line 6 · floor modeler

HX Stomp XL

Line 6 HX Stomp XL
start learningthe HX Stomp XL
not connected
plug in over usb
firmware
hx stomp xl 3.80
reviewed
aug 28, 2026

real amps, each read from its schematic, ready to send to your HX Stomp XL.

installs straight to a slotbeta

If yours has three footswitches it is an HX Stomp, which has three snapshots and puts its jacks on three different faces. If it has no amp models at all it is an HX Effects.

the guide

7 chapters

your HX Stomp XL models → the real amp

01

6 of 49 real amps8 of 49 real ampsevery HX Stomp XL model

top for your HX Stomp XL

02

read this first

03

five things that explain almost every problem.

  1. 01

    there is no save button.

    Nothing is saved until you hold HOME and press ACTION. Until then, an “E” beside the preset name marks it as edited. Change preset while the E shows and the edit is lost, with no warning and no undo.

  2. 02

    footswitches that seem dead are in the wrong mode.

    The footswitches do not have fixed jobs. What they do depends on the mode. To change mode, step on the MODE switch.

  3. 03

    the cab block goes off when you feed a real amp.

    Cab block ON into anything full-range: headphones, an FRFR speaker, the desk, your computer. Cab block OFF into anything that ends in a real guitar speaker. A cab block is a speaker simulation. Into a real cab it stacks two speakers. Left off into a full-range system, you hear a raw amp with no speaker at all.

  4. 04

    four snapshots per preset, and they switch instantly.

    A snapshot is a saved position of the controls inside one preset: which blocks are on, and where their parameters sit. Nothing loads or unloads when you change snapshot, so it happens instantly and delay and reverb tails carry through. A preset change reloads everything and cuts them.

  5. 05

    stereo costs twice the dsp of mono.

    The stereo version of an effect uses roughly double the DSP of the mono version, and a Dual Cab roughly double a Single. If a preset is one block short, the cheapest fix is usually to make something mono that did not need to be stereo.

presets for your HX Stomp XL

04

49 with a factory model matchpresets for HX Stomp XL

learn · 8 lessons · 49 min

05
  1. 01what you actually bought4
  2. 02making a sound, correctly6
  3. 03the controls you will use7
  4. 04plugging it into things7
  5. 05how presets are built, and what runs out8
  6. 06snapshots, and why your sound cuts out6
  7. 07what the models are5
  8. 08playing live6

reference · 14 pages

06
  • controls and footswitchesinteractive
  • inputs and outputsinteractive
  • specifications
  • levels
  • cabs and IRs
  • rig setupinteractive

open the reference

which one to buy

07

which small HX should you buy?

four pedal-sized Line 6 boxes that share the effects library and differ in what else they carry. The first question is whether you want amp models at all.

HX Stomp XL · HX Stomp · HX Effects · HX One

compare them

installing presets

08

presets install straight into a slot you pick.

full steps

Line 6 · HX Stomp XL 3.80

The HX Stomp's engine (the full Line 6 model library and eight block positions) with eight footswitches, four snapshots, and all of its jacks on one rear panel. It is the HX Stomp built for gigging, with a switch for each job.
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