Line 6 HX One User guide

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OWNER’S MANUAL

Rev B (For use with HX One Firmware 1.00)

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Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity

47 CFR § 2.1077 Compliance Information

Unique Identiﬁer: Line 6® HX® One

Responsible Party - U.S. Contact Information:

Yamaha Guitar Group, Inc. 26580 Agoura Road Calabasas, CA 91302-1921

(818) 575-3600 https://line6.com/

FCC Compliance Statement:

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

Line 6, the Line 6 logo, Helix, HX, HX Effects, M13, M9, M5, DL4, DM4, MM4, and FM4 are trademarks or registered trademarks of Yamaha Guitar Group, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other jurisdictions. Apple, Mac, macOS, iPad, and iPhone are trademarks of Apple, Inc. registered in the U.S. and other countries. Apple is not responsible for the operation of this device or its compliance with safety and regulatory standards. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.

The Model and Serial numbers can be found on the product label. Please record these numbers below and retain this document for your records.

Model Number: ________________________________

Serial Number: ________________________________

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Contents

Welcome 4

What’s In the Box? 4 Common Terminology 4 Installing Adhesive Rubber Feet 4 Updating HX One Firmware 4 Manage, Backup, & Restore HX One 4 Top Panel 5 Rear Panel 6 Left Panel 6 Right Panel 6

Quick Start 7

Setup Examples 7 Enabling and Bypassing HX One 9 Choosing an Effect 9 Editing the Current Effect 10 Saving a Model’s User Default Settings 10 Preset Mode 10 Saving/Naming a Preset 11 Setting a TAP Tempo 11 Using the Tuner 12

Effects 13

Effects Models - Reference Tables 13 U.S. Registered Trademarks 21

Expression Pedal, FLUX Mode, & Footswitch Setup

Connecting an Expression Pedal and Footswitches 22 Creating Expression/FLUX Assignments 24

Settings View 26

Restoring Global Settings 26 Setting Proper Levels 26 Settings View Options 27

MIDI 30

Preset Recall via MIDI Program Change 30 Using MIDI Clock for Tempo Sync 30 Controlling HX One Parameters via MIDI 31 Controlling the Simple Looper via MIDI 32

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Welcome

“Another Manual?”

Yes, we get it—not everyone enjoys reading through Owner’s Manuals! The Line 6® HX® One is designed to be simple enough that you could probably just plug it in, start

playing, and immediately get some amazingly gratifying tones. But, as with all Line 6 Helix® and HX family devices, there is more that you’ll want to know to get the most out of your new device, which is where this manual comes in. We’ve also created some super handy online videos to show you just what HX One is all about. Go here: line6.

com/meet-hx-one.

“Alrighty then...”

Thank you for purchasing the Line 6 HX One effects device, which boasts quite possibly the most extensive assortment of world-class effects models ever crammed into such a diminutive stompbox! We hope it helps drive your search for tonal bliss and spawns years of creativity, both on stage and in the studio.

Although you’re likely anxious to rip open the box and plug in, wait! At the very least, check out the HX One Cheat Sheet that came in the box and keep it handy. Then read the “Quick Start” chapter of this manual and we’ll have you up and shredding in no time. Also be sure to visit line6.com/videos, where we’re always adding new video tutorials covering the latest Line 6 gear!

What’s In the Box?

Model

HX® One effects device

Each effect that can be loaded is referred to as a model. HX One includes 250+ effects models from Line 6 HX Effects™, DL4™, DM4™, MM4™, FM4™, M13®, M9®, and M5® multi-effects devices.

settings, footswitch & controller assignments.

• Line 6

• HX One Cheat Sheet (read that one ﬁrst!)

• 9VDC, 500mA power adapter

• Adhesive rubber feet

• Registration, Safety & Compliance, and Warranty documentation

Common Terminology

While reading this manual, you may encounter several unfamiliar terms. It’s important to know what they mean. Be careful—we might toss a pop quiz your way.

Preset A preset consists of the currently loaded model and its title, parameter

Controller

Send/

Return

Controllers are used for remotely adjusting various parameters in real-time—HX One allows you to assign a controller to practically any effect parameter. For example, an expression pedal can control a wah, pitch shift, the FLUX Mode footswitch can “ramp” a chorus or vibe rate between two speed values, or the mod wheel on your MIDI keyboard can control delay feedback or reverb depth.

The Send and Return jacks are used to insert your other favorite stompboxes anywhere in the signal ﬂow or to connect to your guitar amp via “4-Cable Method”. This provides tons of ﬂexibility for using HX One with other gear, and to virtually position it anywhere in your signal chain.

Installing Adhesive Rubber Feet

To ensure best adhesion, please follow these steps for applying the included adhesive rubber feet to the bottom of your HX One device.

•

Clean the chassis surface where feet are to be applied with a mild solvent, such as isopropyl alcohol.

• Apply when chassis and environment are at or near room temperature (approxi-

mately 70° F /

•

Peel from backing and press and hold rubber feet ﬁrmly to the chassis for several seconds to apply. Avoid disturbing the rubber feet for up to 72 hours to allow for adhesive to fully bond.

21°C

Updating HX One Firmware

It is highly recommended to routinely check for and install any available ﬁrmware update for your HX One device using the free Line 6 Central application, available at line6.com/

software. With an active Internet connection, simply power up and connect HX One to

your computer’s USB port, launch Line 6 Central, and follow the steps on your screen.

Manage, Backup, & Restore HX One

The free Line 6 HX One Librarian app, available at line6.com/software, is an indispens- able tool allowing you to easily re-order and manage all your HX One presets, as well as backup all your device’s presets, settings, and customized user model defaults. You can store a virtually unlimited number of backups to your computer and restore any backup to your device in minutes.

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Top Panel

3. EFFECT Turn this knob to scroll through the complete list of effects and load the

desired model. To ﬁnd a model more easily, push the knob and hold while turning to choose a category from the Effects Carousel, then release the knob to select the category—see “Choosing an Effect” on page 9. Push and release the knob to display the current category’s Effects list.

Press and hold the knob to enter the Settings View to edit the Input Gate, Bypass Type, and other Global and Per Preset settings—see “Settings View” on page 26.

4. PAGE If the selected model has more than one page of parameters, arrows

appear at the left and/or right of the Display. Press or PAGE buttons to view more parameters. In the Effect Categories’ lists, press to open the category folder. In the Effects List press to go back to the Categories list.

Press both and PAGE buttons together to access the Reset Factory Defaults and User Defaults options—see “Restoring Global Settings” on page 26 and

“Saving a Model’s User Default Settings” on page 10.

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1. Display Press to display the current effect and its parameters (shown above).

This OLED display also shows alternate Views for other tasks, such as loading or saving presets, conﬁguring controller & device settings, and more, as covered in the following chapters.

2. Knobs 1-3 Turn one of the three knobs on the top row to adjust the three

respective parameters currently shown in the display; press the knob to reset the parameter to its default value. Use the or PAGE button to access additional parameter pages.

SHORTCUT: For most time-based parameters such as Delay Time or Modulation Speed, press the knob to toggle the value between ms or Hz and note divisions (1/4-note, dotted 1/8-note, etc.).

SHORTCUT: Expression, FLUX, or Footswitch controllers can be assigned to most effect parameters. Press and hold a parameter’s knob to enable it for Expression/FLUX control— see page 22.

5. HOME | SAVE If you ever get lost, press this button to return the Display

to the Home View.

Press and hold the button to enter the Preset Save View—see “Saving/Naming a

Preset” on page 11.

6. ON Press to toggle the current effect enabled or bypassed. The ON LED above

lights when enabled. HX One is conﬁgured for DSP Buffered Bypass as the default, but you can alternatively choose True Bypass—see “Settings View” on page 26.

7. TAP | FLUX Press TAP two or more times to set the BPM (beats per minute) of

any tempo-based effects such as delay or modulation. Press TAP once to restart any LFO-based modulation effects—see “Setting a TAP Tempo” on page 11.

TIP: HX One can also sync to MIDI Clock tempo. When synced, the TAP LED ﬂashes blue—see “Using MIDI Clock for Tempo Sync” on page 30.

Press & hold to engage FLUX Mode, where your Expression/FLUX-assigned effect parameters “ramp” up or down to your custom-speciﬁed values—see “Expression

Pedal, FLUX Mode, & Footswitch Setup” on page 22.

TIP: Press and hold both the ON and TAP | FLUX switches for 2 seconds to use the built-in Tuner—see “Using the Tuner” on page 12.

Preset Mode Switching

Press and release both the ON and TAP | FLUX switches to enter Preset Mode. You’ll see the Preset List shown on the Display. Press and release the ON or TAP | FLUX switch individually to load the next/previous preset. See “Preset Mode” on page 10.

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Rear Panel

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Left Panel

12. MIDI IN, OUT/THRU Connect the HX Effects hardware to your MIDI

gear to receive program changes, continuous controllers, and MIDI Clock. MIDI communication is also available via USB. See “MIDI” on page 30.

NOTE: By default, HX One is conﬁgured for stereo or mono operation—connecting cables to both IN or OUT jacks provides stereo, or connecting to only the IN or OUT–L/MONO jacks provides mono. Alternatively, you can set the “Settings View” - I/O Conﬁg option to “Insert,” allowing the OUT–RIGHT and IN–RIGHT jacks to function as the SEND and RETURN of a mono effects loop. Also, see the “Setup Examples” on page 7.

8. INPUT L/MONO, RIGHT Use unbalanced 1/4" TS cables to connect your

guitar, bass guitar, or mono pedals to the L/MONO input. Connect stereo pedals, keyboards, synths, or modelers to both the L/MONO and RIGHT inputs.

9. OUTPUT L/MONO, RIGHT Use unbalanced 1/4" TS cables to connect to

your guitar amp or other pedals. When connecting to a mono pedal or single amp, connect only the L/MONO 1/4" jack.

10. DC In Use the included Line 6 power adapter (9VDC, center-negative, 2.1mm

center diameter, 500mA) and connect here to power HX One. The provided adapter serves as the disconnect device.

