User Manual

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Snapshots
In Play view, a small camera icon appears in the upper right corner of the screen. Its
number indicates the current snapshot.
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What are Snapshots?
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o,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eectorampforadierentone(unlessbotheectoramp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 four separate groups
ofon/ostatusesandsettingtweaksperpreset(say,foryourintro, verse, chorus, and
overindulgentnoisesegue);thatis,HX Stomp XL has four snapshots per preset.
Each of the four snapshots in HX Stomp XL stores and recalls the state of certain
elements in the current preset, including:
• Effect Bypass—Thebypass(on/o)stateofallprocessingblocks(Thebypass
state of a Looper block is not stored/recalled via snapshot)
• 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, and
HX Preset/Snapshot/Looper messages, plus the state (dim or lit) of any CC
Toggle 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congurethem,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. Press BANK and BANK simultaneously to enter Snapshot
footswitch mode.
Also, see “Snapshot Footswitch Mode” on page 14.
01A
FX:Stereo Swirl
1
BANK
BANK
EDIT / EXIT
TUNER
TAP
MODE
B
D
A
C
1
2
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2. Press one of the four snapshot switches to select a dierent
snapshot.