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Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de L INE 6 G EAR B OX 3.1 – B ASIC F EATURES G UIDE Table of Contents Activation ...........................................................................................................................
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Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de A CTIVATION Some features of GearBox require “activation” us ing Line 6 Monkey and your Internet connection. Activation turns these features on in your GearBox-co mpatible hardware, so they can operate in the GearBox stand-alone application and Plug-in.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de B EFORE USING G EAR B OX OK, you’ve got your guitar, a computer and a head full of songs and cool licks, so how do you get this all going? You’re just a few steps away from turning your computer into a serious Tone, jamming and recording machine.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Searching this Guide’s Contents To make it easier to “look for stuff” in this guide, plea se use the search features of Adobe Reader ® (Windows®) or Preview ® (Mac®). Here’s how: Windows®: Look for the Search button on the File Toolbar .
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de C OMPATIBILITY C HECK To check your Mac® or Windows® computer syst em to see if it meets the requirements to run GearBox, launch Line 6 Monkey and go .
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de G EAR B OX (F ULL P ROGRAM ) B ASICS The GearBox software is your new Tone Control Central. It gives you visual control, makes it easy to create, edit a.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de The above screen shows GearBox running with a TonePo rt device in use. There are some differences when connected to a GuitarPort or PODxt device - lo ok for the mentions of device-specific controls and behaviors in the descriptions below.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Note – GearBox will not display this Mute bu tton when PODxt is the source device. • Pan slider - Pans your source input left or right. Thi s affects the signal that is routed to BOTH your Record Send 1-2 and the Monitor path.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de switching the effect itself On/Off. Note that you can use your left or right mouse button to do this. • Clicking the bottom portion of the stomp box will toggle the effect On and Off.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de 17 - Effects Control display: This panel displays the controls for the selected effect (see # 11 & 12 and #18 for how to choose to show an effect’s contro ls). For TonePort this can also show the Record Send 3-4 controls.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Note – GearBox will not display the Hum Reducer op tions when a PODxt is the source device. GearBox with TonePort and GuitarPort Using GearBox with a .
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Please note that the pre/post setting of Record Send 3-4 is not saved within the Tone Preset. Note – if your audio application is configured to use th.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Dual-Tone operation (TonePort UX1/UX2/KB37) These TonePort devices are unique in that they give you not one, but two independent Tone paths! This featur.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Operating GearBox in Dual-Tone mode can require some major processing power from your computer (not surprisingly, twice as much as a si ngle Tone!). Each effect that is powered “on” will use some processing power – effects that are “off” do not use processing power.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de TonePort UX2/KB37 Controllers Unique to TonePort UX2 and KB37 are two Footsw itch jacks on the hardware which provide remote control of GearBox functions.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de To re-map the functions of any of these controllers, go to Edit>Preferences and follow these steps: Select the Hardware tab Click here to display the.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de This column populates with all re-assignable controllers for your device (TonePort KB37 shown here) Name and Save your Custom Mapping as a Preset Choose.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de GearBox with PODxt One difference between PODxt and TonePort or Gu itarPort devices is that PODxt’s have their own onboard DSP processing and Memory. You can think of GearBox as a computer “user interface” for what is running on your PODxt device.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de 2 - Tone menu: Select from your set of GearBox Tones folder to load one on your PODxt. Note that you can also select a preset directly on your PODx t hardware and all its settings will appear in GearBox.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de G EAR B OX (P LUG - IN ) B ASICS Welcome to the wonderful world of GearBox Plug-in, where legendary studio-standard tone and classic vintage effects are.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de MIDI automation means using MIDI messages, either from an external controller like a KB37, or from the host application, to modify param eter settin gs on the target plug-in.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Activating the GearBox Plug-in So how do I get the GearBox plug-in, you ask? T he upgrade process is easy – make sure your Line 6 Hardware is connecte.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Activating the Plug-in In Line 6 Monkey, click on Activate Purchase . A window will pop up, that will prompt you to enter the activation key you just received. Line 6 Monkey will connect to the server to va lidate the license, and program your hardware.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de GearBox Plug-in Cont rols and Operation The GearBox Plug-in Graphical User Interface or GUI (you guessed it, it’s pronounced “gooey”) is remarkabl.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Where can I find the GearBo x Plug-in on my computer? Your favorite recording application must locate the GearBox Plug-in in order to use it. Some applications scan your hard drive for all available pl ug-ins while others need you to point them to the correct folder.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de H ARDWARE H OOKUP The GearBox 3 software is designed to work with your Line 6 TonePort UX1, UX2, GuitarPort, PODxt, PODxt Live or PODxt Pro hardware.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Connect the Analog Outs to your audio monitors. Connect any line level input source that you want to record into the Line Inputs. Connect any line level input source for monitoring to the Stereo Monitor In.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de TonePort UX2 Connections Connect your stereo Headphones Connect up to two Microphones Connect your electric Guitar or Bass Microphone Inputs - You can receive input from one or two mics at the same time using these ins.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Connect the Analog Outs to your audio monitors. Connect any line level input source that you want to record into the Line Inputs .
