dmccarthy1973

Hi Guys,

Hoping someone can help with the issue I have. I've recently upgraded my pedalboard and purchased a Voodoo Labs PX-8 Plus Switcher which is a great piece of gear. The idea is to have it control my pedals and also my HX Stomp. For context I use a load of different pedals (distortion, OD, EQ etc) and then use my Stomp for effects such as modulation and the stomp goes into the FX loop on my amp.

The way I've been using my stomp in my band situation is to have presets set up and then snapshots (there are 3 of these) within each preset. For example one of our songs requires me to use a phase effect in the intro, so I would set the preset up with 2 snapshots, snapshot 1 would have the phase effect then when the rest of the song kicks in I'll change to snapshot 2 for my regular sound.

So what I am trying to achieve is to be able to control my effects and my HX Stomp using the PX8. I have managed to get my pedals working and have set up some patches as this has been really straight forward. I have set up a Midi connection between my PX8 and Stomp and can change presets on my stomp with the PX8 by pressing button A, B, etc. However I don't know how to set it up to change snapshots within the preset. The work around I have at the moment is to use the PX8 to change presets and just set the presets up with the different modulation effects that I use but this isn't ideal as if I change a preset in the middle of a song theres an audible gap (to me anyway) between the changes.

So ideally I'd like it to work in this way:

Channel 1 is selected on the PX-8 and I press button A - this selects patch A1 on my Helix which has 2 snapshots configured
I then press button B on my PX-8 and it selects snapshot 2 of patch A1 on my Helix

Can this be done? If anyone could help that would be fantastic but bear in mind Im new to Midi so if anyone does know please explain in a way a complete idiot would understand.

Dave

Problem solved. Cable that came with the expression pedal is a TS cable, not a TRS cable

Ok so I think it's something to do with the cables I'm using. I have two cables, a TRS cable (at least I think that it's a TRS cable) that came with an expression pedal that I bought (line 6 pedal) and a TRS Y cable that I bought when I bought the mosky switch. I have my fs 4 and fs 5 set to change presets up and down (fs4 is down, fs5 is up). This is what happens:

When I plug the cable in that came with the expression pedal only fs 5 (right hand switch) works, the presets change up but not down

When I plug in the y cable I get preset up with one of the y cable ends and when I use the other y cable end I can change preset down but only using the one switch (right hand switch).

Has anyone got any ideas why this is happening?

Unless I pull the cable out slightly then both buttons do the same thing

Tried setting mine to the same settings in the screen shot and the same thing occurs - button on the right functions but the button on the left does nothing

Ok, I tried that and it does exactly as you describe. So if I have fs4 set to bank down and fs5 set to bank up when the cable is plugged in correctly fs 4 will not do anything and fs 5 will bank up. If I take the cable out and just rest it both buttons will bank up. Do you think my switch or cable is dodgy?

Hi All,

Hope someone can help. I have recently bought a mosky 2 button switch to expand my HX Stomp but I can only get 1 of the switches on the mosky to work. I have checked in global settings and FS4 and FS5 are both set up correctly. I'm connecting the mosky to the stomp via a TRS cable. I have also tried a TRS Y Cable and have exactly the same problem.