Master the Line 6 HX STOMP XL: Absolute Beginner Tips

If you just picked up an HX Stomp XL or HX Stomp and are wondering how to navigate and use your amp moderler, this video will help you understand the basics so you can start jamming.
Let me know what you think, and until next time, let the music play!
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[@soundboy89]

Thanks for this! I bit the bullet on this and loving it so far. Gotta put in a few hours to climb that learning curve still

[@ryansnydercg]

welcome to the HX family. It’s a fun modeler

[@antipsychosoup6709]

I just got my Stomp XL and just ordered a midi cable to start using with my HX Effects. I'm trying to prepare my mind for being blown.

[@ryansnydercg]

You are going to be in tonal nirvana

[@SwashBuccaneer]

Your vids have been helpful. My XL just got in today, but been watching your vids to get familiar with it. Looking forward to getting some tasty bass tones. 😁

[@ryansnydercg]

Dude that is super exciting!! What tone are you going to play first

[@SwashBuccaneer]

I was mainly messing with the preset bass times out of the box after getting my pedalboard situated. Love the SVT ones. I was starting to play around with some custom ones to check out the GK stuff and various effects then I realized it had gotten later than I thought and it was bed time. 🤣

[@ryansnydercg]

Time flies when you’re having fun

[@heritagelegacy]

Great video tutorial Ryan. Hey man do you have a video that shows how to use a combo volume/expression pedal? I’m wondering if I can do both with my Dunlop DVP3 pedal where it has a specific expression plug and a line through?

[@ryansnydercg]

@heritagelegacy I don’t. But I have a mission engineering that has a similar switch that I can make here shortly. In the meantime, I came across this Reddit thread that helps setup the Stomp with your exact pedal - www.reddit.com/r/Line6Helix/s/ce6RS0WFio

[@timothychang3956]

Do I need to download some kind of software to be able to program the stomp or do these amps, presets, and sounds all come with it and I can program it directly from the pedal otu the box without some kind of software?

[@ryansnydercg]

You can program it directly from the pedal. I am not sure what firmware they ship with these days though…. HX Edit is a free software that makes editing the HX Stomp so much better

[@dazZz-666]

Can this be plugged in direct via USB to computer with out an Amp to send sound to a recording software such as Audacity or pro tools etc. ? Or does it need to be run through an Amp and then through a mixer into computer ?

[@ryansnydercg]

So it can be plugged in directly via USB to record. All you need is this and a USB cable. I can’t remember if it comes with one or not. But yeah you don’t need anything else

[@dazZz-666]

@@ryansnydercg Cool Thanks Ryan.

[@danielriffs]

Thanks for the video! My XL is arriving soon and I already know what to do with it thanks to you :)

[@ryansnydercg]

Yeah buddy!! Glad it was helpful. Get ready to have so much fun.

[@Chinchu86]

This also works for bass, right?

[@ryansnydercg]

I does. Has some great bass amp models in there too

[@brianhansen-hj3ml]

I’ve had problems getting my HX device to be seen by the HX update and HX edit. No idea what the problem is, very frustrating!

[@ryansnydercg]

Wait that’s not good. Is it new?

[@brianhansen-hj3ml]

@@ryansnydercg tried plugging into a new computer- works fine now.

[@ryansnydercg]

@brianhansen-hj3ml Ha! That’s crazy. Did the old comouter have a usb hub in between by chance? That sometimes messes things up

[@jazzcat1056]

Just got my XL.

[@ryansnydercg]

How are you liking it so far?

[@jazzcat1056]

@@ryansnydercg the sounds are a lot better than I thought. Used to have a Pod Go and this is better.

[@ryansnydercg]

@jazzcat1056 love hearing that! What tones are you mostly playing?

[@jazzcat1056]

@@ryansnydercg for practice I use the Roland JC120 super clean. For church I use the SLO100 with reverb, delay compression, and drive.

[@ryansnydercg]

@jazzcat1056 Soldano sounds killer in the unit 🤤

[@voiceofreason925]

Is there a tutorial that will go through snapshot completely and VERY SLOWLY?!? All of them go through it way too fast and for someone who is tech challenged, it’s aggrevating as F! Otherwise I’m just gonna sell it.

[@ryansnydercg]

I can make a more in depth version of snapshot mode. I’ll plan on it for next week.

[@DonMackie-gx8fy]

@@ryansnydercgIt seems strangely that these stomp tutorials assume that I can think, see, digest information that is simultaneously shot out of shotgun. There were times when to were typing a zillion millions an hour with both hands. My eyes went one way, my comprehension went another and my mind decided just to ignore. You’d have to be cognitively able to assimilate info in a massively quick pace. Sorry but I got absolutely nothing out of this. Slow it down from 212mph to 60mph maybe that’d help