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ordered one last night (no alcohol involved).
FIrst multi FX since a fruitless adventure with the fractal FX8 ( just over a year ago.)
hoping this will be the one to declutter the pedalboard!
Drives sound genearlly ok, delays are good, modulations - not so sure it'll replace my strymon mobius at the moment, but we'll see, too early to tell.
Reverbs, and compressions are good.
big test for me is playing it in a band environment, thats why I got rid of the FX8 as I was spending all my time fiddling with the damn thing.
It's a real shame but the ground loop noise is a real downer. I've had it before with other units, I don't think its the HX's fault but having to have a transformer isolation box and the a di box on the pedal board is about the same size and weight as my old pedalboard and to have to factor in the wall wart as well.......
http://orchid-electronics.co.uk/trans.htm
It does take 2 attempts to boot sometimes tho!
probablt because in a standard guitar lead there isn’t really a ground to lift
I suppose building galvanic isolated sockets would be too bulky
After the joys of updating It, it still didn't boot reliably every time. Frequently had to start it 2 or 3 times to get it to load. Also some noise on occasion in use. Seemed random. Overall didn't inspire confidence as a 1 stop gig solution. Was impressed by the overall sound tho.
Other issue I had is the buttons are surprisingly close together. Enought so to hit the wrong one whilst playing and singing - and I only have size 9s
So figured that if I'm only going to use it as a pedal board, i'd prob stick to a basic pedal board!
boss gt100 has a ground lift on the send/return. Again no noise
fractal have the hum buster system thing.not tried it.
the fact these other companies have included these shows that they acknowledge the potential for ground loops.
the hx was horrendously noisy with my orange amp. Unusable without workarounds which is a shame as I thought the interface and sounds were spot on.
The difference with these other units is obviously the size.
There’s some grounding problem somewhere imo. At least with my unit. Whenever I touched one of the foot switches there was an audible buzz even on a clean sound.
Noise issue - response on TGP from Line 6:
"Ok guys on the hiss issue:
It’s extremely rare (roughly 0.5%, or 1 out of every 200 HX Effects units sold), but certain specific combinations of HX Effects units populated with out-of-spec parts and amplifiers and/or hookup configurations can manifest notable white noise and/or other unsavory audio artifacts. If your particular setup happens to exhibit this behavior, please contact Line 6 customer support, as we currently have a solution. We have also updated our manufacturing and testing process to ensure no future units exhibit this behavior, regardless of configuration.
If you’ve already logged a ticket, sit tight—someone will be contacting you.
And if you’re one of the lucky 99.5%, continue playing as normal. Or depending on your chops, maybe better than normal.
We apologize for any inconvenience this issue may have caused. The guys will let you know how sorry we/I am and we will make it right for you. Thank you for your patience. I know it seemed like we took a long time and that’s because we did. We wanted to make sure we replicated all the configs and were able to isolate the issue."
Seems a lot of unit for the money if it suits your rig...