Apparent) models – they’re just so good. We
even did an A/B video, and we couldn’t really
tell the difference, at least I sure couldn’t.
Helix vs. Analogman King of Tone – Can you tell
the difference? // Helix firmware 2.8
[WM] For someone that's potentially interested
in picking up a Helix to use on a worship team,
what are the top features you'd point out to
them and why?
[Brian] There are so many features that make
the Helix an incredible tool. Here are a few that
I’d put at the top in no particular order
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Chris Rocha
The ability to go direct and sound
awesome, and have the same tone literally [Brian] Bradford and I consider it a great [WM] There are lots of gear options out there
everywhere you plug in. honor to build patches and create content for for touring / studio musicians like yourself.
The ability to use snapshots and get the praise and worship community. At Worship What drew you to Helix in the first place and
completely different sounds at the press of Tutorials, our vision is that every church would what continues to make it your go to modeler?
a single button. This one is absolute gold have excellence and authenticity in their worship for worship leaders who lead songs and experiences, and these patches help create [Chris Rocha] I hit a point where I was touring
play electric guitar. No more staring down excellence - for us (since we use Helix) and constantly and didn’t want to stop producing
at your pedalboard to tap dance before hopefully for everyone else who uses them. But records, so I invested in a mobile setup. I got
you go to the chorus while you’re trying furthermore, we’ve created genuine friendships a MacBook laptop, a Universal Audio Apollo
to sing. with people in the online communities around interface and a Helix. It gave me the option
The ability to get just about any tone you Helix and through YouTube. We value these to record in hotel rooms while I was on the
want out of a single piece of gear, or sound relationships, and we love to create content road touring. I first integrated some of my
like the album. that helps people get great tone. And ultimately, analog gear with the Helix like my “El Valiente”
The price! Compared to other options in we love creating things that help people bring signature overdrive, Hot Cake distortion pedal,
its league, Helix is by far the cheapest. praise and honor to Jesus. and my BigSky. As time went on I started using
And compared to building a traditional rig
that competes with it, it’s not even in the
less and less of my external pedals and more of
the internal effects the Helix had to offer. I love
CHRIS ROCHA
same universe.
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the fact that you can also integrate IRs with it
The community… Helix has incredible Chris is the Dove-winning and Grammy-
online nominated producer/guitarist for Miel San
communities
dedicated
to
it,
and
numerous
high-profile
as well.
including some specific to praise and Marcos Latin [WM] Having a great guitar sound is a key part
worship users. And there are some really Worship artists. Chris also offers Helix patches of your gig but selling Helix patches is also part
good patch builders out there, Worship via his web site, ChrisRochaGuitar.com. As of your revenue stream. Your followers are not
Tutorials included. one of the most influential guitarists in the only able to enjoy your playing, they're also able
Latin worship space, no one is doing more to to use the exact sounds you've crafted. How
[WM] Is there anything else you'd like to add? support this community than Chris is! long have you been selling Helix patches and
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