oehman Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Can the footswitches be configured so that the Presets are the top row and effects on the bottom row? I usually don't switch presets in mid-song on my HD500X, but often turn effects off and on. Its hard to step over that first row in mid song, especially when singing and then footing around for a boost or overdrive for a solo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CipherHost Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Can the footswitches be configured so that the Presets are the top row and effects on the bottom row? HD500X = No From reading the Helix forum - Helix = Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbenigni Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 This was a make-or-break requirement for me, so if CipherHost's assumptions are inaccurate, please let us know! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Can the footswitches be configured so that the Presets are the top row and effects on the bottom row? Yes, you can do this. There's basically three modes for the footswitches - Preset, Stomp and Pedal Edit (well, there's also Looper Mode, but that's accessed by hitting whatever switch you have the looper assigned to, not by the Mode switch). In Preset mode you have three options as to how the switches can be used. The default is both rows are presets. There's also modes called "Upper Row" and "Lower Row" that allow to have presets on the top or bottom while the other switches are used for effects. Also, there's another option to change the bank up and down switches to preset up and down, so you can scroll through presets using those switches. I think they've pretty much covered all the bases... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbenigni Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 This is totally awesome. Thanks for the thorough reply, Phil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital_Igloo Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 In Stomp Mode, you can also repurpose Bank Up/Down as two additional stomp switches for a total of ten (it's always Bank or Preset Up/Down in Preset and Looper mode, though). Oh, and if you hold both Bank Up and Down switches for two seconds, you can switch them to Preset Up/Down without having to open the Global Settings menu. Tons of little shortcuts like that in Helix. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbenigni Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Sounds perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncann Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 It seems there is going to be a lot of functionality with configurable settings. In the event of a firmware update or system reset, will the settings need to be reinitialized, and if so, will there be a way to save all of these settings and have them loaded back in one shot? Or must this be done manually? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 It seems there is going to be a lot of functionality with configurable settings. In the event of a firmware update or system reset, will the settings need to be reinitialized, and if so, will there be a way to save all of these settings and have them loaded back in one shot? Or must this be done manually? Those settings should make it through a firmware update, but if you do an actual reset, they'll of course go back to the default. Typically global settings haven't been addressed in editors, but I don't want to speculate. All of these things we're talking are actually extremely easy to change on the unit itself. It takes one button click to get to the Global Settings menu, and once in there everything is really clearly laid out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncann Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Those settings should make it through a firmware update, but if you do an actual reset, they'll of course go back to the default. Typically global settings haven't been addressed in editors, but I don't want to speculate. All of these things we're talking are actually extremely easy to change on the unit itself. It takes one button click to get to the Global Settings menu, and once in there everything is really clearly laid out. Ok. Thanks. Sounds simple. And no big deal if there isn't any way to save the settings. It's probably ten times harder to reset a computer's bios nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital_Igloo Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Ok. Thanks. Sounds simple. And no big deal if there isn't any way to save the settings. It's probably ten times harder to reset a computer's bios nowadays. IIRC, performing a full backup in the Helix app should include any Global Settings as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncann Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 IIRC, performing a full backup in the Helix app should include any Global Settings as well. Awesome. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh_guitarreiru Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Anybody knows if there will be an scene mode? And an A/B chain so you can change from 2 differnt amps (e.g. clean to distor) without changing the preset? (And thus avoid that anoying short silence when changing presets) Thanks beforehand Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-Tonequest Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Anybody knows if there will be an scene mode? And an A/B chain so you can change from 2 differnt amps (e.g. clean to distor) without changing the preset? (And thus avoid that anoying short silence when changing presets) Thanks beforehand Cheers! It won't launch with scene mode. You can vote for it to be in a firmware update here: http://line6.ideasca...de/727231-23508 However, you can assign each footswitch up to 8 commands. So you could have (2) different signal paths in each preset and use a stompbox footswitch to turn on/off different blocks (up to 8) within the preset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh_guitarreiru Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 It won't launch with scene mode. You can vote for it to be in a firmware update here: http://line6.ideasca...de/727231-23508 However, you can assign each footswitch up to 8 commands. So you could have (2) different signal paths in each preset and use a stompbox footswitch to turn on/off different blocks (up to 8) within the preset. So it would be possible to have two signal paths in parallel with two different amps and change from A to B using a footswitch? Or there is a limitation of 1 amp per preset? