Steve: Great video. For others watching: If you're new to Helix like me, before beginning to go through Steve's instructions, you first need to: 1) go to Global Settings (press the "three lines" square above the word "PRESET" on your Helix); 2) press knob 6, "Global Settings"; then 3) turn knob 3 ("Stomp Mode Switches") to "10 Switches." Thanks again Steve, for another great video!
This is crazy! I think I have the perfect use for this right now, AND the time to figure it out! Some people are doing puzzles, others have a Helix. Stay safe.
Man, I slept on this video until now. I use command center just a little to change presets on my strymon pedals via midi, but never really looked at what else was possible. This is the best breakdown by far. Nice work dude.
For some reason I had to press twice on snapshots in the stomp view when I set it through the HX Edit desktop app. Setting it up on the Helix Rack worked right away, I've been scratching my head for a while and this video solved my issue instantly. Thanks!
This is a great feature.....makes my head hurt trying to figure out what I want it to do,but still really cool.....Helix just keeps getting better and better...
great tutorial video walkthru Steve. Im sure this will really help those pros who need these kind of advanced features on tour. Just like my Sony camera, you can pretty much setup most of the buttons on the camera to do whatever you want them to do to customize it to your needs. Great stuff. Line 6 keeps giving us great things, for no extra $$ amazing. Keep it up
FANTASTIC WORKFLOW! Read below for how I will use this. First, thank you Steve for the well laid out video. Get me to my preset, get me to my subset (snapshot) and let me modify my sound (stomps) all on one screen. Simple reset back to snapshots without having to switch modes. HOW I WILL USE THIS . . . My acoustic IR preset will have jumps to my electric presets since I don't need much control on the acoustic preset and will have plenty switches available. My electric presets will have a jump back to my acoustic IR preset. Two buttons to ANY of my main presets organized the way I want. BRILLIANT!
Love it! Will make my live playing so much easier as I'm using the Helix to switch light scenes and sometimes having the Program Change on a switch works better than using a snapshot. Now I can have both on one setting of switches, awesome!
Steve Sterlacci oh...had no idea you could even don that! Does a guitarist do that from stage or are these being used by lighting techs etc. as a controller?? Fascinating...🤔
Thank you for this highly informative video! I’ve had my Helix for just under a week and have done all my edits on the computer, but thanks to this video, I now know how to do it on the unit itself! 🙏🏽
This is very simple and to the point. Followed along as directed and worked perfectly. I can think of many uses for this. Thanks Steve!! And thanks for the templates to explain it. Perfect!! Not sure why anyone would give a thumbs down on this, but hey people gonna do what people gonna do:-)
Thanks heaps for that, very well explained and super clear! This is HUGE! Going to be so useful for my live setup. Being able to jump to any other preset from a stomp mode - how awesome! No more copying the same patch to another bank just so it is in easy access to another used in the same song. Also, snapshots AND stomp in the same mode! I will definitely editing my current setup to use this.
Nice video Steve. i don't have a Helix Floor or LT, but supposedly Command Center is coming to the HX Stomp in version 3.0, so I decided to watch this and some other videos to see what Command Center was all about. I can hardly wait to see what they are building for the Stomp.
Awesome video. This is definitely the coolest part of 2.9. Now I can assign 7 of my snapshots on a preset and a couple of effects that I want to bring in and out. Thanks for sharing with the community!
This is awesome! Top job, I really appreciate you taking the time to explain this, great work. I know nothing about the command centre and you’ve really help me understand it.
Thank you Steve - this is really valuable! Now I just need to cut down my "kitchen sink" stomp assignments so 6 becomes enough. :) Great problem to have.
Always glad to help. If you are on the Helix Floor, make sure you are in 10 Stomp mode and get creative with your Snapshots. You will figure out what will work best! Thanks for checking it out
figured everyone has their own way of doing things! Hope to have earned a sub from you and thanks for commenting! Any questions, feel free to reach out
I have one thing to add about how the Command Center works. In Helix 3.0 they removed the Done button so updates happen immediately. Also, if you want to use the "Bank" switches on the left, you have to go into Global settings and change "Stomp Side Switches" from 8 to 10. These two things messed me up for about an hour because it is not documented in the new Pilots Guide. I can't wait to get this set up!
This definately is way cool!!... Just tried it to go between two snapshots that I have set up (Tune down 1/2 step and Tune up 1/2 step) and it works great.... I set Press has SNAPSHOT 1 and Hold as SNAPSHOT 2 and then had to set the swtich to Press/Hold for it to work the way I want it.... Press switch and it goes to SNAPSHOT 1 (Tune Down)... Hold switch and it goes to SNAPSHOT 2 (Tune Up).... Awesome!!!
This can also apply in pretty much any other mode like (Spit) 4 Snapshots/4 Stomps. I use my Helix as Preset per song while using Snapshots. I use the 8-footswitch mode splitting Stomps on the upper footswitches and Snapshots on the lower footswitches. I can usually get by with 4 Snapshots in the songs, but occasionally I wish I had one or two more Snapshots to make life easy. I’ve pretty much accomplished adding more Snapshots in the upper footswitches per Steve’s tutorial. Yes, it also works with 8-footswitch mode. Example: I put the “Intro” Snapshot at footswitch #2 (per my Global Stomp/Snapshot setting). Because the upper row is set to Stomps, the follow occurred: NOTE: If you SAVE the Preset with the “Intro” Snapshot at footswitch #2, when you go to this preset, that Snapshot will already be activated. Great. If you want to go back to this “Intro” Snapshot, you will have to double tap the footswitch to get the Snapshot to engage because the global settings for those footswitches are set to Stomps (Stomp mode will get priority). The other way to get around this is to press BOTH Bank Up & Down footswitches to bring up all 8 (Flashing) Snapshots that are waiting for you to select a snapshot (I’ve done this previously before I just discovered Steve’s method). Once you’ve selected a snapshot, all your footswitches return to your previous setting per your global setting
Very cool. Helix is so powerful! One thing I wish could happen is all this snapshot release functionality to work NOT on pedalboard mode. For example, I am setup in 4 Presets/4 Snaps (on the bottom) mode. Would Love to have the press snapshot 1 and release into snapshot 2 functionality in this mode, without having to program it all in pedalboard mode
Interesting! I never thought of doing that. What if you just made all your snapshots in the pedalboard mode via command center? So you have all 8 plus 2 switches
Just got my Helix a couple months ago. I was thinking it would be so rad if you could do this or that. Then I see your video pop up in my feed and now you can do this and that haha! So sick thanks for the video and time for me to update my firmware.
