devices · Helix LT · learn · 03 of 08 · 7 min
the controls you will use
the one thing
Learn three things: how to change what the footswitches do (press FS6, marked MODE), how to save (press SAVE twice), and how to reach more parameters than the knobs can show.
click anything
Every control on the Helix LT, and what each press, hold and turn does.
controls and footswitches
Helix LT · top panel · schematic, drawn from Line 6’s panel diagram
FS1–FS12
Twelve capacitive switches in two rows of six. The middle eight are lettered A–D on the chassis, printed between the rows instead of beside each cap.
- Press, in Stomp mode
- Toggles the assigned block or blocks.
- Press, in Preset mode
- Loads a preset, and reloads it if you press it again.
- Touch, without pressing
- Selects that switch's block on screen without changing the sound.
- Touch and hold two switches
- Swaps all their assignments.
- Worth knowing
- The switches are capacitive, so a resting foot selects a block on screen without changing the sound.
modes are the whole game
The footswitches do not have fixed jobs. What they do depends on the mode, and to change it you press FS6, marked MODE.
A Line 6 modeler that looks broken is usually in a mode you did not choose. Change the mode and it works again.
save, or lose it
Changes are not saved until you tell the device to save them—press SAVE twice. Until then, an “E” beside the preset name marks it as edited.
Change preset while that E is showing and your work is gone with no warning and no undo.
Save before you change preset. An unsaved edit is lost on the switch.
Helix LT Cheat Sheet (Rev B)