11. USB Connect to your Mac or Windows computer to use the free Line 6 HX One

Librarian application for preset & settings backup/restore, and the Line 6 Central

application for updating to the latest ﬁrmware (available from line.com/software). HX One also offers USB MIDI control from your MIDI/DAW applications. The maximum recommended length for the USB cable is two meters (cable not included).

Right Panel

13. EXP PEDAL | FS 3/4 Connect an expression pedal (TS cable) or dual

footswitch (TRS cable) for additional control over practically any effect parameters. See “Connecting an Expression Pedal and Footswitches”

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Quick Start

Setup Examples

In Front of Your Amp

The simplest way to use HX One is just like a traditional effect pedal, straight into the front of an ampliﬁer. HX One can optionally feed a second amp for stereo operation.

GUITAR IN, FOR STEREO

GUITAR IN

OUTPUT (OPTIONAL)

In Your Amp’s Effects Loop

Some guitarists prefer to place time-based effects such as delay, and reverb (sometimes called “post” effects) within their amp’s effects loop. If your amp has an effects loop, HX One can accommodate these setups with ease—with or without additional pedals (such as overdrive, fuzz, compression, etc.) before the amp.

GUITAR IN

FX SEND

FX RETURN

OPTIONALLY, ADD PEDALS BETWEEN YOUR GUITAR AND AMP

OPTIONALLY, ADD PEDALS BEFORE (OR AFTER) HX ONE

1. Press and hold the EFFECT knob to enter the Settings View.

Press to go page 2 and turn knob 2 to set the I/O Conﬁg option to “Stereo” (the factory default setting), which allows you to use HX One in mono or stereo.

2. Connect your guitar or instrument into HX One’s IN – L/MONO IN jack.

Optionally, you can connect pedals between your guitar and HX One.

3. Connect HX One’s OUT - L/MONO jack into your amp’s input.

Note that when connecting only HX One’s OUT - L/MONO jack, your output is folded to mono. You can connect from the OUT - RIGHT jack to a second ampliﬁer for stereo.

Optionally, you can also connect pedals between HX One and your ampliﬁer(s).

1. Press and hold the EFFECT knob to enter the Settings View.

Press to go to page 2 and turn knob 2 to set the I/O Conﬁg option to “Stereo” (the factory default setting).

NOTE: Typically, guitar amp effects loops are instrument level, but some may be line level. You can change HX One’s In and Out levels between “Instrument” (the factory default) or “Line” within the “Settings View”

2. Connect your guitar or instrument into your amp’s input.

Optionally, you can connect pedals between your guitar and HX One. Typically, these would be a fuzz, wah, compressor, and/or distortion type pedals.

3. Connect the amp’s effects loop Send to HX One’s IN - L/MONO jack.

4. Connect HX One’s OUT - L/MONO jack to the amp’s effects loop Return.

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4-Cable Method

If your amp offers an effects loop, connecting HX One this way is especially functional, since you can conﬁgure each HX One preset individually to position its own Send & Return Insert to be “Pre” or “Post” its current effect model (see the “Settings View” “Insert” and “Insert Position” options). This provides the best of both worlds—allowing you to position HX One within your amp’s effects loop (HX One’s Insert Position - “Pre” setting) when using a Delay, or Reverb, or before the amp (HX One’s Insert Position “Post” setting) when using a Wah, Distortion, or Dynamic type effect).

GUITAR IN

FX SEND

FX RETURN

6. Optionally, enter the HX One Settings View and conﬁgure the “Insert Position” (Page 2, Knob 3) option for your current preset.

If you’re using an HX One model you prefer positioned within your amp’s effects loop, choose “Pre.”

If you’re using an HX One model that you prefer positioned in front of your amp, choose “Post.”

Save your preset to retain these settings. You can conﬁgure each of your presets with the preferred effect model and Pre/Post setting.

TIP: To get even fancier with your setup, you can send MIDI to HX One from a modeler or other effect to recall presets, remotely control the Looper & effect parameters, or provide MIDI Clock tempo for syncing HX One’s time-based effects. See “MIDI” on page 30.

1. Press and hold the EFFECT knob to enter the Settings View.

Press to go to page 2 and turn knob 2 to set the I/O Conﬁg option to the “Insert” setting.

2. Connect your guitar HX One’s IN - L/MONO jack.

Optionally, you can connect pedals between your guitar and HX One. Typically, these would be a wah, pitch, compression, and distortion type pedals.

3. Connect HX One’s OUT - RIGHT (SEND) jack to the amp’s Guitar Input.

4. Connect the amp’s Effects Loop Send to HX One’s IN - RIGHT (RETURN) jack.

5. Connect HX One’s OUT - L/MONO jack to your amp’s Effects Loop Return.

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Enabling and Bypassing HX One

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Choosing an Effect

Press the On switch to toggle HX One as enabled or bypassed.

When enabled, you’ll see the ON LED lit brightly (see explanation of the LED colors below) and the Display shows the effect name in solid text.

When bypassed, the ON LED is dim and the Display shows the effect name in grayed text.

NOTE: There are two types of Bypass for HX One: Buffered DSP Bypass (the default setting), where any delay echoes and reverb tails decay naturally, or True Bypass, where mechanically switching relays route your signal directly from the inputs to the outputs with no processing or A/D/A conversion. You can change the Bypass behavior within the “Settings

View”

ON LED Colors

Whether HX One is in the Home, Preset List, or Effects Carousel Views, you’ll notice that the ON LED appears as one of several different colors to cleverly provide a visual indicator for the current effect’s category.

Orange: Distortion

Yellow: Dynamic, EQ

To select an effect model within the same category—say, changing a Simple Delay to a Reverse Delay—is as simple as just turning the EFFECT knob. This will incrementally load the next or previous model within the current category, and sequentially into the next or previous effects list categories. However, as HX One has over 250 models to choose from, using this method to change a distortion (beginning of the effects list) to a Looper (end of the list) is very slow! Instead, you should open the Effects Carousel:

1. Press and hold down the EFFECT knob while turning it to browse and select a category within the Effects Carousel View.

In our example, we’re choosing the Delay category within the Carousel. Release the EFFECT knob. Then press and release the EFFECT knob to select the desired category and open its Effect list.

2. Within the selected category’s Effect list, turn the EFFECT knob to choose an effect and then press the knob to load it.

You’ll see that the Effect list’s category is indicated by the icon at the left (as well as by the ON LED’s color). We’re choosing the Mod/Chorus Echo model to load it.

Simple Delay

Mod/Chorus Echo

Dual Delay

Mod/Chorus Echo

Blue: Modulation

Green: Delay

Dark Orange: Reverb

Purple: Pitch, Filter/Wah

White: Looper

TIP: See “Effects” on page 13 to see which effects models are offered within each of

these categories.

3. At any time from the Home View, you can press and release the EFFECT knob to show the current effect’s Category List.

As in the previous step’s illustration, turn the Effect knob to select a model and press the knob to load it.

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4. Note the left arrow indicator at the top left of the Effect list

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Low Cut

Cancel

Factry User

screen. You can press the PAGE button to step back to the Effect Category list to choose a different category.

Within the Effect Category list, turn the EFFECT knob to choose a category, then press the knob to display the category’s Effect list. Here we’re choosing the Pitch/ Synth category, from which a model can be loaded.

Delay

Reverb

Pitch/Synth

Pitch Wham

Twin Harmony

Simple Pitch

> >

2. Press the or PAGE buttons to access the previous or next parameter pages.

SHORTCUT: To jump to the last page of parameters, hold HOME and press PAGE To

jump to the ﬁrst page of parameters, hold HOME and press .

3. If you want to retain all your current settings, use Save to create a preset.

See “Saving/Naming a Preset” on page 11.

NOTE: When you power off HX One, it restores your last bypass state and last-edited parameter changes on the next power up, provided that you wait 3 seconds or more after making changes before disconnecting the power.

NOTE: Most HX One effects are stereo, with the exception of polyphonic pitch models and mono Looper operation. Please see “Effects” on page 13 for details..

Editing the Current Effect

1. Press the Home button to display the current effect and its parameters. Turn Knobs 1-3 to edit the three shown parameters.

Mod/Chorus Echo

While adjusting an effect's parameters, their values brieﬂy appear:

1/4

If the current effect model has more than three parameters, arrows appear to the right and/or left of the value bars, as well as a portion bar at the top. In our above example, the right arrow and portion bar indicate additional pages of parameters.

SHORTCUTS: For most time-based parameters such as a delay’s Time or a modulation’s Speed or Rate, press its knob to toggle between setting the value in ms or Hz versus note divisions (1/4-note, dotted 1/8-note, etc.).

For other parameters, press the knob to instantly reset to its default value. Even better, you can set your edited value as the model’s parameter default—see “Saving a Model’s User

Default Settings” on page 10.

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Saving a Model’s User Default Settings

If you ﬁnd yourself continually re-tweaking an effect model from its factory default settings, you can edit its settings and store them as your new defaults, so the model shows up that way every time you load it.

1. Load any effect model and tweak it exactly how you like it.

Conﬁgure any of its parameters, EXP/FLUX controller settings, and bypass state.

2. Press and release both and PAGE buttons, then press Knob 3 set the User Default option.

Save user default or restore factory default?

All your current parameter settings are saved as the “User Default” for future uses of the model. (Existing presets that include the model are not affected.)

3. To return a model to its Factory Defaults, go to the User Default screen again and press Knob 2.

You’ll see the Factory Defaults restored the next time you load the effect.

Preset Mode

Adding and editing effects is all well and good, but having presets with all your speciﬁc effect and other settings just a tap away can be a faster way to work! Your HX One comes loaded with numerous Factory Presets, which you can recall and use as they are, modify, or completely replace with your own creations (more about Saving presets in the next section). To access HX One’s 128 preset locations, enter Preset Mode.

TIP: You can also load HX One’s presets remotely via MIDI—see “Preset Recall via MIDI

Program Change” on page 30.

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1. Press and release both the ON and TAP | FLUX switches to enter

Preset Mode.

