From any preset, quickly switch to specific preset, then switch back

[mjlee25]

I have a specific preset I want to be able to quickly switch to, at any time and from any preset, then quickly switch back to the preset I was on previously. Is there a way to do that?

 

TMDR: I use lots of different presets at a gig. My band has no vocals. For talking to the crowd, instead of dragging a PA to the gig, I want to just plug a mic into the Helix, and use a specific preset just for that, containing reverb and EQ. I need to be able to quickly switch to that preset at any time.

[silverhead]

From the Helix manual pg 60:

 

HX Preset
The HX Preset command allows you to configure a Stomp mode footswitch to imme-
diately “jump to” any other preset within the current setlist.
1. From the Command Center page, select a footswitch and turn
Knob 1 (Command) to “HX Preset.”
2. Turn Knob 2 (Preset) to “Next,” “Previous,” or choose a specific
preset number (01A~32D).
HX Preset
Knob Parameter Description
2 Preset
Sets the preset to be selected by the command: Next, Previ-
ous, or a preset’s number (01A~32D), which resides within
the current setlist.

 

Use this in every preset other than your vocal preset to use a footswitch to invoke the vocal preset. Not sure how you get back to the preset you were previously on. (Note: The reference to Previous above means the previous number of the presets in the bank arrangement, not the last preset).

[rd2rk]

No.

You could make a preset template with a FS that went to your "Talk" preset, but there's no way to store the current preset # for the return trip.

PREV and NEXT only move to the previous or next preset in the setlist.

There are MIDI controllers that can do that, just not Helix.

[Schmalle]

No. Without an external MIDI switcher the best I see is:

• Set up a footswitch in every preset you use to jump to the mic preset.
• In the mic preset set up some foot switches to jump to the presets you need afterwards.

or

• Each preset that you might need to jump to a mic preset gets it's own 'partner' mic preset.
• In that 'partner' mic preset set up one foot switch to jump back to the original preset.

or

• Set up a path for the mic in each preset.