Just got mine today...video is still gold...I'll tell ya what I opened it,plugged it in....and the first note blew my mind...Icouldn't believe the sound...I hadn't used a multi effects in 25 years..needless to say they came a long way...and I've been humbled. Because it totally blew my mind. I'm a bass player. And I've got really good. Ans I'm good with chords and harmony. And I put loops together to practice my soloing. And I was just using my bass and my freeze pedal. So I needed some contrast....and this pedal has everything I want. I just wanna create some landscapes to practice e over...I like epic ambient stuff..and I'm into looping jazz standards. ..and the stomp just sounds amazing...and makes me better. It's the most excited I've been since I first discovered a looper. ..very first note..I was like oh my god. I love it, also I figured it out without a manual...I'm watching videos now to see what else it does...but the ease of use was surprising as well...I'm totally impressed
I find this is a useful video to revisit at least once a year, as I learn more about my HX Stomp, what it can do, and how I might take advantage of settings that I didn't fully appreciate earlier. This is year 4. 😁 Thanks
I agree with all the previous comments. I am on my 2nd day with my stomp too and this is a very helpful video as are all of your videos about the Line 6 modellers. I have a Helix Floor which I use for silent stage stuff but I’ve also been building a hybrid board using other pedals and an amp. So I’ve just got a 2nd hand stomp to provide amp simulation to FOH plus wet effects. This might have been mentioned elsewhere in the comments but to your point about questioning why you’d want to monitor the send through headphones instead of the main outs, I can see for my use case this could be helpful. If I was for example to have the amp model on the B path and going out through the send then I guess that could be useful to hear through the phones rather than the main out without the amp model. Anyway thanks again! Keep making your excellent, clear content!
Thé snapshot toggle and reload thingy is actually pretty coool. Comes heavily into use on the bigger helix where you’ve got 8 snaps . The idea here is you use it almost like a momentary effect, instead of you remembering whatever is your home base snap you just whack it once and you move from say rhythm to lead, tap again and back to rhythm, if snap 3 was chorus, then you’d bop that and then on the second bop you’re back to rhythm automatically. On an 8 snap helix this is a godsend as you’re looking down only once to leap into some funky setting and then you’ll be back to home base tone without a second look. This video is awesome Scott.
This was actually my AHA! moment (that plus having the expression pedal level being remembered in Snapshot mode). When I'm singing at the same time and having to swap between clean and rhythm, I can just keep my foot hovering above the same switch and don't have to dance around so much. This will be heavily utilised at my next gig!
About the goofy snapshot reselect function, here is my idea on why they gave us this option (maybe?); when I first started using snapshot for instance in a song where I switch from clean to distortion for the chorus, when I swtich back to clean I have the instinct, having always used pedals, to stomp the same switch to go back to clean, as if I am deactivating my distortion pedal, as opposed to stomping on the verse switch (snapshot 1)
this is amazing. i needed to find somehting about a sudden increase in volume when i add loops with dirt pedals in front of the Stomp (i work with a switcher), but i found three things that immediately made my life better! and one of them made me realise that my Stomp is NOT broken! so, thank you!
Thanks for this video! Some thoughts on settings I'll find particularly useful: - I do a lot of theater work and being able to turn the stomp LEDs completely off is nice for when I'm set up on stage and we have scenes that should be in as much darkness as possible. In thise blackout scenes even a little bit of light is noticable! - I'm a bassist and my main amp is actually a PA speaker with only line or mic inputs, so being able to easily toggle between instrument and line output is very helpful. - I saw another comment talk about the uses of Analog vs. DSP bypass and how hearing it depends on the effects used. Also coming from theater work, there are moment where you need to suddenly jump from one sound cue to another with very little warning, or go from one sound cue total silence for dramatic effect. Being able to change that easily is also super helpful. Again, thank you for this. I decided to get the Stomp last night to replace my Boss MS3 and the deciding factor was going through your Helix video playlist. Cheers from NYC 👌
Tremendous! I changed the numbering of presets to 000 - 128, always preferred that, and also changed the setting for EXP pedals. Also knowing what everything does was super useful.
What a find! Thanks! I use HX FX, but am in a search for a used Stomp xl and your videos are very helpful. Can't wait to get a Stomp and dig in 😅 One thing about Bypass settings. HX FX also has the Analog/DSP setting and to my ear, the setting changes your tone also when the helix is not bypassed (but without blocks). DSP keeps my tone the same In-Out and the Analog is like a lp filter...it muffs the tone. This is how I hear it. Didn't read what the manual has to say though.
true. 13:20 - okay. on the in-Z or "input impedance" setting. here's my take: it's mostly important for a pedal like this that is meant for multiple sources; acoustic guitars (or other instruments with piezo pickups) electric guitars, keyboards and even a dynamic microphone (and of course having to also work for electric guitars flawlessly too). in addition to being able to set line level for things like keyboards or drum machines (active output = higher level than say passive guitar pickups), you can also set the impedance (or the amount of electrical resistance seen at the input). the high Z input was a big deal on some pedals that are designed for acoustic guitars and other instruments with piezo pickups. if you plug an acoustic into a normal electric guitar pedal, amp or even a mixing console it will usually sound pretty thin. you can sort of fix it with eq, but the highs will generally be harsh. using the higher Z should really get you into the neighborhood you want to be in. that's the whole reason they added this setting. So, "first enabled" uses the input impedance (in-Z) setting you have selected on the input (the circle block left of the first effect block in your chain - this is where you set the "Z." I think the Z effects tone, in part because, a higher resistance at the input impedes the flow of higher frequencies more, which is better for acoustic pickups and certain older mics, which would otherwise sound harsh. most regular vocal mics are low Z, but you may find using a higher Z setting may roll off some of the highs - and feedback less through the amp. worth experimenting with if your planning to use the mic in loud environment. also, if you're going to use a mic into your pedal try a low Z setting first. unless you are using an old high z mic or an adaptor with the transformer built in. some xlr to 1/4" cables have the transformer built into the plug section specifically for plugging into guitar amp inputs. 95% sure on this stuff. hehe. all the best! have fun.
