HX Effects presets

[sgentz]

  Went from a HX Stomp to an HX Effects assuming the preset library I had built would also be able to be used with the Effects. This does not seem to be the case? When I try to import I get an incorrect file error. I then tried to download some presets off of the custometone page that were meant for the HX Effects and they appear to be the same filetype(.hlx) and I get the same error trying to import. Am i missing something here? I assumed that HXstomp/HXeffects are in the same ecosystem?

 

As an aside. Can I use my stomp for the presets and control it via midi from the hi effects?

 

[silverhead]

The HX Stomp includes amp and cab models; HX FX does not. Hence any preset containing those models cannot load into HX FX. There are other differences in preset architecture as well. So it’s simply not possible for all Stomp presets to be compatible with HX FX.

 

You can use both HX Edit and Helix Native simultaneously to manually adapt a Stomp preset to be compatible with HX FX. Helix Native (free trail available) has a Hardware Compatibility Mode feature to ensure that a preset created in Helix Native can be loaded into a specific Helix device. After downloading and installing Helix Native do this:

- launch Helix Native and put it in HX Stomp compatibility mode

- load a Stomp preset.

- switch to HX FX compatibility mode. From the manual ….  

Once you select a different mode from the HC Mode menu, Helix Native will first automat-

ically alert you that you are about to make an HC mode change. Choose OK to proceed, or,

if this tone is one you want to save in its original HC mode format, choose No, and then

Save or Export the tone as a preset before changing to the new HC mode.

If you click OK to proceed, Helix Native will attempt to translate your currently-loaded

tone into your selected HC mode format. If translation is possible, your (translated) tone

remains the current tone within the plugin’s Signal Flow (see the following sections

for more about preset translation). Note that the now translated, current tone is in an

unsaved state, so you’ll want to use the preset menu’s Save To Library command if you

want to retain it within the Presets Library for this HC mode.

- if the above is not helpful, inspect the Stomp preset using HX Edit (if you still have your Stomp) or using one of the available online preset viewers (e.g.  https://hxview.netlify.app/ )

- manually add the HX FX compatible blocks to a Helix Native preset until you have created the nearest version of an HX FX compatible preset based on the Stomp preset.

- export the Helix Native preset and import it into HX Edit with your HX FX connected

 

[sgentz]

Thanks for your response. I'll give it a try and report back. I don't have my stomp anymore.