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de S/PDIF Digital Out - To send the output of TonePort to an external device digitally, connect a 75-Ohm coaxial cable into this RCA jack and then into the S/PDIF digital input on the external device. This is the best choice for connecting to digital recording devices, such as a DAT recorder.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de if you are not sure). Connect each mic using an XLR cable. This inputs each microphone signal independently into GearBox where you can choose your tone, and then route the processed signal both to your audio software and out the T onePort outputs.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de *Note that when using TonePort KB37 with GearBox, the GuitarPort Player playback audio is never routed to this S/PDIF output. This is n ecessary to comply with artist copyright requirements that Line 6 follows for the GuitarPort Online Tracks and artist content.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Connect to your 3 r d -party audio interface for recording with GearBox plug-in Connect your stereo Headphones Connect USB cable from here to your compu.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de GuitarPort Connections Instrument input - your electric guitar or bass, plug it into one of these inputs using a standard 1/4-inch TS instrument cable.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de USB - This is where you connect the supplied USB cab le to GuitarPort, with the other end going to your computer’s USB port. Note that you shoul d al ways connect to a separat e USB controller channel from other USB audio or MIDI interfaces to pr ovide GuitarPort with the full USB bandwidth.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de these are what you want to connect to your monitoring system when using PODxt as your computer’s sound card. Use shielded ¼-inch tipped cables to connect directly to your powered speakers, mixer or power amp setup.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de audio cable for this connection. You’ll hear any audio com ing into this jack via the Analog Line Outs and Phones, but it won’t go to PO Dxt Live’s Record Send 1-2. Phones - If you want to listen to the audio using stereo headphones, then pl ug them into this 1/4- inch stereo jack.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Line Input - if you want to record the signal from a line level source, such as a keyboard, your receiver, the line out from a mixing console, etc… , connect it to this input using a 1/4-inch TS audio cable.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de (AES/EBU or S/PDIF). Connecting digitally is th e best choice for routing to external digital recording devices, such as a DAT recorder. These digital outputs send the same audio as is sent to PODxt Pro’s Analog Outs.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de S/PDIF (or AES/EBU for PODxt Pro) format digital input. Please refer to your hardware’s User Guide for more information.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de H OW T O … Basic operation Turn Knobs Fine-tune GearBox’s software knobs and Model or Tone m enus Show Effect controls without turning on an effect .
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Share your Tones with other GuitarPort users GearBox Plug-in Operation Activate the GearBox Plug-in Locate the GearBox Plug-in on your hard drive Basic .
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de How to show an effect's control s without turning on an effect To see an effect's controls without turning it on, click on the top portion of the effect’s “stomp box” icon. (Click directly on the On/Off portion of the icon to toggl e the effect On/Off).
