benadrian wrote: Fri Jul 14, 2023 11:01 amI feel compelled to reply to this. For some reason, modeling seems to incite commentary and stron reactions (either pro or anti) from many guitarists. We certainlyhave some people at the company with a competitive mindset. However, most of us who make the stuff use and love a bunch of gear. We've all bought and sold stuff over the years, and we know that certain things work for certain people.twelvepoint wrote: Fri Jul 14, 2023 8:05 am not bullshit at all in terms of quality of sound and range of options. I have zero judgement on those for whom modeling works.
For me, there are 2 big turnoffs, and I wonder if this is particular to my own preferences and idiosyncrasies. First, I do not like screens and menus when playing music. That whole thing kinda messes with the enjoyment of working with my hands. Screens in general are very distracting and take me out of my creative space.
The other thing is multi-effects/amp-sims introduce some choice paralysis for me and having fewer options, I'm spending more time playing and less time auditioning virtual doodads. I could probably be happy the rest of my life with tele>4-5 regular-ass boss pedals>princeton reverb.
Players like you are whey we also make things like the DL4, more straigforward amps, and a number of other more traditional guitar things. Even with the Helix, there are effects loops, CV out, MIDI, a mic input, etc. We know that people are going to use it with other gear, and we encourage it. Hell, I mostly use it as a pedalboard with my favorite old amps. Yet there is always the small subset of usually very vocal people who presume that players are supposed to use ALL THE FEATURES. Strangely, these players can be either very much pro modeler or very much anti modeler.
TLDR. Modelers bring out extreme feelings, but I just want people to use whatever gear makes them happy. If I made it, awesome. If not.. also pretty cool
I don't mean to be some analog blowhard with extreme feelings, I promise. I hoped my first line made that clear. Perhaps it did not. I've followed your posts with interest for a number of years and obviously you and Line 6 are providing great services and options for the community.
I think a discussion about tools, options and features working either for or against an artist's creative goals is a worthy discussion, but probably not here.