Line 6 Helix | Dual Amp Metal Tone | Ownhammer IRs

[@MrKlm34]

Hi Nick, great video and great sound as always, I managed to follow you with the HX Stomp by putting my Maxon OD808X in the effect loop to "save" a dsp block (adding a noise gate after the loop block). Thanks again for all your shares.

[@trexthedragon8]

I just used this preset for my drop G guitars and I immediately fell in love! I gona use this for live gigs!

[@EMCZIX]

Just run it through my Hesu 2x12! Sound siiiiiick! My favourite tone from you so far!

[@biggmigg22m32]

I’m gonna try this Tone live on my HX Stomp, by removing the IR ( sense I go through a power amp and 4x12) and I’ll see if I need the reverb. Killer stuff yet again Nick 🔥🔥🔥

[@chopperguyz]

Thanks for everything you do. I certainly appreciate it.

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Thank you. That means a lot to me. I appreciate your support

[@robdwalsh]

Thank you for this, I have finally manged to get rid of all of the high end "fizz" by copying the shelf eq from you example. It has genuinely improved my tone beyond all recognition.

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Awesome man! Glad to help

[@vejichan]

How do u get rid of the high end fizz?

[@showerstimescartoon]

Thanks for your videos! I leaned a lot about how to use helix on your channel.

[@jayjaymerritt2785]

Just tried this...matched you on everything exept the i.r. I'm using the zilla super fatboy 2x12 with wolverines and a 121 on the grill..sweet demon my e chugs dig up massive chunks of earth and hurl them into space. Nick you have never led me wrong, thanks man...and this is only with my modded squier super with a duncan JB...I have 2 active axes i've yet to try with this powerful concoction...😁

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Always stoked to help man

[@mattj1341]

sounds amazing, nice job

[@ulfrohdin]

Nick, I love to listen to you rambling

[@MrTwister45674567]

Thanks so much for this tutorial. Dialed in, put Mikko "godzilla" IR and that's next level tone.

[@BloodlineMetalfromGermany]

Ownhammer ftw 👌🤘 Perfect sound 👌 Love mixing two amps together 🤘

[@XGracelessTarnishedX]

Sounds great! Do you use any of these patches LIVE? Or do you have to dial things in differently for going FOH through loud P.A.'s? I'd love to hear your go-to live patches.

[@BloodlineMetalfromGermany]

Really curious about this too 👍

[@Golf9303]

This 👆

[@GearStuffandThings]

Digging all this helix stuff.

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Thanks man. It’s easy because I love it but I am really wanting and gearing toward expanding my niche

[@GearStuffandThings]

Nick Hill I feel ya. I have trouble thinking of ideas to make new videos. I kinda just throw shit at all wall so to speak

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

It typically boils down to... what do I want to make/see/do

[@majesticpbjcat7707]

Looks like, a year on, you guys got it figured out pretty well. 😉🤘

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Awesome video! Nice 'n chunky! I was surprised at the choice of the Badonk though....

[@Sticky_Tea]

🤣

[@ArmanGrim]

Awesome as always man , Thanks 😉🤟

[@arnold.glennphillips9279]

Hi Nick! Love your content! Can you redo this with the stock cabs on the HX Stomp? Thanks in advance!

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Probably not bud, dual Amps on the HX isn’t gonna work on account of the limited DSP compared to its big Helix brothers.

[@Justice_Hammer]

Sick tone dude

[@diabolicwaste]

new subscriber here love your channel man the dual amp tone was pretty nuts

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Thanks for being here

[@nolanneal]

Love your videos, dude! Haha! You’re hilarious! And really good at what you do! I subscribed :)

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Thanks man! I really appreciate the love

[@nd3783]

I also like before the video plays

[@benburnett8109]

YOu are the best youtubers making presets. I love the fact that you are constantly pushing the envelope with different techniques. Although you do your dual amp tone in a much different way than I would(I use dual path/panned hard and make use of "dual mono" and stereo) the end result is excellent. And that is what I like about you. You find different ways to make the sound you hear in your head come to life. Best wishes, and continue to dominate the Helix World---Ben And your work with phasing in the Impulse world was incredible as well. Phasing is a huge issue with Metal guitar tone and you seem to have the best understanding of it.---Ben again

[@justinellis9465]

I remember seeing that video, do you remember which one that is in?

