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1. Choose how many Choose Mono or Stereo for Click the Create Tracks to create your audio track format button rd My Session ina At the top left of the Edit Window click the View selector and enable the I O View Comments Wiem Bat Beats Inserts View Sends View k w Track Color All Mone If the track you want to record into is Stereo click on the track s Input button and choose Interface gt Mic Line 1 2 Stereo Mione 1 24 kE Analog 1 2 fp exetom_D Whice Audio im T hfcfline 1 2 Page 126 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Or if the track you want to record into is Mono click on the track s Input button and choose Mic Line 1 Mono to capture the Line 6 Device LEFT signal or choose Mic Line 2 Mono to capture the Line 6 Device RIGHT signal no input interface bus j plug in Click the Arm button for the track to arm it Click the Mute button for recording to mute the track while recording The track meters will now measure the Line 6 device GearBox input signal level Muting the track during recording disables the Pro Tools LE software monitoring feature which allows your Line 6 Hardware GearBox analog input signal to be monitored with the lowest latency possible Adjust the Mbox Mix knob to balance the session audio with the input audio see your Mbox documentation for details Note to Digi 002 users
2. Start recording Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Digidesign Pro Tools LE 7 Setup Windows Using your Line 6 hardware with Pro Tools LE 7 x Digidesign has designed Pro Tools software so it can only be used with a Digidesign or M Audio audio interface you cannot use your Line 6 hardware as the primary audio interface for a Pro Tools system But you can still enjoy the benefits of GearBox by connecting your Line 6 device to the Digidesign interface s inputs TonePort UX2 and PODxt PRO even let you do this with a direct digital connection For this document we ll be showing how to connect to the Digidesign Mbox unit but these steps are similar for connecting to the Digi 002 or other Digidesign hardware as well There are two methods described here Recording from all Line 6 USB Audio devices analog outputs and recording from the TonePort UX2 or PODxt Pro digital S PDIF output Note that it is not necessary to have both your Line 6 hardware and Mbox units connected to the same PC You can alternatively have your Line 6 and Digidesign hardware on separate computers as well since the two devices are indeed operating individually Recording from your Line 6 hardware s Analog Outputs Connect the analog outputs from your device TonePort UX1 shown here to the Digidesign Mbox Using two 14 to 4 shielded TS or TRS audio cables plug each into the Analog Outs of your TonePort or PODxt For GuitarPo
3. For more information try the Lesson within the Help menu of Ableton Live Lite 5 for Recording with Live and TonePort Help Lesson 1 Making Music With Live Lesson 2 Editing Arrangements Lesson 3 MIDI Instruments and Effects Lesson 4 Creating Drum Patterns With Live Lesson 5 Recording and Automation Lesson 6 Mix and Remix Lesson 7 Hands On Control Operator Lesson 1 Introducing Operator Operator Lesson 2 Creating 4 Bass Patch Operator Lesson 3 Creating Drum Sounds Operator Lesson 4 Creating Lead Sounds Operator Lesson 5 Creating Pad Sounds Operator Lesson 6 Creating Rhythmic Textures Lesson 14 Recording with Live and TonePort h Read the Live Manual Visit ableton com Join the User Forum et Support Check For Updates Get the Live 4 Upgrade About Live Page 37 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Ableton Live 5 Setup Mac Configure your Mac to use Line 6 TonePort GuitarPort or PODxt as your audio device Be sure to connect the USB cable from your Line 6 device into your computer s USB port and then proceed with the following steps First launch the GearBox application and then go to the Help menu to launch the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices dialog Select the GearBox Help menu Open Help a6 Online Support amp Setup Info Open Tutorial Track Choose Hardware amp Driver Settings Update amp Configure with Line 6 Monkey _ Hardware amp
4. Play in Background Note You will also see options for DX Line 6 TonePort and MME Line 6 TonePort or with GuitarPort or PODxt substituted for TonePort if you are using one of those devices within the Audio Card Driver menu These are alternative driver types that can be used but it is recommended to select the ASIO TonePort driver for the best performance ae Edit Create Options villa Help You should now see your Line 6 e MIDI IN DEVICE EE hardware listed as the Audio Out device at the top left of Reason s display CHANNEL 1 CHANNEL EZ GHANUCITT m AUDIO OUT REWIRE AUDIO CARD hardware interface Now just hit the Play button in Reason s transport and to hear the Reason playback ICT AG L through your Line 6 hardware B POS L she Page 140 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide To jam along with Reason You can also of course still use GearBox for your Mic and Instrument tones while Reason is playing back if you want to sing or jam along Just plug in your Mic or Instrument and use GearBox just as you normally do Note that you can use the Monitor knob to adjust the level of your Mic or Instrument independently of the level of the Reason playback Use the GearBox Monitor knob to adjust your Mic and Instrument volume level MONITOR VOLUME Use the Reason Mixer s Master slider for overall control of Reason s playback level With this conf
5. Highest Set the Processor Performance to Highest to ensure full use of your CPU at all times Page 10 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Windows Sound Device Settings Windows itself also makes use of a sound card device to be able to play all those dings beeps and other system alerts The Windows default sound playback device is also what gets used for the Windows Media Player application which can play your CD s DVD s and multimedia downloads from the Internet Additionally many other multimedia programs such as WinAmp RealPlayer iTunes etc will automatically set themselves to use the Windows default device as well Your Line 6 device can be set to be this default device if you want to utilize its high quality audio for playing your CD s or DVD s for example Click on your Start button and go to Settings gt Control Panel gt Sounds and Audio Devices gt Audio tab In the Sound playback section choose your Line 6 device as the Default device Click OK to exit the dialog Sounds and Audio Devices Properties Volume Sound playback TonePort set as the Default device Windows Default device aiL ine 6 TonePort UX for playback Sound recording Considerations when setting your line 6 device as the Windows default device Surround playback TonePort GuitarPort and PODxt s playback capabilities are designed for stereo If you already have a sound card that provides s
6. LINE 6 GEARBOX 3 0 RECORDING SETUP GUIDE Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide LINE 6 GEARBOX 3 0 RECORDING SETUP GUIDE Table of Contents Getting Started soso ce sts cva dad grins enecteuactceduccetancwadateuienstdae doddbeutetsungiunssiantooddocadeeceteccuadsbeutensstaaboudousesaddeuate 1 Updating amp registering WIth Line 6 MONKEY ccsscccesececeesssseceeeeceeeeessseceeeeceeeeeessceeeseeseeenaaeceeeeesaeaasses 1 POU TIS OUG O na E dic sion Qaasadlewansechiah aon tutsuatineanaranntadnansgtoees 1 GearBox settings and reCOIrdinG cccccseeeeeeeeesesseeeeeeeessnseneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeoooeeessasanneeeeeeeessaeeogongseeennnnees 2 Mac OS X System Preferences cccccccsssssscccecccceeessecceeecceeaeessecceeseeeeaeeesseceeeeeeeaeaseceeseeeeeeagseeeeesesseaeensees 8 Windows Sound Device Settings ccccccesssssseceeeecceeeessseceeeeceeeeeessecceeseeeeeeesseeceeeeseeasaeeeeeeeeesaeasseeeeees 11 Configuration as an Aggregate Device Mac only ccccccccccccesssssseceeeeeeeseesseceeeeeeeseeenseceeeeeessaaaaneeeess 14 Using the GearBox Plug in oo stectcs sacs steps se deo e se dos traroucd acct iedepuaouatapuecouduese at eve avacuede sd ecunudusde eeuiueedenare 21 Using the GearBox Plug in with Ableton Live 5 Mac ccccccccccccsssssseceeeeeeceeesseceeeeseeeeeeeeeceeeeeesaanenees 21 Using the plug in with Ableton Live 5 WINdOWS 0 0 ececcccccecccesseseeceeeeceeeeeessceeees
7. Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices foi Select the Line 6 device you will be 1 1 i Driver Version 2 9 0 5 es Line 6 Device o a Choose your desired sample rate Pencil 44 100 is generally a good choice Driver Format 4510 Settings Driver operating at inactive ASIO Client none Be sure to choose 24 bit as the Bit Depth this is necessary for Reason Default Sample Rate 44100 Hz J Default Buffer Size 512 w Default Bit Depth ie eta ele 24 bit w a Sample Rate Converter C Lock Format Click OK to exit the dialog Once the above settings are complete you can launch GearBox and dial in your desired Tone settings Next you can launch the Reason 3 application and make the following settings do Document 1 File Edit Create Options Window Select the Reason Edit menu and choose Preferences Select All Devices Gubo rouke Device Disconnect Device Preferences Page 139 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Preferen Select the Audio Page Fage Master Tune Choose your Line 6 device ASIO F 440 Hz 0 cents te Driver Choose a Sample Rate 44100 is a good choice for most projects Audio Card Driver Sample Rate Butter Size 1 samples Output Latency 52 ms Click the X button at the top right of the Preferences dialog when done to exit Latency Compensation Fe me Active Channels 2 aut of 2 Channels Clock Source Internal Control Panel
8. Recording Setup Guide Setting up a Logic Express Project for recording with GearBox 3 0 Now that your Line 6 hardware is set up you are ready to start working in a new Project Open or create a new Project and make the following settings Options Windows 1 Help Audio Window Select the Logic Audio Loop Browser menu and choose a Sample Editor Sample Rate Audio Mixer o 7 i Import Audio File 44100 is typically a good choice but you can choose another if your Sample Rate 7 44100 Project has specific Set Audio Record Path requirements Audio Hardware amp Drivers System Performance XY Refresh Freeze Files All audio track settings can be made within the Inspector panel at the bottom left of the Arrange window this always shows the settings for the selected track Value as da io Track 1 First click the Mono Stereo button to set the desired format for the track and your recorded file Audio 2 Page 50 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Value as da Click the Input Selector button and choose the desired GearBox Send as the input 1 2 track input Input 3 4 Audio 2 If you choose a Stereo track then you will see paired options for Input 1 2 and Input 3 4 For a Mono track you will see individual Inputs 1 2 3 and 4 All inputs refer to the GearBox Sends of the same number Note Sends 3 4 are not available on GuitarPort an
9. when using the Digi 002 hardware with Pro Tools LE an additional Low Latency Monitoring option is available within Pro Tools LE Operations menu You can alternatively keep your track un muted and activate this option to hear your input monitoring signal when recording see your Digi 002 Pro Tools LE documentation for more on this feature Set the Source 1 and Source 2 to Line input The Source 1 amp 2 Gain knobs will now adjust the recording input level coming into the Mbox from your Line 6 hardware GearBox Page 127 Egr Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Start recording Click the transport Record button to place Pro Tools LE into record mode then press the Play button to start recording Recording from the TonePort UX2 or PODxt PRO S PDIF Digital Output Connect the S PDIF output to the Digidesign Mbox Using a 75 Ohm coaxial S PDIF cable plug one end into the S PDIF Digital Out of your device Page 128 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Plug the other end of the S PDIF cable into the Mbox S PDIF In To right speaker To headphones You will still use the Mbox Line Outputs or Headphone Output to hear playback of all Pro Tools LE audio The Line 6 Hardware GearBox audio will now be mixed with the Pro Tools LE audio if you use the Pro Tools software monitoring function See the later section regarding monitoring for more on this PODxt PRO users AE