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de There are also separate show/hide arrows for showing/hiding the Amp and Effects controls together individually, or you can click the t op-most arrow button to show/hide the Am p and Effects in one motion.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de The standard tuning for guitar is, from the larg est string to the smallest, E-A-D-G-B-E. Other tunings are also sometimes used. For instance, "Drop-D" tuning is accomplished by tuning the biggest string down to D instead of E.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Metronome Tips rovides a simple "beat sequencer " you can use to practice your timing. To use ess the Metronome button above the Browser. The metronome will then be The Metronome p the metronome, pr displayed within the Browser panel.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de • Saving - The last modified sequence will be automatically saved as "Custom", but you may want to click the "Save" button and give your percussive creation a nam e. This also keeps Bu attern you like, you ca n customize your own.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Change and Save Tones How to initialize a Tone Select Basic Guitar, Bass, or Vocal Tone from the Tone menu at the top left of the GearBox program's.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de altered version you'll need to decide whether you want to Save your Tone or Save As, as described below. Save Tone – If you select Save Tone from GearBox's drop down menu, your current settings will replace the Tone whose name was shown in italics in the Tone Menu.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de around this frequency, it quickly ducks the volume by the AMOUNT you choose, effectively reducing the volume of Sss and Ssh sounds that get r ecorded. To use the De-Esser appropriately, try first recording a test vocal track without it.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Hardware setup How to select hardwa re for GearBox to use GearBox software can be used with TonePort UX1, UX2, GuitarPort, PODxt, PODxt Live, or PODxt Pro* hardware. When you start GearBox, it automatically looks for t he Line 6 device connected to your computer.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de How to select your Preferred Audio Device See the Sound Cards and Sound Issues section of this guide to learn how to set your Line 6 device or some other soundcard as your Prefe rred Audio Device in Windows® or Mac®.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Stay Up To Date How to check the versions of GearBox, Line 6 ha rdware driver & firmware, and get updates To easily see what version of GearBox software you are using, just go the Help menu and choose About GearBox.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de How to use your Model Packs with GearBox Once you've purchased and authorized your Model P acks, simply restart GearBox with your Line 6 hardware connected and you’ll see the new models available within the GearBox.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de GuitarPort Online Operation How to adjust the volume balance between your guitar and the Track Use the Track Level slider under the Player button above .
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Note – you will need to enable Cookies in your In ternet Browser software to successfully connect to GuitarPort Online. Return to How To Topics How to disable Download Accelerators Please see the troubleshooting topic for Downlo ad Errors – Download Accelerators.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Additionally, by default the GearBox installer creates a Tracks folder and stores your GuitarPor t Online Tracks within it at this location: Windows® -.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de How to join GuitarPort Online If you're not already a member of GuitarPort Online, click the GuitarPort Online button abov e the Browser with your Internet connection active and the Browser will show you how to become a member or take a tour to see what GuitarPort Online is all about.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de How to load a Track from an Audio CD Note – you do not need to be a GuitarPort Online to use the Player to load CD Tracks or audio files from your hard drive and play along with them! GuitarPort can load audio from a standard Audio CD .
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de TIP – You can launch the Mac® iTunes® program if you want to h ave it connect to the Internet and retrieve the CD Artist name and Track info for the CD.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de • Once you click Save, the CD track is automatically loaded in the Player and you can play this track just like any other GPO Track or Ha rd Disk file using the transport.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de How to load a Track file from your hard disk Click the LOAD FROM: Hard Disk button in the Player to load a GuitarPort Track file that you have saved to your hard disk.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de • Uncheck the Network Enabled box and then click OK to exit the Preferences. Return to How To Topics How to set the Loop start and end points When.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de How to share your Tones with other GuitarPort users If you are a GuitarPort Online subscriber, you can put Tones you want to share in the Public folder of your Tone Locker.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de How to show/hide the bro wser The bottom portion of the GearBox window, where the GuitarPort Online content and other it ems are shown, is called the Browser. Click the arrow button at the top left to show/hide the Browser.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de GearBox Plug-in Operation The following topics are covered elsewhere in th is guide, but we’ve included links here for convenience: Activate the GearB.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de M ODEL G ALLERY You probably know by now that we're relentless tone fa natics here at Line 6. Once we've set our sights on creating a software.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Bass Amp & Cab Models Rock Classic Flip Top Adam and Eve Silverface Bass Eighties Bass Cab Models Preamp Models American Classic Vintage UK Lo-Fi Vi.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Bass Effects Bass Overdrive Bronze Master Sub Octaves Other Effects Comp (Compressor) EQ Gate Vol (Volume) Female De-Esser Male De-Esser Guitar Amp &.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Line 6 Piezacoustic 2 This one is designed to work with the piezo outp ut of solid body electrics that have one of those newfangled bridges with the 'acoustic' pickup built in.