25:20 is by far the mot important Tip. Setting the glogal high and low cuts really makes the difference in sound. If you want your Helix to sound close to an analog Amp set these things!
@@ScottUhlMusic Scott I'm wondering if its possible to route backing tracks via USB from my laptop, and get the signal out of the Stomp anywhere apart from the main L and R Outputs and into my Yamaha DM3? No issues getting sound out of the Main L and R Outputs, but then the signal will merge with my guitar sound.
The Headphon out choice is useful in my case : I use the "normal" output direct to PA with a cab sim applied, but just before the cab sim I have a send, and that goes to a power amp+cab (so no cab sim needed). In my headphones I want the cab sim so I select "Main L/R"
I used mine without the manual the first time, it didn't go too well. Although you can get up and running with the factory presets, this thing is pretty deep, lots of useful options, super steep learning curve. Once you get into it, the snowball effect takes place, thanks, awesome video.
This is the main one I use: th-cam.com/video/rWVF0tv8zCM/w-d-xo.html This is cheaper but still great: th-cam.com/video/k5OM4GUJNvQ/w-d-xo.html This is the cheapest one: th-cam.com/video/DSqdd--06hQ/w-d-xo.html
Z is impedance and it’s essentially what level of signal come from the guitar. Typical 1 meg is equal to plugging a 10ft cable from guitar straight into an amp. Hence why we often use buffers.
Scott saved the day again! I was having trouble with my new foot switch, but your comprehensive guide got me out of trouble and switching between presets to my hearts content. Many thanks!
I run my newly acquired HX Stomp into a home theater amp and large speakers, so LINE level is what works best for output level in my case. I also use the HX Stomp as a USB sound card for my laptop. So I have a pair of large 100W per channel speakers and a powered 12 inch subwoofer as my laptop and guitar speakers. Yay! Thanks for creating such useful content.
The headphone mode with auxiliary will allow you to control the volume on a backing track individual from the board. You can have the headphone out as a second TRS out for monitors. Pretty seeet setting!
Great video! I think making the headphone monitor be the send port is just if your pedalboard is such that you can't access your headphone port on the left side and want to come from the right side instead. Also, snapshot toggle/reselect is SUPER VALUABLE with command center. I run stomp mode on the Stomp, and a dual aux with FS4 being tap/tuner and FS5 being snapshot 3. I can use one button to toggle between snapshots 1 and 3 as opposed to needing two buttons. I set my stomp up as: FS1 = drive, FS2 = delay, FS3 = reverb, FS4 =tap/tune, FS5 = snapshot 3 which is usually a huge ambient swell setting. This way I can be in any combo of stomp settings and hit FS4 to instantly go to a huge swell sound or whatever else I want (taking advantage of snapshot functionality however you'd like) and be able to hit the same FS4 again to go back to my homebase snapshot 1. May not be everyone's cup of tea but I've found it super useful.
Awesome! Thank you for sharing the reasons why these would be valuable! I appreciate the comment, and it gives me more of an understanding for them. Thanks!
That’s a good use idea for the headphone monitor. I have used it to hear the difference between what I am Sending to my amp and what I am Outputting to the house mixer when I split the signal to exclude an amp model to my amp.
Thanks for all the info. Aux in settings and headphone volume settings were two I did not know and will be using now. Must have taken ages of research to go through this.
Wow that was absolutely gorgeous. Helped a lot to understand my Stomp XL.Well done Scott, thank you. Will have a look to your other videos. My 2 cents: you're talking to an international group. For none English native speakers, sometimes it is a bit fast, your talking. Sorry for that critical remark.
you have some great videos and am learning alot from them...for the analog\dsp thing...you need to have an effect block like delay or reverb and select the the trails option to "on"...then try the analog\dsp global option and see what happens. if you have this running in conjunction with other devices like say for instance a boss es-8 that can also effect the spillover so you would have to tinker with both and see how to get the spillover to occur
The Auto In-Z thing basically responds to how the auto impedance setting should work in the input settings of your patch in relation to the blocks you have set. Say, a FUZZ pedal usually works best at a low impedance signal expected from your pickups, so it would normally be pretty early in your chain and not after other dirt pedals, as you would get "tone suck" otherwise. If you set a fuzz pedal in your Stomp chain and your input impedance is set to "Auto", then you would expect it to automatically send a low impedance signal to that fuzz pedal block. This is where that Auto In-Z comes in: "First Block" just assumes to apply the expected impedance of whatever block you have FIRST IN THE CHAIN EVEN IF IT'S OFF, be it fuzz, od, you name it. So if you have a fuzz in the first block and a dirt pedal next, it won't matter if you turn off your fuzz, your imput will send the "fuzz impedance" to your dirt block, and you might or might not like what you hear "First Enabled" on the other hand just means that it will dinamically auto-set the impedance to whatever block it sees on first, so if you turn off your fuzz in the first block, it will accomodate to the expected impedance of the next block that is on. Sorry for the long explanation. I suck at words. Great video!
Outstanding and useful video. Literally nowhere could I find any discussion of Aux In settings so that you could run audio in and listen to this whilst you play over headphones for practice. Simplifies silent practice so much. Awesome!
Thanks for this, made some small changes! 😚 One thing to note is that the Global EQ is not apply on what is being recorded through the USB Interface, I am a amateur and it first killed me that everything I recorded sounded much more sharp and with deeper bass, I was thinking it was some "Boost audio setting"? (Same many laptops have in the audio software)" or something with my DAW but in the end found out it was the Global EQ that was not going with the USB signal.. 😂
Super useful video, thank you. One note: Analog bypass should cut off all sounds, which it does in your video. But DSP bypass should continue to play any tails and allow them to decay naturally. What's happening in in your video is nto what's supposed to happen. I have no idea why.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that your unit is not behaving correctly. There should be a clear difference between the two. Analog should cut off all FX immediately, DSP should let them decay. The reason it's confusing on your end is because DSP on your unit is not doing The Right Thing™
Really helpful & informative! Good pace too. New user here. What I found helpful (1) in/outs recommendation to setup my unit properly (2) Tempo pitch, TRS setup (3) Stomp select (been wanting to disable touch feature). (4) Global EQ suggestions. Thanks for time taken to do this. Much appreciated!
