LOOPING with the HX Stomp 1 BUTTON LOOPER - A Complete Guide

[@AndrewMcGoveran]

This video is so great. Setting up the looper with those commands adds nice visual queues too. Thanks!

[@rickmyers1652]

Love your videos. Excellent content. Plus, your humor and humility are refreshing. Thanks for cracking us up! 😂😂

[@ScottUhlMusic]

@@rickmyers1652 thank you 🙏 🤘

[@rollittakeit]

As a HX Stomp newbie I really appreciate your videos. Thank you.

[@burtcocain1986]

Mate, this is enormous for me! I bought a Boss RC500 loop station and sold it because it was just too much. ALL I wanted was to be able to solo a little over a passage in an acoustic recording. I spent about 20 minutes trying to double-tap the one play/record/clear/undo button and come back in-time and I just couldn't get the timing right. Finding out I can assign the buttons to the footswitches is just huge. I can't wait to try my set out and play something interesting!

[@w1923]

Your videos are great for this stomp. Thanks

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Glad you like them!

[@sebastienmoreno364]

Thank you Scott for your video! Full of information and funny!

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@eskyde]

Your videos on the HX Stomp are a blessing. Thx so much 🙏 e: 1:45 added timestamp for when I look this up again, cuz my brain can't remember things

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Glad you like them!

[@anderssundqvist]

Great and informative series about the HX Stomp

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Thanks! 🤘

[@MichaelWuerth]

Awesome breakdown! Thanks man

[@rachelraspberry1761]

Super useful. Thanks for making that!

[@JudaStellar]

great video and also funny, thanks!

[@KordTaylor]

Thank you! I have an HX Stomp and was wondering if there was a looper. Your config is the most intuitive to me as well. Thank you! 👍🏻❤️🔥

[@ScottUhlMusic]

🤘🤘 glad to help!

[@tommydplayskeys]

Some revelations for me in this video! Thank you

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Glad to help 🤘

[@derka5581]

Just wanted to say thank you sir!!

[@ScottUhlMusic]

🤘🤘

[@markmccafferty6515]

Thanks Scott, really helpful

[@DavidAddis]

This is so useful, thank you!! In my case I found clearing the loop a little tricky using just the 1 button (I can see it going wrong live...), so I made a special patch just for looping, where I assign 2 buttons (record/od and play/stop - I like to keep the tuner on FS3).

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Nice! That’s smart for sure

[@AlecBourneMidiMadScientist]

Nicely done Scott

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Thanks Alec 🤘

[@jonasforlot]

Oh thanks, exactly what I wanted to do. This tutorial should appear on the Line6 official channel !

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Thanks! 🤘

[@esdenaze]

Fenomenally informative video (and funny at the same time :p)

[@sjsphotog]

I love your video overlays. Very very funny stuff. The Gladiator one was my fave. You rock. Keep it up. More on Helix please.

[@ScottUhlMusic]

It keeps it interesting :)

[@sniffrat3646]

Great tuition vids, subbed

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Thanks!

[@eddievinum]

Amazing video bro, Its such an incredible pedalboard and I know barely like 10% of it you dominate it!!

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Thanks! Glad to help, and yeah the hx stomp is such an amazing device!

[@onyx1310]

Scott, absolutely love your videos. Informative and comical! I find it funny because it is exactly how I see myself doing things. Great work mate.

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Thanks man! I appreciate it!

[@milesparrish]

Very helpful! Assigning footswitches is a bit messy but you explained it very clear 👌

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Glad to help 🤘

[@moonvic]

Thanks a lot for the informative video! A couple questions: - Do you know if you can synchronize tempo over MIDI from an external source? - Can you use the Looper while using an amp/cab simulator? Thanks again!

[@ScottUhlMusic]

-you would need to look into midi clock, which I haven’t done a whole lot with -yes, definitely

[@moonvic]

Thank you!! @@ScottUhlMusic

[@Plymouthmusicschool]

After a few weeks of studying this video I finally figured it out….. one question though how do I get it to single tap it seems like at double tap stop and play to engage?

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Unless if they changed anything with the firmware updates, things should be pretty similar to this video!