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de amp. Set the Bass and Middle knobs at halfway to put them in 'neutral', turn the Presence to 0, and try the Treble knob somewhere above halfway for a classic Tweed sound.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de 1964 Blackface 'Lux The Holy Grail for many blues, country, and "roots" players has been a blackface Fender® Deluxe Reverb®.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de the unique character of the Vox® sound can be attributed to the fact that Class A amps overdrive in a very different way than Class AB. Brian May of Queen, Mike Campbell of Tom Petty's Heartbreakers, and The Edge of U2 have all used classic AC 30s to make their music.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de during Line 6's sound model development. MARSHALL® is a registered trademark of Marshall Amplification PLC.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de wave" sound (after all, it was Andy Su mmers' favorite amp with The Police). You should also try setting all the tone controls at 12 o'clock for a darker jazz tone.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de 1993 Solo 100 Head The 1993 Solo 100 Head Amp Model is based on* a Soldano SLO-100 head. Mike Soldano first came to fam e as the guy who could do all t really cool mods to your Marshall®.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Return to Model Gallery List Brit Gain 18 Based on the Marshall® 1974X “authentic re-issue” of the famous 1974 18W Com bo from the late ‘60’s. (brief editorial aside: Marshall® has had a long tradition of coming up with model numbers that can easily be taken for years.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de and you’ll get chimey boutique tones, dig in with the drive up and the AD30 purrs pure Brit Rock tone. *All product names are trademarks of their re spective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Line 6.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Guitar Cab Models While we're not going to b ore you with complete de scriptions of each cabinet that's modeled in GearBox ("...and with the change from 12 ply Finnis h Spruce to 13 ply Baltic Birch in October of 1973, the resonant frequency of this cabinet dropped t o 113.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Bass Amp/Cab Models Rock Classic For 30 years now, we’ve heard the tone and felt the power of t mighty Ampeg® SVT® that GearBox's Rock Classic model is based on*.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de exciting today as it was 35 years ago. And if he’s not enough to convince you, how about “Duck” Dunn! Don’t get us started.... * All product names used in this document a re trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Li ne 6.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Bassman® head with a 2x15 closed back cab lo aded with JBL®s. The sound of this cab also reminds us of the theme music from Barney Miller, and all of those days practicing with the high- school jazz ensemble.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Bass Cab Models 1 x 15 Flip Top Based on a 1960’s Ampeg® B-15 2 x 15 DoubleShow Based on a Fender® Dual Showman® D130F 4 x 10 Adam Eve Based on an .
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Preamp Models American Classic This model is based on* an API 512 Mic Pre and API 550b EQ housed in an API Lunchbox 50 0 6- B.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de * All product names used in this document a re trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Li ne 6.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Return to Model Gallery List Console Here's our model inspired by solid state cons ole mic pre designs, delivering flat frequency response that is very clean and without the add itional personality that the other Pream p Models provide.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Effects Delay Delay Effects create echoes by repeating a delay ed version of the signal that feeds them . The FEEDBACK knob on Delay control pane ls determine how m any repeats you'll hear. TIME determines how late the echo will be versus the input signal, and allows Tap Tempo.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de looped 1/4-inch audio tape that wraps past separ ate record and pla yback heads. The position of the playback head can be moved to adjust the delay t ime from 60 to 650 milliseconds. Tube Echo is based on* the classic Echoplex tone with the ex tra advantage of up to 2 seconds of delay time.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Line 6 Flanger Flanger is most famously known as the "jet-p lane" whoosh effect of several classic 70s recordings. It can also be used to give a "sw ooshy" or "swept" sound to g uitar and other sources, or just to create a "bigger" sound.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de images are used solely to id entify the specific products whose tones and sounds were studied during Line 6’s sound model development.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Stomp Stomp Effects give you a choice of Models of classic distortions stompboxes, a stomp box-style compressor, and a couple of De-Esser effects designed for taming Sss and Shh sounds that are common when recording vocals.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Scream Stevie Ray Vaughan to Michael Landau, the simple ve heard 'round the his medium-gain pedal was introduced in the early '80s, ut .
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Return to Model Gallery List Verb (Reverb) simulate the reverberation of s ound in a ph ysical space, where the source sound s, tightly spaced echoes.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Brite Ro of a live, bright room to add life to a ny track. l at rn to Model Gallery List om Here's the sound Medium Hal A medium sized hall with heavy reflections - this one is meant to be heard. Cavernous Now that's big! Fire this verb up and get set for a long night of dandelion dreams.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Bass Effects Bass Overdrive s inspired by our look at the T ech 21 Bass Sans Amp, plus a few extra liberties taken by the Line 6 sound design team. The Sans Amp is famous for delivering a very quiet and ile also ser ving up a very distinct distorti on.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de affiliated with Line 6. These product names, de scriptions and images are provided for the sole purpose of identifying the specific products that were studied during Line 6’s sound model development.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Gate earBox's Gate is designed to reduce the noise that your guitar or other source makes when you are not playing.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de to know that th bandwidth audio signal. is is a standard insert-styl e de-esser, performing gain reduction on the full Return to Model Gallery List .
