“There is also a slight signal delay with the POD, the sound is not as direct as with the HX Stomp. So when I was recording with the POD, I always had a strange feeling and no real control over the timing, as if someone was holding my right hand. And, as described in the conclusion, the playing feeling is also quite different: Some of the sounds did seem too crisp to me, although, I can clearly hear a much more detailed illustration of the amps. It appears to have a more 3D, rather than a 2D sound. Taste is subjective, and when I looked at the comments below the video, it’s clear not everyone is impressed with the high-resolution signal of the Helix. And if your German isn’t so great, you can watch the video below. The guys at thought so too and created an extensive audio comparison. The Line 6 Helix Stomp could be the POD 2.0 of our era . It was launched in 2018, 20 years after the original POD. This might be reason enough to see how the two devices compete against each other.
Version 2.0 which followed in 2000, delivered twice as many amplifier models, AIR (Acoustically Integrated Recording), and offered the possibility to change the speaker simulations. When it was released, there were simply no excuses every guitarist had to have a POD 2.0! Few sequels have sold as well worldwide! 20 years difference While bass players waited enviously for the release of the Bass Pod XT in 2002, we guitarists were able to experiment with a wide variety of sounds and send them directly to tape, DAW or PA, without extensive microphone work or unpleasant volume levels. Eventually, some players completely dispensed with their heavy tube amplifiers and switched entirely over to the ‘kidney bean’. Now, if guitarists wanted to be flexible and have all the usual timbres ready-to-go, they no longer had to spend large sums of money on different amplifiers, or lug around huge rigs. Earlier this year we wondered, could you make it sound any better and was it now considered ‘vintage gear’?īack in 1998 when Version 1.0 was released, it delivered an unprecedented level of authenticity with its 16 different amp simulations. Suddenly, “digital” was no longer taboo. Let’s look back for a moment and acknowledge what that little red kidney bean, the Line 6 POD, has done for us.
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