MARS 45 TM – Line 6 HX Tone Match Patches (Helix, HX Stomp, POD Go)

PATCHES

This download includes patches for Helix, HX Stomp, and POD Go. Please make sure to import the appropriate patch for your hardware – they are not interchangeable.

• Mars45 TM WT SC – This patch uses the IR’s and is meant for guitars with single coils.
• Mars45 TM WT HB – This patch uses the IR’s and is meant for guitars with humbuckers.
• NOTE: The HX Stomp and POD Go folders include ‘FX” patches. These patches include the additional effects blocks from the full Helix patch.
  

OUR MARSHALL JTM45, NOW IN YOUR LINE 6 HARDWARE

For these patches, we tone-matched the stock HX amp models to our Marshall JTM45. The result is a set of Impulse Responses that completely transform the HX amp models, making the Line 6 hardware sound exactly like our amp, and the microphones, preamps, and EQ chains that we use to record it.

Our JTM45 is a 90’s Mk II Re-issue, made in England. We paired it with a Mojotone 2×12 cab loaded with UK Celestion Greenback speakers. We mic’d the cab with a Royer 121 and Earthworks SR25 through a stereo Neve 1073 preamp.

SIGNAL FLOW AND EFFECTS

1. Input
2. Compressor
3. Drives: Timmy, Klon, KWB
4. Volume – mapped to EXP 2
5. Tremolo
6. Delays: 1/8 delay, Dotted 8th delay, Dual stereo delay
7. Reverbs: Hall (subtle), Dynamic Hall (huge)
8. Retro Reel
9. Amps
10. IR (Tone Match)
11. EQ
12. Output

The HX Stomp and POD Go patches cannot fit all the effects into a single patch. For those platforms, we include the amp and essential effects in the main patches, and then we include the additional effects blocks in the ‘FX’ patches. Feel free to mix and match the additional ‘FX’ blocks into the main patches to suite your needs.

SNAPSHOTS

• Snapshot 1: CLEAN. Base clean tone
• Snapshot 2: DRIVE. Stage 1 drive tone
• Snapshot 3: DRIVE+. Big rhythm tone
• Snapshot 4: P&W LEAD. Lead tone with lots of delay and verb
• Snapshot 5: AMBI CLEAN. Clean tone with lots of delay and verb
• Snapshot 6: CLEAN MOD. Clean tone with retro reel mod
• Snapshot 7: ROCK SOLO. Big solo tone (less wet effects)
• Snapshot 8: SWELLS. Big ambient swells tone

POD Go:

• Snapshot 1: CLEAN. Base clean tone
• Snapshot 2: DRIVE. Stage 1 drive tone
• Snapshot 3: P&W LEAD. Lead tone with lots of delay and verb
• Snapshot 4: AMBIENT. Ambient clean tone

NOTE: The HX Stomp patches do not include Snapshots

CHANGELOG

Initial Release (1.0): 2022-11-21