Line 6 Helix | How I Create Metal Tones | Walk-through | Revv Gen Purple

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I get lots of questions regarding this still so I try and walk-through my process, from begging to end, on how I go about creating metal guitar tones with your Line 6 Helix. I use the Revv Gen Purple amp model!
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[@RobVenable]

You're my new "go-to" guy for Helix!

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Glad to be able to help Brother!

[@HeathenForayOfficial]

Listen to this guy! Our live tones are all based on his work with the Line6 Badonk :)

[@kevindavid37]

I really love the calm and peaceful way you explain things. Makes it easy to follow you and enjoyable to watch.

[@swingthestatue]

You and Sonic Drive Studio totally own the Helix tutorials for metal, kudos for sharing the knowledge dude!

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Cheers Brother! I love Jon. He’s a great dude with a serious gear problem lol

[@suffersystemstudios]

As a new Helix rack owner this video was very helpful! I had a basic knowledge from owning the Axe FX 2 for a few years but there will always be a learning curve on a new unit so thanks for the help!!

[@vaiserious]

A good idea when dialing in tone is to use the looper on 1st position. 2 hands free to fiddle is better then guitar on lap

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

For some, absolutely but I prefer to play and feel how different riffs sound.

[@thebunn]

That Revv.. keeps getting more and more Nick Hill screen time. Is the Badonk fading into the background? All your tones sound siiick though. Very cool to see your methodology.

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

The Badonk will always have a place in heart. I’m just gravitating towards it lately and loving the results I’m getting. Thanks Bro!

[@DoveSimon]

Nick, have you ever thrown a pre-EQ, in analysis mode, on your DI signal? I found that using a reference DI, you can match the EQ profile of it prior to re-amping. It definitely changes the character and tone of the processed signal. I would think the impedance setting will influence this as well. I've also been looking at the raw EQ profiles of Seymour Duncan pickups and I believe our Solars have Custom-5's. They have a pretty significant mid scoop on their raw EQ profile. I also see that Solar uses trembuckers on both bridge and neck. I doubt this has much impact on tone, but the magnets don't perfectly align over the strings. My treble strings are more closely aligned to the magnets than my bass. Very enjoyable video, as always. Your channel is one of my favorite places on the internet. Best regards.

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Good info here man!

[@KSE069]

Awesome video, the Revv amps have definitely been my favorite since they came out. One thing that helped me speed up the tone shaping process is throwing a looper in front.

[@sjsphotog]

Great tutorial as always Nick. Killer tone and tight playin'. Thanks for showing folks the ropes. Kepe it up. Stay safe

[@greghitt1704]

Hi Nick! I am lucky enough to have both an Axe Fx 3 and HX Stomp. My Stomp was just for hotel jamming while traveling for work. UNTIL NOW!! Nick - I followed your process step by step and with my travel guitar (Steinburger Synapse with EMG's) it sounds simply HUGE! Learned a whole bunch on how to dial this small little gem in and will be spending more time in HX land. Still love my Axe FX - its a beast but now I'm grinning with the tones out of my Stomp :-) Thanks for such a great instructional. Thumbs up from me.

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Cheers man! Glad to help. I’d love to play with the Fractal stuff some day. We live in an amazing time when it comes to guitar tech. Thanks for being here!

[@SonicDriveStudio]

Another excellent video!!

[@chriswelborn]

Great video as always Nick. I’ve been playing around with the Revv models lately. I keep coming back to the Badonk and Placater models though.

[@Ymiraku]

the soldano model sounds amazing also

[@maraudermusic2714]

Great video. Thank you for taking the time and effort to show us the tools, your thought process, and the walk through. Your videos have helped me so much in so little time. Was stuck for so long fighting to get the right tone (guitar and bass) and get it to fit in a mix, you helped me fix that. Much gratitude. Your awesome!!

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Cheers my man. Glad to help and thank you for the support. It really means a lot

[@malted.4466]

Awesome as always

[@jasonsaunders5637]

Thanks Nick ,you always make great videos, keep up the good work ,very helpful , top bloke 👍🏻🤟🏻🤟🏻

[@Spark-xu1mu]

Always enjoying your videos🤘🏼 is there more content coming for the HX Stomp?

[@rzproject123]

Th-u the best sound and playing.

[@guillermopenagosgallegos4405]

hi nick! big fan over here! thanks so much for your help... you mentioned in the video that after you record guitars you still do something of post processing... in general whats youy post processing work?

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Glad to help my Dude. I’m brave several videos on how I mix guitars. Some are rather long and in depth. Give them a watch

[@JerryStaleyMusic]

Hey, Nick, great, witty, and relaxing content as always. Just saw Music Gear Network's video "My #1 Line 6 Helix Tone Tip Of All Time," where Eric adds a Kinky Boost right after the amp and before the IR and how significantly it impacts the tone. Would you mind fiddling around with this setup and telling us what you think?