The 000~127 Preset List screen is displayed and the footswitch LEDs go dark. Note that the category type for the selected preset’s effect model is handily displayed at the left of the screen.

REV

Beach Fuzz

014

Dream Verb

015

Squealing Echo

016

2. Press-release the TAP | FLUX switch while in Preset Mode to load the next preset, or ON to load the previous preset in the list.

Alternatively, you can turn the EFFECT knob to select through the list. You can also press and hold either footswitch to scroll through the preset list, then release on the desired selected preset to load it.

NOTE: You can utilize the Preset Select global setting (see “Settings View” on page 26) so that the selected next or previous preset loads instantly (the default behavior) or is queued only and loaded when you next press both the ON + TAP switches, the HOME button, or the EFFECT knob.

Saving/Naming a Preset

1. Press and hold the HOME button for 1 second to display the Save Preset View.

Dream Verb

106 Squealing Echo

Dest

Delete

Save

4. If you want to Save your preset to a different 000~127 location:

Turn Knob 1 (Destination) to choose the 0~127 location to which you want to save. The destination number and its existing preset’s name appear on the center line, to the right of the arrow symbol (shown as “106 Squealing Echo” in the preceding image).

5. When you’re happy with the name and destination, press Knob 3 (Save) or hold the HOME button for 1 second to Save and overwrite the existing preset in the destination.

To exit without saving, press and release the HOME button.

NOTE: HX One presets are not compatible with other Line 6 Helix/HX family devices or with HX Edit and Helix Native software.

Setting a TAP Tempo

The TAP | FLUX switch can be conﬁgured for TAP Tempo (as indicated by the TAP LED above ﬂashing red, the default), or for FLUX functionality (LED is white). If not already, you’ll want to press-hold the switch to set it for TAP functionality.

Press the TAP switch repeatedly to set a tempo in BPM (Beats Per Minute).

You’ll see the TAP LED ﬂash red at your entered BPM rate. Certain Delay, Reverb, and Modulation effects models’ parameters, such as Time, Rate, and Speed, can be represented with note values (1/4-note, dotted 1/8-note, etc.) or ﬁxed numeric values (ms or Hz). When set to note values, the parameter will be synced to Tap Tempo. Press

the parameter knob to toggle between note or ms (or Hz) values.

TIP: Also, see the “Settings View” where you can ﬁne-tune your Tap Tempo value, conﬁgure

the TAP Tempo as “Per Preset” (the default) or “Global,” or conﬁgure your HX One device to sync tempo with external MIDI hardware and software via MIDI Clock.

2. If you just want to Save the current preset without editing its name and to its current 000~127 location, skip to Step 5.

3. If you want to Rename your preset:

Press the and PAGE buttons to move the edit cursor left and right and turn the EFFECT knob to scroll through available characters.

The list of characters wraps around; that is, turning the EFFECT knob clockwise past the last character [/] cycles back to the ﬁrst character [SPACE].

Press the EFFECT knob to cycle through A, a, 0, and [SPACE]

Press Knob 2 (Delete) to clear the current character and shift all following characters to the left.

Preset names can be up to 16 characters.

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Using the Tuner

Neatly tucked away within HX One is a chromatic Tuner to keep your instrument in tune. You can access it from the Home View.

NOTE: Yeah, we realize that if you’re positioning HX One after other pedals, especially such as pitch or modulation type pedals, a Tuner within HX One is really not going to be able to detect your instrument’s true pitch and tune very well! But we’ve included a built-in Tuner anyway for use in cases when it is not preceded by other active effects. Please tune responsibly.

1. Press and hold both the ON and TAP | FLUX switches for two seconds to enter the Tuner.

2. Pluck an individual string on your instrument.

When your input signal enters the Tuner, the Tuner will detect and display the target note and indicators to let you know how ﬂat or sharp your instrument is compared to the target note.

You’ll want to tune your string so that the moving “needle” indicator becomes centered in the display and both the ON and TAP | FLUX LEDs are lit green.

IN TUNE

FLAT

SHARP

3. Press the Home button or either footswitch to exit the tuner.

NOTE: By default, your output signal is muted when the Tuner is engaged, and the Tuner

is set to a reference pitch of 440Hz. You can change these values within the “Settings View”.

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Model Based On*

Effects

The HX One device comes loaded with effects of the Line 6 award-winning HX Effects guitar processor, including selected effects from the classic DL4, DM4, MM4, and FM4 stompboxes and M13, M9, and M5 processors. You’ll ﬁnd all effects neatly organized by category within the Effects Carousel. All effects models are listed per category within the following tables for your reference.

With the exception of polyphonic pitch type models and mono Loopers (as indicated in the following tables), all HX One effects models process your signal in stereo. Legacy type models, just as on earlier Line 6 devices, are limited to mono-in/stereo-out processing. Stereo models process the signal as discrete stereo-in, stereo-out (provided you are using both the Left and Right Input and Output jacks and the default I/O Conﬁg - Stereo option)—see the “Settings View” on page 26.

TIP: When connecting only the L-MONO OUT jack, HX One's output signal is folded to mono.

Turn the EFFECT knob to load the next or previous model, or hold and turn the EFFECT knob to select an effect category—see “Choosing an Effect” on page 9.

Effects Models - Reference Tables

Distortion

Model Based On*

—HX MODELS —

Kinky Boost Xotic® EP Booster

Deranged Master Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster

Minotaur Klon® Centaur

Teemah! Paul Cochrane Timmy® Overdrive

Heir Apparent Analogman Prince of Tone

Tone Sovereign Analogman King of Tone

Alpaca Rogue Way Huge® Red Llama (modded)

Compulsive Drive Fulltone® OCD

Dhyana Drive Hermida Zendrive

Horizon Drive Horizon Precision Drive

*See “U.S. Registered Trademarks” on page 21. All product names used in this document are trademarks of their respective owners and neither Yamaha Guitar Group nor Line 6 are associated or afﬁliated with them. These trademarks appear solely to identify products whose tones and sounds were studied by Line 6 during sound model development.

Valve Driver Chandler Tube Driver

Top Secret OD DOD® OD-250

Scream 808 Ibanez® TS808 Tube Screamer

Pillars Earthquaker Devices® Plumes

Hedgehog D9 MAXON® SD9 Sonic Distortion

Stupor OD BOSS® SD-1 Overdrive

Deez One Vintage BOSS DS-1 Distortion (Made-in-Japan)

Deez One Mod BOSS DS-1 Distortion (Keeley modded)

Ratatoullie Dist Pro Co RAT (with LM308 opamp)

Vermin Dist Pro Co RAT

Vital Dist Earthquaker Devices Life - Octave/Distortion circuit

Vital Boost Earthquaker Devices Life - Boost circuit

KWB Benadrian Kowloon Walled Bunny Distortion

Legendary Drive Carvin® VLD1 Legacy Drive (hi gain channel)

Swedish Chainsaw BOSS HM-2 Heavy Metal Distortion (MIJ)

Arbitrator Fuzz Arbiter® Fuzz Face

Pocket Fuzz Jordan Boss Tone Fuzz

Bighorn Fuzz

Triangle Fuzz Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi

Dark Dove Fuzz Electro-Harmonix Russian Big Muff Pi

Ballistic Fuzz Euthymia ICBM Fuzz

Industrial Fuzz Z.Vex Fuzz Factory

Tycoctavia Fuzz Tycobrahe® Octavia

Wringer Fuzz Garbage’s modded BOSS FZ-2

Thrifter Fuzz Line 6 Original

Xenomorph Fuzz Subdecay Harmonic Antagonizer

Megaphone Megaphone

Bitcrusher Line 6 Original

Ampeg Scrambler Ampeg® Scrambler Bass Overdrive

ZeroAmp Bass DI Tech 21® SansAmp Bass Driver DI V1

Obsidian 7000 Darkglass® Electronics Microtubes® B7K Ultra

Clawthorn Drive Wounded Paw Battering Ram

‘73 Electro-Harmonix® Ram’s Head Big Muff Pi

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Model Based On*

—LEGACY MODELS—

Tube Drive Chandler Tube Driver

Screamer Ibanez Tube Screamer

Overdrive DOD Overdrive/Preamp 250

Classic Dist Pro Co RAT

Heavy Dist BOSS Metal Zone

Colordrive Colorsound® Overdriver

Buzz Saw Maestro® Fuzz Tone

Facial Fuzz Arbiter Fuzz Face

Jumbo Fuzz Vox® Tone Bender

Fuzz Pi Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi

Jet Fuzz Roland® Jet Phaser

L6 Drive Colorsound Overdriver (modded)

L6 Distortion Line 6 Original

Sub Oct Fuzz PAiA Roctave Divider

Octave Fuzz Tycobrahe Octavia

Bronze Master Maestro Bass Brassmaster

Killer Z BOSS Metal Zone MT-2

Dynamics

Model Based On*

—HX MODELS —

Deluxe Comp Line 6 Original

Red Squeeze MXR Dyna Comp

Kinky Comp Xotic SP Compressor

Ampeg Opto Comp

Rochester Comp Ashly® CLX-52 (in conjunction w/ B. Sheehan)

LA Studio Comp Teletronix® LA-2A

3-Band Comp Line 6 Original

Noise Gate Line 6 Original

Hard Gate Line 6 Original

Ampeg Opto Comp compressor

Model Based On*

Horizon Gate Horizon Precision Drive - Gate Circuit

Autoswell Line 6 Original

—LEGACY MODELS—

Tube Comp Teletronix LA-2A

Red Comp MXR Dyna Comp

Blue Comp BOSS CS-1

Blue Comp Treb BOSS CS-1 (Treble switch on)

Vetta Comp Line 6 Original

Vetta Juice Line 6 Original

Boost Comp MXR Micro Amp

Model Based On*

—HX MODELS — Simple EQ Line 6 Original Low and High Cut Line 6 Original Low/High Shelf Line 6 Original Parametric Line 6 Original Tilt Line 6 Original 10 Band Graphic MXR 10-Band Graphic EQ Cali Q Graphic MESA/Boogie Mark IV Graphic EQ Acoustic Sim Line 6 Original

