manatarms
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So I had HX Stomp before this, and still have Helix Native. While both are nice and you can get good tones out of them, here’s a few things I’ve noticed already that I like better with the FM9.
It’s super easy to dial in good Marshall tones. I’ve tried to like the different plexi amps on the Helix but they always sounded mushy, for lack of a better term, to me. Right out of the box I really like the plexi amps in the FM9.
I love, love, love all the options in the amp block to let you tweak things. Love that there are built in input and output EQs instead of having to use separate blocks. I also learned about different dynamic and speaker compression that can make it sound more on the edge, if needed. Love that the cab block lets you run two speakers and you can mix it from there.
There are frequencies I’m picking up in the dirty amps that seem to be missing in the Helix versions. It’s hard to explain but I hear them in the real amps too.
I love the grid and that you can have individual effects in parallel instead only having a whole series of effects being in the parallel chain.
Just overall the feel and tone of the amps is just awesome!! That’s just my initial observations.
It’s super easy to dial in good Marshall tones. I’ve tried to like the different plexi amps on the Helix but they always sounded mushy, for lack of a better term, to me. Right out of the box I really like the plexi amps in the FM9.
I love, love, love all the options in the amp block to let you tweak things. Love that there are built in input and output EQs instead of having to use separate blocks. I also learned about different dynamic and speaker compression that can make it sound more on the edge, if needed. Love that the cab block lets you run two speakers and you can mix it from there.
There are frequencies I’m picking up in the dirty amps that seem to be missing in the Helix versions. It’s hard to explain but I hear them in the real amps too.
I love the grid and that you can have individual effects in parallel instead only having a whole series of effects being in the parallel chain.
Just overall the feel and tone of the amps is just awesome!! That’s just my initial observations.