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.
Image source: Thaddeus Hogarth
Patches including this Distortion Pedal:
| Patch | Device | Performance Type |
Description | Member | Downloads | Upvotes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Litigate | HX Stomp | 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 | 610 | 9 | |
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Rockerverb
Youtube |
HX Stomp | 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 | 95 | 5 | |
| Twin City | HX Stomp | 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 | 555 | 4 | |
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Mike Ness Tone
Soundcloud |
HX Stomp | 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… | jorge | 293 | 4 | |
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Vicky Blues
Soundcloud |
Helix Native | Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA) | A Blues patch using the Voltage Queen (Victoria Electro King) amp and a Klon overdrive. | jorge | 149 | 3 | |
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Angry 5150
Soundcloud |
Helix Native | Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA) | This pissed off 5150 is perfect for detuned metal chord work. | jorge | 191 | 3 | |
| JOHNAMAYERTRIX | Helix Floor | Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA) | (Reposted with permission from AndrewUtz on CustomTone.com) A John Mayer Tone, referencing Slow Dancing In A Burning Room. In this patch I used some basic stuff that I know John has used (or the closest thing to it I could find). I know live h… | jorge | 176 | 3 | |
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Litigate 2020
Soundcloud |
HX Stomp | Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA) | This is a new version of my Litigator patch which is currently the most downloaded on this site. It has been reworked to not use any IRs, so there's only standard cabs. I also redid the snapshots as clean, dirtier, and distorted. Enjoy! | jorge | 231 | 3 | |
| Green Day Dookie | Pod Go | Direct (Recording, Headphone, PA) | Good tone match for the Dookie album by Green Day. I added the Goatkeeper, although it wasn't used on the album. It helps for some of their future material. Billie Joe used a Strat copy with a humbucker on the album, try that here. | jorge | 241 | 3 | |
| Supro JC120 Dual | HX Stomp | 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 | 203 | 3 |
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