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Modulation

Model Based On*

—HX MODELS —

Optical Trem Fender® optical tremolo circuit

60s Bias Trem Vox AC-15 Tremolo

Tremolo/Autopan BOSS PN-2

Harmonic Tremolo Line 6 Original

Bleat Chop Trem Lightfoot Labs Goatkeeper

Script Mod Phase MXR Phase 90

Pebble Phaser Electro-Harmonix Small Stone

Ubiquitous Vibe Shin-ei Uni-Vibe

FlexoVibe Line 6 Original

Deluxe Phaser Line 6 Original

Gray Flanger MXR 117 Flanger

Harmonic Flanger A/DA Flanger

Courtesan Flange Electro-Harmonix Deluxe EM

Dynamix Flanger Line 6 Original

Chorus Line 6 Original

70s Chorus BOSS CE-1

PlastiChorus Modded Arion SCH-Z chorus

Ampeg Liquiﬁer Chorus

Trinity Chorus Dytronics® Tri-Stereo Chorus

4-Voice Chorus Line 6 Original

Bubble Vibrato BOSS VB-2 Vibrato

Vibe Rotary Fender Vibratone

122 Rotary Leslie® 122

145 Rotary Leslie 145

Triple Rotary Yamaha® RA-200

Retro Reel Line 6 Original

Double Take Line 6 Original

Ampeg Liquiﬁer Chorus

Model Based On*

AM Ring Mod Line 6 Original

Pitch Ring Mod Line 6 Original

Poly Detune (mono)

—LEGACY MODELS—

Pattern Tremolo Line 6 Original

Panner Line 6 Original

Bias Tremolo 1960 Vox AC-15 Tremolo

Opto Tremolo 1964 Fender Deluxe Reverb

Script Phase MXR Phase 90 (script logo version)

Panned Phaser Ibanez Flying Pan

Barberpole Line 6 Original

Dual Phaser Mu-Tron® Bi-Phase

U-Vibe Shin-ei Uni-Vibe

Phaser MXR Phase 90

Pitch Vibrato BOSS VB-2

Dimension Roland Dimension D

Analog Chorus BOSS CE-1

Tri Chorus Dytronics Tri-Stereo Chorus

Analog Flanger MXR Flanger

Jet Flanger A/DA Flanger

AC Flanger MXR Flanger

80A Flanger A/DA Flanger

Frequency Shift Line 6 Original

Ring Modulator Line 6 Original

Rotary Drum Fender Vibratone

Rotary Drum/Horn Leslie 145

Tape Eater Line 6 Original

Warble-Matic Line 6 Original

Random S&H Line 6 Original

Sweeper Line 6 Original

†

Line 6 Original

†

The Poly Detune model utilizes DSP-intensive polyphonic pitch shifting and, therefore, is mono.

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Delay

Model Based On*

—HX MODELS —

Simple Delay Line 6 Original

Mod/Chorus Echo Line 6 Original

Dual Delay Line 6 Original

Multitap 4 Line 6 Original

Multitap 6 Line 6 Original

Ping Pong Line 6 Original

Sweep Echo Line 6 Original

Ducked Delay TC Electronic® 2290

Reverse Delay Line 6 Original

Vintage Digital Line 6 Original

Vintage Swell Line 6 Original

Pitch Echo Line 6 Original

Transistor Tape Maestro Echoplex EP-3

Cosmos Echo Roland RE-201 Space Echo

Harmony Delay Line 6 Original

Bucket Brigade BOSS DM-2

Adriatic Delay BOSS DM-2 w/ Adrian Mod

Adriatic Swell Line 6 Original

Elephant Man Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man

Multi Pass Line 6 Original

Heliosphere Line 6 Original

Glitch Delay Line 6 Original

Euclidean Delay Line 6 Original

ADT Line 6 Original

Crisscross Line 6 Original

Tesselator Line 6 Original

Ratchet Line 6 Original

Poly Sustain (mono) †Line 6 Original

Model Based On*

—LEGACY MODELS—

Ping Pong TC Electronic 2290

Dynamic TC Electronic 2290

Stereo Line 6 Original

Digital Line 6 Original

Dig w/Mod Line 6 Original

Reverse Line 6 Original

Lo Res Line 6 Original

Tube Echo Maestro Echoplex EP-1

Tape Echo Maestro Echoplex EP-3

Sweep Echo Line 6 Original

Echo Platter Binson® EchoRec

Analog Echo BOSS DM-2

Analog w/Mod Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man

Auto-Volume Echo Line 6 Original

Multi-Head Roland RE-101 Space Echo

Bubble Echo Line 6 Original

Phaze Eko Line 6 Original

Reverb

Model Based On*

—HX MODELS —

Dynamic Hall Line 6 Original

Dynamic Plate Line 6 Original

Dynamic Room Line 6 Original

Dynamic Ambience Line 6 Original

Shimmer Line 6 Original

Hot Springs Line 6 Original

Glitz Line 6 Original

†

The Poly Sustain model utilizes DSP-intensive polyphonic pitch shifting and, therefore,is mono.

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Model Based On*

Ganymede Line 6 Original

Searchlights Line 6 Original

Plateaux Line 6 Original

Double Tank Line 6 Original

—LEGACY MODELS—

Plate Line 6 Original

Room Line 6 Original

Chamber Line 6 Original

Hall Line 6 Original

Echo Line 6 Original

Tile Line 6 Original

Cave Line 6 Original

Ducking Line 6 Original

Octo Line 6 Original

‘63 Spring Line 6 Original

Spring Line 6 Original

Particle Verb Line 6 Original

Pitch/Synth

Model Based On*

—HX MODELS —

Pitch Wham Digitech Whammy

Twin Harmony Eventide® H3000

Simple Pitch Line 6 Original

Dual Pitch Line 6 Original

Boctaver Boss OC-2 Octaver

3 OSC Synth Line 6 Original

Model Based On*

3 Note Generator ‡Line 6 Original

4 OSC Generator ‡Line 6 Original

Poly Pitch (mono) †Line 6 Original

Poly Wham (mono) †Line 6 Original

Poly Capo (mono) †Line 6 Original

12 String (mono) †Line 6 Original

—LEGACY MODELS—

Bass Octaver EBS® OctaBass

Smart Harmony Eventide H3000

Octi Synth Line 6 Original

Synth O Matic Line 6 Original

Attack Synth Korg® X911 Guitar Synth

Synth String Roland GR700 Guitar Synth

Growler Line 6 Original

Buzz Wave Line 6 Original

Rez Synth Line 6 Original

Seismik Synth Line 6 Original

Analog Synth Line 6 Original

Synth Lead Line 6 Original

String Theory Line 6 Original

Synth FX Line 6 Original

Saturn 5 Ring Mod Line 6 Original Synth Harmony Line 6 Original Double Bass Line 6 Original

†

These indicated Pitch/Synth models utilize DSP-intensive polyphonic pitch shifting and, therefore, are mono.

‡

The 3 Note Generator and 4 OSC Generator models make sound without any instrument connected, therefore, these models are turned off by default when loaded. Be sure to ﬁrst set your ampliﬁer to low

volume before enabling via the ON footswitch.

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Wah/FLT - Wah & Filter

Model Based On*

—HX MODELS —

UK Wah 846 Vox V846

Teardrop 310 Dunlop® Cry Baby® Wah Fasel model 310

Fassel Dunlop Cry Baby Super Wah

Weeper Arbiter Cry Baby Wah

Chrome Vox V847 Wah

Chrome Custom Modded Vox V847 Wah

Throaty RMC® Real McCoy Wah

Vetta Wah Line 6 Original

Colorful Colorsound Wah-fuzz

Conductor Maestro Boomerang Wah

Mutant Filter Musitronics Mu-Tron III

Mystery Filter Korg A3

Autoﬁlter Line 6 Original

Asheville Pattrn Moog® Moogerfooger® MF-105M MuRF Filter

—LEGACY MODELS—

Voice Box Line 6 Original

V Tron Musitronics® Mu-Tron III

Q Filter Line 6 Original

Seeker Z Vex Seek Wah

Obi Wah Oberheim® voltage-controlled S&H ﬁlter

Tron Up Musitronics Mu-Tron III (up position)

Tron Down Musitronics Mu-Tron III (down position)

Throbber Electrix® Filter Factory

Slow Filter Line 6 Original

Spin Cycle Craig Anderton’s Wah/Anti-Wah

Comet Trails Line 6 Original

Common FX Settings

Parameter Description

Drive Adjusts the amount of overdrive, distortion, or fuzz.

Bass Adjusts the bass level.

Mid Adjusts the midrange level.

Treble Adjusts the treble level.

Adjusts the speed of the effect, with higher settings providing faster rates. Press the knob to toggle between Hz and note values. Choosing a Hz value provides a speciﬁc modulation speed in cycles

Speed

Rate

Time

Depth

Feedback

Decay Sets the length of time the reverb effect sustains.

Predelay

Scale

per second; choosing a note value provides a time based on the current tempo. Not all Speed parameters can be synced to note values, as they may be non-linear and highly interactive. (Note that stepping on TAP once resets any LFO-based effects, such as tremolos and rotary speakers.)

Adjusts the rate of the effect, with higher settings providing faster rates. Press the knob to toggle between numeric and note values. Not all Rate parameters can be synced to note values, as they may be non-linear and highly interactive. (Note that stepping on TAP once resets any LFO-based effects, such as tremolos and rotary speakers.)

Adjusts the delay/repeat time, with higher settings providing longer delays. Press the knob to toggle between ms and note values. Choosing a ms value provides a speciﬁc time in milliseconds; choosing a Note Division value provides a time based on the current tempo. With a note division value, this parameter’s value is retained when changing models.

Adjusts the intensity of the modulation. Higher settings result in more extreme pitch bending, wobble, or throb, depending on the effect.

Adjusts the amount of delayed signal fed back into the effect. Higher settings can provide more dramatic textures.

