Auto-Engage engages or bypasses a block when the Source of a modifier changes. Once you try it, we believe you will quickly find that this capability comfortably eliminates the need for expression pedal "toe" switches.
??? Kinda vague to me, first how do I even find Auto-Engage? "Source of a modifier changes." What the expression pedal? Wah control, Bypass Switch? I don't get it.
Parameter - any one of the options/dials/knobs you see in any block, like Level, Bass, Mids, Control, Volume, etc.
Modifier - a function that can change a Parameter
Source - the list of options for a Modifier, the "thing" that actually does the changing - LFO, External Controller, Pitch, Envelope
so that sentence is saying "Auto-Engage will turn on or turn off a block when you change some other parameter, rather than strictly bypassing the block itself with the Bypass button."
Set it up using two parameters on the "Modify page:" Which modify page? Wah control? Bypass? Mod 1, Mod 2?
whichever one you want to use.
the "Modify Page" is the page you get when you right-click a Parameter that shows the {} symbol. if you look at the page that shows when you right-click, at the top it says "Modifier".
so the Auto-Engage options are on any Modifier page.
Auto-Engage means literally that: Automatically Engage (or Bypass) the block. you don't need to do anything to the block's Bypass button because Auto-Engage is going to handle that depending on the status of another Parameter.
think of Auto-Engage as "Use another Parameter to turn the block on and off." since we're using another parameter, we don't need to think about the Bypass parameter itself ever.
in this case for the Wah, we are using the Control Parameter (which is what makes the Wah "move") to affect Auto-Engage. in other words, by changing the Control Parameter we will affect the block's Bypass/Engage - turning it off and on. we just happen to be using a physical Expression Pedal to change this Control Parameter, so we are talking in terms of Heel down or Toe down.
It looked like to me you can either have POS selected or SPD, not both. Is that correct?
correct.
Position type means that the Wah block will Engage (turn on) once it passes the Off position.
Speed type means that the Wah block will Engage once it passes the Off position but only when the pedal is moved at a brisk speed. this mode was created in case your pedal rocker slowly creeps or falls physically because it's loose. if your pedal is parked at Heel Down which turns the Wah off, but then gravity pulls the loose rocker down, the Wah won't accidentally turn on due to the Speed requirement. if it was set to Position instead though, the moment it fell down incorrectly past the Off value, the Wah would have turned on due to the strict Position setting.
Where do I find this "Off Value" button?
the Off Value is on the Modifier page. this is a picture of the Axe2, but it's very similar on the 3:
I have it set at 10% now because 5% didn't turn it off.
this means the pedal may not be calibrated correctly.
If the above is like I want it to be, which is walk up to the pedal, put my foot on it and it turns on. Then when I take my foot off and walk away from it it shuts off, then my blood pressure will go down considerably
as mentioned by others, how would a pedal know if you put your foot on it? there's no sensor for that. the only way it can know is if the pedal moves at all.
so you have to park your pedal either at Heel Down or Toe Down. that's not too demanding.
