I guess Helix edit will not run on my tablet?

[Dueler]

True?

[rd2rk]

True. Unless you have a Windows tablet.

 

EDIT: I don't have a Windows tablet, so I haven't personally tested this, but why wouldn't it?

[Dueler]

On 1/27/2025 at 12:18 PM, rd2rk said:

True. Unless you have a Windows tablet.

 

EDIT: I don't have a Windows tablet, so I haven't personally tested this, but why wouldn't it?

I have a Samsung tablet which I guess is Android. I am brand new to tablets so I am in uncharted territory.

[Dueler]

I have it loaded to my MacBook Pro but I am not sure how it interfaces with the Stomp whether it's bluetooth or hard wired.

[rd2rk]

Mine is an iPad. Catalyst Edit runs on iPad. Pretty sure it runs on Androids too.

Why not HX Edit???

Maybe the next iteration of Helix will, but while mobile support for HX Edit has been requested on Ideascale since practically day 1, I wouldn't hold my breath.

[rd2rk]

On 1/27/2025 at 1:23 PM, Dueler said:

I have it loaded to my MacBook Pro but I am not sure how it interfaces with the Stomp whether it's bluetooth or hard wired.

 

Not BT. Another popular wish.

[Dueler]

Well, I'm going to have to take this real slow as this is my first foray into multiple fx processors in a number of years. As I am slow on picking things up from manuals the first thing that is sorely lacking is a comprehensive glossary of terms for a newbie like me and it would go a long way to getting started. Does anyone know of a YT videos for complete newbies? I mean a real newbie. There was one on YT that looked promising then all of a sudden he was talking fast and the footswitch lights were flashing and I was lost. Gotta be something out there that takes it slow and easy. Thanks.

 

[lou-kash]

On 1/27/2025 at 9:23 PM, Dueler said:

I have it loaded to my MacBook Pro but I am not sure how it interfaces with the Stomp whether it's bluetooth or hard wired.

USB only. Make sure to use the supplied USB cable or a similar trusted high quality product though. The Stomp is very picky when it comes to USB cables: Out of about two dozens of USB-A-to-USB-B cables that I have accumulated over the past 25 years, the Stomp works safely with about just three or four of them. (One of those is likely the original Line 6 cable, but I forgot which one it is, hehe.)

That said, amazingly it also works safely with a 4 m (!) long new USB-C-to-USB-B cable from delock.com which I bought for a new MacBook Air M2 recently.

[lou-kash]

On 1/28/2025 at 12:02 AM, lou-kash said:

a 4 m (!) long new USB-C-to-USB-B cable from delock.com 

That would be this one:

delock.com/produkt/83667/merkmale.html?g=776

[datacommando]

On 1/27/2025 at 9:11 PM, Dueler said:

Well, I'm going to have to take this real slow as this is my first foray into multiple fx processors in a number of years. As I am slow on picking things up from manuals the first thing that is sorely lacking is a comprehensive glossary of terms for a newbie like me and it would go a long way to getting started. Does anyone know of a YT videos for complete newbies? I mean a real newbie. There was one on YT that looked promising then all of a sudden he was talking fast and the footswitch lights were flashing and I was lost. Gotta be something out there that takes it slow and easy. Thanks.

 

Hi,

 

Seems like you’re a little late to the party.

 

You could start with these short videos from the good folks at Line 6.

 

Here’s one.

 

Follow on the series from this one, plus check out tutorial videos on YouTube from Jason Sadites.

 

Hope this helps/makes sense.

[Dueler]

Ok, but here's is where I'm at; what is a snapshot? He used the term but never explained what it is. That is where I'm at. With a comprehensive glossary of terms I could move quicker. I'll get it but even the beginner videos make a lot of assumptions and it moves pretty quick for me. I originally looked at the Fractal FM3 but once the manual admitted to me having to have some pro audio experience I decided against it. I'll go down some rabbit holes but not the deep dark ones like the Fractal. :)

[datacommando]

On 1/28/2025 at 12:53 AM, Dueler said:

Ok, but here's is where I'm at; what is a snapshot? He used the term but never explained what it is. That is where I'm at. With a comprehensive glossary of terms I could move quicker. I'll get it but even the beginner videos make a lot of assumptions and it moves pretty quick for me. I originally looked at the Fractal FM3 but once the manual admitted to me having to have some pro audio experience I decided against it. I'll go down some rabbit holes but not the deep dark ones like the Fractal. :)

Hi again,

 

Should have taken the blue pill.

 

Hmm… are you really sure that you have made the right decision here. I mean, you wouldn’t go out and buy a Lear Jet without having had a few flying lessons and have a basic knowledge of how the thing worked. Any digital multi-fx product, be it from Kemper, Fractal, Line 6, or even the likes of Mooer will have a learning curve.
 

Strap in and start learning, and remember the HX Stomp 3.80 Owner’s Manual is your friend and a really good place to begin. Find it by clicking this link below.

 

https://line6.com/data/6/0a00051afdda673cccdb61c9c/application/pdf/HX Stomp 3.80 Owner's Manual - English .pdf

 

Over the past 9 or 10 years since the Helix landed, there has been a bunch of contributors in here who have been more than willing at assist people having difficulties with this stuff. Ye Gods, John Boy Walton and his entire family could not have done more, and in several languages, but it usually entails a bit of effort from the side of the person with the issue.

 

I could resort to the “Let me Google that for you” option, but I really would expect a little input from the person seeking the information. 

 

 

 

There you have it - think of a Snapshot as a Preset within a Preset.
 

As someone once said - “The truth is out there”.