Determines the time before the reverb effect is heard—higher settings emulate larger spaces.

On stereo delays, the Scale offers control over the left & right channel repeats proportionately. The left channel repeats following the Time value, and the right channel will repeat at a time that is the percentage of the left time. For example, if a delay’s Time is set for 1 second and the Scale set to 75%, the left channel will repeat at 1 second and the right at 750 milliseconds (ms).

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Parameter Description

Spread differs slightly among stereo delay effects. For most, it adjusts how widely the repeats bounce left and right. For example, with the Ping Pong Delay, 0 is in the middle (mono), and 10 is full left to right

Spread

Headroom

Low Cut

Hi Cut

Mix

Level

panning on the repeats. For modulated stereo delays, Spread affects the LFOs’ (low frequency

oscillators) stereo modulation behavior. At 0, the LFOs are in sync. At 10, the two LFOs are 180 degrees out of sync, so that when one side is modulating up, the other side is modulating down.

Some mod and delay models’ internal signal paths exhibit a bit of grit. Negative values increase the perceived amount of grit; positive values clean things up a bit. At 0dB, the model behaves like the original pedal.

Filters a portion of the block’s bass and/or treble frequencies, which can help remove rumble and/or high-end harshness.

Blends the effected “wet” signal vs. the “dry” signal passed through the effect model. When set to 0%, the path bypasses the effect completely. When set to 100%, the entire input signal is fed through the effect, and no dry thru signal is heard.

Adjusts the overall output level of the model. You should typically leave this at 0.0dB, unless an output boost or cut is desired when HX One is enabled. Where the original pedal’s level or volume knob behavior doesn’t really apply to dB values, 0.0-10 may be used.

Looper

HX One offers two different Looper types, the Simple and Shufﬂing Looper, each of which are selectable from the Effect List as Mono or Stereo.

Model Max. Loop Length

Simple Looper M (mono) 60 seconds*

Simple Looper S (stereo) 30 seconds*

Shufﬂing M (mono) 60 seconds

Shufﬂing S (stereo) 30 seconds

For full stereo Looper operation - you must use the following conﬁguration:

• Select a stereo (Simple Looper S or Shufﬂing S) Looper from the Effect List

• Set the “Settings View” - I/O Conﬁg to “Stereo”

• Connect your stereo inputs to both the IN - L/MONO and RIGHT jacks

• Connect both the OUT - L/MONO and RIGHT jacks to your stereo ampliﬁer/

effects

NOTE: Whenever the “Settings View” - I/O Conﬁg is set to “Insert,” Looper recording and playback are mono.

Loop recording or playback is automatically stopped when changing presets. Your recorded loop is also discarded when loading another preset or when powering HX One off.

*TIP: You can change the Simple Looper between Full-Speed and Half-Speed via MIDI—see

“MIDI” on page 30. When recording in Half-Speed mode, the Simple Looper's maximum

record time is doubled.

Using the Simple Looper

The Simple Looper is designed to be fast and simple to use, allowing you to capture song ideas or create a jam track at the stomp of a footswitch.

1. Press and turn the EFFECT knob, select the Looper category, and choose the mono or stereo Simple Looper from the Effect list.

The Looper will be automatically assigned to the ON footswitch. You’ll see the ON LED initially appear dim white. Optionally, you can adjust the Simple Looper’s parameters.

Parameter Description

Playbk

Ovrdub

Low Cut

High Cut

2. To start recording your loop, press and release the ON switch.

The ON LED lights red, indicating the loop is recording.

3. Press the ON switch again.

The ON LED lights green, indicating that recording has stopped and your loop is playing back. You can now jam along endlessly with your repeating loop.

4. Press the ON switch again.

The ON LED lights amber, indicating the loop is in overdub mode. Play some additional riffs to layer more onto your loop. Subsequent presses of the ON switch toggle between the play and overdub modes.

5. While the Looper is in play or overdub mode, press and hold the ON switch for 1 second.

Your most recent recording is undone. Hold the switch again to redo the recording.

Adjusts looper playback level. You may ﬁnd it useful to turn this down a bit so your live guitar can be slightly louder.

Relatively sets the level of your loop while overdubbing. For example, if your Overdub Level is set to 90%, each time your loop repeats, its volume will be reduced by 10%, sounding quieter and quieter with each overdub pass.

Filters a portion of the loop’s bass and treble frequencies, which can improve the mix with your live guitar.

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6. Quickly double-press the ON switch.

Playback/recording stops, and the LED lights bright white, indicating a loop is in memory.

7. While Looper playback/recording is stopped, press and hold the ON switch for 1 second.

Your most recent recording is deleted, and the LED lights dim white.

TIP: You can also control the Simple Looper via external MIDI, including the ability to trigger a few additional looping tricks such as Reverse and Half-Speed—see “MIDI” on page 30.

Parameter Description

Higher values apply smoothing between slices and can give a

Smooth

Drift Determines the likelihood of a slice changing after it has played

Playback Sets the playback level of the loop sequence

Low Cut

Hi Cut

synth-pad type quality. Lower values maintain transients. Or, set it just high enough to avoid pops and clicks

Filters a portion of the loop’s bass and treble frequencies, which can improve the mix with your live guitar.

Using the Shufﬂing Looper

Part looper, part sampler, part performance instrument —the Shufﬂing Looper chops up your recorded loop, randomizes the slices, and gives you control over reordering, octave shifting, reversing, repeating, and more.

1. Press and turn the EFFECT knob, select the Looper category, and choose the mono or stereo Shufﬂing Looper from the Effect list.

The Looper will be automatically assigned to the ON footswitch. You’ll see the ON LED initially appear dim white.

2. Turn knob 1 (Slices) to set the number of slices your loop will be chopped into.

3. Press the ON switch to begin recording.

The ON LED lights red, indicating the loop is recording.

4. When done recording your loop, press the ON switch.

The ON LED lights green and the sliced loop sequence immediately plays.

5. During playback, adjust the following Shufﬂing Looper parameters (or assign them to the Expression/FLUX controller):

Parameter Description

Slices Determines the number of slices your loop will be chopped into

SeqLength Determines the number of steps in the sequence before it loops Shufﬂe Determines the likelihood of slices shufﬂing/reordering

Octave

Reverse Determines the likelihood of slices playing backward

Repeat Determines the likelihood of slices repeating

Determines the likelihood of slices playing back an octave higher or lower

TIP: To only use pitch and reverse effects on your loop, turn Shufﬂe down to 0% and set the Slices and SeqLen to the same value.

6. Want to change it up? While the loop is playing, press the ON switch to randomize its slice sequence.

7. Quickly double-press the ON switch.

Playback/recording stops, and the LED lights white, indicating a loop is in memory.

8. While the loop is playing or stopped, press and hold the ON switch.

The recording is deleted, and the LED lights dim white.

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U.S. Registered Trademarks

All product names used in this document are trademarks of their respective owners and neither Yamaha Guitar Group nor Line 6 are associated or afﬁliated with them. These trademarks appear solely to identify products whose tones and sounds were studied by Line 6 during sound model development.

Arbiter is a registered trademark of Sound City Ampliﬁcation LLC. Ashly is a registered trademark of Ashly Audio, Inc. Binson, Dytronics, LA-2A and Teletronix are registered trademarks of Universal Audio, Inc. BOSS and Roland are registered trademarks of Roland Corporation U.S. Carvin is a registered trademark of Carvin Corp. Colorsound is a registered trademark of Sola Sound Limited Corporation, UK. Cry Baby, Dunlop, Fuzz Face, MXR and Uni-Vibe are registered trademarks of Dunlop

Manufacturing, Inc. Darkglass and Microtubes are registered trademarks of Darkglass Electronics, TMI Douglas

Castro. Digitech Whammy is a registered trademark of Harman International Industries, Inc DOD is a registered trademark of DOD Electronics Corporation. EarthQuaker Devices and Plumes are registered trademarks of EarthQuaker Devices, LLC. EBS is a registered trademark according of EBS Holding. EchoRec is a registered trademark of Nicholas Harris. Electrix is a trademark or registered trademark of IVL Technologies, Ltd. in the U.S. and/or

other jurisdictions. Electro-Harmonix is a registered trademark of New Sensor Corp. Eventide is a registered trademark of Eventide Inc. Fender is a registered trademark of Fender Musical Instruments Corp. Fulltone is a registered trademark of Fulltone Musical Products, Inc.

Gibson and Maestro are registered trademarks of Gibson Guitar Corp. Heil Sound is a registered trademark of Heil Sound Ltd. Ibanez is a registered trademark of Hoshino, Inc. Klon is a registered trademark of Klon, LLC. Korg is a registered trademark of Korg, Inc. Leslie is a registered trademark of Suzuki Musical Instrument Manufacturing Co. Ltd. MAXON is a registered trademark of Nisshin Onpa Co., Ltd. Mesa/Boogie is a registered trademark of Mesa/Boogie, Ltd. Moog and Moogerfooger are registered trademarks of Moog Music, Inc. Musitronics is a registered trademark of Mark S. Simonsen. Mu-Tron is a registered trademark of Henry Zajac. RMC is a registered trademark of Richard McClish. TC Electronic is a registered trademark of MUSIC Group IP Ltd. Tech21 is a registered trademark of Tech21 Licensing Ltd. Timmy is a registered trademark of Paul Cochrane AKA PAULCAUDIO. Tube Screamer is a registered trademark of Hoshino Gakki Co. Ltd. Tycobrahe is a registered trademark of Kurt Stier. Vox is a registered trademark of Vox R&D Limited. Way Huge is a registered trademark of Saucy Inc. Xotic is a registered trademark of Prosound Communications, Inc.

Yamaha is a registered trademark of Yamaha Corporation.

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Expression Pedal, FLUX Mode, & Footswitch Setup

HX One supports the use of several controller types for added control during a performance. The most obvious controller would be a connected expression pedal (such as for Wah or Pitch Wham). But, you can also utilize FLUX Mode for a footswitch to “ramp” or toggle between two values of any effect parameter or parameters. Additionally, you can connect up to two external footswitches and conﬁgure them individually to control TAP, FLUX, or Preset changes.

