guitar1969

So I just screw a normal screw into a 1/4" adapter plug, and that should do the trick to make a shorted dummy plug?

Yeah I am using both paths. I do have room on path two but with the chain, even after rearranging things a bit the second volume pedal located where it would be doesn't give a good result. As you know on Vol swells there are certain places where the Volume pedal works best. It can at least be a workaround until I realize that I have the second Vol pedal engaged and correct it, but it seems like there should be an option to turn it off completely or reassign it to do something else, leaving the Exp pedal engaged all this time. That is how I thought it would work but it seems no matter what you set the toe switch to, even another switch, the one under the pedal always switches between Exp1 and 2. Maybe I will work on rerranging things even more if this is the only option. I have owned a number of modelers before (Atomic Amplifire, Zoom G5n, G5, G2.1nu, G2) but never something as feature and routing rich. I read the manual through from cover to cover and now on my second reading. Pretty much have everything I can get from the manual, so now it is just up to experimentation.

Per my original post I mentioned this workaround but won't work as I don't have enough DSP to waste on a second instance of the Vol block in the place it would need to be.

Unfortunately this does not solve the problem. I already had the switch set to "None" in Bypass assign. When I step on the pedal and activate the switch it activates the other Expression pedal (#1) and I lose control of Volume until I switch it back over to the correct setting.

I recently got my Helix and played live with it for the first time this weekend. Learned alot even though I thought I was well prepared beforehand. Nothing I can't resolve but just getting better at its use. One thing that bothers me is I typically only use the built-in Exp pedal as a volume pedal(assigned to exp 2) and I do alot of Volume swells. Playing live(and on a few instances at home) I accidentally put too much pressure, engaging the tow switch to Exp 1, then lose vol pedal control completely, until I switch over the toe switch back to Exp2. Is there any way to disable the Helix's toe switch completely so it can just stay on Exp2 for volume, or any other workaround? I thought about just putting another volume block in my chain assigned to Exp1 as well, but on few of my chains with Ambient stuff I am out of DSP or room in the path to put another one in. Thanks in advance for any help. Michael.

For a somewhat low cost FRFR solution, look at the Alto TS210 or TS212. Not totally FRFR but a pretty good bang for your buck and pretty well regarded for what it is - Under $225. I have tube amps as well and they can work if going through the FX return on the amp, but as others have said, you will need to turn off Cabs on the Helix as you are coloring the sound from the Amp, so you don't want to use both.

Fremen: I had your Amplifire pack, but recently moved to a Helix due to better effects and routing (Plus its just cooler). For the Helix pack, is it the same as the Atomic, where all future updates are automatically included?