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Specifications

Only the numbers that answer a question somebody actually has. A source on every line, and a note wherever the bare figure misleads.

Blocks per preset

Eight

Six before firmware 3.0. A lot of the advice you will find online predates that change and undercounts you by two.

HX Stomp 3.80 Owner's Manual
Snapshots per preset

Three

Not eight. This is the number people get wrong coming from a full Helix.

HX Stomp 3.80 Owner's Manual
Footswitches

Three, with four modes

FS3 is tap tempo in every mode, so two are genuinely free.

HX Stomp Cheat Sheet (Rev C)
Effects loop

One stereo send on a TRS jack, two return jacks

HX Stomp Cheat Sheet (Rev C)
Power

9 V DC, 3 A

Line 6 strongly recommend the supplied adapter and nothing else. Most pedalboard supplies cannot deliver 3 A from one output — check the current rating, not just the voltage.

HX Stomp Cheat Sheet (Rev C)
USB audio

Audio and MIDI interface with re-amping

HX Stomp Cheat Sheet (Rev C)
Amp, cab and effect models

440 in the shared HX library

The same models as a full Helix. Only the room to use them differs.

Helix 3.80 Owner's Manual

Checked against HX Stomp 3.80. Several things in this guide do not exist on older firmware.