Hello everyone, I'm very excited to announce a VERSION TWO of this setup is now available at YeatzeeGuitar.com (link in description). Check out my latest video to learn more! th-cam.com/video/ZPIQ2fgCdwQ/w-d-xo.html
Ahhhhhhhgrrrrreeed! I played a worship set yesterday that included Let there be light, this would have killed.Next time I'm using this patch, thank you.
I have had the helix since the very beginning. I too was quite disappointed with the reverb/delay sounds. This is exactly what I've been looking for! Thank you very much for sharing this information!
This is the video that made me sell my Strymon's and Atomic Amplifire for the Helix! I've wanted to take the plunge for awhile, but even the new verbs weren't doing it for me... until now. Thanks for sharing!
Wow ! Incredible tasteful playing . Incredible patch !! Finally ! Your patches sound exactly the way they’re presented after I download them. Very tasteful. Very good. Subscribed !!
Very kind of you to say, thank you! If you haven't already, check out my most recent videos showing a new patch I created which uses a V2 of this reverb setup :)
Thank you, I had a helix when they first came out and recently repurchased one for a gig I’ve been hired for. I remembered having much better reverbs before and I haven’t had time to go through them all. I’ll definitely be checking the cave reverb out
You are nothing short of a GENIUS! Thanks you so much for creating this and sharing. I also agree that the stock reverbs are a little lacking and your solution means you have total control. I’m after big lush washes and so going to use this technique BUT get this, instead of the helix reverb for the first reverb in the wet path, will put an FX send and use the plate etc on my Lexicon MPX1! So can have the juicy Lexicon reverb but have totally custom and control over the trails. You sir are a legend !!! ❤️😎💪
This reverb setup was fantastic and I've been using it for P&W ever since this video came out. I think the new Dynamic Hall effect in 3.10 does almost exactly what this signal path was accomplishing would love to see an update to this video using the Dynamic Hall.
Thanks! If you haven't yet, check out my most recent videos with the AC30 and Plexi-"ish" patches. They use a version 2 of this setup that is even better :)
That was great! It really shows how flexible the Helix is esp when someone like you brings out the best in this awesome piece of gear. This is exactly what the reverbs needed in my opinion. Thanks so much you opened up a lot more possibilities for my use esp in a worship setting. Thanks again
This is a gamechanger. So much better sounding, thank you man. I play through a stomp so I modified it quite a bit, but man what tonal bliss. I will upload my patch to line 6 soon.
Very helpful video, and the reverb sounds fantastic! I've been on the fence about buying a Helix because of the mediocre reverbs but not anymore. I just ordered mine, hehe. Once again; thank you 🙂👌
I just downloaded the patch. Thank you very much for this. The only mod I made was for use with two powercab plus amps and an expression pedal block before path B. Great Patch!
th-cam.com/video/qYqt_HgkZoM/w-d-xo.html This is just a short clip running direct from the powercabs through a full line array PA system. I was blown away at how accurate the PA emulated the tone of the powercabs. I have been so impressed with your patch that I use it in all my baseline patches for our cover band. It's a great stepping stone. Thanks again!
I use a Ventris and Nemesis in the FX loop using these instead of the helix wet reverbs! Also a Lexicon MPX1! I love my reverb! So same setup but instead of using the helix reverb as the first wet reverb, stick in an FX loop and send to the Ventris/Lexicon THEN use the Helix for the mods in the trail and have the last reverb OR have Ventris as first reverb in the FX loop, have your mods then have the lexicon in the FX loop to bring it all back together! Class.
Just found your channel! and it's super awsome! what you did here is ULTRA smart. I will try on my helix lt. Even now we have better new reverb, this method is sooo so smart, i could implement this :D
Hey guys the patch is in the description at the bottom. If you dig it please let me know, and spread the word by sharing the video with your fellow Helix brethren! I'll be doing plenty more videos so please subscribe and give me a thumbs up! Thanks, Tanner Yates
I rarely comment, but wanted to step out to say thanks, and great work on this! I'd encourage you to consider some variations to come up with some slow-attack, dramatic sustain, very atmospheric-like patches!
amazing vid! i love the sound of this patch!! ive downloaded it but every time i try and import it on to the helix it comes up with an orange error message saying 'failed to import preset' any ideas why? is it because i have the helix LT?
