Snapshots - Variax Not Switching

[mike-w]

I took a factory Jazz Rivet 120 preset and started experimenting with it while following the manual.  On Snapshot 1, I picked Custom 4, and on Snapshot 2, I picked Custom 5.  I get the last guitar selected or saved instead of having it switch guitars when switching between snapshots.

 

On page 2 of  the Input Block, Variax Settings are set at Per Preset.

 

Global Settings>Preferences>Snapshot Edit is set to Recall.

 

It's the same whether I do this on the Helix or on the Editor.  However, Blocks switch on and off on different Snapshots.  Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?  The manual isn't any more specific about how to do this.

[DoeWoe]

Do you have the little snapshot brackets around the Variax model?

[phil_m]

You have set the Variax model as parameter to be controlled just like any other parameter you can change per snapshot. Just the controller to "snapshot".

[mike-w]

I'm answering my own question...  Thanks for your posts.

 

I didn't quite understand this when I read it earlier in the day.  I gathered that Parameters are treated differently than Blocks but didn't understand the method for Parameters.

 

To get the Variax to change with different Snapshots, you need to assign the controller on the Helix.  So, select the Input Block, go to Page 2, and press and hold the second knob - Preset Variax Model.  Brackets will appear around the parameter.

 

Here's the copy from Page 35 of the new manual:  http://line6.com/support/manuals/helix

 

 

If you want a parameter to be automatically updated with each snapshot, a controller (such as the Snapshots controller) must first be assigned to it.

 

Quick Assigning the Snapshots Controller

To adjust a parameter AND have it automatically update per snap- shot, press and turn the knob. 

 

The parameter's value appears white and in brackets, indicating a controller's as- signed to it—in this case, the Snapshots controller:

To adjust a parameter WITHOUT it automatically updating per snapshot, just turn the knob like you normally would.

As long as a parameter is not assigned to any controller, its value is maintained across snapshots.

See "Using Snapshots" for more information.