Not really true at all. It's a mature product right out of the gate because it picks up and vastly improves upon the sound of the original Helix with ALL of that unit's features to start plus a whole lot more new features on day one that they'll only continue to add ongoing. Will it continue to improve? For sure.
It's silly. These are both exceptionally capable units. I hesitate to post anything good about the competition here because, hey, this IS the Fractal forum. But I think it's good to look at other units and how they work because it's clearly spurred improvements between the two camps in the past. There's a good bit of misinformation in this thread about the Stadium from people that spent, what? Less than a day with it? Would anyone spend less than a day with a Fractal unit and send it back? No, because you'd be told to expect a learning curve and it takes time, etc.
Get that man a beer.
Of you wanted to dive into the minefield of petting your opinion of those strengths and weaknesses, I'd read it
Over-simplifying it, I think it's the psychology of, "I spent my money well." [EDIT: to be clear, I think people being critical of competing to the products they own help them feel better about their purchase.]
The cynic in me says that there is some kind of time limit before comparisons are allowed in the conditions that let influencers get them free.
Hmmmm. I might pick one up eventually. Not because I need it, but out of curiosity. I won't consider it seriously, until:
Wait. You can't edit it over USB yet? Just WiFi and On-Unit? That's surprising. You'd think they'd launch with USB and add the WiFi later.
Zero issues with WiFi editing. Lightning fast, and actually a lot more convenient since it's one less cable and it can be as far away from your interface as audio cable length will allow. I'm surprised at how well it works.
That kind of tribalism shows up in practically every interest: Mac vs. PC, Ford vs. Chevy, PlayStation vs. Xbox, Glock vs. Smith & Wesson, etc.
Same here. Not having scribble strips on the Stadium is a baffling decision.
Yeah that's good rule of thumb - buy a product for the features it has today.
For what it's worth, we should remember that we didn't have gapless switching here in Fractal land until what? Last year? And I'm talking about audio gaps between scenes. Were Fractal products not mature until then? Helix had gapless between scenes (snapshots) ages before that and still does.
So did all of our products when used in a way analogous to Helix snapshots: changing channels across the same type within a preset. That goes back all the way to Axe-Fx II and "XY".
I'm referring to the audio gap channel fix that happened about a year ago, especially when switching amps and drive stomps? I remember you even had your avatar reflecting that gapless update.
It's the main feature that drew my attention. ymmv
Understood. I'm just saying that that update provided something new. The Axe-Fx already had something quite close to what Helix had in "gapless between scenes".
Just for Absolute clarity - I am not poopooing Line 6. I am simply stating that to my ears I don't get it.
