I tried for several hours and gave up -- it wouldn't work in manual mode, only bank mode -- so if click on 1 and it's already On, nothing would happen, but if I clicked on 2, I could get the 2nd effect to toggle on the vhx, but if I clicked 2 again, nothing---cause it's already on....but if clicked back to 1 after clicking 2, 1 would work because it was off.....so that was to say the least, not at all what I wanted....couldn't figure out how to have the patches work in manual mode....I tried a SY-1000 for the hell of it and it completely wonked out the VHX interface,,,started to rapidly change screens, so I quickly disconnected it. For now I'm just using Boss Pedals vs the on-board effects -- at least the ones I need to toggle. Looking at the FC-300 by Roland.....this looks nice, but another $500...