Browse Helix Models and Effects

Helix currently supports 111 amplifier models, 276 effects, 56 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.

Line 6 Original buffer sampler/delay. Used to capture and loop a short snippet of audio (whose length is determined by the Time parameter) while the block is enabled. Great for rhythmic stutter effects. You could almost consider Ratchet a simplified version of Tesselator, where the audio is captured AFTER the footswitch press, not before.

1. Assign Ratchet to a stomp footswitch. It's bypassed by default.
   
2. While playing, press the Ratchet switch. Audio captured AFTER the switch press is repeated for as long as the block is enabled. For this reason, it may be best to make the switch momentary, and only step on the Ratchet switch when you change chords, almost like a really messed up (and by messed up, we mean awesome) sustain pedal.
   

• Time—Predetermines the length of the audio to be recorded and looped. To loop an entire 4/4 bar, choose "1/1"; to stutter your playing, start with "1/16" or "1/32"
  
• Operation—Determines what happens to your signal when Ratchet is turned on (remember, it's bypassed by default)
  
  • "Mute All"—When Ratchet is on, THE ENTIRE PATH IS MUTED
    
  • "Dry Kill"—When Ratchet is on, only the effected signal is heard. TIP: With Ratchet on a parallel path, assign a second stomp switch to toggle between Mute All and Dry Kill. This lets you leave the block enabled and bring the effected signal in and out by switching between the two values
    
  • "Normal" (default)—When Ratchet is on, both the dry and effected signals are heard
  
  
• FX Level—Controls the level of the looped audio
  
• Level—Controls the overall output level of the block
  

Description source: Line 6
Image source: Line 6

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