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True, but it's a Muti-step process. It requires you to hit both switches to enter preset mode, then one switch to change presets (displayed with the tiny text), then both again to exit preset mode. The external footswitch just makes it a simple stomp to the next preset with the display large text.
Like the stomp. Doesn't have to be the exact same. Just something to mark the what you like and quickly get there without having to go through the whole list.
I use presets 000 to about 015 to save my favorite adjusted effects. For some effects, I have two or three favorite versions saved. Then I set the preset scroll to the same range and it only scrolls through my favorite adjusted effects.
In the Stomp, a favorite stores a favorite individual effect. A preset stores an arranged collection of effects/blocks. Since the One only does one effect at a time, there is no difference between a favorite and a preset.
In the Stomp, a favorite stores a favorite individual effect. A preset stores an arranged collection of effects/blocks. Since the One only does one effect at a time, there is no difference between a favorite and a preset.
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He does great reviews and I enjoy his videos. But it seems he did not connect the dots that the vast lists of effects could be reduced down to his favorites by just saving each to a preset.
In the video, he said he had not checked out the HX One Librarian software so perhaps that's why he didn't see how easy it is to rename effects and organize your favorite effects. If he is coming from an HX Stomp mindset, I can see how the Favorites thing seems like an omission. But it's just as easy on the One.
Using the Librarian, my presets are quickly organized and renamed with my core go-to effects in presets 000-005 (red llama drive, EBS octaver, Line 6 chorus, memory man delay, glitz reverb, HPF, Noble DI). Then I store favorite "toolkit" effects later in preset list, like my 3 favorite reverbs as 010-012, favorite delays in 013-105, etc. But if someone is not familiar with the Librarian tool, none of this would be obvious. It would be like commenting on the tiny Stomp menu dives without ever looking at HX Edit.
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My only small gripe is I wish it would keep showing my preset name when it’s engaged instead of the name of the effect, or at least in addition to the name of the effect.
Yes! That seems like a significant omission and should be "simple" to fix in a firmware update. I hope.....
Yes I have, for example, tree different Regal models set named Noble this and that, but they all say Regal. Has me second guessing sometimes. I have several set up with different presets.
I think favorites might be getting a little convoluted. For the HX One I see it more like making highlights of items on an existing list, and I think that's the point EytschPi42 is trying to make. Where as presets are your favorites but also the way, or ways, you like the effect configured.
Agreed, he made the point emphatically...... without looking at the Librarian tool to see how easy it is to place his favorite unmodified factory effects together in a small list. The much bigger annoyance in the One is the flaw mentioned by Parzival a few posts ago. The reviewer did not go deep enough to catch this flaw. It's almost a deal breaker on the HX One.
A new review popped up recently. Frank has his bass face on for this review:
A new review popped up recently. Frank has his bass face on for this review:
Absolutely! Not showing the name of the preset that is active all the time is a big problem. Like you I'm surprised no one has mentioned this yet in any of the review videos.
It gets worse. Just hooked up a foot switch to it. When you cycle through presets it just shows the effect names and not what you named your presets...wow. The only way to make sure you choose the exact preset you want is to open the preset menu which defeats the purpose of using a foot switch.
Yep, a big miss on the part of Line 6, and seems very fixable via firmware update. My work around..... I play at churches. So, each week, I tweak the presets I'm going to use that Sunday and place them in positions 000-003 (or however many I'm using), set the scroll range to those numbers, and my external footswitch just takes me to the ones I am using very simply, just stomp my way through the set, forward or back. I am not using more than one variant of any effect so the factory effect name is OK. But I'd much rather have my preset name appear. It beats buying and placing the individual effect pedals on my board. So, the overall value proposition, for me, is still very good, even with the preset name goof.
Question about Auto Impedance matching
Are the Left and Right inputs always using the same impedance value in Insert (effects loop) mode?
I imagine in Insert mode it uses Auto on the Left, and 1 MOhm on the Right.
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Are the Left and Right inputs always using the same impedance value in Insert (effects loop) mode?
I imagine in Insert mode it uses Auto on the Left, and 1 MOhm on the Right.
Manual says:
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.
Had an issue with my One today at a show. It was weird. We didn’t have time for a sound check as it was a lineup of bands and we had less the 30 min to set up. I go to start playing and nothing. I thought I had it in tuner or something so I triggered the first effect, which was Poly Capo down 1/2 step for first song. No issue. I went to the next effect and when we started the next song, nothing. I tried other effects and nothing. Changed from true bypass to DSP and back, nothing. Went back to poly capo and it worked. So I just unhooked it and played without it.
Anyone have anything weird like this happen? I will get it out tomorrow and see if I can maybe figure out what was going on. Strange.
It was plugged into my Rockboard LT XL battery supply I always use. Fully charged and have never had an issue before.
Anyone have anything weird like this happen? I will get it out tomorrow and see if I can maybe figure out what was going on. Strange.
It was plugged into my Rockboard LT XL battery supply I always use. Fully charged and have never had an issue before.
