my footswitches are doing the wrong thing
- by design
The modeler is in a different footswitch mode . Fix: In Play view, press ◀ PAGE or PAGE ▶ to cycle through Stomp, Scroll, Preset and Snapshot.
HX Stomp Cheat Sheet (Rev C)
devices · HX Stomp · fixes
8 of the 22 problems below are not faults. The modeler does that on purpose, and they are marked by design.
The modeler is in a different footswitch mode . Fix: In Play view, press ◀ PAGE or PAGE ▶ to cycle through Stomp, Scroll, Preset and Snapshot.
HX Stomp Cheat Sheet (Rev C)There is no save button . Fix: Hold HOME and press ACTION. The word SAVE printed under the Upper Knob describes that gesture, not the knob.
HX Stomp Cheat Sheet (Rev C)The supply cannot deliver 3 amps . Fix: It needs 9 V at 3 A from a single output, which most isolated pedalboard supplies cannot give. Use the adapter that came with it. Line 6 recommend nothing else.
HX Stomp Cheat Sheet (Rev C)You are on firmware older than 3.0 . Fix: Update the firmware. Version 3.0 raised the cap from six blocks to eight, and it is free.
HX Stomp 3.80 Owner's ManualStereo blocks cost double . Fix: Make anything mono that does not need to be stereo. Into a single amp or a mono desk feed, every block can be mono.
Helix 3.80 Owner's ManualSeparate Amp and Cab blocks . Fix: Use a single Amp+Cab block instead. It takes one position instead of two.
Helix 3.80 Owner's ManualA cab block is running into a real guitar amp . Fix: Bypass the cab. A real amp and speaker need no speaker simulation. Turn it on for headphones, a powered speaker or the desk.
Helix 3.80 Owner's ManualYou are only using the RIGHT output . Fix: Use L/MONO for a mono rig. The right jack alone gives you half the signal.
HX Stomp Cheat Sheet (Rev C)Three knobs cannot show everything . Fix: Press ◀ PAGE ▶ in Edit view. Most blocks have several pages of parameters.
HX Stomp Cheat Sheet (Rev C)It is on a hold, not a press . Fix: Hold FS3 to open the tuner. Touching it opens the tempo panel.
HX Stomp Cheat Sheet (Rev C)Snapshot Edits is set to Discard . Fix: Global Settings > Preferences > Snapshot Edits sets this. Recall (the default) keeps your changes as you left them. Discard returns the snapshot to its last-saved state. Discard suits playing live and loses edits while you are building. Hold BYPASS and press SAVE to flip it at any time. The camera icon on the Home screen is gray for Recall and red for Discard.
HX Stomp 3.80 Owner's ManualNothing has been changed in it yet . Fix: An unedited snapshot carries the state you arrived with. It becomes its own sound the moment you change something in it. Nothing is broken.
HX Stomp 3.80 Owner's ManualIt recalls whichever snapshot was active when the preset was saved . Fix: Saving a preset stores all of its snapshots and remembers which one you were on. If a song should always start on the intro sound, select that snapshot and then save. The choice is made at save time, not at load time.
HX Stomp 3.80 Owner's ManualThis is a setting inside the block. Tails cutting off at a preset change is a different problem.
That block's Trails setting is Off . Fix: Trails Off mutes repeats and decays the moment the block is bypassed. Trails On lets them ring out, through a bypass and through a snapshot change. It is set per block, so check every delay and reverb.
HX Stomp 3.80 Owner's ManualThis browser has no WebUSB, which one-click install uses to reach the HX Stomp . Fix: Open this page on a computer in Chrome or Edge, or download the file and import it with HX Edit.
Gridleak: how one-click install worksMake sure HX Edit is fully quit.
HX Edit holds the USB connection exclusively while it runs . Fix: Quit HX Edit completely, then connect again. Closing its window does not quit the app.
Gridleak: how one-click install worksThe modeler is off, or the USB cable is not plugged into the computer . Fix: Connect your HX Stomp via USB and power it on.
Gridleak: how one-click install worksNothing was picked in the browser prompt . Fix: Click connect again and pick your HX Stomp in the browser prompt.
Gridleak: how one-click install worksHX Edit is holding the USB connection . Fix: Quit HX Edit if it is running, then connect again.
Gridleak: how one-click install worksHX Edit or the modeler’s own screen was busy with the preset list . Fix: Quit HX Edit, leave the modeler on its home view, then read the list again.
Gridleak: how one-click install worksNo setlist slot was chosen . Fix: Pick a setlist and slot—the first empty one is pre-selected. A used slot shows what it will overwrite.
Gridleak: how one-click install worksThe write finished but reading the slot back did not show the new preset . Fix: Check the slot on the modeler. If the old preset is still there, install again.
Gridleak: how one-click install worksHX Edit was open and refused the write for the modeler . Fix: Quit HX Edit, then install again.
Gridleak: how one-click install worksThe connection dropped part-way through . Fix: Reconnect the modeler and install again.
Gridleak: how one-click install worksThe modeler plugged in is not the model picked in “Your modeler” . Fix: Pick the model the message names in “Your modeler” above, then connect again.
Gridleak: how one-click install worksAnother preset is still being sent . Fix: Wait for it to finish, then send the next one.
Gridleak: how one-click install worksWhen one-click install isn’t available here, the downloaded file goes in through the editor.
One-click install isn’t available in this browser or on this device . Fix: Download the .hlx preset file. Open HX Edit and connect your HX Stomp via USB. Drag the .hlx onto a slot in the preset list. The modeler saves it.
Gridleak: how one-click install works · HX Stomp 3.80 Owner's ManualThe connection or the modeler stopped answering mid-install . Fix: Quit HX Edit, reconnect the HX Stomp, then try again.
Gridleak: how one-click install worksreal amps, each read from its schematic, ready for your HX Stomp.