stevecalderoni Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 Is there a way to configure an external foot switch to turn effects on and off? I have a Boss A/B switch that I was thinking I could connect to the external EXP 2 and then use those two switches to toggle an effect on and off instead of having two presets with the only difference being a flanger. Is that possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 A typical N/O or N/C switch won't work, but you could do what you want with an "expression switch" like this: http://www.nosepedal.com/store/nose-handyman-switch You could plug that switch into the EXP2 jack and you could use the auto-engage feature to control the bypass state of what block(s) you wanted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevecalderoni Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 Love those Nose Pedal deals. Great idea! I did find two ways that work for me. So to benefit others: 1) In the global settings you can change the foot switch to preset/stomp which makes it so the top row are presets and the bottom row are stomps. This gets me close as there are 6 effects I want in a secondary chain to work with. I at least get 4. 2) The Tech 21 Midi Moose. Has 8 latch style switches and is midi so I can assign the bypass to each via midi cc. I ordered this and will do option 1 until it arrives =*) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan01 Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 (edited) How can I connect an external wah pedal to the helix s9 that I’ve got the wah pedal ready to use whenever I need to... I’m using the vdi port for my jtv guitar so I don’t use the normal 1/4 “ jack....so guitar into wah into the helix is not possible.... Edited November 30, 2017 by dylan01 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbuhajla Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 How can I connect an external wah pedal to the helix s9 that I’ve got the wah pedal ready to use whenever I need to... I’m using the vdi port for my jtv guitar so I don’t use the normal 1/4 “ jack....so guitar into wah into the helix is not possible.... Put it in one of the effects loops. You can then put it anywhere in the signal chain and turn it on/off with a stomp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliotbn Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 How did you assign a pedal to be on/off through midi cc? Did it still need to be assigned to a foot switch? I’m trying to squeeze just a couple more fottswitches into my Helix LT rig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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