Amp & FX Modeling

[Deltaphoenix]

Hi all, sorry I took a bit to get this first little clip recorded.

First the disclaimer, this is not any sort of artistic vision, I was just trying to get 16 bars of noise to show some of the Helix & functionality sound. I definitely was watching the DAW, turning to the side to operate the expression pedal of the Helix, etc so my playing/timing is sloppy.


I didn't use any external FX or amps or DAW magic, just the Helix for this (besides the beat). The bass output from my S1 bass is the clean bass sound (an attempt of modeling an F2-B actually) and the treble is the lead sound. I used a volume pedal, pitch shifter, hi gain amp of some sort, a vibrato, a swell delay and at the end I turned on a reverb.

I will continue to post some more over time as I work towards implementing externl FX and send/returns etc. I am very pleased with this unit so far!

[gearhed289]

Well that definitely sounds like an Alembic! Cool FX too.
I'm a little late to this thread, but I wanted to give my 2 cents. I know some of you aren't into the SVT coloring, but for me, it's a "must have", and I've recently fallen in love with the Tech 21 VT Bass line of pedals, DIs, and amps. All analog, and it sounds and responds SO much like my '74 SVT, it's kind of mind blowing. For about 10 years, I've been using the Guitar Rig 4 SVT plug-in for home recording (demos, writing), but the VT Bass has displaced that now. I actually have two in my live rig. The stompbox version at the end of my pedal board signal chain to kick in some extra grind (Geddy Lee, early John Wetton), then on top of my amp I have the DI version. I send the unaffected parallel out to my Ampeg rig, and the affected DI to FOH. I've found that these days, unless you have your own sound man, it's getting harder and harder to get anyone to mic the amp and end up with a good tone coming out of the PA, so this helps a LOT!

[Deltaphoenix]

I can do a run through of the Ampeg amps if you'd like @gearhead289

I dig big sweaty tubes but the only tube amp that I have right now is an Ampeg PF-50T, I really like it.


One comment that I didn't make is just how absolutely quick & easy it is to record with the Helix. I picked it as the Audio Interface in my DAW (I use Ableton Live 9 suite) and it just worked. I had headphones on and I just grabbed that drum loop and recorded it for 16 bars, then recorded the bass, listened once, laughed at my playing, exported to soundcloud and posted it here. 7 minutes flat or something like that.