Building a Helix Patch from Scratch - How we build patches at Worship Tutorials
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This video is long and pretty in-depth. Here are some time stamps to help you jump to different sections:
00:22 - How I am monitoring, global settings, and what guitar I’m using
03:00 - Basic signal path and DSP management, and the volume block
04:53 - Amp and cab blocks (stock cabs) initial settings
07:00 - Gain structuring and volume leveling (plus master vs channel volume in the amp block)
08:15 - Amp Block: Diailing in the amp settings
12:09 - Compressor Block: Compressor settings
15:12 - EQ: End of chain EQ block
17:54 - Stock cabs vs IR cab experiment (spoiler - IR cab wins, ha)
20:12 - IR Cab Block: Dialing in the IR block
21:53 - Wet effects and signal chain thoughts
23:53 - Delays: Adding quarter note delay (tape delay)
25:53 - Delays: Dotted 8th delay (vintage digital)
29:45 - Delays: Setting up a dual delay - how you can make any stereo delay block a dual delay (tape delay)
32:27 - Reverbs: Setting up a subtle (hall) reverb
34:33 - Reverbs: Dialing in the Glitz Verb for a big ambient reverb
37:32 - Drives - Dialing in the King of Tone (Heir Apparent) drive
39:35 - Drives - Dialing in the Scream 808 drive
41:30 - Drives - Dialing in the Dhyna Drive
42:32 - Drives - Adjusting drives for stacking
44:44 - Swells - Setting up the Glitz verb for swells
45:26 - Swells - Using the Multitap 4 delay for swells
48:10 - Swells - testing the delay and reverb with swells
49:22 - Modulation - setting up tremolo
49:47 - Modulation - setting up chorus
51:10 - Final tone adjustments (getting rid of muddy-ness)
52:58 - Experimenting with different IR’s
54:00 - Setting up snapshots
54:44 - Using the gain block as a solo boost
Gear in this video:
Tone Junkie IR's that I used in this patch: tonejunkiestore.com/impulse-r...
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Studio Monitors I use: Dynaudio BM5a mk iii
Audio Interface: Universal Audio Apollo 8 (Helix is plugged into this via XLR outs)
Guitar: MJT VTL (Thinline Tele)
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This video is long and pretty in-depth. Here are some time stamps to help you jump to different sections:
00:22 - How I am monitoring, global settings, and what guitar I’m using
03:00 - Basic signal path and DSP management, and the volume block
04:53 - Amp and cab blocks (stock cabs) initial settings
07:00 - Gain structuring and volume leveling (plus master vs channel volume in the amp block)
08:15 - Amp Block: Diailing in the amp settings
12:09 - Compressor Block: Compressor settings
15:12 - EQ: End of chain EQ block
17:54 - Stock cabs vs IR cab experiment (spoiler - IR cab wins, ha)
20:12 - IR Cab Block: Dialing in the IR block
21:53 - Wet effects and signal chain thoughts
23:53 - Delays: Adding quarter note delay (tape delay)
25:53 - Delays: Dotted 8th delay (vintage digital)
29:45 - Delays: Setting up a dual delay - how you can make any stereo delay block a dual delay (tape delay)
32:27 - Reverbs: Setting up a subtle (hall) reverb
34:33 - Reverbs: Dialing in the Glitz Verb for a big ambient reverb
37:32 - Drives - Dialing in the King of Tone (Heir Apparent) drive
39:35 - Drives - Dialing in the Scream 808 drive
41:30 - Drives - Dialing in the Dhyna Drive
42:32 - Drives - Adjusting drives for stacking
44:44 - Swells - Setting up the Glitz verb for swells
45:26 - Swells - Using the Multitap 4 delay for swells
48:10 - Swells - testing the delay and reverb with swells
49:22 - Modulation - setting up tremolo
49:47 - Modulation - setting up chorus
51:10 - Final tone adjustments (getting rid of muddy-ness)
52:58 - Experimenting with different IR’s
54:00 - Setting up snapshots
54:44 - Using the gain block as a solo boost
Thanks the time stamps lol!
Bro check out the new free IR’s HW just put out! The Jensen C12n is amazing! Would love to see a review from you and how you implement the iR.
