The Helix has NEVER Sounded This Good [Yes it has, you just haven't been using it]

For my Presets visit: johnnathancordy.gumroad.com/ Welcome to the party....Just out of interest - do you see many of these folks creating captures for the Quad Cortex anymore now that it's clear that it's not yet possible to sell the presets...Asking for a friend.
Anyway here are two presets that I was really enjoying today - feel free to copy the settings...Share with a friend...Something?
Let me know if you want these dropped into the folder? "TrainDumbleNew" and "VoxAC15Wow"
00:00 Intro
3:23 Wut
4:06 Preset builds
Also check out ‪@SteveSterlacci‬ ‪@AlexPriceMusician‬ ‪@NickHillMakesMusic‬ ‪@JasonSadites‬ ‪@bvesco‬ for other Helix videos that are actually useful.
www.buymeacoffee.com/johnnath... - if you like what I do and
only if you wanted, you could buy me a coffee!
Get my PADs bundle here: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... (this folder will grow, and I'd encourage you to ask for different keys/songs and stuff that might suit this type of preset?)
I've decided to make it possible to grab both my Helix/HX Stomp bundles (the expression bundle with freeze presets has always been separate) together for £5 - www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr... - I will then email you a link to both bundles!
Try my general patches for Helix or HX Stomp in this bundle for £3 using this link - I will then send out the patches! www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr...
You can get my EXPRESSION patches in this bundle using this link - I will then send out the patches! www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr...
Try my patches for Pod GO for £3 using this link - I will then send out the patches! www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr...
/ johnnathancordy get my backing tracks here
www.buymeacoffee.com/johnnath... - if you like what I do and
only if you wanted, you could buy me a coffee!

[@AlexPriceMusician]

You're awesome John. Nicest dude on this internet, and honestly a total bro.

[@ac8704]

Never sounded so good! Tone matched to your dog :) It kills me how much all things helix have been monetized. Thank you for putting out so much great Helix content. I bought my stomp just because of your videos. Your content and demonstrations blow everyone else out of the water. You go into such good detail on everything. Thanks.

[@yobanyhernandez125]

same here this channel was the reason for me buying the stomp

[@mattgilbert7347]

Haven't bought mine yet but when I do, it will be largely due to this channel's no-nonsense approach to these types of modelers.

[@serpensnovus9869]

These both sound delicious - better than ever. I love working through your preset builds and hearing what they are meant to sound like and how to use them.

[@bleigh6562]

Thank you for teaching how to use and understand the Helix. You presets are great sounding and your playing is inspiring. Thank you.

[@tonyleeglenn]

Awesome playing and instruction with the Helix. You're the best John.

[@patmepin15]

🤣🤣🤣 Love it. Tone snobs go away. Helix is great! Appreciate you and your willingness to help the community. Loved that last video on the sag and bias. It was very instructive!

[@jakollee]

Lovely intro,I could listen to you play all day!

[@MattCrill]

Thanks for all your transparency and help with getting things dialed in for us. If there's anyone wondering if you should pony up to get access to your folder I heartily say, "DO IT!" because you keep sharing gems with us on a daily basis. You and others continue to show us that the Helix is more than capable of getting great tones without slight of hand tricks.

[@paulmyfinger]

How do you mean. Can I pay here to get patches. I've heard of "the folder" but i dont know how to find it

[@MattCrill]

@@paulmyfinger Yep...just follow his paypal links in the description and he'll share the Google folder with you.

[@ckjjclan]

I appreciate you profiled your woofer - always gives the patch some bark. 😉

[@yobanyhernandez125]

one of my favorite parts about the helix is that once you have your base tones... you can use the vast library to craft your own sound without needing much additional gear at all. This channel has helped me do that even more so.

[@alexgarnett7557]

Yet another thing you’ve coerced me into purchasing. Well played (In both senses) sir.

[@theericbeaty]

Great shoutouts. Those guys are great for learning Helix. They're the round table to your King Arthur's court.

[@therealkornelis]

Yes please drop them in the folder! sounds amazing

[@bronyraur661]

that. typically don't like people's intro songs (i'm a slow ballad lover) but this was impressive and beautiful. especially tone wise. great job my man

[@SteveSterlacci]

thanks for the shout out bro!!

