Inputs and outputs
Every jack on the Helix LT, on a diagram you can click — what it's for, and the thing about it that costs people an evening.
Helix LT · Rear panel · schematic, drawn from Line 6’s panel diagram
GUITAR IN
TS, ¼″rear panel
Your instrument input, with a switchable pad and selectable impedance.
This is the only instrument input. The Floor adds AUX IN and MIC IN; the LT has neither, and its input block list is correspondingly shorter.
Helix LT Cheat Sheet (Rev B)Facts about the audio path
The engine is identical to the Helix Floor
Two paths, 32 block locations, eight snapshots, the same 440 models, the same DSP rules. Nothing you read about Helix tone applies less to an LT.
Helix 3.80 Owner's ManualNo mic in, no aux in
The Floor can be a whole one-person rig with a vocal mic. The LT is a guitar rig. If you were planning to sing through it, this is the difference that decides which one you buy.
Helix LT Cheat Sheet (Rev B)One expression jack, shared with amp switching
EXP PEDAL 2 and EXT AMP are the same socket. A second expression pedal and an amp channel switcher cannot both be plugged in.
Helix LT Cheat Sheet (Rev B)Digital is output only
AES/EBU · L6 LINK out, and no S/PDIF in either direction.
Helix LT Cheat Sheet (Rev B)One volume knob for everything
Quarter-inch, XLR, phones, digital and USB 1/2 all move together. Worth knowing before you turn your in-ears down mid-set.
Helix LT Cheat Sheet (Rev B)