I REALLY like you clear and complete videos! The only thing that disturbs me, are the video memes inserted every now and then, as they seriously remove my concentration on the subject for no - at least for me - understandable reason ....
Actually finding out that there are global settings was great already and you did show a lot how to use the buttons and knobs to move through menus. That already was really helpful since i got mine yesterday 😂
I believe snapshot reselect could be useful if you use command center to assign a snapshot to a footswitch and then effects to the other footswitches. You could toggle back and forth through snapshots with one button rather than 2.
One more thing! Setting monitor to the send is great because you can put the send/return loop anywhere in your DSP signal chain. So you can put it after certain effects to test how they sound using headphones without outputting to your amp/main output. It's only useful when you don't have an amp, but in those moments it's great.
ONE MORE: Another way to configure monitor to the send is because you can put send/return with drive/mod pedal etc, using preamp simulator and before the IR /Cab sim a Y split with a 'volume' to a power amp and connected to a real cabinet without '2 cabs sound'.
I use snapshot reselect to switch back and forth between my lead and Rhythm Channel or Rhythm to clean Channel . when you're playing live it's much easier to keep track of this with hitting just one button.
@@ScottUhlMusic here's another tip I use on my rig and I think a lot of single guitar players would find very useful. Not really a line 6 thing but more of a stereo out thing, what you get on every modeler and most pedals. On one of your outputs before it hits your amp/ Poweramp insert a stutter switch / momentary off switch. As a one guitar player in a band this works great for intros when there is just one guitar playing. Simply hold down your stutter switch and instantly cut off your left or right signal going to the other side of the stage with the other cabinet. Talk about adding some Dynamics to your guys's sound holy crap! And if you really want to get crazy with it you can add a Looper pedal to the left or right and then you're only limited to your imagination.
13:05 lol, the goofiest one was the one that I was looking for it to have! Ok when I'm on the rhythm going to solo and back to rhythm I can activate stomp 2 for solo and without moving my foot I can press it again so I'm back at my rhythm tone.
Thanks for the High / Low Cut global setting. I will definitely use this one. I was doing it individually for IR’s, not even thinking of a global offering.
Great videos. If I had to guess, I could see the snapshot toggle mode being useful for very fast switching between two snapshots where there isn't time to move your foot back and forth.
Snapshot reselect - maybe if you have just one footswitch doing snapshots, and other footswitches doing other things, then the single snapshot footswitch would let you toggle between two snapshots? Just a thought, maybe not
Snapshot reselect would be useful if you need to toggle an effect back and forth without moving your foot. I could see situations that can call for it for sure.
I use Toggle Snapshot all the time. It's a lot easier to pre-press Snap1 and Snap 3 if you're just using those 2 in a particular song, and then you press Snap 1 to go back and forth without having to look down at your pedalboard, you just feel the edge and press the first switch on the left. This is really important for changes on the fly while singing when you can't really afford to look down while keeping your face oriented properly to the mic.
Analog Bypass: I use this with my HX Effects. It's the center of my pedalboard with one or two amps (Depending if I want to go stereo on a certain stage or not... anyway,) when I'm just setting the knobs on my amp, analog bypass just gives me the guitar signal so I can dial in the best "pedal platform" amp setting for the room without any EQs, distortions, filters, or modulations confusing things. If you are going into, say, a mixing desk or an FRFR, I imagine then you have no use for it.
I think cutting off reverb/delay trails is mostly about true bypass vs buffered bypass. If you have tons of pedals w a good input/output buffer, you don't really want buffers in the middle of your chain.
AHA! I found out something! Thanks for this video! Loved the preset numbers and the output level. I go out of my Stomp XL into a D.I. "thru" to a powered speaker then XLR to the board. I was experiencing volume variability, like it was going up and down on its own throughout the songs (when it was on Inst). I'm hoping the LINE output fixes this. If I want a monitor on stage through a powered speaker, should I go "L out" into the speaker" and "R out" into a D.I. box for the board? Thanks again!
3:51 - USB In 1/2 Trim - Let's say you want to jam along to your favorite track or youtube, but your USB IN is a little too hot. i.e. You want to mostly hear your violin (or guitar if you must) - you can turn down (trim) the USB so it isn't as loud.
I learned a lot new features. Thanks. I have set the volume button to only the headphones and that works fine to hear more bass in my ears. The aux in feature is also interesting but the audio is going to line out and to the headphones . Is there a solution to set the audio coming in from the "aux in "to only the headphones ?
Alright, thanks. Ill try it on set. I notice that if I used an IR and all is 0db that preset is louder than if I used the stock amps and cabs. Not sure why
19:37 How do you send MIDI out on Channel 4? You send MIDI out with the channel number of the target device, you don't put your own channel number on messages going out? Or am I confused?
Here’s a video about sending MIDI messages from hx stomp to another device: th-cam.com/video/sgZeMznMBFA/w-d-xo.html But that part of the video referenced what channel will the HX stomp respond to midi info on. In my case, MIDI channel 4
@@ScottUhlMusic That's what confused me, you said "If I'm sending MIDI information from my HX Stomp to another device I send it out on MIDI channel 4 as well".
