HX Effects - Line 6's second BEST product?

[@ste2577]

So strange that you've uploaded this! I've had a HX FX for a month or so now, I've been summoning the brain power to integrate it into my pedal board for delays and reverbs through my FX loop, I think I'll get that done today now 😊

[@benallmark9671]

Do you still use it ?

[@tappistrt]

HX Effects is fantastic. I’m using one paired up with a Bluguitar Amp1. It’a a compact pedalboard rig that can do basically everything.

[@alessandromorone2057]

Are you using with 4 cable method?

[@tappistrt]

@@alessandromorone2057 I was, yes. Now I’m using 4CM with an HX Stomp XL.

[@alessandromorone2057]

@@tappistrt i have the bluguitar mercury edition too.

[@andyfenton1510]

Only just seen this post, mi rig is also Blug with HX very powerful. Are you on the real dream rig Facebook page ?

[@lanceholland]

My second rig is a Bluguitar Amp1 and HXFX in 4 cable method sitting on a little pedaltrain. Tons of power and very versatile. btw, I’ve sold my Helix and HX Stomp…but the HXFX is staying.

[@nenadkarisic7726]

Rocking the same setup as my main rig, simply couldn't see myself changing it for anything else. Pure awesomeness.

[@mickfretty8038]

I love the HXFX. Currently running it into a 2 x 12 stereo cabinet, with a Laney IRT60 head into a Celestion Vintage 30 speaker, fairly dry, and the other output through an Orange Terror Stamp with reverb, delays, mods, etc through its effects loop - into a CelestionG12 Anniversary speaker. The sound guy just mic's each speaker and pans them apart. It sounds great.

[@tappistrt]

Looking forward to more HXFX patches from you! I’ve been using Helix Native to take the amp blocks out of your regular Helix patches to make them compatible with my HXFX.

[@thomasmoore3822]

I’ve used an m9 for years and debating on this vs 1 or 2 new pedals for a small pedal board. I got the pod go but this makes a lot of sense and would fit me a bit better. I set my pod go up as just pedals and it works for now but I could use a few more blocks. Although my m9 sounds good. Oh got my timmy figured out and it sounds great just like you said. Thanks.

[@johnnathancordy]

Oh awesome - I thought it would be worth giving the MXR Timmy another go!

[@tappistrt]

The HX Effects would provide you with *every* effect from the M series of pedals and more.

[@thomasmoore3822]

@@tappistrt I think I am going to get one. Did a test with my m9 into the pod go loop and the same effects with mods and delays sounded the same. The overdrives where much better plus like you said you get all the new effects. I was surprised how much the chorus’s and delays sounded alike when everyone says it’s much more high fidelity. I put the pod go into the loop of my Mesa 550.

[@ambientriffs9689]

HX effects is the perfect pedal for me - perfect for into amp if you want, or into an amp in a box type pedal for silent practice. I've used it with a pre-amp in its effect loop and then put an IR as the last block in the chain with fantastic results. Completely underrated

[@badalicemusic]

Great vid John and I’d defo suggest sitting the HXFX in an FX loop of the Stomp. I’m doing this currently which allows the Stomp to handle all my amp modelling and gain needs while the HXFX takes care of everything else. This gives you a multitude of footswitch options plus a SUPER portable rig too, especially as I’m using a teeny Strymon Ojai with 2 current doublers (NOT voltage doublers!) to power the two units which gets rid of the 2 clunky gigantic plug issues. Also, remember this: drink the coffee, NOT the Vanish. Stay safe out there bud and sending warm wishes too😎👊☕️

[@theodorekleban9483]

Have you thought of running the stomp in the loop of the hx effects? Wondering why you chose that routing vs. The other.

[@johnnathancordy]

You can power both with one Ojai? Interesting!

[@badalicemusic]

@@theodorekleban9483 yeah, I’ve tried it that way too but for my needs - I’m running a Slash Dunlop wah into the front of the Stomp (just personal preference) - I find that doing things this way round works best for the moment. That said, the flexibility of how you can link these two devices is fantastic and both methods offer so may opportunities!

[@badalicemusic]

@@johnnathancordy yep, and discovering that was one of the big motivating factors for running an HXFX and HX Stomp rig. Both of them plus a standard size pedal, in my case an Echorec, can all be powered by the Ojai and fit neatly on a Pedaltrain Metro 20 board. Again, be sure to use a CURRENT doubler not a voltage one or you could end up frying both units! FYI Voodoo Lab make the ones I use and an added bonus is that running everything off the Strymon Ojai - there’s one power output lead left for the Echorec - means you only need one plug socket to power the whole shebang. I’ll post a pic of my board on the FB Helix group and tag you so you can see what I mean.