[@AlexPriceMusician]

King John himself has knighted us to his round table of Helix

[@SteveSterlacci]

@@AlexPriceMusician his court of camelot!

[@ynotalutok]

Beautiful!!!!

[@scottbronder]

I watch most your content and love it all John, but missed your take on Tone Match and love your opening comments to set the stage. "tone matched to my dog." love it!

[@PopFictionVideos]

Thanks for posting

[@jazzzfer]

You are awesome!

[@ensignbarabus]

Yes, please, into the folders they should go!

[@foxmeisteruk]

Into the folders these must go! This is the way! ;)

[@AlecBourneMidiMadScientist]

Funniest episode you’ve ever made. I have this irresistible urge to buy you a coffee now. That was hilarious 😂

[@dngrusd]

ToneFirstFamilySecond? ROFL! Just one of the many reasons I love your vids, dude! I learn something from every vid, and your playing and tone are exquisite!

[@bsilvabr]

Yes please into the folder. They sound fantastic.

[@thesunabsolute]

Shots fired

[@ToneJunkieTV]

I just want to try these Tone Matched IRs of the pup!

[@400_billion_suns]

@@ToneJunkieTV The trickiest part of capturing an IR of a dog is connecting your leads to the inputs and outputs. They don’t call my man “Cordy” for nothin’!

[@Mega_trav]

I was sucked into trying out a couple of the Tone Match packs. The Princeton and Twin (that one was free) and yeah I don't think it made an earth shattering difference. I really appreciate your videos. Thanks for everything you do!

[@Luke_Williamson]

They sounded incredibly harsh and ice picky don’t you think?

[@Mega_trav]

@@Luke_Williamson I didn't find that was the case for me, but I have swapped the IRs they provide with other ones and I think it's a clever way to make a buck for sure lol

[@Newnodrogbob]

Yes, please drop these into the folder. I spend a lot of time creating my own because I want to feel like I know what's going on. Yours are always better than mine, though, lol

[@foxmeisteruk]

Thanks

[@orlandoguitarist]

Sounds great! Please drop in folder!

[@aleksydrywien3477]

The best content for HX/Helix users on youtube. Thanks!

[@eds4754]

Hahaha spot on about those tone match presets. Brute forcing an IR to match doesn’t take any skill to dial in, may as well just use what you have and dial in by ear and it’ll work better. TJ’s Kemper Profiles are hit and miss at best too, and most i’ve heard don’t sound good. I do sell Helix Presets that are dialled in to match my real amps but they aren’t relying on IR’s to do it - it’s more of getting the Helix model’s advanced parameters and settings calibrated so my starting point is familiar to how I set the real things. I’ve no doubt that the Helix and other modellers have been able to accurately match the tone of real amps for years already without the need to buy anything new

[@stam27322]

Intro so nice. ❤

[@dubox37]

Love this video so much lol

[@williamnichols6253]

thanks man

[@WDShorty]

I think you should do a video about pickups, I learned you want mostly high-mid focused pickups with bass and low-mids rolled off that can be compensated post distortion, you want those frequencies to hit the distortion last so the fundamentals of each notes in a chord dont clash when the distortion creates new harmonics for them

[@EdPettersen]

Yes, please put them in the folder!!!

[@austinmichels5527]

That intro 🤘

[@chrohm]

this is dang good for sure

[@OwixTV]

Brillant 👌👌

[@sboy1955]

Good man 👍🏽

[@SERGY11]

Superb sound! Yes, please upload to JC Lead Patches folder 🙏🙏🙏🙏 I'm diggin the jokes 🐕😂

[@GordWait]

Another vote to ask you to share these in the folder! Cheers!

[@timhopkins3810]

Lovely sounds 👍 Just bought your pack full price as it’s been a few years now of getting a lot of info re the HX family from you and it’s great how much I’ve learnt 😊 follow most of the other people you’ve mentioned too and they’re a great source of knowledge! I have tried the Tone junkie Tone Match Marshall and they’re “ok”. Initial impressions were really positive but I felt it missed some of the treble that I was able to dial in easily myself using the Brit amps…

[@christophercapuano7280]

What do you mean? Did you manage to get the SRV tone as advertised in the demo?

