Is it possible to make a Helix HX Effects slave to another?

[Duboule]

Hey all !
I'm currently the happy owner of a Helix (the big original one), but I'm getting tired of carrying those 6.6kg, and I'm starting to think of a new set up. So I thought maybe I should go for the HX, but I just very much need a lot of effects and options under my feet, so 6 footswitches won't be enough.

My question is pretty simple, is it possible to add footswitches to the HX, in any way (midi, expression, usb...)?

Thanks a lot !
Théo

[codamedia]

To answer your title... midi is your friend! You can certainly chain two HX Effects, or an Effects and a Stomp, or a HX unit and a Eventide/Boss/Digitech/Zoom, etc... etc... etc... Any device with midi can talk to each other in terms of changing presets, snapshots, and any other midi commands it can send/receive. 

 

For audio you can simple chain one into the next, or insert one into the loop of another. Your call! 

 

19 hours ago, Duboule said:

My question is pretty simple, is it possible to add footswitches to the HX, in any way (midi, expression, usb...)?

 

To answer this question... if you want more control, add a midi controller... choose one of many. I think the Stomp allows a simple footswitch to be added for an extra control or two, but the HX Effects would require a midi controller. (IIRC)

 

19 hours ago, Duboule said:

I'm currently the happy owner of a Helix (the big original one), but I'm getting tired of carrying those 6.6kg, and I'm starting to think of a new set up

 

IMO... by the time you slave a couple of smaller HX devices together, or add a midi controller and/or expression pedals you will not have saved any size/weight. You simply will have added to the complexity of your setup. 

[datacommando]

On 8/1/2020 at 5:59 PM, Duboule said:

I'm currently the happy owner of a Helix (the big original one), but I'm getting tired of carrying those 6.6kg, and I'm starting to think of a new set up.

 

As noted in the post above from "codamedia", by the time you have an HX Stomp (800g) and a HX Effects (2.2kg) with addition of power supplies, plus any extra MIDI controller hardware there really cannot be any great advantage. More stuff to connect with more cabling.
 

If you need to "downsize" why not go for a Helix LT (5.44kg), which is a little lighter an probably more familiar to use - no having to learn all those new foot switches etc.