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controls and footswitches
Every control on the Helix LT, on a diagram you can click. Pick anything to see what it does, including the gestures not printed on the chassis.
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.
The things you have to be told
Some of these are printed on the box. The rest are in the manual, or nowhere, and they are the difference between owning this device and being able to use it.
Hold FS1 + FS7
Hold FS6
Hold FS12
Hold ACTION, press HOME
Turns Preset Spillover on or off. Trails carry across preset changes, at the cost of Path 2.
manual only
Helix 3.80 Owner's ManualHold BYPASS, press a knob
Touch and hold two footswitches