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC-Tonequest Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 So it would be possible to have two signal paths in parallel with two different amps and change from A to B using a footswitch? Or there is a limitation of 1 amp per preset? Cheers Yep, you can have more than one amp per preset. This is more than likely the way I'll set mine up until scene mode becomes available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevekc Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Is the helix Expression Pedal Optcal photocell -like the FireHawk FX ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Is the helix Expression Pedal Optcal photocell -like the FireHawk FX ? Yes, it is. Although, the pedal itself is constructed quite differently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevekc Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 The FireHawk FX also uses an optical photocell expression pedal, and many observe that the Expression Pedal goes bananas when playing outdoors at Sunset. It occurs when The intense light angle is low it may accidentally trigger the Expression Pedal Photocell. (Reference)http://line6.com/support/topic/14682-fire-hawk-went-wrong-during-a-gig/?do=findComment&comment=106917 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 The FireHawk FX also uses an optical photocell expression pedal, and many observe that the Expression Pedal goes bananas when playing outdoors at Sunset. It occurs when The intense light angle is low it may accidentally trigger the Expression Pedal Photocell. (Reference) http://line6.com/support/topic/14682-fire-hawk-went-wrong-during-a-gig/?do=findComment&comment=106917 Yeah, it's a possible issue with all optical pedals. Like I said though, the Helix construction is pretty different. There really isn't much of an opening under the Helix pedal, so I don't know how possible it is for light to leak in. The one nice thing with Helix is that there are two additional expression jacks, and you can also assign control functionality to the switches, so even if you did have to forgo using the on-board pedal for some reason, you could still have plenty of control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CipherHost Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 (edited) HD500X = No From reading the Helix forum - Helix = Yes This was a make-or-break requirement for me, so if CipherHost's assumptions are inaccurate, please let us know! Thanks! Yes, you can do this. I'm missing how my reply was inaccurate. Oh, I get it. You wanted to make sure I was correct. I misunderstood. Edited July 7, 2015 by CipherHost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncann Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Yeah, it's a possible issue with all optical pedals. Like I said though, the Helix construction is pretty different. There really isn't much of an opening under the Helix pedal, so I don't know how possible it is for light to leak in. The one nice thing with Helix is that there are two additional expression jacks, and you can also assign control functionality to the switches, so even if you did have to forgo using the on-board pedal for some reason, you could still have plenty of control. How does the Mission Engineering EP1-L6 pedal work with the Helix? Are there any other pedals from other companies that work well with Helix that you know of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevekc Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 How does the Mission Engineering EP1-L6 pedal work with the Helix? Are there any other pedals from other companies that work well with Helix that you know of? Myself - I use Roland EV-5 Expression pedals with all my Line-6 gear: M13, HD500X, Firehawk FX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 How does the Mission Engineering EP1-L6 pedal work with the Helix? Are there any other pedals from other companies that work well with Helix that you know of? The EP1-L6 works great with the Helix. I actually recently broke down and bought two of them after using my old EX-1s for 15 years (they still work, btw). The Helix has a calibration function for external pedals, so I actually think any potentiometer based pedal with a TS connection should work, although I'm not sure if there is an upper limit to the impedance value it will work with. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevekc Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 The Helix has a calibration function for external pedals EXCELLENT! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital_Igloo Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 It's actually an auto calibration procedure. Manual calibration is no longer required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 It's actually an auto calibration procedure. Manual calibration is no longer required. That's even cooler... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lachdanan0121 Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 It's actually an auto calibration procedure. Manual calibration is no longer required. Thats pretty sweet, but just incase... is there an option to manually calibrate the expression pedal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rewolf48 Posted July 8, 2015 Share Posted July 8, 2015 It's actually an auto calibration procedure. Manual calibration is no longer required. Hold on, hold on, give us a bit more about this feature... Are you saying that Helix guesses what the range of a plugged in expression pedal is, and then as you move it around refines its range definition? What if you plug in a pedal set to minimum (say a few ohms of resistance) and then only move it half way (say to 5k resistance) and I don't move it farther. Does helix now think half way is full range? Will that muck up the user defined minimum settings on a Roland EV-5 by recalibrating it to be zero? I'm not presuming you have anything wrong here and I am sure it will work like magic, but a bit more explanation would be good. [is this another one of those "lets get the forum to write the manual" things? :) ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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