claudiotc make sure your firmware is up to 2.5. Also read the recent comments, someone else had a similar issue and he said what fixed it (can't remember off the top of my head). Let me know if you're able to get it up and running :)
yeatzee7786 hey man, yeah I found the comment the guy said he just tried downloading a second time and it worked! Sadly not for me 😔 yeah I'm running version 2.5
brilliant brilliant stuff man! Little late here.. I'm sure by now (2.8 update) you must have found crazier uses for the newer reverbs as well now that you've had so much time with them. Brilliant mod man. 🙌🏽
Yah TZee.. nice work!!!. this is a useful patch and *I think* will solve the dilemma I have in switching from a glorious old LEX PCM81 verb that I used with an old analog rig.... That rig was fantastic and of course wdw with a vintage tube amp and LEX is the bomb.. but I needed a practical solution ...enter the Helix BUT the verbs were like 3 day old pizza compared to the LEX ... so I needed a better verb solution... this gives me a quick start. Interesting that what you've done here is some emulation of the classic old verb trick (if you look closely at the algorithms in the LEX or Eventide manuals) the verb designers put a lot of LFO / Chorusing and pre/post delays with spin and glides to give it this 'motion'.. so those with interest might want to look closer at those classic algorithms for more ideas and then dupe the setting on Helix. Maybe not a studio quality verb to some but probably close enough for live use which is what Helix shines at. Cheers. WWK Joel
thank you so much for sharing valued info on the helix and the chords of sounds from guitar were beautiful. Really well done. Bought my helix and brings into the gig, after using the VL3 for acoustic tones. Your explanation helps when this is unfamiliar ground. Complete machine.
Thanks for the video. The reverb U were getting around 24:00 was what I am looking for. The Heliz may be more horsepower than I need especially for my current live stuff. Needing less stuff. But boy is that nice!
@@YeatzeeGuitar I meant you could reference this video for how to set up the path and focus on some delay-specific sounds/combinations. Thanks for the reply!
I hear ya! These past weeks have been a perfect storm of work trips/personal stuff stopping me from recording, but I've got 20+ video ideas including some ones with friends that I'm excited to shoot. I'm for sure filming one on snapshots tomorrow that will show how you can transform one amp into sounding like many different ones (and other stuff) plus maybe a bigsky comparison to accompany this video. Stay tuned (and don't lose faith lol)!
As a POD Go user, I would LOVE to know how I could achieve a similar tone, any suggestions? Thanks for your time! Love these videos and learning from you.
Hey unfortunately the pod go just doesn't have the power to do this sort of thing, but the newer dynamic reverb they added is really good and can get you close enough just on its own that you should be fine. Some people sell pod go patches, may be worth grabbing a couple just to try out and get some ideas from :)
Incredible ambient clean that i don't believe to achieve with my helix! The only question for me is: Does is works good if i don't want to use it in stereo? Thank you very much!!! You've won a new subscriber man! 😉
Ok cool! Thanks for your advises! I've never experimented that stereo sounds...i use a tube amp with the 4 cables method to be able to use the effect loop... Have a good day! Julien from France.
Great sound. Going to download your customtone now. On a side note, am I the only one that finds that flashing red "Tap" light annoying? I think Line 6 defaults it to flashing just to let everyone know it's available as an option (for when playing on a dark stage). First thing I did after unboxing was find out how to turn it off. Global Settings>Displays>Tap Tempo LED
This was posted in March 2018, when you were on Helix v. 2.50. What, if anything, would you change based on the latest version, with additional effects available?
I'd encourage you to check out my other Helix videos. Since this one I've redone this setup and it's included in the majority of my Helix preset packs on my website. They use a combination of the newer HX reverbs and sound better while using less space.
Spring is tough, I have a setup I use that approximates a spring verb that I really enjoy but I'm not sure how accurate it is to actual spring since I don't have much experience with a real spring reverb. I'd say the spring is the weak point of the Helix verbs. I hope someday they'll do a HX Spring reverb to replace the legacy one :)
Hey Paul stereo will always sound better with ambient effects however I used to run in mono at church as well and it still sounded good, just not quite as big 🙂
Awesome! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Also your recording is so full of volume - loud and articulate. Would you mind sharing how you captured your audio?
I use that too. So you didn't use any effects like amplify or anything? I assume you split the audio from the video and then sync'd it together? What video software do you like?
Landon Cunningham nothing. Just saved the audio and dragged it into premier pro and lined it up with the phone audio and deleted the phone audio for the parts I play the guitar. I am figuring this all out as a I go, my experience is encapsulated entirely by this video and the one before it :)
Thanks man but it's my fault, my schedule is too busy to record a video every week. I've got a ton of ideas and am working on a new one right now but a new gig has set me back a bit. Stay tuned for more though!
Very nice lush sounding tone! I appreciate the effort. Will definitely use it for quite a few of my sounds. Nice way to blend things to get the overall sound. When you play do you do anything in particular with the foot switches, other than the snapshots?