[@theodorekleban9483]

@@badalicemusic oh. Ok. Your right. many ways to run these units. Currently in the process of trying to figure the best way to connect them myself. Thanx

[@guitarcd]

I'd looked hard at the Helix since it's introduction, but always said "naw, happy with my amps". When this was announced, I had to get it right away, and I was impressed that the DAY after Line 6 announced it's existence it was available to order... so I did (*looking disappointed at you Neural Quad Cortex*) I've had the HX Effects in the center of my pedalboard since. Feels like I've barely scratched the surface of its potential after two years of constant use.

[@brucegregori]

What is your thought with vs the xl? I am thinking about something to use with the QC.

[@bryanchurchill1]

Been running HX Effects out of stereo FX loop of Helix, with BigSky & Ditto x4 through HX Effects stereo FX loop at end of chain. Powerful configuration for capturing Shuffling Looper, Poly Freeze and Glitch stuff. Good clean fun... 🙂

[@johnnathancordy]

Excellent clean fun

[@michaellondon8018]

I'd like to get your HX Effects presets. How can get them? I like your playing! Very ethereal!!

[@benallmark9671]

Great question , did ya ever find out how ?

[@jakollee]

I’m definitely here for the candles.

[@Bushprowler]

I was in a hospital for quite some time and now I've to catch up on your videos.. this is a particular good one. Even though the HX Stomp is impressive and a really powerful device for its price and size for me personally as someone who prefers to use his own (pre)amps the HX Effects is the best device Line 6 offers. I've tried to like pedals but I just don't. If I use effects I prefer to use MIDI and presets, I don't like cable salad and having stuff of higher value lying in the 'beer spill zone' and I prefer a hassle-free experience so even though I was hesitant and would've preferred the HX FX to be a 1U rack unit just like the old Pro effects it has just so much more to offer than the old Pro effects or M-series and it contains all those 'legacy' effects and even though it's a pedal it's also my footswitch for channel switching on my (pre)amp and it prevents me from buying any more singular effect pedals for some rarely used sounds; like I'm not a Fuzz nor a Wah guy but I got pretty decent Fuzz and Wah sounds out of the HX FX for the rare occasions when I do use them, I don't need its Od/Dist models but sometimes it's nice to play around with them. Having a variety of EQs and compressors is also neat.. I haven't practiced my clean two handed tapping in weeks or even months and my string to string volume isn't just where it should be? No problem, the HX FX got my back. Then there's a looper, really nice just for playing around or solo gigs. I even got rid of my Whammy DT after the 3.x firmware upgrade dropped. I do regret it a bit not having the regular Helix when I read about the 3.x true preset spillover that I've used extensively when I had a 2112/2120 back in the day but that's the price you pay for not going full digital I guess. When gigging is back on I'll probably just take my amp/preamp and the HX Effects paired with an expression and a volume pedal (to free up a block and have one of those two EXP jacks available for channel switching). For me the HX Effects is the way to go.

[@TheHeggahegga]

Don't know if this has already been pointed out or if you already knew it, but if you're in Stomp mode and you hold your finger for a few seconds on the button for a particular effect, it will "explode" all the parameters for that effect across multiple scribble strips. So you don't need to use the left and right arrows to see all of the parameters available. Apologies for the waste of time if you knew this but I saw you using the left and right arrows on the video. 👍

[@johnnathancordy]

Yeh! What Mode was I in when I was trying that? Signal Flow Mode maybe?

[@fastacesus8499]

Got one of these. Love my analogue board. But tag this on for all those FX and combinations of FX that I only want as one offs. It's easy to use, the FX are excellent, and the ability to turn off/ on multiple FX with one switch is brilliant. Pretty much hardly talked about as a product.

[@jackprice7828]

I like this HX Effects concept. It splits up the DSP.

[@CrandonBlaus]

I initially had a hx effects used it with my AC 30. Then I sold the effects to get the floor and sat the AC30 in the corner. Then I kept the floor and got a podgo as a back up and more in house friendly. Then I sold the podgo and got a stomp, then added the hx effects to it. So basically now I have the floor, and a hx stomp/hx effects board as a back up. I wanted the effects so whenever I pull the AC30 back out I have a pedal board ready to go. I know I have too much. But the line 6 stuff is so fun to play with and sounds pretty great! Thanks so much for these videos. I second the request to do a hx stomp into hx effects video. Richie Castellano did a pretty good one too. :D:D

[@officialpoa3171]

*You are really good at what you do and you are working the LINE6*

[@kcapkcans]

I've found that this and the Boss IR200 offers so much flexibility that I don't see myself amp hunting anymore. It's also stopped me from getting more effects pedals because I figure "why, it's in the HX FX" EDIT: just got your preset combo... looking forward to my move being over so I have time to play with it and experiment

[@trunks828]

Try a pre amp pedal in the loop and use the ir loader into a di it’s amazing what you can do with this

[@PK22-b7v]

Beautiful playing !

