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Hey fellow Helix/HX folks — long-time user here. Been gigging with a Helix since 2015, then switched to an HX Stomp later for portability. Wanted to share something I've been building. I kept wanting a preset editor I could open on whatever was in front of me — laptop, iPad, phone, whatever — without installing anything or having the unit plugged in. Couldn't quite find that anywhere, so I built it myself. Figured some of you might find it useful too. Helrig (helrig.com) — free, runs entirely in your browser: Drag in a .hlx from any of them — Helix Floor, LT or Rack, HX Stomp, Stomp XL, HX Effects, even Helix Native — or pull presets straight out of a .hxb backup or .hls setlist. Start from blank or load a sample to poke around Full signal chain and parameter editing, snapshots included Search blocks by their Line 6 name or by the gear they're modeled after — tube screamer, Fender reverb, JCM-800, whatever you actually think in Auto-detects the device on import and matches the DSP budget/footswitch layout automatically DSP budget enforcement like HX Edit — won't let you overbuild past what the device can actually run Hover a path's DSP icon to see the cost of every block on it, or open the full usage report for the chain — honestly my favorite feature; it's saved me from guessing more times than I'd like to admit Convert a preset between devices, and it tells you exactly what it had to change to fit — rather than quietly mangling it Undo and redo with a named history — "Add Deluxe Comp", not forty rows of "Edit" Share a preset with a link if you want to; the rest of your library stays private and you can revoke it any time Nothing gets uploaded — the file stays in your browser the whole time, no account needed There's an optional account that adds a cloud library — setlists, labels, version history — if you want presets synced across machines. Entirely optional; the editor is identical without it. Direct USB sync to the hardware is in progress but not live yet — right now it's file-in, file-out. Unofficial/independent project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Line 6 or Yamaha — just a fan-built tool made with a lot of respect for what they've built with Helix/HX, still the best guitar gear after almost 11 years. Rough edges still get fixed fast — if something looks wrong or a block/parameter shows up unlabeled, tell me and I'll dig into it. Feature requests welcome too, including "I wish HX Edit did X" type stuff — that's usually where the good ideas come from.

When you click the track FX button, the window that opens, containing the FX, is what I call the FX UI, because it is where the User Interacts with the FX. Each effect has a checkbox next to the effect name. Make sure that checkbox is checked.

Please describe exactly what you are doing when trying to change Snapshots, and compare that to the instructions in the manual. Let us know at what point the instructions are breaking down for you.