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Line 6 · Helix Stadium 1.3.2

Helix Stadium XL Floor

The Helix Stadium with a built-in expression pedal, two instrument inputs, four effects loops and four control jacks. Same touchscreen, same twelve footswitches, same Clones and Showcase — a bigger set of connections around an identical engine.

If yours has one instrument input, two FX loops and no built-in pedal, you have a Helix Stadium Floor. Everything about how the two make sound is the same; read either guide for that half.

Everything in this guide

Controls and footswitches

Every control on an interactive top panel — the touchscreen, the transport, the built-in pedal and the volume knob that only moves one output.

Inputs and outputs

Every jack on an interactive rear panel — two instrument inputs, four loops, four control jacks, and the two USB ports that are not interchangeable.

Specifications

The numbers that answer a question, with the Stadium Floor comparison on every line that differs.

Clones

PROXY cloning — what it captures, how many you get, and the mono rule that catches everybody.

What every model really is

All 440 amps, cabs and effects decoded from Line 6's own list, plus what Agoura means.

Levels

Two settings decide whether it sounds like the demo or sounds broken. Both live in a menu, and neither is a tone control.

Cabs and IRs

What an impulse response is, how to load one, and why a downloaded preset can load fine and still play the wrong cabinet.

Blocks, paths and DSP

Four rows, and the caps that stop you before the meter does.

Songs and Showcase

Backing tracks, markers, flags and the transport.

Rig setup

Including two instruments at once, and in-ears with the house mix.

Snapshots and modes

Eight snapshots, more footswitch modes than the MODE button suggests, and Combo mode.

MIDI

What a controller can actually reach, the three messages that recall a sound, and the trick that lets one preset serve several songs.

Questions and answers

Straight answers to the things people actually ask.

Troubleshooting

Symptom, cause, fix — including what is documented behaviour rather than a fault.

Firmware and backups

What an update changes, what it leaves alone, and the one-minute backup that means it never costs you anything.

Glossary

Clone, flag, marker, Showcase, Nexus, Agoura, Matrix mixer.