Helix amp sag explored 

Thanks man! To be entirely honest these days 99% if the time im plugged into the front of a tube preamp or a tube amp. for whatever reason the just feel better to me.

@@ericharbauer I get that Eric. modeling amps are doing great jobs of trying to sound like a tube amp. I’m the same. I’m trying really hard to look like Hugh Jackman…😢

Thanks! Good point, I will consider adding audio clips to the videos going forward.

Thanks!

Thanks for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. As far as the settings go, my understanding is that the factory setting on the sag control most closely resembles the actual amp that was modeled, so it is a good starting point. From there, if you want more dynamics and touch sensitivity turn the sag up, and if you want a tighter response turn it down.

My pleasure glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks Man!

Thanks for watching my video! I have plans to go through them all, I'm just not sure what order i'll do them yet. As I develop tests to demonstrate the effects of each control I'll be making the videos.

Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it 👍

AndyWhyGuitar Thank You! The trifecta! 😂😂😂. Seriously tho thanks for watching my video, and I appreciate the kind words. Cheers 🍻

Thanks man! Much appreciated!

My pleasure. I gotta get back on my horse here soon and make a few more of these.

Your explanations were very usefull. Finally I found some good explanations about sag and hum parameters. Very good job! I hope you keep on your project. Regards

Thanks man! I'm glad you like mey videos. Sadly I dont have a kemper, or an Ax fx. Maybe one day.

Thank You! I will be going through all the other deep editing controls over my next few videos. As far as your question about the master volume, the answer is yes the master has a major effect on the sag of the amp. The master dictates how much signal goes to the power tubes. The larger the signal, the harder the amp has to work, thus causing the drop in the voltage which manifests itself as sag. If the master is too low the amp may not sag at all. Thanks again for watching.

I would have to say thats probably a stretch, there's so many things that go into an amp model. the slope of the sag curve is just one piece of it.

Thanks man, I'm so glad you lked it. As far as recovery time I have not looked at that at all. My understanding would be that as long as the amp is calling for power in excess of that the power supply can produce It wont recover, and once the demand lowers it should bounce back almost immediately, maybe limited by the amount of time it takes a capacitor to recharge. I'm guessing milliseconds here, but this is speculation on my part. I'll take a look at it and see if there's a way to measure that. Thanks again.

That kinda depends on the amp, and the feel you like as a player. For example a fender twin has a very "stiff" power supply with very little sag, wheres an tube rectified old marshall will sag much more. I generally like more sag rather than less sag unless I'm playing very clean, then ill dial the sag right down. but its very much a feel thing. you just have to try it and see what you like.

@@ericharbauer I'm kind of a clean player :) thanks!