[@planzed463]

That intro was lush man 🖐🏼🥰🤚🏼 love HXeffects, I use on guitar & bass, great unit & not just for guitar coz of the routing possibilities (DJs etc). Hope you’re well btw

[@theodorekleban9483]

A hx stomp running into the hx effects vid would be great. Great playing as usual.

[@davidspingler6337]

They work great together, especially when controlling each other via midi. But having gotten the Effects initially and the Stomp later on, and running them together for a while, it became clear that the best thing to do was sell them both and get a Helix 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@tappistrt]

@joshua waters Richie Kotzen did a video about the better portability of you want to fit the power of a helix in a small backpack with room to spare. So that’s one advantage.

[@TLMuse]

@@tappistrt I have an FX, and have been thinking about adding a stomp. For me the advantage of the twosome is that I do a lot of acoustic playing. The FX can handle acoustic gigs by itself. I'd only need the Stomp when an electric is needed. Well, anyway, that was my thinking when the FX went on sale briefly last year! -Tom

[@tappistrt]

@@TLMuse That’s the great thing about the Helix family. There’s a version to fit almost every need/setup for guitar, bass, and even other less typical instruments too.

[@theodorekleban9483]

@@TLMuse yeah. I was going to use the hx effects for acoustic and vocals as well.

[@trunks828]

Truth be told I bought the hx effects after the 3.0 update to go with my hx stomp it’s great

[@feedbackbro]

Once again....great explanation and demo. Thanks John!

[@jacksonmiked]

Thanks for the demo, that looper function opens up a lot of possibilities. I’m looking at either an HX Stomp, Pod Go or HX Effects. I’d be mainly playing into my Blues Junior amp but would also like to do some recording. The HX Effects interface looks great and I already have a Presonus audio interface and Studio One. Could plugging into that get round the preamp limitation issue with using HX Effects for recording? Thanks.

[@jackprice7828]

John did you put different pickups in that Squire? Man they sound good!

[@johnnathancordy]

No sir!

[@jesusamayaguitarra77]

me recomiendas este o el Pod Go ??? toco guitarras acústicas todo el tiempo... mil gracias por tus vídeos...

[@galoserjemorales4190]

Tengo esta duda... Al fin que hiciste?

[@jesusamayaguitarra77]

@@galoserjemorales4190 desde principios de abril que tengo la HX Effects !!! hay test bastante largos en mi canal !!! áltamente recomendable !!!

[@ryndanriley5348]

A lot of pros are starting to use these more. I know billy corgan does and I think I saw Julien baker using one, too. I think I would get a poly beebo/digit (now that you can run both at once) if I had a stomp xl, though.

[@reallygood7886]

I see you're using some effects in serial, do you know maybe why overall sound gets louder when I'm using blocks (effects) in "path B"? When I put everything in one line it gets again normal volume. Thank you

[@paulgerrard20]

Hi John, where do I find the folder you mentioned containing the HX Effects patches please? TIA

[@jimmcdougall9973]

Not bad. I love that first stomp (top left), “Hair Attachments”. Could come in real handy.

[@arturocivit]

Great video John, I was wondering, what are you using as stand on this video, the white one?

[@RadRob000]

Can you please explain what effects/ delay your using with the expression pedal to allow it to repeat for so long? Thanks so much

[@juliencarnevale2712]

Great stuff Jonathan! I'd be curious to see what you can come up with presets wise with the HX - loved your presets for the Stomp btw - keep it up!

[@foxmeisteruk]

I don’t have an HX Effects (I have a Helix LT and an HX Stomp), but I think the biggest issue with HX Effects is that L6 didn’t include the variable impedance circuit in it.

[@JamieClark]

Put it in the effects loop of an amp or modeler - I have mine in the fx loop of my Eleven Rack so I still get the variable impedance from that, works great 👍🏻

[@foxmeisteruk]

@@JamieClark Yeah, but that doesn't really help if you want to use the fuzz models in HX FX.