Have you noticed that a lot of parameters for certain commands are Snapshot dependent? MIDI Note, CC, Hotkey and most strangely Looper, for example. You can set and save a command, then change Snapshots and the command is there, but with default settings. This means you can send different MIDI notes with the same button on different Snapshots - but you can't change the text of the button to tell you you're sending a different note (would've been a nice touch). You also can't have different commands for one button on different Snapshots, i.e. Hotkey on one Snap, and MIDI Note on another, on the same button. Also means you need to go through each Snapshot to reset and resave if you want consistency across all Snapshots. So if you're sending MIDI or Hotkeys and changing Snapshots, remember to set and save on each Snapshot. This is most odd for Looper. If you want just a few buttons from the 6 button looper mapped via Command Centre (very useful) you need to re-map on each Snapshot, otherwise the buttons will just be Play.
personally I use it like stomp/snap mode, except I get two extra switches without the patch up and down buttons (plus you can choose how many snapshots you want, you can have three with seven pedals or nine with one pedal or whatever you want)
At 5:43 you are talking about the 'Release' function. If I understand correctly, you would want the 'Behavior' to be 'Press/Hold', which would then change to your selection while you hold, but then got to another selection when you 'Release' if you set 'Release' to an option other than 'None'. Correct?
Interesting question. They seem like the same thing 🤔 i guess you can set the "hold" to next and it will keep changing maybe ? I know the press/release, would be momentary foot down on one snap and switch to another on release. Going to explore the "hold"
Watch my video where I have an epic fail on stage lol. My cable snagged that knob and cut my signal, as well as our lead vocalists electric guitar during her solo
Ok, sooo, I’ve been working on a song that uses 8 presets, developed and shared by an unnamed, well respected man about town. It includes Variax and Mag paths in each preset. I managed to figure out how to boil it down to 4 presets with snaps. (I’m not getting some of the tones exact, close enough for me) I just finished setting it all up in command center, and managed to play through the song navigating this. I need to understand Previous/Next. This is one of those things where Ill sit up in the middle of the night and go...ahh! HAH! Only scratched the surface..Thanks!
That sounds intense !!! Previous and next would just be the order of the presets. If there is a lot of back and forth skipping around, you can make a dedicated map of the preset you want to go to if that makes sense in typing
@@SteveSterlacci I'll need to explore this. There is much back and forth in this song. There other thing I am trying to figure out is, how do I move to a preset with say snap 1, then later come back to that preset on snap 2. What I did was to save those presets separately and go to them by the new saved names. If that makes sense. Basically, I have a preset named Intro, in that preset is a snap named Outro. I go back to the Intro 3 times in the song for a turnaround. Last time, I need the outro snap. Thanks for listening!!
Hey Steve, great video. Do you know if it is possible to have the bottom row be snapshots, and the top row being MIDI commands, that are global? It seems to me, that the command center follows the individual snapshot, and not the preset. Is there a way to change this? Cheers
Globally, no to the midi question. But, you can save yourself a blank template to use before building any new presets. So your template can have that set up, just make sure to always save it to a new location in the folder. Id also recommend saving a copy of the template to your computer, or save a few of the template in the Helix just in case you save over it
great vid, i see you have some tape over your volume control. i think i know why - you should never play with this leave it alone? so if you're gigging, where do you set the volume? up to max? 12 o clock?
Hey Henry! That is the Preset knob and its to avoid turning it on accident with my cable..i did that in front of 15,000 people and made a video about it 😅🤣. I also have a video on how I set the outputs as well as the big knob. They all do different things and its a lot to type
Hi Steve, new Helix LT user and I want to thank you for this great learn-a-long video. Since I'm on 3.15 I was wondering if the DONE button on the command center window is no longer available since I can't find it on my version of HX Edit.
I have different problem. So I got pretty simple setup. Diezel Vh4 Midi cable between And HX Effects Currently when I am at the Banks 01A to 01D I have managed to program the Amp channels to switch(via Midi) How can I make the HX to switch Chanels via Midi... When I am in the Stomp mode. I want to assign 1,4,5,6 to switch the head channels(via the midi) ... That's it, nothing more. Thanks in advance.
Thanks for commenting Nikolay! I am not sure if HX FX has the same functionality with the command center but you should be able to send the midi command. When you are scrolling to "hx snapshot" you should see midi CC along the way.
Interesting... has the change in firmware made this approach a bit more tricky now (? I found that if, for example, I assign FS 7-10 to Snapshot 1-4, when I press any of the snapshot buttons, the other buttons all revert to their default functionality, which is 'Next snapshot', rather than what there were assigned (snapshots 1-4). It appears that a footswitch maintains its assigned functionality, but it reverts to the default settings in each snapshot. I don't think that's intentional. I think it's a bug. To work around this you have to change each button in each snapshot so they don't keep the default 'Next' function.
Great video. Haven't updated my Helix yet. Too many comments here and there about Helix getting stuck or does not start or so. Wonder why this happens.
If it's gonna happen, I'd rather figure out bugs now than when i am touring. Very few if any units have totally died from the update. Either way i am sure frank will sort you out in a worst case scenario
@@sjsphotog - Well, I'm not quite 'Monk', but every frame in my house is level because I use two nails, and I do like my light switches that are on the same panel to be facing the same direction. And sometimes I have to flip a switch a few times for it to feel 'lucky'. And then there's when I have to look in the garage again to make sure it's secure. Usually only twice. Or flip the deadbolt back and forth on any door a couple times so it, as well, feels 'lucky'. But I'm not 'Monk'. Nope.
