Manual
Table Of Contents
- Helix Owner's Manual
- Contents
- Welcome to Helix
- Quick Start
- Setting Proper Output Levels
- Selecting Presets and Setlists
- Preset Footswitch Mode
- Stomp Footswitch Mode
- Looper Footswitch Mode
- Pedal Edit Mode
- Selecting Blocks/Adjusting Parameters
- Bypassing a Block
- Choosing a Block's Model
- Choosing an Input
- Choosing an Output
- Moving Blocks
- Copying and Pasting a Block
- Clearing a Block
- Clearing All Blocks
- Saving/Naming a Preset
- Serial vs. Parallel Routing
- Removing Parallel Path B
- Moving Split & Merge Blocks for More Parallel Routings
- Dynamic DSP
- Block Order and Stereo Imaging
- What is Variax?
- The Blocks
- Tuner
- Footswitch Assign
- Controller Assign
- Command Center
- Global EQ
- Global Settings
- USB Audio
- MIDI
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Common FX Settings
Parameter Description
Drive
Adjusts the amount of overdrive, distortion, or fuzz.
Bass
Adjusts the bass level.
Mid
Adjusts the midrange level.
Treble
Adjusts the treble level.
Speed
Adjusts the speed of the eect, with higher settings providing faster
rates. Press the knob to toggle between Hz and note values.
Choosing a Hz value provides a specic modulation speed in cycles
per second; choosing a note value provides a time based on the cur-
rent tempo. Not all Speed parameters can be synced to note values,
as they may be non-linear and highly interactive.
Rate
Adjusts the rate of the eect, with higher settings providing faster
rates. Press the knob to toggle between numeric and note values.
Not all Rate parameters can be synced to note values, as they may be
non-linear and highly interactive.
Time
Adjusts the delay/repeat time, with higher settings providing longer
delays. Press the knob to toggle between ms and note values.
Choosing a ms value provides a specic time in milliseconds; choos-
ing a Note Division value provides a time based on the current tempo.
With a note division value, this parameter’s value is retained when
changing models.
Depth
Adjusts the intensity of the modulation. Higher settings result in more
extreme pitch bending, wobble, or throb, depending on the eect.
Feedback
Adjusts the amount of delayed signal fed back into the eect. Higher
settings can provide more dramatic textures.
Decay
Sets the length of time the reverb eect sustains.
Predelay
Determines the time before the reverb eect is heard.
Parameter Description
Headroom
Some mod and delay pedals' internal signal paths exhibit a bit of grit,
especially when placed after a high-gain amp block. Negative values
increase the perceived amount of grit; positive values clean things up
a bit. At 0dB, the model behaves like the original pedal.
Low Cut
Filters a portion of the block's bass and/or treble frequencies, which
can help remove rumble and/or high-end harshness.
High Cut
Mix
Blends the eected "wet" signal vs. the "dry" signal passed through
the block. When set to 0%, the path bypasses the eect completely.
When set to 100%, the entire path is fed through the eect, and no
dry thru signal is heard.
Level
Adjusts the overall output level of the eects block. Be careful not to
boost this parameter too high on multiple blocks, as digital clipping
could occur. You should typically leave this at 0.0dB for most blocks.
Where the original pedal's level or volume knob behavior doesn't
really apply to dB values, 0.0-10 may be used.
Trails
Trails O: Any delay repeats or reverb decays are instantly muted
when the block is bypassed. Trails On: Any delay repeats or reverb
decays continue to decay naturally when the block is bypassed.