ToneRanger72

Specifically the sounds he gets on songs like "High Landrons," "Venus Reprise," and "A Change Has Come to Me?" He used an MXR rackmount flanger for the first two, and later a Toadworks Barracuda Flanger. I've tried a few in the Helix, but haven't been able to dial in that "spaceship swooshing across the sky" that he gets - almost like a doppler effect. Any suggestions, and what settings?

Curious if anyone notices the Pitch sounding/tracking better than the Capo? Pitch uses more DSP because it has the capability of sliding up and down into notes like a pedal steel. Most of the times I would need it is for capoing up within the first 5 frets - artifacts seem more apparent on clean tones for sure.

Thanks for the reply - I knew that was probably an option to set the vol block in the preset at zero and save, but ultimately I would want the volume block to act as a volume pedal would on a analog rig - so off is off. My other expression pedals for effects would be per preset. Like I said, it was pretty embarrassing in a quiet, intimate section of the set to have the volume pedal down thinking I was going to be nice and silent, switch a preset and get a blast on noise from the volume block being up full blast.

Actually, right after I posted the above I found there is a global expression pedal position setting - would this be what I am looking for? So if I have the pedal off and switch presets it stays in the off position?

I've been trying to find if there is a global setting or something so that when you switch presets the volume block automatically adjusts to when your expression pedal is set. I had an issue where it was at a quiet portion of my band's set and I had the volume/expression pedal down, but when I switched presets the volume block defaulted to full on, independent of the pedal position, and all the sudden I had this burst of noise (embarrassing.) Does such a setting exist in the Helix?

On a Vai/Van Halen kick lately - love the sounds of the Roland SDE3000 - was curious if anyone has tried to dial in that sound and which delay models you used? I would think maybe the Vintage Digital could be a candidate (though I don't like the glitchy sound if you don't max the headroom.)

I had a Helix for about 9+ months, and have noticed that the plastic over the scribble strips is REALLY soft - I installed my own screen protectors as I was noticing how easily it would scratch, but as you can see to the right of the protector on the top set of strips where just wiping with a cloth totally scuffed it up. Also on the bottom set a small ruler fell of my workbench and left a hole - see arrows below. My question is - I know it shipped with a protective film (I still have that on the main screen and the wah strip,) but I removed that from the scribbles. Is the remaining surface another protective film or is that the actual surface? I don't want to try and peel something off that is supposed to be permanent, but it seems really soft and scratches so easily.

So I am officially making the jump from a massive, all individual pedal board to the Helix Floor - most of my units I have found equivalents to, with exception of my TC Electronics Stereo Chorus/Flanger (SCF.) I run mine stereo in the amp effects loop and it creates that classic Eric Johnson/late 80's Alex Lifeson/John Petrucci chorus sound. While I know I could run it in a pair of effects loops, it would be slightly problematic as it is a mono in/stereo out pedal, so it could be limiting in terms of where to place in a stereo path. Also, it would be a bit of a hassle to transport with all the extra connections. Is there an existing chorus model in the Helix and/or settings will get me closest to the SCF?