Another toggle use is if you use command center to set up two fs’s to do other non-snapshotty things then the third fs just toggles between two snapshots
Oh yea Something to keep in mind tho Fuzz filter treble boost are the most common type of sensitive effects… check out source audio zio Like I said a real unsung hero
Simon from Kingsley developed a pedal similar but better imo… he’ll custom build you one it’s called a architect and it can make one guitar sound like almost any it’s really wild
true. 13:20 - okay. on the in-Z or "input impedance" setting. here's my take: it's mostly important for a pedal like this that is meant for multiple sources; acoustic guitars (or other instruments with piezo pickups) electric guitars, keyboards and even a dynamic microphone (and of course having to also work for electric guitars flawlessly too). in addition to being able to set line level for things like keyboards or drum machines (active output = higher level than say passive guitar pickups), you can also set the impedance (or the amount of electrical resistance seen at the input). the high Z input was a big deal on some pedals that are designed for acoustic guitars and other instruments with piezo pickups. if you plug an acoustic into a normal electric guitar pedal, amp or even a mixing console it will usually sound pretty thin. you can sort of fix it with eq, but the highs will generally be harsh. using the higher Z should really get you into the neighborhood you want to be in. that's the whole reason they added this setting. So, "first enabled" uses the input impedance (in-Z) setting you have selected on the input (the circle block left of the first effect block in your chain - this is where you set the "Z." I think the Z effects tone, in part because, a higher resistance at the input impedes the flow of higher frequencies more, which is better for acoustic pickups and certain older mics, which would otherwise sound harsh. most regular vocal mics are low Z, but you may find using a higher Z setting may roll off some of the highs - and feedback less through the amp. worth experimenting with if your planning to use the mic in loud environment. also, if you're going to use a mic into your pedal try a low Z setting first. unless you are using an old high z mic or an adaptor with the transformer built in. some xlr to 1/4" cables have the transformer built into the plug section specifically for plugging into guitar amp inputs. 95% sure on this stuff. hehe. all the best! have fun.
@@IshredGuitar pad is usually used on active guitars and basses or maybe some keyboards. It just turns down the input a bit so the HX can handle hotter instruments. Global seems to mean it will turn down the input on all presets (if any preset pad is enabled?) rather than just the one preset you are on. If you turn it to “on” (options: global, off or on) you will hear the level drop a bit. That’s all that pad does. If you get clipping or loud pops when you get more aggressive on the instrument try the pad. You should not need it for most guitars.
I see your in/out is mono, what is your personal preference to your effects abd blocks, yay or nay to Stereo blocks? I just recently switched everything to mono cause Hx Stomp gawds said so but i feel i lost the warmth especially to the mod blocks. They seem to have warmer more appealing fx..
Dude, you are a lifesaver! I’m on day 2 of having my HX Stomp and your videos have made things SO much easier. THANK YOU! 🤟🏼
Thanks! Glad to help 👍
Just got mine today...video is still gold...I'll tell ya what
I opened it,plugged it in....and the first note blew my mind...Icouldn't believe the sound...I hadn't used a multi effects in 25 years..needless to say they came a long way...and I've been humbled. Because it totally blew my mind. I'm a bass player. And I've got really good. Ans I'm good with chords and harmony. And I put loops together to practice my soloing. And I was just using my bass and my freeze pedal. So I needed some contrast....and this pedal has everything I want. I just wanna create some landscapes to practice e over...I like epic ambient stuff..and I'm into looping jazz standards. ..and the stomp just sounds amazing...and makes me better. It's the most excited I've been since I first discovered a looper. ..very first note..I was like oh my god. I love it, also I figured it out without a manual...I'm watching videos now to see what else it does...but the ease of use was surprising as well...I'm totally impressed
I find this is a useful video to revisit at least once a year, as I learn more about my HX Stomp, what it can do, and how I might take advantage of settings that I didn't fully appreciate earlier. This is year 4. 😁 Thanks
I agree with all the previous comments. I am on my 2nd day with my stomp too and this is a very helpful video as are all of your videos about the Line 6 modellers. I have a Helix Floor which I use for silent stage stuff but I’ve also been building a hybrid board using other pedals and an amp. So I’ve just got a 2nd hand stomp to provide amp simulation to FOH plus wet effects. This might have been mentioned elsewhere in the comments but to your point about questioning why you’d want to monitor the send through headphones instead of the main outs, I can see for my use case this could be helpful. If I was for example to have the amp model on the B path and going out through the send then I guess that could be useful to hear through the phones rather than the main out without the amp model. Anyway thanks again! Keep making your excellent, clear content!
Thé snapshot toggle and reload thingy is actually pretty coool. Comes heavily into use on the bigger helix where you’ve got 8 snaps . The idea here is you use it almost like a momentary effect, instead of you remembering whatever is your home base snap you just whack it once and you move from say rhythm to lead, tap again and back to rhythm, if snap 3 was chorus, then you’d bop that and then on the second bop you’re back to rhythm automatically. On an 8 snap helix this is a godsend as you’re looking down only once to leap into some funky setting and then you’ll be back to home base tone without a second look.
This video is awesome Scott.
Thanks Alec! That actually definitely makes sense. I knew there had to be a reason for it, so thanks for giving an example of when you would use it 🤘
This was actually my AHA! moment (that plus having the expression pedal level being remembered in Snapshot mode). When I'm singing at the same time and having to swap between clean and rhythm, I can just keep my foot hovering above the same switch and don't have to dance around so much. This will be heavily utilised at my next gig!
About the goofy snapshot reselect function, here is my idea on why they gave us this option (maybe?); when I first started using snapshot for instance in a song where I switch from clean to distortion for the chorus, when I swtich back to clean I have the instinct, having always used pedals, to stomp the same switch to go back to clean, as if I am deactivating my distortion pedal, as opposed to stomping on the verse switch (snapshot 1)
this is amazing. i needed to find somehting about a sudden increase in volume when i add loops with dirt pedals in front of the Stomp (i work with a switcher), but i found three things that immediately made my life better! and one of them made me realise that my Stomp is NOT broken! so, thank you!
Thanks for this video! Some thoughts on settings I'll find particularly useful:
- I do a lot of theater work and being able to turn the stomp LEDs completely off is nice for when I'm set up on stage and we have scenes that should be in as much darkness as possible. In thise blackout scenes even a little bit of light is noticable!
- I'm a bassist and my main amp is actually a PA speaker with only line or mic inputs, so being able to easily toggle between instrument and line output is very helpful.
- I saw another comment talk about the uses of Analog vs. DSP bypass and how hearing it depends on the effects used. Also coming from theater work, there are moment where you need to suddenly jump from one sound cue to another with very little warning, or go from one sound cue total silence for dramatic effect. Being able to change that easily is also super helpful.