Thank you! I run in Stomp/Snap mode, so I use four snapshots (say Intro, Verse, Chorus, Bridge) and then on the four foot switches above the snapshots I add a clean boost (gain block towards the end of chain) plus one or two overdrives and then a wild card effect depending on the song. Sometimes a delay, modulation, etc. That way I can still be spontaneous and kick on something extra if the situation calls for it live. Is that what you meant?
Awesome stuff. Let’s say my church has a mono board (it does). Can I still use this patch or should I change it all to be mono verb and effects? Thank you
Ryan Moore it will sum it all to mono automatically if you only use one output. The download is free so no harm in trying it! The reverb split will likely have to be run much lower (i.e. Use way more of path A than I do here) and the delays will need to have the scale parameter set to 100 or the delays will sound doubled/jumbled. The rest should be fine, but I don't play mono so I don't know for sure :)
Really really great reverb sound. Is there a way to assign it to a foot switch as an effect and then turn it off and on via the foot switch. When I hit the switch it swops between the mix of path a and b if that makes sense. I don’t want the effect on all the time just when I use the switch but it’s on and the switch just changes between the mix of the paths. Don’t know if I’m explaining this correctly 🤷🏼♂️🙈
What about your screen capture software? What did you use there? I see you are using Windows is the only reason I ask. Did you record the screen and the video at the same time?
Yep the video of me is literally my phone sitting on a computer speaker, and the screen capture is from a free software called OBS studio. Unfortunately my phone captures video in variable frame rates so they get out of sync a couple times but not to bad.
Great video!I kind of do this in logic with buses but didn't think to do it on the Helix. Great idea, thanks very much. Do you come out of the Helix in Stereo?
This sounds incredible man, I'm considering getting the line 6 helix he effects, would this preset also work with that or can it only be done on the full helix?
Very nice. My only reservation about all the chatter on ambient is that in most cases your tone will be buried in the mix ( which might be okay if you're just providing PAD style background sounds ). If you're band is really small, or many of them drop out while you do some ambient work, then you might not be buried. I think most churches are running mono in the house speakers -- ours does so I don't bother with stereo patches.
indianrockstrat definitely case by case basis. A great thing to do if possible is listen back to the Sunday recordings. The church I play at is pretty normal sized, we don't run tracks but keys do the pad stuff often. When I first listened to the recordings a while back I quickly determined that I actually need to run way wetter than I thought would be necessary. In my experience my tone sounded much drier in the mix than it sounds isolated, and delay repeats need to be pretty loud to be heard in the mix and reverb needs to be fairly bright. Especially in stereo hard panned L/R at FOH, your dry signal will sound very present in the middle despite tons of ambience around it. Room also plays a major role, some rooms have tons of natural reverb.
Interesting that you need to run more wet than thought since it seems the conventional wisdom is that more wet buries you in the mix. Our room at church is not sound-treated and about 90 by 70 feet with PA speakers 20 feet up in the ceiling --- lots of sound challenges. But I'll try more wet and walk off the stage with my guitar during rehearsal so I can get some verification. Working on recording worship sets.
indianrockstrat definitely try for yourself and determine what works for your sound/band/mix/songs/room. At least with this setup you can finely control it all to be exactly what YOU need :) if you run mono you can't get away with as much wet as stereo in my experience so keep that in mind.
Will these “stereo” patches still sum to mono and sound ok on a mono system? Our church is also mono. You are supposed to run all the wet effects in stereo regardless correct?
Erik Hartley yep the Helix will automatically sum to mono if you only have one output plugged in. I don't run mono at church or at home so I cant tell you exactly how it'll sound but in general mono reverb sounds muddy up your tone more at the same mix levels, and sound less big. How big of a difference, well maybe I'll have to do a quick video on that because I'm not entirely sure.
Hey man, thanks for sharing, I agree that reverb you created sounds ace! Will the reverb be effected by the effects you have in path 2A once it joins back up (Mod, Vol, EQ, EQ and Comp)? Also, I've been playing around with one amp and two cabs and I've been hitting the DSP limit on the first path, do you have any tips to maximise this?
Hi Benjamin, thank you! No, anything in path 2A will be in parallel meaning it will not be influenced and will not influence whatever is in path 2B. Common practice with a parallel path is to have two delays, one on each path, going at the same time. In parallel one delay will not run into the other delay. This uses that same concept, allowing for fine control of each path and its tone individually. As for DSP I have templates I made that use this same reverb setup with either 1 amp and 2 cabs (or 2 IR's) or 2 amps 2 cabs (or 2 IR's). Depending on the amp I can fit at least one or two overdrives, a compressor, and usually 1 delay. Any other effects I would put after the amp anyways so I've never had a problem. What are you trying to fit on the first path?
hello friend. im planning to get just the helix effects (without the amp sims) was wondering whether the dry signal of my amp will be lost when i dime the reverb mix since ill be running the fx in front of my actual amp. thanks in advance!
