Browse Helix Models and Effects
Helix currently supports 72 amplifier models, 194 effects, 37 speaker cab models, and 16 microphones. On top of all that you also have the ability to load Impulse Responses (IRs) that you can grab from free or paid sources. Go have fun.
Minotaur (Klon® Centaur)
Recorded using a Les Paul with Burstbucker pickups into a Twin Reverb model with the normal input. The overdrive pedal and amp are set at default settings. A touch of reverb added for depth.
The Klon Centaur is a guitar overdrive pedal developed by Bill Finnegan between 1990 and 1994. The pedals were made manually by Finnegan. The Centaur is characterized as a "transparent" overdrive, meaning it adds gain to the signal without significantly altering the tone of the guitar.
Depending on the settings of the control knobs, the pedal can act mostly as a clean boost, adding mostly volume and minimal coloring to the sound. This can be used to drive the input valve stage of the amplifier to use the characteristic distortion sound of an overdriven guitar amp. Alternatively (or additionally) the controls can be set to distort the sound signal in the pedal, where two germanium diodes can perform waveform clipping (see clipping (audio)). The "gain" knob is a double potentiometer (a "dual-ganged gain pot"), which controls bass and middle frequencies. Other knobs are treble and volume.
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Litigate
All Litigator, all the time. 3 snapshots - clean, slightly dirtier with delay, and a higher gain tone. Uses the Allure IR Pack, which is available for free from Line 6, Google it.
- 👇 Downloads: 973
- 🤘 Upvotes: 12
- Member: Jorge
- Performance Type:
Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA)
Vicky Blues
This is a Pod Go patch that is based off a popular blues patch I have for the Helix. It's great for high-flying electric blues.
Soundcloud- 👇 Downloads: 606
- 🤘 Upvotes: 10
- Member: Jorge
- Performance Type:
Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA)
Rockerverb
New for Helix 3.1, the Rockerveb is a very cool and versatile amp for rock n roll. Try this tone in place of a Marshall for a crunchier, fatter tone.
Youtube- 👇 Downloads: 632
- 🤘 Upvotes: 7
- Member: Jorge
- Performance Type:
Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA)
Mike Ness Tone
This is the HX Stomp version of this tone - there's also a version for the Helix available here by selecting the Helix as your device. This is a very good approximation of Mike Ness's Tone on the Social Distortion albums. The recipe is iconic - a dirt pedal into a Bassman head, then into Marshall cabinets. The sample clip was played on a legit Les Paul with P90 pickups - you need this to get the real deal.
Soundcloud- 👇 Downloads: 491
- 🤘 Upvotes: 6
- Member: Jorge
- Performance Type:
Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA)
Vicky Blues
A Blues patch using the Voltage Queen (Victoria Electro King) amp and a Klon overdrive.
Soundcloud- 👇 Downloads: 238
- 🤘 Upvotes: 5
- Member: Jorge
- Performance Type:
Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA)
Matchless for Worship guitar
This patch contains 8 snapshots (Clean, Rhythm, Lead, Lead+Octaver, Swells, Delay 1/4, Delay 8 dotted, Ambiet) and also 10 stomps (3 drives, 3 reverbs, 2 delays, octaver, chorus) so you can choose what better fits to your live performance.
- 👇 Downloads: 163
- 🤘 Upvotes: 5
- Member: Jaro.Kozak21
- Performance Type:
Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA)
Twin City
Nice Fender Twin, for Hawaiian or Country sounds. There's a Minotaur lurking in there somewhere, in case you need it.
- 👇 Downloads: 934
- 🤘 Upvotes: 4
- Member: Jorge
- Performance Type:
Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA)
Same Power
I put this together for the song Same Power by Jeremy Camp, but I started playing around with it with the Minotaur and Adriatic Delay turned off, and it's just a really nice lead tone with lots of potential tonal variation. It sounds good with either neck or bridge pickups (or both), and responds well to rolling back the volume and tone knobs.
