Creating an Ambient and Lo-Fi Preset with the Line 6 Helix

1. Amp & Settings

• Choose the ‘Moon Jump’ amp
  • Keep the cabinet settings at default
  • Set Bright Drive to 2.3
  • Set Normal Drive to 1.8
  • Increase Mids to 10
  • Increase Master to 10
  • Bias to 6.8
  • Bias X to 10

2. Add Compression

• Add a compressor (L.A. Studio Comp) at 50%

3. Add Reverb

• Add ‘Hot Springs’ reverb after the amp
  • Set Mix to 16%
• Add Dynamic Hall reverb (on Path 2)
  • Set Decay to 12 seconds
  • Adjust Room Size to 30 meters
  • Set Diffusion to 100% and Dampening to 4.0 kHz

4. Add Delay

• Add a stereo delay (on Path 2B)
  • Quarter note sync
  • Set Mix to 17% and Scale to 95%

5. Now Let’s Add the Lo-Fi Effects

• Add ‘Vintage Swell’ (mono) delay block at the beginning of Path 1
  • Set Note Sync to eighth notes
  • Bit Depth to 10
  • Sample Rate down

6. Adjusting Amp for Lo-Fi

• Set Sag, Hum. and Ripple to 10

7. Add Low-Res Delay

• Add ‘Legacy Low Res Delay’
• Set to dotted eighth notes

8. Adding Tape Delay & Cosmos Echo

• Add ‘Transistor Tape Delay’ to Path 2
  • Set Mix to 20%
• Add Cosmos Echo (mono) to Path 1 (before the amp)

9. Adding Modulation

• Add ‘Retro Reel’ (mono) before the amp on Path 1
  • Set Flutter to 5.1 and Low Cut to 50 Hz

10. Final Adjustments

• Adjust overall volume levels and effects settings to taste

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