regalpierot Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Does anyone know if there's a way of cycling through the presets list without engaging the highlighted preset. Both the joystick and preset dial seem to act the same in that as each sequential one is highlighted it also gets engaged. I know I could just bank down or up with the footswitches. Werid request I know workflow-wise but what I tend to do sometimes is be working with the Helix on a table in front of me, I want to scroll down or up items in a setlist but then only when I've reached the one I want press something to engage it (how most soft synths work as you cursor down or up preset banks). Would really appreciate if anyone knows a way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricksteruk Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Yeah that would be good. As far as I know you can only use the bank up and down buttons. I happened to be looking at the Preset/Setlist page and tried to scroll down the list to a preset near the end and the poor Helix Editor that was connected via USB had a mental breakdown bless it. It totally crashed. Had to relaunch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zooey Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Bank btns is the only way I know. Why isn't that ok? Are you working w the rack but w/o the controller? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nippyjun Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 You could do this using the computer editor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricksteruk Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Bank btns is the only way I know. Why isn't that ok? Are you working w the rack but w/o the controller? It's just a little irritating to load 100 patches in quick succession if you are looking for a preset somewhere.. on a set list somewhere. Unless you are at your computer using the editor you will have to use the Preset/Setlist button... try it.. you will see! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regalpierot Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 Yeah, exactly what @ricksteruk said. I know its a minor gripe (all you could have on a unit this great, I love the thing) but maybe if the preset dial just cycled without engaging and had to be pressed to load, and the cursor engaged each highlighted one automatically you would get the best of both worlds for when the time suited. Maybe some future update. BTW can I tap on a quick Q. Anyone know a quick and easy way to bypass the Helix signal chain as a whole. All I seem to be able to do with the bypass button is affect the currently selected block. Couldn't find it in the manual but surely there's a way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 You could bypass the Input block, or temporarily set it to an unused physical input, or engage the tuner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regalpierot Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 Thanks @silverhead. Sorry, undoubtedly I posed the question in a confusing way. So I don't want to kill the signal altogether, I just want to have the clean tone on the guitar come out the amp (akin to just deactivating a single physical stomp box to bypass it or plugging the guitar lead out of the input jack and directly into the amp). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverhead Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Engaging the tuner will do that I think. Make sure it is Bypass, not Mute, mode. The tuner would undoubtedly get confused if that were possible, and you won't get any sort of stable reading from it, but the signal should pass through totally unaffected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regalpierot Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 Aha. Thanks mate, will try that this evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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