Again, thank you for this. I decided to get the Stomp last night to replace my Boss MS3 and the deciding factor was going through your Helix video playlist. Cheers from NYC 👌
I changed the TAP tempo to go directly instead of pitch changing and followed your advice on the global EQ - thanks!
Tremendous! I changed the numbering of presets to 000 - 128, always preferred that, and also changed the setting for EXP pedals. Also knowing what everything does was super useful.
Glad it helped!
you're a legend!
over 2 years after publishing your video, Im still coming back here if I need some reminder ;) keep it up!
Thank you :)
What a find! Thanks! I use HX FX, but am in a search for a used Stomp xl and your videos are very helpful. Can't wait to get a Stomp and dig in 😅
One thing about Bypass settings. HX FX also has the Analog/DSP setting and to my ear, the setting changes your tone also when the helix is not bypassed (but without blocks). DSP keeps my tone the same In-Out and the Analog is like a lp filter...it muffs the tone. This is how I hear it. Didn't read what the manual has to say though.
true. 13:20 - okay. on the in-Z or "input impedance" setting. here's my take:
it's mostly important for a pedal like this that is meant for multiple sources; acoustic guitars (or other instruments with piezo pickups) electric guitars, keyboards and even a dynamic microphone (and of course having to also work for electric guitars flawlessly too). in addition to being able to set line level for things like keyboards or drum machines (active output = higher level than say passive guitar pickups), you can also set the impedance (or the amount of electrical resistance seen at the input).
the high Z input was a big deal on some pedals that are designed for acoustic guitars and other instruments with piezo pickups. if you plug an acoustic into a normal electric guitar pedal, amp or even a mixing console it will usually sound pretty thin. you can sort of fix it with eq, but the highs will generally be harsh. using the higher Z should really get you into the neighborhood you want to be in. that's the whole reason they added this setting.
So, "first enabled" uses the input impedance (in-Z) setting you have selected on the input (the circle block left of the first effect block in your chain - this is where you set the "Z."
I think the Z effects tone, in part because, a higher resistance at the input impedes the flow of higher frequencies more, which is better for acoustic pickups and certain older mics, which would otherwise sound harsh. most regular vocal mics are low Z, but you may find using a higher Z setting may roll off some of the highs - and feedback less through the amp. worth experimenting with if your planning to use the mic in loud environment.
also, if you're going to use a mic into your pedal try a low Z setting first. unless you are using an old high z mic or an adaptor with the transformer built in. some xlr to 1/4" cables have the transformer built into the plug section specifically for plugging into guitar amp inputs.
95% sure on this stuff. hehe. all the best! have fun.
Hey thanks for the comment! I appreciate it! 😊
@@ScottUhlMusic thanks for the great videos! It’s people like you who make the world a better place.
25:20 is by far the mot important Tip. Setting the glogal high and low cuts really makes the difference in sound. If you want your Helix to sound close to an analog Amp set these things!
It’s definitely a big help!
Great video. Thanks for doing this for all of us that hate manuals. So much easier to watch someone doing it.
Thanks! Glad to help 🤘
@@ScottUhlMusic Scott I'm wondering if its possible to route backing tracks via USB from my laptop, and get the signal out of the Stomp anywhere apart from the main L and R Outputs and into my Yamaha DM3? No issues getting sound out of the Main L and R Outputs, but then the signal will merge with my guitar sound.
One of the most helpful videos of HX Stomp I saw. Thank you dude! It's help me a lot!
Glad it helped!
eres lo más grande del mundo mundial, había tenido algunos problemas con los audífonos y me respondiste la pregunta en menos de 5 minutos.
Fantastic tutorial, the ‘no chipmunk’ settiing was really valuable, thank you.
Thanks! And yeah I changed that one for sure 🤘
The Headphon out choice is useful in my case : I use the "normal" output direct to PA with a cab sim applied, but just before the cab sim I have a send, and that goes to a power amp+cab (so no cab sim needed). In my headphones I want the cab sim so I select "Main L/R"
I used mine without the manual the first time, it didn't go too well.
Although you can get up and running with the factory presets, this thing is pretty deep, lots of useful options, super steep learning curve.
Once you get into it, the snowball effect takes place, thanks, awesome video.
Very true. Hell, I learned more about it just making this video 👍
10 minutes in and you're immediately answering the questions I am having as I am trying. Yay! Good teacher.
Awesome, glad to help 🤘
@@ScottUhlMusic Hey ... what's your wireless and do you recommend? Thx.
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SCOTT !!!!!!!!!!! You explain all this VERY WELL !!!!!!!!!!!! Thank You !!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Rod!
@@ScottUhlMusic no Thank you. I just got the stomp on Sat so I'm going thru all of your videos on the stomp
@5:14 The option appears once you plug in headphones. Although, I'm sure you figured this out by now. lol. Thanks for this video!
Now this is a great HX Stomp Video
My brain did not melt in the first 2 minutes !
Mission accomplished 🤘
Just picked up a used HX Stomp, and hungry to learn more about it. Thanks for sharing ~
Enjoy your HX stomp 🤘 it’s my main workhorse!
This was super useful - new subscriber and new Stomp XL owner.
Thank you 😊
Z is impedance and it’s essentially what level of signal come from the guitar. Typical 1 meg is equal to plugging a 10ft cable from guitar straight into an amp. Hence why we often use buffers.
I get a stomp xl a week ago, i didn't like it becuase the configuration, i see the full video and set it up . Now i love it , thanks mate. :)
Great to hear!
Scott saved the day again! I was having trouble with my new foot switch, but your comprehensive guide got me out of trouble and switching between presets to my hearts content. Many thanks!
Glad to help!
I run my newly acquired HX Stomp into a home theater amp and large speakers, so LINE level is what works best for output level in my case. I also use the HX Stomp as a USB sound card for my laptop. So I have a pair of large 100W per channel speakers and a powered 12 inch subwoofer as my laptop and guitar speakers. Yay! Thanks for creating such useful content.
Thanks for watching and for commenting 🤘
The headphone mode with auxiliary will allow you to control the volume on a backing track individual from the board. You can have the headphone out as a second TRS out for monitors. Pretty seeet setting!