Not if you build a split path like I did here. I don't own one of those but I'm pretty sure you can build paths the same way, so just make sure you have a split a/b path
Hello everyone, I'm very excited to announce a VERSION TWO of this setup is now available at YeatzeeGuitar.com (link in description). Check out my latest video to learn more!
th-cam.com/video/ZPIQ2fgCdwQ/w-d-xo.html
And your preset is very big skyish. Super impressive.
Bro... You get EASILY the best tones from the Helix I have heard! Unreal! Keep up the GREAT work :)
Thanks Cody I appreciate it! Let me know if there's anything you'd like to see in a future video :)
Ahhhhhhhgrrrrreeed! I played a worship set yesterday that included Let there be light, this would have killed.Next time I'm using this patch, thank you.
THANK YOU! I thought the stock verbs were OK to my ears but wow, you really opened up some possibilities. Look forward to more!
This is hands down the best reverb patch i've heard on the helix, good job man, and thanks for sharing! I dig your tone!
I have had the helix since the very beginning. I too was quite disappointed with the reverb/delay sounds. This is exactly what I've been looking for! Thank you very much for sharing this information!
This is the video that made me sell my Strymon's and Atomic Amplifire for the Helix! I've wanted to take the plunge for awhile, but even the new verbs weren't doing it for me... until now. Thanks for sharing!
Dan Daly that's quite the compliment! Thank you!
Wow! Thanks for sharing this! I would not have come to this sort of setup on my own. Very helpful! Thanks again. Glory to the Heavenly Father!
Happy to help! Subscribe if you haven't already, I have a version 2 coming out soon! Shooting the video now :)
Wow ! Incredible tasteful playing . Incredible patch !! Finally ! Your patches sound exactly the way they’re presented after I download them. Very tasteful. Very good. Subscribed !!
Very kind of you to say, thank you! If you haven't already, check out my most recent videos showing a new patch I created which uses a V2 of this reverb setup :)
Thank you, I had a helix when they first came out and recently repurchased one for a gig I’ve been hired for. I remembered having much better reverbs before and I haven’t had time to go through them all. I’ll definitely be checking the cave reverb out
You are nothing short of a GENIUS! Thanks you so much for creating this and sharing. I also agree that the stock reverbs are a little lacking and your solution means you have total control. I’m after big lush washes and so going to use this technique BUT get this, instead of the helix reverb for the first reverb in the wet path, will put an FX send and use the plate etc on my Lexicon MPX1! So can have the juicy Lexicon reverb but have totally custom and control over the trails. You sir are a legend !!! ❤️😎💪
This reverb setup was fantastic and I've been using it for P&W ever since this video came out. I think the new Dynamic Hall effect in 3.10 does almost exactly what this signal path was accomplishing would love to see an update to this video using the Dynamic Hall.
I'm excited to start playing with it and see if I can simplify the mod verb with it!
This is EXACTLY what I was looking for to get an awesome ambient clean tone. Thanks for uploading this!
The Lord Corgi of course! Stay tuned for more, I've got a lot in the pipes :)
Thank You so much, I've been trying to find that clean deep reverb sound for so long. Well Done and thank you for sharing
Mick Hurst Glad to help!
You legit just sold this thing to me. Amazing demo.
Some of the best Helix patches I have heard. Great job dude, thanks.
Fantastic tone and Crystal clear lush verb. Great work!
Thanks! If you haven't yet, check out my most recent videos with the AC30 and Plexi-"ish" patches. They use a version 2 of this setup that is even better :)
This sounds amazing - I hardly ever use someone else's patch without tweaks but yours transferred perfectly over to my style and needs. Subscribed!
Awesome, glad to hear it! What guitars are you playing it through? Always curious :)
yeatzee7786 Fender American Elite Tele, PRS Tremonti Signature
Chuck Meyers good to hear it works alright with a Tele, that's the one guitar I don't have anything close to.
That was great! It really shows how flexible the Helix is esp when someone like you brings out the best in this awesome piece of gear. This is exactly what the reverbs needed in my opinion. Thanks so much you opened up a lot more possibilities for my use esp in a worship setting. Thanks again
Steve LaNovara happy to help! Subscribe for more, I've got a lot of worship related content coming up :)
You really coaxed some gorgeous sounds out of that Helix. Line6 should hire you lol!!
😂 Appreciate it!
