Multiple Effect Footswitch Assignment Inconsistency

[paulgbell]

I have many patches where I assign multiple parameters (bypass, drive, A/B Switching, etc.) to a single footswitch.  Often I'm turning on one or more effects and turning off one or more others.  For example, "off" might be a compressed clean sound running through a Fender amp, and "on" might turn off compression and turn on a distortion pedal with a chorus, so I might call it "Distorted" or "Chorus".  On my old Helix Floor, the last effect assigned to the footswitch determined the color and lit/unlit state.  The editor allows me to pick the color if I don't like the default, but not what the lit/unlit state is.  It wasn't a big deal because I would just have the label determine what the lit state was so that if I want that state, I need to press the footswitch.

On the Helix Stadium XL, the color and lit/unlit state seem to change almost every time I switch to the patch.  This makes it impossible to know what state the patch is in.  I could define the label to match the lit state, but the next time I use the patch, it could be reversed and the color might be different if I didn't define it.  I'm hoping to get a resolution to this issue in an upcoming update.  I'd like the footswitch lit/unlit states more consistent as well as the color.  Allowing the user to choose when the footswitch is lit or not lit would be nice, but it might be difficult to implement without making things too complicated or confusing for the user.  Just making it predictable and consistent should be enough.

Thanks,

Paul

[jiml6]

Good catch! A workaround would be to 1. Open Bypass/Control > Label/Color, and assign a new color to the footswitch, or 2. use Snapshots. 

[bbehrens]

I am curious if this preset was hatched via the Stadium App or was handcrafted on the Stadium itself. I have noticed assignment issues with the Stadium Unit itself as I have been also working with Support and can get an assignment to work consistently, but I have to save it every time I assign the same parameter in order to get it to work. And then when I switch Presets or turn the unit off, the assignments are not there again.

 

I avoid the Stadium App right now because there are even more issues that it creates.

[gbr13697]

I started a thread on this subject a while back. Seems it has yet to be resolved.

 

 

[jpdennis]

I had this issue with the Helix Floor as well the Stadium.  I have learned, so far, to remove then add back in FX blocks in certain orders then manually assign a single footswitch for changing the state of multiple FXs and parameters.  Being careful with what state I want the color ring to be (not lit or lit) for which assigned state of the multiple FXs takes some work for me but I found it can be done.  Manually assigning the color with the Stadium is helpful as I never knew what default color of which FX was going to take final control without extra work.  Hopefully this will be addressed in the next update if it doesn't get addressed in this coming one.  If not we can all test the next update and submit tickets or feature request for this at that time.  I feel the development team and beta testers are preparing to finalize what they have so far and get the next update out before adding more fixes for bugs we have found.

 

jpd