My #1 Line 6 Helix Tone Tip - Parallel Signal Paths

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In this video I’ll be walking you through a couple of the different ways we can use parallel A/B paths in the Line 6 Helix & HX Stomp. Creative signal routing is one of the biggest pros to going the full digital modeler route and the possibilities are endless. Here are a few examples that I’ll talk about:

Bass - this is an obvious one. When you’re playing with effects on the bass guitar, you need to preserve your dry signal to maintain your role in the band. Patch a dry path in beside the wet effects.
For a pristine clean tone - a lot of people have found one of the biggest faults of the Helix to be the clean tones. When you turn the gain down on most of the amp blocks, you lose a lot of bass and mid content which results in a thin, sterile sound. Use a direct line with an overdrive as the preamp into a cab sim to bring back some of the lost frequencies.
Parallel compression - when you want a really compressed signal but still need to retain the integrity of the transients in your signal. Run a compressed path side by side with a lesser compressed or clean path.
For retaining clarity with heavy gain - this is a trick that a lot of Dumble-style circuits employ. A clean tone run side by side with the distortion. You’ll hold onto the grit and sustaining qualities of the overdrive, while maintaining the ability to play dense chord voicings. The best of both worlds.

▶️ Highlights
0:00 - Dry-through for bass
1:15 - DI tone in parallel with amp block
2:47 - Dry tone in parallel with heavy gain
4:56 - Parallel compression

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