sertshark Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 I place a volume pedal on every preset, and basically use it just to quiet things in between sets or when we change guitars. Once in a while, I might use it to control volume (but I use the volume pot on the guitar to do that). The last gig, all of the sudden I lost all volume, right in the middle of the song. While everyone was looking at me... I grabbed my backup guitar cord, thinking it must be the wireless. That didn't work, so I grabbed a different guitar, thinking it was my input jack that I recently did some work on. Anwyays, I finally realized it was my volume pedal (the one on the Helix), and throughout the night if I lost volume, I pumped the volume pedal up and down and my volume returned. Any idea what the problem might be, and has anyone experienced this. I've been using the Helix for almost two years now and never had this happen.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil_m Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Was there a bright light hitting it? The sensor is optical, so if light is hitting it, it can be problematic. Most often it happens because of sunlight, but I have occasionally heard of it happening because of stage lights. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codamedia Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 As @phil_m says... check to see if there is a bright light coming in from the right (or should I say wrong) angle. That has caught me many times, but only in sunlight myself. Another possibility... check how you have your EXP set in the global settings. GLOBAL: The setting will always read the current position of the expression pedal when you go from preset to preset. For volume pedals, this is very useful. PRESET: The value of the EXP will be stored when you press save, and will ALWAYS be recalled to that value (possibly 0) regardless of where the actual position of the pedal is. SNAPSHOT: Similar to preset... except every snapshot will store it's own value. In the case of PRESET and SNAPSHOT... even with the EXP toe down, if it was saved with a lower value, that is what will be recalled until you move the EXP pedal. IMO... the safest setting is GLOBAL. The current pedal position dictates the setting without (or at least with fewer) surprises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.