Line 6 adds Showcase engine to Helix Stadium in firmware 1.2
December 18, 2025 · 2 sources
Line 6 released firmware version 1.2 for the Helix Stadium and Stadium XL on December 18, 2025, adding the Showcase playback and automation engine, a transport footswitch mode and new amp models, as demonstrated in an Andertons Music Co video published that day1.
Showcase is a playback system in which a user can create or import songs, dragging in up to eight stereo WAV files for playback1. On a timeline, the user can place flags that act as commands: preset and snapshot changes, markers, cycle points and looper points, plus utilities that change amp channels, send MIDI out and send hotkey information1. Tracks are stored to a micro SD card, and files can be sent to the unit using the Stadium Edit app1. A transport footswitch mode lets the player switch between and queue up markers1. A metronome is included, and multiple songs can be queued1.
The video also describes the Stadium's matrix mixer, which gives separate mixes for the XLR, headphone and jack outputs, and notes that updates are done over Wi-Fi and that the unit has Bluetooth1. The presenter said the mixer is present in version 1.1 as well, but that its benefit becomes clearer with Showcase1.
"The new 1.2 update for recently released Line 6 Helix Stadium and Stadium XL has added the Showcase playback and automation engine, allowing for unprecedented control over a live set. There's also a few new amp sounds too!"
Guitar World's review of the Stadium XL lists a launch price of $2199 and an 8-inch touchscreen, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, MIDI, a micro SD slot and Agoura amp models2. The review, published before the update, noted that Showcase was announced earlier in 2025 but was not ready for the unit's initial release, and an update line states that phase 1 of Showcase is now part of software version 1.22. The Andertons video does not give a price for the firmware, and no price for the update is stated in either source12.