[@timhopkins3810]

@@christophercapuano7280 no… no I didn’t 😂 I didn’t tone match my Les Paul to match a strat so maybe if I look into that then I’ll be on the right track… 😊

[@john808welk]

Thank you for being the people's champion #bonematch

[@johnnathancordy]

Use promocode thickertonethanasausage

[@Widdy5150]

Best video yet!!! 🤣🤣🤣👍🏻

[@pavelpaku6807]

Best channel for the hx stomp users!

[@Arthur_My_Dear]

Thanks, John - I asked, you answered

[@MrKite_]

the whole part where you demo the presets gave me some Clever Girl's "no drum and bass in the jazzroom" vibes

[@SLATEB0Y]

What an awesome tone! Thanks for sharing. Love your channel. Tasty playing!! Keep it coming. Found the preset was a couple of dB less on the left-side. Is this intentional or just because you the cab levels were at their default 0db settings?

[@johnnathancordy]

I think it is due to the Dual Cab block having two different mic/cab combinations? I've started to embrace the idea that maybe having a slight mismatch is more akin to real life anyway where the amp is never directly in the centre of our actual ears? I dunno. Might be bs.

[@Terry_Dale]

Please drop these in the folder, great for inspiration.

[@stratplayer96]

I see a Mesa Lone Star Classic back there. The best pedal platform amp ever made IMO.

[@stevegardiner8473]

On the subject of Tone Match ir's/presets. I've never, ever bought presets for Helix, or any other modeller I've used over the years, as I've never seen the point of paying someone for something I can do myself. I have bought IR's from a few companies such as Celestion, Ownhammer, 3Sigma, and ML SoundLab. I never use stock cabs. Anyway, I was interested in trying out one of these Tone Match preset packs, so I purchased a recent one of a Marshall amp and, I can say that I was pretty impressed. After a little bit of tweaking to taste, I used it in rehearsal last night, and it sounded and felt great. I've used Helix since 2017, played hundreds of gigs, and had great results but, I did think the tone and feel I was getting from my slightly tweaked Tone Match presets last night, was very close to using a real valve amp. Helix is obviously perfectly usable out of the box. That's why I've stuck with it but, I also think Tone Matching, if it's done well, can elevate it's tone and feel, a little more.

[@johnnathancordy]

The thing for me is that in any of the amp comparisons that I've done, when you use like for like IRs, the Helix models are already far closer than I've heard in the AB comparisons, and if you're making tweaks to the preset then the "match" IR that has been created (although looking at examples to me it looks like relatively normal IR with a hefty high cut) is no longer really a factor. The conclusion I came to from trying them is that folks should really get friendly with the Cab high cut and you can then get the same kind of results.

[@stevegardiner8473]

@@johnnathancordy I've tried many times to get the tones I want from the stock cabs, still do occasionally, and I'll think, ooh that sounds nice, but then I'll drop a quality ir in instead and suddenly it's just that little bit more 'real' and sweeter sounding, and trust me, I do know my way around Helix, I should do after five years! I was sceptical about these Tone Match things. I'm glad I've tried one though. And it's not just me. My bandmates commented on my tone last night, and I hadn't said anything about running different presets. Maybe these things won't work for everyone but, I absolutely loved my tone last night. I'll sum it up by saying the tones i had last night were punchy, dynamic, and cut through without any hint of harshness or fizz. It worked perfectly for the type of covers my band play. I think the great thing about Helix is the amount of choices there are for users. You can get great tones by sticking with it completely stock, or you can invest in some additional stuff. A bit of a minefield I know. I've bought IR's from some companies that for me are totally useless, and a waste of money. Maybe I just got lucky with this particular Tone Match preset I bought. It just works really well for me.

[@maltycultural7793]

You forgot to misspell a word in the title for that 'added WOW!'.

[@DavidEidelberg]

When Neural adds a marketplace, TJ will be selling captures. He probably already has a ton in the can that he'll releae slowly over the course of a year.

[@mattgilbert7347]

Sounds amazing!! Playing, as always, is superb. Is there a device like a Helix/HX Stomp + Universal Audio OX Box/Two-Notes Captor/CaptorX combined in one unit?