Who needs this I don’t because this whole video is amazing!!!!!!!!!!😆
@@cour1988 where do I find those free IRs?
One thing I do sometimes while building is to throw the looper on the front. Play a progression into it and let it go while you play with the settings. It lets you get a good sense of how the tweaks are impacting your tone with a consistent sample. Just delete when you're done ...
an hour of WT Helix content is just what I needed to pass the time (Other than Office rewatch #12)
I got the following info from somewhere, and I use it to set the amp sounds how I like; it makes a massive difference! Hope it helps someone else too!
MASTER
Adjusts the amount of power amp distortion: 0% clean 50% normal, 100% driven. Note that 50% may not be normal as the amps may have been modeled with the Master set too high. Consider using lower values, or the minimum distortion required to fit the song.
This parameter is highly interactive with all other power amp parameters; the lower the Master is set, the less effect the other controls will have.
Low Master and high Drive gives smother preamp distortion while high Master lower Drive gives more power amp, symmetric and more aggressive distortion.
SAG
Controls power amp sag or compression 0% tight, 50% normal, 100% more touch for dynamic sustain.
Lower Sag values offer a "tighter" responsiveness for metal and djent playing; higher values provide more touch dynamics & sustain for blues and classic rock riffs. High Bias (closer to class A) reduces the effect of the Sag control. Sag doesn't exist in class A amplifiers since the average plate current doesn't change.
Sag is caused by the amplifiers power supply being unable to meet the demand when the map is pushed hard with high Master. When the power sags, the amp output drops and then recovers, creating a unique compression effect with some additional, but temporary distortion when you pick hard. Unlike compressors before the amp, sag compression occurs even when the amp is already very distorted.
Large sag gives more compression, better sustain, and can accentuate pick attack. But the amp will appear somewhat less responsive especially at the low end and can get muddy.
HUM
Controls how much heater hum interacts with your tone. Tube amplifiers generally used low voltage AC in the tube heaters, and sometimes this could add some hum into the signal.
At higher settings, things get freaky. Higher levels cause some intermodulation distortion as the heater hum mixes with the signal. Generally left at 0 unless you are looking for a specific effect.
RIPPLE
Controls how much AC ripple in the power supply interacts with your tone. The power supply of a tube amp is filtered with large capacitors. If the amp is driven hard, these capacitors can't provide sufficient filtering and some AC ripple is introduced into the signal. This is similar to hum but is on the plate of the tube instead of the heater and has a different shape.
At higher settings, things get freaky. Also generally left at 0 unless you are looking for a specific effect.
BIAS
Changes the Bias of the power tubes. Lower values achieve a "colder" Class AB biasing. At maximum, the amp is operating in Class A.
Higher or "hot" bias will increase the warmth, reduce headroom, distort earlier or at a lower Master setting, and (in a tube amp) decrease the tube life. Lower or "cold" bias will make the sound less sweet, but will tighten it up and make it more dynamic.
Bias X
Determines how the power amp tubes' voicing reacts when pushed hard, controlling how much the bias changes when the amp is driven hard. Bias X is a bit like Sag, except it controls change in a tube's operating point due to change in the tube bias when the amp is driven hard.
Set low for a tighter feel. Set high for more tube compression. This parameter is highly reactive with the Drive and Master settings
I have screenshotted and saved this, and have already referenced it several times! Thank you!
3 years later, still the best Helix Patch tutorial I've seen. Thank you guys for all you do!
It's a great overview! Thanks, WT.
To anyone still having doubts:
-The patch gets much louder when you drop some stuff down to path 2B because you're now duplicating your signal by running 2A and 2B in parallel (and without compensating the volumes or mixes).
-You can also assign the level of your output block to a footswitch. That's another way to save space on the signal path (and to save negligible DSP, I guess).
-There are more efficient methods to do some of the things Brian has done here. Don't just copy what he does and stop thinking. Continue to think critically and learn new stuff about the Helix :)
This is an AMAZING video, Brian! Finally, a walk-through that makes no assumptions about the viewers' knowledge of the platform. THANK YOU!
Have a blessed Easter!
Thanks so much, Brian! I love how you talk us through a simple explanation of what several parameters control and how to think about them. Super helpful if I want to create a patch in the future or even tweak one that I get from Worship Tutorials!