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de M ODEL L IST To follow is a list of all Amp, Cab a nd Effects models that are included as “ Factory-Standard* ” m odels for each Line 6 device supported by GearBox, as well as included within each optional Model Pack.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de 2001 Zen Master 1953 Small Tweed 1958 Tweed B- Man 1960 Tiny Tweed 1964 Blackface 'Lux 1965 Double Verb.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Clean Line 6 Super Sparkle Line 6 Sparkle Clean Line 6 Crunch Line 6 Smash Line 6 Fuzz Line 6 Chunk Chunk Line 6 Big Bottom .
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Model Name GuitarPort Standard TonePort Standard PODxt Standard Power Pack Metal Shop Pack Collect. Classics Pack FX Junkie Pack Bass Expan.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Model Name GuitarPort Standard TonePort Standard PODxt Standard Power Pack Metal Shop Pack Collect. Classics Pack FX Junkie Pack Bass Expan.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de 1x15 1962 Thunder 2x12 Zen Master 2x12 1967 Wishbook Model Name GuitarPort Standard TonePort Standard PODxt Standard Power Pack Metal Shop Pack Collect. Classics Pack FX Junkie Pack Bass Expan.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Male De-Esser Model Name GuitarPort Standard TonePort Standard PODxt Standard Power Pack Metal Shop Pack Collect.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Sweeper Warble-Matic Stereo Expo Chorus Stereo Square Flange Model Name GuitarPort Standard TonePort Standard PODxt Standard Power Pack Metal Shop Pack Collect. Classics Pack FX Junkie Pack Bass Expan.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Chrome Custom Throaty Conductor Colorful Custom Model Name GuitarPort Standard TonePort Standard PODxt Standard Power Pack Metal Shop Pack Collect. Classics Pack FX Junkie Pack Bass Expan.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de O NLINE H ELP AND S UPPORT For all your unanswered questions, help is available around the clock at http://www.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de POD XT - A UDIO S IGNAL R OUTING & R E -A MPING Re-Amping is the fancy schmancy name for record ing a dry, unaltered instrument signal to be process.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de The Audio-MIDI device panel reflects the choice you made in the PODxt signal routing window In the PODxt Signal Routing selector you can choose one of f.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Note – it is not a supported practice to “hot swap” your Line 6 device (unplug the USB cable and plug it into a different USB device) while it is in use by GearBox or any other audio software.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de R ECORDING & D RIVER So, just how does all that huge amount of Tone get routed around b etween your Line 6 gear, computer and recording software you ask? All this is perform ed by the audio driver - a software component installed with GearBox that allows the audio to be routed to the right place.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de system. PODxt also grabs its processed signal before routing it to the Record Sends its internal Monitoring system immediately, to provide a low late ncy monitor signal, and then mixes it with the rest of your audio to your monitoring s y stem.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de TonePort & GuitarPort - This example shows TonePort UX2 as the selected device, with the GearBox software running.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de the response, but with the trade-off of higher processor usage and the risk of audio dropouts. Raise the value if you are getting inconsistent play back or recording in the audi o software. Basically, 512 is generally a good average setting.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de The Device Sends Description then shows the input Source, and informs you if that signal is “processed” or not. Since GearBox is not running, the signal is unprocessed, GuitarPort and PODxt devices are always “fixed” to only route their “instrument” 1 /4 input signal into GearBox.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de 11 – Advanced button: This button is active only when a PODxt/Live/Pro is the current device. It launches the PODxt Advanced Audio Signal Routing dialog, whi ch allows you to choose what signal (fully PODxt processed or unprocessed) is routed to the Record Send.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de 12 – Driver Operation indicator: TonePort & GuitarPort devices - Displays what sample and bit rate the current device is operating at (or with no text if not in use ). PODxt devices do not utilize this feature and theref ore no text will appear here when a PODxt is the selected device.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Mac® You can launch the Line 6 Audio-MIDI Devices dialog from within the Mac ® System Preferences, or from the GearBox Preferences > Hardware tab .