This is a gamechanger. So much better sounding, thank you man. I play through a stomp so I modified it quite a bit, but man what tonal bliss. I will upload my patch to line 6 soon.
Really well done chap. I'm a year+ in on the helix and still learning.
Very helpful video, and the reverb sounds fantastic! I've been on the fence about buying a Helix because of the mediocre reverbs but not anymore. I just ordered mine, hehe.
Once again; thank you 🙂👌
I like how you have your Helix Floor setup that makes it easy for programming and studio work.
Super easy. It's just a regular music stand with a t-shirt over it too, nothing special.
I just downloaded the patch. Thank you very much for this. The only mod I made was for use with two powercab plus amps and an expression pedal block before path B. Great Patch!
I bet it sounds killer with the powercabs in stereo!
th-cam.com/video/qYqt_HgkZoM/w-d-xo.html This is just a short clip running direct from the powercabs through a full line array PA system. I was blown away at how accurate the PA emulated the tone of the powercabs. I have been so impressed with your patch that I use it in all my baseline patches for our cover band. It's a great stepping stone. Thanks again!
I came back to rewatch this today after getting some Ventris/Nemesis/Synesthesis envy. Your tones still hold up. Thanks again!
🙌🙌🙌
I use a Ventris and Nemesis in the FX loop using these instead of the helix wet reverbs! Also a Lexicon MPX1! I love my reverb! So same setup but instead of using the helix reverb as the first wet reverb, stick in an FX loop and send to the Ventris/Lexicon THEN use the Helix for the mods in the trail and have the last reverb OR have Ventris as first reverb in the FX loop, have your mods then have the lexicon in the FX loop to bring it all back together! Class.
@@dweezil990 cool!
Dude, this sounds amazing. Unbelievable how good it sounds. Definitely trying some of this on my new patches!
Just found your channel! and it's super awsome! what you did here is ULTRA smart. I will try on my helix lt. Even now we have better new reverb, this method is sooo so smart, i could implement this :D
Thanks, that's kind of you to say!
Hey guys the patch is in the description at the bottom. If you dig it please let me know, and spread the word by sharing the video with your fellow Helix brethren! I'll be doing plenty more videos so please subscribe and give me a thumbs up!
Thanks,
Tanner Yates
I rarely comment, but wanted to step out to say thanks, and great work on this!
I'd encourage you to consider some variations to come up with some slow-attack, dramatic sustain, very atmospheric-like patches!
Thanks for doing that! Nice work.
amazing vid! i love the sound of this patch!! ive downloaded it but every time i try and import it on to the helix it comes up with an orange error message saying 'failed to import preset' any ideas why? is it because i have the helix LT?
claudiotc make sure your firmware is up to 2.5. Also read the recent comments, someone else had a similar issue and he said what fixed it (can't remember off the top of my head). Let me know if you're able to get it up and running :)
yeatzee7786 hey man, yeah I found the comment the guy said he just tried downloading a second time and it worked! Sadly not for me 😔 yeah I'm running version 2.5
brilliant brilliant stuff man! Little late here.. I'm sure by now (2.8 update) you must have found crazier uses for the newer reverbs as well now that you've had so much time with them.
Brilliant mod man. 🙌🏽
WOW Awesome gorgeous reverb and tones here. That is quite a comple patch! excellent well done. cant wait to try it on my new Helix LT. God Bless.
Thanks! If you like it check out my recent plexi and ac30tb videos, they show off a new version 2 of this setup. It's even better!
I already purchased the "Fender Clean" HX Stomp and really sounds good.
That clean tone at first sounds pretty huge man!
Thanks James!
Yah TZee.. nice work!!!. this is a useful patch and *I think* will solve the dilemma I have in switching from a glorious old LEX PCM81 verb that I used with an old analog rig.... That rig was fantastic and of course wdw with a vintage tube amp and LEX is the bomb.. but I needed a practical solution ...enter the Helix BUT the verbs were like 3 day old pizza compared to the LEX ... so I needed a better verb solution... this gives me a quick start. Interesting that what you've done here is some emulation of the classic old verb trick (if you look closely at the algorithms in the LEX or Eventide manuals) the verb designers put a lot of LFO / Chorusing and pre/post delays with spin and glides to give it this 'motion'.. so those with interest might want to look closer at those classic algorithms for more ideas and then dupe the setting on Helix. Maybe not a studio quality verb to some but probably close enough for live use which is what Helix shines at. Cheers. WWK Joel
Thanks for the nice comment! Stay tuned, I've got a V2 of this setup ready to drop once Line 6 finally released their 2.8 firmware update.
