How to automate Preset Changes in a Guitar Plugin (Line 6 Helix Native) in Play Mode

Hi Altogether

I have in play mode inserted a guitar plugin from Line 6 (Helix Native) and don’t know how to automate a preset change (from clean to distorted) , does anyone have experience with this?

Thank you for Help !

I think this is what MIDI trigger regions are for, but I do not have much experience with those, I always use a second player for a different sound…:see_no_evil_monkey:

If you need to trigger a MIDI program or channel change, it can be done via an expression map.

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Thank you very much for the direction, as i read in the manual of my Helix PlugIn Program Changes only work in AXX an AU Version of the PlugIn as you can see above, I thought Expression Maps are only for Keyswitchs and Midi CCs and not Program Changes.

So I am afraid I have to experiment a little.

I am not sure if I have to make it with Helix’s Snapshot function?

I also own the Helix Hardware , and there I also have Snapshots, basically it is possible to change a channel of an amp or turn on/off a stomp box etc…

If I do it with an expression Map, do I have to use a Midi trigger region to automate it?

Thank you very much for helping me

You don’t need a MIDI trigger region if you use an expression map: instead, you would typically use a playing technique to trigger the switch defined in the expression map.

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Ah that’s interesting , is this also working when this Helix Guitar Plugin is inserted into the Inserts of the Mixer Channel ?