UA Enigmatic vs HX Stomp Grammatico - Dialling In Killer FauxDS Dumble Tone

00:00 Intro playing.
01:45 Enigmatic fauxllow up intro & what's going on.
03:54 Dialling in the PovvODS preset on the HX Stomp Grammatico GSG.
05:13 Snapshot 1 (& main signal chain).
13:58 Snapshot 2
15:25 Snapshot 3
17:22 Matching the HX Stomp to Enigmatic.
21:39 Dialling in the Enigmatic & using the App to go deeper.
25:55 Final thoughts and conclusions.

[DavidBeebee]

Round 2 of the faux dumble rumble. I'd forgotten how good the Grammatico can sound when dialled in, so thought it would be fun to see how close I could get it and the UA Enigmatic. I had a better time with the UA app in this one, but still too many paper cuts wit the user experience to be more than a gimmick, and the fact you can't see what preset settings are after saving is maddening! The tone however, is pretty awesome, wondering if/when we'll see the Enigmatic as a UA plugin. Anyway, thanks for watching! 🐝

[ssiowi]

Appreciate you David. Great topic! Timely too; presently going deep on the Grammatico on the Helix Floor. Respect too for looking into the UA Enigmatic. Greatest time ever for guitarists! Subscribed.

[picksalot]

The value proposition of the HX Stomp is off the charts. I got mine almost 4 years ago, and it is an all-in-one hardware solution for me. The learning curve is very steep, but it's worth putting in the time. The Grammatico has loads of Parameters to help achieve an awesome Dumble tone, and you did a good job. 👍

On an aside, I recently had some interesting tone results by turning up the level a few dBs on my Presets' "Output Node" of my HX Stomp. Being at the end of the Signal Chain, it affects the cumulative signal of all the Blocks in a positive way that I haven't been able to replicate in any other way.

Increasing the level on the equivalent of the Output Node in "Helix Native" sounds like it just turns up the volume without affecting the tone.

I've emailed John Cordy about my surprising results with adjusting the level of the Output Node of the hardware unit. I know "louder is better" and have adjusted the Volume Dial on my HX Stomp to volume match. The Stomp can sometimes sound "too clean" and in my recent experience, the Output Node can help it sound more organic by smoothing out the highs and thickening the overall sound.

[johnplaystheguitar]

you're the first person i have seen to use FauxDS. well done. can't believe Cordy didn't think of this first. i guess he is too buy joking about knobs.

[ThePlanarchist]

Another great insight.
Yes, never played a Dumble, almost certainly never will but have got some great sounds from the Stomp GSG thanks to john Cordy and your good self taking me though it over the years. Currently my go to amp block in there unless I want really clean.

[aaronthomas]

A 12db low shelf boost is... A lot. I sometimes feel the helix stuff actually sits more naturally in a mix than others and wonder if they intentionally are lighter in the lows for that reason. May not feel as good in isolation but less post processing? I had the fractal but always felt it was super muddy unless I really cut the lows.

[BrennonZSmith]

hmm I'm following along on helix native but don't have a GSG. Only 3 variations of an LG. must need to update

[djcode]

Hey, I have both. Clean tones on the Enigmatic require the the overdrive to be off. Lots of folks making these videos keep it on. The OD knob needs to go all of the way to the left. In terms of the comparison, I like UA’s cabs better than IRs. I also like the feel of playing the enigmatic over the stomp. The power supply settings help there. Also, when I play in rock mode I like using that skyline mode.

what I think never is compared is how does the stomp keep up with different sounds from the enigmatic. You can match them in some places but not all. Lots of noodling with the hx stomp to try to make it compete.

[sharpmusic]

To my taste…I preferred the Enigmatic tones.

[tiago]

Line 6 always sounds trebly and has that digital spark - and this is not a good thing at all. UA sounds like an amp. Its also a lot smoother. Helix/Line 6 is getting worse and worse. I don't see why you guys keep making it seem like the Line 6 products are still there. We all know they are not anymore.
Line 6 is great with utility, not with tones... UA is the other way around.

It really is night and day IMO brother. The UA is a much better sound. Also, feel-wise Line 6 is absolutely awful, you feel like you are playing to a computer. That doesn't happen with UA. I have both. Had Helix for 4 years now. Never liked it much, but was practical, now it's huge, unpractical and sounds not so good and dynamic/organic playing feel and even sound artifacts are not the thing for Line 6.