V2 is out now btw ;)
Sounds wonderful, especially the Suhr Strat!
thank you so much for sharing valued info on the helix and the chords of sounds from guitar were beautiful. Really well done.
Bought my helix and brings into the gig, after using the VL3 for acoustic tones. Your explanation helps when this is unfamiliar ground. Complete machine.
Happy to help!
Thanks for the video. The reverb U were getting around 24:00 was what I am looking for. The Heliz may be more horsepower than I need especially for my current live stuff. Needing less stuff. But boy is that nice!
Beautiful tones and great idea ! I will try it as soon as I can. Thanx for sharing 🙏🏻
Woah... this is an amazing sound!! I am getting my helix floor in the next few days!!
Epic! I just got an hx fx and have been experimenting with parallel paths but this is another level!
beautiful lesson!, I can't wait for 'Compressor Lesson'
Whoa! Thank you for posting this! I’ll be using this setup.
These sound tremendous. Gets me to the modulation sound I would use the the TC Electronics Flashback.
Joseph Mendicino awesome!
Super helpful. I just use a hx effects and was able to implement a few great things.
This is a game changer. Could you do a short version of this with delay?
What do you mean by a short version?
@@YeatzeeGuitar I meant you could reference this video for how to set up the path and focus on some delay-specific sounds/combinations. Thanks for the reply!
Thank you for the beautiful work, well thought out process and clear explanation
bjoecool thanks! Stay tuned for more!
Love your soundpatch. It's great.
Thanks! Check out my most recent 2 videos, I just released a version 2!
Thank you so much for these great Tones. All the best from Yorkshire. England.
Real good sound. I have a lot of fun playing with. Thanks
We need more videos from you bro!! :)
I hear ya! These past weeks have been a perfect storm of work trips/personal stuff stopping me from recording, but I've got 20+ video ideas including some ones with friends that I'm excited to shoot. I'm for sure filming one on snapshots tomorrow that will show how you can transform one amp into sounding like many different ones (and other stuff) plus maybe a bigsky comparison to accompany this video. Stay tuned (and don't lose faith lol)!
Awesome! Can't wait!! :)
Cody T Johnson new video is up 😎
Awesome tone.. Its really useful tip for me. thank you!
As a POD Go user, I would LOVE to know how I could achieve a similar tone, any suggestions? Thanks for your time! Love these videos and learning from you.
Hey unfortunately the pod go just doesn't have the power to do this sort of thing, but the newer dynamic reverb they added is really good and can get you close enough just on its own that you should be fine. Some people sell pod go patches, may be worth grabbing a couple just to try out and get some ideas from :)
Thank you so much for creating this video.
Great sound! Thanks for sharing and keep up the good work!
Richard Pinoy will do! Any suggestions for future videos?
Incredible ambient clean that i don't believe to achieve with my helix!
The only question for me is: Does is works good if i don't want to use it in stereo?
Thank you very much!!! You've won a new subscriber man! 😉
Hi Julien, yes it will work well in mono just don't compare the two. It's really hard to go mono after experiencing it in stereo 😉
Ok cool! Thanks for your advises! I've never experimented that stereo sounds...i use a tube amp with the 4 cables method to be able to use the effect loop...
Have a good day!
Julien from France.
Great sound. Going to download your customtone now.
On a side note, am I the only one that finds that flashing red "Tap" light annoying? I think Line 6 defaults it to flashing just to let everyone know it's available as an option (for when playing on a dark stage). First thing I did after unboxing was find out how to turn it off. Global Settings>Displays>Tap Tempo LED
Were you playing a song? Or just noodling? I've been through all the patches in Helix and your verbs are 10000% . I've just started playing guitar
The second to last excerpt is a song, the rest are just stuff I came up with for the video :)
This was posted in March 2018, when you were on Helix v. 2.50. What, if anything, would you change based on the latest version, with additional effects available?
I'd encourage you to check out my other Helix videos. Since this one I've redone this setup and it's included in the majority of my Helix preset packs on my website. They use a combination of the newer HX reverbs and sound better while using less space.
@@YeatzeeGuitar Will do!
Can you make a Reverb tank patch that sounds like a vintage Fender Outboard unit? I bet you could sell that to the surf guitar aficionados.
Spring is tough, I have a setup I use that approximates a spring verb that I really enjoy but I'm not sure how accurate it is to actual spring since I don't have much experience with a real spring reverb. I'd say the spring is the weak point of the Helix verbs. I hope someday they'll do a HX Spring reverb to replace the legacy one :)
This is genius, man. Wow. Thanks for sharing. :)
Guitar for HIS Glory Troy!
Brilliant!
Great sounds man, you're a hero!
Thanks a lot, that was really helpful --and useful. Nice job and a great sound.