10. 512 Select 32 bit 24 bit Lock Format l Sample Rate Converter ToneDirect Monitoring Extra Small Medium Extra Large l Buffer Size M Smaller buffers provide lower latency but increased CPU usage Click Apply While GearBox is running input source Input Source Select flne 1 amp 2 E must be configured in Gearbox Dise Sends Description ooo O Record 1 Gearbox Tone 1 Record 3 4 4500ssqh Gearbox Tone 2 Gdyvanced cmi fo _ Page 98 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Once the above settings are made in the Control Console go to the Ableton Live Preferences dialog and set it to use the MME DirectX driver a Preferences First choose MME DirectX as the Driver Type MME Directx TF Line 6 TonePort UK OX Then choose the Line 6 DX or Wave audio device for Input and Output Line 6 TonePort UX OX a Output Latency 32 ms 4096 Samples Note Using this MME DirectX driver type Ableton Live will only be able to access Record Send 1 2 from TonePort UX1 UX2 since Record Send 3 4 is only available when using the ASIO TonePort driver For more information try the Lesson within the Help menu of Ableton Live Lite 5 for Recording with Live and TonePort Help Lesson 1 Making Music With Live Lesson 2 Editing Arrangements Lesson 3 MIDI Instruments and Effects Lesson 4 Creating Drum Patterns With Live Lesson 5S Recording and Automation Lesson 6
11. Mac Configure your Mac to use Line 6 TonePort GuitarPort or PODxt as your audio device Be sure to connect the USB cable from your Line 6 device into your computer s USB port and then proceed with the following steps First launch the GearBox application and then go to the Help menu to launch the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices dialog Se Select the GearBox Help menu Open Help a6 Online Support amp Setup Info ial Tr Open Tutorial Track Choose Hardware amp Driver Settings Update amp Configure with Line 6 Monkey _ Hardware amp Driver Settings p v GearBox For instructions on configuring the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices options for your device please refer to the Recording amp Driver section in the GearBox_Help pdf that was installed with GearBox Once configured return here and continue with the following settings Configuring GarageBand to use the Line 6 Core Audio driver Launch GarageBand and make the following settings ete Ut File Edit Track About GarageBand GarageBand Hot Tips Select the GarageBand Preferences k menu and choose Preferences Shop for GarageBand Products Provide GarageBand Feedback Register GarageBand ma e Ea Se ee Page 43 egy Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Select the Audio MIDI button a e General Audio MIDI Export Advanced Audio MIDI Audio Output v Built in Audio tees Pr ni Des Se
12. Save a Copy As Save as Template Save as Project Revert to Saved Go to Logic s File menu and choose Synchronization i J cr rm ey drata SYCH TOMAAT song Settings Page Setup Recording XR Koni P minne Import mo Export Selection as MIDI File Score Bounce a Go to the MIDI tab Check the box for Listen to MMC Input Exit the Song Settings dialog when done Note that this is a Song specific setting you will need to check this box for each Logic song as desired and the setting will be saved with the Song file Page 53 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Configure GearBox and TonePort UX2 to transmit Footswitch commands Launch the GearBox software and go to GearBox gt Preferences Select the MIDI Control page Hardware MIB Control The GearBox software can send and receive MIDI through the TonePort UX system MIDI port available to other applications _ Send MIDI as onscreen controls are operated Choose MIDI Machine To control GearBox using an external MIDI controller conmect the controller 1 to a MIDI input port on your computer and select that MIDI input port here Control as the Switch MIDI Input None LH Function for the Footswitch jacks you are using TonePort UX2 Footswitch Assignment _ Switch 1 Function Action Choose the Action you want each Footswitch to trigger in Logic MI
13. 24 as the Bit 5 Depth Temporary Folder Browse Select the close button to exit the Preferences dialog once these settings are complete Setting up an audio track to record from your Line 6 Hardware in Ableton Live Now that your hardware is set up you are ready to start working in a new Live Set Open or create a new Live Set and make the following settings Click the Session View Selector to switch to the Session View Page 34 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide The In Out settings group Click the Show Hide In Out Selector to display this group of settings in the Mixer Click the Monitor Off button for the Audio Track you wish to record into Page 35 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Select Ext In as the Audio From setting Select the Input Channel 1 2 will record from Sends 1 amp 2 as a Stereo file 3 4 will record from Sends 3 amp 4 as a Stereo file 1 2 3 or 4 will record from the respective TonePort Send as a Mono file Note Sends 3 4 are not available on GuitarPort and PODxt a family products Click on the Arm switch to arm the track for recording Click the Arrangement View selector to switch to the Arrangement View display i i Lo Click the Global Record Button to prepare the Live Set for recording Page 36 Eo Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Click the Play Button to start recording
14. 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Drag and Drop the GearBox Plug in into the track display The familiar GearBox GUI appears on the screen and a Plug in Device control panel is displayed in the Track View window at the bottom of the application Enable Bypass the Click this button to Plug in show hide the GearBox UI screen Click this button to show hide the GearBox This X Y graphic display Plug in parameters embedded in Live s UI allows you to control 2 plug in parameters in real time Please refer to Ableton Live s help documentation for more info Page 24 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Automating GearBox Plug in parameters with Ableton Live 5 Ableton Live 5 can automate any number of GearBox Plug in parameters As an example let s suppose you want to increase the delay mix level in a particular section of the guitar track you re applying the GearBox Plug in to You ll need to create an envelope for that parameter following these steps Go to the Device Chooser The section where you want and select GearBox Plug in to hear more Delay 0S Select Delay Mix in the Control Chooser This line represents the envelope for the Delay Mix parameter You can drag this line up and down increasing decreasing the mix level as you do so Page 25 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide You can create Breakpoints by double clicking the envelope line Create as many breakpoints as nee
15. ASIO driver Launch Adobe Audition and make the following settings aa Adobe Audition In the Audition main window Fie Edit View Effects Generate Favorites Options Window Help click Edit to switch to the Edit View if you are not already Page 107 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Edit View Effects Generate Favorites Options windc Undo Disabled Redo Disabled w Enable Undo Redao Repeat Last Gommand Fez Tools Edit Channel b Set Current Clipboard i Gut trl Copy atra Gop bo Wer Paste trey Paste bo Mew Gtr Shirt hd In the Audition Edit menu select Mix Paste Ctrl ShiFk Audio Hardware Setup Insert into Multitrack S ssion Etri Use Biv Time Refererce Offset Insert inte Go List Gl F Insert Select Entire Wave tra Delete Selection Delete Pelete Silence Trim trl 7 zero Crossings j Find Beats i 4uto Mark i Snapping j Group Waveform Morralize Adjust Sample Rate Convert Sample Type Fii Audio Hardware Setup Keyboard Stortcuts ard MIDI Triggers Alk K Preferences Fe Select your Line 6 Device here it is xi recommended you choose the driver that includes ASIO at the start of the name for your device Edit wiew Multitrack View Surround Encoder Audio Driver Meisa gt ste ga ee Driver Properties Sample Rate 44100 Hz Select your inputs and outputs here Choose 01S Send 1 for your Record Send 1 2 Clock Source Internal Buf
16. Menu Options within this menu provide the ability to create a tone for the Mic Analog and Guitar Bass inputs separately as well as the ability to choose a Stereo or Dual Tone source TonePort UX1 Source Select menu shown here Stereo sources include Stereo in the name and Dual Tone sources include the amp symbol in their names Page 2 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Note TonePort DI PODxt and GuitarPort only have one physical input and therefore the source select display will not present in GearBox Choosing Tones in GearBox with TonePort Since there are different types of Input Sources to follow are a few guidelines for setting up your tones for these types of Sources Single Input Source When a single Input Source is selected the GearBox displays the last tone preset that was in use for this Source You can of course choose any preset from the Tone menu or customize the tone by selecting your desired amp preamp and effects models Stereo Input Source A Stereo source accepts the inputs from the selected Stereo TonePort ins and processes them as one Stereo signal This means that you still choose and edit one tone setting just as you do for a single source but the tone is applied to both channels providing a stereo output Dual Tone Input Source If you select one of the Dual Tone sources then you are able to choose a tone independently for each For examp
17. Mix and Remix Lesson 7 Hands On Control Operator Lesson 1 Introducing Operator Operator Lesson 2 Creating a Bass Patch Operator Lesson 3 Creating Drum Sounds Operator Lesson 4 Creating Lead Sounds Operator Lesson 5 Creating Pad Sounds Operator Lesson 6 Creating Rhythmic Textures Lesson 14 Recording with Live and TonePort e Read the Live Manual Page 99 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Ableton Live 5 Setup Windows Be sure to connect the USB cable from your Line 6 device into your computer s USB port and then proceed with the following steps Configure your PC to use your Line 6 TonePort GuitarPort or PODxt as your audio device First launch the GearBox application and then go to the Help menu to launch the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices dialog O Select the GearBox Help menu Open Help Fi Online Support amp Setup Info Choose Hardware amp Driver Settings Open Tutorial Track Update amp Configure with Line 6 Monkey ee Hardware amp Driver Settings Abouk Gearbox For instructions on configuring the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices options for your device please refer to the Recording amp Driver section in the GearBox_Help pdf that was installed with GearBox Once configured return here and continue with the following settings Configuring Ableton Live 5 to use the Line 6 device ASIO driver Do the following by opening Ableton Live s Preferences dialog from the ma
18. New Session oo N Open Session a0 SORE Sein e In the File menu select New save Session Ease Save Session As Tracks Save Session Copy In Revert to Saved Send Session Via DigiDelivery Bounce to Disk New Tracks Group Selected Tracks a6 G Duplicate Selected Tracks YEDO Page 57 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide New Tracks Create 1 new Stereo 5 Audio Track in Samples B Cancel Choose how many Choose Mono or Stereo for Click the Create Tracks to create your audio track format button At the top left of the Edit Window click the View selector and enable the I O View IO View Inserts View Sends View 7 Track Color All None If the track you want to record into is Stereo click on the track s Input button and choose Interface gt Mic Line 1 2 Stereo s m waveform P Voice Bangin gt AVE ie ine 1 21 Or if the track you want to record into is Mono click on the track s Input button and choose Mic Line 1 Mono to capture the Line 6 Device LEFT signal or choose Mic Line 2 Mono to capture the Line 6 Device RIGHT signal no input 7 d gt Mic Line 1 Mono Page 58 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Click the Arm button for the track to arm it for recording Click the Mute button The track meters will to mute the track while now
19. OUT TO HARDWARE Pan slider Send 1 2 18 dB Boost switch Mono switch Record Level knob Record knob amp 18 Boost switch The Record knob adjusts the level of the signal routed out to Send 1 2 and directly affects the amplitude of your recorded audio into any software that is set to receive input from Send 1 2 Additionally the Boost switch can be activated 1f the signal needs an additional 18 dB of gain The rule for recording levels and digital audio is to always avoid clipping yet keep the level at least above half to capture a nice strong signal Use these controls and reference the meters above to adjust this level accordingly Your audio software likely has meters that will reflect this level as well Mono button The Mono button will sum the GearBox stereo Tone to Mono actually a dual mono signal since it is the same mono signal fed to both the Left and Right audio channels of the stereo Send Pan The Pan slider adjusts the left right balance of the signal before it is routed to the Send and therefore will affect what levels your recording software receives on the left and right channels Monitor level The Monitor knob adjusts the level of the Tone Direct Monitoring signal fed to TonePort s outs You can activate the Mute switch to mute the Tone Direct monitoring signal completely These controls do not affect the Record level that is sent to your recording software This allows you to balance the listening