- 👇 Downloads: 290
- 🤘 Upvotes: 4
- Member: Danradmacher
- Performance Type:
Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA)
Supro JC120 Dual
Dual Amp Patch with Supro (L) and JC120 (R). Dual Delay to add some width and double-take Verb. Analog chorus and Minotaur disabled by defaultSnap 1: CleanSnap 2:With Chorus engagedSnap 3:No Chorus but Minotaur engaged
- 👇 Downloads: 451
- 🤘 Upvotes: 4
- Member: Mathieucote
- Performance Type:
Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA)
Ambient Rock
The patch has three presets which are for switching sounds while soloing. The first preset is a light overdrive, the second light overdrive plus echo, and the third light overdrive plus distortion. See the example below for a soloing example. I also added a noise gate to help reduce the noise.
Youtube- 👇 Downloads: 435
- 🤘 Upvotes: 4
- Member: Rabbuhl
- Performance Type:
Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA)
| Patch | Performance Type |
Description | Member | 👇 Downloads | 🤘 Upvotes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Litigate | Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA) | All Litigator, all the time. 3 snapshots - clean, slightly dirtier with delay, and a higher gain tone. Uses the Allure IR Pack, which is available for free from Line 6, Google it. | Jorge | 973 | 12 |
|
Vicky Blues
Soundcloud |
Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA) | This is a Pod Go patch that is based off a popular blues patch I have for the Helix. It's great for high-flying electric blues. | Jorge | 606 | 10 |
|
Rockerverb
Youtube |
Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA) | New for Helix 3.1, the Rockerveb is a very cool and versatile amp for rock n roll. Try this tone in place of a Marshall for a crunchier, fatter tone. | Jorge | 632 | 7 |
|
Mike Ness Tone
Soundcloud |
Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA) | This is the HX Stomp version of this tone - there's also a version for the Helix available here by selecting the Helix as your device. This is a very good approximation of Mike Ness's Tone on the Social Distortion albums. The recipe is iconic - a dirt pedal into a Bassman head, then into Marshal… | Jorge | 491 | 6 |
|
Vicky Blues
Soundcloud |
Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA) | A Blues patch using the Voltage Queen (Victoria Electro King) amp and a Klon overdrive. | Jorge | 238 | 5 |
| Matchless for Worship guitar | Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA) | This patch contains 8 snapshots (Clean, Rhythm, Lead, Lead+Octaver, Swells, Delay 1/4, Delay 8 dotted, Ambiet) and also 10 stomps (3 drives, 3 reverbs, 2 delays, octaver, chorus) so you can choose what better fits to your live performance. | Jaro.Kozak21 | 163 | 5 |
| Twin City | Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA) | Nice Fender Twin, for Hawaiian or Country sounds. There's a Minotaur lurking in there somewhere, in case you need it. | Jorge | 934 | 4 |
| Same Power | Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA) | I put this together for the song Same Power by Jeremy Camp, but I started playing around with it with the Minotaur and Adriatic Delay turned off, and it's just a really nice lead tone with lots of potential tonal variation. It sounds good with either neck or bridge pickups (or both), and responds w… | Danradmacher | 290 | 4 |
| Supro JC120 Dual | Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA) | Dual Amp Patch with Supro (L) and JC120 (R). Dual Delay to add some width and double-take Verb. Analog chorus and Minotaur disabled by defaultSnap 1: CleanSnap 2:With Chorus engagedSnap 3:No Chorus but Minotaur engaged | Mathieucote | 451 | 4 |
|
Ambient Rock
Youtube |
Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA) | The patch has three presets which are for switching sounds while soloing. The first preset is a light overdrive, the second light overdrive plus echo, and the third light overdrive plus distortion. See the example below for a soloing example. I also added a noise gate to help reduce the noise. | Rabbuhl | 435 | 4 |
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