Line 6 HX Effects Guitar Multi-effects Floor Processor

The Line 6 HX Effects is a professional multi-effects pedalboard unit designed for electric guitar and bass players who want a wide range of high-quality effects in one compact floor unit.

What it looks like

The HX Effects is a low-profile, rectangular floor pedal with a rugged black metal chassis. Its top panel features:

• Six footswitches arranged across the front, each with a small, colored LCD ring that can illuminate to indicate an effect's status.
• A large color LCD screen in the center, used to select effects, edit settings, and navigate menus.
• Multiple rotary knobs and push-button controls for adjusting parameters such as delay time, reverb decay, modulation speed, and distortion gain.
• Expression pedal compatibility, allowing you to connect an external expression pedal for volume swells, wah effects, and real-time parameter control.
• Side and rear connections for instrument input and output, stereo operation, effects loops, MIDI, USB, and external footswitches.

The overall design is sturdy and functional, with a professional studio-equipment feel rather than the appearance of a traditional single-effect stompbox.

What it does

The HX Effects contains a large collection of digital effects inspired by classic and modern guitar pedals and studio processors.

• Distortion and overdrive: From subtle blues breakup to aggressive rock and metal tones.
• Delay: Analog-style echoes, digital delays, tape echoes, and rhythmic repeats.
• Reverb: Spring, plate, room, hall, and atmospheric reverbs.
• Modulation: Chorus, flanger, phaser, tremolo, and rotary-speaker effects.
• Pitch and dynamics: Pitch shifting, compression, wah, and other utility effects.

It can run multiple effects simultaneously, arranged in a customizable signal chain. You can build presets for different songs or switch between individual effects while playing.