TimsonVomDach

Thank you very much. As I'm still learning things about MIDI related stuff I really didn't know that this is a thing. I will definitely check that out. Should bring a lot more light into the MIDI darkness ;-)

It's 5 meters. We looked it up. Should be the maximum length without any loss of signals. We indeed have a spare cable which we will try now. Would have been obvious. We got in a little bit of a tunnel vision over the time i guess^^ Thanks for the hint! And no we did not think about that yet. Thanks as well! But do you really think that this losen up the situation? In the first step all MIDI commands have to go out via the same USB cable to reach the splitter or the other way round if commands come from the Helix.

Hey guys, could need some help. At first let me explain the setup. Signal chain: Notebook (Windows 11) with show setup in Reaper -> USB-cable - Helix 1 -> MIDI-cable -> Helix 2 -> MIDI-cable -> Doremidi MIDI to DMX translator -> DMX-cable -> lights and fog machine In the Reaper project we have our click and backing tracks and MIDI-signals to change our Helix presets and snapshots and also to control the lights and the fog machine. Everything is set to a different channel. Helix 1 has its own, Helix 2 has its own and every part of the light show has its own channel. On Helix 1 there a three buttons set up to hit play and pause or to jump between the songs within the Reaper project. The buttons are set separately within every snapshot of our bass player to make sure he has the controls no matter which sound he’s using. Basically this setup runs pretty smooth but from time to time we have the problem that when we start the show then after a few moments Helix 1 does not receive any signal from Reaper anymore. It is to be seen on TAP LED which normally turns blue and flashes in the rhythm of the show but then just flashes in red and just in the Tempo which is set on the Helix itself and of course our presets and snapshots won’t change anymore and also the light show doesn’t work anymore. Also controlling the show via Helix 1 (play/pause/change song) isn’t possible in this state. The Helix itself runs normally and you can switch between sounds as you please but the connection to the notebook is obviously lost though reaper doesn’t state that the device can’t be found. Close Reaper, restart Helix 1, start Reaper again and everything runs again as it should. Can somebody explain this behavior to me? Windows Updates are made, Reaper is up to date, both Helix are up to date and the used cables are pretty fresh. Thanks in advance! Cheers Tim

Thank you again for your effort! I at least understand the different parameters better now. Just have to go with little more trial and error and I'm pretty sure it will work after a little more corrections ;-)

No, i did nothing including a volume block. I play in punk rock band we just have full volume or no volume ;-) In the attachement are my two presets that make the trouble. Don't mind the names. Those are bavarian words ;-) But with the video from your last comment and 'The problem you are encountering sounds a lot like the intended behavior of the Wah when 'Behavior' = "Toggle"' I have some new information: At first, you are right with the description. So one preset allways works like in Jonnys video and the other one always toggles when i move it up and down. Sorry for the confusion I didn't know how to describe it better. And second, contrary to video you attached in your last comment when I change the behaviour of the bypass in HX Edit, change the preset and go back the behaviour always goes back to toggle. This happens in both of the presets and even when I save it. So maybe this bug causes that my changes are not taken over correctly which leads to this mysterious manner. The pedal should come up bypassed when changing to one of those presets. DRUM SCHELLN.hlx MOTORSAECH.hlx

Thanks again for all the input! I'm aware of the difference between snapshot an preset. And as I'm pretty new to the Helix toppic I'm still working on my basic settings and have not made up any Snapshots yet. With 'Shut down' and 'Reboot' I simply meant turning it off and on again ;-) I now switched the wah pedal to EXP 1 und activated Heel Down in both presets. But it still has the same effect. In one preset the wah works as it should and in the other one like i discribed in the beginning.

Thanks HonestOpinion for your tipp. I have changed the setting as you suggested. In both the presets where I want to user the wah like that it is set to EXP 2 so this is the one I changed to 'Global'. (Also tried it with 'Per Preset'. 'Per Snapshot' was the default entry) But now things are getting more mysterious. When I turn on the Helix the last of these two presets that I used before the shut down works as I desire. The other one does the same thing like before. And when I shut down on another preset and reboot one of the two presets is chosen by accident where the wah works like I wish to. The other one is stillt in the mode like in the beginning. Do you have any explanation for this?

Hey people, got a problem with setting up the wah pedal on my Helix. My target is to set it up like Jonny in this video: Line 6 Helix Wah settings TIPS and TRICKS. - YouTube So for everybody who doesn't want to watch the video: I want to work like my old Bad Horsie 2. Selecting my wah pedal and chosing the Expression Pedal as the bypass switch on 0% (have tried with a little more % but it doesn't work either). Min Position on about 15%. With that setup it should automatically be activatet when I use the pedal and when it comes down to zero again or below the certain value that I choose for the position parameter it should be off. And here's the problem when I set it up like that: The wah is off in the beginning. When I use the expression pedal nothing happens. When I reach my bypass value the wah is turned on. Then I can use it until I hit the bypass value again. Then to activate it again I have to use the pedal and come down to the bypass value and so on and on. Sometimes when I set my wah pedal up again the exact same way it works as it should until I change something. But most of the time it only works as discribed above. Has anybody any tipps for me?