JANEK! You star. What a treat to wake up to this episode. Thank you so much. I was totally inspired hearing you play through the sounds! Made me want to dive back in and approach some of them in a different way. What a gift. Two things I will say - these presets were crafted with passive instruments in mind so I always will tell people to turn the guitar pad on in the input circle if playing with a high output active bass. Also it seems in the transition to the rack unit, the 1st footswitch was missed which contains great stuff on all of these sounds. A lot of octave down in particular. Not absolutely critical, but just wanted to point that out for people watching/listening. Thank you again Janek! I can’t wait to dive into your sounds.
@@andreipetre5242 You really dialed in the envelope in a way I had not achieved on my own. I set as favorite, the envelope from the Juno, and pasted it in all my own preset. Cheers.
Just throwing out that I also fell in love with Ian's Montana sound right away. Will probably tinker with that for the rest of my bass playing life and I'll always credit him for 'creating' that vibe for us to play with.
i think more than anything the IMA presets really helped me understand how to set up a solid preset. there are so many great design choices he made that are appicable to any preset you would ever want to make. the presets are incredible on their own and worth the price tag IMO but the knowledge i gained in analyzing them for my own presets was an incredible cherry on top.
I love your coverage of Ian's presets. Of everything I've purchased so far they are head and shoulders above everything else (anxious to get yours but need the finances first). I use the IMA Sig almost all the time at church and play with everything else in my personal practice time. Would love to see you dive deeper with Ian on his mindset when creating these effects.
I found that I had to resist the urge to tweak Ian’s settings. Every time I did, I always ended up going back to the way he set them up. Try them in real settings before you mess with too much. Dude knows his stuff! 👍👍
Fitting that you and IMA were the reason I grabbed the HX Stomp in the first place! I just might have to grab his pack after seeing it used out of the context of his playing. And that’s not a knock on Ian because I adore him! It comes from a “well those work because that’s his thing” but now it’s a “well Janek isn’t Ian and neither am I!”
I use the Juno preset all the time. I added an effects loop to put my Laney Digbeth preamp in the mix. So good. Also, you should check out the Laney Digbeth pre/DI 🔥
I have IMA's Signature pack and that's been my go-to for a while now. His Montana and IMA Sig are brilliant. Montana I've been using a lot for inspirational practice. Same for your Super Synth. Definitely want to check out IMA's synth pack after listening to these. Leviathan sounds awesome! I've totally missed that you've now got other presets! Definitely have to look into those. Love your sound. That 13 Fathoms intro and the bass chords on Concord towards the end are some of my recent favourites! Though my regular go to has to be Theatre By the Sea.
@ianmartinallison, one of the biggest issues many stomp users have a challenge with is balancing the output level of the different patches. Do your patches address that issue? And I'm also wondering if these patches are applicable for both live and studio or primarily one or the other? Love your and Janek's work. Thank you gentlemen.
There's an excellent fix for this but you need a meter. I use a DAW and just look at the visual for the output level. If you adjust the output block of the preset, you can match output across all your presets in like 15 minutes.
I've been working on setting up my HX stomp and I feel like I've been setting up the same patches over and over with just slight tweaks. I've been thinking about grabbing some of your patches but now maybe I should look into Ian's instead! 😂 Just kidding, plenty of room for both on that stomp! (and I need the baby elephant one) Ooooh, the sub one is soo cool, been trying to create something like that and failing.
Thanks for this video. I am currently using boss gt-10b and gt-10 they have kinda run their course. I really want helix LT I can do bass and guitar all in one. Mostly to be honest the Deftones patches for guitar are worth the switch. Anyhow definitely going to upgrade and get yours and Ian’s bass patches because I am lazy 😂haha Ty again.
Great video thank you! Great sounds. I’m currently producing demo videos for each of Ian’s Signature Pack presets - playlist here for anyone interested: Ian Martin Allison Preset Demos (HX Stomp) th-cam.com/play/PLjNdLPD-dxCc5hFxY9tkCZAyPJVybqatB.html
People are paying $49 for a pack of sounds that are free on their stomp??!!! Are you kidding me?! I understand finding your sound and other sounds which inspire can be challenging, but to pay someone else to do the discovery that you would immensely benefit from simply PURSUING yourself would not only save you money, but it would develop your own tastes and skills. I am blown away at peoples' blind willingness to "save" their time of learning their own tools by paying someone else to do it. Don't misunderstand me, I appreciate Janek's playing, his books, and his channel, but these packs are straight up snake oil in a rusty old can. By the way, if you're wasting 49 minutes watching this and then spending $49 of "time saved" on these packs, realize that those 49 minutes could be spent learning your stomp and sounds, AND BONUS, your money would still be in your wallet. Not only would you be richer for the experience, but you'd be literally richer.