[@mattgilbert7347]

* + Dog/Cat/Budgie as well. Of course. Kinda goes without saying.

[@IrvingCNC]

My favorites codes were: spendeverithing and tonefirstfamilysecond hahahahahah you are best John!

[@shaunmacey6137]

Nice patches and tutorials - I bought your pack (with no dodgy discount code!) super value : ) Just wanted to ask why you put some of the FX in a parallel path? Presumably (FX + dry) in parallel with (dry). I tried it and can't quite decide if it sounds better... I think you just get a bit more dry level this way because you sum the 2 parallel paths? Sorry if I'm talking nonsense... Like the channel - some interesting stuff - and great for HX Stomp nerds. Have you thought about getting/demoing the new UAFX Amp pedals?

[@johnnathancordy]

A few people have asked about the UA stuff, but I can't really figure out if it'd be worth it as I feel like there's a ton of paid videos already and it's an expensive pedal that ultimately after the rush people may not be that interested in? I don't always put things on the parallel path - in this case I think it was something I was messing with at the time because I was also putting things like modulation post delay or something...Not sure. But yeh - you're basically getting more dry level, nothing particularly crazy otherwise going on!

[@valebliz]

@@johnnathancordy I have the UAFX Ruby, to me the dinamic response and feel are superior to my hx stomp. Right now I'm using the Ruby in the Stomp fx loop having the ability to put virtual pedals before and after it and having the amp and cab models done by the Ruby, or to run parallel amps putting an amp in the Stomp too. Super versatile imo.

[@AlecBourneMidiMadScientist]

@@valebliz essentially what we do with an iridium only no midi and no real need as it is the one amp and not 3. How do you find dialing in the ruby vs the stomp equivalent vox models ?

[@valebliz]

@@AlecBourneMidiMadScientist i find the Ruby easier tbh, you have more limited options but pretty much any setting take makes sense sounds very good, while on the stomp you have much more options and you can steer away from a realistic representation of the modeled amp quite a bit. Anyway the main difference is in feel and in how the low end reacts. You have a more realistic low end thump like amp in the room and the modeler is very touch sensitive. I really wish they release something like a JCM 800 or a SLO 100 pedal in the near future because mixed with the stomp effects and a couple of drive pedals in the front it would be my holy grail tbh.

[@JosePineda-jn8jk]

Can we get a mini lesson on the passage from 2:27-2:42? It was just so nice and fluid and would sound great fast or slow.

[@paulgore9948]

Agree....drop into the folder for Patreon supporters! Thanks for your creativity.

[@johnnathancordy]

Hey Paul! You should have an email!

[@400_billion_suns]

And to think all this time, the answer was already within us, inside our hearts, if we just believed #gamechanger #unleashyourpup #barktonesnotdarktones

[@adlegol]

Bro Bonematched is the name of my only fans. Twinsies!

[@tims6824]

I would like these in the folder! That VoxAC15Wow preset is great

[@johnnathancordy]

Already there!

[@ceciliaeyes]

@@johnnathancordy I don't see it either ...

[@Luke_Williamson]

Richard’sGerbilFeedFund 😂😂 oh man

[@CMHobbies]

I was wondering if we’d get the other side of this-is it really that much better or is it a marketing pitch? I think you answered it.

[@ptuli500]

Very cool John!. Does your stomp connects to an amp somewhere or do you plug them to you computer or a set of monitors for the final audio output? ~ thank you!

[@johnnathancordy]

Hey chap - I they go straight into DAW and JBL LSR305 - you're hearing the direct audio

[@ptuli500]

@@johnnathancordy Thank you. Those JBL monitors sound pretty good !

[@CMHobbies]

I bought a couple from TJ that were half off. They sound good on a strat but need a ton of tweaking to sound good with anything else. I compared them to some presets of yours that are similar and I preferred yours with stock cabs by quite a bit. The TM IRS are quite dark. Don’t get the craze for them.

[@MoveUpMedia]

“…Amanda…” 😂😂😂

[@hansgruenweg294]

From a Fractal fool to the Helix chap just like that.

[@rickyanthony]

Dude can play

[@musiciansoasis2893]

sounds great would love to have them if you drop them into your box. i will happily buy you another coffee or two.

