"Play View" for Helix Floor

[tommyobeso]

Is it possible to get the "Play View" similar to the Helix LT or HX Stomp XL for the Helix Floor? 

 

In certain live playing scenarios the lighting of a venue makes the Footswitch LEDs impossible to read what color is lit up (as I discovered the hard way at a local venue) and the "Play View" would solve this problem. 

 

If not, where do I go to make a feature request? 

thanks!

[rd2rk]

No, but I believe it's been requested over on Ideascale. Search and VOTE!

[codamedia]

To post feature requests, visit ideascale.... https://line6.ideascale.com 

Find & Upvote existing feature requests before posting a new one. 

 

When you are searching for this on ideascale to upvote it.... the common term used is "performance view".

I'm not sure if that is the official term, but it's how I see most people refer to it on the LT. 

[phil_m]

Seems to me that having the label on the scribble strips is much more important than seeing the color…

[codamedia]

On 7/24/2022 at 12:53 PM, phil_m said:

Seems to me that having the label on the scribble strips is much more important than seeing the color…

 

As someone who has used both... there are conditions where I preferred the scribbles, there are conditions where I preferred "performance view". 

The floor has the same screen as the LT... and the scribbles. Asking for it to do BOTH is not unreasonable - IMO. 

 

FWIW... My overall preference leans to "performance view"... it suits my work flow perfectly. 

Aside from editing, the signal flow view does nothing for me.... yet it consumes that beautiful screen on the Helix Floor at all times :) 

[theElevators]

On 7/24/2022 at 8:25 PM, codamedia said:

 

As someone who has used both... there are conditions where I preferred the scribbles, there are conditions where I preferred "performance view". 

The floor has the same screen as the LT... and the scribbles. Asking for it to do BOTH is not unreasonable - IMO. 

 

FWIW... My overall preference leans to "performance view"... it suits my work flow perfectly. 

Aside from editing, the signal flow view does nothing for me.... yet it consumes that beautiful screen on the Helix Floor at all times :) 

I also agree that the performance view is quite useful when you are playing during daytime.  To me, my signal chain view is absolutely useless when I'm performing, because I'm playing and not adjusting my presets during that time. 

 

I have 2 Helixes: Floor and LT.  LT gets used outdoors, at dusty campsite gigs, questionable jams; while the Floor gets used on a clean stage indoors.  There were several times where the lighting people started having too much fun at one of the gigs, and if it weren't for the scribble strips and my glowing side dots on the guitar, I'd not been able to play.  As in, the only source of light that I had were the friggin' scribble strips.  Like one time, the lighting people decided it'd look great to turn off all the stage lights entirely for 5 seconds, just to flash them on every downbeat for the next minute.  LOL

 

So yes, it's not unreasonable to want to be able to see BOTH: scribble strips and the performance view.  It'd take almost no coding effort to allow this to exist. 

[phil_m]

On 7/25/2022 at 7:22 AM, theElevators said:

have 2 Helixes: Floor and LT.  LT gets used outdoors, at dusty campsite gigs, questionable jams; while the Floor gets used on a clean stage indoors.  There were several times where the lighting people started having too much fun at one of the gigs, and if it weren't for the scribble strips and my glowing side dots on the guitar, I'd not been able to play.  As in, the only source of light that I had were the friggin' scribble strips.  Like one time, the lighting people decided it'd look great to turn off all the stage lights entirely for 5 seconds, just to flash them on every downbeat for the next minute.  LOL

 

I find the scribble strips way more visible in direct sunlight than the screen itself.

 

On 7/25/2022 at 7:22 AM, theElevators said:

So yes, it's not unreasonable to want to be able to see BOTH: scribble strips and the performance view.  It'd take almost no coding effort to allow this to exist. 

Famous last words… At a minimum, though, the boxes would have to be scaled differently in Stomp Mode on the Helix, as it has the option for 10 stomp switches, compared to the LT, which only allows 8.

 

I just find it kind of funny, though, as the whole reason for Performance View was that the LT doesn’t have scribble strips. It would seem odd to me to have two displays showing redundant information.

[rvroberts]

I'm just wanting to see what Play View will look like on Stadium Floor?

I would prefer the floor rather than the XL in every way if it had scribble strips.  ( I think 90% of you would too)

The size and portability is way better.  The extra inputs are unnecessary for most of us.

It's just the scribble strips!

So how does the play view look?

Can't see that anywhere?

Is it not finalised yet?

We are talking about the graphical representation, not the rest of the coding - should be open to feedback?

If it's well designed - Large clear colour coded text please - then I'm getting the floor.

If it's not, it probably will be after enough feedback!!

Thanks all.

[silverhead]

There’s a picture of it in the online manual in the Presets, Setlists, and Templates section. Scroll down until your see a subsection called  Selecting Presets from the Switches (or just search for that term from the outset). Like Helix you have a top row and a bottom row, assignable to presets or snapshots. The picture shows the 8 Presets view. You can have one row for Presets and one for Snapshots so use your imagination.

 

It looks similar to the POD Go which also lacks scribble strips.

 

The biggest adjustment you will need to make if you’re coming from the Helix scribble strip world is not the display. It’s the navigation. You need to press the Home button to toggle between Edit view and Play view.  It’s a button, not a footswitch. You need to bend down and use your finger. It may be assignable to a footswitch in the Command Center - I haven’t investigated that.