HX Edit Pilot's Guide

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Editing Model Parameters
Once added to your tone, simply click on any block to select it, then choose the desired
model type and tweak its parameters in the Edit panel. To follow are a few editing tips
(also see “Keyboard Shortcuts”).
Toggling Model Bypass - A Bypass button is available at the top right of the Edit
panel for any model that oers a bypass option. When a model is bypassed, its
parameters appear dimmed to indicate this state.
Edit tab - model active Edit tab - model bypassed
Adjusting Parameter Sliders - There are several ways to adjust slider values:
• Click on any slider's “handle” and drag to the desired value.
• Click on the desired range location within a slider's path and it will jump to the
clicked value.
• While hovering your mouse cursor directly over any slider's path, use your
mouse wheel to adjust it.
• Click the up/down arrow buttons at the right for small, incremental adjustments.
If a down arrow is displayed at the right, click on it to expand its menu.
Type in a Precise Value - Double-click anywhere on a slider's path or on its value
to manually type in a precise numerical value.
Resetting Sliders - If you're not happy with your slider adjustment, Cmd+Click
(Mac) or Ctrl+Click (Windows) on the slider to reset it to its initial default value.
Accessing All Parameters - Note that some model types, such as amps and
complex eects, may have more sliders and controls than you can see all at once
in the Edit tab. You can re-size the application window to show more sliders, or
click and drag the vertical scroll bar at the right to access all parameters (or use
your mouse wheel when hovering your mouse cursor over the scroll bar).
Note Sync - Most modulation and delay eects models oer a Note Sync option,
allowing the modulation rate or delay repeat time to follow the device's main Tap
Tempo value (see “Editing the Tap Tempo” on page 16). For models that oer it,
you can click the Note Sync button within the Edit tab to toggle the feature on/o.
When active (the Note Sync button is lit), the parameter will change to oer note
division values, as shown in the following screenshot.
Note value options Note Sync (active)
A Delay block congured for Note Sync
Impulse Response Block Options - When an IR block is selected in the Signal
Flow, you'll see IR block parameter sliders here in the Edit panel, just like for any
other block. Use the IR Select parameter to choose the index number for the de-
sired IR from your IR Library. Remember that you'll need to import IR les into your
Helix or HX device using the application's Impulses tab for an IR block to utilize
them - see “Importing and Exporting Impulse Responses” on page 12.
Looper Block Options - It is possible to add a Looper block to a preset, and view
and edit several Looper block parameters within the Edit tab. However, it is not
possible to toggle the Looper mode of your connected device on and o within the
HX Edit application.
TIPS: Right-click on a slider for a handy menu to assign external control of the
parameter to one of your Helix or HX device's controllers, or to an external MIDI
controller - also see page 26. Alt+Click directly on slider in the Edit tab to in-
stantly create a Snapshot Controller Assignment for the parameter - see page 15.
Editing Input, Output, Split & Mixer Blocks
Much like Amp & Eects blocks, you can click on the Input, Output, Split or Mixer
blocks of any path and access their options in the Edit panel.
Input Block Options:
• Helix and HX Stomp Devices - Dierent parameters, such as Gate, Level,
Pan, etc., are displayed depending on the specic input type you select from
the Input block's menu. If the Multi or Variax input type is selected (available
on Helix devices only), you'll see options here for selecting a Variax model, in-
dividual string tunings, and more.
• HX Eects Devices - The path's input is “xed” and, therefore, is not select-
able and does not oer block options.
Output Block Options:
• Helix Devices - When the Output block of any path is selected, you'll see
output routing options available. In addition to your Helix device's analog and
digital outputs, you can also choose to route the output of one path to the input
of another later path. Note that you can route the output of Path 1 into Path 2 in
a “serial” fashion to take advantage of both paths' DSP capacity!
• HX Stomp and HX Eects Devices - When a split path is created, the Mixer
block can be dragged down to Path B to create a separate “Send” output (see
“Split Path Options” on page 18). When this dual-output, split path congu-
ration exists, you can click on the Path A (Main) output or the Path B (Send)
output to access Pan and Level parameters for each. The HX Stomp Path B
output additionally oers a Mono/Stereo option.
Split Block Options - If your preset includes a split path, click directly on the point
on the main path where the signal divides to select the Split block and you'll see
options for choosing dierent Split block types and their parameters. Note that
there is also a Bypass switch for Split blocks which, when bypassed, feeds an
equal signal balance to each parallel path.
Mixer Block Options - If your preset includes a split path, click directly on the
point on the main path where the signal returns to select the Merge-Mixer block
and you'll see several mixer options for blending the two paths' signals.