Your logic, if you can call it that, is quite flawed. I don't say this out of a defense of Ian's product or a fear that people reading what you've written might be discouraged from purchasing, leading to a loss in revenue (although that is a very real possibility when someone negatively or falsely comments or reviews something). I say your logic is flawed because it very simply and very objectively is. If you're shocked at people spending $49 for something that might know very little about and want an introduction into programming presets they like the sound of, then are you perhaps flabbergasted? Outraged? or at a complete loss for words when someone has a daily $12 starbucks order? You could spend $12 and drink coffee for a week if you made it at home. Not only that, but you'd learn way more about the coffee making process over time (programming presets), make decisions for your taste buds based on experience through tireless research of coffee blends from around the world (researching individual pedals and learning how to recreate them digitally through hours of experimentation), and perhaps even make a long-term investment in a coffee machine (HX Stomp), that, when compared to an $84 weekly starbucks habit, would pay for itself in months, possibly weeks. No, I doubt you are shocked by any of this. I also doubt you've considered all the things like a daily starbucks when it comes to the blind willingness to splurge without thinking about it. If you're new to the space of digital effects, in this case specifically the HX Stomp, then there might be no better place to start than by associating sounds you've heard with the UI of the device by purchasing a pack of presets from an artist you like. Ian and I are by no means the only people that do this. There are entire marketplaces dedicated to presets for Helix products, and no shortage of customers for all of the reasons I've listed about. So before you go dropping comments about something being "snake oil", or people's "blind willingness" to "save" time, actually have a think about what you're saying before you say it. Just because you can't see value in presets and would prefer to do the work yourself, and perhaps have far more experience and therefor skills to even do that than a beginner, doesn't mean there isn't value in it for someone less experienced with effects. Blanket statements and outrage based on just one person's opinion are quite unhealthy, and cut a lot of people out of the equation. The goal, I would hope, is to be open minded and inclusive, not closed minded and outraged.
You wouldn’t be able to recreate those tones exact in 50 minutes, I bought the pack and I’m super happy with it. There’s a very specific technique that’s used to make the low end and the distortion blend well. I’m not gonna tell though 🤫
@@janekgwizdala You may have written more words than I did, but your words' quantity does not suddenly invalidate my logic. My comment is an encouragement to pursue ear training skillsets which are not a mere consumable good, but are lifelong and lasting, unlike a ($12?! (read as shock, not outrage)) cup of coffee. Your reply comment is to propagate sales for your consumable, which I totally understand and consider another valid perspective just as well as mine. We are both suggesting the same thing: have an open mind. I am suggesting people open their mind to developing their own ear and taste before shelling out their cash, not simply buy your personal ear and taste, and call it justifiable convenience. You are suggesting people have an open mind to trying other peoples' ears as a starting place for their own. In either case, my comment was from a place of shock and discouragement at the blind (or deaf?) willingness towards taste and skill development - that maybe we should not just be a mass of TH-cam lemmings. My logic is not flawed, but just another perspective, missing pieces of your perspective. Sounds like one side of conversation to me, not outright flaw. It was neither anger nor outrage. I imagine as a TH-camr, you are used to outrage in the comments section, so there may be an inherent lens on your comment reading.
@@dennisselleck1281 Valid point, and I totally dig that! I personally would just rather create my own tones, not recreate or own Janek's/Ian's and call them my own.
JANEK! You star. What a treat to wake up to this episode. Thank you so much. I was totally inspired hearing you play through the sounds! Made me want to dive back in and approach some of them in a different way. What a gift.
Two things I will say - these presets were crafted with passive instruments in mind so I always will tell people to turn the guitar pad on in the input circle if playing with a high output active bass. Also it seems in the transition to the rack unit, the 1st footswitch was missed which contains great stuff on all of these sounds. A lot of octave down in particular. Not absolutely critical, but just wanted to point that out for people watching/listening.
Thank you again Janek! I can’t wait to dive into your sounds.
I would love to see a demo made by you @IanMartinAllison on these presets, to see what your thought process was and what you intended for each sound.
