DESIGNED TO INSPIRE
The most sought after amps and effects models.
The Helix Native plug-in provides a limitless creative palette for inspiring tone creation, with 60+ amplifiers, 30+ speaker cabinets and a wide range of 100+ effects. The interface provides a fast and intuitive tone editing workflow, so you can instantly access your entire signal chain and quickly tweak your settings. Helix Native also supports 3rd party impulse responses (IRs), offering even greater tonal flexibility.

TAKE YOUR TONES FROM STUDIO TO STAGE
Seamless workflow and broad compatibility.
The Helix Native plug-in features broad compatibility with popular DAWs, offering powerful 64-bit performance on AAX, AU and VST3 platforms. It also tightly integrates with Helix hardware so you can take your presets from studio to the stage—and back again.

 New Features in Helix Native1.90
NOTE: For additional information on Helix Native 1.90 or HX Edit 2.90, check out the latest Helix Native and HX Edit Pilot’s Guides, which are automatically installed with the new 1.90 / 2.90 software.

A/B Compare
Helix Native

A new set of buttons lets you temporarily store all of the Helix Native instance’s model selection and parameter settings, then tweak any number of parameters and easily compare an A version and a B version. Click the middle button to quickly copy the current state to the other (A to B or B to A).

Other Changes and Improvements in Helix / HX 2.90 | Helix Native 1.90
The EQ > Low / High Shelf model’s Hi Freq parameter now goes down to 400Hz (Helix Floor / Rack / LT, HX Effects, HX Stomp, Helix Native)
Booting up now takes roughly half the time (Helix Floor / Rack / LT, HX Effects)
While in Tuner mode, the three footswitch LEDs act as additional tuning indicators (HX Stomp [feature is already in HX Effects])
Edited presets now display a small “E” icon (HX Effects, HX Stomp [feature is already in Helix Floor / Rack / LT])
Blocks can now quickly be copied and pasted across signal flows by Option-dragging (Windows: Control-dragging) the block (Helix Native, HX Edit)
IRs can now be dragged directly from the Impulses list onto the signal flow view (Helix Native, HX Edit)
Double-clicking an IR in the Impulses list now auto-populates the currently selected IR block (Helix Native, HX Edit)
Parameters with very few values now appear as select boxes instead of sliders (Helix Native, HX Edit)
Parameters assigned to controllers now scale slider width to reflect Min and Max values (Helix Native)
A “Check for Updates” box has been added to the Preferences window (Helix Native, HX Edit)
Lots of stability and usability improvements across the board (Helix Native, HX Edit)
Bug Fixes in 2.90
Distortion > Obsidian Drive’s polarity was reversed
Remotely changing Powercab Plus speaker modes upon preset recall could sometimes result in a volume bump
Using Learn to quickly assign a parameter to footswitch control could occasionally swap the switch’s Latching / Momentary setting
Setting the Input block on Path 1A to S/PDIF could stop passing audio if a new Path 1B Input block had been created
Connecting an expression pedal to Helix Control could sometimes cause the pedal position display to behave erratically
Lots of other minor bug fixes
Known Issues in 2.90
A slight thump can be heard when loading a Distortion > Kinky Boost, Arbitrator Fuzz, or Tycoctavia Fuzz model
While backing up, the scribble strip on FS8 can sometimes flicker (Helix Floor, Helix Rack / Control)
In very rare cases, leaving the unit on for many hours can sometimes cause reverb models to cease outputting audio
In a preset with two IRs blocks, moving one IR block to Path B can sometimes cause the other IR block to reset its Impulse Response to slot 1
In rare cases, after exporting and then importing presets using HX Edit, the Split block’s bypass state can sometimes change (Helix Floor, Helix RackControl, Helix LT)/
When using Blue Cat Audio’s PatchWork VST host software, resizing the Helix Native window may not scale smoothly (Helix Native)
Compatible OS: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10

Win64; AAX*, VST3, VST

home page: https://line6.com/helix/helixnative.html

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