[@10kguitar6]

Hi Scott. Thanks for your very useful videos ! Regarding the undo feature, I can undo overdubs by long pressing the FS while in playing mode. Is it what you were looking for? Thanks again for vids anyway, very instructionnal! Regards, PE

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Ahhh really? I swear I tried that and I could not get it to work! I figured it was a hold, but it never worked for me! I’ll have to try it again, or maybe I was holding incorrectly in OD mode or something. Thanks for the comment 🤘

[@verivinom9887]

yes, after overdubbing just hold the switch till screen say undo.

[@mikekratochwill4195]

Very useful! Thanks for sharing. I wonder though is it possible for the half speed to retain the original pitch as opposed to dropping an octave? That would be super cool.

[@ScottUhlMusic]

I agree. I don’t think that’s possible though

[@mikekratochwill4195]

@@ScottUhlMusic Bummer. Who knows though? There's so many hidden features within the Stomp. But if you're unable to find it, I doubt I could. I am nowhere near your level when it comes to understanding all the ways to use the Stomp.

[@Ebencrowe]

Hey Scott good job on the videos👍👍 Question: If I’m using all the footswitches to control the looping, how do access other stuff?

[@ScottUhlMusic]

@@Ebencrowe thanks! And you’ll need to expand in some way to get more control: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHfUqIOCo6iXabssi=TDJqKenq8ILo6A2t

[@Ebencrowe]

@@ScottUhlMusic thanks for the reply!

[@Ebencrowe]

@@ScottUhlMusic I’m good on that front (I’ve got the stomp xl) I’m still trying to find a less clunky way of clearing the previous loop so I can move to next song. Just a “one press” and done. I thought the “undo” would take care of it but not the original loop.

[@fcariani]

Thank you for this! I’m hoping I can drop a quick question on here in case you or some other viewer are still reading old comments and know its answer. When I assign the buttons via command center the record button is a split second late so my first note is cut off (I do not have this problem with the 1 button looper or any other looper). Is this something you just get used to? Or is my unit somehow misbehaving (in which case I’d have to troubleshoot it.)

[@ScottUhlMusic]

That’s really bizarre, I haven’t experienced that so I don’t know.

[@Slamminbassplayer]

Thanks, Scott. Anyone ever told you that your voice sounds a lot like Josh from Let’s Game it Out channel? Don’t judge me, bro, I only know this because of my kid hahah-

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Haha I haven’t heard that before, I’ll have to listen

[@picksalot1]

Wish the Looper could be set to automatically start recording when I start playing. Seems like a huge oversight to me, as it makes the Looper much harder to use. I have no problem with you promoting your other videos, as they are some of the best and most helpful videos for HX Stomp users. 👍

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Yeah that feature would be nice for sure, and it’s pretty common with loopers. I’m sure they could do that with a firmware update if they decide to. And thank you! I appreciate that 😊

[@iansmirna5183]

I don't know looper that'll do that. For having spent years live looping, I much prefer playing at least a bar before looping, timing is more sure that way.

[@picksalot1]

@@iansmirna5183 Both my old Boss RC-2 and DigiTech JamMan Stereo Looper can be set to automatically start recording when I start playing. Also, the Mobius Looper software can be set to do that too.

[@sandeepthapa6316]

Subscribed

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Thanks!

[@dannyporterguitarist]

Great video Thank You. When you assign the options to each Footswitch is there way to have the footswitches themselves change colour like on the simple one button version you showed at the start?? So Green for play and Red for record on fs2 and Amber for overdub on fs1??

[@ScottUhlMusic]

That I don’t believe there is an option for… but I could be mistaken

[@dannyporterguitarist]

@@ScottUhlMusic Thanks mate, that is a shame that it doesn’t. Also I wish the option to have name of the effect was light up on the screen but then when engaged just the light around the corresponding footswitch lights up. It would make it easier on darker stages to see which is which!!

[@timbrooks521]

Can't agree more about the Morningstar midi controllers. They are incredible for implementing midi on a pedalboard and their team is continuously improving the product and releasing new firmware. Thanks for the video, very informative.

[@ScottUhlMusic]

I’ve never used one, but from what I’ve seen they look really cool! I might have to get one and possibly use it for my live looping

[@chronicmango]

Assigning is actually much easier than that! You can just have the block you want to assign highlighted, then touch (with a finger!) the button you want to assign to (don’t press it down, just touch it), then it’ll ask if you want to assign it there, just click yes!

[@pcguimaraesmusico]

Thanks for the video! Is there a way to make REC/DUB/PLAY toggle in 1fs mode instead of usual REC/PLAY/DUB?