20. a good 44100 setting for most projects 192000 a 176400 l 96000 Click OK when done 565200 64000 42000 CK 16000 ee 11025 ss S000 Anon E Help Page 111 ag Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Select the audio track you want to record type in a name for the track if desired Q G Select the Stereo or Mono input you ll be using to record TonePort UX2 Mono Send 3 shown here AdO ME ji 015 Send 1 enone 1 Me azter Fh Note Sends 3 4 are not available on m __ ae TEE i gt Read Aono iM send 1 GuitarPort and PODxt family DA 02M Send 2 products Trackz mjs emre 0 EIERE Audio Hardware Setup 04M Send 4 Apply to Al Audio Tracks Choose an Output for the track s playback You may want to choose o Master and then set the Master s Output 1S Send 1 to your Line 6 device s Output 1 2 for all Master Je tracks r i add Bus Fae Ga Steren Mono udio Hardware Setup You can alternatively set the Track Input and Output options in the Mixer we ll check the Master Track s Output there k Click on the Mixer Tab to show the Mixer Page 112 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide On the right side of the Mixer window is the Master channel strip Click here to change the routing options for the Master Choose 01S Output Page 113 age Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Gui
21. able to choose two or more different output devices in a Live Set you must switch into Demo mode or upgrade to a full version of Ableton Live Page 19 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide You can now continue to use Ableton Live and all inputs and outputs will appear within the audio track menus just as if all exist on one sound card All inputs appear in the Live audio track input menu Configure For more information regarding the Aggregate Device feature check your Mac OS X documentation Page 20 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide USING THE GEARBOX PLUG IN Using the GearBox plug in with your favorite recording software gives you the freedom to change your tone as often as needed and automate amp and effects settings with surgical precision If you have experience with host applications like Cubase Live or SONAR then you probably have used plug ins Using the GearBox AU or VST in your host is no different from using any other If you re new to the world of recording software and plug ins read the following examples of using GearBox plug in in Live You can try it out using Ableton Live Lite 5 Line 6 Edition which comes bundled with some TonePort devices such as the KB37 Attention Ableton Live Lite 5 Line 6 Edition users Ableton offers a Live Lite version 5 Line 6 Edition on as a free update for your version To get it launch your Live Lite 5 Line 6 Edition version
22. and GuitarPort natively support 44100 and 48000 Hz sample rates They will also support 88200 and 96000 Hz but will perform a sample rate conversion process to do so Once above settings are made click the Done button to return to the Audio MIDI Setup dialog You are now able to choose this new Aggregate Device in the menus of the System Settings Choose your new Aggregate Device as the Properties For device e09 Audio MIDI Setup Audio Devices MIDI Devices L Default Output Built in Audio H System Output Built in Audio HH System Settings Default Input Built in Audio Properties For Aggregate Device BE ae ae Once you have selected the Aggregate Device in the oc ource au a OnNGuUre speakers onngure Lewie Properties For selector Audiocingue aee p you will then be able to r Recordsen A access settings for all combined inputs and Source Default S ERER Format 44100 0Hz 2ch 24bit Format 44100 0Hz i 2ch 24bit F outputs Ch Volume Slider Value dB Mute Thru Ch Volume Slider Value dB Mute a m a m For the device we created 1 5 nja nja a J 1 _ _ _ nia nia J this totals 6 Audio Inputs 2 9 naf n a e and 4 Audio Outputs 3 nja njaj i gt 3 4 nia nia 4 5 nja aia po 6 nja nja The Audio Input and Audio Output sections each have a selector to allow you to choose each Stereo device and then make settings for
23. each with the set of controls below Properties Far Aggregate Device H aaiue You will now see all devices inputs in Audio input the Audio Input selector Likewise gt lt Agcord Send 2 you will see all outputs in the Audio Output selector Stream J CTE a E E a S Ch Value Hider Value OE Mute Thru Note of the order of how all these Inputs and Outputs appear in the Audio MIDI Setup dialog In our example Line 6 device Record Send inputs are listed first because we made it the first device in the Aggregate Device Editor The Stream input is from the Built in Audio Device and appears last Page 17 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide These input and output ports will also appear in this same order within your audio recording software but likely will not have any other identifying name other than their order number Using an Aggregate Device with audio recording software Once an Aggregate Device is created you should then be able to access it in your recording software As an example we ll be showing you how it appears in the included Ableton Live Lite 5 software Launch the Ableton Live Lite 5 software and open the Preferences dialog to configure the audio device Gg File Edit inse Go to the Live menu and _ k choose Preferences Services b Hide Live H Hide Others H show All Quit Live a Go to the Audio tab Choose CoreAudio as the driver type Then c
24. here Here you can select the Default Input Send for your audio tracks Note that Send 3 4 is not available when using GuitarPort or PODxt devices Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Audio Hardware Setup x Edit view Multitrack wiew Surround Encoder PEET ASIO TonePort UK Driver Properties Sample Rate 44100 Hz Clock Source Internal Select Output Buffer Size 512 samples Release ASIO Driver in Background Control Panel Input and Output Ports sA ASIO TonePort U2 Output T Your available stereo outputs are listed here Your available mono outputs are listed here Skeren 015 Gutpuk 1 Select the Default Output port for the Session s Master Fader It s a good idea to select the Line 6 hardware output s you ll be using the most often so as to minimize re patching Mong 01M Qutpuk 1 02M Gutpuk 2 K Click OK when done Default Input 015 Send 1 Apply Default Output 015 Output Cancel AAA Help This completes the Audio Driver configuration You are now ready to start a new project in Audition Setting up an audio track to record a track from your Line 6 device in Adobe Audition Go to the File menu and select Adobe Audition New Session a Ele Edit Clip View Insert Effect Open Session Browse D ovaal Seccinn in Aridaa A sample rate panel will appear SSS Sh sample Rate Choose a Sample Rate 44100 is
25. is highly recommended to use the ASIO Driver Type for your Line 6 Device If you want to use the MME DirectX Driver Type please refer to the MME DirectX Driver section Ey Preferences Ea Select your Line 6 hardware as the Audio SIO bl Device Audio Device Guttor Size Output Latency ASI TonePort Ux k _ n ADIO Mukinedia Oriver aiee mmama ASI Diregi Ful Ques Drier Clock Source internat Page 93 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Page 94 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide i Prefere mees Select the Misc tab Select 24 as the Bit Depth Lo Sample Editor Crowe No Samole Editor Set EY poe Click on the X button ninini to exit the Preferences dialog Setting up an audio track to record from your Line 6 Hardware in Ableton Live Now that your Line 6 hardware is set up you are ready to start working in a new Live Set Open or create a new Live Set and make the following settings Jon Click the Session View Selector to switch to the Session View Page 95 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide The In Out settings group Click the Show Hide In Out Selector to display this group of settings in the Mixer Click the Monitor Off button for the Audio Track you wish to record Page 96 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Select Ext In as the Audio From sett
26. measure the Line 6 recording Device GearBox input signal level Muting the track during recording disables the Pro Tools LE software monitoring feature which allows your Line 6 Hardware GearBox analog input signal to be monitored with the lowest latency possible Adjust the Mbox Mix knob to balance the session audio with the input audio see your Mbox documentation for details Note to Digi 002 users when using the Digi 002 hardware with Pro Tools LE an additional Low Latency Monitoring option is available within Pro Tools LE Operations menu You can alternatively keep your track un muted and activate this option to hear your input monitoring signal when recording see your Digi 002 Pro Tools LE documentation for more on this feature Setups Display Windows Destructive Record Loop Record Select Low Latency QuickPunch Monitoring in the Auto Input Monitor Operations menu Input Only Monitor v Low Latency Monitoring Online ae Set the Source 1 and Source 2 to Line The Source 1 amp 2 Gain knobs will now adjust input the recording input level coming into the Mbox from your Line 6 hardware GearBox Start recording Page 59 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide men En 2 s Click the transport Record button to place Pro Tools LE into record mode then press the Play button to start recording Recording from the TonePort UX2 or PODx
27. nonet e i F 7 CALNE POST none Page 137 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Click on the Record Button in the transport to ready the computer for recording Then press Play to start recording Page 138 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Propellerhead Reason 3 Setup Windows Propellerhead Software s Reason 3 is an amazing virtual studio filled with synthesizers drums and effects all combined with a MIDI sequencer for easy pattern based music creation Reason does not offer a feature for recording audio therefore GearBox and your Line 6 hardware cannot be used for input directly into Reason However you do of course need a sound card device for playback and your Line 6 hardware is the perfect high quality interface for this task Moreover you can also simultaneously plug in your instruments and jam along with the playback of your Reason project or utilize Reason s ReWire technology to combine a Reason project with that of another ReWire capable audio software and use your Line 6 hardware as the audio device in this setup as well Configure your Line 6 TonePort GuitarPort or PODxt as your GearBox audio device Important Before you launch the GearBox or Reason applications you should first launch the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices dialog to make specific format settings Click on the Windows Start button and then go to Settings gt Control Panel gt Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices
28. not already working in it Page 109 Audio Hardware Setup sl Undo Recording Chrl 2 Tools Gut brs Topy atra Faste erl Delete Delete Delete Selected Track Select All Ctrl 4 Select All Clips in Track 1 Bounce to Wew Track InsertiDelete Time Shift Delete Group Wayvetorm Mormalize Snapping Check For Hidden Clips Audio Hardware Setup MIDI and ReWire Setup keyboard Shortcuts and MIDI Triggers Preferences Edit View Multitrack view Surround Encoder Audio Driver ASIO TonePort Ux Driver Properties Sample Rate 96000 Hz Clack Source Internal Buffer Size 512 samples Release ASIO Driver in Background Control Panel Input and Qutput Ports ASIO TonePort Urz Input Skeren 02M Send 2 03M Send 3 04M Send 4 Default Input 7015 Send 1 Default Gutput 015 Output 1 iad File Edit Clip View Insert Effects Options Window Help Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide JK Apply Cancel Help CIMAM Page 110 Select the Edit menu and choose Audio Hardware Setup Click on the Multitrack View tab Select your Line 6 Device here it is recommended you choose the driver that includes ASIO at the start of the name for your device Select Input Your available stereo inputs are listed here Note that Audition labels Stereo Sends 1 2 as Send 1 and Sends 3 4 as Send 3 Your available Mono inputs are listed