@@andreipetre5242 You really dialed in the envelope in a way I had not achieved on my own. I set as favorite, the envelope from the Juno, and pasted it in all my own preset. Cheers.
Just throwing out that I also fell in love with Ian's Montana sound right away. Will probably tinker with that for the rest of my bass playing life and I'll always credit him for 'creating' that vibe for us to play with.
i think more than anything the IMA presets really helped me understand how to set up a solid preset. there are so many great design choices he made that are appicable to any preset you would ever want to make. the presets are incredible on their own and worth the price tag IMO but the knowledge i gained in analyzing them for my own presets was an incredible cherry on top.
This is exactly what I aimed to achieve! Useful sounds with the addition of showing folks my lens of programming. Thanks so much for the support.
I love your coverage of Ian's presets. Of everything I've purchased so far they are head and shoulders above everything else (anxious to get yours but need the finances first). I use the IMA Sig almost all the time at church and play with everything else in my personal practice time. Would love to see you dive deeper with Ian on his mindset when creating these effects.
I found that I had to resist the urge to tweak Ian’s settings. Every time I did, I always ended up going back to the way he set them up. Try them in real settings before you mess with too much. Dude knows his stuff! 👍👍
Justo lo que necesitaba... Muchas gracias a los dos. Sois una inspiración
As a fan of both you and IMA, this was so rad!
Really nice demo of Ian's presets Janek, thanks! Now it'd be nice to see @IanMartinAllison demo Janek's presets! 🙂
Fitting that you and IMA were the reason I grabbed the HX Stomp in the first place! I just might have to grab his pack after seeing it used out of the context of his playing.
And that’s not a knock on Ian because I adore him! It comes from a “well those work because that’s his thing” but now it’s a “well Janek isn’t Ian and neither am I!”
Great pod, very interested in the synthy sounds particularly the more vintage type tones.
I have Ian's Classic Amp pack and the GK Gen Z is my go-to HX Stomp patch now. Love the saturation on it. Also probably because I am a GK user.
I use the Juno preset all the time. I added an effects loop to put my Laney Digbeth preamp in the mix. So good. Also, you should check out the Laney Digbeth pre/DI 🔥
I have IMA's Signature pack and that's been my go-to for a while now. His Montana and IMA Sig are brilliant. Montana I've been using a lot for inspirational practice. Same for your Super Synth. Definitely want to check out IMA's synth pack after listening to these. Leviathan sounds awesome! I've totally missed that you've now got other presets! Definitely have to look into those. Love your sound. That 13 Fathoms intro and the bass chords on Concord towards the end are some of my recent favourites! Though my regular go to has to be Theatre By the Sea.
I have all of Janek Presets also except the new ones. Love them also...
very cool sounds!
@ianmartinallison, one of the biggest issues many stomp users have a challenge with is balancing the output level of the different patches. Do your patches address that issue? And I'm also wondering if these patches are applicable for both live and studio or primarily one or the other? Love your and Janek's work. Thank you gentlemen.
There's an excellent fix for this but you need a meter. I use a DAW and just look at the visual for the output level. If you adjust the output block of the preset, you can match output across all your presets in like 15 minutes.
This is the pedal geek's equivalent of science discoveries peer review.
I've been working on setting up my HX stomp and I feel like I've been setting up the same patches over and over with just slight tweaks. I've been thinking about grabbing some of your patches but now maybe I should look into Ian's instead! 😂 Just kidding, plenty of room for both on that stomp! (and I need the baby elephant one)
Ooooh, the sub one is soo cool, been trying to create something like that and failing.
Wow, "Ultimate amp" doesn't sound nearly as saturated when I play it on my P. Great video, thanks!
🎉🎉🎉
I have All of IMA presets. Their really good.
38:35 reminds me of Bush - Glycerine
i told you that you would love the podcast and those dudes can i get a bass?
Thanks for this video. I am currently using boss gt-10b and gt-10 they have kinda run their course. I really want helix LT I can do bass and guitar all in one. Mostly to be honest the Deftones patches for guitar are worth the switch. Anyhow definitely going to upgrade and get yours and Ian’s bass patches because I am lazy 😂haha Ty again.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Time stamp would be nice since not everyone will buy the entire collection
@40:38 😮💨😮💨
Great video thank you! Great sounds. I’m currently producing demo videos for each of Ian’s Signature Pack presets - playlist here for anyone interested: Ian Martin Allison Preset Demos (HX Stomp)
th-cam.com/play/PLjNdLPD-dxCc5hFxY9tkCZAyPJVybqatB.html
Is it weird that I think Janek playing IMA’s preset pack sounds better than IMA playing IMA’s preset pack?
