shanesiegle
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I just sold mine, it’s a great design and some guys love them. For me I never get along with the amps 100% for some reason. For what it does and the size it’s amazing though.
My first impression of HX Stomp
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Ah, got it. Thank you.
The stomp isn’t instant gratification. You have to work a little for it.
The first thing you should do is delete all the factory presets and start making your own, and if you have IRs you really like already, load them onto the stomp. The stomp cabs range from acceptable to good but I like my IRs better in most cases.
The first thing you should do is delete all the factory presets and start making your own, and if you have IRs you really like already, load them onto the stomp. The stomp cabs range from acceptable to good but I like my IRs better in most cases.
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This.
The only factory Helix preset I’ve ever been happy with is the Vitriol. I may be mistaken, but I think @Digital Igloo dialed that one in.
I wouldn’t know because I deleted them all before I even played through mine 
The UI on the stomp is so easy though, once you learn it, which doesn’t take long. I think I can make a preset faster on the stomp than in hx edit on the computer (plus I hate those fucking sliders). It’s a really well designed UI for something so small that does so many things. Dialing in your tones is part of the fun. Or, it’s a nightmare rabbit hole, depending on who you ask.
The UI on the stomp is so easy though, once you learn it, which doesn’t take long. I think I can make a preset faster on the stomp than in hx edit on the computer (plus I hate those fucking sliders). It’s a really well designed UI for something so small that does so many things. Dialing in your tones is part of the fun. Or, it’s a nightmare rabbit hole, depending on who you ask.
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norminal
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If the scroll wheel didn’t affect them I’d be good with them. As it is they just take up a huge part of the screen where I have to remember not to touch the scroll wheel, even when I need to scroll down to access more sliders.I actually prefer sliders to knobs.
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Yeah, that’s very annoying!If the scroll wheel didn’t affect them I’d be good with them. As it is they just take up a huge part of the screen where I have to remember not to touch the scroll wheel, even when I need to scroll down to access more sliders.
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I left the presets in but went right down to the empty spaces and started there. First thing I did was to add a Marshall into two cabinets. Then I copied it and changed the cabinets to IRs. I think it’s going to come down to which one uses less DSP. For dual IRs I had to use the shorter versions as the longer ones are grayed out if you’re not on single.
Then I found which Fender I like. Can’t decide between Twin and Princeton.
I’m having a hard time getting the feel correct and I’ve overloaded the gain a lot so far. I’ve got to learn how to not add digital clippings in the first place instead of trying to track it down by staring at the output and working my way back.
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Something to consider: on the Bass amps you can find the US Dripman, based on a Fender Bassman (Silver Panel). Great for single coil guitars IMO.
Also, look into some of the Line 6 own amps like the Aristocrat if you want more of a Dumble-type tone.
Try setting the input to line instead of instrument in the global settings, if you have hot pickups. Definitely don’t work back from the output. Gain stage from the input first and down the signal path.
Also try setting the amp block channel volume to unity gain, and all blocks really. Switch the block on and off, it should be about the same volume as with the block switched off. Turn up your output volume using the knob on the stomp.
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HomespunEffects
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I have a set of Lollar Blackface, not very high output.
I boost into my amps so Unity gain for a boost probably won’t work. That’s why I work backwards, so I can find where the clipping is happening. Why isn’t there a level meter??
I boost into my amps so Unity gain for a boost probably won’t work. That’s why I work backwards, so I can find where the clipping is happening. Why isn’t there a level meter??
norminal
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Don’t get me started.
Yeah for a boost would be the exception.
But if you make sure everything else is at unity gain, you can avoid having the boost push something else into clipping. Also you might be boosting way more than you think, some of those have a lot of gain. If you’re using an amp with a lot of clean headroom the boost may not make it distort, just get louder, like in the real world.
Yeah it definitely needs better meters. There is a little dot at the input end of the chain which lights up green when there is a signal. But I haven’t paid much attention to it to see if it ever turns red. I haven’t had any clipping issues myself. But I generally turn the levels down quite a bit on the distortion and boost blocks, and the amp channel volume. Most are usually set between 3-5 in my presets.
HomespunEffects
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That’s good info. Thanks.
Cactusprick
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sliders is the only thing that keeps me from booting up Native every time. PREFER knobs all the way.
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It's not part of their vision of what the Stomp is.
Apply the above to most of your questions.
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All. Presets. Suck.© but that one was Igor, I believe. I avoid programming factory presets because mine are all for sitting in my really dense doomgazey mixes, which makes them sound like butt by themselves.
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