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What I personally do is I use the same expression pedal for various parameters / blocks. I also use snapshots--which are my preferred workflow. Snapshots allow you to save the "state" of your pedalboard. You add as much stuff as you need to the signal chain, and then save what is turned off/on for each snapshot. That way you can go from a chorusy clean sound with delay to a bone-dry distortion sound, for example. So what I would do, is I would simply have a wah and a volume block, both controlled by Expression pedal 2. In one snapshot, volume block is bypassed, while the wah is turned on, and vica versa. If you want to have one button always toggle between wah and volume, then you would need to be in the stomp mode for that. One stomp button will toggle what gets turn on/off. If you want to also take advantage of snapshots, you can configure your Helix in several ways: 1. Have 4 lower buttons always be snashots, while the top ones are always stomps. Lots of people prefer this approach. or... 2. Use command center. With command center, you can organize your stomp mode layout per preset. You assign your buttons to switch to different snapshots, for example 7 of the 8 snapshots. While one button can be used as a stomp button to toggle wah/volume. Here are some resources: My video about best practices for wah: 1. https://youtu.be/H5PMjg-oZJ8?si=pfxjYTHGyb6-SLXR 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgTA3tKYst8 My best practices regarding the Helix overall: Command center:

Hey peeps! I made a video on how to set it up. In case anybody is interested, here is a video. Surprisingly, there was not a single tutorial that explains how to do this very thing, that's why I decided to make a video.

never messed with Z on the Helix. Just let it do it's default thing... based on the first pedal in my chain, which is always a wah-wah.

https://youtu.be/eF58yUQ16cQ?si=FCq9wt3XgCYezoeV Take a look at my video, describing how to do synth pads. Also, free preset is mentioned in the video description.

All different mics and their positions change the tone and the volume of the signal. You can adjust the volume of the amp/cab blocks to level off your sound. But most importantly, once you figure out your main sound, just leave it alone. I do not recommend changing amps/microphones between your presets. Otherwise there will always be volume/tone discrepancies that you can only really discover if you do a sound check at the venue you are going to be playing at. I have picked all the ingredients of my sound and they are the same in every preset / song that I play, always.

Dial in your sound and leave it alone. Simple. Otherwise, there's no end to the amount of things you can tweak. Options paralysis.

I have had that happen in one apartment. It was also on the carpet. I suspect static electricity triggered the tempo setting. It happened to Helix LT and Helix Floor that I owned. Once the carpet was removed, the issue stopped.

Do you have any effects in parallel? That can really change the output level.

If you use an audio interface to use Helix Native, it can theoretically color your sound / add drive / remove drive. In addition to the output levels mentioned above.

different EQ. check your global EQ. I've been using the Helix since 2.8 and never had any sound changes during an upgrade.

First of all, you mentioned you are using a "solo preset". I would highly recommend you use snapshots instead. Even with snapshots Helix has this problem, although not as bad: If you turn on one amp and turn off another amp, there'll be a loud "boing" sound. If you turn on the distortion pedal, there'll also be some amount of noise. To overcome that you need to use one preset, and put blocks inside A/B path. Make sure both blocks are running, and simply switch between them. Sometimes you may want to try to rearrange your blocks in a different order. So I would suggest starting out with using snapshots, that will definitely minimize the noise.

You can assign any parameter of any block to the expression pedal.

Also try "tron Up" filter. It will immediately make your bass sound like it's a synth. Need to use it in moderation though. Check out some more videos on my channel for that as well.

I have some examples of Synthy sounds. Check it out.

Rule of thumb should be that a blank preset should be about the same loudness as an actual preset--this way there will be no digital clipping and other harsh sound artifacts. So take a preset that has absolutely nothing, and compare it to your presets in question and adjust the output volume (last thing in your signal chain). Good luck!

Hi. I don't see any reason why this should be happening. Can you try following this video and see if you get a different result. And let us know?

Hello. Please watch my video to see what's inside the Pod Go. If the buttons are working, but inconsistently, open up your Pod Go and clean the switches. If both buttons are completely dead, then open up your Pod Go and make sure that the ribbon cables are solidly plugged in. It should be pretty easy to see if they got unplugged or not. Good luck!

Also I have had very good results with a 10-band EQ placed after the amp/cab block. Some guitars are just very noisy! Like my 'Strat. So you can almost completely eliminate the 50/60-cycle Hum if you notch out the buzzing frequency. I don't typically play stuff that has that crazy saturated "American Woman" lead guitar tone. But when I do, I use the built-in noise gate with default settings (mentioned earlier), and a 10-band EQ (mentioned above). Here's an example of one such tone... it would be way too noisy if I didn't use those tricks:

Just like washing jeans... don't use the washing machine. Simply add a little bit of liquid detergent, and rinse with water a few times. It will smell fresh and won't ruin the bag.

Here's my solution: variable tempo of the tremolo helps it stay in sync.

Take off the knob, tighten the nut, put some nail polish on it so it stays in place, put the knob back on and it'll be fine!

I personally tried running my distortion in a loop, but soon discovered the noise that that introduced. It wasn’t terrible, but it was noticeable. It’s inevitable, unless you use an all analog effects loop like what’s on the new Fender processor. I now use whatever is in the Helix and am happy. It has everything. Running pedals in the effects loop defeats the purpose of an all in one unit. Take it from a seasoned player—the helix has that distortion sound you are looking for.

I honestly don’t understand why everybody looks down on the Pod Go. I got it and it’s excellent. Has 4 snapshots and a bigger screen…more knobs, and has an expression pedal. And I built so many presets for it. And at no time have I felt limited. And I’m coming from the full blown Helix. It does suffer from the same build quality issues eg crappy micro switches. but my point is, why get the Stomp, if you could get this for less money. I don’t get it.

Or just create multiple presets-- one for each song with pre-saved tempo. I play to a click track, and I have all my delays saved with specific BMP settings. I have generic non-tempo-specific delays in some presets, and some have exact BPM settings to have the desired delay effect (like U2). I think... less things to connect, less things can go wrong. :) And sorry, have not explored MIDI on the Helix yet.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/KC990--roland-kc-990-320w-2x12-inch-keyboard-amp One of these. It's an FRFR amp, it's a keyboard amp, it can handle bass.