Nixie support

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When the Nixie software first detects a pedal that requires a firmware update for compatibility with Nixie, you will be prompted to update the firmware.  Download Nixie here.

To check for available firmware updates at any time for a pedal connected to Nixie, select Firmware Update from the Device menu.  If multiple pedals are connected to Nixie, this will be the pedal with device focus.

NOTE: Clicking Firmware Update will erase all items from the History Pane for all currently connected pedals. An Auto Save for each pedal will be automatically created in the Preset Collections window. The Auto Save includes all changes that have not yet been written to the device, but will not include the undo history.

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The Preset Table is located in the Device Details window on the right side of the Nixie software and lists the presets within the memory banks of your Strymon pedal.  

• The WRITE button is used for saving the changes made in Nixie to your pedal’s memory.
• The READ button is used to load the presets from your pedal’s memory, clearing out any changes made in the software.

Think of the Preset Table as a workspace or staging area. Nothing is ever actually written to the pedal until you click the WRITE button. You have endless Undo via the History pane, and no matter what, the backup that was automatically made when Nixie detected your pedal (and any backups you made since then) will remain untouched.

Preset Table Indicators

• The preset currently being edited will be highlighted in RED.
• The names of any presets that have been changed from the saved state of the pedal will appear in italics.
• Presets that have been changed or modified in any way and not yet written to the device’s memory will appear highlighted in green when the focus is not on this preset.
• Hover over a preset to see its Effect Type displayed next to the cursor as well as in the lower left of the Nixie window.

Rename Individual Presets

• To rename a single preset, double-click the preset in the Preset Table, type in the new name, and press the Enter key.

Rename Multiple Presets

To rename multiple presets simultaneously, you can right/control+click a group of selected presets to select Name Transforms for either adding a suffix to these presets or naming them with a sequential number after the name.

To assign the same name to multiple presets with a sequential number after the name (ex., LEAD0, LEAD1, LEAD2, LEAD3):

1. Select all the presets you want to rename in the Preset Table.
2. Right-click within the selection and hover over Name Transforms in the pop-up menu, and click Sequence Names.
3. Type in your desired base name, and click OK.

To assign a suffix to multiple preset names:

1. Select all the presets you want to rename in the Preset Table.
2. Right-click within the selection and hover over Name Transforms at the bottom of the pop-up menu, and click Suffix Names.
3. Type in the desired suffix, and click OK.

Paste a preset to a new location

To paste a preset to a new location in the Preset Table:

1. Right-click on the desired preset in the Preset Table and select Copy.
2. Right-click on the desired location, then either:
   • Select Paste Replace to replace the preset currently in the location with the copied preset you wish to paste, leaving all subsequently occurring presets in their same locations, or…
   • Select Paste Insert to paste your preset to the desired location while moving the preset previously at that location, as well as all subsequent presets, up one preset slot.

Paste a Preset to Multiple Locations

To past a preset to multiple locations in the Preset Table:

1. Right-click on a single preset in the Preset Table and select Copy.
2. Select all the locations you would like the preset to be copied to by clicking and dragging, shift-clicking, or ctrl+clicking.  The selected presets will be highlighted in RED.
3. Right-click on any selected (RED-highlighted) preset and select Paste Replace.

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The Device Editor provides an on-screen GUI (graphical user interface) providing visuals of your Strymon pedal(s) and all the effect parameters for you to adjust and manipulate.  The controls in the Device Editor mimic nearly all functionality of the pedal that currently has device focus.  For example:

• Turn the REPEATS knob for a TimeLine in the editor and the REPEATS value updates on the pedal, or…
• Turn a knob on your Strymon pedal and its corresponding value updates in the Device Editor GUI in real time.

You can adjust any of the controls available in the software to dial in the sound you desire on your connected Strymon pedal.

Parameter Values

In the Device Editor, the Value Knob is actually a value view/hide button. Click the Value Knob to show or hide all the per-preset PARAMS.

Effect Parameters and Common Parameters

When the PARAMS values are shown (Device Editor is not collapsed to hide the parameters), you will see two tabs at the bottom of the Device Editor: an Effect tab and a Common tab.

