r/Line6Helix • u/Old-Media-4807 • 2d ago
General Questions/Discussion HELIX VS ….
Hoping I don’t get crucified…the band and I have decided to get back together for our 20 year album release reunion. I dusted off my Les Paul and my POD XT LIVE. Which still sounds amazing btw. I’ve been playing catch up with all the modern day technology and also using Neural DSP etc to relearn songs at home. I’m a huge Stef Carpenter fan and saw that on his rig rundown he’s using the Helix and naturally as a fan and me being Familiar with Line 6 capabilities I wanna purchase the Helix stadium. However after doing some more research I’m seeing this Quad Cortex thing pop up. I also noticed that almost EVERY band is using it. I’ve been getting some killer tones with the Neural DSP plug ins that I’d love to utilize for a live setting so I guess my questions are Helix or Quad Cortex? Will I be able to use/save my Neural DSP presets with the helix? Thanks for reading.
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u/UGetnMadIGetnRich 2d ago
I have Helix, Axe FXIII, Profiler, all 3 in rack form. Like any other tool, the one you learn will be the one you use the most therefore the best one.
75% of the time I use the Profiler because my music is not effect heavy and searching and loading sounds is quick easy. Creating my own tones is not something I am interested in right now.
The Axe FX impresses me every time I use it. It has the best modern tones I have heard and can make sounds similar to synthesizers. This is where the real value is as classic tones sound the same to me in any other model.
The Helix is low cost and can do about 90% of what the Axe FX can do. And for $100 you get the computer version to simplify things in a studio.
Once Neural has a rack version, Ill get that too.