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Add a stereo volume pedal at the end of your chain, boom! You can un-assign the expression pedal from it. Put the cursor on it and save your preset. When you enter that preset, the block will be highlighted and the knobs will allow you to adjust the parameters as you please: position % and curve. So if things are too loud, reach down and turn down the percentage with the knob.

My advice is to set up a basic preset with all your necessary sounds.... then copy/paste that preset and tweak the copies. You should not use different amps/effects in each of your presets, because that is asking for trouble, as there will be volume/tone discrepancies.... So Take the template, build your own preset from it, copy that preset and tweak it in all your next presets. It'd be faster than recreating your preset from scratch each time.

I've had my HX Edit crash a few times... usually when the preset was very very heavy in terms of DSP usage. It also caused some of my bypassed/un-bypassed parameters to switch around after it crashed. My guess is that it's your preset. Maybe try re-saving your preset from the Helix itself first, and then connect it to your computers.

Time to introduce the concept of an open source guitar processor box, where you can run a VM with Helix, Kemper, Fractal, Zoom, whatever firmware... Wouldn't that be wild?

Here's another trick I came up with for auto-engaged effects -- it's a visual cue that I use. Take a look:

So usually a Fender combo amp has this little piece of 1/4 inch cable that is coming from the speaker itself. This little cable is plugged into the “speaker” jack in the back of the amp. Simply unplug that little speaker cable and plug it into the Baby Bomb’s out jack. All combo amps have an ability to use an external speaker cabinet if you want…so you can plug an external amp into it. Just obviously do not turn on the amp, and unplug any pedal switches from the amp prior. And so you’ll have a simple speaker cabinet with a short cable coming out the back of it that you can power with a micro amp…

I started using Mooer Baby Bomb amplifier and have been extremely happy. It's tiny and can fit into the top pocket of your Helix bag. I get a very consistent sound each time. Let me explain what I have been using: I take the 1/4 inch out of the Helix and connect it to the Mooer Baby Bomb. Then I connect the Baby Bomb to the speaker cable of the amp. I have been using Fender Deluxe and Fender Twin speakers and it sounds amazing: in other words the actual Fender Twin is not connected to the outlet and is just used as a glorified speaker cab. I don't even have to adjust my global EQ, my sound is that consistent... unless I use something like a 4x12, then the sound is too boomy without taking off the lows This in my experience is still a lot more consistent than going into an effects loop of an amp. A lot of amps don't have an effects loop to begin with. And the amps' effects loop may be way too muddy/distorted for what I do. With the Baby Bomb, it just sounds and feels like you are playing out of a conventional guitar amp and it's plenty loud at 8:30 with the bright setting. Anyway, this is what I recommend, and what works for me -- it's small and consistent and this tiny little box can be deafening on stage if you so desire. https://www.amazon.com/MOOER-Baby-Bomb-Micro-Power/dp/B07C1JJ6CH

I think what you are describing is you are in fact on crack or something equally heavy... What you describe, needing to "calibrate" the expression pedal is the fact that your expression pedal's position is saved inside each preset. This is the behavior that I personally use. I go into my preset, and the expression pedal is saved at 99% regardless of the actual position of the pedal. Then as I start rocking the pedal, it starts following the actual physical position of the expression pedal. Why do I personally want that? Because sometimes I don't have the time to move the expression pedal up when I switch from a previous song... and always want my preset to start out with a specific wah-position. That way I have to do less work, as the ideal initial wah setting is already pre-dialed in. You know, sometimes if you put the wah in the heel position, it loses volume and tone -- I don't want to have to remember to pre-adjust the exp pedal prior to switching my sounds. Plus I always put the pedal in the down position when I'm done using it in a specific preset.... for consistency. Regardless.... Check Global Settings / EXP pedal. If you have Expression pedal 1/ 2 "per preset" or "per snapshot", then there's your answer right there. Until you move the pedal, regardless of the actual physical position, the pedal will at the "saved" percentage amount.

Heya. Was doing a sound check yesterday and the issue came back! At least I now have my #0 preset “sound check” that tests left/right delay so I know: if I don’t hear the sound I want, I re/plug my monitor mix cable. The bug…It comes and goes. Doing a reset solves it for some time, but without doing anything (no change to any settings)….it comes back. Support can’t replicate it because it only comes up after some time, not when you restore your backup right away / when you do a reset. ughhh

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This to me has: 1. slow envelope filter that auto-engages on each note attack 2. octave down somewhere in the chain, with a mix of around 70 percent, just not 100 3. one of those wah-wah pedals with a big sweep.

I used graphite spray on my Helix LT.... worked pretty well. It's a little bit messy but not greasy like WD-40. https://www.amazon.com/CRC-Graphite-Lube-Aerosol-Black/dp/B007I9XUD0

You can use the Send block to send your sound right before the amp/cab block. On the Helix you can have one preset output 4 different signals with different amount of "stuff". So you can split your signal right before the amp, add the same delay as you would have, etc, and get your sans-amp signal from the Send 1 jack. If I were to be perfectly honest, just use the processor for the amp sounds, don't bother with the 4 cable methods, or this. Helix sounds great. Just plug it into an FRFR or an effects loop of an amp, or get yourself Baby Bomb by Mooer, which is a stomp-sized power amp.

Here's my old video demonstrating the standard D tuning with the Helix.

I have been using the "wham" block in the past to downtune my guitar. I removed the control assignment for the pitch and just made it fixed. In my experience it sounded just as good as the poly one. So if you have an issue running out of DSP, give it a try....

I made a little video how I do it...

If you want to do the "queen" multitracked solo sound, you need to harmonize the distorted signal as opposed to do it the other way around. Also, mix the harmonized note down to about 90%. It should not be exactly as loud as the actual not you are playing -- that's the secret to it not sounding artificial IMO.

In that case, it's a lemon so send it back. I've never heard nor experienced these issues you are describing.

https://www.amazon.com/M-Audio-EX-P-Expression-Pedal/dp/B000NLRWEI/r M-Audio EX-P | Universal Expression Pedal for Keyboards, MIDI Keyboards/Controllers and Supported Guitar Effects Pedals Cheap, light, durable, for around 30 USD.

I personally never press up/down to go to snapshots. I set up my presets to display 8 snapshots. Maybe try that approach instead?

there are also linear or logarithmic settings that can make a difference.

If you want one Reverb to fade out and the other one to fade in, then you can assign the mix parameter to the expression pedal: on one block it's positive, the other it's negative. In HX Edit, you can right-click on the mix parameter of each block and assign a controller for it -- in your case the expression pedal. Heel position one reverb is mixed at 70 percent, the other mixed at 0; and toe position the first block is mixed at 0, while the other one is mixed at 70 percent... As you rock the pedal, it will morph between 2 reverbs. With effects like reverb or delay or even wah-wah you can use the mix parameter to effectively bypass the effect entirely. I have a bloated preset where multiple things are controlled by the same EXP 2, but in some snapshots some blocks are set at mix = 0, making them bypassed.

I also added 2 Grolsch washers to up/down buttons and the mode button to make them slightly more difficult to press. That seems to help with accidentally pressing those buttons.

Yes when wearing unfamiliar shoes. For me my set is quite a tap dance, so as ridiculous as it may sound, I practice the actual switching while wearing shoes I'll wear at the gig. My shoes of choice are Vans without shoe laces. Something flat no heels, etc for me. It took me some time to press buttons on the back row correctly, by arching the foot. And yes, I wish there was a step design like on HD 500X or the Kemper floor... Consistency is important, that's the bottom line with everything.