Song View | Line 6 Manuals

Showcase™ is the Line 6 live automation and playback engine built right into Helix Stadium. By creating Showcase songs with audio tracks, markers, and events (called flags), Helix Stadium can serve as either a simple rehearsal and jamming tool or the centerpiece of your entire stage—Showcase songs have the ability to automate preset and snapshot recall, looper functions, and MIDI commands, as well as tempo sync not only Helix Stadium’s effects, but your time-based pedals as well.

Tip: As of the Helix Stadium application and firmware version 1.4.0, in addition to creating Showcase songs with your own individual audio track files, you can optionally add one full-mix song file and have it intelligently split into five “stem” tracks. See the following Creating a Song section for details.

Where Do I Start?

Creating your Showcase songs begins in the Helix Stadium application. If you have not already, download and install the latest Helix Stadium application on your macOS or Windows computer.^*Once all your audio tracks are added to a song within the app, the song is transferred to Helix Stadium via Wi-Fi, after which you can add and edit flags, markers, and song settings within Helix Stadium’s Song View.

^*Important! You’ll need to be running the Helix Stadium application version 1.2.0 or later (see the Helix Stadium Application page) and update your Helix Stadium firmware to version 1.2.0 or later (see Keeping Helix Stadium Updated) for Song View. It is recommended to update to the latest available versions to access the latest features and achieve optimal performance.

Adding audio tracks to create songs also requires purchasing a microSD card separately and having it formatted by Helix Stadium before use. Please see the Helix Stadium Maintenance > Formatting a microSD Card section.

Preparing your Audio Files

Your song can include up to 8 audio files. If using more than one audio file, such as stems for a multi-track song, all audio files should start at the same 00:00 time to remain synced.

Optionally, add one full-mix song file and have it intelligently split into five “stem” tracks (Vocals, Drums, Bass, Guitar, and Other), as well as automatically detect the song tempo. This allows you to mix or mute individual stems as desired, with a pre-defined tempo ruler for the song in Showcase, making it ideal for rehearsing, learning parts, jamming along, remixing, and more.

Important! Adding audio files to Showcase Songs requires the use of a microSD card (sold separately). Please see the Helix Stadium Maintenance > Formatting a microSD Card section for details.

Showcase songs can utilize audio files with the following properties:

WAV (.wav), AIFF (.aif), FLAC (.flac), or OGG Vorbis (.ogg)
Maximum length of 13 minutes play time
Sample Rate of 44.1, 48, 88.2, or 96kHz
Bit rate of 16, 24, or 32-bit
Mono or stereo

All song tracks are converted to 48kHz, 16-bit stereo files in Helix Stadium.

Tip: If your song contains numerous tempo or time signature changes, it may be easier to export your own custom click track as one of the eight audio tracks instead of creating and aligning many Time flags to ensure Stadium’s click lines up properly.

Creating a Song in the Helix Stadium App

Before powering on Helix Stadium, make sure a Stadium-formatted microSD card is inserted. Song tracks stream directly from the microSD card.

Note: Up to 256 Songs maximum can be stored on the Helix Stadium device. Depending on the number of audio files, their lengths, and the size of your microSD card, you may exceed the card’s storage capacity before creating this many songs.

Connect the Helix Stadium app to your Helix Stadium device via Wi-Fi or USB and sign in to your Line 6 account.
From the app, click the Song icon in the header to open the New Song window:

Create Song Dialog.png — The New Song window

Note: With an “empty” song loaded in Helix Stadium’s Song View, you can still add flags and markers, set a tempo, and “play” the song (with or without an the click) to trigger its markers and flags in real time. To transfer an empty song, before adding any audio files, click (as shown above).

Click the Browse button and navigate to where your song’s audio files are located. Select one or up to eight audio files and add them to your song. Alternatively, drag audio files from the desktop or any folder directly into the New Song window. Once added, your audio files appear as individual tracks:
- If you have an existing full-mix audio file you want to split into stems, add only that one file to the New Song window, and then enable the Split single track into 5 tracks/stems option in the lower portion of the window. Once transferred to Helix Stadium, the song will include the 5 split tracks: Drums, Bass, Guitar, Vocals, and Other.

Create Song Split Tracks.png — Selecting the Split single track to stems option

If you have several individual audio files from a multi-track project, you’ll want to add all files to the New Song window.

Files added to Song Window.png — Several audio files are added to the song window as tracks

Once you’ve added your audio files, you can name the song and individual tracks and reorder tracks as desired. Optionally enter the song’s initial tempo and time signature in the toolbar’s editable fields . See Editing in the New Song Window below for details.
Click Transfer. A dialog informs you of the progress and alerts you once the transfer is complete.

Your new song now appears in Helix Stadium as the last song in the SONG LIBRARY list (see below), where you can load and further edit it by adding flags & markers, setting playback behavior, adding it to your playlists, and more. Please refer to Performing Songs for details.

Editing in the New Song Window

Note that the following tasks can also be performed in Helix Stadium’s Song Screen once the song or songs are transferred.

Undo/Redo: Undo Redo Buttons.png Click the left or right arrow button to Undo or Redo the last action performed in the window.

Zoom: Zoom Buttons.png Click the Zoom buttons to horizontally Zoom Out or Zoom In on the tracks.

Song Name: Displays the song's name. Click the name to change it.

Tempo & Time Signature: Click directly on the Tempo and enter the song’s initial BPM. Click directly on the upper or lower numerical value of the Time Signature to edit it. This Tempo and Time Signature is applied to the song’s Start flag that will appear on the transferred song in Helix Stadium, where additional Time flags can be added for any Tempo and/or Time Signature changes.

Track Name: The track name appears to the left, based on the audio file’s name. Click the track name to change it. Note that these track names will also be used in the Matrix Mixer for its Song channels' labels (and can also be edited there).

Clear & Drag Controls: Click the red Clear button to remove that track from the song. Click the Drag icon, then drag the track up or down to reorder it.

Ruler and Track Field: The ruler above the tracks indicates the time in bars and beats. Note that the ruler reflects the song’s Tempo and Time Signature settings ( ), which you’ll need to enter manually for the ruler and click to match your song.

Scrollbar: Click and drag the bottom scroll bar horizontally to scroll through the full length of your tracks.

Transfer Button: Once you’ve added all audio files and configured the song settings, click to send the song to Helix Stadium, where it’s added to the Song Library.^*

^*Note: You’ll want to be sure that all your desired audio files are added for your song before doing the Transfer. Audio tracks cannot be added to a song that already exists in Helix Stadium.