Connecting an Expression Pedal and Footswitches

You’ll want to decide if you want to use just an expression pedal, a pedal + single footswitch, or two footswitches. Depending on which you want to connect, you’ll need to conﬁgure HX One’s Settings View options for your speciﬁc setup. Please see the following setup examples for details.

NOTE: Expression pedal and footswitches are sold separately: The Line 6 EXP-1 pedal is a ﬁne choice, or most 3rd party expression pedals will work as well. For single or dual external footswitches, you’ll want to get the “momentary” (non-latching)

type.

TIP: HX One also includes support for many parameters to be controlled via MIDI—see

page 30.

“So what is this Expression and FLUX Mode stuff all about?”

Fair question... The big idea is that you can conﬁgure any effect’s parameter—for example, a Delay’s Feedback parameter—with your preferred “Min” and a “Max” values, which can then be remotely recalled by either an expression pedal or the TAP | FLUX switch (or a FLUX-assigned FS3 or FS4 footswitch).

When using an expression pedal - the Min value is recalled when you move the pedal to the “heel” position and the Max at the “toe” position, allowing you to manually sweep the deﬁned range of the Feedback parameter in real-time.

When using the FLUX switch - (press-hold the TAP | FLUX switch to set it to FLUX mode, where the LED is lit white) the Min and Max Feedback values are recalled on your toggles of the footswitch, and you can conﬁgure the speciﬁc time it takes to “ramp” between the two.

• The ﬁrst toggle ramps from the Min to Max value. You can adjust the effect’s

“OnTime” and “OnCurv” parameters to set the duration of time and shape of the curve used for any assigned parameter of the effect to automatically ramp from Min to Max.

• The next toggle ramps from the Max to Min value. You can adjust the effect’s

“OffTime” and “OffCurv” parameters to set the duration of time and shape of the curve used for any assigned parameter of the effect to automatically ramp from Max to Min.

• You can optionally conﬁgure an external footswitch for “Ramp” to toggle your

Exp/FLUX assigned parameters—see the following sections.

Note that you can optionally conﬁgure multiple parameters of the current effect to be controlled simultaneously! Your customized Expression/FLUX Min and Max values are stored individually with each preset. Also see “Creating Expression/FLUX Assignments”

on page 24 for more on using these controllers.

TS versus TRS Cable Types

First things ﬁrst... In case you are not already familiar, you’ll want to be able to identify the difference between these two types of 1/4" cable connections for your expression pedal or footswitches for our examples in this section:

• A Tip-Sleeve (TS) type cable consists of two conductors, the Tip (positive) and

Sleeve (ground).

•

A Tip-Ring-Sleeve (TRS) type cable consists of three conductors: the Tip (positive

1), Ring (positive 2), and Sleeve (common ground).

Tip

Sleeve

Ring

Sleeve

Tip

The HX One EXP PEDAL jack is a TRS type jack, into which you can connect a single expression pedal using a TS cable, or a dual-footswitch using a TRS cable. It is also possible to connect an expression pedal with a TS cable and a footswitch with a TS simultaneously, provided you connect them into a dual TS-to-TRS splitter (or “Y” adapter). Please see the following hookup examples.

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Connecting an Expression Pedal

If you’re connecting only an expression pedal, use a TS instrument cable.

Connecting an expression pedal (TS cable connection)

For this expression pedal connection, you’ll need to keep the “Settings View” - Pedal Jack option set to the default “ExpFS4” setting for proper pedal and device operation.

Connecting an Expression Pedal and a Footswitch

For this setup, use a dual TS-to-TRS splitter. Your expression pedal should connect to the “Tip” and the footswitch to the “Ring” leads of the splitter.

Connecting Two Footswitches

You can achieve this type of setup using either a dual-footswitch unit (which typically utilizes a TRS cable) or two individual footswitches (each of which typically utilizes a TS cable).

Connecting a dual-footswitch (TRS - TRS connection)

Connecting an expression pedal and footswitch (dual TS-to-TRS splitter connection)

For this connection, you’ll need to keep the “Settings View” - Pedal Jack set to the default “ExpFs4” setting for proper controller and device operation. The footswitch controls FS4 which, by default, triggers the “Next” preset switching option. Alternatively, you can use the Settings View - FS4 Func to change your FS4 function to “TAP” to control TAP tempo, or to “FLUX” to utilize the FLUX feature.

Connecting two individual footswitches (dual TS-to-TRS splitter connection)

For either a dual-footswitch or a two individual footswitch type connection, you’ll need to conﬁgure the “Settings View” - Pedal Jack for the “Fs3/4” setting for proper switch and device operation. Use the Settings View - FS3 Func and FS4 Func options to choose your preferred function for each footswitch: “TAP” for TAP tempo, “Ramp” for the FLUX feature, or “Prev/Next” for preset switching.

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Creating Expression/FLUX Assignments

Time Feedbk Mix

Once you have your pedal/footswitches conﬁgured and connected to HX One, it is time to put them to work! You’ll see that many factory presets already include an effect parameter which is pre-assigned to Expression/FLUX.* Use the following steps to customize what your pedal or FLUX Mode switch will perform for each preset.

*TIP: By default, all Wah, Pitch Wham, and Poly Wham models are automatically conﬁgured with their Position parameter assigned for Expression/FLUX.

1. To create an Expression/FLUX assignment:

Press and hold the parameter’s Knob for 1 second.

Once assigned, you’ll see the Min/Max indicator “nodes” appear, as shown on the Simple Delay - Mix parameter bar in the illustration below.

Simple Delay

No controller

assignment

Your connected expression pedal and FLUX switch will now work to control this parameter—just try rocking the pedal or toggling the FLUX switch! Read on to see how to customize things further.

To remove an existing Expression/Flux assignment from a parameter, press and hold its Knob for 1 second—you’ll see the Min/Max indicators cleared.

2. To customize the Min and Max values:

Press and hold the TAP | FLUX switch to enter FLUX Mode (the switch’s LED changes to white when in FLUX Mode).

To adjust the assignment’s Min value - press-release the FLUX switch so that its LED is dim white.

Turn the parameter’s Knob—you’ll see the Min. node move to indicate your new value. (If you have multiple assigned parameters, adjust the Min value for each.)

To adjust the assignment’s Max value - press-release the FLUX switch so that its LED is bright white.

Turn the parameter’s Knob—you’ll see the Max. node move to indicate your new value. (If you have multiple assigned parameters, adjust the Max. value for each.)

TIP: You can “reverse” the expression/FLUX Min and Max direction by adjusting the Min value higher than the Max value!

Expression/FLUX

assignment

3. Move the expression pedal back and forth (or press FLUX several times slowly) to hear your assigned parameter(s) in action!

You’ll see the FLUX indicator line across the top of the Display move back and forth to show the Min - Max movement in real-time. You’ll also see the FLUX LED change incrementally from dim to bright white to indicate the Min - Max movement.

4. To customize the control options for the assigned parameter, use the model’s FLUX parameters.

Use the PAGE button to go the last two pages of the Home View to access the following FLUX parameters.

FLUX

Values/Range

Default

Description

Parameter

OnTime 0.0 ms ~ 8.0 sec

1/64 Trip ~ 32 Beats*

OnCurv Slow 5, Slow 4, Slow

3, Slow 2, Slow 1, Linear, Fast 1, Fast 2, Fast 3, Fast 4, Fast 5

OffTime 0.0 ms ~ 8.0 sec

1/64 Trip ~ 32 Beats*

OffCurv Slow 5, Slow 4, Slow

3, Slow 2, Slow 1, Linear, Fast 1, Fast 2, Fast 3, Fast 4, Fast 5

*TIP: When OnTime or OffTime are set to note division values, a “Beat” is the equivalent of a 1/4 note duration (i.e., “4 Beats” = a whole note, “8 Beats = two whole notes, etc.).

1.000 s Sets the duration of time it will take for the parameter to automatically ramp from the Min to the Max value.

Press the knob to toggle between ms and note values.

Linear Sets the audible slope of the ramp

from Min to Max. The graphic shown on the screen also illustrates the setting.

1.000 s Sets the duration of time it will take for the parameter to automatically ramp from the Max to the Min value.

Press the knob to toggle between ms and note division values.

Linear Sets the audible slope of the ramp

from Min to Max. The graphic shown on the screen also illustrates the setting.

5. Be sure to SAVE your preset to retain your Expression/Flux

assignments and customized settings!

If you change to a different model or preset before saving, all settings will be discarded.

TIP: You can also conﬁgure an effect model’s Expression/FLUX default assignment and parameters. Press both the and PAGE buttons, and select User to set your customized settings as the defaults every time the model is loaded—see “Saving a Model’s User Default

Settings” on page 10.

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Tips for Creative Controller Assignment

• The FLUX “OnTime” and “OffTime” can be set to 0 ms (the default) for instant

toggling between Min and Max—useful for something such as toggling a Distortion’s Level for a solo boost.

•

Set the FLUX “OnTime” and “OffTime” to longer durations for dramatic ramping effects, such as changing the speed of a modulation effect or the sweep of a ﬁlter.

• Press an effect’s “OnTime” and “OffTime” knob to toggle it between ms value

versus a note division value—when in note division value, the parameter’s timing syncs to your current TAP tempo.

• Pressing the FLUX switch before the parameter completes its Min-Max ramp

immediately reverses the direction.

•

For extreme psychedelic dub delay squeals, create Expression/FLUX assignments to both increase a Delay’s Feedback and decrease its Time to maximum values.

•

You can also create Expression/FLUX assignments to Looper parameters, allowing you to control your loop playback & overdub volumes, high & low cut, and all kinds of interesting parameters for the Shufﬂing Looper.

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Settings View

Enabl

Thrsh

Decay

Cancel

The Settings View offers numerous “Per Preset” and “Global” options to allow you to conﬁgure the operation of your HX One device for your own setup and preferences. Please reference the “Settings View Options” table in this chapter to see parameter descriptions.