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de 4 - ESN : Displays the current device’s unique Electronic Serial Number. 5 – Run Audio-MIDI Setup button: On Mac® systems, Core Audio sound card driver settings are configured in the OS X® Audio-MIDI Setti ngs utility.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de • The Format selectors show you the Sample Rate* and Bit Depth that the Line 6 device will is operating at for recording.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Note that TonePort and GuitarPort devices also offer ToneDirect TM Monitoring , which is a separate audio path than what the Mac® Core Audio system routes to your audio software. ToneDirect Monitoring allows your Gearbox pro cessed monitor signal to function with very low latency.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de • Single Tone Source (Mono/Stereo): When the GearBox application is not runn ing, Record 1- 2 and 3-4 both carry the unprocessed signal. When running GearBox, Record 1-2 will carry the fully GearBox-processed signal.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de • For the Bit depth, it is typica lly best choose the 32-bit option in your Windows audio software and in the Line 6 Audio-MIDI Devices dialog IF your Windows audio software supports this rate. If not, then 24-bit is the ne xt best choice.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de GuitarPort Tracks Can't Be Recorded Attention GuitarPort Online member s… Your guitar and/or other input signal s (except for Monitor In) from your Line 6 device are the only signals routed to the Record Sends and made available to recording software.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de S OUND C ARDS AND S OUND I SSUES One of the many unique features of your Line 6 Hardware is its ability to function as computer sound card.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Mac® Go to your computer’s System Preferences, and click on Line 6 Audio-MIDI Devices Click on the Audio Devices Tab All your sound devices appear in the drop down menus Select your Line 6 Hardware as the default audio device for Input and Output Close the window when done.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de TonePort users Connect the mono 1/4-inch Analog Line Outputs . Or, connect a 1/4-inch stereo cord to the Headphone Out Use an adapter if needed to connect to the Line Input of your sound card. Pod xt/Live/Pro users Connect the mono 1/4-inch Analog Line Outputs .
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de T ONE D IRECT ™ M ONI TORING A unique feature of your Line 6 hardware is ToneDirect TM Monitori ng, which is a separate audio path that allows you to monitor the incoming signal with the lowest possible latency, for uncompromised feel and responsiveness when recording or jamming.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de ToneDirect TM and your Line 6 Hardwa re as the preferred Audio Interface/Sound Card If you choose your Line 6 hardware as the preferre d sound card for your audio s etup, you get the benefits of ToneDirect™ monitoring automatically when running the GearBox application fo r tone control.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Using a 3 rd -party Audio Interface with other Line 6 Hardware If you own different Line 6 Hardware, you’ll need to purchase a guitar/signal splitter , which will afford you the unprocessed dry output needed to feed your Audio Interface.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de T RANSFERRING YOUR G EAR B OX A CTIVATION So you just upgraded your computer to the latest and greatest (this week anyway…) model, and want to move Ge.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de The destination computer lack s an Internet Connection So you just got the call from Mr. Big Time Producer for a session at so-and-so’s studio, and you want to bring all this great Line 6 tone along for tracking – but their computer does not connect to the internet.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de T ROUBLESHOOTING Audio Glitches Auto-connect problems Cannot Hear Effects Cannot Play a Downloaded Track CD Player Auto-launching Download Errors – Do.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de For PODxt devices , adjust the slider one tick to the right at a time, until the monitoring signal is free from audio dropouts: On Mac® or Windows® sy.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Note that it is specifically recommended that you connect your Line 6 device’s USB directly to a USB port on your computer, and not int o a USB hub. Some USB hubs can cause communication errors with USB audio devices .
