📱 MIDI & Helix Part 0 - Introduction

Thank you everyone for your support. I honestly didn't think this would blow up and so many of you would request me for a tutorial. I personally doesn't really like to be heard on YouTube and I prefer hiding behind my keyboard instead. I'll try my best to explain how to wire everything up here.

I am not trying to gain more views on this blog or promote my YouTube channel. I just hope this small gesture will inspire many more to try this route and make better tutorials out of it. I'm only here to start a movement.

So on to the main topic proper. I am a weekly church musician and yes, the Helix is the greatest gift to someone like me. I've tried using 8 snapshots in 1 preset for the entire set; could work, but not the best. I've tried 3 different presets for each song; could work, but too much preparation. I've tried using all 10 stomps like a traditional board; could work, but wasting the Helix's selling point.

So then, I've come to the conclusion that 4Stomps/4Snapshots is the best configuration for live use. I get to utilise Helix's greatest selling point (Snapshots), add or remove a few key effects, at the same time maintaining all the flexibility I need. Then again, 4 is a small number still.

Enter the world of MIDI. Saw a few posts about people using iPads to control the Helix. That intrigued me and I set out to learn what all that is about. Forget HX Edit, MIDI solutions might just be the key to simplifying edits on stage. Join me as I uncover what all this hype is about!

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Edwin Ang