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For some reason as it's the award winning ugliest headstock ever made...

But now you don't need the computer. It can all be done from within the HX Stadium, backing tracks, automation, even DMX lighting. Heck, you could probably run the whole band through one device.

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I already do all of that with my Helix Floor. Preset and Snapshot changes are controlled via MIDI from the computer that runs the drums and second synth part. Selecting a song also selects the correct Preset on the Helix and then the Snapshots change in the correct place as the song plays. On some songs then Snapshots change every two bars in places which mean that if the computer wasn't doing it for me I'd pretty much be glued to my pedals for those. We have a song we're currently working on where some of the changes only last a beat or two!

Can you not start rehearsals at 7 instead..? Or have the others rehearse without you for the first hour (BV, for instance, or segue ideas..?). Just a thought.

Gosh, what a horrible time to be a top quality bass gear reviewer! Neural DSP, Darkglass and now Line 6 all bringing out new toys! Mwah ha ha ha!!

Ah, right. That'll help, then

Line 6 stated in the live stream that the price of the Helix Floor, Rack and LT are going to be heavily reduced by a couple of hundred dollars. I would assume this will affect the used market price.

you know you have mad it when they turn the music off lol

It's in very good hands with JS. I've had basses that have been made by him, and one that went to him for a respray to gloss black. Brilliant service, and a top guy...⭐

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If you don’t need a modeller/floor unit that can sync/automation of sound/preset changes for songs then the existing units will be pretty useful. I think the ‘Stadium’ moniker alludes to the touring artists where preset changes etc are all triggered to specific album/recoded tones and to me at least suggests a pro touring musician who would benefit from a unit which can be set up for a tour and take the fuss out of changing presets while they focus on their choreography 😀 It got a lot going on!

The reason I'm excited by the Anagram is that it does pretty much everything I do in my Helix LT in a Stomp sized package - saturation or not (although I'm sure it will come). The Stadium's are built upon a very mature platform, and are more powerful than I need (not to mention bigger). The Anagram is astonishing for a v1 product, and I'm sure it will only improve over time if Darkglass stick to their promises. If anything, it shows Line 6 what people expect from a refreshed Stomp, if they make one.

I've posted on here on the past about how I liked D'Addario rounds and I kill EB Slinkys within a week... however, a couple of years have passed and as is often the way I've now done a complete 180 on this opinion! I've been putting EB Slinkys on everything where I need rounds and have come to love their sound, including crucially the way they age. It may be due to me moving almost exclusively to short scale, but at 30" scale I now find D'Addarios and Elixirs are a bit pingy and insubstantial on the lower frets of the E string, like they produce odd harmonics that overshadow the fundamental or something. The Slinkys sound a lot more solid in that range. Plus they also have the smoother feel so less finger noise and chewed up finger tips.