devices · Helix Stadium Floor · learn · 08 of 10 · 6 min

cloning your own amps

PROXY cloning captures a real amp, preamp or pedal. What it costs, and the mono rule.

the one thing

Every Clone block is mono. Put your stereo effects after the clone, never before it.

what it does

Since firmware 1.3 the Stadium can capture a “clone” of any physical amplifier, preamp, amp-and-cab combination, or distortion pedal, at its current settings. Once made, a clone behaves much like any other amp or distortion block.

No earlier Helix can do this at all. If the feature is missing, check your firmware first.

what it costs

A clone uses roughly as much processing as a full Agoura amp model. You can have four per preset, with no more than two on either path. Two clones plus effects will fill one path, and the other path has its own chip.

the mono rule

Every Clone block is mono, and this is not adjustable. Any stereo block placed before a clone is summed to mono at that point, with no warning on screen.

Put stereo modulation, delay and reverb AFTER the clone. Anything in front of the amp wanted to be mono anyway.

Helix Stadium Owner's Manual 1.3.2

gridleak presets don't install on Helix Stadium Floor yet. the amps are all in the catalog.

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