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HI all - I have a big board and a small board. The big board uses an Morningstar MC3 and I hook the expression pedal up through that, so I can send expression params to any pedal via MIDI, including the HX stomp. The wah block on the stomp is mapped to MIDI cc#4, which is the lowest allowable cc mapping for midi expression control of the wah effect. For the small board I just want to plug the exp pedal into the exp jack on the HX stomp. Apparent problem: the wah block needs to be set to either take the expression input OR a midi cc#. I'm trying to figure out if this means I need to change this for every preset that uses an expression input every time I swap the HX stomp between boards, or if there's a way for me to just swap the expression pedal and not need to do this. (I could dupe presets and have one for the small board, one for the big board, but that's seems like good way to chew up all my available presets, plus a drag to maintain dupes). Thoughts? Help? Please? :-) Thanks - Michael

Found a post that led me to a resolution, although i don't follow logically why turning off Tx MIDI Clock should fix it. unless it is two different sets of clock going out - one thru from the chain and another generated by the HX stomp itself. I guess that would make sense. In any event turning off Tx MIDI Clock seems to have fixed it

oh that's interesting! I never thought of that but it's another logical explanation for why they would be set up the way they are. Thanks!

ok. you are right. turning OFF Tx MIDI Clock fixes the double time issue, but I have no idea why.

I see the same thing, but when you say it makes sense to turn off MIDI clock TX or MIDI thru why does that make sense? I still want the clock and the midi to go through the HX stomp. Here's a video showing the issue:

The video shows the issue. micro.clock > MC6 > HX stomp > RC-10r = double time micro.clock > MC6 > RC-10r (remove HX stomp) and the tempo is set correctly Thoughts? Michael

Thx both for the helpful responses! def interesting to hear that the difference is even more pronounced vs real-world amps. I thought it might also be that some amps have their most characteristic sound at a higher volume (eg you dont use a marshall stack to play a small coffeehouse gig), so they are purposefully setting them up in such a way that they sound like people would expect them to at the outset. best M

Hi - I've seen some posts on managing levels across different presets and amps, which are helpful. What I don't understand is why this is necessary in the first place. Is there a reason why Line 6 doesn't create all the amp presets so they are at the same level to start, rather than have people struggle with adjusting them? Is it because the use case of switching from one amp/cab model to another is considered a minority use case (since people don't usually just swap amps on stage in real life)? I'm not intending this to be critical necessarily, as I assume there is some reason for it. Just curious as to what the reason(s) is(are). M

Hi all - I know you can add some depth and freq modulation to the poly sustain sound to help it sound more natural, but I still find that the poly sustain catches such a short sample that it often fails to reliably capture the chord I've played. It feels like it catches part of it and in the looping it ends up sounding unnatural. Don't get me wrong - it is very cool and has its uses. However, I feel like if you could increase the sample length it would go a long way towards capturing a more natural sound. Is this what the RandDepth and RandSpeed are meant to address? Any other tips? Thx- Michael

Boss SY-200 to the rescue... Can take this off my list of feature requests now. :-)

Re-asking the question almost a year later… VERY happy with line6’s continued updates, but now that polyphonic pitch shift is out, I continue to wonder if we’ll see a point where a separate synth pedal like the c4 or boss sy-1 are less necessary for people who like those sounds. it would def be paid upgrade-worthy for me (altho I dont want to discourage line 6’s model of the gift that keeps on giving, which is fantastic and im sure wins them loads of fans)

Have seen a lot of chatter about HX 3.0 and polyphonic pitch shifting capabilities. Does anyone have any idea how soon we can expect 3.0, and what the chances are of seeing polyphonic synth options (as opposed to just pitch shifting)? thx M

Thanks @GaryKaneNYC (I'm also in NYC, btw.) That's definitely helpful. I'm wondering how the SY-1 is able to receive this, since I don't see anything about that. You're saying if you send MIDI clock into the expression jack that it works to set the tempo? Or does the SY-1 take tap tempo via taps on an expression pedal? Michael

@GaryKaneNYC (or others) - how are you syncing the tempo of the SY-1 to anything? I am looking at the manual and I dont see a jack for midi or clock. Would love to know more about that. If I can sync it the pedal is def more attractive. Thanks! Thanks also for your great input on multiple synth pedals.

In the end I got this working pretty well, and with an aux momentary pedal instead of an expression pedal. The stomp is a deep and amazing machine!