[@ScottUhlMusic]

I do not believe that's a possibility unfortunately :/

[@Paulomail8]

Just found this video - very helpful, thanks, but my question is: once you've set up the looper are you able to change your patches to use different sounds in the stomp while looping? Thanks again

[@ScottUhlMusic]

I honestly don’t know the answer to that. I’ve never tried that!

[@ArisGerontakis]

Awesome video, man! I have been searching the webs in regards to the following question: Do you lose the loop when switch between presets / snapshots? I would love to overdub different sounds. My hope is that always keeping the looper at the end of each patch will do the trick, but maybe the software erases the recording, giving you a “clean slate”? 🤔

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Hmm I haven’t tried that. But my guess is that you would lose the loop when you switch patches. That’s my guess. But using snapshots is a good way to get multiple tones for looping 👍

[@ArisGerontakis]

@@ScottUhlMusic Snapshots, huh? That sounds good enough for me! Thank you very much for the swift reply, kind sir! 🙏❤️

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Yup check out my video I did on it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eniZdKp4gp6asM0

[@KartikHariharan]

Update. You will not lose the loop as long as the patch / preset you switch to has the same exact kind of looper block.

[@holidaygames]

Press and hold does 2 things: if the loop is stopped it will erase it, if the loop is playing or overdubbing it will alternate between undo and redo

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Really? I couldn't get it to work for me for some reason. Maybe I screwed it up haha. But thanks for letting me know!

[@Ebencrowe]

Hi, I’m looking for a way to d9 a “one press” clear of the loop. The “press and hold” always plays a fragment (or the whole loop if I screw it up😱) before I can clear it. Any ideas on that one? Asking Scott as well

[@Ebencrowe]

Hi Scott, I’ve been successful with the looper except for one thing. Clearing the previous loop-“Press and hold” always plays a fragment of it before it stops. I’m looking for a method of clearing it with one press.

[@DroctorKloebner]

in one button looper you can "undo" by pressing and holding the button. the latest overdub will be deleted. And when an overdub was undone you can redo it by also pressing and holding the button.

[@Bigjuergo]

where are the loops stored in which quality and are they stored in raw or processed? thx!

[@ScottUhlMusic]

I don’t believe they are stored anywhere, if you are asking about being able to export a loop.

[@mikomedina1682]

great vid! is there a function in HX stomp like the same with DL4 where when you stomp the play once preset it will play over and over again everytime you stomp it like a sampler?thanks in advance

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Thanks! And not that I know of with the hx stomp :/ I don’t think that exists

[@mikomedina1682]

@@ScottUhlMusic okay nice to know thankyou

[@unicornfarm1]

Yes you can! You can do everything the DL4 can. Do do that you need to assign the “play once” function to a foot switch.

[@egorkaMD]

Hi! For some reason with similar looper settings I have to press twice to make action like play/stop happen. Do you know what could be the reason?

[@ScottUhlMusic]

On the stomp? If it’s with an external pedal it’s likely setup incorrectly to do momentary/latching wrong. Try switching those settings if you can. That’s likely the issue

[@jukesters123]

Bless you:)tx.

[@ScottUhlMusic]

😊

[@dmilotte]

Adjust your camera shutter speed to get rid of the led blink

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Yup, this was back when I shot on my iPhone 👍

[@TonyNguyenFR]

is the looper locked to a tempo or does it just analyze what you play and you have to time your stomps perfectly?

[@ScottUhlMusic]

It’s not locked to tempo, it goes to when you step on it 👍

[@tonchuazkarreta1262]

Hi Scott ! is there any way that I can save the loop created after it´s created? or you have to record it on a DAW as you´re playing it?

[@ScottUhlMusic]

I don’t believe you can export the loop from the hx stomp unfortunately. So yeah, recording it into a DAW would be the way to go

[@tonchuazkarreta1262]

@@ScottUhlMusic Thanks a lot! It's what I thought, but It'd be nice to export It once you are Happy with the loop.

[@eprlsports11]

is there anyway to add fx from the stomp during looping?

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Yup, just put your looper block before the fx block 👍

[@DaRealDoPEBoYMAGiiC]

when a loop is playing back, can I use the tuner and not interrupt the playback? Mainly thinking of using the shuffle looper in between songs for when I have to tune. I’m planning on getting an XL. Thanks!