[@JamieClark]

@@foxmeisteruk I can use the impedance on the input and then have the HX come before the amp in the 11R, but yeah I only get it once instead of at the fuzz and again at the amp, and also then I can’t use any fx post amp/cab in the chain. Not perfect ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@renejurjahn148]

Hello John! Can you tell me what that background in the beginning wobble is? sounds great! As always :)

[@Guitar_percussion]

Please, need your help🙏 Need to plug in my electric and acoustic guitar and to have two separate outputs at the same time within one preset. Is it possible ??!! If yes, how???

[@davetighe]

So I'd like to get rid of all my individual pedals that I put through a Fender combo and just use one of these, what you guys reckon? Great vid btw.

[@TropicalReflections]

Hello John. Great video (as always). Please forgive the noob questions. Do you have HX Effects bundles that you sell? I'm getting ready to purchase an HX Stomp or an HX Effects. Still trying to decide which product fits my needs. I have a 2020 MBP w/M1 chip (if that's even relevant). Thanks!

[@shadrackperez7325]

Hi, you say that there are amps that are on the stomp that are not the HX?

[@johnnathancordy]

The HX Effects doesn't have Amp sims, the Stomp does!

[@shadrackperez7325]

@@johnnathancordy thanks a lot. My main interest is profiling amps. Great review by the way.

[@brainycrunches5820]

Hey Jonathan, I am really enjoying the channel. But , going 4CM into a good tube amp it always seemed like there was some sort of artificial layer added to the base amp tone. Hard to explain, but there was just something that got added to the amp sound with the hx effects unit that affected the sound and the feel as well. I cannot say I am happy with Hx effects. Thoughts?

[@johnswinglehurst]

I found this, sent it back for that reason

[@jimmybarr7387]

If you are using 4cm, compression and distortion first,then you have insert a send/return in the signal chain, and then delays and modulation.

[@MichaelMerinoGuitar]

Ahhh.. to keep my m9.. or sell it and buy one of these.. either way I’m saving this video because you’re playing is so good! 🔥

[@acemodean]

How do you connect hx effects to your amp? Go through the front or utilize an effects loop? Thank you.

[@jnh73]

In this scenario he's going into the front (6:25). I've had my HXFX since October 2018 and love that it can be used in any of four ways - into the amp as a "pedalboard", as a delay/reverb/modulation machine in a traditional effects loop setup (drives don't work well here!), using your favorite preamp/amp-in-a-box in one of the two FX Loops and use drives before and delay/reverb after (how I use it now), and using 4-cable method to put various effects in front or behind the amp's preamp (drives work as intended here!).

[@mikejones-hs7od]

Great candle! Great video!

[@Afroman86]

As someone who has experiences would you recommend the Hotone Ampero, HX Effects, or HX Stomp XL? I know they are 3 different beasts per se at 3 different price points so its probably a preference thing.

[@PudWud1]

I'm currently using my HX stomp as a multifx at the end of my pedalboard. Other than the lack of switches, are there any differences between the HX stomp and HX effects in terms of effects quality?

[@jnh73]

In terms of effects quality? None. It's the same effects roster as a full Helix.

[@johnnathancordy]

One other difference not mentioned in the vid (switches, lack of amp models) is that the Hx effects doesn't have the input impedance circuit

[@johnlongen]

Love your playing man

[@johndelacruz11]

Happy that you are enjoying the unit. The HXE can be your midi controller for your Hx stomp and Strymon pedals. Unless possibly ‘obviously’. Can’t wait to see more. Cheers mate! #ohfuckme

[@luckyno888]

ZOIA is watching!

[@tappistrt]

Sorta tempted to add one to my HXFX setup tbh.

[@youransn]

here for “the lick”

[@nlmal4]

Because of you l decide to by also this HXFX brand new 👌🏾👍🏾🙏🏾

[@shellsjoint]

Great video!!

[@wjdavey3]

❤️🎵🎶🎸🎵🎶👍🎵🎶🙏❤️😎

[@timtaylor164]

Nope, It’s fantastic.

[@Deep_Jimpact]

The “coffee” spill looks staged.

[@johnnathancordy]

The spill was actually the only part of my recent videos with any authenticity

[@Deep_Jimpact]

@@johnnathancordy do you know what? I am sick of responses to my comments getting more likes. I quit

[@johnnathancordy]

@@Deep_Jimpact I think your work is underappreciated

[@Deep_Jimpact]

@@johnnathancordy wait till I’m dead, then I’ll get the recognition for my art

[@johnnathancordy]

@@Deep_Jimpact I think you're more than 50% responsible for the limited success of this channel

[@KarenJackson-g5t]

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