Mr Steve, im new to helix, and tho im learning to build my own cabs im trying to dowload some ir's to hx edit and i get a prompt saying , no path is found , from my files to hx edit , is there a direction you could send me in to correct this , thank you for all your awesome help
Hi Steve, I joined the Helix Community a few months back and have watched most of your helix videos, they have been very helpful, thank you. I am just About to rebuild all my presets/snapshots using HX Snapshots and am having some weird issues. Would you have some time to help me out? I private messaged you on FB.
Thanks Steve this is a fantastic video. It is exactly the structure I would like to implement as well. I just bought a Helix LT - would you know if this is working on the HX LT as well ?
Thank you so much Steve - This is exactly I was afraid that I cannot utilize al 10 FS in LT - Is there a way to ask Line 6 to enable this super feature for the LT in the next firmware release. Is there a good product line contact ?
And...a note/warning to others...doing the Factory Reset on the Helix floor unit (Line 6 recommends doing so after firmware update 3.11) wipes out your Global Settings. That's why none of my 50+ presets with snapshots were behaving correctly. I needed to reset the behavior under Preferences (to Discard Snapshot Edits) and under Footswitches (set to Manual Return under the Snapshot Mode Switches). It's always the simple things... :-)
The potential is awesome but I'm feeling 1 fry short of a happy meal on this…trying to wrap my head around it. First I thought the command center would allow me to assign a stomp (function) switch to one of my unused snapshots. But the manual has a warning note about this. I have my global set up for stomp/snap (stomp top row, snap bottom). This may sound a bit nit-picky, but all I'm trying to do is to have my harmonizer be on the bottom row right next to the snapshot that I'm doing the solo from and take advantage of the momentary where when I release it automatically brings me back to my solo snapshot. If I have to stand on one leg to balance to use the upper row for a temporary, it's just not going to happen and hurts the focus of my solo. So do I need to set up the next numerical preset to be that harmonizer in order to achieve this? Sorry for the length - super appreciate the time you put in to this.
You can do exactly what you are asking. When you're in pedalboard mode using command center, you will have to assign everything, including your snapshots to the exact switches you want to use. So 4 snap/stomp basically becomes irrelevant in pedalboard mode. So you can make snaps 1-3 be left to right on the bottom row, and use the command for your solo set to momentary.
Steve, I can't find the mode button. The top right has the Per Snapshot/Per Preset/Global control (I don't even know what that does) and the Tempo control. I'll bookmark this and get back to it.
When I set up this way I have to press two times on most of the snapshots to get them to change (not all of them but 6 out to 8). Anyone else have this issue and know what the problem is?
I found the problem: you have to make sure nothing else is already assigned to that footswitch or it will think it’s multiple things going on and require two presses. I cleared the switches first and then added everything in command center and now it’s a dream!!! Thanks 😊
I am on 3.52 and when I do this and then press the snapshot it just show the snapshot (actually writes snapshot on scribble) and then they revert to Next. Instead of the snap I just changed to... Spent the last two weeks with FX8Mk2. Its great. But I think I will keep in Helix land. Specially if I can set this up.
Each command center is its own customizable layout. So each one resets to default "Next". Meaning you have have am entire different board with each snap press
@@SteveSterlacci thanks Steve. Yeah just worked it out. Now I can have my main 8 snaps and then my three snaps that need special pedals in stomp mode. Poor FX8 might get sold on. Can’t get a proper OCD sound out of Fractal yet. It sounds amazing. But so does the helix. And now with that newly found setup I might be staying in Helix land. No more editing stomp to switch snap and then into stomp to engage octave or fuzz.
Hi Steve! Can you help me with a question about Midi? I own both a HX Stomp and a HX Effects. I connected the MIDI OUT from the Effects into the MIDI IN in the Stomp. Connected like this, every time I change a preset in the Effects (from 1A to 1B, for example), a similar change occurs immediately in the Stomp (from 1A to 1B). In short, presets are chaging together, and that is exactly what I want. However, what I want to do and couldn't is the following: when I activate Snapshot 2 in the Effects, it also activates immediately Snapshot 2 in the Stomp. Does anyone know how to set this on the Midi settings? I've already read both manuals and have no idea how to make this happen. Thanks a lot! Best.
@@SteveSterlacci hope so! i would like to see how this is implement and been used in the small hx stomp.. the 8 block thing i've heard will come in version 3.0 so i guess it will be some time.. thanks man! learning a lot from your videos, getting my HX stomp in a couple of days :)
Steve, I followed your instructions. Something weird is happening...I assigned 4 snapshots (while in stomp mode) to the knobs on my Helix Floor. As soon as I press a knob (one of the 4 snapshots) the screens which belong to these 4 snapshots change in " SNAPSHOT^ " so I can't switch anymore to the other snapshots. If I select the preset again (recall in again) the screens show the snapshots as programmed in the beginning. I imported your presets HX Snapshot and HX Snapshot2 from Customtone and that seems to have the same problem. What am I doing wrong? Hope you can help. Much appreciated. Maybe it's a bug???
Hi Steve, sorry new to the whole helix universe and mine is arriving in one more day! Just wanna ask, this command center settings, is it a one-time set? Meaning, the settings that you just did for 07D and 08A, do they apply to all the other presets/snapshots or can I actually create different commands for say, presets 01A and 01B?
@@SteveSterlacci Holy shit. I think line 6 reinvented the definition of flexibility. Thanks a lot for your videos too! They helped a lot when I was deciding if its worth the investment haha :D
@@SteveSterlacci Yeah, I'm looking forward to it already! Got ideas on how I'm gonna set it up for my use in the band. Just waiting for it to arrive so I make it come true hehe :D
powerful, but... can get pretty confusing. What I would prefer Helix have is to use "current number" on the snapshot buttons. I am currently using the Helix like this: each song is a preset even if I use one sound throughout the whole song; snapshots are different sections of the song; expression pedal controls the momentary effects like wah-wah, envelope filter, etc.
