I also vote for selectable auto-save on Helix. Switching back to a previously adjusted preset to find inappropriate settings again is annoying, especially during a live performance in which I do not need any more tasks added to simultaneously playing guitar, singing, maintaining eye-contact with the audience, listening to other band-members and remembering the next chord/lyric.
This would not add any confusion to the user interface. Just ship the unit with this disabled… it only becomes a feature when a user activates it. Here is one way that this could work… adding the word “autosave†to a preset name would activate the auto-save function. No factory presets need include this. This would guarantee the user intends for the preset to auto-save, and the preset name will remind you of auto-save status.
If this is too much to ask for, how about being able to set a foot switch to a function called “save preset to current presetâ€. At least then you could save while you’re standing up in performance yet before you switch presets.
Since the Helix has so many presets, a user could simply copy their valued presets to another “back-up†bank to ensure they do not get overwritten accidentally. Copying a “backup preset†to an accidentally edited preset would restore your original settings. .
