HX Edit Pilot's Guide

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When premium Marketplace IRs (.hir les) are imported, they are indicated by a golden
guitar pick “badge” to their right within the Impulses panel.
Premium Marketplace IRs are indicated with a golden guitar pick badge
To Export an IR, click Export to display the Save As dialog.
By default, IRs are saved to the following directories.
• Mac - /Documents/Line 6/Tones/Helix folder
• PC - \My Documents\Line 6\Tones\Helix folder
You can also drag and drop to and from the Impulses panel to export and import IRs -
see the following section.
TIP: Use the File menu's Create Backup & Restore From Backup options to
create a backup of your Impulses Panel's contents, and restore from the backup, at
any time - see “Creating & Restoring Complete Device Backups”.
Renaming, Copying, Pasting & Clearing IRs
These actions can be performed by clicking the commands above the Impulses list
view and will act upon the selected (highlighted) IR. You can also right-click to choose
these options from the context menu (or use the app's “Keyboard Shortcuts”).
NOTE: Copy and Paste of presets and IRs between HX Edit and Helix Native, or
between multiple HX Edit device app windows, is not currently supported. How-
ever, you can use drag and drop for these actions! See the next section.
Drag and Drop IRs
There are several drag and drop options that allow you to import and export single or
multiple IR les between your computer’s directories and HX Edit, as listed below.
• Import - Drag one or more IR les from your computer folder directly into the
Impulses panel. When multiple les are being dragged in, they are imported
starting with the selected IR index slot.
• Export - Select one or more IR index locations and drag from the Impulses list
view directly to your computer to export the IR les to the selected hard drive
folder.
NOTE: When exporting IRs from the HX Edit IR panel, any Marketplace
purchased IR is saved to your computer as a Helix IR (.hir) type le. The .hir
les are proprietary to Line 6 products, and licensed to you via the Line 6
Account on which you purchased them. Any IR that was originally imported
as a .wav le is exported as a .wav le.
• Copy - It is also possible to drag and drop IRs within the Impulses list view to
create a copy of the IR in a new index location.*
*NOTE: There are no options oered to move or reorder IRs in a single opera-
tion, thereby reducing the risk of unintentionally breaking the link between IRs
and the Helix presets that may be referencing them. Use the Copy, Paste and
Clear functions to rearrange IR within the Impulses list as needed.
• Copy Between Helix / HX Devices - If you have multiple devices connected,
it is possible to drag and drop IRs between the multiple HX Edit device app
windows' Impulses panels to copy them between devices.
• Copy To/From Helix Native Plug-in - With an instance of the Helix Native
plug-in open, drop IRs from the HX Edit application's Impulses panel directly
into the Impulses panel of the Helix Native. It is also possible to drag IRs from
Helix Native directly into the Impulses panel of HX Edit to import copies of the
same IRs.
Loading an IR in an IR Block
When you insert an IR block within your preset's Signal Flow, it initially defaults to ref-
erencing the IR that resides within the #1 IR index location (if you have not yet imported
any IR le into the referenced index location, the “empty” IR block has no eect on the
signal).
To choose which IR index is referenced by the IR block, select the IR block within the
Signal Flow, then, in the Edit tab, use the IR Select parameter slider (or its menu at the
right) to select IR index number (1-128) that includes the desired IR.
Choosing an IR by its Library (1-128) index number within the Edit tab
You can use the other IR block parameter sliders in the Edit tab to further shape the IR's
tone and level - see “Editing Model Parameters” on page 22.