Controls and footswitches
Every control on the Helix Rack, on a diagram you can click. Pick anything to see what it does — including the gestures nothing on the chassis tells you about.
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.
- Press ACTION, then move the joystick
- Moves the block rather than the selection. Helix Rack and Control Cheat Sheet (Rev C)
Worth knowingTurning it changes the model as you go. Press it if you want to browse a list without your sound changing under you.
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.
Swaps the left column between Preset and Snapshot up/down.
manual only
Helix Rack and Control Cheat Sheet (Rev C)Pedal Edit mode — edit blocks with your feet.
printed on the chassis
Helix Rack and Control Cheat Sheet (Rev C)Preset Spillover on or off — trails across preset changes, at the cost of Path 2.
manual only
Helix 3.80 Owner's Manual