To access the Settings View:

1. Press and hold the EFFECT knob for 1 second to display the Settings View.

2. Use the or PAGE buttons to access the several pages of Settings, using Knobs 1-3 to edit the desired parameters on each page.

-48.0dB

Off

Gate

3. Press HOME to exit the Settings menu.

Restoring Global Settings

As noted in the following Settings View Options table, many of the options are “Global” and include factory defaults. Resetting the HX One’s Global Settings returns them all to their factory default values. Note that performing this reset does not affect the Settings View’s “Per Preset” values you may have edited, nor any of your presets.

1. If not already there, press and hold the EFFECT knob to enter the Settings View.

500ms

Gate

Setting Proper Levels

The various inputs and outputs should be set to match that of your instrument, amp, and other pedals to ensure an ideal tone, low noise, and no ugly clipping distortion (unless, of course, you want ugly clipping distortion—who are we to judge?).

1. Within the Settings View screen, go to page 3 where you’ll ﬁnd the Input Level and Output Level parameters.

2. Using Knobs 1-3, set levels according to the following table:

Parameter

Input Level

Output

Level

*TIP: You can also experiment with the “Input Z” parameter on page 2 of the “Settings

View” to set the impedance per preset, which can change the tone and “feel” of your

instrument or optimize the input for a particular effect model.

What are you connecting? Then do this:

Guitar or bass with passive pickups* Set to “Instrument” Guitar or bass with really loud or active

pickups Keyboard, synth, or drum machine Set “Line” To the instrument input on a guitar or

bass amp To the guitar input(s) of a stompbox or

other multi-effect To the instrument-level effects return

of a guitar or bass amp for post effects or 4-cable method

To the inputs of a studio rack effect or mixer

Set either “Instrument” or “Line” (trust your ears)

Set to “Instrument”

Set to “Line”

2. Press and hold both the and PAGE buttons for one second.

3. Press Knob 3 (OK) to perform the Restore, or press Knob 1 (Cancel) to exit the screen without performing a restore.

Restore all Global Settings?

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Settings View Options

Page Knob Parameter Values Default Applied Description

1 Input Gate Off, On Off

Gate

Threshold

3 Gate Decay 10ms~1.000 sec. 500ms

1 Input Z

2 I/O Conﬁg Stereo, Insert Stereo Global

Insert

Position

1 In Level Instrument, Line Inst

2 Out Level Instrument, Line Inst

3 Bypass Type True, DSP DSP

-96.0dB~0.0dB –48.0dB

Auto, 10kΩ, 22kΩ, 32kΩ, 70kΩ, 90kΩ, 136kΩ, 230kΩ, 1MΩ

Pre/Post Pre* Per Preset

Auto Per Preset

Per Preset

Global

Choose to set the HX One Input Gate bypassed or enabled for the current preset.

Set the input level at which the Gate acts on your input signal. If your input gets cut off too abruptly, turn the Threshold up.

Set how abruptly the Gate is applied to reduce low level noise once the signal drops below the threshold level.

HX One includes an impedance circuit on its Left and Right inputs that affects tone and feel by loading your guitar’s pickups as they would by an effect pedal or ampliﬁer. Choose a lower value to apply some high frequency attenuation, lower gain, and an overall “softer” feel. Choose a higher value for full frequency response, higher gain, and an overall “tighter” feel. Choose the “Auto” option to allow the impedance to match the input impedance of the currently loaded effect model.

Set the preferred stereo or mono conﬁguration for HX One: Choose “Stereo” for discrete left & right stereo signal paths when connecting to both IN and both

OUT jacks. Note that if no cable is connected to the OUT - RIGHT jack, your HX One output is folded to mono.

Choose “Insert” for Mono In and Out. Optionally, OUT - RIGHT can be used as a mono Send output and IN - RIGHT as a mono return to create an effects loop. When Insert is selected, the following Knob 3 - “Insert Position” option can be used to position the HX One effect model in relation to HX One’s effects loop. Also, see “Setup Examples” on page 7.

*NOTE: This option is only available when the preceding Knob 2 - “I/O Conﬁg” is set to “Insert.” Choose whether you want the HX One effects loop positioned before (“Pre”) or after (“Post”) the current

HX One effect model’s processing. Set the HX One Inputs for accepting Instrument level (typically best for electric guitar/bass) or Line

level (for keyboard, drum machine, etc.) See “Setting Proper Levels” on page 26. Set whether the HX One Outputs signal levels are Instrument (-10dB, best for connecting to the

input of another pedal or ampliﬁer) or Line (+4dB, preferable for connecting to the input of outboard gear). See “Setting Proper Levels” on page 26.

Select the preferred type of Bypass for HX One: For “True” bypass, your input signal continues to be sent directly through HX One with no A/D/A conversion, and all DSP is bypassed.

For “DSP” buffered bypass, your input is sent through the DSP path along with delay/reverb trails, but any further effect processing is bypassed. Any current sustaining delay repeats or reverb tails are allowed to decay naturally.

NOTE: If you’ve set the I/O Conﬁg to “Insert,” you’ll need to set the Bypass Type to “DSP” to allow your signal to continue to be fed through HX One’s Send and Return jacks when the device is bypassed.

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Page Knob Parameter Values Default Applied Description

1 Screen Bright 1 ~ 10 10

30 sec, 1 min,

2 Auto Dim

3 TAP Flash Off, On On If you’d prefer to not see the red TAP footswitch LED constantly ﬂashing, you can turn it off.

1 Preset Select Instant, Load Instant

2 Preset Min 0–126 0

3 Preset Max 1–127 127

1 Pedal Jack ExpFs4, Fs3/4 ExpFs4

FS3 Function

(Tip)

FS4 Function

(Ring)

1 Pedal Polarity Normal, Invert Normal

Pedal

Position

3 Tempo Pitch

2 min, 5 min, 10 min, 20 min

TAP, FLUX, Previous

TAP, FLUX, Next Next

Preset, Global Preset

Authentic, Transparent

20 min

Prev*

Auth

Global

Set the brightness of the OLED display, with 10 being the brightest setting.

Conﬁgure the display to automatically dim its brightness approximately 50% after the selected time. Turning a knob or pressing a switch or button resets the timer.

Set to determine whether the preset instantly loads while scrolling the Preset List (Instant) or loads when exiting the Preset Mode by pressing both the ON and TAP footswitches, HOME button, or EFFECT knob (Load). The "Load" option allows you to effectively “queue” a new effect without having to hear all the presets between the current and target preset. In this case, the queued preset ﬂashes until the selection is engaged

Set these Min and Max values to specify the range of presets accessible when pressing Preset Mode - Next/Prev preset switches. For example, if Preset Min is “9” and Preset Max is “12,” pressing Next repeatedly will cycle 9, 10, 11, 12, 9, 10, 11, 12, 9, etc. All 128 presets are still selectable via the EFFECTS knob; when a preset outside of the selected range is active, pressing Next/Prev will still increment/decrement normally, but once inside the selected range, they will cycle as conﬁgured.

Conﬁgure the device's EXP FS 3\4 jack to accommodate either a single expression pedal or expression pedal + single footswitch (ExpFs4), or two footswitches (Fs3/4). See “Connecting an

Expression Pedal and Footswitches” on page 22.

*NOTE: This parameter is only conﬁgurable if the preceding Pedal Jack parameter is set to “Fs3/4.” Choose the function of your connected Fs3 switch as a TAP tempo switch (“TAP”), to trigger EXPassigned parameters with the FLUX feature (“FLUX”), or to load the previous preset (“Prev”).

Choose the function of your connected Fs4 switch as a TAP tempo switch (“TAP”), to trigger EXPassigned parameters with the FLUX feature (“FLUX”), or to load the next preset (“Next”).

If your external expression pedal appears to work backwards—for example, when controlling a Wah the treble boost occurs at heel down rather than toe down—set this polarity to “Invert” to reverse the pedal’s behavior.

Set to determine whether the expression pedal position is set per preset or globally. If you want an Expression pedal-assigned parameter to maintain its position when switching presets, set this to “Global.”

Set to determine whether pressing TAP (or changes in incoming MIDI clock) while a synced Delay is selected causes accurate pitch artifacts to be heard (Auth), such as old tape delay units are known for, or minimizes these artifacts (Trans).

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Page Knob Parameter Values Default Applied Description

1 MIDI Channel 1~16, Omni 1

2 MIDI Thru Off, On On

3 MIDI PC Rx Off, On On

1 Rx Clock Off, On, Auto Auto

2 Tempo Preset, Global Preset

3 BPM

Tuner

Reference

2 Tuner Audio Mute, Dry, Effect Mute

20.0~240.0 External

425Hz~455Hz 440Hz

120.0 Global*

Global

Select the MIDI Channel on which HX One receives MIDI messages. Note that MIDI OUT/THRU is always sent on Channel 1.

When On, MIDI OUT also acts as a MIDI THRU; that is, it passes through any MIDI messages received at the MIDI IN jack or USB MIDI IN.

NOTE: Incoming MIDI Clock is always routed to MIDI OUT/THRU and USB MIDI OUT, regardless of this MIDI THRU On/Off setting.

Set to determine whether HX One will respond to MIDI Program Change 000 to 127 messages (for preset changes) received via MIDI IN or USB.

Choose if HX One receives and syncs to MIDI Clock messages received via MIDI IN or USB—see

“Using MIDI Clock for Tempo Sync” on page 30.

When “Off,” HX One uses only its internal TAP tempo and ignores any incoming MIDI Clock messages. Note that incoming MIDI Clock is still routed to MIDI THRU.

When “On,” HX One automatically syncs to incoming MIDI Clock. You cannot enter your own tempo manually via the TAP switch.

When set to “Auto,” HX One automatically syncs to incoming MIDI Clock tempo, and you can optionally enter your own tempo via the TAP switch.

Choose whether your TAP tempo is applied (and saved & recalled) with the current preset or globally.

