Craig Anderton's Amazing Multiband Helix Presets

Bring out the best possible tone from your Helix Floor, Rack, or Native or LT version—with more definition, clarity, better imaging, and easier customization.

Free Demo Version available here https://reverb.com/software/presets/craig-anderton/3689-craig-anderton-s-amazing-multiband-helix-presets-free-demo

Multiband distortion splits the guitar into two or more bands, and distorts each one individually. Unlike conventional single-band distortion, this produces a focused distortion sound without “splatter.” It’s especially well-suited to chords, power chords, and rhythm guitar, which are usually the toughest challenge for conventional amp models. The preset pack includes:

• 60 Multiband presets (mostly 3-band, with effects) for all current Helix amps. Each of these presets also has eight snapshots, for a total of 480 different sounds: Stereo Preset with FX, Stereo without FX, Mono without FX (ideal for mono pedalboard use), Mute Low Band, Mute Mid Band, Mute High Band, and two Clean (non-distorted) sounds.

• 60 additional 4-Band presets for all current Helix amps, mostly without effects. These are for advanced users who want to customize 4-band presets. Because four bands takes up a lot of CPU, these are designed more for live performance setups as part of a pedalboard, or with recording setups where you can insert plug-ins before and/or after Helix Native.

• 6 Clean multiband presets. These dial the Drive on distorted amps way back, to give a unique type of clean sound.

• 2 template presets, one for 2-band, and one for 3-band presets.

• Documentation, including tips and techniques for getting the most out of this preset pack.

These big, bold presets are essential Helix additions. The multiband architecture is truly new and different, and brings out a level of articulation and clarity in all Helix Floor/Rack/Native/LT amps that you’ve never heard before. But hearing is believing—check out the video to hear what multiband distortion can do for your guitar sound.