The Full Helix Stadium Experience, Right Inside Your DAW
Housing all the amps, cabs, and effects from Line 6’s Helix Stadium hardware, along with Proxy Clone and Cab IR loading, Helix Stadium Native offers a feature-rich experience for DAW-based musicians. Fully compatible with the Helix Stadium XL and Floor hardware, including their groundbreaking Agoura-powered models, this plugin expands on the traditional Helix workflow with 48 block locations, multiple splits and merges per path, and unlimited preset and Cab IR storage. With Helix Stadium Native, all cab blocks are dual with double the resolution, and you can place effects between linked amps and cabs. This software also includes such Stadium-introduced features as Hype and Focus View, as well as graphical mic placement, graphical EQ control, and a 7-band parametric EQ, providing you with unrivaled tone-shaping options. You also get enhanced search functionality, sidechaining for Dynamics blocks, improved tuner accuracy, and robust DAW automation support. Beyond that, registered users of this plugin are entitled to all future updates at no additional cost. Simply put, Line 6 Helix Stadium Native offers a compelling long-term investment for adventurous tone seekers.
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Agoura modeling: breaking new ground on emulation accuracy
Like its hardware counterpart, Helix Stadium Native supports Line 6’s revolutionary Agoura modeling technology, which replicates how individual components interact with the rest of the circuitry. Dubbed “Sub-component Behavioral Modeling,” Agoura re-creates ultra-minute nuances of real-world tube amp design — from the complex way that an amp’s power supply interacts with the signal to the capacitance between wire runs within the chassis.
Naturally, this technology leads to a stunning increase in emulation accuracy across the board. Moreover, while Helix Stadium Native’s amp models sport superior sound quality, Agoura modeling’s comprehensive component-level architecture also ensures that every model feels like its real-world equivalent — a far more challenging quality to capture. From the dynamic touch-sensitivity of a tube amp pushed to the brink to a quick clean-up of a dirty signal with a volume roll-off, Line 6’s Agoura modeling provides you with the precise sound and response of the most legendary gear in music history.
Capture idealized amplifier tones with Hype
While those fortunate enough to have played through a vintage Fullerton combo or a dimed British amp head may know these tones firsthand, the reality is that most musicians have only experienced these fabled sounds from their favorite recordings, after they’ve been treated and produced to mix-ready perfection. Thus, the most true-to-life model of your dream modern or vintage amplifier may not quite capture the sound of your favorite riff or solo on record. That’s where Helix Stadium Native’s Hype feature comes in. With this feature, you can transform your tone from a component-level re-creation of the original model into the sweetened, idealized sound of a fully produced track.
Fine-tune your settings with Focus View
Boasting an intuitive GUI, Helix Stadium Native’s Focus View offers contextual parameter control that allows you to effortlessly shape your tones on the fly. This mode re-creates the streamlined feel of tweaking a physical amp’s or effect’s knobs, with straightforward explanations of what each parameter does to aid you in your tone-shaping endeavors. Moreover, Helix Stadium Native’s amp and effect models also allow you to morph between five distinct sounds with a quick gesture.
Complete cab customization
Finding the sweet spot of your amp’s cabinet emulation is a breeze thanks to Focus View’s 3D graphical interface. This tool allows you to drag and drop a microphone model around your cabinet within a virtual 3D representation — it’s just like repositioning the mic around a cab in the studio, only it’s accomplished with the swipe of a finger. What’s more, the Helix Stadium Native’s streamlined file system can save thousands of your favorite presets and organize them in easy-to-navigate nested folders.
Line 6 Helix Stadium Native Features:
- The next generation of Line 6’s Helix Native software with state-of-the-art amp and FX emulations
- Cutting-edge Agoura modeling re-creates every component within a circuit and how it interacts with other components
- Loads Proxy Clone captures of your favorite amps and distortion pedals
- 48 block locations, multiple splits and merges per path, and unlimited preset and Cab IR storage
- All cab blocks are dual with 2x resolution, and you can place FX between linked amps and cabs
- 53 Agoura amp models and 111 HX channels right out of the box, with plans for many more
- Complete preset compatibility with Helix Stadium XL and Helix Stadium Floor hardware
- Hype control allows you to capture both ultra-accurate amp emulations and production-ready versions
- Focus View supplies in-depth, context-based control of your current model
- Graphical mic placement, graphical EQ control, and a 7-band PEQ provide unrivaled tone-shaping options
- Mouse scroll wheel and trackpad let you scroll parameters; Shift-scroll wheel/trackpad adjusts the focused parameter
- Automation-assigned parameters are displayed as names in the DAW’s automation list
- Automation-assigned parameters display values on the DAW track’s automation lanes
- Selectable slider or knob view allows you to create a customized control set
- Sidechaining for Dynamics blocks gives you added routing flexibility
- Ultra-accurate tuner can display either sharps or flats
- File system allows you to load up thousands of IRs and organize them in convenient nested folders