[@johnnathancordy]

They're all in there!

[@Stboser]

Tone first family second hahaha best code of them all

[@guipaguipa]

Nice humour

[@catsimus2317]

I used all the codes in the video and I ended up getting paid to get the presets. Sweet

[@catsimus2317]

*payed

[@EdPettersen]

Question: If I have your expression and Helix/HX Stomp packs which IR comes closest to this JC IR?

[@bobmitchell1970]

The dog tonematch gives my tone much more growl than ever before, but I can't get rid of all the extra hair on the top end and my wet effects all smell terrible.

[@Johnherold121]

Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Give a man a preset... Who am I kidding, John doesn't drop his presets anymore

[@johnnathancordy]

I spent all my money on Fish for a Man

[@johnstamos4976]

I checked out a website selling stomp presets about 2 days ago and the first thing I saw was a pack of presets being sold for $100+ and there were some even more expensive. Just a bit much

[@johnnathancordy]

Bargain

[@stevelamm2366]

John, like ptuli500, I'm also interested in how you send out your mix to KZbin. I play live with the Helix every Sunday, and my presets always sound good in my studio, but that doesn't always match up with what happens at a worship service through the FOH sound system.

[@johnnathancordy]

Hey Steve! Yeh live is a whole different can of sausage - in the room at home I monitor with JBL LSR305 - these are nearfield monitors and quite well behaved. PA systems on the other hand are a bit trickier....The only real solution is to try and get plenty of time with the system you're on, and pray that nothing changes from sound-check to the actual service (spoiler: somehow it always does)

[@stevelamm2366]

@@johnnathancordy I have the JBLs as well and also a Headrush FRFR 108. I am going to go down to the church auditorium and connect with my wireless system and go through my presets while I sit where the congregation sits to really see what it sounds like out there. Love the channel.

[@MrX-ny3jv]

I wonder if you have favorites from among the intro bits you write? I surely like your videos for their educational content, but I love the way you play guitar. And while I've begun a folder of my favorites, I would love to see a compilation of what you consider to be your best tracks. #usecode:releasethecordycut

[@cameronspears1386]

Me writing all these damn codes down

[@hairman49er]

Tone Matched to my Dog. haha!

[@alvarorojas2069]

Do you prefer HX Stomp to HX Fx?

[@nigeldaddyo]

I keep seeing new K Lines in different colors. Is he shipping you a new one every month?

[@CMHobbies]

He’s had those strats a good while, just didn’t play the black or gold one much while he was trying other guitars out. Glad to see them back out again.

[@Josephhof]

what does putting delay and other effects in another path do?? cant wait to build this in my XL for stomp mode

[@johnnathancordy]

Hey Jose - it's not an essential move, but I think when I originally built the preset that this one came from, I may have been trying to make the Delay sound like a Volante or something, which would have had some modulation after the delay (that I didn't want on the dry guitar)

[@ryboul]

which folder has the newest patches? please put those there!

[@kyran4238]

I need to learn when to fiddle with bias. Tips?

[@johnnathancordy]

I'm very new to it - I'd suggest the Sweetwater article (I linked to the article in the video on Sag and Bias) and I think Alex Price has done a fairly thorough video on those settings too?

[@sacredgeometry]

Does it come with your dog?

[@marekgitarzysta5193]

What is this PAD bundle you advertise?

[@miccullen]

I believe WT are creating them, but just holding them as there's no marketplace on the basis that there MUST be one coming at some point.

[@worshiptutorials]

Actually my biggest gripe with the QC is the lack of an editor or *anything* to organize the hundreds and hundreds of captures we’ve made. We’ve also given a lot of stuff away for free via the Cortex app. We have a ton of stuff for free for every platform we make presets for, for that matter.

[@guipaguipa]

Hihihihi

[@michaelfolsom6654]

RichardsGerbilFeedFund didn't work for me.

[@michaelfolsom6654]

Nvm. ToneFirstFamilySecond was definitely the way to go.

[@robbielillydimaccini1154]

where buy the preset

[@SimonGaiser]

I agree, these patches sound as good or better than ever and it seems like not much hum at all.