@@SteveSterlacci I see! cool!! For now, I'll use the exp pedal for my momentary effects needs. Also the momentary switching had bugs in pedalboard mode, where the effects would get stuck in the on/off position, last time I tried doing that.
Steve- do you channel switch an amp in command center? I'm channel switching mine with a TRS cable and get really slow switching on my snapshots ONLY in command center. in snapshot mode it's fine
Does this still work with newer software? I have it set up, however every time I switch from one snapshot to the next, the other snapshots switch to the "snapshot ^" or down logo
Templates can be found here line6.com/customtone/profile/stalach/
My premium presets are here bit.ly/2FJJjEm
Thanks Steve
Some good stuff Steve 🎸⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🍻
Steve: Great video. For others watching: If you're new to Helix like me, before beginning to go through Steve's instructions, you first need to: 1) go to Global Settings (press the "three lines" square above the word "PRESET" on your Helix); 2) press knob 6, "Global Settings"; then 3) turn knob 3 ("Stomp Mode Switches") to "10 Switches." Thanks again Steve, for another great video!
For those who have the Helix LT you only have 8 so you cant do that.
Hey Steve on knob #3 I don't stomp mode switches ..
I got it. Thanks anyway! Thank you very much for letting us know this. I am a newbie myself..
This is crazy! I think I have the perfect use for this right now, AND the time to figure it out! Some people are doing puzzles, others have a Helix. Stay safe.
Awesome Don! I am rebuilding all of my presets around this for sure. When the gate opens I will be ready!
Man, I slept on this video until now. I use command center just a little to change presets on my strymon pedals via midi, but never really looked at what else was possible. This is the best breakdown by far. Nice work dude.
Thanks bro! Command center literally changed the game!
Thanks for explaining this, Steve. We appreciate your time showing us. This is making life SO easy.
Thanks for checking it out. This really changes everything for me. I am obsessed with the concept
For some reason I had to press twice on snapshots in the stomp view when I set it through the HX Edit desktop app. Setting it up on the Helix Rack worked right away, I've been scratching my head for a while and this video solved my issue instantly. Thanks!
glad to help! Thanks for watching
This is a great feature.....makes my head hurt trying to figure out what I want it to do,but still really cool.....Helix just keeps getting better and better...
It really does! I have a lot of ideas coming. Set list mapping is on my mind
I did this with the looper controls but seeing all the other options here,really make this the best live rig in my humble opinion. Thanks Steve.
I agree ! Thanks for watching
great tutorial video walkthru Steve. Im sure this will really help those pros who need these kind of advanced features on tour. Just like my Sony camera, you can pretty much setup most of the buttons on the camera to do whatever you want them to do to customize it to your needs. Great stuff. Line 6 keeps giving us great things, for no extra $$ amazing. Keep it up
absolutely! Thanks Steve
Great video! I'm three years into my Helix and still amazed by it and the continuous updates and improvements. Thanks for sharing this information!
Same here! Hope to have earned your sub. Thanks for the comment and feel free to ask any questions
FANTASTIC WORKFLOW! Read below for how I will use this. First, thank you Steve for the well laid out video. Get me to my preset, get me to my subset (snapshot) and let me modify my sound (stomps) all on one screen. Simple reset back to snapshots without having to switch modes.
HOW I WILL USE THIS . . . My acoustic IR preset will have jumps to my electric presets since I don't need much control on the acoustic preset and will have plenty switches available. My electric presets will have a jump back to my acoustic IR preset. Two buttons to ANY of my main presets organized the way I want. BRILLIANT!
So glad you are able to use it! That sounds like an awesome way to use it
GAME CHANGER! Was trying to figure out how to access my Snapshot 5-8 in some of my presets. Thank you so much!
Any time! Command center is the best thing to happen to Helix! Glad you can use it
Love it! Will make my live playing so much easier as I'm using the Helix to switch light scenes and sometimes having the Program Change on a switch works better than using a snapshot. Now I can have both on one setting of switches, awesome!
That's a lot going on ! Glad it'll be all laid out nicely now
Tim Hintz what are “light scenes”?
@@tomulator he means triggering lights with the helix i believe
Steve Sterlacci oh...had no idea you could even don that! Does a guitarist do that from stage or are these being used by lighting techs etc. as a controller?? Fascinating...🤔
@@tomulator I know the helix can control a lighting rig on its own. They had a really cool rig at namm doing all the changes
I love how you are talking about touring as if we are allowed to leave the house
Best to be prepared for when the gate opens 😀
Great video Steve! I am watching all your Helix videos, they are a life saver.
Thanks bob! I appreciate the support
Well done. A teacher in another life, no doubt.
Thanks ! Masters in Math Education 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️ just a piece of paper now lol
@@SteveSterlacci It's more than just a piece of paper. It's clearly ingrained in who you are and that's a good thing.
Thanks so much! I love teaching still
Thank you for this highly informative video! I’ve had my Helix for just under a week and have done all my edits on the computer, but thanks to this video, I now know how to do it on the unit itself! 🙏🏽
Glad to help!
This is very simple and to the point. Followed along as directed and worked perfectly. I can think of many uses for this. Thanks Steve!! And thanks for the templates to explain it. Perfect!! Not sure why anyone would give a thumbs down on this, but hey people gonna do what people gonna do:-)
Thanks Jim! I appreciate the comment very much. People will always find a negative 😅🤣. I'm not worried! Hope to have earned your sub!
Steve, what a great video. I'm a new Helix user and this is game changing.
