Ok, so here's what I'm trying to do: Say I have a preset set up with 8 snapshots of varying base tones....(clean, crunch, gain, more gain, clean-chorus, clean-fuzz, etc) and I want a delay block that i can turn on and off independent of what snapshot im on...is that possible? Basically I want it to function as if I had a seperate delay pedal sitting next to the helix operating independently. Like I like i love running in 8Snapshot display mode, and just selecting the tone I want for whatever part of the song needs or depending on my mood. I have the EXP pedal set up to bring in a 5db boost and add some drive to the kinky boost, AND bring in some global solo-delay all at the same time, so that with one rock of the pedal I can have a SOLO-LEAD version of whatever base tone i'm using. That part works great, but I'd really love to have a seperate delay uncontrolled by the snapshots.
I tried doing this by having a 2nd delay block, and assigning a footswitch to toggle it's mix from 0 to 20%, so that as im playing, I could temporarily hop over to stomp mode, turn the delay on, then go back to snapshot mode and keep playing/switch. When I get to a song that I'd prefer delay-less, I'd hope back to stomp mode and turn it off. Unfortunately, it seems that changes made to the mix or effects aren't retained when switching btw snapshots. I realize that there are two behaviors for this, where if I turn the delay on when on my crunch SS, it'll save that way and remember it when i come back, OR it'll discard that save and revert to its original state when i leave and come back, however what I would LOVE is a way to have the delay effect be turned on manually while I'm on my clean SS and still stay on when i go to crunch or gain (regardless of whether those SS were saved with the delay on), and remain on until I go over to stomp mode to deactivate it.
Basically I'm trying to eliminate having a standalone delay pedal next to the helix, IF there is a way to mimic the functionality. Any ideas how to do this? Thanks in advance.
-Dan