User Manual

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Contents
Welcome to Helix LT 4
What’s In the Box? 4
Common Terminology 4
Top Panel 5
Back Panel 7
Home > Signal Flow View 8
Home > Performance View 9
Quick Start 10
Setting Proper Output Levels 10
Selecting Presets and Setlists 11
Preset Footswitch Mode 11
Stomp Footswitch Mode 12
Snapshot Footswitch Mode 12
Looper Footswitch Mode 13
Pedal Edit Mode 13
Selecting Blocks/Adjusting Parameters 14
Bypassing a Block 15
Choosing a Block's Model 15
Choosing an Input 16
Choosing an Output 16
Moving Blocks 16
Copying and Pasting a Block 16
Clearing a Block 17
Clearing All Blocks 17
Saving/Naming a Preset 17
Serial vs. Parallel Routing 18
Removing Parallel Path B 18
Moving Split & Merge Blocks for More Parallel Routings
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Dynamic DSP 20
Block Order and Stereo Imaging 21
What is Variax? 21
The Blocks 22
Input 22
Output 23
Eects 24
Amp+Cab 27
Amp 28
Preamp 28
Cab 29
Impulse Response (IR) 30
Send/Return 31
Looper 32
Split 32
Merge 32
Tuner 34
Tuner Settings 34
Snapshots 35
Snapshots > Block Bypass 35
Snapshots > Parameter Control 36
Snapshots > Command Center 37
Using Snapshots 37
Copying/Pasting a Snapshot 38
Swapping Snapshots 38
Renaming a Snapshot 38
Customizing a Snapshot Color 39
Saving Snapshots 39
Determining Snapshot Edit Behavior 39
Arranging Preset, Snapshot, and Stomp Switches 40
Bypass Assign 41
Quick Footswitch Assign 41
Manual Bypass Assign 41
Customizing a Footswitch Label 42
Customizing a Footswitch Color 43
Swapping Footswitches 43
Controller Assign 44
Quick Controller Assign 44
Manual Controller Assign 45
Clearing a Block's Controller Assignment(s) 46
Clearing All Controller Assignments 46
Customizing a Controller Footswitch Label 46
Command Center 47
Assigning a Command 47
Copying and Pasting a Command 49
Copying and Pasting All Commands 49
Clearing a Command 49
Clearing All Commands 49
Customizing a Command Footswitch Label 49
Customizing a Command Footswitch Color 49
Global EQ 50
Resetting Global EQ 50
Global Settings 51
Resetting All Global Settings 51
Global Settings > Ins/Outs 52
Global Settings > Preferences 53
Global Settings > MIDI/Tempo 53
Global Settings > Footswitches 54
Global Settings > EXP Pedals 54
Global Settings > Displays 54
USB Audio 55
Hardware Monitoring vs. DAW Software Monitoring 56
DIRecordingandRe-amplication 56
ASIO Driver Settings (Windows only) 58
Core Audio Driver Settings (Mac OS X only) 58
MIDI 59
MIDI Bank/Program Changes 59
MIDI CC 59