have always been minimal. All I need is 2 great sounding channels (clean and dirty) and basic effects: overdrive, chorus, tremolo, delay and reverb (all in mono) and occasionally be able to drop the pitch (Does Pod Go do that?). I realize that some guitarists have much more complex needs. For them there's the Helix.
I got mine yesterday, and I am sorry to say there is no whammy from what I read in the manual. If you download the PDF from line 6 it will show you a list of all the effects in the unit. I also dug through every patch, and parameter as well. There are some cool synth effects if your into to that though.
@@HughManatea Thanks Jake. I checked into it after commenting. When you consider the price difference, putting a good pitch change pedal in the loop not a big deal.
@@DennisAlvarezMusic Absolutely;your welcome. The send and Return is a great touch, and the extra expression pedal slot as well. I am hoping that they add some additional sounds in future updates. Cheers Amigo.
@@DennisAlvarezMusic Hey Dennis it turns out there is a pitch whammy effect after all. I looked through the pitch setting again and if you use the pitch wham in your chain it uses the expression pedal to guide it. It seems I misinformed myself as well you as you. It is indeed there in the pitch block under pitch wham.
@@HughManatea Now that I'm about to start gigging again, I'll take another look at Pod Go. I would rather spend the money on it then pay roughly half of the cost on a dedicated pitch pedal when for $200 (roughly) more I could have an up to date processor with pitch included. Thanks!
Love the review! But could you elaborate on what you said @3:40: "You can't really use this just as an effects processor [...] with your amp". Why not? I can use the four cable method, bypass the preamp & cab simulation, no?
I guess you can, but I wouldn't
@@EytschPi42 Thank you for the response Henning, but why? I'm asking because I'm thinking of buying the Pod Go as a pedal board replacement with the option of using a different preamp into my JCM 900's power amp, but there's hardly any videos on YT about this use case. How would the Helix (Floor and/or LT?) be better suited for this situation? Thank you, I really appreciate your taking time to respond!
Nice, did you record with a mic on Line6 FRFR cabinet or was it direct? If it was a cabinet what kind?
direct
Does the pod go offer acoustic simulation sounds like the new update of the Helix? If I can get that this go would be a buy. Great reviews and you play awesome plus I love your cats. Peace from CT. US.
This is how Line6 works. They put out a “flagship” product then they make a bunch of cheaper versions that sound exactly the same to piss off people that bought the “flagship” product while ignoring the flagship model until they then make a HelixX or something and start the process all over again. The helix stomp is now completely useless if you just bought one. They are just putting the same amp sounds in the helix that were supposedly better sounding into the POD now and hope you don’t notice it’s exactly the same.
What a fantastic video. Thank you so much for helping me with my decision! I'm old school but I think I'm gonna make the switch.
3:43 "you cannot used this as an effect processor with your amp" I'm not sure I understand... Is this not meant to replace a pedal board and go straight into a normal amp?
it is more meant as an all in one solution.... you COULD go into your amp with it, but I personally wouldn't
@@EytschPi42 what solution would you use as something that can go straight into an amp? I want something that is easy to use, sounds good live, and just makes it to where I can replace bringing pedals to a live setting. The amp modeling/recording feature are nice but not needed at the moment.
You can split the difference and get the FM3 by Fractal. It is a beast and used can be had for 800 to 850. The sounds in it are so convincing, used the the Friedman BE100 patch and have the actual amp and the FM3 sounds better. FYI
I have. Pod Go and I agree; Line 6 should REALLY make better factory presets. I hated them all and made my own(also there is a very large community of Pod Go patch makers).
When I said this on the Pod Go forums i was sort of ostracised. So i am glad somebody agrees with me. The Pod Go is an incredible piece of kit by the way, unbelievable for the money.
Keep up the good work!
The more the gain, the better the Helix sounded. By Engl time, Helix was very noticeably better sounding. Sorry Pod People
My plan is to buy the Pod Go to replace my whole stuff. It's small and my band only plays small gigs. Two mono guitars, left/right. No fancy stereo effects or anything. The Pod should get the job done. 3rd party IRs will help with quality of sound, too. So, if I can play gigs with a clean, distortion/overdrive and a lead sound by just throwing this little device on the floor, it will keep my back healthy. I'm tired of carrying amp+cab from location to location.