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Hmm… I actually do not know the answer to this. If it does, a clip on tuner would be the solution 👍

[@DaRealDoPEBoYMAGiiC]

@@ScottUhlMusic thanks for the reply! yeah, certainly not a make or break since I always have a clip on on me.

[@davidroden3799]

Can the TT2 be daisy-chained with an expression pedal or is it an either/or situation? Your videos are super-helpful, BTW.

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Thank you! And you cannot daisy chain expression pedals because you only get 2 extra options with the expression input which can either be FS 4, FS 5, EXP 1, or EXP 2. You only get to chose 2 of those. Cheers 👍

[@funguy29]

Would be nice if we could save/transfer all that work onto the computer or something.

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Yeah that would be. I don’t think the hx stomp is really designed for that kind of looping though. But I do agree it would be a nice feature

[@jayfoghino5392]

Whats the trick you did at 3:50 to get FS1 knob to scroll through options? You begin to turn the FS1 knob and nothing happens. Then your camera cuts and now the knob scrolls through options.

[@ScottUhlMusic]

If I understand your question, you twist the knob to assign whatever you want fs1 to do 👍

[@gabrieleautore2940]

How long can it record? Like if I needed to rec a 40 seconds loop, would it be too much?

[@ScottUhlMusic]

I believe it’s 60 seconds in mono or 30 seconds in stereo

[@gabrieleautore2940]

@@ScottUhlMusic and is there a overdub limit?

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Not that I know of

[@gabrieleautore2940]

@@ScottUhlMusic thanks a lot!

[@billsstudio2528]

cool to have a looper, but the drawbacks: can't save, limited time, uses up buttons...means if you want to loop just get a ditto plus. In a pinch though...you have a looper.

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Exactly, it’s not meant to be a top of the line looper 👍

[@IResearch2023]

2:30 Stop, hey what's that sound??

[@workdays8280]

What computer programer cause do we need to enter to use

[@ScottUhlMusic]

What?

[@neiljoshua11]

MY VOLUME CHANGES WHEN I CHANGE TO ANOTHER PRESET

[@ScottUhlMusic]

You have to adjust that per preset then 👍

[@MYGAS21]

ON MIDI you forgot to tell us if the looper is midi synchable.

[@ScottUhlMusic]

That is true. I guess I could have included that in the video. Although I did a whole video about how to send midi to control your hx stomp here if anyone is interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3ypc4Gvdsxkb7M That would include how to use the looper with midi as well 👍

[@MYGAS21]

@@ScottUhlMusic Οκ ! Thanks! So it does! Excellent! I need a looper that can synch perfectly with my drum machines and synths. Your work is much appreciated..And now I will resume watching the whole video on midi.. I hope you manage to initiate me in the deeper workings of midi control, beyond midi clock and channels. By the way ...it's my impression that the HX Stomp allows for simultanious expression pedal control of multiple parameters in multiple pedals. Is that true?

[@ScottUhlMusic]

You get 2 expression pedal inputs on the hx stomp. The full Helix has 3 (and includes a pedal for exp 1) 👍

[@JohnShalamskas]

@@MYGAS21 one pedal can control multiple parameters at the same time, and each parameter can be configured to either increase or decrease between configurable limits. That's why I bought an expression pedal for my XL.

[@leffivanov3127]

Is it possible to use buttons to switch pressets, but if I hold one button the Stomp would switch into bank chaninging mode?

[@ScottUhlMusic]

I do not believe so, no. But if you press FS1 and 2 together, you can go to bank changing mode so that might be best for you 👍

[@leffivanov3127]

Yes I know, but when I'm playing shows I can often step on multiple footswitches by mistake, so I disabled this feature. So now I need to either buy FS4+FS5 or switch banks by hand, which is kinda sad. But thanks for your answer anyway.

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Gotcha, yeah that happens to me sometimes too when stepping on the middle button

[@ymelfilm]

Double stop is cumbersome on stage. And u can mess it up easily. This dumb setup should be refreshed in the next firmware. And HX does not do it :( That s why I even have the stomp XL but I go for the Valeton LT bc it is much easier to handle on stage.

[@ScottUhlMusic]

Hx stomp isn’t really designed to be a looper. Just more an added perk. If you want a deeper looper, buy a looper pedal and use it with the stomp 👍

[@ymelfilm]

@@ScottUhlMusic that happened to me. I just needed a simple looper that works better. A Rowin nano pedal,light brown (not the blue bc it needs double stomp to stop d loop). But now I m too bulky for easy carrying.