 

Hope this helps/makes sense.

[Dueler]

On 1/27/2025 at 5:31 PM, datacommando said:

Hmm… are you really sure that you have made the right decision here. I mean, you wouldn’t go out and buy a Lear Jet without having had a few flying lessons and have a basic knowledge of how the thing worked. Any digital multi-fx product, be it from Kemper, Fractal, Line 6, or even the likes of Mooer will have a learning curve.

I have no problem with a learning curve as long as the terms they used are explained and defined. As I said, a comprehensive glossary of terms would have been so easy to add. Using a term and assuming the newbie knows what they are talking about or defining it later in the manual makes it tougher. I'll get it.

[rd2rk]

I've spent a LOT of time in forums, trying to help people who, if they took the time to RTM BEFORE they bought something instead of relying on YT videos to inform their purchasing decisions, would have saved themselves a whole lot of frustration - never mind money!

 

People hate reading manuals, I get it. These days, most people hate reading in general.

It doesn't help that many manuals are poorly written.

Line6 manuals are not perfect, but they're better than many - looking at you, BOSS.

 

From the Helix manual:

 

Snapshots
A camera icon appears in the upper right corner of the screen. Its number indicates the current snapshot.

1 - What are Snapshots?
Snapshots are presets within a preset.
Imagine you have eight pet octopuses, all slithering around your amp and pedalboard. Instead of tap-dancing on your pedals (and accidentally stepping on a tentacle), you shout, “Okay, gang—here’s the verse... now!” and your octopuses switch some pedals on, switch other pedals off, and tweak all your amps and pedals’ knobs to make the best possible settings for your song’s verse, all seamlessly with spillover delay and reverb trails. Then you shout, “Ready for the chorus... now!” and your octopuses instantly tweak everything for your song’s chorus. That’s the power of snapshots.
The only thing your octopuses/snapshots can’t do is rearrange your pedalboard or swap out an effect or amp for a different one (unless both effect blocks exist in the same preset).
Each preset can have up to 64 parameters assigned to Snapshots; hence, eight octopuses with eight tentacles each. The octopuses can remember eight separate groups of on/off statuses and setting tweaks per preset; that is, Helix has eight snapshots per preset.
Each of the eight snapshots in Helix stores and recalls the state of certain elements in the current preset, including:
• Block Bypass—The bypass (on/off) state of all processing blocks (except Looper), independent of any footswitch bypass assignments.

NOTE: The bypass state of blocks is automatically stored and recalled per snapshot. Optionally, you can exclude a block’s bypass state from being affected by snapshots—see "Snapshot Block Bypass On/Off" below.
• Parameter Control—The values of any parameters assigned to controllers (up to 64 per preset).
• Command Center—The values of any instant MIDI CC, Bank/Prog, MMC, CV Out, Qwerty Hotkey, and HX Looper messages, plus the state (dim or lit) of any CC Toggle, CV Toggle, and Ext Amp messages. See "Command Center"
• Tempo—The current system tempo, if "Global Settings > MIDI/Tempo" > Tempo Select is set to “Per Snapshot.” (By default, it’s set to “Per Preset”)
Depending on how you set them up, snapshots can act as eight variations of the same tone, eight drastically different tones, or any combination thereof—all within the same preset. A single preset’s snapshots may accommodate all the various tones required for a song in many cases.
IMPORTANT! Snapshots make it easy for multiple blocks assigned to the same footswitch to end up in unexpected states. For example, if FS2 toggles between Delay (ON) and Reverb (OFF) blocks and a snapshot turns the Reverb on, FS2 will suddenly turn both blocks on and off together.

[datacommando]

On 1/28/2025 at 4:09 PM, Dueler said:

I have no problem with a learning curve as long as the terms they used are explained and defined. As I said, a comprehensive glossary of terms would have been so easy to add. Using a term and assuming the newbie knows what they are talking about or defining it later in the manual makes it tougher. I'll get it.

 

Well, if you did actually bother to check the manual, right there on Page 4 is a list of about half a dozen terms that may be unfamiliar to some users. Plus I guess newbie, or not, if you are going to buy into a particular product you might be expected to put in a little research. That way you wouldn't  later be surprised by some of the terminology used for how to work with the damn thing.

 

Also from the same page in the  manual:-

 

Welcome to HX Stomp

“68 pages for a pedal? Man, I hate reading manuals!”

I know, right?! We’re not overly fond of writing them either, especially when so few people read them. What if we make a handful of super-short videos that get you up and running with HX StompTM in minutes, and you promise not to jump online and complain about having to read a lengthy manual for a pedal. Agreed?

Go here, https://line6.com/hx-stomp/#tut-videos

 

The Helix has been available for almost 10 years now, and the Stomp was launched in late 2018, so pretending to be baffled by some of the "tech speak" certainly appears fake, especially when you admitted that you checked out the manual for a Fractal FM3. Did you find a reference to "Scenes"? Ooh, I wonder what they might be?

 

You see, many years ago in the 1980s, before they invented the internet someone created MIDI keyboards, drum machines and synth modules, and there weren't too many people to ask about how it all worked, plus it seems it was wired together like a mad woman knitting. So you went to a library and found a book and then taught yourself how to do it. That's how how we become wise old grey beards - now take this ring to Mount Doom, little hobbit.

 

And instead of pi$$ing and moaning that operating a 6 year old digital guitar multi-FX unit has too many complicated words to figure out, simply look them up. It's easy enough - just use this - https://google.com The world is your lobster!

 

Seek and ye shall find

 

I usually don't mind helping folk out in here, but when they start to take the pi$$, it's very annoying.