Nice! Yeah that’s a great way to use it 🤘
Line 6 should be running these tutorials on their website and giving you a cut of sales. Haha. Thanks so much for these videos dude!
Great video! I think making the headphone monitor be the send port is just if your pedalboard is such that you can't access your headphone port on the left side and want to come from the right side instead.
Also, snapshot toggle/reselect is SUPER VALUABLE with command center. I run stomp mode on the Stomp, and a dual aux with FS4 being tap/tuner and FS5 being snapshot 3. I can use one button to toggle between snapshots 1 and 3 as opposed to needing two buttons. I set my stomp up as: FS1 = drive, FS2 = delay, FS3 = reverb, FS4 =tap/tune, FS5 = snapshot 3 which is usually a huge ambient swell setting. This way I can be in any combo of stomp settings and hit FS4 to instantly go to a huge swell sound or whatever else I want (taking advantage of snapshot functionality however you'd like) and be able to hit the same FS4 again to go back to my homebase snapshot 1. May not be everyone's cup of tea but I've found it super useful.
Awesome! Thank you for sharing the reasons why these would be valuable! I appreciate the comment, and it gives me more of an understanding for them. Thanks!
That’s a good use idea for the headphone monitor. I have used it to hear the difference between what I am Sending to my amp and what I am Outputting to the house mixer when I split the signal to exclude an amp model to my amp.
That’s such a great idea, thanks for sharing
I gess you can use the Send option for the headphones for monitoring your full band on stage by reciving the FOH mix than includes your guitar
Thanks for all the info. Aux in settings and headphone volume settings were two I did not know and will be using now. Must have taken ages of research to go through this.
Yeah, this one definitely took a lot longer than I realized haha. Glad you found it useful and found settings to make your stomp run better for you 🤘
What I’m trying to find now is what level the 1/4 output is at bottom and top of the volume knob setting.
Your tutorials are great and very valuable! I had a few a-ha moments as well.
Thanks! Glad to be inspiring the a-ha moments :)
17:10 my God this is perfect!
Wow that was absolutely gorgeous. Helped a lot to understand my Stomp XL.Well done Scott, thank you. Will have a look to your other videos. My 2 cents: you're talking to an international group. For none English native speakers, sometimes it is a bit fast, your talking. Sorry for that critical remark.
I appreciate the feedback! I’ve considered slowing down my editing a little bit, so thanks for the advice!
I'm a new Stomp owner. This was extremely helpful. Thank you. I have added this to my HX Stomp Playlist for future reference.
Thanks! Glad you found it helpful. Enjoy your new Stomp 🤘
you have some great videos and am learning alot from them...for the analog\dsp thing...you need to have an effect block like delay or reverb and select the the trails option to "on"...then try the analog\dsp global option and see what happens. if you have this running in conjunction with other devices like say for instance a boss es-8 that can also effect the spillover so you would have to tinker with both and see how to get the spillover to occur
Thanks!
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Thank you for this video ! Wishing you success on your channel
Appreciate it! 🤘
The Auto In-Z thing basically responds to how the auto impedance setting should work in the input settings of your patch in relation to the blocks you have set. Say, a FUZZ pedal usually works best at a low impedance signal expected from your pickups, so it would normally be pretty early in your chain and not after other dirt pedals, as you would get "tone suck" otherwise. If you set a fuzz pedal in your Stomp chain and your input impedance is set to "Auto", then you would expect it to automatically send a low impedance signal to that fuzz pedal block.
This is where that Auto In-Z comes in:
"First Block" just assumes to apply the expected impedance of whatever block you have FIRST IN THE CHAIN EVEN IF IT'S OFF, be it fuzz, od, you name it. So if you have a fuzz in the first block and a dirt pedal next, it won't matter if you turn off your fuzz, your imput will send the "fuzz impedance" to your dirt block, and you might or might not like what you hear
"First Enabled" on the other hand just means that it will dinamically auto-set the impedance to whatever block it sees on first, so if you turn off your fuzz in the first block, it will accomodate to the expected impedance of the next block that is on.
Sorry for the long explanation. I suck at words. Great video!
Thanks for the explanation! I appreciate it
Outstanding and useful video. Literally nowhere could I find any discussion of Aux In settings so that you could run audio in and listen to this whilst you play over headphones for practice. Simplifies silent practice so much. Awesome!
Yeah I honestly did not know about that until I was researching this video. Pretty sweet feature!
Best explained video at last
Thank you for intuitive stomp heads up🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thanks for this, made some small changes! 😚 One thing to note is that the Global EQ is not apply on what is being recorded through the USB Interface, I am a amateur and it first killed me that everything I recorded sounded much more sharp and with deeper bass, I was thinking it was some "Boost audio setting"? (Same many laptops have in the audio software)" or something with my DAW but in the end found out it was the Global EQ that was not going with the USB signal.. 😂
That makes sense, but also good to know! Thanks for the comment 😊
Watching this made me glad I sprung for the stomp xl. All the buttons.
Most of the time all I need is my stomp, but there is a part of me that wishes I had a few more buttons with the xl :)
Super useful video, thank you. One note: Analog bypass should cut off all sounds, which it does in your video. But DSP bypass should continue to play any tails and allow them to decay naturally. What's happening in in your video is nto what's supposed to happen. I have no idea why.
I honestly don’t know, that’s a setting I don’t really understand for sure
I guess what I'm trying to say is that your unit is not behaving correctly. There should be a clear difference between the two. Analog should cut off all FX immediately, DSP should let them decay. The reason it's confusing on your end is because DSP on your unit is not doing The Right Thing™
Really helpful & informative! Good pace too. New user here. What I found helpful (1) in/outs recommendation to setup my unit properly (2) Tempo pitch, TRS setup (3) Stomp select (been wanting to disable touch feature). (4) Global EQ suggestions. Thanks for time taken to do this. Much appreciated!
Awesome, thanks for the comment 🤘
I REALLY like you clear and complete videos! The only thing that disturbs me, are the video memes inserted every now and then, as they seriously remove my concentration on the subject for no - at least for me - understandable reason ....