Megathanks for this. I’m new to Helix and tutorials of this quality are very valuable and most welcome. I’ve seen some of your post lately and enjoyed your matter of fact approach approach very much.
Hello Brian! You have taught me more in this video than the last 5 I checked out. I am now an avid viewer of your channel. God Bless and thank you.
Thank you so much ! I was begging for it and you finally did this video 😅
I'm a big fan of your presets and it's really helpful seeing how you build them.
Thanks for the great quality content !!
Wow! You really took us to school on this one! Great info. I’m a new Helix guy and this will put me miles down the road to using it in a very short amount of time. The ears of our people at church thank you. 😉 Thanks for sharing this! Love what you guys are doing at WT!
This video was so helpful to watch! I've been a Helix user for around a year and a half and really need to update my patches and create some more. Seeing your approach to creating a tone and specific things within a chain was so interesting and has given me a lot of ideas. Very inspired to go and experiment, as well as start using some IRs in my patches. Unsure whether you have done any videos on specific things like overdrives and modulation etc, but I would really be interested in seeing your approach to those specific things! Keep up the great work!
A couple years back I really wanted someone to teach me the ins and out of worship effects: delays and reverbs. Oddly enough, there wasn’t much content out their teaching it. So I bought 50+ Worship Tutorials patches and played with them and studied the settings to really learn worship style effects. Throwing in a video like this completes that learning resource.
Thank you for this Brian. With so many settings the Helix can be overwhelming. Having some best practices is really going to help.
That's amazing. One of the most useful Helix tutorials I've seen. Thank you very much for doing it.
Outstanding. Please keep making in depth video tutorials like this!
Thank you for making this!! I’m sure it took a lot of time but it’s so awesome to see!
I haven't even watched it and I can already tell this will be incredibly useful
This was lots of fun and very educational. I would love a second video where you go into your approach to the more complicated routing-the stuff you said you're not going to do in this video.
A wealth of knowledge! Thanks Brian, stay safe!
I’m kind of obsessed with these Worship sounds. I literally have no where to use them in the cover situations I am in but hope to use some of these sounds in my original music writing. Thanks for all of this information. Absolutely brilliant.
lush reverb dotted 8th delay and or two different delays that are musical to each other generally is the staple for worship tones. i feel like doing that and adding the spaghetti western vibes would be epic original music
I just tried the EQ pedal at the end of the chain to boost the mids with my Strat, and it gave me the extra secret sauce that I had been looking for. Thanks!
Wow thank you for this! I will always be a purchaser of your patches because they are so great, but I have always wanted to learn how to build my own but was confused on what certain things did. And by that, felt very discouraged. But this was a huge help thank you!
Thank you so much! Love seeing the process Brian! Much appreciated.
This is such a great tutorial. Thank you for taking the time to educate us!
Just picked up a Stomp and originally thought this wouldn’t be a good use of my time because of how long it is and because I don’t have a Helix, but after the great explanation of amp settings, I stuck around and I’m glad I did. The tip/trick about the dual delay was worth it for sure!
i enjoyed this walkthrough, thanks! I especially appreciated hearing your thoughts on gain staging. The way you setup multiple delays and verbs is much easier to manage than the way i have tried to change parameters to save DSP that would always lead to "authentic" glitching between songs that was not desirable! Using the multitap delay to feed the wash reverb is brilliant! Always fun to look at my 5yo rig like it's brand new again!
Great Explanation of how to setup, I am huge fan of AC-30 amp 🙂
Excellent video as always, Brian! You're making me want a Helix more and more! Darn you! Did anyone notice at 25:33 the chord progression sounded like intro to The Freshmen by The Verve Pipe? Love that song and progression.
Nice we need more content like this🔥
I don’t even own a Helix.. I just really love these videos 😂😂🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
THANK YOU SO MUCH WT!!!! Love from NZ!
Thank you so much, mate! Awesome review and tips about helix! God bless you!
