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Helix HX - getting rid of 'bank' in presets


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No idea if this is possible, but reality is I will probably never have more than 6 presets, so was wondering if it's possible to turn the 'bank up and down' switches (when in preset mode) to additional presets. meaning inseat of having  bank up and down and 4 presents (in one bank), I could just have 6 presets.

 

Also, snapshots - I've read the manual cover to cover, and I still can work out what they for, can anyone explain in layman's terms?.

Thanks...Paul.

 

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Snapshots - a basic definition 

 

Picture your preset as a pedal board - it'll no doubt have a distortion or two, a chorus, a flanger, a delay or two, a reverb..

 

If you go into a snapshot, you can turn these effects on and off.  Save it.

 

Go into the next snapshot.  Turn some things on and off.  Save it.

 

When you go back to the first snapshot, it will be as you saved it.  Go back to the second - it will be exactly as you saved that one.

 

So, if you use a different delay for a chorus, add in a boost pedal for a solo, you can setup snapshots for, let us say, Verse, Chorus and Solo and just use them rather than turning individual effects on and off.  You can also store different parameter settings for each effect as well within each snapshot - you press and rotate the edit knob briefly until you seen a little line come up.

 

Hope this helps a bit.

 

D.

 

 

 

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Snapshots are powerful.... not only can they change the on/off state of the effects, they can also change the parameters within those effects.

 

I think of it like this....

  • A Patch loads a new pedal board with default settings
  • Each snapshot loads different "default settings" for that pedal board.

Once loaded, stomp mode still allows you to turn on/off those effects. 

 

1 hour ago, jstudio123 said:

No idea if this is possible, but reality is I will probably never have more than 6 presets, so was wondering if it's possible to turn the 'bank up and down' switches (when in preset mode) to additional presets. meaning inseat of having  bank up and down and 4 presents (in one bank), I could just have 6 presets.

 

Sorry, I don't believe that is possible. But if you get a handle on snapshots you have two options

  • You can set the "bank up/down" to "snapshot up/down".  You will have immediate access to 4 presets and quick access to four snapshots. You might find this sufficient. 
  • You can set the bank up/down" to "patch up/down" and then set the view to snapshots. In this setup you have quick access (patch up/down) to your patches, and immediate access to your snapshots. 

In both cases, the mode still takes you to "stomp mode" so that is always an option for more flexibility. 

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