[@jasongautney2604]

Great video. Eager to try it out. Can you be more specific about the IR. I have the Zilla IR Pack but it has the three iterations of the cabinet. Which one of the Zilla cab choices did you choose? Thanks

[@SwBeyond]

I really liked this setting! At least until you removed the high shelf cut. I'm not a fan of having too much chime or flare in the top, and my A1.7D LTD is notoriously sharp at the highs. This is chunky and has a nice balance between edge and phat without adding flubber. I'd love a combination of the dual amp setting and a dual cab sim using the Helix built-in cab sims instead of IRs. (Gonna try it out myself.) Good stuff!

[@davegraham9651]

excellent tutorial mate, i banged in exactly that and sounds sick. do you have global eq set to standard or just off if you dont mind me asking?

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

I think it’s been off for awhile now but fair question. I think it’s off. Thanks for stopping by and I’m glad I was able to help.

[@josht617]

So you can just add IRs and effects to the bottom input track and it affects the top input track???

[@AndrewStonerock]

I use dual amps, but for a whole different purpose. I use one clean, one dirty and use snapshots to switch between them. Kind of like a real amp set up. I've played with two amps like this. It's a cool technique. I tend to play alt/NuMetal though, and I tend to switch channels a lot to drive certain points home. As always brostoieski, love the vids. Stay safe my dude.

[@Cymbaline713]

I do that all the time too, except the amps aren't in parallel, they're in series, but only one is ever on at a time. The Archetype Clean is great for clean tones.

[@AndrewStonerock]

@@Cymbaline713 exact same here man.

[@KyleFox007]

This tone (and all your tones) sound awesome with my passive pickups, but sound super hairy thought my active pickups (Fishman Fluence Steph Carpenter models). Any tips for how to tame this tone with active pickups? Thanks again for a great tutorial 👍

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Hmm play with the high shelf. I always play my PRS with Fishman Fluence moderns through my tones and haven’t noticed anything extreme at all. I wonder if those pickups are tuned to be a bit brighter dude to his use of low tunings

[@KyleFox007]

@@NickHillMakesMusic Cool, thanks. I'll play around with it. Yeah, I have a feeling it's due to the custom voicings of these pickups combined with 7/8 strings and low tunings.

[@glucas369]

Hey Nick. If I subscribe to your patreon to get some of your patches, do they come with the ownhammer ir's you use or do I need to buy them separately? Thanks for everything you do!

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Hey man. I can’t give away the Ownhammer IR’s with my patches. It makes things a bit difficult but those guys work hard to produce these products and if I have them away, I’d basically be stealing from them. I’m sure you understand.

[@glucas369]

@@NickHillMakesMusic Oh, I totally understand. Just wanted know if they came with or if I had to buy separately. Looking at their site now deciding on which package to buy. Thanks for the reply and all the awesome videos!

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

No worries man. They also to a frequency discount. The more you buy over time, the larger the % discount. Cheers man

[@glucas369]

@@NickHillMakesMusic sorry to bother you again but does the evolution debut bundle have what I need for good metal tones? Trying to find the video you did where you said your default was named some long string of letters. Any suggestions on where to start with ownhammer? Thanks for the replies, I'm new to the helix and there are more options than I have money for!

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

The Rev pack is spectacular

[@xsteox770]

Hey, quick question. Running a dual amp in hx stomp. But, I'm getting a horrible frequency clash. Insane and Badonk, with stock cabs. How would you find the frequencies and correct them? Thanks.

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Hard to tell. I’d need more info. I don’t run dual amps often/ever. I prefer to play them independently. You could record one amp on a track and the other on an additional track and use some EQ tools in a DAW to see over lap or clash

[@SteveContreras]

Does it work for The Stomp?

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Steve, buddy, you didn’t watch the whole video did ya? I mentioned this :)

[@SteveContreras]

@@NickHillMakesMusic I didn't. I will finish it and see if I can use it or not. Thx for all of the content.

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

I’m kidding man. As of right now.. I think you’d run up against the block limit. Rumor has it the stomp will be getting more blocks though with the next update

[@richardshirley8408]

Can I pay you to send me this tone!? I NEED it.

[@biggmigg22m32]

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🤘🏽😈