devices · Helix Rack · 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 on Helix Control), how to save (press SAVE twice), and how to reach more parameters than the knobs can show.
click anything
Every control on the Helix Rack, and what each press, hold and turn does.
controls and footswitches
Helix Rack · front panel · 3u · schematic, drawn from Line 6’s panel diagram
joystick
The main navigation control on the rack's front panel. Moves, selects, changes models and opens the model list.
- Move
- Selects a block on the signal flow.
- Turn
- Changes the selected block's model.
- Press
- Opens the model list.
- Press ACTION, then move the joystick
- Moves the block, not the selection.
- Worth knowing
- Turning it changes the model as you go. Press it first to browse the list without changing your 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 on Helix Control.
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 Rack and Control Cheat Sheet (Rev C)