29. the level at input Therefore you ll want to set the level from the GearBox software if necessary to optimize your recording level The GearBox Monitor knob controls the level going out of S PDIF output You ll want to keep this level as high as possible without clipping for the best fidelity Note that the GearBox Mute button also mutes the S PDIF output Other considerations when using S PDIF or AES EBU output e Some digital devices may only support one sample rate Some DAT and video machines are fixed at 48 kHz for example so you will want to be sure to choose a sample rate supported by both units e When TonePort UX2 and PODxt Pro are operating in its 96 kHz compatible sample rate mode it sends data out the S PDIF at 48 kHz The S PDIF output is always sent as 24 bit Page 6 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Remember that if you are connecting your TonePort UX2 or PODxt Pro digital output to another sound card you are not limited to the other sound card being on the same computer You can use GearBox and the Line 6 device as your Tone Machine and then send the fully baked Tone digitally to a completely different setup for recording For more specifics on PODxt Pro s digital input and output operation please see the PODxt Pilot s Handbook Page 7 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Mac OS X System Preferences There are a few System Preferences that you should configure
30. then press the Play button to start recording R Fp pa mr OC 0 Ok jo Auto pre e Page 66 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide MOTU Digital Performer 5 Setup Mac Configure your Mac to use Line 6 TonePort GuitarPort or PODxt as your audio device Be sure to connect the USB cable from your Line 6 device into your computer s USB port and then proceed with the following steps First launch the GearBox application and then go to the Help menu to launch the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices dialog Le Select the GearBox Help menu Open Help a6 Online Support amp Setup Info Open Tutorial Track Choose Hardware amp Driver Settings Update amp Configure with Line 6 Monkey _ Hardware amp Driver Settings p v GearBox For instructions on configuring the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices options for your device please refer to the Recording amp Driver section in the GearBox_Help pdf that was installed with GearBox Once configured return here and continue with the following settings Configuring Digital Performer 5 to use the Line 6 Core Audio driver Launch Digital Performer and make the following settings Com mands m piga A Set View Filter dF Set Input Filter Set Event Chasing Auto Scroll Colors b SUGOIAE SE Sere a First go to the Digital Performer Time Formats CHT l Setup gt Audio System menu and Frame Rate p select MOTU Audio System so that R
31. this and may not perform properly with these types of applications Audio CD playback Some computers have the audio output of their CD drive physically wired to an internal sound card If your computer is setup this way your Line 6 device as the preferred audio device may still not be the sound card that plays the CD audio You can usually enable a digital CD audio option for most CD drives which will then allow it to send the CD playback digitally to your Line 6 device To access this setting go to your Windows Desktop and right click on My Computer choose Preferences go to the Hardware tab and click the Device Manager button Click on the symbol at the left of the CD Drive line to expand it Now double click on your CD drive and go to the Properties tab Check the box for Enable digital CD audio for this CD ROM device HL DT ST RW DVD GCC 4243N Properties General Properties DWD Region Yolumes Driver Details E These settings determine the way in which Windows uses this 2 CD ROM for playing CD music Digital CD Playback You can have Windows use digital instead of analog playback of CD audio This feature may not work with all CO ROM devices disable if you are having problems with CD audio W Enable digital CD audio for this CD ROM device If your CD drive doesn t support digital playback then this option will not be selectable If this is the case another solution is to connect the stereo Line Out from
32. using the Digi 002 hardware with Pro Tools LE an additional Low Latency Monitoring option is available in the Pro Tools LE Operations menu It is best to activate this option to hear your input monitoring signal with the lowest latency when recording see your Digi 002 Pro Tools LE documentation for more about this feature Adjust the Pro Tools LE Hardware Buffers males Display Windows Go to the Pro Tools LE Setups menu and Hardware Setup elybackenane I choose Playback Engine Disk Allocation Peripherals L O Setup MIDI Studio Setup Preferences Page 133 The lower the H W Buffer Size value that is selected the lower the latency However lower values also result in less stability for session playback and recording 256 Samples may be a good starting value to try Click OK when done Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Playback Engine Hborx Settings Hf Buffer Size CPU Usage Limit DAE Playback Buffer Size Level 2 Default 128 Samples 512 Samples 1024 Samples Note this Buffer Size value does not affect the monitoring latency when using the Digi 002 and the Low Latency Monitoring option Alternative Mbox monitoring option If monitoring your Line 6 Hardware recording signal through the Pro Tools LE software results in excessive latency you can alternatively connect you device s Analog Outs to an external Mixing Console and manually mix the de
33. volume of your GearBox tone signal and the playback of tracks coming from your recording software TonePort Record Send 3 4 If you are using GearBox with a TonePort or GuitarPort device then you can access a set of controls for Send 3 4 by clicking on the Send 3 4 icon in the row above the effects panel display When GearBox is set to a single input Source such as Instrument you can set your recording software to receive the Send 3 4 signal while you are monitoring the Send 1 2 signal In this Page 4 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide configuration it allows you to record a dry unprocessed signal while monitoring a fully GearBox processed tone PTWITHOUT AMP amp FX PRE 2 POST HO FX AFTER EQ This set of Send 3 4 controls are independent of the Send 1 2 controls Note that by default the Send 3 4 Mute button is engaged you probably want this Muted when using TonePort in a single input source configuration since Send 3 4 then carries the tone without the Post effects and you likely want to hear the only the Send 1 2 signal with the post effects on it Send 3 4 is also very useful when you are using a Dual Tone Input Source in GearBox since each Tone is routed to a separate Record Send Tone 1 goes to Send 1 2 and Tone 2 to Send 3 4 This then allows your recording software to access these two Tones as separate discrete signals and record those on separate tracks within the same recordi
34. when using your Mac for audio recording Launch the Mac OS X System Preferences dialog to make the following settings System Sounds and Alerts When using TonePort you likely will not want to hear these sounds and you certainly don t want to end up recording them by mistake You can adjust the volume independently for these system sounds and alerts by going to the Sound page ee System Preferences RF Show All Show All aQ Personal Pa Ah aa EJ ice Choose Sound in the Appearance Dashboard amp Desktop amp Dock International Security System Preferences Expose Screen Saver dialog Hardware hey i fc a OE m A CDs amp DVDs Displays Energy Keyboard amp Print amp Fax Sound Saver Mouse e e G Sound lt gt Showan la Output Choose an alert sound Name Kind Basso Built in Blow Built in 0 Bottle Built in Frog Built in Funk Built in z In the Sound Effects page Play alerts and sound effects through Selected sound output device HA i adjust the Alert volume Alert volume ui Fp 13 slider down and uncheck the Play user interface a Play user interface sound effects sound effects checkbox Mi Play feedback when volume is changed Output volume mi T 42 vi Show volume in menu bar Energy Settings It is also a good idea to configure your Energy settings so that critical computer components do not go to sleep or run a
35. your computer s sound card to the Monitor In jack on the back of your TonePort The Windows Mixer The Windows Mixer utility also defaults to controlling the Windows default device This is not necessarily a problem but it is important to be aware of the fact that this means all the controls in the Windows Mixer s Wave and main Volume sections Pan vertical Level slider and Mute checkbox will affect your Line 6 device s monitor output Likewise the Windows Mixer also controls the default device s Recording Pan Level Mute settings as well You may want to just keep all these Windows Mixer settings at unity settings so that they do not affect your Line 6 device s monitor signal that 1s keep the Pan set to center the Level sliders to all the way up and the Mute checkboxes off Then you can just use the GearBox software to control these Monitor functions Note if you have one of the fancier computer keyboards or a laptop that include volume and mute buttons then these will adjust these same Windows Mixer controls Page 12 egy Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Volume Control Options Help The Windows Volurme Control Wave SW Surith CD Player Mixer Volume and Balance Balance Balance Balance Wave controls affect p 4p F 4b J 4 the Windows N i wee Taa default device s Yolume Volurne Volume Volume playback output Line 6 TonePort Use To access the Windows Mixer Rec
36. 24 bik v Default Sample Rate Default Bit Depth Configuring SONAR 5 to use the Line 6 ASIO driver Launch the SONAR 5 application and make the following settings Page 119 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Options Window Help MIDI Devi Select the Sonar MT BYV ICES Instruments Options menu and audio iS ix choose Audio Audio Meter Settings Project Global Colors Click the OK button when done Select the Audio Options WDM KS Advanced tab Ger Advanced Drivers Driver Profiles _ File System Cancel Enable Read Caching C Enable Write Caching Help LO Buffer Size KB 128 Playback and Recording Synchronization Select ASIO as Driver Mode Trigger amp Freewheel Best when sound card has a word clock input the Driver Mode DiRe MME 32 Bit C Share Drivers With Other Programs Full Chase Lock Best when chasing to MIDI Use Multiprocessing Engine time code Play Effect Tails After Stopping Timing Offset 0 000 C Always Open All Devices iming Offset msec BE If prompted click the OK button SONAR 4 Producer Edition S Changes will not take effect until the next time you start the program To make them take effect now please choose Exit from the File menu then start the program again OK I You must now exit the SONAR application and then launch SONAR 5 Studi
37. 4 as the File Bit Depth Be sure to click the dialog s OK button when done Setting up an audio track to record from your Line 6 hardware in SONAR HS4 Now that your Line 6 hardware is set up open or create a new SONAR Project and make the following settings to start recording Page 117 At the left of the track click on the track Input Selector and choose the preferred Send Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide wed Audio a dB Left ASIO TonePort U1 Send 1 em m SEE Right 4510 TonePort Usl Send 1 y Stereo 4510 TonePort Ux1 Send 1 Left ASIO TonePort Usil Send 3 i Right ASIO TonePort U81 Send 3 Stereo 4510 TonePort Usl Send 3 aarm a O THIDI 1 O i HIDI a Ries Fi E Haster aster ail Note that the Left and Right labeled ASIO Send 1 options will record from either the Line 6 Device Send 1 or Send 2 respectively These Left and Right labeled inputs will each record a mono file The Stereo labeled options will record from the device s Send amp 2 or Send 3 amp 4 and will each record a stereo file Note Sends 3 4 are not available on GuitarPort and PODxt devices Click on the desired audio track s Arm button to arm the EFT Audiol 0 0 0 0 de Now press the track for recording The track Input Meter will reflect the input level main transport Tools Options Window Help Record button and start recording Page 118 Lin