Some people love them, others hate them. I use them less now in my videos but still use them
I guess this is for all those people nowadays with a short attention span and a high attention threshold 🤣@@ScottUhlMusic
@@ScottUhlMusic i, for one, like it when my professor has a sense of humor
Thanks Scott. I'm trying out your low cut & high cut suggestions
Actually finding out that there are global settings was great already and you did show a lot how to use the buttons and knobs to move through menus. That already was really helpful since i got mine yesterday 😂
Haha nice! Glad it helped 👍
i use the bypass when i record directly into my interface with a microphone for acoustic guitar
I believe snapshot reselect could be useful if you use command center to assign a snapshot to a footswitch and then effects to the other footswitches. You could toggle back and forth through snapshots with one button rather than 2.
Ah interesting! Thanks for the comment 🤘
One more thing!
Setting monitor to the send is great because you can put the send/return loop anywhere in your DSP signal chain. So you can put it after certain effects to test how they sound using headphones without outputting to your amp/main output. It's only useful when you don't have an amp, but in those moments it's great.
ONE MORE:
Another way to configure monitor to the send is because you can put send/return with drive/mod pedal etc, using preamp simulator and before the IR /Cab sim a Y split with a 'volume' to a power amp and connected to a real cabinet without '2 cabs sound'.
Damn, there are the midi settings i was looking for. Thanks for the vid
I use snapshot reselect to switch back and forth between my lead and Rhythm Channel or Rhythm to clean Channel . when you're playing live it's much easier to keep track of this with hitting just one button.
Interesting… that makes sense. Thanks for sharing how you use it!
@@ScottUhlMusic here's another tip I use on my rig and I think a lot of single guitar players would find very useful. Not really a line 6 thing but more of a stereo out thing, what you get on every modeler and most pedals. On one of your outputs before it hits your amp/ Poweramp insert a stutter switch / momentary off switch. As a one guitar player in a band this works great for intros when there is just one guitar playing. Simply hold down your stutter switch and instantly cut off your left or right signal going to the other side of the stage with the other cabinet.
Talk about adding some Dynamics to your guys's sound holy crap! And if you really want to get crazy with it you can add a Looper pedal to the left or right and then you're only limited to your imagination.
13:05 lol, the goofiest one was the one that I was looking for it to have! Ok when I'm on the rhythm going to solo and back to rhythm I can activate stomp 2 for solo and without moving my foot I can press it again so I'm back at my rhythm tone.
and this feature was default on the old digitech RP line of floor multieffects
Oh nice! Yeah that totally makes sense!
Thanks for the High / Low Cut global setting. I will definitely use this one. I was doing it individually for IR’s, not even thinking of a global offering.
Dude, I did the same thing for forever too 😅
After my 3.5 upgrade went back to this video for a refresher :)
Haha nice! How did it hold up after the update? I know updates can move stuff around and place stuff in different menus
@@ScottUhlMusic That's why I went back to this. :)) It changed when I updated to 3.5.
Brilliant video. I've been on the fence about buying one of these but alway worry about complexity. You've helped me get over that! Thanks.
Hell yeah, glad to hear that! Enjoy your stomp 🤘 It’s still my go to workhorse
Great videos. If I had to guess, I could see the snapshot toggle mode being useful for very fast switching between two snapshots where there isn't time to move your foot back and forth.
Always supporting your videos, thanks a lot!!! Greetings from Chile.
Thank you 🤘🤘
Snapshot reselect - maybe if you have just one footswitch doing snapshots, and other footswitches doing other things, then the single snapshot footswitch would let you toggle between two snapshots? Just a thought, maybe not
Snapshot reselect would be useful if you need to toggle an effect back and forth without moving your foot. I could see situations that can call for it for sure.
Yeah, the “not moving your foot” seems to make sense for sure!
Excellent presentation 🙌🎸
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Cutting all guitar tones below 80hz is good advice.. especially for acoustic patches.
I use Toggle Snapshot all the time. It's a lot easier to pre-press Snap1 and Snap 3 if you're just using those 2 in a particular song, and then you press Snap 1 to go back and forth without having to look down at your pedalboard, you just feel the edge and press the first switch on the left. This is really important for changes on the fly while singing when you can't really afford to look down while keeping your face oriented properly to the mic.
Nice! That’s cool and that makes sense
DSP vs Analog bypass is a huge thing. Plus the impedance is big too
Can you explain how you use it?
Global EQ is super helpful. Thanks!
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Great video, went through every setting with you. Thanks so much.
Thanks! Glad to help 👍
Analog Bypass: I use this with my HX Effects. It's the center of my pedalboard with one or two amps (Depending if I want to go stereo on a certain stage or not... anyway,) when I'm just setting the knobs on my amp, analog bypass just gives me the guitar signal so I can dial in the best "pedal platform" amp setting for the room without any EQs, distortions, filters, or modulations confusing things. If you are going into, say, a mixing desk or an FRFR, I imagine then you have no use for it.
Oh nice. That definitely makes sense, thanks for commenting! It’s always good to hear how people use these settings in their setup 👍
Cracking video mate. Huge thanks.
Thanks 🙏
Great videos on hx stomp. I'm new to this pedal so the info is so so valuable to me, absolutely spot on and explained very well.
Thanks, glad to help. Enjoy your Stomp 🤘
wow,thank you..
please keep doing youtube.It was very clear.
Thanks!
What an incredible resource!
I think cutting off reverb/delay trails is mostly about true bypass vs buffered bypass. If you have tons of pedals w a good input/output buffer, you don't really want buffers in the middle of your chain.
I mostly use the hx stomp by itself, so I don’t really use buffers with my setup 👍
AHA! I found out something! Thanks for this video! Loved the preset numbers and the output level. I go out of my Stomp XL into a D.I. "thru" to a powered speaker then XLR to the board. I was experiencing volume variability, like it was going up and down on its own throughout the songs (when it was on Inst). I'm hoping the LINE output fixes this. If I want a monitor on stage through a powered speaker, should I go "L out" into the speaker" and "R out" into a D.I. box for the board? Thanks again!