Thanks Robert! Welcome aboard. Hope to have earned your sub. Ive got like 60 plus helix vids to help ya out
Thanks heaps for that, very well explained and super clear! This is HUGE! Going to be so useful for my live setup. Being able to jump to any other preset from a stomp mode - how awesome! No more copying the same patch to another bank just so it is in easy access to another used in the same song. Also, snapshots AND stomp in the same mode! I will definitely editing my current setup to use this.
Thanks for checking it out Peter ! Means a lot. This literally is changing every preset i make lol
That is pretty badass. Thanks for taking the time to explain it. I need to rethink everything I know lol.
I just went through that! Lol I have so many ideas running through the old skull right now!
Nice video Steve. i don't have a Helix Floor or LT, but supposedly Command Center is coming to the HX Stomp in version 3.0, so I decided to watch this and some other videos to see what Command Center was all about. I can hardly wait to see what they are building for the Stomp.
Thanks Steve! I do believe it is coming to the Stomp!
Awesome video. This is definitely the coolest part of 2.9. Now I can assign 7 of my snapshots on a preset and a couple of effects that I want to bring in and out. Thanks for sharing with the community!
Thanks for checking it out! Hope to have earned a sub! 🤘
Steve Sterlacci without doubt. You provide great content for the helix community and I greatly appreciate it.
great job Steve! I asked for this feature a long time ago and love it...
Awesome ! Thanks for checking out the video. Hope it helps. Thanks for asking for this! I love it
This is awesome! Top job, I really appreciate you taking the time to explain this, great work. I know nothing about the command centre and you’ve really help me understand it.
Thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to comment. Command center will shortly become your best friend 😉
Thank you Steve - this is really valuable! Now I just need to cut down my "kitchen sink" stomp assignments so 6 becomes enough. :) Great problem to have.
Always glad to help. If you are on the Helix Floor, make sure you are in 10 Stomp mode and get creative with your Snapshots. You will figure out what will work best! Thanks for checking it out
This video is the best and well explained by far...Nice one Steve....🎸⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Put a lot of time into this one. Thanks for all the support!
STEVE!!! This is amazing!!! Thank you very very much! I just saw this video today and it is a real eye-opener for me. Very useful.
Glad to help! Enjoy it
Very informative that you show how to do this both in HX edit and in the Helix unit.
figured everyone has their own way of doing things! Hope to have earned a sub from you and thanks for commenting! Any questions, feel free to reach out
This is FREAKIN' COOL!!! Thanks for taking the time, Steve!
Thanks for checking it out! Hope to have earned a sub! 🤘
I have one thing to add about how the Command Center works. In Helix 3.0 they removed the Done button so updates happen immediately. Also, if you want to use the "Bank" switches on the left, you have to go into Global settings and change "Stomp Side Switches" from 8 to 10. These two things messed me up for about an hour because it is not documented in the new Pilots Guide. I can't wait to get this set up!
You're gonna love it!
Would also love to see a demo of how you'd use it in a gigging situation set up like that...
Wouldn't be too much different but i am already planning a "set list mapping" video 😀
So, nerd out at home and rock out during a jam session. Got it. 😎
Its that easy!
This definately is way cool!!... Just tried it to go between two snapshots that I have set up (Tune down 1/2 step and Tune up 1/2 step) and it works great.... I set Press has SNAPSHOT 1 and Hold as SNAPSHOT 2 and then had to set the swtich to Press/Hold for it to work the way I want it....
Press switch and it goes to SNAPSHOT 1 (Tune Down)... Hold switch and it goes to SNAPSHOT 2 (Tune Up).... Awesome!!!
That is awesome! Glad you're finding cool uses for command center
Does the down tuning work well? How do you use it? Are you playing full chords and does it work well live??
This can also apply in pretty much any other mode like (Spit) 4 Snapshots/4 Stomps.
I use my Helix as Preset per song while using Snapshots. I use the 8-footswitch mode splitting Stomps on the upper footswitches and Snapshots on the lower footswitches.
I can usually get by with 4 Snapshots in the songs, but occasionally I wish I had one or two more Snapshots to make life easy.
I’ve pretty much accomplished adding more Snapshots in the upper footswitches per Steve’s tutorial.
Yes, it also works with 8-footswitch mode.
Example: I put the “Intro” Snapshot at footswitch #2 (per my Global Stomp/Snapshot setting). Because the upper row is set to Stomps, the follow occurred:
NOTE: If you SAVE the Preset with the “Intro” Snapshot at footswitch #2, when you go to this preset, that Snapshot will already be activated. Great.
If you want to go back to this “Intro” Snapshot, you will have to double tap the footswitch to get the Snapshot to engage because the global settings for those footswitches are set to Stomps (Stomp mode will get priority).
The other way to get around this is to press BOTH Bank Up & Down footswitches to bring up all 8 (Flashing) Snapshots that are waiting for you to select a snapshot (I’ve done this previously before I just discovered Steve’s method).
Once you’ve selected a snapshot, all your footswitches return to your previous setting per your global setting
Very cool. Helix is so powerful! One thing I wish could happen is all this snapshot release functionality to work NOT on pedalboard mode. For example, I am setup in 4 Presets/4 Snaps (on the bottom) mode. Would Love to have the press snapshot 1 and release into snapshot 2 functionality in this mode, without having to program it all in pedalboard mode
Interesting! I never thought of doing that. What if you just made all your snapshots in the pedalboard mode via command center? So you have all 8 plus 2 switches
Just got my Helix a couple months ago. I was thinking it would be so rad if you could do this or that. Then I see your video pop up in my feed and now you can do this and that haha! So sick thanks for the video and time for me to update my firmware.
Glad to help! Hope to have earned a sub from ya. Any questions feel free to hit me up
been begging for this since week one with my helix 🥳
Here it is!!! I love this
Thanks so much - now I know where Command Center is in HX Edit!
Have you noticed that a lot of parameters for certain commands are Snapshot dependent? MIDI Note, CC, Hotkey and most strangely Looper, for example.