38. A Audio 6 3 L the selected Line 6 deviee an a A Hage 3R Record Send for all a aa armed tracks i po Teee RECORD SEND 1 2 IE E ee ee s You can adjust your recording level in GearBox using the assigned Send s Record knob Note that you can independently adjust your GearBox monitor level using the Monitor knob Page 72 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide an Giub Wye MOTU taci j Record Se a U U A er e eae 5 1 0001 _ Project Once your record level is set just TIAA ADeisiaie FENNEN click on the Digital Performer transport Record button and start recording Soundbites 8 Main Out 1 2 amp pi Page 73 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Propellerhead Reason 3 Setup Mac Propellerhead Software s Reason 3 is an amazing virtual studio filled with synthesizers drums and effects all combined with a MIDI sequencer for easy pattern based music creation Reason does not offer a feature for recording audio therefore GearBox and TonePort cannot be used for input directly into Reason However you do of course need a sound card device for playback and your TonePort GuitarPort or PODxt is a perfect high quality interface for this task When using your Line 6 device and GearBox you can also simultaneously plug in your instruments and jam along with the playback of your Reason project or utilize Reason s ReWire technology to comb
39. ATE DELETE T ee mute SONGLAYERS i He solo EXPORT DUPLICATE We When ready to record another section of The newly created riff will appear as your song click Create in the Riffs panel riff2 in the riff window You can now record this riff as described above When you have recorded all the riffs for your hit song it s time to piece them all together in the Song panel Pe mute SONGLAYERS a lt io Drag each riff into the song panel above in sequence to build a song Your song may look something like this RiffWorks 2 lets you import export and manipulate your riffs all kinds of ways For more information please refer to your RiffWorks help documentation Page 148 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Steinberg Cubase SE SX SL 3 Setup Windows Be sure to connect the USB cable from your Line 6 device into your computer s USB port and then proceed with the following steps Configure your PC to use your Line 6 TonePort GuitarPort or PODxt as your audio device First launch the GearBox application and then go to the Help menu to launch the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices dialog es Select the GearBox Help menu Open Help Fi Online Support amp Setup Info Choose Hardware amp Driver Settings Open Tutorial Track Update amp Configure with Line 6 Monkey o a Hardware amp Driver Settings bout GearBox For instructions on configuring the Line 6 Audio MIDI
40. DI Machine Control Play 5top Switch 2 Function Play Stop Record Punch Pause Fast Forward Rewind Click OK to exit the Preferences dialog _ MIDI Machine Control C OK 3 Cancel Apply Done Using the above configuration with two footswitches connected to TonePort UX2 Footswitch 1 will alternately trigger Logic s transport Play and Stop buttons Footswitch 2 will toggle the transport Record button on off allowing you to trigger recording on all armed tracks Additionally Footswitch 2 will perform Punch In and Out on the fly if you press it while in Play mode Page 54 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Digidesign Pro Tools LE 7 Setup Mac Using your Line 6 hardware with Pro Tools LE 7 x Digidesign has designed Pro Tools software so it can only be used with a Digidesign or M Audio audio interface you cannot use your Line 6 hardware as the primary audio interface for a Pro Tools system But you can still enjoy the benefits of GearBox by connecting your Line 6 device to the Digidesign interface s inputs TonePort UX2 and PODxt PRO even let you do this with a direct digital connection For this document we ll be showing how to connect to the Digidesign Mbox unit but these steps are similar for connecting to the Digi 002 or other Digidesign hardware as well There are two methods described here Recording from all Line 6 USB Audio devices analog output
41. Devices options for your device please refer to the Recording amp Driver section in the GearBox_Help pdf that was installed with GearBox Once configured return here and continue with the following settings Configuring Cubase SE SX SL 3 to use the Line 6 ASIO driver Launch Cubase and make the following settings ASIO Multimedia The ASIO Multimedia Driver was started for the first time Please choose one of the following possibilities Check the current configuration recommended Skip the test This test can check the syne reliability of all the currently selected If this ASIO Multimedia audia input and output ports with their current options This test is the definitive check to see if your curent configuration dialog 1S displayed click supports effective audio communication and therefore MIDI to audia Sync OK to allow it to run its IF the test fails you will have to ether select fewer simultaneous confi guration test audio input and output ports or adjust their buffer sizes or optio Page 149 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Window Help Ableton Live MIDI Device Manager MMC Master Mixer Mixer 2 Mixer 3 Plug in Information Reason Time Display i E T Once the configuration test VST Instruments completes go to the Cubase Devices ee nee menu and select Device Setup Show Panel Select VST A sai VST Audioba Audiobay within d Devices i A50 Muktimedia Dr
42. Driver Settings p w GearBox For instructions on configuring the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices options for your device please refer to the Recording amp Driver section in the GearBox_Help pdf that was installed with GearBox Once configured return here and continue with the following settings Configuring Ableton Live 5 to use the Line 6 CoreAudio driver Launch Ableton Live and make the following settings EEE File Edit Inse About Preferences Select Ableton Live s Live menu and choose Preferences Services i Hide Live H Hide Others X H Quit Live HO Page 38 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Select the Audio tab Choose CoreAudio as the Driver Type Coedo f TonePon uxi Sin 20u O Choose your Line 6 device as both the Input and a Output Audio Device Choose a Sample Rate 44100 is a good choice for most projects When above settings are complete click the Input Config button Click on the 3 amp 4 mono and the 3 4 stereo Input buttons to activate them if you will want to record from TonePort Sends 3 and 4 into Live Click the OK button to exit the dialog Page 39 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Note Sends 3 4 are not available on GuitarPort and PODxt family products Select the Defaults tab You can choose either AIFF or WAV as your File Type AIFF is best for Mac compatibility and WAV best for Window
43. First launch the GearBox application and then go to the Help menu to launch the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices dialog LE Select the GearBox Help menu Open Help r Online Support amp Setup Info Open Tutorial Track Choose Hardware amp Driver Settings Update amp Configure with Line 6 Monkey _ Hardware amp Driver Settings p v GearBox For instructions on configuring the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices options for your device please refer to the Recording amp Driver section in the GearBox_Help pdf that was installed with GearBox Once configured return here and continue with the following settings Page 56 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Now launch Pro Tools LE and create a new Session Edit AudioSuite MIDI Movie Of New Session f To start a new session in Pro Open Session l Et Tools LE choose New Close Session tea Session from the File menu SaVEe SESSION oo Name the session Save As My Session Where _ ProToolsLESessions be Choose your Sample Rate here Session Parameters Audio File Type Sample Rate Bit Deptt BWF WAV F 44 1 kHz T 16 Bit I O Settings 24 Bit Stereo Mix A Fader Gain Choose 24 bit C 6 dB Mi Enforce Mac PC Compaibility 12 dB Type in a name for your session and click Save Cancel Set up a new Pro Tools LE track for recording Edit AudioSuite MIDI Movie Of
44. Guide Now just hit the Play button in either Live or Reason and both projects will play in sync with all the audio being routed into Ableton Live Lite 4 and played through your Line 6 hardware You can utilize GearBox and your Line 6 hardware to also plug in a Mic or Instrument dial in your tone and record audio tracks right into the Ableton Live Lite 5 Set It is important to note however that running all these programs at one time can require some hefty usage of your computers processor RAM and disk access especially as you add more tracks synth modules and real time effects Your actual performance will depend on the specifications of your computer Page 144 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide RiffWorks 2 Line 6 Edition Setup Windows Be sure to connect the USB cable from your Line 6 device into your computer s USB port and then proceed with the following steps Configure your PC to use your Line 6 TonePort GuitarPort or PODxt as your audio device First launch the GearBox application and then go to the Help menu to launch the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices dialog ss Select the GearBox Help menu Open Help Fi Online Support amp Setup Info Choose Hardware amp Driver Settings pen Tutorial Track l Update amp Configure with Line 6 Monkey pa Hardware amp Driver Settings bout GearBox For instr
45. Instrument sounds created by GarageBand and Real Instrument Audio recordings such as voice guitar bass or any instrument that can be captured by a microphone b Cancel Gerena Master Track Select Basic Track Band instruments Select the desired Input for the track The Channel 1 amp 2 and Channel 3 amp 4 options will receive input from Sends 1 amp 2 and Send 3 amp 4 respectively and will record a stereo file FYT FF F FF The individual Channel 1 2 3 and 4 options will receive input from Send 1 2 3 or 4 and will record a mono file Note Sends 3 amp 4 are not available on PODxt family and GuitarPort products Set Monitor to Off Page 45 ere 4 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Select your new audio track and click on the track s Arm button 2 a i Note that the track No Effects meters measure the e l o F Device GearBox input signal once the track is armed Click on the transport Record button and start recording Page 46 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Apple Logic Express 7 Setup Mac Configure your Mac to use Line 6 TonePort GuitarPort or PODxt as your audio device Be sure to connect the USB cable from your Line 6 device into your computer s USB port and then proceed with the following steps First launch the GearBox application and then
46. Record Send 3 4 is only available when using the ASIO TonePort driver Page 106 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Adobe Audition 2 Setup Windows Adobe Audition is a unique audio application in that it offers two independent work areas the Edit View and the Multitrack View These views are separately configurable and can be set to use different sound card devices for each if desired For this setup document we ll show you how to set each View to use your Line 6 device as the sound card for recording and playback Be sure to connect the USB cable from your Line 6 device into your computer s USB port and then proceed with the following steps Configure your PC to use your Line 6 TonePort GuitarPort or PODxt as your audio device First launch the GearBox application and then go to the Help menu to launch the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices dialog N Select the GearBox Help menu Open Help Fi Online Support amp Setup Info Choose Hardware amp Driver Settings Open Tutorial Track Update amp Configure with Line 6 Monkey a Hardware amp Driver Settings 4bouk Gearbox For instructions on configuring the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices options for your device please refer to the Recording amp Driver section in the GearBox_Help pdf that was installed with GearBox Once configured return here and continue with the following settings Configuring the Audition 2 Edit View to use the Line 6