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de • You must reboot your machine if you make changes to these settings. Return to the Troubleshooting List Auto-connect options don't work GearBox can be set to automatically connect to the Internet when n eeded to access GuitarPort Online.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Return to the Troubleshooting List Why can't I play the GuitarPort Track I just downloaded? If you download a track from GuitarPort Online, and ge t an error when trying to load the track, there are a few problems that might have happened: • Your computer's date may be set incorrectly.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de • (On Windows®) Hold down the SHIFT key while inserting the Audio CD int o your computer if you want to avoid auto-launching of your CD player program for this one time only.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Installation CD into your computer and re-run th e ins taller. Any missing or corrupt files will be re-installed, leaving any Tones and Tracks that you' ve saved in place. Alternatively, you can also launch Line 6 Monkey and look in the U pdates tab.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Trouble accessing GuitarPort Online You Line 6 TonePort, GuitarPort or PODxt ha rdware m ust be connected via USB to your computer to use the GuitarPort features, includi ng access to GuitarPort Online. If this is not happening, make sure the Driver is properly installed or check USB Errors.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Download Accelerators are incompatible with G earBox/GuitarPort Online, and must be disabled to successfully use GuitarPort Online.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de No sound There are a number of things that could be wrong here. Let's start with the simple stuff, and work our way through the possibilities for t.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de MUTE or MUTE LINE OUT button activated (at the top of the GearBox window), the Monitor Volume knob turned all the way down, the Am p Model's volume turned all the way down, or the Track Level slider all the way to the left.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Causes of excess noise or unwa nted distortion and clipping Noise and distortion? That's what electric guitar is all about, right!? But if you&apos.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de that connects your Line 6 device to your speakers or audio system, and see if the noise goes away. If it does, the noise is probably coming from the Lin.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Track playback when using the Player is frequently interrupted Interrupted Track playback may be caused when another USB device is trying to stream audio or video, or your computer cannot provide enough system resources (RAM m emory or computer processor speed) for GearBox.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de USB Connectivity • It is specifically recommended that you always connect your Line 6 device directly to your computer’s “built-in” USB port and not into a USB hub. USB hubs are known to sometimes cause communication errors with USB audio devices.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de W HAT I S … A.I.R. Amp, Cab and Effect Models Amp Panel and Amp Model and Cab Model controls ASIO Auto-Select (Tone) Button Browser Bypass Button Chor.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Wah ! Warning Triangle Icon What is A.I.R.? A.I.R. is the Line 6 exclusive Acoustically Integrated Recording technology that accurately simulates the sound of a microphone and recording space. Click on the A.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Of course, as we're studying all that classic equi pment, we're bound to come up with an idea or two for something that classic equipment can't do.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de • "Bonus" Knobs – Some Amp Models also have additi onal tone controls that weren't on the original amp that was studied to create the model.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de What is the Auto-Select (Tones) Button? This button is available in the Player interface, within the Browser when the Player button is active. It can be used with Tracks available fro m GuitarPort Online to automatically load up a recommended Tone custom-made to match the Trac k.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Click the buttons along the top of the Br owser to access the different features : • GuitarPort Online - Connect to a world of guitar online... • Player - GuitarPort's advanced jam tools. • Metronome - Configure a custom beat to play along to.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de What is the Bypass button? The Bypass button will bypass ALL the GearBox pr ocessing of your input signal. The m onitor signal you hear will then be rather “naked”, as well as the signal routed to your Record Sends.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de What is Comp (Compressor)? Comp , which is an abbreviation for Compressor, is one of the Gearbox Effects. Compressors even out signals by reducing the volume of the loudest sounds to b etter match the volume of quieter sounds.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de operation. Please see your Mac® recording progr am's instructions for details on Core Audio operation.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de What is the Device Manager in Windows®? To learn about the Windows® Device Manager and se e how it can be used to vie w and adjust the settings for your computer's hardware, please see the Windows XP Optimizations document on the GearBox Online Help section of the Line 6 web site.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de • The order of the effects icons shows you G earBox's signal flow, from left to right. • The Vol, Mod, Delay and Reverb effects incl ude a Pre/Post switch so they can run Pre (before the amp/cab/mic or Preamp processing) or Post (after the amp/cab/mic or Preamp).
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Flanger is one of the GearBox Mod Effects. Flange r is most famously known as the "jet-plane" whoosh effect of several classic 70s recordings. It can also be used to give a "swooshy" or "swept" sound to guitar, or just to create a "bigger" sound.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de licks and more! If you are not already a member of GuitarPort Online, click the GuitarPort Online button above the Browser to take a tour of GuitarPort Online.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de What is the (Player) Half Speed Button? The Half Speed button is available in the Player inte rface, which is displayed in the Browser when you select the Player button. When the Half Speed button is lit red, the Player will play back the currently loaded Track at half speed without changing pit ch.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de View-Browser-Stop Ctrl + Z ⌘ . View-Browser-Hom e Ctrl + H ⇧⌘ H View-Transfer s Ctrl + T ⌘ T Help-Open Hel p F1 ⌘ ? File-Tone-Open (B) Ctrl + .