You can set and save a command, then change Snapshots and the command is there, but with default settings. This means you can send different MIDI notes with the same button on different Snapshots - but you can't change the text of the button to tell you you're sending a different note (would've been a nice touch). You also can't have different commands for one button on different Snapshots, i.e. Hotkey on one Snap, and MIDI Note on another, on the same button.
Also means you need to go through each Snapshot to reset and resave if you want consistency across all Snapshots.
So if you're sending MIDI or Hotkeys and changing Snapshots, remember to set and save on each Snapshot. This is most odd for Looper. If you want just a few buttons from the 6 button looper mapped via Command Centre (very useful) you need to re-map on each Snapshot, otherwise the buttons will just be Play.
Very cool! Not sure how I'll use it but knowing it can be done will be good if the need arises. Thanks.
personally I use it like stomp/snap mode, except I get two extra switches without the patch up and down buttons (plus you can choose how many snapshots you want, you can have three with seven pedals or nine with one pedal or whatever you want)
You can definitely figure something out with this. I am planning on doing set list mapping next!
So many options!
Wish HX Stomp would work with this. I do like the color coordinated tuner buttons though. lol
I would expect it in the next update! Hopefully lol
At 5:43 you are talking about the 'Release' function. If I understand correctly, you would want the 'Behavior' to be 'Press/Hold', which would then change to your selection while you hold, but then got to another selection when you 'Release' if you set 'Release' to an option other than 'None'. Correct?
Interesting question. They seem like the same thing 🤔 i guess you can set the "hold" to next and it will keep changing maybe ? I know the press/release, would be momentary foot down on one snap and switch to another on release. Going to explore the "hold"
Great tutorial, Steve. Thanks!!!
Thanks for checking it out 🤘
Great video. Thanks.
But what's with the piece of tape?
Watch my video where I have an epic fail on stage lol. My cable snagged that knob and cut my signal, as well as our lead vocalists electric guitar during her solo
man, your helix floor is like a relic'd guitar!
I step on it a lot 😅 it looks nice when it's cleaned
Thanks for posting this. i should read the update notes more LOL!. Yeah this is a game changer for me and the Helix.
Hey if we all read the notes I would have no video to make ! LOL
Very useful description, thanks
Thanks for checking it out! Hope to have earned a sub! 🤘
Ok, sooo, I’ve been working on a song that uses 8 presets, developed and shared by an unnamed, well respected man about town. It includes Variax and Mag paths in each preset. I managed to figure out how to boil it down to 4 presets with snaps. (I’m not getting some of the tones exact, close enough for me) I just finished setting it all up in command center, and managed to play through the song navigating this. I need to understand Previous/Next. This is one of those things where Ill sit up in the middle of the night and go...ahh! HAH! Only scratched the surface..Thanks!
That sounds intense !!! Previous and next would just be the order of the presets. If there is a lot of back and forth skipping around, you can make a dedicated map of the preset you want to go to if that makes sense in typing
@@SteveSterlacci I'll need to explore this. There is much back and forth in this song. There other thing I am trying to figure out is, how do I move to a preset with say snap 1, then later come back to that preset on snap 2. What I did was to save those presets separately and go to them by the new saved names. If that makes sense. Basically, I have a preset named Intro, in that preset is a snap named Outro. I go back to the Intro 3 times in the song for a turnaround. Last time, I need the outro snap. Thanks for listening!!
Nice! thank you for helping me to understand this feature
Any time! Thanks for commenting
Awesome! Thanks for posting this!
Thanks for checking it out! Hope to have earned a sub! 🤘
This is Amazing!!! Super helpful
Thank you! Glad to help
Thanks! This video was really detailed and helpfull
Thank you for commenting! Glad to help
Hey Steve, great video. Do you know if it is possible to have the bottom row be snapshots, and the top row being MIDI commands, that are global? It seems to me, that the command center follows the individual snapshot, and not the preset. Is there a way to change this?
Cheers
Globally, no to the midi question. But, you can save yourself a blank template to use before building any new presets. So your template can have that set up, just make sure to always save it to a new location in the folder. Id also recommend saving a copy of the template to your computer, or save a few of the template in the Helix just in case you save over it
nice! i was doing the 4 snapshot / 4 stomp setting.. i didnt know you could do this.. ah yeah!
absolute game changer!
great vid, i see you have some tape over your volume control. i think i know why - you should never play with this leave it alone? so if you're gigging, where do you set the volume? up to max? 12 o clock?
Hey Henry! That is the Preset knob and its to avoid turning it on accident with my cable..i did that in front of 15,000 people and made a video about it 😅🤣. I also have a video on how I set the outputs as well as the big knob. They all do different things and its a lot to type
Great! Thanks for a great how to vid, really helpful!
Glad to help! Hope you can use it
Hi Steve, new Helix LT user and I want to thank you for this great learn-a-long video. Since I'm on 3.15 I was wondering if the DONE button on the command center window is no longer available since I can't find it on my version of HX Edit.
Thanks Bob! Most likely, that is the case. Thanks for checking it out!
I have different problem.
So I got pretty simple setup.
Diezel Vh4
Midi cable between
And HX Effects
Currently when I am at the Banks 01A to 01D
I have managed to program the Amp channels to switch(via Midi)
How can I make the HX to switch Chanels via Midi... When I am in the Stomp mode.
I want to assign 1,4,5,6 to switch the head channels(via the midi) ... That's it, nothing more.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks for commenting Nikolay! I am not sure if HX FX has the same functionality with the command center but you should be able to send the midi command. When you are scrolling to "hx snapshot" you should see midi CC along the way.
Super helpful - looking forward to updating!
Thanks for checking this out ! You're gonna love it
Interesting... has the change in firmware made this approach a bit more tricky now (? I found that if, for example, I assign FS 7-10 to Snapshot 1-4, when I press any of the snapshot buttons, the other buttons all revert to their default functionality, which is 'Next snapshot', rather than what there were assigned (snapshots 1-4). It appears that a footswitch maintains its assigned functionality, but it reverts to the default settings in each snapshot. I don't think that's intentional. I think it's a bug. To work around this you have to change each button in each snapshot so they don't keep the default 'Next' function.