47. S EBU S PDIF Connect the S PDIF output on the rear panel of your device to the S PDIF input on Mbox Make sure the S PDIF out is enabled in the PODxt PRO Global Output Menu WHAT ARE YOU CONNECTING Tot 6 STUDIO DIRECT DEST eee DICOUT Refer to your PODxt manual for more info Next before you launch Pro Tools LE make sure that your PC is configured properly for your Line 6 hardware It is important that you launch the Line 6 Audio MIDI devices dialog without the GearBox software running to allow configuration of a fixed audio sample rate for your line 6 device If GearBox is running exit GearBox Go to the Windows Start button and choose Settings gt Control Panel gt Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices Page 129 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide P Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices Ses Driver Version 2 9 0 5 Select your TonePort UX2 or PODxt R pes pe Pro device _ Audio Driver Format ASIO Settings Driver operating at finactive ASIO Client none Select 44 100 Hz as your sample rate l Default Sample Rate Default Buffer Size 512 Ww i Default Bit Depth Choose 24 bit as your Bit Depth __ Default Bit Depth l a Sample Rate Converter Check the box to Lock your device to these setting S p i Extra Small Medium Extra Large Butter Size B f a TIE I T ra i a Smaller buffers provide lower latency but increased CPU usage Device Sends Description Reco
48. Settings to launch the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices dialog Select your Line 6 device Select 32 bit Click Apply Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices Ioj x Driver Version 2 0 9 12 Line 6 Device Line 6 TonePort U2 g ESN 1380674 Audio Driver Format A500 Settings ASIO Client none Driver operating at 44100 Hz 24 bit Default Buffer Size 512 T Default Sample Rate Default Bit Depth Default Bit Depth eraut BIE Diep z4 bit Lock Format A Sample Rate Converter ToneDirect Monitoring Extra Small Medium Extra Large Barrer Size i I I I 1 I 1 1 l Smaller buffers provide lower latency but increased CPU usage imiaz J While GearBox is running input source Input Source Select JLine 1 amp 2 must be configured in GearBox Record 1 7 GearBox Tone 1 Regord 3 4 4510 only GearBox Tone 2 fdyvanced cm too _ Page 105 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Once the above settings are made in the Control Console you can go to the Ableton Live Preferences dialog and set it to use the MME DirectX driver First choose MME DirectX as the Driver Type MME Directx Line GTonePon UXZ DX Then choose the DX or Wave audio version of your Line 6 device for Input and Output Line 6 TonePort UX2 DX Using this MME DirectX driver type Ableton Live will only be able to access Record Send 1 2 from TonePort UX1 UX2 since
49. Tools LE documentation for more about this feature Page 65 Egr Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Adjust the Pro Tools LE Hardware Buffers Display Windows Hardware Setup Go to the Pro Tools LE Setups menu and Aa Ee UT choose Playback Engine Disk Allocation Peripherals I O Setup Edit MIDI Studio Setup Preferences The lower the H W Buffer Size Paack Engine value that is selected the lower ae the laten cy H owever lower H W Buffer Size 256 Samples H values also result in less stability CPU Usage Limit 85 for session playback and recording 256 Samples may be a good starting value to try Note this Buffer Size value does not affect the monitoring latency when using the Digi 002 and the Low Latency Monitoring option Alternative Mbox monitoring option If monitoring your Line 6 Hardware recording signal through the Pro Tools LE software results in excessive latency you can alternatively connect you device s Analog Outs to an external Mixing Console and manually mix the device signal with the output of your Mbox This allows you to hear the Line 6 device signal with no added latency from Pro Tools LE In this configuration you should Mute your Pro Tools LE track while recording to silence its software monitoring signal Start recording Comes Now click the transport SJM h Cras 1 2 Record button to place Pro Tools LE into record mode
50. ack TonePor UX2 Record Send 1 2 1 2 None TonePor UX Record Send 3 4 3 4 ff Built in Audio 1 7 Stereo Ableton Live Mix L 1 R 2 Ableton Live Bus 0 3 4 New Stereo Bundle Ableton Live Bus 05 6 Bl eee sages Th ro To configure a new Mono track choose Mono Audio Track from the Project gt Add Track menu You can then follow the same steps as above for selecting your Line 6 hardware as the Mono track s Output and Input Note that for a Mono track you will have slightly different options Click on the Mono track s Output selector Built in Aucio l 2 Stereo Main Out 1 2 St New Mono bundle New Stereo Bundle New Aux Track Via New Mono Bundle New Aux Track Via New Stereo Bundle Since we ve already chosen the Line 6 device Main Out 1 2 Stereo output it is selectable in the top portion of the menu But alternatively if you want to route the track output to only one Line 6 device output you can choose New Mono Bundle and choose either Record Send 1 or 2 Note that Digital Performer also allows for many other advanced routing options in the track output menu Consult your Digital Performer documentation for more information Page 70 Hg Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Click on the Mono track s Input selector TonePort UxX2 Record Send l 2 1 Soundbites leis at ae TonePorl UX Record Send 1 2 2 Main Gut 1 2 amp eee E a t
51. and choose Check for Updates from the Help menu Using the GearBox Plug in with Ableton Live 5 Mac In this section we ll show you how to install the Gearbox Plug in insert it into an audio track and automate plug in parameters in a track Installing the GearBox Plug in Launch Ableton Live 5 and make the following settings Tap 1120 00 4 4 0 joe ExT Click the plug in icon to display the Plug in Browser 1 5 9 Ts 17 21 TTT ERRE Page 21 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Click the Activate button Clicking Activate will display the Preferences Plug in panel Note that you can also display this panel by clicking Live gt Preferences in the Application menu 09o Preferences Active Sources Re Scan Plug ins Use Audio Units Make sure Audio Use VST Plug in System Folders _ or Units is selected as Use VST Plug in Custom Folder on an active source VST Plug in Custom Folder E Not Set Window Handling Multiple Plug in Windows Auto Hide Plug in Windows Auto Open Plug in Windows Page 22 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Once the appropriate folder is selected Live will scan it and display all found plug ins in the browser window Inserting the GearBox Plug in into a track To apply the GearBox Plug in to an audio track follow these steps Select the Arrangement View Select the track to apply the plug in to Page 23 Line 6 GearBox
52. automatically played in sync and channeled through Live s audio tracks via ReWire You first want to be sure to exit Reason if it is currently running The ReWire Host application must be launched first Launch Ableton Live Lite 5 and make the following settings to set your Line 6 hardware as the Live audio device EH File Edit inse About Preferences Select the Live menu and choose i Preferences Services b Hide Live a6H Hide Others dH a i F Wy iam Quit Live AQ Select the Audio tab Choose CoreAudio as the Driver Type Driver Type CoreAudio Then choose your Line 6 device as both the Input Audio Device Input and Output Output Audio Device TonePort Lime 4 In 2 Oui i Audio Device Output Latency 18 ms 512 Samples input Latency 43 ms Now that Ableton Live Lite 5 is configured to use your Line 6 device launch Reason 3 Reason will automatically set itself to ReWire Slave Mode You can check this mode in the Reason Hardware Interface module s Audio Out section Page 77 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Reason 3 detects when an available ReWire Master is running and sets itself to Slave mode CHANEL m CHANNEL Eo CHANNELS EF CHANNEL 10 fom REWIRE bre AUDIO CARD oa eFI 4 hardwersinteracse Now in Ableton Live you can simply access the Output menu of any MIDI track to set it to send its MIDI to any of the Reason synth modules In any o
53. d Audio Card TonePort UX 5 le Rate 44100 pes aisle EE Choose a Sample Rate 44100 Buffer size is a good choice for most projects fa EEA 512 samples a Close the Preferences dialog Output Latency 18 ms Latency Compensation 18 ms S when done Active Channels 2outof2 Channels Clock Source Internal ss Eil Play in Background MIDI IN DEVICE You should now see your Line 6 device Ji CHANNEL E CHANNELI EE listed as the Audio Out device at the top a E left of Reason s display AONA REM IAE AUDIO CAAD hardware incertace Page 75 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Now just hit the Play button in Reason s transport and to hear the Reason playback through your Line 6 hardware To jam along with Reason You can also of course still use GearBox for your Mic and Instrument tones while Reason is playing back if you want to sing or jam along Just plug in your Mic or Instrument and use GearBox just as you normally do Note that you can use the Monitor knob to adjust the level of your Mic or Instrument independently of the level of the Reason playback Use the Send 1 2 Monitor knob to adjust your Mic and Instrument volume level Use the Reason Mixer s Master slider for overall control of Reason s playback level With this configuration both the Reason project playback and your Mic Instrument GearBox tones are heard through your speakers and sen
54. d PODxt family products Click the Output Selector button and choose Output 1 2 This assigns the track output to your No Output Line 6 hardware Output 1 2 Output aa Output 1 2 Bus P Click the REC button to arm the selected track for recording Eu Dine Audio 2 Note that when the track is armed the track meters measure the input level coming in from GearBox Page 51 Egr Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Once the above settings are made just click the transport Record button and start recording MIDI Channel 1 Value as di Track 1 Using Footswitches with TonePort UX2 and Logic Express or Pro 7 You can utilize one or two footswitches plugged into TonePort UX2 s Footswitches jacks to remotely control transport functions in Logic 7 This can be quite handy for hands free operation when recording Be sure to connect the USB cable from TonePort UX2 into your computer s USB port and then proceed with the following steps Connect a footswitch or two TonePort UX2 offers two independent 1 4 inch jacks for connecting standard footswitch pedals Connect up to two footswitch pedals into these Footswitches 1 amp 2 jacks Page 52 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Configure Logic Express Pro 7 to respond to your Footswitches 30 Edit Audio Options Windows 1 Help New Open 0 Open Recent Froject Close Save 5 Save AS dS
55. d playback with Ableton Live allowing Reason s output to be automatically played in sync and channeled through Live s audio tracks via ReWire Page 141 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide You first want to be sure to exit Reason if it is currently running The ReWire Host application must be launched first Launch Ableton Live Lite 5 and make the following settings to set your hardware as the Live audio device Options Help Edit MIDI Map Ctrl M Edit key Map ctrl E External Sync Select the Live Options menu and choose Preferences Time Ruler Format Marrow arid trl 1 Widen Grid Ctrl Triplet Grid Snap To Grid Ctrl 4 w Draw Mode ctrl E y Follow Ctrl F Solo In Place Lock Envelopes y MIDI Overdub Preferences a Select the Audio tab Preferences Choose ASIO as the input OOO __ay Driver Type input Audie Davies Sigma hel C Major audio DX input Latency 170 ma 2192 Samples Ey Preferences Select your Line 6 hardware Audio Device 50 Toreon o o Tl Output Latency ASIC TonePon LiKe Peete ENS ASIO hiukieda Griver iji JASO Cirect Ful Duphar Oriver Clock Spurga Page 142 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Now that Ableton Live Lite 5 is configured to use your hardware launch Reason 3 Reason will automatically set i
56. de When you have set your signal routing you are ready to record Click here to arm the track for recording You will be prompted to save the ao current Session at that time if you haven t done so yet Then hit the Record Button on the Transport and start making noise Page 114 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Cakewalk SONAR Home Studio 4 Setup Windows Be sure to connect the USB cable from your Line 6 device into your computer s USB port and then proceed with the following steps Configure your PC to use your Line 6 TonePort GuitarPort or PODxt as your audio device First launch the GearBox application and then go to the Help menu to launch the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices dialog O O OU Select the GearBox Help menu Open Help Fi Online Support amp Setup Info Choose Hardware amp Driver Settings pen Tutorial Track Update amp Configure with Line 6 Monkey Hardware amp Driver Settings bout GearBox For instructions on configuring the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices options for your device please refer to the Recording amp Driver section in the GearBox_Help pdf that was installed with GearBox Once configured return here and continue with the following settings IMPORTANT For Cakewalk SONAR and Home Studio applications the highest ASIO bit depth supported by this application with Line 6 devices is 24 bit Be sure to set the correct bit depth in the Line 6 Au
