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Line 6 Helix Control Floor Controller for Helix Rack

Floor Controller for Helix Rack with 12 touch-sensitive footswitches, Expression Pedal Outputs, USB Output, and Aluminum Construction
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Take Control of Your Helix Rack

The Line 6 Helix Control floor controller gives you ultimate access to the power and tone shaping tools inside your Helix Rack. With a tap of your toe you can edit parameters, recall patches, control MIDI applications, change channels on your amplifier, and so much more. When you're onstage with Helix Control there won't be any part of your performance that isn't safely at your feet. Utilize the full power of the Line 6 Helix Rack with Helix Control.

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Helix Control Foot Controller at a Glance
  • Changes with the Tap of the Toe
  • Tour-grade Durability
Changes with the Tap of the Toe

If there's one thing Sweetwater guitarists know, it's that guitarists love stompbox pedals. While menu and software editing can offer great tones and control, we're naturally inclined to want to step on a footswitch and hear the tone we're looking for. Line 6 understands that, which is why Helix Control eschews all of the deep and confusing editing that plagues many other pro-level products, for a simple-to-use 12-footswitch interface that gives you all of the sound and parameter tweaking you'll ever need. And each switch carries a customizable LCD scribble strip for assigning your controls. Now you won't even have to stop playing to get super-deep control and edit your whole rig.

Tour-grade Durability

Since gear takes such a beating on the road, every single component in the Line 6 Helix Control was chosen to be able to stand up to the punishment a professional guitarist will put it through. Helix Control combats the abuse with road-ready footswitches and a bulletproof housing. From the side panels to the extruded top, the solid aluminum construction won't bend or break. It will let you concentrate on your performance, not your gear. So if you're a gigging musician who needs a tour-grade multi-effects controller unit that can keep up with you, make sure to give Helix Control an audition.

Helix Control Foot Controller Features:
  • Capacitive touch-sensitive switches for parameter recall
  • LCD Display
  • Assignable RGB LED color rings
  • Customizable LCD scribble strips
  • Preset or stompbox modes
  • Solid-aluminum construction
  • Tour-grade footswitches
  • Extruded metal design
  • 4 expression pedal outputs
  • USB output
Unlock the Helix Rack's full potential with the Helix Control.

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Tech Specs

  • Type: Helix floor controller
  • Compatibility: Line 6 Helix Rack
  • Number of Footswitch Buttons: 10 plus 2 bank switches
  • Inputs: 3 x 1/4" (expression pedal), 1 x 1/4" (expression toe switch), 1 x USB Type B
  • Outputs: 1 x RJ45 (to host)
  • Power Source: RJ45 (external power)
  • Height: 2.5"
  • Width: 17.2"
  • Depth: 9.5"
  • Weight: 7.2 lbs.
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 99-040-2705

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I thought I wouldn't need it, but....

When I bought the Helix rack, I planned to use it exclusively with MIDI commands to change patches and snapshots. Before buying it at all, I researched and made sure that the Helix was capable of being controlled with MIDI, as that is my preferred method of managing my shows. With that thought in mind, I didn't buy the foot controller or expression pedal. What I didn't consider is that the vast majority of HELIX tutorials on youtube are shown from the perspective of making changes on the foot controller. And true, the face of the helix rack is enough like the face of the HELIX floor model that many of the online demos are directly applicable, there was still a disconnect. I was getting bogged down trying to accomplish simple tasks that looked easy on tutorials. So, I bit the bullet and ordered the foot controller and expression pedal.

As a general rule, I don't mind spending money if it adds value, and the floor controller-expression pedal combo did exactly that. Specifically, they made it more intuitive to set up my snapshots and practice my songs. For shows I still use MIDI control to automate all my changes so I don't get distracted by redirecting my attention from playing in order to stomp on the right switch.

All my shows are online streaming, and my broadcast room is very compact, which is why I bought the Helix rack instead of the floor model. My rack holds everything I need (helix, vocal processor, power supply, audio interface, mixer etc) and its on wheels so I can push everything into a corner out of the way when the show is over. The rack is extra tall, with a space open in the bottom where I can put the foot controller and pedal so they roll into the corner along with everything else.

For what I need, its the perfect combination: Helix and variax with all the bells and whistles that let me automate all my patch changes, FX settings, custom tunings and guitar models on the fly for each song! It requires a bit of up-front work to embed the MIDI into my sequence for each song, but the end result is a rapid transition from one complex song to the next, without giving the audience time to click away. Yeah, when streaming online, you need to understand and minimize the click away rates.

So, good job, Line6! A lot of thought went into this product, and it shows. The Helix/variax system has given me all the tools I need to do things that previously I could only dream of doing.
by Pat Marr from North Carolina on
Music background: former gigging musician, now streamer / hobbyist

Helix Controller for Helix Rack

"Must Have" for Helix Rack - Perfect marriage ! Does everything all the other reviews are stating.
Big "Thank You" to my Sales Engineer Ryan Murphy who has been taking care of me for 11 years - your the "Go To" guy.
by Jack from Hamilton Mt on

Helix Controller

This is definitely a needed product if you are using the Helix Rack. It comes with a 25ft Ethernet cable to plug into the Controller jack on the Helix. I like seeing the custom scribble strips, you can name anything whatever you want (within a certain character limit). Feels sturdy and it is well lit if you are on stage with low lighting. Great product, nothing bad to say about. it serves a purpose and it's easy to use.
by Sal Inserra from Puyallup, WA on

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If you have a Helix rack, you NEED this in your arsenal. With the addition of a mission engineering pedal (or two) (or three) you have everything you'll ever need to enjoy your Helix to the fullest.

Solid, well built, definitely tour-grade. Comes with the appropriate ethernet cable, but I strongly recommend the Line6 VDI 25' cable with the neutric ends, or adding the neutric ends to the supplied cable; for added strength in connection when playing live.
by Robert Lisiecki from Sealy, TX on

Superbly executed

It's great all you need is the CAT5 cable to go from the pedalboard to the rack unit. All my expression pedals can plug in with short cables right to this pedalboard no more need to have long cables going back to the rack. I love that I can read the displays without my glasses and the setting so you can change what the color rings around the buttons make it so nice. I like how you can change snapshots on the fly as your playing and it will remember them!
by George Weiter from Olathe, KS on

Most of the guitarists here at Sweetwater remember well the first time we heard a Line 6 POD - that strange kidney-bean-shaped gadget that totally rocked the guitar world. As one of the world's largest Line 6 dealers, we've had a first-row seat to every groundbreaking release they've come out with. In fact, many of us gig out with Helix, their latest multi-effects pedal, or their modeling amps every week. What's more, Line 6 brings the same innovative approach to their live sound equipment that's made their guitar gear so popular. Whether you're looking for the perfect guitar rig to cover a wide range of styles or fantastically affordable digital wireless, ask your Sales Engineer about Line 6.

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