Manual
Table Of Contents
- Helix Owner's Manual
- Contents
- Welcome to Helix
- Quick Start
- Setting Proper Output Levels
- Selecting Presets and Setlists
- Preset Footswitch Mode
- Stomp Footswitch Mode
- Looper Footswitch Mode
- Pedal Edit Mode
- Selecting Blocks/Adjusting Parameters
- Bypassing a Block
- Choosing a Block's Model
- Choosing an Input
- Choosing an Output
- Moving Blocks
- Copying and Pasting a Block
- Clearing a Block
- Clearing All Blocks
- Saving/Naming a Preset
- Serial vs. Parallel Routing
- Removing Parallel Path B
- Moving Split & Merge Blocks for More Parallel Routings
- Dynamic DSP
- Block Order and Stereo Imaging
- What is Variax?
- The Blocks
- Tuner
- Footswitch Assign
- Controller Assign
- Command Center
- Global EQ
- Global Settings
- USB Audio
- MIDI
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Amp Models
Model Subcategory Based On*
Brit Plexi Jump
Guitar Marshall
®
Super Lead 100 (jumped)
Brit P-75 Nrm
Guitar Park
®
75 (normal channel)
Brit P-75 Brt
Guitar Park
®
75 (bright channel)
Brit 2204
Guitar Marshall
®
JCM-800
German Mahadeva
Guitar Bogner
®
Shiva
German Ubersonic
Guitar Bogner
®
Überschall
®
Cali Rectire
Guitar MESA/Boogie
®
Dual Rectier
®
ANGL Meteor
Guitar ENGL
®
Fireball 100
Solo Lead Clean
Guitar Soldano
®
SLO-100 (clean channel)
Solo Lead Crunch
Guitar Soldano
®
SLO-100 (crunch channel)
Solo Lead OD
Guitar Soldano
®
SLO-100 (overdrive channel)
PV Panama
Guitar Peavey
®
5150
®
Line 6 Elektrik
Guitar Line 6 Original
Line 6 Doom
Guitar Line 6 Original
Line 6 Epic
Guitar Line 6 Original
Tuck n' Go
Bass Ampeg
®
B-15NF Portaex
®
SV Beast Nrm
Bass Ampeg
®
SVT
®
(normal channel)
SV Beast Brt
Bass Ampeg
®
SVT
®
(bright channel)
Cali Bass
Bass MESA/Boogie
®
M9 Carbine
Cali 400 Ch1
Bass MESA/Boogie
®
Bass 400+ (channel 1)
Cali 400 Ch2
Bass MESA/Boogie
®
Bass 400+ (channel 2)
G Cougar 800
Bass Gallien-Krueger
®
GK 800RB
Tonestack and deeper amp parameters found on subsequent pages may dier de-
pending on the amp model selected.
Common Amp Settings
Parameter Description
Master
Adjusts the amount of power amp distortion. This parameter is highly
interactive with all other power amp parameters—the lower the Master
is set, the less eect the other controls will have.
Sag
Lower Sag values oer a "tighter" responsiveness for metal and djent
playing; higher values provide more touch dynamics & sustain for
blues and classic rock ris.
Hum
Controls how much heater hum and AC ripple interacts with your tone.
At higher settings, things get freaky.
Ripple
Bias
Changes the Bias of the power tubes. Lower values achieve a "colder"
Class AB biasing. At maximum, the amp is operating in Class A.
Bias X
Determines how the power amp tubes' voicing reacts when pushed
hard. Set low for a tighter feel. Set high for more tube compression.
This parameter is highly reactive with the Drive and Master settings.
Amp
Amp blocks are identical to Amp+Cab blocks, except they contain no matched cab
model.
Preamp
We’ve also included a complete set of Preamp versions of each Amp model, which
provide the tone of just the preamp stage of the amp—recommended when feeding
Helix into an external amplier (either via 1/4" to your traditional amp or via L6 LINK to
a Line 6 DT25 or DT50).
Preamp blocks require less DSP than a full Amp block.
* All product names are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or aliated with Line 6. These product names and descriptions are provided for the sole purpose of identifying the specic
products that were studied during Line 6 sound model development. Marshall
®
is a registered trademark of Marshall Amplication Plc. Bogner
®
and Überschall
®
are registered trademarks of Bogner Amplication. MESA/
Boogie
®
and Rectier
®
are registered trademarks of Mesa/Boogie, Ltd. Engl
®
is a registered trademark of Beate Ausug and Edmund Engl. Soldano is a registered trademark of Gremlin Inc. d/b/a Soldano Custom Am-
plication. Peavey
®
is a registered trademark of Peavey Electronics Corporation. 5150
®
is a registered trademark of ELVH Inc. Ampeg
®
and SVT
®
are registered trademarks of St. Louis Music, Inc. Gallien-Krueger is a
registered trademark of Gallien Technology, Inc. Park
®
is a registered trademark of AMP RX LLC.