guitarman2323 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Hello everyone. I'm new to the forum and Line 6 products as well. I have a new Helix and I'm having trouble getting it set up how I want. I have some very nice Category 5 and PRS amps that I currently use live so I'm wanting to use the Helix to replace my large pedalboard. I'm not going to need the amp models live. I've seen videos/tutorials where people have it set up with effects all across the board, I believe 10 of them since the bank up/down where not present. I was thinking that's the stompbox mode but trying that last night I couldn't get the lights to stop flashing to engage the effects or get it to save. Any idea what I'm doing wrong? I figured out how to save a board as a patch but that limits my pedals to eight. Thanks for the help in advance! Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scheater5 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Hey guitarman, welcome to the forum One of the footswitches should be labeled "Mode" - if you press that footswitch, Helix will change to stompbox mode, which gets rid of preset buttons and the bank up/down buttons, leaving you 10 switches for pedals. Most/All of them should be blank. Use the joystick (the knob to the right of the screen) to highlight an effect you want to assign to a footswitch, and then touch (with your finger, for a second or so) the footswitch you want that effect assigned to - Helix will ask you if you want to assign bypass to that footswitch, and then press down on the knob under the green accept button. Edit: Sean Halley does a fantastic explanation of all this here. Relevant stuff at around the 2:00 mark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCKEHkXhfhk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zooey Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 The global setting 'Stomp Mode Switches' controls whether you get 8 or 10 switches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdwinV Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Hi Guitarman, One thing that comes to mind when say you see things flashing is that you may have pressed and held the "MODE" switch. When you hold the "MODE" footswitch you enter the Edit Mode, where you can edit the parameters with your feet. Hope that helps! Have fun with your Helix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitarman2323 Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 Thanks for the responses. I'll try it out again tonight and see what I come up with. Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scheater5 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 The global setting 'Stomp Mode Switches' controls whether you get 8 or 10 switches. Good catch - that's one of the first things I did with my Helix, I forgot that's not the default setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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