57. ded then drag them with your mouse to manipulate the envelope as follows Double click on the envelope to create a breakpoint The number displayed is the value of the GearBox Plug in Delay Mix at that point 23 1 Audio The section where you want to hear more Delay hh 0 38 1 Audio u Delay Mix 7 poh pied Create as many breakpoints as needed then drag them with your mouse to manipulate your envelope Upon playback the Delay Mix will ramp up from 23 to 38 and will remain there for the remainder of the section You can create any number of envelopes to control as many GearBox Plug in parameters as needed Ableton Live 5 also features a Draw Mode tool which literally allows you to draw the parameter envelope right over the track For more information please refer to your Ableton Live 5 help documentation Page 26 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Using the plug in with Ableton Live 5 Windows In this section we ll show you how to install the Gearbox Plug in insert it into an audio track and automate plug in parameters in a track Installing the GearBox Plug in Launch Ableton Live 5 and make the following settings File Edit Insert View Options Help Click the plug in icon to display the Plug in Browser File Edit Insert View Options Help Click the Activate button Clicking Activate will display the Preferences Plug in panel Note that you can also
58. dio MIDI Devices dialog specifically to 24 bit for these Cakewalk applications lt Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices Driver Version 2 9 0 5 Line 6 Device Line 6 TonePort Une ke g ESM 1296722 Audio Driver Format A510 Settings Driver operating at 44100 Hz 24 bit ASIO Client SOMARHS EXE Default Buffer Size Default Sample Fate Default Bit Depth Default Bit Depth Page 115 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Configuring SONAR Home Studio 4 to use the Line 6 ASIO driver Launch the SONAR Home Studio application and make the following settings Options Window Help MIDI Devices Select the Sonar Instruments k aT y Options menu and udio Meter Settings choose Audio Project Global Colors Click the OK button when done Select the Audio Options ASIO Eanes ya enna Advanced Diver O Cancel Enable Read Caching C Enable Write Caching Help VO Butter Size KB 128 Playback and Recording Select ASIO as Driver Mode ASID se the Driver Mode Ferne MME 32 Bit Share Drivers With O 2 PTOgrarris Use Multiprocessing Engine C Play Effect Tails After Stopping Always Open All Devices If prompted with the following dialog click the OK button SONAR Home Studio s Changes will not take effect until the next time you start the program To make them take effect now please choose Exit from the File menu then start the pro
59. display this panel by clicking Options gt Preferences in the Application menu Page 27 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Preferences Click the On button then click Browse to choose the folder where GearBox plug ins live Browse For Folder Select Custom YST Plug in Folder 1386 9 My Downloads a My Music Program Files E Lined Gearbox GuitarPort Line 6 Edit Plugins Choose the C Program Files Line 6 PlugIns folder Once the appropriate folder is selected Live will scan it and display all found plug ins in the browser window like this Note Ableton Live 5 only displays the plug ins in the Custom VST folder you selected If you wish to use other plug ins in a different location on your hard drive you must select their location as the VST Custom Folder It makes sense to move all your plug ins to the same folder so that they all appear in Live s Plug in Browser Page 28 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Inserting the GearBox Plug in into a track To apply the GearBox Plug in to an audio track follow these steps Select the Arrangement View Select the track to apply the plug in to Dn TU Drag and Drop the GearBox Plug in into the track display The familiar GearBox GUI appears on the screen and a Plug in Device control panel is displayed in the Track View window at the bottom of the application Click this button to sh
60. e 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Cakewalk SONAR 5 Producer Studio Setup Windows Be sure to connect the USB cable from your Line 6 device into your computer s USB port and then proceed with the following steps Configure your PC to use your Line 6 TonePort GuitarPort or PODxt as your audio device First launch the GearBox application and then go to the Help menu to launch the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices dialog O O Select the GearBox Help menu Open Help Fi Online Support amp Setup Info Choose Hardware amp Driver Settings Open Tutorial Track Update amp Configure with Line 6 Monkey a Hardware amp Driver Settings Abouk Gearbox For instructions on configuring the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices options for your device please refer to the Recording amp Driver section in the GearBox_Help pdf that was installed with GearBox Once configured return here and continue with the following settings IMPORTANT For Cakewalk SONAR and Home Studio applications the highest ASIO bit depth supported by this application with Line 6 devices is 24 bit Be sure to set the correct bit depth in the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices dialog specifically to 24 bit for these Cakewalk applications Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices Driver Version 2 9 0 5 BR sn 1296722 Line 6 Device Audio Driver Format A510 Settings Driver operating at 44100 Hz 24 bit ASIO Client SONARPDR EXE Default Bit Depth
61. e GearBox_Help pdf that was installed with GearBox Once configured return here and continue with the following settings Configuring Ableton Live Lite 5 to use the Line 6 Core Audio driver Launch Ableton Live Lite and make the following settings NEE File Edit Inse Select Ableton Live s About Live menu and choose Preferences 7 Preferences Services p Hide Live H Hide Others dH Quit Live 0 Page 32 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Select the Audio tab Choose CoreAudio as the Driver Type Choose your Line 6 TonePon UX1 4 In 2 Out ap Hardware as both the TonePon UX1 4 In 2 Out Input and Output Audio Device Choose a Sample Rate 44100 is a good choice for most projects When above settings are complete click the Input Config button Click on the 3 amp 4 mono and the 3 4 stereo Input buttons to activate them if you will want to record from your hardware s Sends 3 and 4 into Live Note Sends 3 4 are not available on GuitarPort and PODxt family products Click the OK button to exit the dialog Page 33 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Select the Misc tab skin Behavior aeiuctOn Launch You can choose either AAE A tauace AIFF or WAV as your File Type AIFF is best See eee eee OF for Mac compatibility Clip Update Rate and WAV best for Cam Windows application compatibility Audio Recording ee TEE Choose
62. e TonePort UX2 Record Send 3 4 3 cea O Built in Audio 2 Mono TanePort X Record Send 3 4 4 Ableton Live Mix L 1 Ableton Live Mix R 2 Ableton Live Bus 0 3 New Mono Bundle You will see the Line 6 device Mono Inputs to choose from for a Mono track Note Sends 3 4 are not available on GuitarPort Podxt family products Next you can set your Monitoring options When recording using GearBox it is recommended to use the ToneDirect Monitoring feature where your input monitoring signal is passed directly back out of your Line 6 hardware s output This allows you to hear the GearBox tone you have selected for your Mic or Instrument with the lowest possible latency Therefore we will disable the Digital Performer Input Monitoring option so that the input monitor signal is not additionally fed through the software Arm your configured audio track for Record Set the Input Monitor option to off Soundbites Page 71 egy Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide To get an Input Level Meter for your armed track launch the Audio Monitor panel Studio Setup Windows Help Control Panel TX Select the Studio menu and Counter tt choose Audio Monitor Tools tO Background Processing FR Audio Performance iy Step Record 8 Polar iP Audio Monitor E MIDI Monitor i EW MIDI Machine Control eH Audio Monitor 0dE TARE FILE You will now see the Input Level coming from es Hi m
63. eceive Sync it is active Transmit Sync Slave To External Sync a6 Open Audio MIDI Setup Interapplication MIDI Autoconfigure MIDI Devices Control Surface Setup Audio 5ystem DAE Configure Audio System ae v MOTU Audio System f Audio System Clock MIDI Only f Page 67 ag Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Next launch the Configure Hardware Driver dialog you cto can access this from the Hardware button in the Audio panel or from the menu under Setup gt Configure Audio System Erare S Configure Hardware Driver Select CoreAudio Choose your Line 6 hardware and then match all settings shown here Choose 44100 as the Sample Rate alternatively ann Baas 3 48000 or 96000 can also be gt used if your project requires _ _ it oncfortuxe Sanaa OLA a ea Click OK to exit Back in the Audio panel you will see the sample rate you already selected Now choose Internal Clock and 24 Bit if they Audio 4 are not already the current settings internal Clock 41 kHz 24 Bit T Page 68 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Preparing a Digital Performer Sequence for recording Now that your Line 6 hardware is set up you are ready to start working in a DP Project Create a New DP Project or open an existing one and create a new audio track to record into You can choose to add either a Mono or Stereo audio track to you
64. ee also be edited for each a Mono ASIO TonePort UX1 EER 2 Send 2 Mg ASIO TonePort UXT 0000000 5 ares Dui SUES EES eg All Buses listed in this tab Fl Monolng Mana ASIOTonePot UXT OOOO will appear as Inputs within a 4 Send 4 e i aes Cubase when choosing the recording input for an audio track If no Buses yet exist in this list that VST Connections Input Riim use your ASIO TonePort audio Inputs Outputs Group Fe External Fes Studio l device then you must create at HE Al Add Bus Presets SSS least one Bus us lire EON cy uaa ml El Stereo In 1 Stereo Fs Click on the Add Bus button a Select Stereo or Mono Click OK in the Add Input Bus window Page 151 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Pi SN a A e re iat AEE ea tang 3 VST Connections Inputs Click on the individual Inputs Outputs Group Fs External Fis Studio Device Port entries for HE Al AddBus Presets NT each Bus to set them to 77 the preferred Send 7 1 Send 1 b You can repeat these Mot Connected steps to create a Bus for each Send on your Line 6 hardware 1 Send 1 2 Send 2 3 Send 3 4 Send 4 For more information on creating and configuring Inputs please check your Cubase SE SX SL 3 program s documentation Click the Outputs tab VST Connections Outputs Inputs Outputs p Group F External Fes Studia If a Stere
65. eed with the following steps Configure your PC to use your Line 6 TonePort GuitarPort or PODxt as your audio device First launch the GearBox application and then go to the Help menu to launch the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices dialog a Select the GearBox Help menu Open Help Fi Online Support amp Setup Info Choose Hardware amp Driver Settings Open Tutorial Track Update amp Configure with Line 6 Monkey Hardware amp Driver Settings 4bouk Gearbox For instructions on configuring the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices options for your device please refer to the Recording amp Driver section in the GearBox_Help pdf that was installed with GearBox Once configured return here and continue with the following settings Page 92 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Configuring Ableton Live Lite 5 to use the Line 6 ASIO driver Launch Ableton Live Lite 5 and make the following settings Options Help Edit MIDI Map Ctrl M Edit key Map Chrl k External Sync Select the Time Ruler Format i Options menu jal 1 arig i rid and choose Triplet Grid Preferences 9 To Gri Draw Mode ctrl E w Follow Ctrl F Solo In Place Lock Envelopes w MIDI Overdub Preferences Select the Audio tab E Prefe ences Choose ASIO as the Driver Type For the best performance it
