calmandweird Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 Well...I have the Stomp XL and the Tsakalis Mothership, which is similar to the Friedman IR-D. The Tsakalis receives MIDI commands via PC program and not via CC. I’ve managed to set it up in such a way that in Stomp Mode I can select the channel I want on the Mothership, but I haven’t found the right way to achieve this in Snapshot Mode. I’ve tried doing it through Command Center without any success. I don’t know what options I should choose in order to make it work, and as you know, being in Stomp Mode only creates time gaps when switching between sounds. Your help would be extremely important if you actually know the solution. I’ve watched dozens of YouTube videos so far without managing to figure it out. Can you help? I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd2rk Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 On 8/31/2025 at 6:23 AM, calmandweird said: as you know, being in Stomp Mode only creates time gaps when switching between sounds This mistaken belief indicates that you are doing something wrong (or the delay is in the Mothership), and your description is insufficient to perform any analysis of the problem. The only delay between sounds that occurs with the XL (or any Helix product) is when changing PRESETS, not Snapshots. The Mothership manual seems to indicate that you need to count the milliseconds of LED ON/OFF time to know what programming mode you're in #!?!?. The editor seems to serve no purpose other than loading cab simulations. I've no wonder that you're having problems getting it to work. All I can do is to tell you how to get the XL to send PC messages using Snapshots. First, DL this: MIDIView - Free MIDI Monitor tool for Win & Mac In your XL's Global Settings>MIDI/Tempo be sure that the MIDI Base Channel (default Channel 1) matches the Mothership MIDI Channel - probably Ch 1, but the manual doesn't specify. Check that USB MIDI is ON (for MIDIVIEW) and MIDI PC Tx is OFF (prevents XL from sending the default PC# when switching XL presets). Don't worry about Snapshot CC Send as the Mothership only responds to PC messages, but considering the minimalist manual, you might want to leave that at the default of OFF just to be safe. For each XL Preset - 1) In Command Center, on Snapshot 1 (SS1), set Instant Command 1 (IC1 - the first lightning bolt) to the Mothership (MS) PC# you wish to load when that XL Preset loads. The other settings can be left at their defaults. SAVE THE PRESET! 2) Switch to SS2. Repeat step 1, entering the MS Preset you wish to load for that SS. SAVE THE PRESET! 3) Repeat for SS 3 and 4, SAVE after setting each! 4) Return to SS1 and SAVE! This ensures that SS1 loads with the Preset. Use MIDIVIEW to verify that each SS is sending the correct PC#. If it doesn't work, contact Tsakalis to get help configuring the Mothership. Good Luck with that! Attached is an example preset. I created it with my HX Stomp, so there's only 3 Snapshots. Calmandweird.hlx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calmandweird Posted September 1 Author Share Posted September 1 Thanks a lot! I found what i was doing wrong! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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