Reamping with Logic - How can I monitor the entire project while exclusively sending the DI signal to HX?

[samuelhatcliff]

Hey all, completely new to all of this, so apologies if I'm missing something obvious.

 

I'm using an HX Stomp with Logic Pro X 11.2.2

 

My goal (for now) is to use the HX stomp to reamp a DI track I've recorded out to my guitar amp, which I simply have mic'ed to capture the sound and send to my volt2 interface.

 

I've followed the instructions in the manual. Everything makes sense and mostly works, but I have one big problem. While the new track is being recorded, I want to be able to listen to the master output of the project, but I've found that I can only get the DI track to output to the HX if I have also set logic's master output to the HX stomp, which makes enough sense. But unless I solo the DI track, the entire logic project's output is getting routed to the HX, which I obviously don't want. 

 

I just want to be able to hear my full mix and only have the DI track being sent to the HX for reamping. 

 

Seems like this should be pretty simple, but I've been stuck on this for a while now, couldn't find any similar questions, so figured I'd reach out for some assistance. 

 

Thanks in advance. 

[rd2rk]

The first problem I see with this is that you're re-amping a track that was recorded off of your guitar amp's speaker.

That's NOT actually a DI Track.

You COULD use the HXS to add POST effects, such as would be done in a studio, but you're MUCH better off using some of the many plugins available to you either IN LOGIC or on the aftermarket.

 

Your problem is that both your VOLT and HXS have very minimal I/O and you don't own HELIX NATIVE. If you bought your HXS NEW you might consider using your discount to buy NATIVE, which would allow you to do the re-amping completely within LOGIC and not have the hassle of re-amping through the HXS itself. But if you can't do that:

 

I assume that you're using a MAC. Create an AGREGATE DEVICE:

 

Create an Aggregate Device to combine multiple audio devices - Apple Support

 

I am NOT a MAC person, but my understanding is that this will allow you to use all of the available I/O of both your VOLT and HXS at the same time.

You should now be able to figure out the necessary routing to accomplish recording your mic'd amp (BLANK HXS preset with LEFT MAIN OUT>Volt Input 1) alongside a true DI track (HXS RIGHT MAIN OUT>Volt Input 2) and monitor the recorded project mix through the VOLT while re-amping the DI Track through the HXS.

 

Hopefully, someone else who is actually a MAC person will chime in here to verify this method or have a better solution.

 

Good Luck!

 

 

[SaschaFranck]

On 9/9/2025 at 6:16 AM, rd2rk said:

Hopefully, someone else who is actually a MAC person will chime in here to verify this method or have a better solution.

 

Yes, an aggregate device should work just fine for that very task.

 

It'd also be possible the way he has things set up, for that to work the DI take's channel output would have to be set to USB 5/6 of the Stomp and inside the Stomp the input would have to be set to USB 5/6. You can then feed a send of the Stomp to the amp - the DAW return is located after that.

The downside with this method being that you can't monitor the guitar amp signal on the Volt interface simultaneously (unless Logic was set to software monitoring, but that'll cause quite some latency in this scenario).

 

On 9/9/2025 at 6:16 AM, rd2rk said:

The first problem I see with this is that you're re-amping a track that was recorded off of your guitar amp's speaker.

 

Nah, he says that the DI track will go out to his then mic'ed up amp.

 

 

[lou-kash]

On 9/7/2025 at 7:43 PM, samuelhatcliff said:

completely new to all of this

 

No offense intended, but if I were really new to all of this, I would simply use the built-in effects and amp simulations in Logic. They are "good enough" (by which I mean they are actually good).

 

Frankly, been there done that many times. Not because I've been new to audio interfaces or aggregate devices or Helix or Logic (not at all in fact: I'm a Logic user since 2001), but because sometimes I'm lazy and also because I know that no one but my nitpicking self would ever care about such petty details… :D

[SaschaFranck]

On 9/9/2025 at 10:39 AM, lou-kash said:

I would simply use the built-in effects and amp simulations in Logic. They are "good enough" (by which I mean they are actually good).

 

I would respectfully disagree. Some of the clean amps are serviceable, sometimes even good. But anything dirt is horrible. And the guy is used to the Stomp's quality already.

If at all, I'd rather get Helix Native.

[datacommando]

On 9/7/2025 at 6:43 PM, samuelhatcliff said:

Hey all, completely new to all of this, so apologies if I'm missing something obvious.

Hi,

 

The simplest solution to this situation is to use the Helix Native plug-in.

 

If you have recently purchased your HX Stomp new, then you should qualify for the special discount price of $99.

 

All the advantages of a full blown Helix inside Logic - download the free 15 day fully functional demo version from:-

https://line6.com/software/

 

Hope this helps/makes sense.

[SaschaFranck]

On 9/10/2025 at 1:22 PM, datacommando said:

The simplest solution to this situation is to use the Helix Native plug-in.

 

No.

 

On 9/7/2025 at 7:43 PM, samuelhatcliff said:

My goal (for now) is to use the HX stomp to reamp a DI track I've recorded out to my guitar amp, which I simply have mic'ed to capture the sound and send to my volt2 interface.

 

In fact, a rather suitable way would be to capture the amp using the instructions and capturing abilities of Tone3000, take a handful of captures of the best amp sounds and then use the NAM plugin to play them back inside Logic. Works really, really well and isn't too tough to do, either.

No need for "realtime" re-amping, you'd only use the Stomp to feed the amp with a proper signal of the recorded DI track (which it is very good at), then listen and adjust through the HP out of the Volt and finally record the testfile sent through the amp to upload it to Tone3000 which would then create a NAM capture.

Best of all: All of this is completely free.