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

I’ll check it out!

[@eljam8138]

crazy tones for the value! damn

[@chris_and_music]

Nick, thanks for the video! Do the "650" frequency on the Tilt eq change according to the tuning of the guitar ? For example, if using a lower tuning

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Definitely something you want to experiment with

[@GearStuffandThings]

Enjoyed it man!

[@quantummassless]

Nick, how can I get my Helix to sound like Haken or Messugah? Do you take requests to create custom helix effects chains for users for a price? Thanks!

[@hadinasrallah8928]

Could you make a line6 video on how to get a day to remembers tone?

[@fullmetalsal]

sounds great. You should post this for others.

[@1sad_latvianboi707]

See on the bit when you talk about high cuts, when you play live and go into FOH how drastically would you cut the high end? Or would you let the sound guy deal with it? Cheers for the video btw :D

[@joeconti3599]

Do you have any suggestions for extended range for hx?

[@joeconti3599]

Liked before I watched

[@sjsphotog]

Its a no brainer for ALL of Nick's vids for sure. Just do it!

[@joekenney3978]

Yooo loving the tones man! Give us a modern metal tone with the 3.0 update! Maybe the diezel V4 and the precision drive? Hmmm

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Working on it Brother. Line 6 dropped this update on us and I had stuff in the pipeline. Extra videos coming over the next couple weeks

[@joekenney3978]

Fuck yeah man looking forward to what heavy tone you can get out of this! 👊

[@sakifmuntasim6959]

Wooo wooo

[@AndrewStonerock]

Revv purple became my go to for heavy sounds. It sounds rediculous through my spider valve 40 watt tube power amp and cab.. also I kind of look at sag like power amp compression. Turn down the sag and you decrease the power amp compression.

[@AndrewStonerock]

I've also found that the digital noise is still there no matter what. That's why I started using the spider valve power section instead of my frfr. I did notice that when I'm recording I can get rid of the fizz by using the slate console stuff. I use the USA pre and console on the input, and I the USA summing model on the mix buss. Totally clears up the fizz in the recordings, and adds some really dope "analog" color.

[@guillermopenagosgallegos4405]

Hi! I'm new with HX Stomp... I think I understand that this "Preset" is for using it with an IR through a PA or in the studio... but what about using the HX through a real cab? would you use the same settings??? what would you change?... It will be great to watch a video of it! Thanks!

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

I have a video in which I send the HX stomp signal to a cab

[@FreddieOrtega-cr33p3rofficial]

Nick is it possible to blend IRs in Helix? I'm also thinking about getting an HX Stomp.

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Yep, off the top of my head, I’m not sure which one but I have a video about dual IRs

[@Cymbaline713]

I notice you use IRs almost all the time. Can you do one with the stock cabs, just to show what the Helix can do on its own? Maybe do a comparison between a stock cab like a Mesa 4x12 with V30s and a similar IR?

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

I have a couple videos using stock cabs my man. I also don’t feel like the Helix isn’t “doing it on its own,” because I use IRs. IRs are an amazing tonal tool used by just about everyone and for the price, you can’t beat them as far as I’m concerned. Anyhow, check out my stick can videos. Cheers my man

[@Cymbaline713]

@@NickHillMakesMusic Thank you sir, I have learned a lot from your videos. I especially like the idea of boosting the highs with a narrow Q and sweeping to find which frequency needs to be eliminated, then dialing it back 3dB.

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Glad to help my Dude! Cheers

[@mrz3r068]

Hi Nick, I started to follow your instruction in the video and unfortunately i get discouraged at the very beginning when I compare your sound to mine, just the raw amp sound that you have at 5:50 is already so much better to mine, mine sounds weak. I really wonder why is that? I use a jim root stratocaster which should be amazing for metal. However my Helix is plugged to a yamaha ThrX which is a very small lamp amp. I use the headphones output of that one. Could this amp be the reason of the sound difference? Where does your helix go out to? If anyone could help me out on this one I'd be very grateful! Thank you for the video!

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Absolutely! Use the headphones out of the helix. I run my helix into an audio interface.

[@mrz3r068]

@@NickHillMakesMusic thanks for your reply :)

[@ConstantineM]

How can you be in cap indoors and no one tell you that you need take it off? In Ukraine I always getting gangbanged if I walk indoors with cap, lol.

[@NickHillMakesMusic]

Clearly things are different in the Ukraine than they are in the States. I wear a hat everywhere. Also, gangbang means something VERY different, at least in English lol. Cheers!

[@paulsturgill8848]

And, he is in his castle. The dungeon of his castle but it's his.