What you actually bought
What this box is for, what it is not, and the one sentence that explains most of the confusion around it.
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It is a whole guitar rig in one box — amps, speakers, microphones and effects, all modelled. Whether it sounds right depends almost entirely on what you plug it into.
The short version
The Helix Stadium with a built-in expression pedal, two instrument inputs, four effects loops and four control jacks. Same touchscreen, same twelve footswitches, same Clones and Showcase — a bigger set of connections around an identical engine.
Is this the right guide?
If yours has one instrument input, two FX loops and no built-in pedal, you have a Helix Stadium Floor. Everything about how the two make sound is the same; read either guide for that half.
The thing everyone gets wrong first
On a Helix Stadium XL Floor, the question we see most is turning the Volume knob and hearing nothing change.
The knob drives one output at a time. Press the button above it for the output you are actually listening to.