• The Effect tab includes all parameters specific to the effect type (specific to the Reverb Machine, Modulation Machine, or Delay Machine) currently selected by the Type Knob.
• The Common tab includes the per-preset parameters common to all effect types, including EP (Expression Pedal) ON/OFF and EP SET.

***Note – In the current version of Nixie, moving your expression pedal will not update items such as the MIX knob position and the MOD knob position in the Device Editor.

Saving Changes to your Pedal

To save changes that you have made to your presets while connected to the Nixie Software to your pedal’s memory, just click the WRITE button.

To undo this action, click press CTRL/CMD+Z until you reach the desired place in the History pane (usually the Clean state before you clicked the WRITE button), or simply click the Clean state line item in the History pane. Then click the WRITE button.  Note that the green check mark in the History pane indicates the state that is currently saved in the device.

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The preset currently being edited will be highlighted in RED in the preset table in the Device Details window on the right side of the application.  Double-click on the highlighted preset in the preset table, type in the new name, and press the Enter key.  To save these changes to the pedal’s memory, click the WRITE button in the Device Details window.

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To save changes made to the pedal in the Nixie software, just click the WRITE button.

To undo this action, click press CTRL/CMD+Z until you reach the desired place in the History pane (usually the Clean state before you clicked the WRITE button), or simply click the Clean state line item in the History pane. Then click the WRITE button.  Note that the green check mark in the History pane indicates the state that is currently saved in the device.

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The Preset Collections window is located on the left side of the Nixie software and can be used to group together your own custom collections of presets for your Strymon pedals.  Nixie has extensive drag and drop functionality, so you can drag individual presets or preset collections from any location on a hard drive, or even directly from a web page, into the Preset Collections window.

• Click the arrow to the right of any preset collection to show or hide its contents.
• Click twice on a preset collection to make its name editable (if you wish to rename it).

***NOTE: The current version of Nixie does not have History or Undo for the Preset Collections pane. Deleting preset collections from the Preset Collections pane is permanent. This will not, however, affect backups.

Create a Preset Collection from all 300 presets in the Preset Table

1. Click on any preset in the Preset Table and then select them with all with CTRL/CMD+A.
   
2. Right-click anywhere in the Preset Table and select Create Collection from the pop-up menu, OR..
3. Click and hold anywhere in the Preset Table, then drag into the Preset Collections window.
   
4. Click twice on the new preset collection to make the name editable (if you wish to rename it).

Create a Preset Collection from one or more presets in the Preset Table

1. Select the presets you wish to include from the Preset Table.
   
2. Right-Click within the selection in the Preset Table and select Create Collection from the pop-up menu, OR..
3. Click and hold any of the selected presets, and then drag into the Preset Collections window.
   
4. Click twice on the new preset collection to make the name editable (if you wish to rename it).

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To assign an expression pedal connected  to the EXP input of your Strymon pedal to control parameters:

• In the Common tab of the Device Editor for each preset, there are SET HEEL and SET TOE buttons that are used for assigning an expression pedal to control selected knobs on your Strymon pedal.
• Press ‘SET HEEL,’ then, turn the knobs you would like to control to the position you would like when the expression pedal is in the HEEL position.
• Then, press ‘SET TOE‘ and turn the same knobs you would like to control to the position you would like when the expression pedal is in the TOE position.
• When you are done making these assignments, save these changes to your preset by pressing the WRITE button in the Device Details window.

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To assign the PARAM1 and PARAM2 knobs on your BigSky and Mobius in Nixie:

1. Click the Parameter Assign button (down arrow button under the PARAM1 and PARAM2 knobs) under the PARAM knob you wish to assign to a parameter in the EFFECTS tab at the bottom of the GUI.
2. The Parameter Assign button will illuminate to indicate that it is ready to be assigned.
3. In the EFFECTS tab below, adjust the parameter that you wish to control. This parameter will now be marked P1 or P2, depending on which PARAM knob is being assigned, and the Parameter Assign button will go dark to indicate that the PARAM knob has been assigned.

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Currently, Global Parameters are adjusted within the pedal, and are not directly accessible within Nixie.  However, Global Parameter values are backed up, read from, and written to the device by Nixie.