Helix App Pilot's Guide

Table Of Contents

Bypass Assign Panel

This panel oers the same options found within the Menu - Bypass Assign screen on

your Helix device, allowing you to assign any block's bypass toggle function to a foot-

switch on your Helix device, as well as customize the associated footswitch's scribble

strip.

Currently

Selected

Model

Footswitch

Options

Creating a Bypass Assignment

Click on the Bypass Assign tab (or tap "B") to view this panel and select the block

within the signal ow for which you want to assign its bypass toggle to a footswitch. In

the lower display pane, simply click the Footswitch Menu to select the desired foot-

switch and your assignment is created.

Bypass Assignments for Multiple Blocks

For the Helix hardware, you can only assign the bypass toggle of a particular block to

one footswitch at a time. But it is possible to assign the bypass function for multiple

blocks to one, common footswitch. It is also possible to create additional Controller &

Command Center assignments on footswitches that include Bypass Assignments, as

well as to create Snapshots that include multiple bypass & other parameter changes all

in one click - see the respective chapters for more on these assignment types!

Latching Option

For amp & eects models, you'll also nd the option here to have the assigned foot-

switch behave as Latching (alternating On/O on each click) versus Momentary (active

only while the footswitch is held down).

Switch LED Color

By default, the color of the LED light surrounding your assigned footswitch is set to

Auto Color, where it intelligently takes on the color according to the assigned model

type. You can use this slider to manually congure this LED color as desired.

Customizing a Scribble Strip Label

Once you create a Bypass Assignment for the selected block, you'll see the Custom

Label eld display the block model's default name - which is also displayed on the

hardware's scribble strip for this footswitch (when Helix is in Stomp Footswitch

Mode). If you want to customize this label, simply type your new name in the eld and

hit your Enter/Return key. To clear your text and return to the default model label, click

the Remove button to the right of the eld.

NOTE: If a footswitch includes additional block Bypass, Controller or Command

Center assignments, the default label appears as Multiple (X)" with "X" being

the number of assignments. You can customize the label in this scenario, but

note that it can also be customized within the Custom Label eld of the other

assignment panels as well, with the latest customization edit aecting the label

in all places.