HX Edit Pilot's Guide
Table Of Contents
- HX Edit Pilot's Guide
- Workflow
- Preset Compatibility
- GUI Overview
- Presets Panel
- Impulses Panel
- Working in the Editor
- The Signal Flow Window
- The Edit Tab
- The Bypass/Controller Assign Tab
- The Command Center Window
- Global EQ Window
- The Preferences Window
- Marketplace & Account Options
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Line 6 Updater & Additional Resources
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Exit any other Line 6 applications that may be running. With your Helix device
powered on, launch HX Edit.
• Mac: Go to Applications > Line 6 > HX Edit
• Windows: Go to the Start button menu > All Apps (or Programs) > Line 6 > HX
Edit
Upon launch, the application will detect Helix hardware and automatically retrieve and
display its on-board presets & Impulse Responses. This may take a moment to down-
load all of the preset information.
Multi-Device, Multi-Window Support
The HX Edit application supports the use of multiple-connected Helix/HX devices si-
multaneously, where each device displays its own full application window. This allows
you to more easily reference and edit presets and settings, as well as drag and drop
presets and IRs between multiple USB-connected devices.
TIP: You can also use the Copy and Paste commands or drag and drop to copy a
block and its current settings from one HX Edit device window to another!
To access the separate application windows for each connected device, simply go to
the HX Edit Devices menu and select the desired device to display or hide its window
- a check mark at the left of a device here indicates its app window is open. You can
choose to have multiple device windows open simultaneously, making it easy to copy
and paste blocks, or drag and drop blocks, presets and IRs between them. The sepa-
rate windows can also be resized and/or positioned on your screen independently.
Please also see “GUI Overview” on page 6.
The app's Devices menu, showing two connected device's windows
You'll see an indicator at the bottom of each application window displaying its con-
nected Helix/HX device type and the device's rmware version - or a warning that no
device is detected.
Device indicator at bottom of the HX Edit main window
NOTE: On macOS computers, closing all open device windows does not exit the
HX Edit application. As is common with multi-window supporting macOS apps,
you'll need to use the Quit HX Edit command from the main HX Edit menu (or
Cmd+Q).