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Old 02-13-2019, 10:00 PM
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Default Line 6 HX Stomp for acoustic rig

Before I pull the trigger on this Line 6 HX Stomp, I want to make sure it will do all of these things.

1. Button one push for guitar sound with its own EQ.

2. Button two push to turn octave effect for single note bass lines with its own pre programmed EQ that coincides with it.

3. Accept IR’s from my Tonedexter (it does) but working globally for both guitar and bass sounds.

4. Button three push to turn verb/delay on and off. In a perfect world, I would want no verb on the bass channel, and verb on the guitar channel. If that were possible, I could dedicate the third button to something else down the line.

This would cut down on so much space and weight for my floor board if it could do all of this.
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Old 02-14-2019, 09:41 AM
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Yes, it can do that.
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There is also a global EQ
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Thank you. Picked one up today and I'll be firing it up tomorrow.
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Remember we still have only 6 blocks to work with. You should look into snapshots.
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Yes for each preset you need to add your ir block
this would be the global ir you talk about. I just added
a gibson humingbird ir to my Taylor preset.
It sounds really good but needs to be at about
a 30 % mix. Much higher and the Irs wet signal
is too much to my ear. Youll find six blocks is
a bit limiting but doable. so youll have...
1. Ir
2. octaver
3. verb
4. delay
5.eq??
6.??
I usually have some sort of preamp (LA studio pre is nice) in there.
for acoustic ..i also like compression. so that for
me would be over the 6 block limit.
You can build multiple presets putting in the
octaver and not another for the songs you want
to use the bass effect.,Also the looper is another block .
so you may want an external looper.
The thing is pretty intuitave so after you work
with it awhile let us know what you think.

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Old 02-15-2019, 08:29 AM
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Thank you. Picked one up today and I'll be firing it up tomorrow.
Congrats on your purchase! There is a Facebook user group that has people from Line6 participating and many advanced users. A great place for info. Over at The Gear Page there is a big Helix thread and a couple of the developers routinely post there. Beyond that there are a ton of helpful YouTube videos.

If you find 6 blocks limiting you might consider stepping up to the LT which has 12 blocks.
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Yes for each preset you need to add your ir block
this would be the global ir you talk about. I just added
a gibson humingbird ir to my Taylor preset.
It sounds really good but needs to be at about
a 30 % mix. Much higher and the Irs wet signal
is too much to my ear. Youll find six blocks is
a bit limiting but doable. so youll have...
1. Ir
2. octaver
3. verb
4. delay
5.eq??
6.??
I usually have some sort of preamp (LA studio pre is nice) in there.
for acoustic ..i also like compression. so that for
me would be over the 6 block limit.
You can build multiple presets putting in the
octaver and not another for the songs you want
to use the bass effect.,Also the looper is another block .
so you may want an external looper.
The thing is pretty intuitave so after you work
with it awhile let us know what you think.
I don't want any verb on the bass block, and I'm thinking about doing snapshots for both blocks to mix it up a bit.


I'm thinking:

Guitar block:
1. IR
2. Compression
3. EQ
4. Verb
5. Delay
6. ??

Bass Block:
1. IR
2. Compression
3. Octave
4. EQ

I'll have a Sunnaudio Stage DI before the HX Stomp.
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Congrats on your purchase! I got a Helix LT for Christmas, and I'm just getting back into playing electric guitar again (after a 15+ year hiatus). I'm amazed at what it can do with just the presets, but the ability to shape my own sounds seems so incredibly powerful. Good luck with your new HX Stomp!
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Old 02-16-2019, 01:26 PM
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My buddy uses the HX in his electric rig and he's over here helping me set up mine for acoustic with snapshot mode. So far it sounds pretty amazing!

Far left button will toggle between guitar and bass sounds and the middle button should turn the FX on and off, leaving the far right button for tap tempo and tuner. I ordered a two button aux switch to add some functionality as well.
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My buddy uses the HX in his electric rig and he's over here helping me set up mine for acoustic with snapshot mode. So far it sounds pretty amazing!

Far left button will toggle between guitar and bass sounds and the middle button should turn the FX on and off, leaving the far right button for tap tempo and tuner. I ordered a two button aux switch to add some functionality as well.
It’s great you have someone to help you with the initial setup. Try the LA Studio Pre at the front o your chain. I use it for all my acoustic patches. Glad you’re digging it.
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Curious to know where HX Stomp users are placing their IR (those using) in the signal chain. Perhaps you've chosen not to use an IR, curious to know why?
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Curious to know where HX Stomp users are placing their IR (those using) in the signal chain. Perhaps you've chosen not to use an IR, curious to know why?
In my HX effects, I break the signal into two separate signals and put the IR on one chain and then add effects and eq as needed to each chain. That way I can blend how much IR I want in the overall signal. For my application, IR at 30 - 50% seems about right.

I've added effects to the IR chain and also just left it clean. Both seem to work great
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In my HX effects, I break the signal into two separate signals and put the IR on one chain and then add effects and eq as needed to each chain. That way I can blend how much IR I want in the overall signal. For my application, IR at 30 - 50% seems about right.

I've added effects to the IR chain and also just left it clean. Both seem to work great
I have to figure out how to do this once I'm able to load some IR's from my Tonedexter.
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I have to figure out how to do this once I'm able to load some IR's from my Tonedexter.
Extracting an IR from tonedexter is equivalent to make a reverb IR file.
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All you need is an audio interface + a mac with logic space designer or a PC with Waves IR-1 for example.

Then plug your audio interface Output (L) into the Tonedexter Input and your Tonedexter Output into one of the audio interface input (1).

the plugin will read a sweep sine signal, which is a pure tone with variable frequency exactly like Kemper does. The Response from Tonedexter will be recorded and the IR extracted.

send me a pm if it is too technical

just noticed IR-1 was on sale $35 instead of 249$
https://www.waves.com/plugins/ir1-convolution-reverb
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