line 6 · floor modeler

HX Stomp

Line 6 HX Stomp
start learningthe HX Stomp
not connected
plug in over usb
firmware
hx stomp 3.80
reviewed
aug 13, 2026

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

installs straight to a slotbeta

If yours has eight footswitches it is an HX Stomp XL. If it has no amp models at all it is an HX Effects. Each has its own manual.

the guide

7 chapters

your HX Stomp models → the real amp

01

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

top for your HX Stomp

02

read this first

03

five things that explain almost every problem.

  1. 01

    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, press ◀ PAGE or PAGE ▶ while in Play view.

  2. 02

    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.

  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

    three 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

04

49 with a factory model matchpresets for HX Stomp

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 3.80

A pedal-sized HX processor with the full Line 6 model library, three footswitches and eight block positions. It drops into a board you already have as an effects unit, as the amp at the end of a chain, or around an amp's loop in a four-cable rig.
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