Helix HX Stomp to iPhone 11

[Big Bass Man]

Hey guys sorry if this has been solved before - just got a HX Stomp.
I’ve got a ton of music files on my phone that I play along to - what is the connector I need to be able to play these through the HX Stomp please? 

[dave_bass5]

3 hours ago, Big Bass Man said:

Hey guys sorry if this has been solved before - just got a HX Stomp.
I’ve got a ton of music files on my phone that I play along to - what is the connector I need to be able to play these through the HX Stomp please? 

Not sure about a digital route, but if it's Jack in on the HX then this should work. you'd also need a splitter.

 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Certified-Headphone-Lightning-Earphone-Converter-White/dp/B09KMSS6PF/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=2TOEJ8E75A4FI&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.26rnV1QdHplIhYqjbG9PsShynly2kgaVAuiIi1eMZ8VPwAMyoFGQPmxCQQfD0t2a39TQbyhVxDOUS5wHzozMk5OLAy7nYeNTi8b4kmhQ6isKuih_wodTFHZHss9RwdHfq054XZXJKaKmRc_YfDgZjK5jYePJRhJM-8Y338BGArqfAsQw8hjb1hHYEbquW6glDglaBmX4gnS-_n7xjz9NAoA3Damja7ATsKv6B823tEs.0ObXaNlqo93IUC6nOodqy0ALrjmF6JVPSOwf_jdoYpA&dib_tag=se&keywords=lightning%2Bheadphone%2Badapter&qid=1753963194&sprefix=lightnig%2Bhe%2Caps%2C78&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

[fretmeister]

There's 2 ways.

 

You can either go lightning to a stereo cable into both returns on the Stomp. You'll need to go into the stomp settings and set the FX returns to be a stereo line in. That will make the Stomp do a clean pass through without any FX etc interfering with the backing track signal.

 

Then the stomp main outputs or headphones to whatever you are listening with.

 

The other way is to connect the stomp to the iphone and listen via the phone. This can be very useful if you are using other things in your phone like the camera for videos of what you are doing and that sort of thing. It's USB from the stomp into the phone and then a suitable app. Even something like Amplitube Free will use the Stomp as an interface and let you load up your iTunes library and even slow it down / change pitch etc.

 

I don't think one is better than the other necessarily, just a different approach depending on what you want to do with your combined signal.

[Big Bass Man]

Thank you guys. 
so something like this for the first option above @fretmeister ?

 

https://amzn.eu/d/cYndhXa

[fretmeister]

27 minutes ago, Big Bass Man said:

Thank you guys. 
so something like this for the first option above @fretmeister ?

 

https://amzn.eu/d/cYndhXa

 

 

The second option on that page. The first has entirely too much going on.

 

If you've already got a stereo TRS to split mono TS cable then a suitable lightning to jack headphone adapter that you might already have would do as well.

[Big Bass Man]

@fretmeister

i have zero cables haha hence my questions ! Not very good with this kinda stuff. 

so you think this option with just one lightning cable would be good to go?

https://amzn.eu/d/bhb34mb

[fretmeister]

That should be fine. 

 

Don't forget to change the FX loop settings in the stomp otherwise your backing track will go through all your FX and sound like crap! It's in the Global Settings.

 

Then if you fancy treating yourself - something like the amazing Moises app will let you remove the bass from your tunes and boost the drums and so on. It's an amazing practice tool. It's not free but there are different sub levels. It will run on your phone easily as all the processing is done server side. You can even save the versions of the songs but with the bass removed if you want.

 

With a bit of effort you could get a 1 or 2 month sub to Moises and save a couple of hundred of your favourite tunes with the bass removed and then just stick them in your iTunes library for future use. No need to keep the sub going unless there are new tunes you want to do.

[Big Bass Man]

Thank you @fretmeister that really helpful! I’ll get that ordered then. 
I’ve bot heard of Moises before I will take a look. 
Most of my track are from Kareoke Version, custom tracks.

i appreciate your help! 

[fretmeister]

The lowest paid for Moises lets you adjust guitar, vocal, drums, bass, other.

 

So I tend to remove the bass and boost the drums for easier practice and leave the rest alone. More expensive subs do more tracks and try to split up keys from brass and so on but I don't need that.

 

As with all similar stem splitting apps it can get confused sometimes. Like Metallica's 'For whom the bell tolls' the bass intro doesn't get reduced as it is high register and distorted so the app thinks it is a guitar.

 

But overall it's a brilliant bit of kit for practice. Practising with a PC has more options including some free ones like Audacity but I'm not aware of any good mobile device options, or ones that have such an easy interface.

 

https://moises.ai/

 

It will also tell you chords and key information as a tune plays along.

 

I think it costs me about £35 per year. Can also pay £4.99 per month instead if you only want a month or two.

 

Just don't click on the pro version by accident as that is about £250!