[@wakinginfinity]

Right, but how close is it to the dog really? You didn’t do a true comparison (and we never heard the dog, pft)

[@Deep_Jimpact]

The boys on the guitar world forums are saying you can’t play Butterfly by Crazy Town. I’ve said you can and You don’t make me want to look like a liar, do you, Mate?

[@Deep_Jimpact]

Oh and before anyone comes at me saying there’s also women on the guitar world forum, there isn’t. Look around you lads, the only women on these things are porn bots looking to get access to your KZbin accounts.

[@400_billion_suns]

Sounds like a pretty little ditty to me ;)

[@Angus.Maclean]

I have deposited the funds into an account for you, but had to open the account under my name. 🤪

[@NeZversSounds]

Most of the guys that sell Helix/HX presets already sell on their own sites. Dunno how you can share presets between Quad Cortex devices, but if you want to sell, create your own platform (Wix or Squarespace) or find one that is selling in name of multiple artists. The device is not a factor, the same applies to Boss devices. I have my own ear, so I don't have a need for them.

[@Margilio5150]

None of those codes worked on the grocery store online platform :(

[@johnnathancordy]

You have to try harder, Erik

[@BobbyCulpepper.srv3fender]

Have you watched the videos from worship tutorials? They seemed to have been the ones that started it a couple months ago

[@johnnathancordy]

Yip. David Hislop soon followed. Interestingly - Glenn DeLaune has been doing it for a while and calling it "Custom Sound Imprint™ IR". In fairness to each of them, they sound pretty decent, if not perfect for certain genres - but it's not particularly fair to imply that the Helix engineers don't know what they're doing... Think I'm seeing your mate Andy next week

[@BobbyCulpepper.srv3fender]

@@johnnathancordy cool, he lives down the road, you should come visit Texas! But about the L6 engineers, have you seen the threads on the gear page were Eric Klein admitting that until recently they hadnt had the proper technology to correctly model cabs and that 3.2 will be the by far the biggest tonal improvement to date?

[@worshiptutorials]

We never once said that Helix engineers didn’t know what they were doing. Actually we’ve had conversations with many of them, and we are incredibly grateful for line 6 and the product offerings they’ve brought to the market.

[@dogscangrowbeardsallover3143]

Of course you are. How else would you con people into paying you a “discounted” price of 160 bucks for 20 more matchless presets. You guys know what you’re doing is shady. I could go further but I won’t, Out of respect for Mr Cordys channel. Enjoy amp shopping and 200 dollar steaks boys. You only live once. Might as well take advantage of gullible people while you’re here. 🤷‍♂️ 😬

[@worshiptutorials]

​@@dogscangrowbeardsallover3143 You know, if a person doesn't want to spend money on a preset from us, they don't have to. Or they could download any of our free stuff (which we've made a lot). People who do buy our stuff do so because they think it sounds great. I can't understand this idea that we are grifters, or that what we are doing is shady. I've also never had a $200 steak before in my life, but I am planning to buy more amps. You can believe what you want about us, that's fine. But I've spent literally thousands of hours of my life creating free content to help equip guitar players that has nothing to do with selling presets. You can spend literally hundreds and hundreds of hours going through it if you'd like I like Cordy a lot - I think he's a great player and a great guy, and he makes great content. This video perplexed me a bit, but whatever.

[@boimesa8190]

what new craze?

[@williamnichols6253]

Worship Tutorials figured out a way to hack helix to use profiles of their own amps using IR's (typically use to capture and sim real world cab/mic configurations). Tone Junkies and at least one other channel has jumped on the bandwagon, but I'm not sure if what their doing has the same substance as what WT is doing. My instinct tells me that the Tone Junkies product is more sizzle than steak, but I really have no idea. The first WT 'tone matched' package got released the other day, for the Matchless C-30 (Matchstick in helix) amp. It was only $6, and I think it's way better than the stock amp. But the question remains... if I put the work into getting to know all the settings the way John advocates here, could I have gotten the same tone without spending $6? ... Maybe, I don't know. But I'd rather keep the IR's than have my $6 back, if that tells you anything.

[@boimesa8190]

@@williamnichols6253 But in what way "hack"... Sounds like some good ol' snake oil... Especially if they're still just IR's