If you have any remaining doubt, check k out the Helix videos from Sonic Drive Studios on YouTube. I love the Friedman too, but everyone wears that tone out these days. Helix inspired me to write and play a lot more.įinally, for high gain, Helix has some exclusive amp models - the Badonk, Archon and the Cartographer, in particular - that just do it for me in a way that Fractal never did. While Fractal does offer a gazillion parameters and amp models to choose from, I personally found it less than optimal to set up and tweak with. Second, usability made a huge difference to me. The clips are just a snapshot of one person dialing in one amp with one IR as of one particular firnware. I also primarily play the same genres as you.įirst, online clips tell you nothing and online "versus" discussions just sow doubt.
If it helps, I like clean/ambient-ish stuff, rock, and metal (but not so much djent).Īs someone who has had a Helix and AX8 MULTIPLE times, I went with Helix ultimately and never looked back. So now's your chance! Reassure me that I'd be just as happy with the LT as the Ax8. But again I have concerns of being disappointed. Cost is a factor since I have a young family and not a lot of income for now. Part of me wants to get the LT because of simplicity of use and having a expression pedal already there and because I can get it for less than the Ax8 (especially since I may even be able to haggle a retailer down more than $999). While it's subjective, in most of the comparisons I've listened to the Ax8 sounds better to me and I feel somewhat concerned in my mind that if I go with the less expensive LT, I'll end up being disappointed.
I've never tried and Ax8 or any fractal gear. I've tried an LT and it was quite fun for the 20 minutes I had with it, though I didn't get too much into exploring the options and tweaking and what not. I'm not in a position to buy both and keep the one I like.
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The Helix LT and Ax8 are in my price range (the full helix is out, sadly) and the two contenders for purchase. This whole experience is just confirming for me that I do not want to do business with CLEAR, and it's really making me regret that I ever gave CLEAR my personal information.Life at it's current junction seems to be pointing towards going to a digital all-in-one box. And now they're hassling those who opted out. A lot of people, like us, didn't even get the emails. It appears they sent emails to some people, but those emails were so garbled as to be unreadable. Obviously they're doing everything possible to avoid anyone opting out. Why would I still have that?įinally I said "what part of a signed form saying 'opt me out' was unclear?" and he agreed to put me on the opt-out list. Uh, NO, they went out of business over a year ago. Then he asked if I could provide my CLEAR membership number. I told him I didn't receive it, which totally threw him because obviously that wasn't in his script. First he wanted me to confirm the email address where I received the opt out form. So I sent in our signed opt-out forms, and tonight I got a call from someone in a phone room, who said he was calling to "confirm" that we really want to opt out! He gave me a huge hassle on the phone. Fortunately I saw the opt-out form here on this thread, because neither my husband nor I got anything from CLEAR about the fact that they plan to sell our personal information to Alclear.