Helix Floor, Touch Sensitive Buttons

[RJKole]

Hi there, i am not shure if my touch sensitive buttons are working properly , i may expected something different.

 

I have updated my brandnew helix from 2,3 to 2,92. I went through the manual not finding out under which circumstances the touch sensitive buttons exactly  will work.

Let me describe what a found out so far and how my unit reacts.

I have made the following adjustments: Global Settings->footswitches->stomp select->touch , Preset Mode to Preset/Stomp, Stomp Modes Switches-> 8. I think this is the requirement to get the buttons touch sensitive. Now going back to a preset i can choose a block by slightly touching one of the buttons 8-11. Now going to edit mode (eg: HALL)  all buttons start blinking but they arent touch sensitive, neither when pressing a blinking button in order to edit a block. 

So i assume buttons are ONLY touch sensitive as mentioned above. (to select a block only, am i right here ?)

Another thing i have observed is when touching a button a little longer a get a message displayed saying "assing footswitch to bypass selected block", is this normal ?

 

This touch sensitive thing is abit confusing to me, perhaps someone can clear this up for me.

 

Thanks RJ

[datacommando]

1 hour ago, RJKole said:

This touch sensitive thing is abit confusing to me, perhaps someone can clear this up for me.

Here’s an old video from the early days of Helix.

 

Hope this helps/makes sense.

[SaschaFranck]

1 hour ago, RJKole said:

So i assume buttons are ONLY touch sensitive as mentioned above. (to select a block only, am i right here ?)

 

This is more or less correct. "Edit Mode" was basically made for editing with your feet, so usually (unless you're playing with bare feet - which, btw, is sort of like a can of worms - I usually set touch sensivity off in case I'm playing barefoot for a longer period of time) it'd make little sense to keep the touch sensivity active in that mode.

 

Ok, as far as "more or less correct" goes, the touch sensitive buttons also serve other purposes. You can for example select a block and bring up its bypass assignment by simply touching a switch for a little longer. Or you can exchange two switch assignments by touching the two simultaneously. Both of these options are actually incredibly useful and of tremendous help when getting patches "performance ready". I guess all that stuff is explained in the video above, too (didn't watch it yet).

[RJKole]

Very good ! Thanks for the video. 

I somehow expected the buttons to be touch sensitive all the time before buying it. Now i understand and my unit works as intended.

THOUGH perhaps another option to make the buttons touch sensitive all the time ( just another option under  Global Settings->footswitches->stomp select->, like "always" or similar could make sense for some useres, for example using the helix on stand or on the table). Thats what my personal feature request would be to the developers at the moment.

 

RJ

 

[datacommando]

10 hours ago, RJKole said:

for example using the helix on stand or on the table

My Helix floor unit has never ever lived on the floor, it is located on a stand at just the right height for me to reach out and touch and make adjustments on the fly. The touch sensitive foot switches have fingertip response to change anything that needs modifying, as shown in the Sean Halley video. Touch the switch to select it, for example a delay, then use the 6 black knobs below the screen to edit. It all works just fine for my workflow, but as I’m a “studio rat” - YMMV.