Maciej-Gaicki Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Hi fellow Helixers... I'm new to Helix, so I have set couple of presets based on songs to play. Like 01A is an intro, 01B is a verse, 01C is a chorus and so on... And the problem is time from when I hit the switch with my foot till the preset lauches... There is always a pause, about 1/3 of a second of silence in between... When you hit the swith "late" the first note in the new section/preset misses its atack. When you hit "too quick" you kill the last note from the previous section/preset... How do I change it? The time/pause/silence between is too long... :( !!! You can check it for yourself by letting the chord ring out and changing presets while it rings. Is it a hardware issue - switches are like that and there's nothing you can do about it??? Or is it software? Or maybe I can change it somewhere in the settings? Cheers, Maciej Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 It’s probably not quite a 1/3 of a second, but there is a gap when changing presets. This is just a limitation of the DSP architecture, and is something that happens with most modelers on the market. There are a couple possible strategies to deal with it. The first one is using snapshots within a single preset. Snapshots give you instantaneous, seamless changes. If your presets are simple enough that they can fit on one processors path, you can enable Spillover Mode. In this mode, you’ll lose Path 2, but you’ll be able to instantaneously go from one preset to another. Again, any presets you use in this mode have to fit on Path 1. To enable this go to Global Settings>Preferences>Preset Spillover and set it to On. You’ll see a warning about losing Path 2. Hit OK to proceed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maciej-Gaicki Posted May 23, 2021 Author Share Posted May 23, 2021 I've learned how snapshots work. Thanks Phil !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theElevators Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 It is a pain in the lollipop at first, but a processor is really intended to be used like this: each preset is a different song, Each snapshot is a different section in the song. I came to this conclusion and have no regerts :) -- build a set list with your presets, all your sections are organized in similar snapshot locations. Here's my set list for my main band -- Even if some songs have no changes in terms of sounds in them I still give each song a dedicated preset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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