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Could be a two-minute dropout but with the reverb spilling over...
I could see helix for home and headrush for live in my future!
"does it support spillover?"
fiddle fiddle re-compile.....
yeah sure ...
I still remain to be convinced that their after-sales product support is going to be any good (or, at least, any better than Avid's), but at least we now know that it'll be functional at launch.
In fact...seamless patch changes and patch spillover are two things (combined) that neither the Fractal gear nor the Helix can do, so it's a win in that respect.
While that's true it only matters if you can't fit everything you need to in one patch.
My understanding is the Helix can run a higher number of total blocks than the Axe FX 2, I'm not sure by how much but personally I've never been unable to fit everything I wanted for a song into one patch on the Axe FX 2. I do use two patches in total but that's only because I ran out of scenes and don't have any more buttons on my controller to achieve the couple of extra sounds, using two patches was the best option. I'm not sure how many scenes you can get out of the Helix, with the Axe FX it's 8
It's a real YMMV thing though
Granted, that's a bit of an edge case, but still...it's a limitation you don't have if you can do seamless patch changes with spillover.
Basically I have two patches, 1-4 are the same on each (clean, mid gain rhythm, heavy rhythm, lead) and 5-8 are for different FX combinations.
I'd forgotten about the expression control, and I think Drew had too. I'll suggest that.
Drew seems to know the Helix really well so he's probably right, but as you said, it's likely a rare issue.
I always have a volume pedal as I use it loads. That's 1 expression pedal always in use for starters. If it's a simple this FX change to that FX thing I need I'd rather have a switch than a rocker (unless the goal is to morph between sounds). I also prefer to have the minimum amount of extra stuff to plug in as possible, as that's one of the main advantages to digital, for me anyway
You can set up other controllers too (ADSR/Envelope/Pitch/LFO) but they're imprecise compared to a switch, or having continuous independent control with your foot.
Just thinking about what was on the screen hurt my brain.