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Hi, I would like to integrate my HX Stomp into my pedalboard, as I have a few pedals that I just like using more physically versus digitally. Basically the chain should be Guitar into HX stomp Noise gate in HX stomp input Into HX stomp compressor Into physical boost pedal and a variety of dirt pedals (that I like to change) Into amp (POTENTIALLY) looping back the dirt into HX Stomp to add Wah Using the Amp FX Loop send into HX Stomp Return, having a physical reverb pedal in the loop before Adding Delay / Chorus / Modulation /... in HX stomp Sending back to Amp It is the part where the FX loop comes into the picture that I don't get. It is only tomorrow when I get back to my board, but I'm thinking of A/B split after the compressor with 100% on A, and looping back the FX into path B, adding the delay afterwards. But then where do I go? Do I let B filter back into A? Then it would go into output main as well. I don't think I understand the FX loop. Also, what if I'd like to use my dirt pedals, but use the HX Stomp for Wah... AFTER all the dirt pedals? Also, what if I'd like to do the same thing, but with a Tweed amp that doesn't have an FX loop? Guitar into input, all my hardware pedals into FX loop, loop back into HX stomp, use the Wah in HX Stomp and then go out via the output into Reverb and from there into the amp? Please be patient with me. So far, HX Stomp was my travel rig for when I would go on holiday or on business trips. Now, I'd like to make it a permanent part of my board and throw out some pedals that I don't like versus what's integrated in HX Stomp. Thanks for your support

thanks guys… never paid attention to that setting!

Errrrrr….. how do I check that?

Hi, i am suspecting that I set something up the wrong way. when I put the hex stomp into tuner mode, I can still hear a dry signal (very softly) through the headphones. Is his normal? I fear that with whatever i play there’s a dry signal coming out of the hx stomp with it.

Thanks for that tremendously detailed answer! Going through the paragraphs - I get that the way helix is built is that it emulates a cab that has been mic‘d up. I just feel that some Amp + Cab configurations sound more realistic than others. As i said, the twin reverb and also the 57 Deluxe seem to be extremely good. I even switch I/O between the Deluxe in Helix and my real 57 Deluxe. It is just tremendously close! With others, i don‘t know how to describe, but they feel fake. However, if i get your suggestion right: If playing with Headphones i would need to add a little room reverb to make up for the fact that i don‘t have any room in my headphones. If i plug the helix into my Laney LFR 112 Cab i can leave the reverb off as I‘m in a real room. Then move the mic closer to the virtual cab so emulate that „real“ sound and compensate the low frequencies a little. I might also try switching on the 1x12 and 4x12 cab simulations in the Laney and switch off the CAB simulation in Helix altogether. Interesting points about reducing mud going into the amp. As mentioned i currently only use EQ to filter out „hissing“ frequencies. Also I lower bass a little bit when playing at lower volumes. Reverb, delay, etc.. after the Cab - got your points. Pretty clear and also very interesting from a technical point of view! Any thoughts on IR packages that are worth buying?

Hi guys, just bought the HX Stomp and couldn‘t be happier. I let go of almost all of my pedals and now i literally only own a couple guitars, a Fender 57 Custom Deluxe, the HX Stomp and a few pedals like looper etc... Mostly, i use the HX Stomp to go into my Studio Headphones or into a Laney LFR112 FRFR Speaker. I‘ve been spending time on finding out how to get great tones out of it and it seems there are some general recommendations like adding low and high cut, filtering out fizzy frequencies, etc.. I do that and it helps, but i don‘t know where to put the blocks. Most guys like Jason Sadites explain by using Helix, which has two signal paths. On the screen it looks like mostly the put AMP+CAB in the upper path and then all the effects in the lower one, which seems to be AFTER Amp and CAB. This is completely beyond my understanding. How can you add effects AFTER the cab? I get that in a mixing environment this is also what happens, but in a traditional guitar & amp setup? My 57 deluxe doesn‘t even have an effects loop ;) So, please help me understand: why are these guys doing it like that and what are the differences in putting EQ & COMP in different places of the signal chain? Also: Amps like the Twin Reverb sound magical out of the box. Others Ike the JTM45 i find myself struggling with. Can‘t get it to sound right. It always sounds like a recording of an amp that I’m hearing out of a box, rather than a great replication of the actual AMP & CAB behavior I’m hearing out of my FRFR Box. What are the best practices in getting great tone out of Helix in general? Sorry for the rather basic questions, but this stuff is both really overwhelming and great at the same time. Thanks Stefan from Germany