Line6 Helix LT Guitar Processor

Do třetice všeho nejlepšího, můj třetí multiefekt, konečně můžu říci že tohle byla trefa do černého. Zvuky jsou čisté, jasné, nechvějící, prostě jestli nejste zrovna Jimi Hendrix, tak budou lahodit na 99% i vašim uším. Učím se s ním...zvuky jsou na první dobrou dostačující, určitě do budoucna využiji i možnost si je poupravovat, tak aby vyhovovala typu muziku, kterou produkuji. Zatím využívám doma sluchátkově. Každopádně těch možností je tak moc, že se tím zatím neunavuji.
Cena byla sice vyšší, ale stálo to za to. V zimních měsících, až bude více času, se jistě nudit nebudu.

We have bought two of Helix LTs for our function band and it is great. The sound is perfect and you can approach the sound of the guitarist which we are covering in the band. One of our guitarists already ditched his amp, pedals etc. and now tours with Helix LT only :- There was slight issue with the inbuilt tuner but it got fixed with firmware update. We have it also hooked up to my Mac with MainStage and it automatically sends preset and snapshot changes to Helix LT which massively speeds up the whole process in-between the songs. And obviously it is great choice for low volume gigs. Totally recommend it! )

I've had this unit for about three years now.
It sounds amazing through headphones/speakers. I haven't used it with a tube amp, so I can't give my opinion on that.
I used it mainly for experimentation and figuring out what kind of effects I would actually use and for playing around with tones, and it's very useful for that.

Nothing I've tried comes close to it in terms of usability. Don't get me wrong, you still have so many options that you might end up having a hard time knowing which to choose, but the user interface is second to none. That was the main attraction for me, no need to dive into a million menus: just choose an effect/amp, tweak it with the encoders and that's it.

Quality wise, I have only one complaint: the expression pedal gave out rather quickly on my unit. I didn't break, but it just stopped registering movement(maybe the optical sensor got covered with too much dust).

However, Line6 replaced the unit on the spot when I told them about the issue, so kudos to them. Best customer service ever. I think they issued a lifetime warranty for Helix LT expression pedals.

HXEdit, the editing software works great and is really useful if you keep your unit on the floor.

The looper could use some extra time on the loops, but it's serviceable.

All in all, I don't think you can beat it. It has more effects and amps than one person can realistically use, but that means that everyone can find anything that they need inside. It's very intuitive and doesn't get in the way of playing as much as other menu heavy units. Snapshots and presets give you a ton of flexibility. If you do need to tweak things, it's the best user interface I've ever seen on a processor.

The price is amazing for what you get(trust me, I'm looking at building an analog pedalboard with the features that I used on the Helix and the bill is stacking up quickly). The HX Stomp does almost everything that the LT does, but I have a feeling you lose some of the ease of use and a significant part of the processing power with that product.

Oh, and for a home guitarist, an aux input is invaluable. It doesn't have one, but you can use a split stereo cable and the effects returns(there are two of them), if you aren't using the for external pedals.

A straight forward device.

The main reasons I decided to get the Helix LT;
- The user interface is very easy to understand and use
- Lots of support and user patches available on line
- Ridiculous amount of effects at one time

The only downside for me was surprisingly enough (and I still don’t know why), I received the unit from Thomann with firmware version 2.30.0 which from what I’ve read was released in 2017.

So one of the first things I had to do was update the Helix firmware to 3.11.0 because many of the effects listed in the manual were not present in my Helix.

The firmware update was interesting to say the least since. Apparently going from 2.30.0 to 3.11.0 is a little problematic and requires a reboot halfway through the process.

After this reboot I had this message on the Helix LT "Boot Failure, Entered Update Mode!". Luckily like I mentioned earlier, there is a lot of support for this online and after searching for answers, everything was working normally at version 3.11.0.