Brilliant man. Well explained
Thank you ! I appreciate the comment
Very Informative Steve. Thanks ;)
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for this, the Helix is truly a work of art....my only question is, what's with the tape on the knob???
LOL, thanks again
The tape is from an unfortunate fail in front of 10,000 people at a festival. I have a whole video dedicated to it lol
Great video. Haven't updated my Helix yet. Too many comments here and there about Helix getting stuck or does not start or so. Wonder why this happens.
If it's gonna happen, I'd rather figure out bugs now than when i am touring. Very few if any units have totally died from the update. Either way i am sure frank will sort you out in a worst case scenario
Love Command Center! Too bad my Helix LT can’t have any other functions for the Bank Up / Down switches
thanks so much for this video! game changing.
Thanks for checking it out! Let me know how you use it!
Great feature! Great video! But YARGH!!!!! Straighten that picture frame! I'll wait for the updated video. 😉
🤣🤣🤣🤣 its the wide angle lens combined with the angle and candles i swear !!
a little OCD?? I bet that is your fave Drive pedalon the Helix too :) hahaha
@@sjsphotog - Well, I'm not quite 'Monk', but every frame in my house is level because I use two nails, and I do like my light switches that are on the same panel to be facing the same direction. And sometimes I have to flip a switch a few times for it to feel 'lucky'. And then there's when I have to look in the garage again to make sure it's secure. Usually only twice. Or flip the deadbolt back and forth on any door a couple times so it, as well, feels 'lucky'. But I'm not 'Monk'. Nope.
Awesome unit man
Thanks !
Mr Steve, im new to helix, and tho im learning to build my own cabs im trying to dowload some ir's to hx edit and i get a prompt saying , no path is found , from my files to hx edit , is there a direction you could send me in to correct this , thank you for all your awesome help
Hi Steve, I joined the Helix Community a few months back and have watched most of your helix videos, they have been very helpful, thank you. I am just About to rebuild all my presets/snapshots using HX Snapshots and am having some weird issues. Would you have some time to help me out? I private messaged you on FB.
Thanks Steve this is a fantastic video. It is exactly the structure I would like to implement as well. I just bought a Helix LT - would you know if this is working on the HX LT as well ?
Absolutely. Just no 10 FS mode
And thanks for watching!
Thank you so much Steve - This is exactly I was afraid that I cannot utilize al 10 FS in LT - Is there a way to ask Line 6 to enable this super feature for the LT in the next firmware release. Is there a good product line contact ?
@Nik O. i don't think that is possible or in the cards unfortunately. They want to keep features like that for their flagship line i would think
Interesting and easy to follow...thanks!
Thanks for checking it out! Hope to have earned a sub! 🤘
Why is the Gaffer Tape on that one knob? Great video by the way.....
I invite you to watch my most epic fail in my career 🤣😅. THAT is why
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@@SteveSterlacci Oh My GOD! That is crazy! Thank you for sharing.... I will be taping mine up so it doesn't happen to me!
Better safe than sorry!!! Lol thanks for taking the time to watch
Thanks Steve!
Thanks for checking it out!
With these snapshots, are you able to change helix presets and send midi messages to external midi pedals at the same time?
I don't see why it couldn't do that. The commands for midi are those lightning bolts. They should be able to stack but i am not 1000% sure
Hi, Jason wade channel sent me here, liked and subscribed, take care music friend
Thanks! What video would have sent you here out-of curiosity?
Can I use command center to program say a Ground Control Pro?????
I am no midi expert but i dont see why it wouldn't. It can send and receive midi messages and those are options setting up command center
And...a note/warning to others...doing the Factory Reset on the Helix floor unit (Line 6 recommends doing so after firmware update 3.11) wipes out your Global Settings. That's why none of my 50+ presets with snapshots were behaving correctly. I needed to reset the behavior under Preferences (to Discard Snapshot Edits) and under Footswitches (set to Manual Return under the Snapshot Mode Switches). It's always the simple things... :-)
The potential is awesome but I'm feeling 1 fry short of a happy meal on this…trying to wrap my head around it. First I thought the command center would allow me to assign a stomp (function) switch to one of my unused snapshots. But the manual has a warning note about this. I have my global set up for stomp/snap (stomp top row, snap bottom). This may sound a bit nit-picky, but all I'm trying to do is to have my harmonizer be on the bottom row right next to the snapshot that I'm doing the solo from and take advantage of the momentary where when I release it automatically brings me back to my solo snapshot. If I have to stand on one leg to balance to use the upper row for a temporary, it's just not going to happen
and hurts the focus of my solo. So do I need to set up the next numerical preset to be that harmonizer in order to achieve this? Sorry for the length - super appreciate the time you put in to this.
You can do exactly what you are asking. When you're in pedalboard mode using command center, you will have to assign everything, including your snapshots to the exact switches you want to use. So 4 snap/stomp basically becomes irrelevant in pedalboard mode. So you can make snaps 1-3 be left to right on the bottom row, and use the command for your solo set to momentary.
Steve, I can't find the mode button. The top right has the Per Snapshot/Per Preset/Global control (I don't even know what that does) and the Tempo control. I'll bookmark this and get back to it.
Its right above the tap tempo. I don't think it's possible to change that
?Steve, Great Vid, Would you have any idea why the customise feature isn't present on my hx edit ?
I think it was a buggy feature that has been removed to be honest
@@SteveSterlacci Thanks for the response, It turns out its quite simple to find on the unit :)
@@keithfender4331 glad you got it!
sorry if I missed this in the vid, does this work on the LT or only the floor?
I am pretty sure it does, but not certain
Did something change with 3.15? When I assign a snapshot to a footswitch the option to customize is grayed out. No options in HX edit either.
