benifin Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Hey all After having had a colleagues Helix Floor for nearly 3 weeks now to mess with, Im seriously looking at the Helix Rack and matching Helix Floor Controller - I already alternate between an Axe XL and a Kemper for shows, but the tones Im so far getting on this [borrowed Helix] have a liveness and musical attack and immediacy that can be quite hard / tricky to get from my Axe ... anyway, I digress ..... so my 3 quick questions:- => are the 12 x FSW buttons on the dedicated Floor Controller for the Rack Helix also touch / capacitve like on the all-in-one-floor Helix ? => in terms of displaying patchs / names etc.... how many "characters" does the Rack Floor controller display ? => are there any images / videos anywhere showing how the Tuner is displayed on the Rack Floor Controller ? Thanks, Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Ben, on #3 I can tell you I much prefer the floor controllers tuner versus the Rack's tuner. It's very stable and works well. On #1 yes I believe that they are the same as on the 1st floor model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benifin Posted January 21, 2017 Author Share Posted January 21, 2017 Ben, on #3 I can tell you I much prefer the floor controllers tuner versus the Rack's tuner. It's very stable and works well. On #1 yes I believe that they are the same as on the 1st floor model. Hi spikey Thanks for chiming in :) Sorry for my confusion .... do you mean:- => the Tuner on the ( a ) all-in-one-floor-Helix-big-screen is better / more stable than the Tuner on the ( b ) dedicated-rack-floor-controller-small-narrow-screen ? -or- the other way round ? Thanks again, Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 To me, the floor controller (has a tuner) for the Helix rack unit (which also has a tuner) is more stable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benifin Posted January 21, 2017 Author Share Posted January 21, 2017 To me, the floor controller (has a tuner) for the Helix rack unit (which also has a tuner) is more stable. Cool. Good to know. I didnt mind the Tuner on the all-in-one-big-screen-floor-Helix but good to know the rack controller unit tuner implemewation is at least as good if not better / more stable :) Any chance if you have a rack floor controller that you could post a pic or 2 of what the rack floor controller tuners looks like ? Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spikey Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyXT Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Helix Control is indeed capacitive touch enabled - it handles just like the Floor version. The Control display: I've never counted, but it seems that it's built to display anything which can be used at maximum for a preset name. The tuner display on Control is fine - with that said, the screen is gigantic where the tuner display is concerned; I personally turn around enough to look at that. I actually created a solution which has my Rack box mounted low for stability, but angled up at me for visibility. I've used the floor display for tuning... but for some reason, I prefer to use the big one where possible =] I opted for the Rack version to avoid audio lines coming out to the front with me; it all stays at back with the brain. To complete this, I use a G50 to connect =] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benifin Posted January 21, 2017 Author Share Posted January 21, 2017 Many thanks for the great info and pic !!!!! Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterHamm Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 Assuming you can see your Helix Rack from where you're standing, instead of looking at the floor controller, the tuner is the same. Same display, same function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.