Choose the TAP tempo rate to which Delay - Time and Modulation - Speed/Rate can sync. When HX One is synced to incoming MIDI Clock, “Extrnl” is displayed (and you’ll see the TAP LED

ﬂashing blue rather than red to indicate the Cock tempo.) *NOTE: The BPM’s Per Preset vs. Global behavior is determined by the preceding Tempo option’s

setting, which is Global by default.

If you prefer to calibrate the tuner to reference pitch other than the standard 440Hz, you can change it with this setting. (And no, we’re not taking sides in the 432Hz vs. 440Hz debate!)

Choose what is heard from HX One’s Outputs when the Tuner is engaged. “Mute” - all output is muted “Dry” - your unprocessed input signal is heard. “Effect” - your HX One current effect model’s processed signal is heard.

Tuner / (ﬂat), (sharp) (ﬂat) Choose whether the note display indicates pitches expressed as “ (ﬂat)” or “ (sharp).”

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MIDI

HX One receives MIDI messages via its 5-pin MIDI In, as well as via USB, providing functionality with most popular MIDI hardware or software controllers for control of HX One’s preset changes, effect parameters, Looper, and MIDI Clock tempo sync. USB MIDI operation is functional with Mac & Windows computers. The following sections and tables provide the details for MIDI functionality.

• Connect the MIDI output of your external MIDI controller device to the HX One

MIDI IN, and HX One will respond to MIDI Program Change (PC), Note On, MIDI CC, and MIDI Clock messages, as covered within this chapter.

• When connected to your computer, HX One also receives and responds to

the same MIDI messages via your computer USB connection.

•

Connect HX One’s MIDI OUT/THRU to your other MIDI gear (or connect USB to your computer) to pass incoming MIDI control or MIDI Clock messages “THRU” to another device or computer app.*

•

HX One does not transmit MIDI for any of its own actions, but will pass incoming MIDI control and MIDI Clock out via its MIDI OUT/THRU and USB MIDI ports.

*NOTE: MIDI THRU is On by default, to disable it, conﬁgure the”Settings View” - MIDI THRU Off. MIDI Clock messages received by HX One are always routed out the MIDI THRU 5-pin and USB MIDI, regardless if the Settings View" - MIDI Thru is On or Off.

•

All MIDI control is global, meaning, all commands listed in this chapter will control their respective HX One functions regardless of the currently loaded preset.

NOTE: HX One uses MIDI Channel 1 as the factory default, but this can be changed via the”Settings View” - MIDI Channel option.

Preset Recall via MIDI Program Change

NOTE: HX One is conﬁgured by default to receive Program Change type messages. You can change the Settings View” - MIDI PC Rx to “Off” to ignore incoming PC messages:

To recall a preset, send a MIDI Program Change (PC) message to your HX One device.

PC: 000 thru 127 will load HX One presets 000 thru 127, respectively. (Bank messages are ignored by HX One.)

Using MIDI Clock for Tempo Sync

HX One can receive MIDI Clock via its MIDI IN, as well as via USB MIDI, to allow you to sync your time-based effects to the tempo from other effects devices and computer applications. Use the “Settings View” - Rx MIDI Clock option to set the desired MIDI Clock functionality:

• Off - HX One does not sync to incoming MIDI Clock. The TAP tempo can be

set manually via the TAP footswitch.

•

Auto - (The default setting) HX One’s TAP tempo syncs to incoming MIDI Clock messages. The TAP switch’s LED ﬂashes blue once MIDI Clock sync is established. While set to Auto, tempo can optionally be set manually by tapping the TAP footswitch.

NOTE: If you manually tap a tempo on HX One with MIDI Clock set to Auto, the TAP LED ﬂashes at your new tempo while remaining blue.

Once you’ve selected the preferred setting described above, use the following steps to sync HX One to your source MIDI Clock device’s tempo.

1. Connect your source MIDI Clock device’s MIDI OUT to HX One’s MIDI IN port. Or, USB-connect HX One to your computer and select the HX One USB MIDI port within your MIDI/DAW software.

2. On the source device, set the desired tempo rate and start the MIDI Clock send.

3. Once HX One receives the MIDI Clock “start” command, you’ll see HX One’s TAP LED change to ﬂashing blue to indicate it is actively following the received MIDI Clock tempo rate.

NOTE: The Looper’s loop playback does not sync to tempo and, therefore, does

not sync to MIDI Clock.

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Controlling HX One Parameters via MIDI

HX One has numerous functions all pre-conﬁgured for speciﬁc, global MIDI CC commands, as listed in the following tables.

Exp Pedal & Footswitch Emulation - MIDI CC

CC VALUE PEDAL/FOOTSWICH/KNOB FUNCTION

0 -- Reserved

Emulates ON switch. If effect is off, any CC1 value will

1 0-127

2 0-127

3 0-127

0-63: Bypass;

64-127: Engage

5 0-2

93 0-127 Enters Tap Tempo

Effect Parameter Control - MIDI CC

CC VALUE PARAMETER

21 0-127 Parameter 1

22 0-127 Parameter 2

turn it on; if effect is on, any CC1 value will turn it off. Provided primarily for use with MIDI footswitches.

Emulates FLUX switch (note that TAP Tempo uses CC64). HX One does not need to be in FLUX Mode.

Emulates Expression Pedal (when Settings > Pedal Jack is set to “ExpFS4”)

Bypass/Engage (independent of CC1, which toggles the effect on and off, regardless of current bypass state). Provided primarily for use with MIDI knobs, where moving them past 12:00 will turn the effect on/off

Provides remote control of HX One’s Views:

0: Home 1: Preset List 2: Tuner

CC VALUE PARAMETER

32 -- Reserved

33 0-127 Parameter 12

34 0-127 Parameter 13

35 0-127 Parameter 14

36 0-127 Parameter 15

37 0-127 Parameter 16

38 0-127 Parameter 17

39 0-127 Parameter 18

40 0-127 Parameter 19

41 0-127 Parameter 20

42 0-127 Parameter 21

43 0-127 Parameter 22

44 0-127 Parameter 23

45 0-127 Parameter 24

46 0-127 FLUX - OnTime

FLUX - OnCurve

47 0-10

48 0-127 FLUX > OffTime

49 0-10

0~4: Slow 5 to Slow 1 5: Linear 6~10: Fast 1 to Fast 5

FLUX - OffCurve:

0~4: Slow 5 to Slow 1 5: Linear 6~10: Fast 1 to Fast 5

23 0-127 Parameter 3

24 0-127 Parameter 4

25 0-127 Parameter 5

26 0-127 Parameter 6

27 0-127 Parameter 7

28 0-127 Parameter 8

29 0-127 Parameter 9

30 0-127 Parameter 10

31 0-127 Parameter 11

Effect Parameter Control - MIDI Note On

MESSAGE PARAMETER

Toggles Bypass/Enable—Each subsequent press of the key is like

Note C [0]

Note C# [0]

Note D [0]

NOTE: Line 6 follows Yamaha’s MIDI note spec, where middle C is “C3” (unlike

some other gear manufacturers that prefer to say middle C is “C4”).

pressing the ON switch, bypassing or enabling the current effect model. (Looper models do not respond to this message.)

Enters TAP Tempo—Repeated presses of the key is like presses of the TAP switch, setting the TAP tempo value

Engages FLUX—Each subsequent press of the key is like pressing the FLUX switch, triggering the FLUX feature

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Controlling the Simple Looper via MIDI

With the use of either MIDI CC or MIDI Note On messages, you can control numerous aspects of the HX One Simple Looper.* Be sure to read through the Looper sections on page 19 to get familiar with all functions, then try sending the following MIDI messages to HX One for your looping performance.

*NOTE:

CC VALUE LOOPER FUNCTION

62 64-127 Play Once (note that values 0-63 do nothing)

63 64-127

These options are available for the Mono and Stereo Simple Looper.

Simple Looper Control - MIDI CC Messages

0-63: Overdub

64-127: Record

0-63: Stop; 64-127: Play

0-63: Forward 64-127: Reverse

0-63: Full; 64-127: Half

Overdub is enabled only if device is currently playing or recording a loop

Record is enabled only if no loop exists in memory or if playback or recording is stopped

Play/Stop

Toggle on each press between Undo and Redo for the most recent overdub recording (note that 0-63 do nothing)

Forward/Reverse

Full Speed/Half Speed

Simple Looper Control - MIDI Note On Messages

MESSAGE

Note C [-1]

Note D [-1] Toggles on each press between Play and Stop

Note E [1] Play Once

Note F [-1]

Note F# [-1]

Note G [-1] Overdub

Note G# [-1] Toggles on each press between Forward and Reverse

Note A [-1] Play

Note A# [-1] Toggles on each press between Half Speed and Full Speed

Note B [-1] Stop

NOTE: Line 6 follows Yamaha’s MIDI note spec, where middle C is “C3” (unlike

some other gear manufacturers that prefer to say middle C is “C4”).

LOOPER FUNCTION

Toggles on each press between Record* > Play > Overdub (*Initiates Record only if no loop is currently in memory)

Record - note that this will clear the current loop, if one exists, and record a new loop

Toggles on each press between Undo and Redo, for overdub recordings

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Line 6 HX One User guide

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Welcome

What’s In the Box?

Common Terminology

Installing Adhesive Rubber Feet

Updating HX One Firmware

Manage, Backup, & Restore HX One

Top Panel

Rear Panel

Left Panel

Right Panel

Quick Start

Setup Examples

Enabling and Bypassing HX One

Choosing an Effect

Editing the Current Effect

Saving a Model’s User Default Settings

Preset Mode

Saving/Naming a Preset

Setting a TAP Tempo

Using the Tuner

Effects

Effects Models - Reference Tables

U.S. Registered Trademarks

Expression Pedal, FLUX Mode, & Footswitch Setup

Connecting an Expression Pedal and Footswitches

Creating Expression/FLUX Assignments

Settings View

Restoring Global Settings

Setting Proper Levels

Settings View Options

MIDI

Preset Recall via MIDI Program Change

Using MIDI Clock for Tempo Sync

Controlling HX One Parameters via MIDI

Controlling the Simple Looper via MIDI