Great video Brian. Boosts confidence in what I’m doing so far 👍 one thing regarding the volume increase after you split your paths (I bet you know but maybe someone else finds this helpful): using the standard split (as the name says) splits the signal between path 2a and 2b and then sums it back up which increases the volume. If you want to use it as an extension of you path 2a you need to send 100% to path 2b and therefore ‚break‘ the signal flow for path 2a. It then gets processed by path 2b and gets routed back to path 2a to carry on there. I get confused there often but that’s typically what happens.
Great, really helped! I bought the IRs from your friend at Tone Junkie. Absolutely worth it.
Excellent. Got Helix Native ;ast night and I needed this!
Fantastic, Brian, thanks a lot
Great and very thorough video. Very helpful!! Thanks guys!!
This was very helpful, thank you!
Much appreciated and great Tutorial!!!
Sounds great. One thing I usually do with my delays/wet effects is place them between the amp and the cab. I find that simulates the amp having an effects loop and thus the wet effects are being triggered by the amp and not by the signal of the speaker. I learned some things about stacking drives as that is usually my struggle to get them to sound right.
that is exactly what I needed, thank you so much!
Hmm, just tried following along. BTW, got the Helix with your Worship Bundle this week so lots to learn. I have the 3.5 update, but once we put the cab in and tried to put an IR, it looks like there was no more DSP room for the IR. IR is the only effect that is not available. But then I saw you took out the Cab and kept the IR. But I was able to complete the patch with you and like what I have. Learned a ton of stuff from you bro. Really appreciate what you guys do.
I was trying to think of a debatable point "Tele's are the greatest guitars of all time", the I picked up my Tele and realized you're right LOL.
I'm new to Helix, arriving today. I'm also a church musician in Hillside. We have a big church. The Chicagoland area is serious about Worship and Gospel. Incorporating the Helix in my setup with a Gretsch Black Panther and Charvel Signature Vivaldi 7 string....until I get a Variax.
Cool video!
Nice detailed info said in a n easy way to understand. Now to actually try to do what you made sound easy. Thanks .
awesome vid !
Yes!!!!! Thank you so much!
Awesome video. I wish I could explain things as clearly as you.
Great job! Stereo amp patch next please!
A worthwhile watch..great video and well explained...learned loads....can you explain snaps in more detail if poss? Get in closer with video on the blocks and settings. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🎸👌🎧
Love it!!
nice job, buying the presets .hopping you create more
Thank you so much! Really usefull.
Thank you! This helped alot
Love this! One thing that you can do to save DSP is adjust the reverb parameters via snapshots or a footswitch so you only need one Glitz block instead of 2
Ethan Rapske but then the reverb has to always be on, because setting a bypass button could create issues when you can adjust the settings with it off. Creating scenarios where you have to press to buttons to get one result
@@austinunderwood3279 ah yeah good point!
What a great tutorial I plam on buying a Helix and this video made me feel more confidant that I will be able to do my pres-sets thanks ! Oh and how and where will I be able to down load the IRs?
THANK YOU! THE best patch info on TH-cam! I do have ONE question: Do you change these patches at all for "live volume"? I say that because patches can sound amazing in headphones and at modest levels at rehearsal, but, you crank them up though a PA at "live level" and they can get quite harsh. Do you use some type of Global EQ'ing to offset the old Fletcher-Munson curve? Thanks in advance!
Hi WT, God Bless you guys for helping us out! I finally got an HX stomp and Powercab plus to ditched my big board plus an M13 and tube amp. Tired to lugging that thing to church. So in my studio I have a focusrite scarlett 2i4. What is your recommended setup for recording at home? Should I use the powercab as a monitor? or plug the HX into computer via usb, and monitor with headphones into the Stomp? What's your recommendation?
Oh boy! These swells!
Thank you Sir
I appreciate this. Just getting into this world with an hx stomp after watching all your videos. I'm primarily using it as my amp, eq and compression. Do you have a recommendation on where to put an effects loop block when using actual pedals in the loop?
Thoughts on running multiple same type blocks vs controlling parameter changes with snapshots? Example being your two tape delays(I think there were two tape delay blocks by the end), could be reduced to 1 block that gets altered by the snapshot when you need say a longer delay vs a rhythmic delay.
Its been a technique I've started leaning towards because it gives me some more space for effects and I am a over-preparer/tinkerer. Granted it does limit spontaneity when just playing around.
