Kind of late to the party here, but here's my situation:
Is there a way to set the Helix to NOT force tunings to Standard when the Variax tuning knob is in a forced tuning setting?
I am in a band where some of our tunes are in standard tuning, most are in 1/2 step down "Strat" tuning. So I tune down 1/2 physically. My plan was to make a 1/2 up tuning on the Variax tuning knob so I could then use that on the few tunes we do in standard (those would be for the harp player). I am finding that when I switch snapshots and the guitar model or tuning changes (in the snapshot), the tuning goes to what is set in the Helix, without the Variax affecting it (back to standard, not 1/2 up where I want it). I then need to turn the dial on the Variax back and forth to the 1/2 step difference, and it takes it where I want it. To be sure, this was an on-the-fly issue I never ran across before... just this one rehearsal where we decided to kick it down a 1/2 step and try it out. I am using the current generation (HD) firmware.
I am likely to just make presets for the individual songs in the future, but wondering if there is a Helix option that would allow the settings on the Variax to sort of MIX with the settings on the Helix... so they are BOTH active!