Helix won't change variax settings on Variax standard

[jalifid11]

So I'm rocking a Helix LT with Firmware 2.21.0 and a Variax Standard. Dream Rig here I come. Now, I've stored Presets on the Helix and assigned Variax Models, or I think I have, to each preset for ease of use. Such as, I have an acoustic patch where I assigned an acoustic preset from the Variax.

 

I have the input of the patch setup for Multi, and the Per Preset set to Variax Setting, Preset Variax Model to Acoustic-1, and everything else is "Don't Force"...

 

I have another patch set to an Andy Summers "Police" sound, with the Preset Variax Model set to T-Model-1..

 

Switching between the patches, I thought having set up this way, should yield, the Acoustic patch having the Helix change the setting on the Variax to the acoustic model... and then switching to the "Police" patch, having the Helix change the setting on the Variax to the Tele model..

 

But when I change patchs from the Acoustic to the Police, it doesn't change the guitar model on the Variax.. (oh, and I'm using a VDI cable from the Helix LT to the Variax Standard.

 

What am I doing wrong?

[HonestOpinion]

So I'm rocking a Helix LT with Firmware 2.21.0 and a Variax Standard. Dream Rig here I come. Now, I've stored Presets on the Helix and assigned Variax Models, or I think I have, to each preset for ease of use. Such as, I have an acoustic patch where I assigned an acoustic preset from the Variax.

 

I have the input of the patch setup for Multi, and the Per Preset set to Variax Setting, Preset Variax Model to Acoustic-1, and everything else is "Don't Force"...

 

I have another patch set to an Andy Summers "Police" sound, with the Preset Variax Model set to T-Model-1..

 

Switching between the patches, I thought having set up this way, should yield, the Acoustic patch having the Helix change the setting on the Variax to the acoustic model... and then switching to the "Police" patch, having the Helix change the setting on the Variax to the Tele model..

 

But when I change patchs from the Acoustic to the Police, it doesn't change the guitar model on the Variax.. (oh, and I'm using a VDI cable from the Helix LT to the Variax Standard.

 

What am I doing wrong?

I think this may be due to a well known quirk in the Helix firmware as it pertains to the Variax. You need to go to any preset where "Variax" is selected for the Input block and change the 'Variax Settings' parameter on the second page of the Input block to "Per Preset". The quirk is that although this parameter is set at the preset level it acts like a global setting. Now all of your Variax presets will honor your 'Preset Variax Model' parameter selection when they are set to something other than "Don't Force".

 

You will need to do this for the foreseeable future every time you do a firmware update and global reset as the value for the 'Variax Settings' parameter currently gets reset to "Global" after the update/reset.