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de What is the Hum Reducer? The Hum Reducer reduces the noise that your guitar (or bass guitar) puts out * , including noise that is caused by electrical interference from your computer display and other sources that are picked up by your guitar's pickups.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de The Info Bar is the area at the very bottom of the GearBox window. Point your mouse (you don' t have to click the mouse button) at something i n the GearBox program and look at the Info Bar to see a description of the thing you're pointing at as well as brief instructions on how to use it.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de PODxt includes MIDI connectors that allow you to connect a MIDI controller (for instance, a controller pedal) directly to it to select channe l memories, operate wah and volume, or control other Tone parameters, all of which can also be done using a Line 6 FBV family foot controll er.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de What are Model Packs? Model Packs are expansion sets you can purchase for your TonePort, GuitarPort and PODxt. • The Metal Shop pack contains 18 bone crushing high gain am p models. • The Classic Collection pack contains 18 vintage amp models.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Your Line 6 USB audio device is one of th e best-sounding USB bus-powered devices in the world, so if you do use it as your preferred audio device, you'll get no-compromise sound quality.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Sends are able to carry your whatever signal(s) you input int o your Line 6 device and route them to the Audio Driver so that they are available in digital form for your audio recording software.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de also quickly started making foot pedals that em ul ated this effect too (check out the Gear Box U- Vibe in the Mod Effects menu for a model of one of these popular effects). Stevie Ray Vaughn and The Beatles were both heavy users of rotary speaker effects for guitar.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de All GearBox's Delay and Mod Effects (except fo r Rotary Drum + Horn) allow you to set their time/speed two ways. One way is to turn their speed or time knob. The other way is to choose a tempo. You choose a tempo one of two ways.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de multiple Tones that deliver the required range of sounds. These Tones are then embedded into the Track along with Tone Changes that trigger the right Tone to load at the right time. Wherever a Tone Change occurs, a boxed number is shown in the Track Sections Display.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 -GuitarPort Online membership sign up: Click the Join Now button to take you to the online sign-up page for the GPO membership. 2 -Browse button: Click this tab button to see all available Tones in the Library.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de 9 -Pick-up type indicator: You’ll see that either the “single co il” or “humbucker” type pickup is selected for each Tone. This is an indicator saved within the Tone by its creator to let you know what type of pickup it was intended for use with.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Computer List When you first install GearBox, the following items are displayed in the Computer list on the left side of the Tone Locker: • The Preset folder containing a selection of factory-programmed Tones.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Online List If you're a member of GuitarPort Online, there are three main folders in the Online list on the right (PODxt users, select "Online.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de Navigating Folders You can double-click a folder in the Tone Locker to open it. The folder selectors at the top of the Computer , Online and Memory lists let you move from the folder you are in to the enclosing folder(s).
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de • Click the button to make a copy of the highlighted Tone(s) or folder(s) in the Online folder. Copy < GuitarPort Online members can use the < C.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de • The button will be dimmed if no PODxt Tone, Am p Setup, Effect Setup or folder has been selected in the list.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de • The button will be dimmed if no Bundle file is selects in the left Tone Locker list. GearBox stores Tones on your hard disk. Note that Tones and Tone folders must be stored in the GearBox Tones folder in order to be availabl e from GearBox’s Tones menu.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de instead of jumping by sections). When Loop is on, the loop start and stop points will be shown and set here also.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de What is Tremolo? Tremolo is one kind of effect that can be run by GearBox's Mod (Modulation) Effect. Tremolo produces a pulsing sound. It works by turning the volume of your input down and back up again repeatedly, at the speed set for the tremolo.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de • Choose the Spring Reverb when you want the kind of classic sound created by spring reverb tanks built into guitar amps, or used for studi o processing on classic recordings. This is the place to come, for instance, when you're looking for that signature Surf Music sound of splattering reverb.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de What is Wah? Wah is one of GearBox's Effects, and there are two different Wah models to choose – the Vetta Wah, and the Weeper. Both are designed after cla ssic wah pedals, and can be used to provide a "parked wah" sound, or can be contro lled via MIDI for wah pedal effects.
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basi c Feat ures G ui de W INDOWS XP O PTIMIZ ATION You will find information on optimizing your Wi ndows XP operating system for GearBox at the GearBox Online Support Page Page.
An important point after buying a device Line 6 headphones powered monitors (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
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