Helix rack/liquid foot pro

[suttonjacob90]

Hi I'm looking into getting a Helix rack to use for delays reverbs and ambient effects. I usually run a fender and vox amp together and stomp box pedals controlled via liquid foot pro midi board and all of the stomp boxes are in an effect gizmo loop switcher in my rack. My question is would I be able to turn reverbs and delays on and off via the liquid foot pro or effect gizmo? I understand line 6 makes a board for the helix rack but since I already have the liquid foot I was hoping I could control it with that. Any tips or info would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

[PeterHamm]

Don't do this.

You can't control NEARLY all the things from a LF as you can from Control, meaning you have the scribble strips, lights that you can see at a glance which buttons are what, the ability to switch patches... or snapshots... or stomps... or a combination of those... plus tap tempo, the tuner, and the ability to edit patches with your feet.

 

If you are going to use Rack without Control, you will be disappointed.

[phil_m]

While I agree with Peter that the overall experience will not be as fun without the Helix Command, you can certainly change patches, select snapshots, turn effects on and off and control all sorts of parameters on the Helix with a third party MIDI controller.

[suttonjacob90]

Thanks for your replies, guys. My only thing with having to get the helix board is that it would be that much more stuff at my feet than I already have lol I'm really just wanting to be able to turn delays on and off with the LF and hopefully use the tap temp on the LF if that is possible. But I guess if it won't work then I will eventually have to get the helix control board