HELIX LT Screen Question

[codamedia]

I'm looking at moving from an HX Effects to the Helix LT .... Can anyone who owns a HELIX LT or someone who is quite familiar with it please confirm if I have the concept correct regarding the screen views and modes.

 

1: Performance View displays what is on the footswitches... essentially taking the place of the scribble strips on the Big Helix. Is this correct?

2: If I setup the preset view to display snapshots instead.... does the mode toggle between snapshot mode (view) and stomp mode (view)?

3: If setup this way... can I assign the "up/down" switches to patches rather than banks?

4: Alternatively.... if I leave the "up/down" set to banks, will touching one of those momentarily bring up the "patches" on the switches/screen... returning to snapshot mode (view) after choosing a new preset.

 

Please refrain from telling me to get the full Helix :) The Scribble Strips mean nothing to me on my HX Effects and I don't need the additional I/O. Besides, here in Canada, it's a $650 difference for those features I don't require. 

 

 

[themetallikid]

 believe you are correct on all of them, the only one I cannot answer is the 4th one. 

 

#1 Performance view shows you the button layout for presets/snaps/stomps

 

#2 you can set the view to a combination of several things.  I use 4 presets/4 snaps as I don't require more than 4 snaps per song.  But there are stomp and other options in that menu.  I have a few songs with only one snapshot, but then have a stomp switch (press mode to go into snap mode) that is a momentary switch to turn on my lead sound for some quick runs, rather than doing a click on, click off for the 1.5 second lead fill.  When that song is done, I press mode to go back to my 4/4 screen mode. 

 

#3 Yes, if you need 8 snaps or 4 snaps/4 stomps or something....and you want to use the up/down buttons to change presets you can do that.  That is how I had it setup for awhile as I don't really have a need to jump banks when I was running the 8 snap mode.  In the 4/4 mode that I use now, I use the up/down for bank switching as that jumps my setlist 4 songs at a time, which works for us as we call audibles from an 'extra song' list.  We play about 40 songs a night off a list of about 85....pending on the crowds.

 

#4 - not sure on this one, sorry.

 

[SteveFrance]

Themetallica has brought a lot of answers.

For the fourth point you just have to stay on snapshot mode, click on the banks set UP/Down button, select your preset and it automatically goes back on the snapshot mode (the last one saved per preset). I hope this was what you were asking....

 

But if you really want to move from a device to the other one, i would say, the main thing is the way you'll want to use your Helix.

I assume, today, you use it with an amp, in front and/or FX loop.

If you use the LT this way, i think it looses a lot of interest because you don't use the benefit of cab and amp sims....

This is really another way to thing your rig, it needs a FRFR too.....

[codamedia]

Thanks for the input everyone... you have confirmed my notions on how it all operated. 

 

7 hours ago, SteveFrance said:

I assume, today, you use it with an amp, in front and/or FX loop. 

If you use the LT this way, i think it looses a lot of interest because you don't use the benefit of cab and amp sims....

This is really another way to think your rig, it needs a FRFR too.....

 

I am very familiar with all of this. I currently have a very modular rig. At times I run direct into my amp with my HX Effects and a few extras... but other times I go direct to FOH (monitors, FRFR, etc... etc..) with a combination of my HD500 and HX Effects.  I'm very comfortable with any style of setup and have the necessary amp / speaker setups to accommodate each.