lavadisco Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 I see that the Helix is fully audio/midi class compliant, but I have yet to find a definitive statement from Line 6 that the HX Stomp is as well. Can anyone confirm that this is the case? And if so, has anyone successfully used one as an audio interface in a Linux environment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisinon2 Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 A better question would be has anyone ever done anything successfully in a Linux environment? ;) 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DunedinDragon Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 1 hour ago, cruisinon2 said: A better question would be has anyone ever done anything successfully in a Linux environment? ;) Now THAT is funny...no matter where you come from..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavadisco Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 1 hour ago, cruisinon2 said: A better question would be has anyone ever done anything successfully in a Linux environment? ;) I understand why you'd ask that question, but in fact Linux audio has been quite doable for some time now and has been my *only* music OS for about 4 years. There is a significant community of Linux audio users as well. I'm running Tracktion 8 with multiple audio interfaces, USB midi connections to multiple hardware synths, using any existing VST plugins in addition to quite a few Linux-only plugins. And all with low latency. There are definitely some quirks, but once you sort it out it's rock solid. Pretty much any audio interface that's class compliant will work for low-latency recording on Linux; just gotta figure out if the HX Stomp can do it! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterHamm Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 3 hours ago, lavadisco said: I think it is, as it works with my Mac with no driver installation necessary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd2rk Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 6 hours ago, lavadisco said: There are definitely some quirks, but once you sort it out it's rock solid. Pretty much any audio interface that's class compliant will work for low-latency recording on Linux; just gotta figure out if the HX Stomp can do it! And therein lies the devil in the donut shop. "Sorting it all out" is fun for Linux fans, but the reason that most musos use Windows and Apple is that someone else already sorted it out for us. Not that our systems don't have problems, but getting the basics up and running doesn't require a lot of technical reading on subjects that differ from distro to distro. And the community of users willing to help out is HUGE! Don't get me wrong, if it works for you, great. But every time I've looked into it (going back to mid 90s, and I'm a former IT guy), my takeaway is always "STILL not ready for prime time!" When a non-technical user can install any major DAW or standalone audio program he wants and be up and running in a couple of hours, I'll dump Windows in a heartbeat! The reason that ain't ever gonna happen is inherent in the heart of Linux - the OpenSource model. There's no money in writing SW for Linux that would create a market for it, and the difficulty of using what the community creates further restricts the market to people who like to tinker with the internals and SW idealists. Nothing wrong with that, it's just not a commercially viable model. Trust me when I say that I WISH it were different- every time MS does a major update I'm holding my breath.......! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavadisco Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 Got a response from Line 6 - the HX Stomp is NOT fully class compliant and therefore will not work with Linux systems. They did say they'd pass on the request to the tech team, hopefully it can be implemented. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellowtone Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Making the Stomp class compliant would be very much appreciated indeed. I got mine in January and while I love using the unit in itself I was quite disappointed when I realized it wouldn't work under Linux. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterHamm Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 3 hours ago, mellowtone said: Making the Stomp class compliant would be very much appreciated indeed. I got mine in January and while I love using the unit in itself I was quite disappointed when I realized it wouldn't work under Linux. Pretty sure it IS class-compliant. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolko60 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 There are some problems with Hx class compliancy under Linux. There is a thread about it: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick83ola Posted June 27, 2019 Share Posted June 27, 2019 (edited) I'm trying to debug this. when I connect the HX stomp (or helix) I get [ 322.404503] usb 1-6: new high-speed USB device number 13 using xhci_hcd [ 322.531804] usb 1-6: New USB device found, idVendor=0e41, idProduct=4246, bcdDevice= 2.00 [ 322.531806] usb 1-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=3, SerialNumber=2 [ 322.531806] usb 1-6: Product: HX Stomp [ 322.531807] usb 1-6: Manufacturer: LINE 6 [ 322.531808] usb 1-6: SerialNumber: 3021888 [ 322.535789] usb 1-6: parse_audio_format_rates_v2v3(): unable to retrieve number of sample rates (clock 16) [ 322.535907] usb 1-6: parse_audio_format_rates_v2v3(): unable to retrieve number of sample rates (clock 16) There's a beginning of a patch here https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10113121/ I also raised the question to line6 support (not hoping to get anything) and on alsa mailing list If someone has some ideas I'm here Cheers Nick Here is the response that I got from Line6 regarding Helix / HX Stomp Linux support (nice quick response!) Customer Service 09:02 (13 minutes ago) ========= Message from ========= Hello nick83ola. Your Line 6 Support Ticket was updated with the following message: Hello, Thanks for your interest in our products. In order for your feedback to reach the right people, we ask that you submit your comments, ideas, and suggestions to our IdeaScale site where ideas are voted on, with commentary, sometimes by the Product Managers themselves: http://line6.ideascale.com/. We take your feedback very seriously and we appreciate the time you take to help us create quality products. Best regards, I suggest everyone that is using Linux and want t use HX Stomp / Helix on it to register there and open ticket for Linux support :-) Edited June 27, 2019 by nick83ola Updates 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anibalrivero Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 I can confirm that I can use HX Stomp as an ALSA soundcard on ubuntu 18.04 with Linux kernel 5.3.0. Reaper for Linux works fine with this setup. Pulse audio is unstable and unusable at the moment. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paozaf Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Hi, I have arch linux (kernel 5.3.11) and I see the device, but it is mute, I hear nothing. Did you succeed to get sound coming from your computer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsking1 Posted November 20, 2019 Share Posted November 20, 2019 Hello. I just tried Helix Stomp with Ubuntu 19.10 and it worked great. In Ardour 5.12, I set sample rate to 48k and the interface to the stomp. Did a quick multi-track audio recording of guitar through headphones, all in sync. After a few more minutes of messing around I was also able to get midi clock to sync tempo from ardour to stomp. So for me it works and I’m happy with this and it’s good to know this is an option if my 2015 Macbook ever kicks it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djib Posted April 25, 2020 Share Posted April 25, 2020 I managed to get sound out of my HX Stomp using kernel 5.4.0-0. The recording quality is very good but somehow the playback sound is plain horrible: lots of distortion and other artifacts. I didn't dig much into in, its great to see that it's possible to make it work :) I'll stick with my HD500X for now: I love the input versatility. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anibalrivero Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 @djib, I had some playback problems on linux using the HX Stomp. When I disable some USB energy savings settings on the BIOS, all the noises went away. Also, are you using the lowlatency kernel? Turning off the wifi also helps. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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