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Snapshots
In Preset mode, the current preset's scribble strip displays a small camera icon. Its
number indicates the current snapshot.
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Why should I care about snapshots?
To be honest, maybe you shouldn’t. Ask yourself these questions:
• Hey self, when performing live, does the small gap when switching tones drive
me nuts?
• If my delay repeats and reverb trails don’t seamlessly spill over when switching
tones, does it drive me nuts?
• Do I secretly wish I were an octopus, so I can constantly change multiple ef-
fects settings throughout a song?
If you answered “M’eh” or “Huh?,” stop reading this now, go play guitar, completely
ignore the camera icon, and you’ll never have to worry about snapshots again. Seri-
ously. However, if you answered “Yes!” to any of these questions, keep reading.
Okay, I’m still reading
There’s always going to be a small audible gap when switching presets in any box
with this level of dynamic model allocation and routing complexity; that’s just how ad-
vanced Digital Signal Processing (DSP) works. However, snapshots allow for a surpris-
ing amount of tonal control from within the same preset, and every change happens
instantly and seamlessly.
Each of the four snapshots within the HX Eects device stores and recalls the state of
certain elements in the current preset, including:
• Eect Bypass—The bypass (on/o) state of all eects blocks (except Loop-
ers).
• 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, and
MMC messages, plus the state (dim or lit) of any Ext Amp messages. Also 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 four variations of the same
tone, four drastically dierent tones, or any combination thereof—all within the same
preset. In many cases, a single preset's snapshots may accommodate all the various
tones required for a song.
Using Snapshots
1. From Preset mode, press BANK and BANK simultane-
ously to enter Snapshot footswitch mode.
BANK
BANK
SNAPSHOT 1
1
SNAPSHOT 2
2
SNAPSHOT 3
3
SNAPSHOT 4
4
2. Press one of the four snapshot switches to select a dierent
snapshot.
NOTE: If you don’t want Snapshot footswitches to disappear after selecting
one, set "Global Settings > Switches" Snpsht Mode to "Latch[ing]." In this
case, the HX Eects device stays in Snapshot footswitch mode until you
press MODE/EDIT/EXIT.
3. Adjust the preset by doing one or more of the following:
• Turn one or more eects on or o by pressing stomp mode footswitches
or pressing Footswitch 3 in the "Signal Flow" view. Snapshots automati-
cally remember every block's bypass state.
• To adjust a parameter AND have it automatically update per snapshot,
press and turn the knob. This creates a "Snapshot controller assignment"
for this parameter. Snapshots can remember the values of up to 64 eects
parameters. The parameter's value bar displays small nodes at the current
value, indicating the Snapshot controller's assigned to it:
Harmony Delay
Feedbk Mix
Time