Great vid, thanks man. Subscribed! For live performance which I do, Helix has XLR out and few other important things to consider but is way overkill and $1700 is crazy. POD Go is lacking in the back with connections and front with pedal buttons , so I'm more likely to go with the Mooer GE300 or similar. Plus the Helix chain interface appears not user friendly compared to many other boards like Headrush, Zoom, Mooer, Valeton, etc.
差距有1%，然而我听不出来这1%🤔🤔🤔
in studio I can hear the little difference. Helix sounds a bit better. It has little more bass and sustain on sound but just a little.
Isn't essentially the same software, with limited selection? It's like a Helix LT Lighter.
Pod go is slightly brighter. Listen to the engl meteor clip with good headphones and the pod go has more fizz. But yes they’re pretty close.
There are plenty of videos showing a massive difference in top end, however this video tends to mask that and the top end seems lacking. People say the Helix has automatic impedance detection whereas the POD GO is fixed. This was very noticeable with a single coil Fender Strat, so do you have any pedals in front of the Helix that might help balance impedance?
I can hear the big helix being slightly more full range, but again, I have no idea if it's my brain telling me to hear the difference. If there happens to be a slight difference, and it's not just my mind playing tricks on me, it is very very minimal, it is sooooo close, and it is nothing that renders the pod go useless by any means. I think the POD go is fantastic for a lot of people, including myslef but I just wish it had either MIDI (with an rjm mini amp gizmo which I already have) or the EXT amp control with relay swtiching, to change channels on my amp and be able to fully integrate it. I know that's not the mission of this and that's what the big Helix, LT and HX FX are for, but it's just such a basic function all multi fx should have today. I know this is a full all in one for someone that just wants to go direct to PA or interface and for that, it is fantastic.
Great video as always.
QUESTION: Is the Pod Go good for recording directly into a DAW? I am looking for something that sound's really great with many amp sounds for recording. I would trust your input (no pun intended!).....Thanks.
Philip
NYC Area
Of course the more you pay the better but not enough significance to justify it. I would buy the Go and and a 1/4” male to female XLR adapter for the sound guy to direct PA it.
Thanks!
Love your work!
Hey Henning, the output sockets are labelled "Left (mono)", "Right" and "BALANCED/UNBALANCED". This suggests that you might be able to use these outputs together as balanced mono (like an XLR output) with some kind of adaptor. Maybe useful for the gig situation.
Great video by the way. I'm seriously thinking about buying one of these. I have the HD500X and I just don't like how it sounds.
I have a pedalboard that I use for shows made up of all individual pedals that I leave in my rehearsal space and I really wanted an all-in-one solution (that is not as pricey as the Helix) for recording at home. I bought the Pod GO to replace my HX stomp because there are 6 programmable footswitches instead of 3 but it's a bit misleading because although you get two expression pedal effects (vol. and wah) and 6 effect blocks, every preset you make will come with a wah and volume pedal, an EQ pedal and an FX loop block and YOU CANNOT DELETE ANY OF THEM! The wah and volume makes sense but I feel like EQ and an FX loop would be two of the last blocks I would need and the first ones I would sacrifice to run other blocks. An EQ is nice to have in the chain but do I need a footswitch for it? No, I would just leave it on. I like to use a compressor and reverb as well but again, things that I leave on and don't need a switch for. With the Pod Go, if it's in the chain, you HAVE to assign it to a switch. The other block they force you to have is the FX loop. This is nice if you want to run other pedals, but I would much rather have an editable block with the OPTION of an FX loop if I really wanted to expand but I don't want to be forced to have it. How many people that are using the Pod GO with the intention of adding anyway? It feels like it's supposed to be an all-in-one device. It does come with an EXP input where you could connect a third party footswitch to control more blocks but since they only give you 4 blocks (5, if you count the unremovable EQ), there's noting to control! I guess if you use snapshots this could be helpful but I just like to use stomp mode. Just wanted a VOX AC30 tone with 6 effects of my choosing. Nope. Perhaps they will add more blocks in an update but at this price point, I doubt it's possible. I do really like the size and the large display with a simplified interface and sounds just as good as my HX stomp. I guess what I'm looking for is something between the HX Stomp and the Helix LT. I've been using Line 6 gear for 20 years and I was so excited to get this as I thought it would be my all-in-one recording solution but I'll just stick with my HX Stomp and build a small board with some additional pedals. If I'm totally way off here or someone has any ideas, I would love the feedback. Great videos!