User Manual

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1. Main Display This color LCD is your window into the power of HX Stomp XL.
2. VIEW If you ever get lost, press this button to return home. Press again
to toggle between the two main Home views—see “Play View” and “Edit View”.
3. ACTION Press this button to open the action panel for the selected block or
menu. From Edit view, the action panel lets you move, copy, paste, and clear
blocks, as well as add any changes you’ve made to a block as a Favorite or save
itasamodeldefault.Othermenusmayhaveuniqueactionpanels;forexample,
the Global Settings action panel lets you reset all global settings at once.
Press and ACTION together to open the Save menu for renaming and saving
changes to a preset. Press both buttons twice to quick save. See “Saving/Naming
a Preset”.
4. Upper Knob In Play view, turn this knob to select a preset. Press this knob to
open the preset list. In Edit view, turn this knob to select a block for editing. Press
this knob to bypass/enable the selected block.
5. Lower Knob In Edit view, turn this knob to change the current block’s model.
Press this knob to open the model list. See “Choosing a Block’s Model”.
TIP: Press the Upper Knob and Lower Knob together to bypass HX Stomp XL
completely. The display will read “Analog [or DSP] bypass! Press any switch.”
6. PAGE/PAGE In Play view, press PAGE or PAGE to change
footswitch modes. In Edit view, press to view more parameters for the selected
block or menu. Press both PAGE and PAGE to dive deeper into HX Stomp
XL,andyou’llndControllerAssign,GlobalSettings,andothermenus.
7. Knobs 1~3 In Edit view, turn one of the three knobs below the main display
to adjust its respective parameter’s value above; press the knob to reset the
parameter’s value. If a rectangular button appears above a knob, press the knob
to engage its function.
SHORTCUT: For most time-based parameters such as delay time or
modulation speed, press the knob to toggle between setting the value in ms
versus Hz and note divisions (1/4-note, dotted 1/8-note, etc.).
SHORTCUT: Controllers can be assigned to most parameters. Press and
hold a parameter’s knob to quickly jump to the “Controller Assign” page for
that parameter. Press and turn a parameter’s knob to quickly assign it to be
controlled via “Snapshots”
8. Footswitches 1~6 These capacitive, touch-sensitive footswitches have
colored LED rings that indicate the assigned block’s current state or function. See
“Play View” for more information.
SHORTCUTS: While in Stomp footswitch mode and the Edit view screen,
touch (but don’t press) a footswitch for two seconds to create a Bypass
Assignment for the selected block.
While in Stomp footswitch mode, touch and hold (but don’t press) two
switches to swap all assignments between them.
Touch(butdon’tpress)TAPtodisplaythetempopanelbriey.Thisletsyou
quicklyne-tunethecurrenttempo.
Touch-to-selectcan optionallybe turnedo, andother footswitchsettings
customized - See “Global Settings > Footswitches”
9. MODE/EDIT/EXIT Switch Press MODE to toggle between Stomp and
Preset footswitch modes. Hold MODE for one second to engage Pedal Edit
mode,whichletsyouediteectswithyourfeet,allowingyourhandstostayon
the guitar where they belong—see “Pedal Edit Mode”. Press MODE/EDIT/EXIT to
exit Looper or Pedal Edit mode—see “Looper”.
10. TAP/TUNER Switch Press TAP two or more times to set the BPM (beats
perminute)ofanytempo-basedeectssuchasdelayormodulation—see“TAP
Tempo”.PressTAPoncetorestartanyLFO-basedmodulationeects.HoldTAP
for one second to open the Tuner view—see “The Tuner”.
11. VOLUME Turn this knob to control the main output and headphones volume.
Press the knob to recess it into the chassis.
12. EXP 1/2, FS 7/8 Connect an expression pedal here to adjust a wide variety
of parameters.* With a Y-cable (tip-ring-sleeve 1/4" jack, split to two tip-sleeve
1/4" jacks), two expression pedals can be connected. Alternatively, you can add
one (or with a Y-cable, two) external footswitches to access additional stomps,
presets, snapshots, etc. (FS7=tip, FS8=ring). To set this jack’s function(s), see
page 57. By default, this jack is set to accommodate a Mission SP1-L6H Line
6 Expression Pedal, which has a toe switch that toggles between EXP 1 (Wah/
Pitch or Poly Wham) and EXP 2 (Volume/Pan). For external footswitches, the
momentary (unlatched) type should be used.
*NOTE: It is recommended to connect to this EXP1/2, FS 7/8 input while the
deviceispoweredotoavoidtogglingthecurrentFS7/8setting.