That, sir, is very helpful. Thank you for this video.
Definately going to use this in church
GuitarRecordz works great at church, I use it nearly every Sunday :) more worship based stuff coming so stay tuned / subscribe :)
yeatzee7786 I have. Thank you
Great tone! But I run everything in mono, because that's what we do in our church. Does that make a difference with your patch?
Hey Paul stereo will always sound better with ambient effects however I used to run in mono at church as well and it still sounded good, just not quite as big 🙂
Yeatzee Guitar Thanks!
Great patches for worship setting
Absolutely. I play at church a lot so stay tuned I'll be doing more worship related videos in the near future.
Any of your patches available on Custom Tone? Or such?
Goddamn. You are a legend my friend.
Awesome! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Also your recording is so full of volume - loud and articulate. Would you mind sharing how you captured your audio?
Hi Landon, the audio is captured directly from the Helix's USB out. ZERO post processing apart from raising the track levels. Couldn't be any easier!
yeatzee7786 What software?
Audacity. Its a free audio software, pretty basic but works great for simple stuff like this. No learning curve like full DAW's.
I use that too. So you didn't use any effects like amplify or anything? I assume you split the audio from the video and then sync'd it together? What video software do you like?
Landon Cunningham nothing. Just saved the audio and dragged it into premier pro and lined it up with the phone audio and deleted the phone audio for the parts I play the guitar. I am figuring this all out as a I go, my experience is encapsulated entirely by this video and the one before it :)
Nicely done!
And I now want to sell all my pedals and get a Helix. The reverbs sound fantazmic!
Erik Hartley thanks! Selling all my pedals and my amps (except 1) was the best gear decision I've made :)
I like that gold paint job. Also, I have the same computer case, in OD green! Nice! 🤘
This is beautiful thank you
Great tones.
This was extremely helpful. Many thanks....
You deserve more views man !!
Thanks man but it's my fault, my schedule is too busy to record a video every week. I've got a ton of ideas and am working on a new one right now but a new gig has set me back a bit. Stay tuned for more though!
@@YeatzeeGuitar i just bought my helix last week. I'm subscribing your channel...hope you can post more videos
Very nice lush sounding tone! I appreciate the effort. Will definitely use it for quite a few of my sounds. Nice way to blend things to get the overall sound. When you play do you do anything in particular with the foot switches, other than the snapshots?
Thank you! I run in Stomp/Snap mode, so I use four snapshots (say Intro, Verse, Chorus, Bridge) and then on the four foot switches above the snapshots I add a clean boost (gain block towards the end of chain) plus one or two overdrives and then a wild card effect depending on the song. Sometimes a delay, modulation, etc. That way I can still be spontaneous and kick on something extra if the situation calls for it live. Is that what you meant?
Very good video! Would this work for a more high gain metal sound (post metal/blackgaze sort of stuff)? What would you suggest?
I'm no metal head but if you need big modulated reverbs this will allow you to dial everything in better than any other way I've tried
Awesome stuff. Let’s say my church has a mono board (it does). Can I still use this patch or should I change it all to be mono verb and effects? Thank you
Ryan Moore it will sum it all to mono automatically if you only use one output. The download is free so no harm in trying it! The reverb split will likely have to be run much lower (i.e. Use way more of path A than I do here) and the delays will need to have the scale parameter set to 100 or the delays will sound doubled/jumbled. The rest should be fine, but I don't play mono so I don't know for sure :)
Hey man great work, how about a link to download this patch on customtone, or buy it. Really like the sound!
Tomas Padilla it's available FREE in the description :)
Thanks brother already downloaded, it sounds great!
Really really great reverb sound. Is there a way to assign it to a foot switch as an effect and then turn it off and on via the foot switch. When I hit the switch it swops between the mix of path a and b if that makes sense. I don’t want the effect on all the time just when I use the switch but it’s on and the switch just changes between the mix of the paths. Don’t know if I’m explaining this correctly 🤷🏼♂️🙈
There should be a footswitch labeled mod verb which will turn it on and off :)
Really really good!
What about your screen capture software? What did you use there? I see you are using Windows is the only reason I ask. Did you record the screen and the video at the same time?
Yep the video of me is literally my phone sitting on a computer speaker, and the screen capture is from a free software called OBS studio. Unfortunately my phone captures video in variable frame rates so they get out of sync a couple times but not to bad.
Great video!I kind of do this in logic with buses but didn't think to do it on the Helix. Great idea, thanks very much. Do you come out of the Helix in Stereo?
Yep
Very good, man!Sounds huge! Can you upload the patch to Customtone?
