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Song View

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. Check out the video below for an overview.

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Song view

Where Do I Start?

Creating your Showcase songs begins in the Helix Stadium application. If you have not already done so, 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.

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. Showcase songs can utilize WAV (.wav) files with the following properties:

  • 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 for use 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 your Stadium-formatted microSD card is inserted. Song tracks stream directly from the microSD card.

  1. Power on Helix Stadium, connect it to Wi-Fi, and sign in to your Line 6 account.

  2. Launch the Helix Stadium app on your computer and connect Helix Stadium via Wi-Fi.

  3. From the app, click the Song Song button icon in the header to open the New Song window:

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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 WAV files, click Create Empty Song button.png (as shown above).

  1. Click the Browse Browse button button and navigate to where your song’s WAV files are located. Select one or more (up to eight) WAV files and add them to your song. Alternatively, drag WAV files from the desktop or any folder directly into the New Song window. Once added, your audio files appear as individual tracks within the window:

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  1. Once you’ve added your audio files, you can name the song and individual tracks, reorder tracks, enter the song’s initial tempo and time signature, and make several other changes before transferring the song to Helix Stadium. See Editing in the New Song Window below for details.

  2. Click Transfer. A dialog informs you of the progress and alerts you once the transfer is complete.

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

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Song List

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.

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Item 1 Undo/Redo: Undo Redo Buttons.png Click the left or right arrow button to Undo or Redo the last action performed in the window.

Item 2 Zoom: Zoom Buttons.png Click the Zoom buttons Zoom Buttons.png to horizontally Zoom Out or Zoom In on the tracks.

Item 3 Song Name: Displays the song's name. Click the name to change it.

Item 4 Tempo & Time Signature: Tempo and Time Signature values Click directly on the Tempo to manually 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.

Item 5 Track Name: Track Name Editing.png The track name appears to the left, based on the audio file’s name. Click the track name to change it.

Item 6 Clear & Drag Controls: Track Clear-Drag Controls.png Click the red Clear button to remove that track from the song. Click the Drag icon and drag it up or down to reorder the track.

Item 7 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 ( Item 4 ), which you’ll need to enter manually for the ruler and click to match your song.

Item 8 Scrollbar: Click and drag the bottom scroll bar horizontally to scroll through the full length of your tracks.

Item 9 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.