danielkreger29 Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 hey. Im thinking of buying the hx and have a few questions.- im new to the multi-effects world so im not gonna use such words as presets, blocks,setlists and all the other ones (maybe somebody could give me a simple answer on what they are). so I know the hx is basically a pedalboard but I can see myself using it in a somewhat different way. so here goes; I want to be able to select a song, then the different parts of it get assigned to the 6 knobs, so I can tap intro, then tap verse and so forth and onwards. Is something like this possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reginaldStjohn Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Yes, in the Helix world these would be called snapshots. Look at the manual and you will get a feel for them. You could also search for you tube videos of helix snapshots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundog Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 ....and that's not really a different way of using it. It's common for players to assign Snapshots to the buttons and change settings for verse, chorus, leads, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codamedia Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 13 hours ago, danielkreger29 said: im new to the multi-effects world so im not gonna use such words as presets, blocks,setlists and all the other ones (maybe somebody could give me a simple answer on what they are). When you say you are looking at buying the HX... do you mean the full blown Helix, or the HX Effects? This is how I view the HX Effects in particular...but it would be the same with the Helix but with more capability. Every preset you build is like building a different pedal board. You can keep them similar, or as drastically different as you want. When you choose a preset it's just like placing a new pedal board with a saved default setting at your feet. Now you have two options (both available) once you load the preset Stomp Mode: You can turn effects on/off just like a real pedal board Snapshot Mode: Access to 4 different "defaults" for that particular pedal board. (The HX Effects has 4 snapshots, I believe the Helix has 8) As already mentioned, the "intro > verse > chorus > solo" approach is best achieved by snapshots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielkreger29 Posted June 11, 2018 Author Share Posted June 11, 2018 Thanks codamedia. Really helpful. And yes I meant the HX effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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