Thanks so much for the breakdown of Helix. What PUP"s are in your guitar if you don't mind sharing. Thanks again!
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YES! This is what I needed, Thanks!
Can yall do a how to build pads? Mainly in mainstage 3 ? Thanks again!!
Sooooooooooooóoooooooooooooooooo helpful
Hey mate, I've seen some people that match the bypass volume of the guitar with the channel volume of the amp in order to avoid digital clipping (better gain staging). Any though on that?
HI Brian- i was wondering is there a reason why you put a volume before everything and not after your drive pedals?
Can you please show how to program the effects to be turned on or off with the footswitches within a patch? Thank you - your patches are fantastic and I use them regularly. (I have songs on SoundCloud where you can hear me using many of your patches).
Hey guys! Sounds great! Do you know if you will be doing Pod Go patches any time soon (I am intrigued to hear your opinion!). I hope you and your family stay safe in this weird time! Thanks!
Hey Tom - yes we will be building patches for it as soon as they are available.
Excellent video!! Need not say more
Can you do a video like this specifically for the Pod Go?
Thanks in advance ☺
God bless 🙏
Can we see how you make the Acoustic IRs? I'd love to experiment with that at home!
How can I plug my helix to studio monitors? Do I need an audio interface? if I use a DAW will affect or add a different color tone to my patches?
When running a mono signal should we still monitor the gain level at -9dB before adding effects? When I run mono the patches I purchased from WT have a gain level between -14dB to -19dB. They don't get up to -9dB until I use the P&W Lead snapshot. Also thanks for this video and everything else ya'll do for the worship community.
That -9dB thing was just how I set my Apollo (recording interface) gain setting where I plug the Helix in. It doesn’t really have anything to do with the gain staging in the patch itself.
@worshiptutorials. When building patches, are they made for guitar/pickup specific: ie hollow body vs solid and single coil vs humbucker vs filertron or tele vs LP?
Please do the same tutorial also for the kemper! Thanks!
My doubts fell away as quickly as your hair as I continued watching, my friend 😁
What sort of speaker would you recommend for home use with the Helix? I was considering two Headrush FRFR 108s, but a lot of people keep telling me they're bass heavy etc. But I imagine I can EQ them using the methods you speak about here and that would solve a lot of those problems? Cheers for the tutorial, great stuff.
Hi Brian, thank you very much for your tutorial. I followed every single step and still it does not sound the same that you do. When I do the amp and cab the sound from my guitar is too clean, There is no that little drive/distortion. This is happening always when I try to build resets. What I am doing wrong?
I thought delays and reverbs were supposed to be at the end of the signal chain, yet Brian is doing the opposite, am i thinking correct?
can you download these patches and use them in Helix LT or is this only regular helix?
Hello Brian I wanted to know if its possible to request a video on the helix. Would you be able to do a video a parallel video reel on how you route the effects on the helix on how you route the different effects and the routing lines that they look like a S or Snake form on the line 6 Helix. I look forward to hearing from you on this request. Peace
Where you do you have your input gain set at on the apollo?
My patch building guitar has excessive fret wear from playing G, C, and D over and over. :(
When you use the drive do you have the amp on
I tend to put the Volume pedal at the end so that it does not change the tonal characteristics for different volume levels. If I want to change the tonal timbre, I use the guitar volume control
Yes!!! I have this debate all the time. I use the volume pedal after everything in my chain and use my volume pots to pull back on the guitar signal if I choose too!!
Do you think you guys could do a Daniel Carson inspired patch?
What Brand and model of Headphones are you using there??
hello how do you do on your Apollo to have the console "tranche" named helix ? thanks
Is this tutorial relevant for those who have the Pod Go as well?
What is in the WT patches that come with the Sweetwater Helix edition?
please review the ge200 mooer with your presets✌🏽🎸
would love to see this in focus.
Do I need an adapter for the headphones or do studio headphones have the right size tip for the headphones slot?
Dakota Kinert helix uses 1/4” inputs / outputs, it doesn’t have any 3.5mm jacks
How do you change FS1 and FS7 to be stomp bypasses instead of Bank?
48:29 - I'm hearing some static-like crackling going on... my swells do it too - any idea why?