Would be SO GREATFUL if you would share this patch
When I'm done with work I'll post a link. Stay tuned
Brillant ! Thanks.
This sounds incredible man, I'm considering getting the line 6 helix he effects, would this preset also work with that or can it only be done on the full helix?
I don't have a hx effects handy, but if it can do split paths like the Helix can it'll work :)
I've just set this up on the HXFX and it works a treat!
Sounds awesome! I haven't downloaded the patch, but do you know if there were any changes in the sound of the patch you created? Thanks :)
Hi Richard not sure I follow, what do you mean changes in the sound? Check out my most recent video btw, I created a version 2 of this setup! 😁
@@YeatzeeGuitar Gotcha. Well lucky for me I got your updated patch. Thanks man🤙
@@richardsanchezjr.2273 🙌🙌🙌
very nice tone.. thx ^_^ from korea
This is really awesome dude. I'm so gonna play around with this. Thank you for sharing this. 👍 Is the patch available on customtone?
please, do share. this is awesome
Stay tuned, I'll post a link later today.
Are you planning on running the new verbs with this technique being they are wetter/fuller?
Excellent Job.
I’m a Fractal Fm3 user this is still really interesting the way you have the effects set up ?
Very nice. My only reservation about all the chatter on ambient is that in most cases your tone will be buried in the mix ( which might be okay if you're just providing PAD style background sounds ). If you're band is really small, or many of them drop out while you do some ambient work, then you might not be buried. I think most churches are running mono in the house speakers -- ours does so I don't bother with stereo patches.
indianrockstrat definitely case by case basis. A great thing to do if possible is listen back to the Sunday recordings. The church I play at is pretty normal sized, we don't run tracks but keys do the pad stuff often. When I first listened to the recordings a while back I quickly determined that I actually need to run way wetter than I thought would be necessary. In my experience my tone sounded much drier in the mix than it sounds isolated, and delay repeats need to be pretty loud to be heard in the mix and reverb needs to be fairly bright. Especially in stereo hard panned L/R at FOH, your dry signal will sound very present in the middle despite tons of ambience around it. Room also plays a major role, some rooms have tons of natural reverb.
Interesting that you need to run more wet than thought since it seems the conventional wisdom is that more wet buries you in the mix. Our room at church is not sound-treated and about 90 by 70 feet with PA speakers 20 feet up in the ceiling --- lots of sound challenges. But I'll try more wet and walk off the stage with my guitar during rehearsal so I can get some verification. Working on recording worship sets.
indianrockstrat definitely try for yourself and determine what works for your sound/band/mix/songs/room. At least with this setup you can finely control it all to be exactly what YOU need :) if you run mono you can't get away with as much wet as stereo in my experience so keep that in mind.
Will these “stereo” patches still sum to mono and sound ok on a mono system? Our church is also mono. You are supposed to run all the wet effects in stereo regardless correct?
Erik Hartley yep the Helix will automatically sum to mono if you only have one output plugged in. I don't run mono at church or at home so I cant tell you exactly how it'll sound but in general mono reverb sounds muddy up your tone more at the same mix levels, and sound less big. How big of a difference, well maybe I'll have to do a quick video on that because I'm not entirely sure.
Thank you for sharing 🙏
Dude you should charge line 6 for this consulting. Great video 👍
Hey man, thanks for sharing, I agree that reverb you created sounds ace! Will the reverb be effected by the effects you have in path 2A once it joins back up (Mod, Vol, EQ, EQ and Comp)?
Also, I've been playing around with one amp and two cabs and I've been hitting the DSP limit on the first path, do you have any tips to maximise this?
Hi Benjamin, thank you! No, anything in path 2A will be in parallel meaning it will not be influenced and will not influence whatever is in path 2B. Common practice with a parallel path is to have two delays, one on each path, going at the same time. In parallel one delay will not run into the other delay. This uses that same concept, allowing for fine control of each path and its tone individually.
As for DSP I have templates I made that use this same reverb setup with either 1 amp and 2 cabs (or 2 IR's) or 2 amps 2 cabs (or 2 IR's). Depending on the amp I can fit at least one or two overdrives, a compressor, and usually 1 delay. Any other effects I would put after the amp anyways so I've never had a problem. What are you trying to fit on the first path?
hello friend. im planning to get just the helix effects (without the amp sims) was wondering whether the dry signal of my amp will be lost when i dime the reverb mix since ill be running the fx in front of my actual amp. thanks in advance!
Not if you build a split path like I did here. I don't own one of those but I'm pretty sure you can build paths the same way, so just make sure you have a split a/b path
Very professional 👍🏽
great sound! and great preset!!
thanks for sharing, this sounds great!