HX Edit Pilot's Guide

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*NOTE: Your Helix or HX device can receive MIDI from either its 5-pin MIDI IN or
over USB. Use the device's Global Settings - MIDI Tempo options to congure its
receiving MIDI channel and other MIDI options.
1. Click on the block within the Signal Flow for which you want to create the MIDI-
In Bypass assignment.
2. At the right of the Bypass/Controller Assign panel, if not already selected by
default, click the Assignment Menu and choose Bypass as the parameter to
control.
3. Set the MIDI In parameter to match the MIDI CC number (0 - 127) that your ex-
ternal MIDI controller is sending. To “disable” the MIDI assignment, simply set
this parameter to O.
Setting the MIDI In's CC number for a bypass assignment
Your conguration is now complete and your external MIDI source should suc-
cessfully toggle the selected block's Bypass. You'll also see the CC number you
selected shown in the Assignment list's Source column (“MIDI In 11”).
TIP: Alternatively, you can utilize the Learn (MIDI Learn) feature within the Bypass
Assign screen of your Helix or HX device to create a MIDI Bypass Assignment.
NOTE: With Helix and HX Eects devices, you can use CC67 to toggle the Bypass
of any 6 Switch Looper block. This is a pre-dened, global MIDI CC hardware as-
signment that does not appear within the HX Edit Bypass/Controller Assign panel.
Creating a Bypass Assignment Using an Expression Pedal
It is also possible to assign a block's Bypass to an Expression pedal (or to a Variax
knob on Helix devices). An example of this is to congure a Wah block so that resting
the pedal at the “heel” position toggles the eect o, and then moving the pedal away
from this position to use the Wah automatically activates the eect again. Set this type
of conguration using the following steps.*
*HX Effects Owners: On HX Eects, this type of EXP 1 - Bypass conguration
is congured automatically for any Wah or Pitch Wham type block you add to
your tone, and to EXP 2 for any added Volume/Pan block. You can follow these steps
to manually create an EXP Pedal - Bypass assignment for any type of block.
1. Start by adding a Wah block to your tone and selecting it within the Signal Flow.
2. If using a Helix device with an on-board EXP 1 pedal, move the pedal forward
and click the Toe Switch so that it is set to EXP Pedal 1, and the Wah block is
active.
3. On a Helix or HX Stomp device, since the Wah block is already automatically as-
signed to the EXP Pedal Toe switch for bypass, you'll need to change its Bypass
assignment to EXP Pedal 1 instead.
Select the Wah block in the Signal Flow view and go to the Bypass/Controller
Assign tab. Select the existing Bypass assignment in the list at the left, then
select the EXP Pedal 1 controller from the Controller/Switch menu at the right.
Selecting an expression pedal controller for block bypass assignment
4. Once the assignment is created, you can congure its option sliders at the right
of the panel.
Conguring an expression pedal - Bypass assignment options
• Position - For a Bypass assignment, this determines the position of the con-
troller where the block's bypass is triggered. Set this slider to 5% or lower to
establish a “heel down” resting position to trigger your bypass toggle.
• Wait - Determines the duration of time for which the assigned controller must
rest at the congured Position value before the bypass is triggered. For this
type of Wah Bypass assignment, 300 ms is generally a good setting, since it
prevents unwanted bypass triggering during the typical use of the pedal for
your Wah eect.
Once congured, you'll see that your EXP 1 pedal's heel down position toggles
the Wah block o, and as soon as you move the pedal, it activates the Wah until
you move the pedal back to the Min heel position and rest it there for 300 ms
or more (as determined by the Wait slider). You can choose to congure other
blocks' parameters with a “pedal bypass” using these same steps as well.