mtnman82 Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Helix newbie here, on the way but do not have my Helix in hand yet. Coming from a Spider Valve, which I've been gigging with since they came out. So I'm very used to and would like to set up the Helix switches like an FBV - bottom middle 4 switches to select between amp types and top middle 4 switches to turn on/off effects. I assume this is do-able? Does anyone else run live like this? Or can point me to patches/setups I can download from Custom Tone or other resources? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datacommando Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 On 10/11/2024 at 8:45 AM, mtnman82 said: I assume this is do-able? Oh, it can do a lot more than that - checkout Snapshots (page 45) and Command Centre (page 56) Also, it might be advisable to have a read through this:- https://line6.com/data/6/0a00050b287e6643b71cda93a/application/pdf/Helix 3.0 Owner's Manual - English .pdf Hope this helps/makes sense, and welcome to the amazing world of Helix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trhx Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 On 10/11/2024 at 3:45 AM, mtnman82 said: Helix newbie here, on the way but do not have my Helix in hand yet. Coming from a Spider Valve, which I've been gigging with since they came out. So I'm very used to and would like to set up the Helix switches like an FBV - bottom middle 4 switches to select between amp types and top middle 4 switches to turn on/off effects. I assume this is do-able? Does anyone else run live like this? Or can point me to patches/setups I can download from Custom Tone or other resources? No problem to set up like that. Also, if you put it into Stomp mode, the 2 Preset buttons on the left become regular footswitches. I use stomp mode with presets that have 2 amps where one footswitch is used to toggle the amps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtnman82 Posted October 15 Author Share Posted October 15 Maybe I'll start another topic on this, but where I want to start is similar to the setup I have on my Spider Valve. Want to get going quickly, get some basic presets set up and sounding good so I can gig with it ASAP. Along the way, looking for advice on what I need in the way of pre-amps/power amps/IR's/cabs to get things sounding good thru the PA, what to have/not have to sound good thru a power amp/cab; and thru both PA and power amp/cab simultaneously (I have a Rocktron Mainline and a 1x12 Boogie cab, and the 2x12 Mesa cab, but happy to hear advice on better setups including just going for a PowerCab). But I digress... I'd like bottom row switches FS8~FS11 to be Fender chimey clean, Roland LC120 clean, British/Marshall crunch (or Boogie MkIv crunch), Boogie MkIV lead. When I switch between clean/crunch/lead I want to stay on that page, not go to snapshots or stomp mode, which is what the unit is doing now. Depending upon which amp/tone I have selected FS8~FS11, I'd like to have FS2~FS5 assigned to effects/stomp boxes. For example on the Fender clean have tube screamer, flanger, echo, plate reverb FS2~FS5; crunch have Auto Wah (this is in Spider Valv MkII, have not found it in Helix yet), flanger, digital delay, plate reverb; ... I appreciate all the help folks. Please feel free to point me to any existing threads :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somebodyelse Posted October 21 Share Posted October 21 On 10/15/2024 at 4:28 AM, mtnman82 said: Maybe I'll start another topic on this, but where I want to start is similar to the setup I have on my Spider Valve. Want to get going quickly, get some basic presets set up and sounding good so I can gig with it ASAP. Along the way, looking for advice on what I need in the way of pre-amps/power amps/IR's/cabs to get things sounding good thru the PA, what to have/not have to sound good thru a power amp/cab; and thru both PA and power amp/cab simultaneously (I have a Rocktron Mainline and a 1x12 Boogie cab, and the 2x12 Mesa cab, but happy to hear advice on better setups including just going for a PowerCab). But I digress... I'd like bottom row switches FS8~FS11 to be Fender chimey clean, Roland LC120 clean, British/Marshall crunch (or Boogie MkIv crunch), Boogie MkIV lead. When I switch between clean/crunch/lead I want to stay on that page, not go to snapshots or stomp mode, which is what the unit is doing now. Depending upon which amp/tone I have selected FS8~FS11, I'd like to have FS2~FS5 assigned to effects/stomp boxes. For example on the Fender clean have tube screamer, flanger, echo, plate reverb FS2~FS5; crunch have Auto Wah (this is in Spider Valv MkII, have not found it in Helix yet), flanger, digital delay, plate reverb; ... I appreciate all the help folks. Please feel free to point me to any existing threads :) Not familiar with the Spider, but it sounds like you need to go to the Global settings - the button with the three lines - Footswitch settings, turn Knob 2 from '8 presets' to 'Stomp/Preset'. This will give you four presets on FS8-11 and four stompboxes (from the selected preset) on FS2-5. Hope this is what you mean. In terms of the best monitoring system to play through... sheesh? I have both a Powercab 112+ & 212+ and am very happy with them. Other people hate 'em. Maybe I know something they don't? Maybe I have cloth ears - though based on what some of their youtube 'sound-a-like' videos are like, I seriously doubt it's me with the hearing problems. Only advice I've got is really learn the unit. Don't give up after a month. "The tones are in there (Jesse), you just gotta know how to get 'em out" Cheers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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