Yup you can do that, just be cautious about turning up or down on the stomp and control the volume of the speaker on the speaker itself 👍
Just one word: thank you very much.
You’re welcome ☺️
Very helpful tutorial! thx Scott! Greate job!
Thanks 🤘
3:51 - USB In 1/2 Trim - Let's say you want to jam along to your favorite track or youtube, but your USB IN is a little too hot. i.e. You want to mostly hear your violin (or guitar if you must) - you can turn down (trim) the USB so it isn't as loud.
That makes sense 👍
I have midi set up to use the looper and tuner but never turned off the tap temp on fs3, thanks for showing that.
Glad you found that helpful and have a new foot switch to use 🤘
Thanks for this, Scott!
Glad to help 🤘
Thanks a lot! This is a great video and helps so much!
Glad it helped!
Just got my HX Stomp today. All were ah-ha moments for me. Thanks.
Awesome! Enjoy your new HX stomp 🤘🤘
Love the in-depth videos Scott! Is there a way to use FS Mode to toggle between two views? Say between snapshot view and footswitch view? Thanks!
With an external footswitch you can now on a later firmware update 🤘 and thank you!
I learned a lot new features. Thanks. I have set the volume button to only the headphones and that works fine to hear more bass in my ears. The aux in feature is also interesting but the audio is going to line out and to the headphones . Is there a solution to set the audio coming in from the "aux in "to only the headphones ?
Nice! Glad it helped. And I don’t believe that’s possible though, at least not that I know of
Ok thanks
Superb info thanks, I’ve been tinkering!
Thanks! Working on the helix video now 👍
I think its amazing how you can manage through all of this but in the Software its way easier
You can definitely use the software. But I know a lot of people prefer to control it manually on the device itself 👍
For the output, is there a difference in volume if you choose instrument or line? What should I choose if it's going to a DI box first then mixer?
Line level is louder than instrument. Probably line if going into a DI box 👍
But always just use your ear
Alright, thanks. Ill try it on set. I notice that if I used an IR and all is 0db that preset is louder than if I used the stock amps and cabs. Not sure why
19:37 How do you send MIDI out on Channel 4? You send MIDI out with the channel number of the target device, you don't put your own channel number on messages going out? Or am I confused?
Here’s a video about sending MIDI messages from hx stomp to another device: th-cam.com/video/sgZeMznMBFA/w-d-xo.html
But that part of the video referenced what channel will the HX stomp respond to midi info on. In my case, MIDI channel 4
@@ScottUhlMusic That's what confused me, you said "If I'm sending MIDI information from my HX Stomp to another device I send it out on MIDI channel 4 as well".
Another toggle use is if you use command center to set up two fs’s to do other non-snapshotty things then the third fs just toggles between two snapshots
We should use snapshot toggle to add effects temporary - for the las quarter note for example. I regularly do it in daw. But just an Idea
Interesting, that would be cool! Or something unique with snapshot toggle like that seems valuable for sure
Necessary tutorial. Thanks!
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This is such amazing information! Your voice reminds me of binging with Babbish! Lol
Hahahaha! I’ll take it :)
The input impedance is a crucial factor
Some effects are impedance sensitive
It really is the unsung hero of tone
That makes sense… and also makes sense why I didn’t know what it did since I just use a Helix or HX Stomp without any other pedals 😅
Oh yea
Something to keep in mind tho
Fuzz filter treble boost are the most common type of sensitive effects… check out source audio zio
Like I said a real unsung hero
Simon from Kingsley developed a pedal similar but better imo… he’ll custom build you one it’s called a architect and it can make one guitar sound like almost any it’s really wild
true. 13:20 - okay. on the in-Z or "input impedance" setting. here's my take:
it's mostly important for a pedal like this that is meant for multiple sources; acoustic guitars (or other instruments with piezo pickups) electric guitars, keyboards and even a dynamic microphone (and of course having to also work for electric guitars flawlessly too). in addition to being able to set line level for things like keyboards or drum machines (active output = higher level than say passive guitar pickups), you can also set the impedance (or the amount of electrical resistance seen at the input).
the high Z input was a big deal on some pedals that are designed for acoustic guitars and other instruments with piezo pickups. if you plug an acoustic into a normal electric guitar pedal, amp or even a mixing console it will usually sound pretty thin. you can sort of fix it with eq, but the highs will generally be harsh. using the higher Z should really get you into the neighborhood you want to be in. that's the whole reason they added this setting.
So, "first enabled" uses the input impedance (in-Z) setting you have selected on the input (the circle block left of the first effect block in your chain - this is where you set the "Z."
I think the Z effects tone, in part because, a higher resistance at the input impedes the flow of higher frequencies more, which is better for acoustic pickups and certain older mics, which would otherwise sound harsh. most regular vocal mics are low Z, but you may find using a higher Z setting may roll off some of the highs - and feedback less through the amp. worth experimenting with if your planning to use the mic in loud environment.
also, if you're going to use a mic into your pedal try a low Z setting first. unless you are using an old high z mic or an adaptor with the transformer built in. some xlr to 1/4" cables have the transformer built into the plug section specifically for plugging into guitar amp inputs.
95% sure on this stuff. hehe. all the best! have fun.
@@IshredGuitar pad is usually used on active guitars and basses or maybe some keyboards. It just turns down the input a bit so the HX can handle hotter instruments. Global seems to mean it will turn down the input on all presets (if any preset pad is enabled?) rather than just the one preset you are on. If you turn it to “on” (options: global, off or on) you will hear the level drop a bit. That’s all that pad does.
If you get clipping or loud pops when you get more aggressive on the instrument try the pad. You should not need it for most guitars.
SUPER HELPFUL!!! Thank you!!!
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I see your in/out is mono, what is your personal preference to your effects abd blocks, yay or nay to Stereo blocks? I just recently switched everything to mono cause Hx Stomp gawds said so but i feel i lost the warmth especially to the mod blocks. They seem to have warmer more appealing fx..
I’ve just always stuck with mono personally, it’s just so much easier for live
Thanks man so useful ❤️❤️❤️
Good coverage thanks
Great video, thanks Scott..
Thanks, glad you found it helpful!