I do believe something happened there but I am not absolutely certain
When I set up this way I have to press two times on most of the snapshots to get them to change (not all of them but 6 out to 8). Anyone else have this issue and know what the problem is?
That sucks 😕. I would file a ticket on the line 6 site and send an email. They are very good about getting back fast
@@SteveSterlacci Thanks, Steve, I'll do that. Love your videos, by the way :) Thanks for the reply.
I found the problem: you have to make sure nothing else is already assigned to that footswitch or it will think it’s multiple things going on and require two presses. I cleared the switches first and then added everything in command center and now it’s a dream!!! Thanks 😊
I am on 3.52 and when I do this and then press the snapshot it just show the snapshot (actually writes snapshot on scribble) and then they revert to Next. Instead of the snap I just changed to... Spent the last two weeks with FX8Mk2. Its great. But I think I will keep in Helix land. Specially if I can set this up.
Each command center is its own customizable layout. So each one resets to default "Next". Meaning you have have am entire different board with each snap press
@@SteveSterlacci thanks Steve. Yeah just worked it out. Now I can have my main 8 snaps and then my three snaps that need special pedals in stomp mode.
Poor FX8 might get sold on. Can’t get a proper OCD sound out of Fractal yet. It sounds amazing. But so does the helix. And now with that newly found setup I might be staying in Helix land.
No more editing stomp to switch snap and then into stomp to engage octave or fuzz.
Steve does this only work in pedalboard mode instead of snapshot mode ?
Great vid! Thx man!
Thanks Steve!
That’s fantastic, does it also work on the hx stomp?
Not yet. It will in a future update i am sure. At least thats what i have heard whispers of
Hi Steve! Can you help me with a question about Midi? I own both a HX Stomp and a HX Effects. I connected the MIDI OUT from the Effects into the MIDI IN in the Stomp. Connected like this, every time I change a preset in the Effects (from 1A to 1B, for example), a similar change occurs immediately in the Stomp (from 1A to 1B). In short, presets are chaging together, and that is exactly what I want. However, what I want to do and couldn't is the following: when I activate Snapshot 2 in the Effects, it also activates immediately Snapshot 2 in the Stomp. Does anyone know how to set this on the Midi settings? I've already read both manuals and have no idea how to make this happen. Thanks a lot! Best.
I am not totally sure as i haven't set that up. Have you checked the command center in the HXFX to select what the switches do?
Great video!
Is this command center also work for the hx stomp? if so, does it work in the same way?
I've heard whispers that command center will be coming to the stomp along with 8 blocks
@@SteveSterlacci hope so! i would like to see how this is implement and been used in the small hx stomp.. the 8 block thing i've heard will come in version 3.0 so i guess it will be some time..
thanks man! learning a lot from your videos, getting my HX stomp in a couple of days :)
Steve, I followed your instructions. Something weird is happening...I assigned 4 snapshots (while in stomp mode) to the knobs on my Helix Floor. As soon as I press a knob (one of the 4 snapshots) the screens which belong to these 4 snapshots change in " SNAPSHOT^ " so I can't switch anymore to the other snapshots. If I select the preset again (recall in again) the screens show the snapshots as programmed in the beginning. I imported your presets HX Snapshot and HX Snapshot2 from Customtone and that seems to have the same problem. What am I doing wrong? Hope you can help. Much appreciated. Maybe it's a bug???
You have to change each command in the snapshot its changing from if that makes sense. Easy snapshot will have its own set of commands
@@SteveSterlacci thanks. I don't exactly know what you mean with this. I will let it sink in.
@@SteveSterlacci YES! Your suggestion did sink in!!! It works perfectly now. Thank you so much.
Glad to help!
Is there a way to set one button to go between two pedals. Like press and release = a delay and press and hold = a snapshot?
I don't think the switches have multiple commands yet. But they can do multiple functions in this update. I would think that is coming soon
Hi Steve, sorry new to the whole helix universe and mine is arriving in one more day! Just wanna ask, this command center settings, is it a one-time set? Meaning, the settings that you just did for 07D and 08A, do they apply to all the other presets/snapshots or can I actually create different commands for say, presets 01A and 01B?
Every preset is its own blank canvas! Fully custom
@@SteveSterlacci Holy shit. I think line 6 reinvented the definition of flexibility. Thanks a lot for your videos too! They helped a lot when I was deciding if its worth the investment haha :D
@@夜桜_神鎗 much appreciated! You're gonna love it once its dialed in!
@@SteveSterlacci Yeah, I'm looking forward to it already! Got ideas on how I'm gonna set it up for my use in the band. Just waiting for it to arrive so I make it come true hehe :D
This is a great feature! Thanks for the video. This is only available for the Helix and LT but not for HX Stomp, right?
As of now, just helix and LT
powerful, but... can get pretty confusing. What I would prefer Helix have is to use "current number" on the snapshot buttons. I am currently using the Helix like this: each song is a preset even if I use one sound throughout the whole song; snapshots are different sections of the song; expression pedal controls the momentary effects like wah-wah, envelope filter, etc.
You can select each footswitch and customize them to say whatever you want. Whichever one i
is lit up is the current snapshot.
@@SteveSterlacci I see! cool!! For now, I'll use the exp pedal for my momentary effects needs. Also the momentary switching had bugs in pedalboard mode, where the effects would get stuck in the on/off position, last time I tried doing that.
Does this apply to Rack/Foot Control also ? Great set up
Should work no problem! Thanks for checking it out
Steve- do you channel switch an amp in command center? I'm channel switching mine with a TRS cable and get really slow switching on my snapshots ONLY in command center. in snapshot mode it's fine
I have not done this yet. Just put the snapshot in the command center if you can. Not sure why it would have a glitch like that. Is it set to Press?
Does this still work with newer software? I have it set up, however every time I switch from one snapshot to the next, the other snapshots switch to the "snapshot ^" or down logo
In the latest firmware, you have to set it up from scratch at each snapshot
Awesome bro
Thanks !