People are paying $49 for a pack of sounds that are free on their stomp??!!! Are you kidding me?! I understand finding your sound and other sounds which inspire can be challenging, but to pay someone else to do the discovery that you would immensely benefit from simply PURSUING yourself would not only save you money, but it would develop your own tastes and skills. I am blown away at peoples' blind willingness to "save" their time of learning their own tools by paying someone else to do it. Don't misunderstand me, I appreciate Janek's playing, his books, and his channel, but these packs are straight up snake oil in a rusty old can. By the way, if you're wasting 49 minutes watching this and then spending $49 of "time saved" on these packs, realize that those 49 minutes could be spent learning your stomp and sounds, AND BONUS, your money would still be in your wallet. Not only would you be richer for the experience, but you'd be literally richer.
Your logic, if you can call it that, is quite flawed. I don't say this out of a defense of Ian's product or a fear that people reading what you've written might be discouraged from purchasing, leading to a loss in revenue (although that is a very real possibility when someone negatively or falsely comments or reviews something).
I say your logic is flawed because it very simply and very objectively is.
If you're shocked at people spending $49 for something that might know very little about and want an introduction into programming presets they like the sound of, then are you perhaps flabbergasted? Outraged? or at a complete loss for words when someone has a daily $12 starbucks order? You could spend $12 and drink coffee for a week if you made it at home. Not only that, but you'd learn way more about the coffee making process over time (programming presets), make decisions for your taste buds based on experience through tireless research of coffee blends from around the world (researching individual pedals and learning how to recreate them digitally through hours of experimentation), and perhaps even make a long-term investment in a coffee machine (HX Stomp), that, when compared to an $84 weekly starbucks habit, would pay for itself in months, possibly weeks.
No, I doubt you are shocked by any of this. I also doubt you've considered all the things like a daily starbucks when it comes to the blind willingness to splurge without thinking about it.
If you're new to the space of digital effects, in this case specifically the HX Stomp, then there might be no better place to start than by associating sounds you've heard with the UI of the device by purchasing a pack of presets from an artist you like.
Ian and I are by no means the only people that do this. There are entire marketplaces dedicated to presets for Helix products, and no shortage of customers for all of the reasons I've listed about.
So before you go dropping comments about something being "snake oil", or people's "blind willingness" to "save" time, actually have a think about what you're saying before you say it.
Just because you can't see value in presets and would prefer to do the work yourself, and perhaps have far more experience and therefor skills to even do that than a beginner, doesn't mean there isn't value in it for someone less experienced with effects.
Blanket statements and outrage based on just one person's opinion are quite unhealthy, and cut a lot of people out of the equation. The goal, I would hope, is to be open minded and inclusive, not closed minded and outraged.
You wouldn’t be able to recreate those tones exact in 50 minutes, I bought the pack and I’m super happy with it.
There’s a very specific technique that’s used to make the low end and the distortion blend well.
I’m not gonna tell though 🤫
@@janekgwizdala You may have written more words than I did, but your words' quantity does not suddenly invalidate my logic. My comment is an encouragement to pursue ear training skillsets which are not a mere consumable good, but are lifelong and lasting, unlike a ($12?! (read as shock, not outrage)) cup of coffee. Your reply comment is to propagate sales for your consumable, which I totally understand and consider another valid perspective just as well as mine.
We are both suggesting the same thing: have an open mind. I am suggesting people open their mind to developing their own ear and taste before shelling out their cash, not simply buy your personal ear and taste, and call it justifiable convenience. You are suggesting people have an open mind to trying other peoples' ears as a starting place for their own. In either case, my comment was from a place of shock and discouragement at the blind (or deaf?) willingness towards taste and skill development - that maybe we should not just be a mass of TH-cam lemmings. My logic is not flawed, but just another perspective, missing pieces of your perspective. Sounds like one side of conversation to me, not outright flaw. It was neither anger nor outrage. I imagine as a TH-camr, you are used to outrage in the comments section, so there may be an inherent lens on your comment reading.
@@dennisselleck1281 Valid point, and I totally dig that! I personally would just rather create my own tones, not recreate or own Janek's/Ian's and call them my own.