How to Build an Effective BASS Preset - Line 6 Helix Tips

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Today I wanted to share my thoughts on and the process that I use when designing bass presets from the ground up. It's important to set your input impedance at the beginning. I always go with 1M on bass. Another useful tool you might find is in splitting your signal path when you're going for an overdriven tone. Dial in the overdrive to taste on one channel and then provide a clean passthrough in parallel so that you can maintain the low end of your signal. Compression helps here as well.

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▶️ Highlights
0:00 - Introduction
1:08 - First listen: the "blank slate"
1:58 - Setting your input impedance
2:32 - Splitting your signal path (wet/dry)
2:48 - Designing the Amp/Cab block
4:10 - The Fletcher Munson Curve
5:18 - Always on B path compressor
5:34 - Split Crossover
6:01 - Footswitch 3 (overdrive)
7:33 - Footswitch 2 (octave down) - inspired by the Boss OC-2
8:50 - Footswitch 1 (chorus/vibrato)
10:10 - Why I use stompswitch mode and not snapshot
11:44 - Custom EQ
12:42 - A runthrough of all possible tones in this single preset
14:37 - Outro

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