Inputs and outputs
Every jack on the HX Effects, on a diagram you can click — what it's for, and the thing about it that costs people an evening.
HX Effects · Rear panel · schematic, drawn from Line 6’s panel diagram
INPUT L/MONO, RIGHT
TS / TRS, ¼″rear panel
Guitar, bass or synth. Use L/MONO for a mono instrument.
HX Effects Cheat SheetFacts about the audio path
No amp or cab models at all
That is the point of the device. Every block is an effect, so nothing is spent on an amp you were not going to use.
HX Effects 3.80 Owner's ManualThe footswitch colours mean something
Orange distortion, yellow dynamics and EQ, blue modulation, green delay, red reverb, purple pitch and filter, pink impulse response, light blue volume and send/return, white looper and controllers.
HX Effects Cheat SheetTwo loops, and they can wrap your amp
Run the four-cable method and your amp's preamp sits inside the HX Effects chain, with effects before and after it.
HX Effects Cheat SheetIt is not a USB audio interface
USB is for HX Edit, firmware and control messages. If you want to record over USB, that is an HX Stomp.
HX Effects Cheat SheetImpulse responses are included
Despite having no amp models, HX Effects can load IRs — which is how you get a cab sound out of it for a direct feed.
HX Effects Cheat Sheet