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Helix Stadium Floor · Learn · 62 min total

Unbox to first gig, in order

10 lessons. Read them in sequence the first time. Making a sound comes before learning the interface on purpose — nobody reads a chapter on processing budgets while their new device is still silent.

  1. 01

    What you actually bought

    What this box is for, what it is not, and the one sentence that explains most of the confusion around it.

    4 min
  2. 02

    Making a sound, correctly

    Plug in, hear something, and get the one setting right that decides whether the whole thing sounds broken or fine.

    6 min
  3. 03

    The controls you will actually use

    Not all of them — the handful that account for nearly everything you will do, plus the gestures nothing on the chassis mentions.

    7 min
  4. 04

    Plugging it into things

    Every jack, what it is for, and the two or three that regularly cost people an evening.

    7 min
  5. 05

    How presets are built, and what runs out

    Blocks, paths, and the hard caps that stop you long before the processing meter looks full.

    8 min
  6. 06

    Snapshots, and why your sound cuts out

    The difference between a preset, a snapshot and a stomp — and why picking the wrong one leaves an audible gap.

    6 min
  7. 07

    What the models actually are

    Line 6 rename every amp, cab and pedal. Here is the whole translation, and how to read it.

    5 min
  8. 08

    Cloning your own amps

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

    6 min
  9. 09

    Backing tracks and automation

    Showcase runs your tracks and changes your sounds on cue. No other guitar modeller does this.

    7 min
  10. 10

    Playing live

    The short list of things to settle before the gig rather than during it.

    6 min