66. er initialization process completes choose your Line 6 hardware as the Driver Enabled System Memory Requirement 17 0 MB Check the 24 Bit Driver Built in Audio Recording checkbox 1 0 Buffer Size Uncheck the Software I Illl m a a Recording Del r 0 e jiii Monitoring checkbox Max Number of Audio Tracks Gs 24 E Larger Disk Buffer All other settings in this Drivers tab display can remain using the default values as shown 24 Bit Recording E Software Monitoring Process Buffer Range Medium 3 Rewire behavior Playback Mode Less CPU Load Preferences Global Audio MIDI Display Score Video Automation Control Surfaces Select the General tab General Drivers Display Sample Editor MP3 Reset Eil Create Overview after Recording You can choose either m Audio engine overload message AIFF or WAVE as your Recording File Type Plug In delay compensation Audio tracks and instruments 4 Sample Accurate mation SDII SoundDesigner I Recording File Type AIFF is best for Mac compatibility WAVE is Audio Merge Defaults best for Windows I I I Crossfade Time 4 ___ _ 20 ms I I I I En Crossfade Curve oO application compatibility Select the close button at the top left of the Preferences dialog to exit once these settings are complete This completes the audio driver configuration Page 49 Egr Line 6 GearBox 3 0
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68. f Live s MIDI tracks choose Reason as the MIDI To output and then click on the Output Channel selector to choose any Reason module Hardware Interlace 1 Metody Automation Bass Matrix CCRMA E Piano HipHop Lead Hiphop Lead iT sy binini To receive the audio output from Reason set the Input of any of Live s audio tracks to receive the audio from any of Reason s outputs oar In any of Live s Audio tracks choose Reason as i v2 Mix ty the Audio From input and then click on the Input ii 374 Channel 3 channet 4 l Channel selector to choose any Reason output ii 5 6 Channel 5 Channel 6 ij 7 amp Channel 7 Channel 8 channels jj 9 10 Channel 9 Channel 10 jj 14 12 Channel 11 Channel 12 R WN 1374 Channel 13 Channel 44 Note that the 1 2 Mix Mix R channel receives Hehe Channa 16 Channal 10 the full Reason project audio mix jj 17 18 Channel 17 Channel 18 i 1420 Channel 19 Channel 20 ij 21 22 Channel 21 Channel 22 i 2trea Channel 73 Channel 3a l Now just hit the Play button in either Live or Reason and both projects will play in sync with all the audio being routed into Ableton Live Lite 5 and played through your Line 6 hardware Page 78 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide You can utilize your Line 6 device GearBox to also plug in a Mic or Instrument dial in your tone and record audio tracks right into the Ableton Live Lite 5 Set It is important to note however
69. fer Size 512 samples Release ASIO Driver in Background Control Panel Choose 03S Send 3 to use your GuitarPort or PODxt devices Help Edit view Ports stereo Record Send 3 4 Default Input 015 Send 1 Apply Note Send 3 4 is not available for Default Output 015 Output 1 Cancel Click OK when done Page 108 Egr Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide To Record a new file in the Edit View ile Edit View Effects Generate Favoril i File Edt y oe From the File menu select New Open Open 45 Open Append Open Audio From Wideo Extract Qudio From CO Lic gt Channels i Mona ir S tered Resolution bit Choose the format for the new file 44 100 is a good choice for the Sample Rate unless you needa specific other rate fivedoo F eheee Choose Mono or Stereo as preferred Mono will record from the Send 1 Left channel of your Line 6 device Choose 32 bit for the best resolution Now just click the transport Record button to start recording O f i 7 lt 1 m gt an ce id aa gt mt Le en hb ea a a Oe U h y 2 Configuring the Audition 2 Multitrack View to use the Line 6 ASIO driver Launch Adobe Audition and make the following settings Click the Multitrack button to switch to Insert Effects Options Window Help the Multitrack View if you are
70. ge 87 Audio Device Output Channel Buffer Size Latency TonePort UX2 output 1 amp output 2 512 frames Input 591 samples Output 670 samples Total 28 5941 milliseconds Done 5 Page 88 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Select your Line 6 device Click Done when finished Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide To record a Mono source turn off the Stereo light and click on the input dropdown Select your input from input 1 4 Note Sends 3 4 are not available on GuitarPort and PODxt family products input 2 input 3 input4 p To record a Stereo source turn on the Stereo light and click on the input dropdown Select your stereo input from inputs 1 amp 2 or 3 amp 4 input 1 amp input 2 input 3 amp input 4 A word on Input Monitoring Your GearBox software features ToneDirect Monitoring which allows you to listen to the input signal straight from your Line 6 hardware with the lowest possible latency In order to fully utilize this feature you must turn on Hardware Monitoring in RiffWorks as shown below Keep in mind that you won t hear any of RiffWorks plug in effects if you monitor the input thru your Line 6 device Please refer to your RiffWorks documentation for more info on plug ins PAR LAARE Click here to enable Hardware Monitoring Bu LE E as m m n a You are now ready to lay down some nasty riffs Pa
71. ge 89 egy Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Recording a Riff from your Line 6 Hardware into RiffWorks 2 0 Open a new RiffWorks Session and follow these steps A ia Enter a name for your Riff here T VE Fa NE pu j Intro Verse Chorus etc RIFF NAME Choose the Tempo Choose the Length in bars of your Riff r a Choose the Time Signature of TEMPO BPM your Riff LENGTH BARS SIGNATURE Choose whether your want the Lead In count to be the metronome a drummer or nothing at all LEAD IN Shall ARM B Il SET TEMPO B Once all parameters above are set click the Record Button and start recording SOLa he The Riff you just recorded will appear in the Riff recorder window as Take 001 You can record several takes of the same Riff which will appear underneath this one IMPORT CREATE DELETE fe mute i SUNGLAYERS He solo EXPORT DUPLICATE G When ready to record another The newly created Riff will appear as section of your song click Create riff2 in the riff window You can now in the Riffs panel record this riff as described above Page 90 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide When you have recorded all the Riffs for your hit song it s time to piece them all together in the Song panel _ mute SONGLAYERS H lt i Drag each Riff into the song panel above in sequence to build a song Your song may look something like thi
72. gistering your Line 6 hardware is also very important because it ensures that you re dialed in for warranty service and makes it possible for us to contact you if new software versions or other cool enhancements are offered cutting edge technology and such So don t put this off any longer Connect your Line 6 hardware to your computer and follow these steps to launch Line 6 Monkey e On Windows go to Start Programs Line 6 Tools e On Mac go to Applications Line 6 Login account You ll need to Login so that Line 6 Monkey can communicate with the online Line 6 Server and provide you with exactly what you need e If you have a Line 6 account then type in your User Name and Password at the top of the Monkey dialog e If you have not yet created an account click the New User button and you ll get walked right through the steps Register your hardware If you have not already done so you ll be prompted to register your TonePort GuitarPort or PODxt It s a painless process really so click that Register Now button and fill in the blanks on the Web page This page will list all your registered Line 6 gear in one place About this guide This guide is intended to provide basic setup information for TonePort GuitarPort and PODxt with most popular audio recording applications The following sections provide setup information for both Mac and Windows systems and applications Use the Table of Contents or t
73. go to the Help menu to launch the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices dialog eeens Select the GearBox Help menu Open Help a6 Online Support amp Setup Info Open Tutorial Track Choose Hardware amp Driver Settings For instructions on configuring the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices options for your device please refer to the Recording amp Driver section in the GearBox_Help pdf that was installed with GearBox Once configured return here and continue with the following settings Configuring Logic Express to use the Line 6 Device Core Audio driver Launch Logic Express and make the following settings Options Windows 1 Audio Window 9 Loop Browser Sample Editor Audio Mixer Select the Logic Express Import Audio File Audio menu and choose Audio Hardware amp Drivers e Audio amp Hardware System Performance XY Drivers Sample Rate p Set Audio Record Fath Page 47 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Select the Audio page Choose the Driver tab Check the Enabled checkbox this will immediately launch a prompt to reboot Logic Express The Try Re Launch process will display a Progress meter as it initializes the driver allow this process to complete Click the Try Re Launch button This will attempt to reset the driver without actually exiting Logic Express Page 48 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Once the driv
74. gram again OK You must now exit the Sonar application and then launch Sonar Home Studio again for the ASIO setting to take effect Once the SONAR Home Studio 4 application is launched again Options Window Help MIDI Devices A E Return to the Sonar Options me menu and choose Audio to Audio pers launch the Audio Options Project dialog once again Global Colors Page 116 Audio Options ASIO Select the Drivers tab General Advanced Make sure all Input Drivers are enabled if you want to record from all Line 6 hardware s Sends Also enable the Output Driver Output Drivers Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Drivers Click on a driver to enable or disable it Input Drivers Resse concession reset coat Audio Options ASIO General Advanced Drivers Playback Timing Master 7 ASIO TonePort Usi Output 1 Record Timing Master aeaii Te Audio Driver Bit Depth 24 OdB center sinvcos taper constant powe e Default Settings for New Prorecis Sampling Rate 44100 v File Bit Depth SS Stereo Panning Law Buffers in Playback Queue 5 0 msec Butter Size E Fast Sate Effective latency at 44kH2 stereo 5 6 msec ASIO Panel OF Select the General tab and match all settings as shown in this example Choose a different Sample Rate if your Projects require it otherwise 44100 is a good choice Choose 2
75. he Acrobat Reader Bookmarks to jump directly to the desired section Remember more GearBox info can be found by going to Help gt Open Help within the GearBox application and there are a few more online documents the same place you found this guide on the GearBox Online Help page Page 1 egy Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide GEARBOX SETTINGS AND RECORDING Once you are set up for recording with your Line 6 device then you probably will want to think about what to record GearBox is all about tones and this is where you go to set up your mic guitar or bass tones that will be recorded into your audio software For all TonePort GuitarPort and PODxt devices you can simply just access the Tone Menu at the top of GearBox and choose any of the Preset Tones and then tweak them to your taste TonePort devices also offer a few more options since they offer more input choices and the ability to process two tones at one time Choosing your GearBox Source for TonePort Once you have your mic instrument or line level item s plugged into TonePort click on the Source Select to choose which of these sources you want to create a tone for aan GearBox oy VOLUME i L R OUT TO HARDWARE MONITOR m e MUTE LINE OUT i ae Tweed Manutactured by Line 6 Agoura Hills Calitornia TONELOCKER TONE LIBRARY DOWNLOADS a DLE w iit TonePort UX1 UX2 KB37 Source
76. hoose the Aggregate Device that was just created for both the Input and Output Audio Device Note that this appears along with the individual audio devices in these menus as an additional selectable device Aggregate 6 In 4 Oul Aggregate Device 6 In 4 Out Set a Sample Rate preferably this should be one supported by all the audio devices that make up your Aggregate Device Just as with most Multitrack recording software in Live you also need to configure the individual inputs and outputs once a Multi in out device is selected Click on the Input Config button to access the Inputs Page 18 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide By default Live will usually have only the first device enabled Click on all the non active devices here to allow them to all be available as recording inputs in the Live software Click OK when done As noted earlier you ll need to refer to the order of the devices in the Audio MIDI Setup dialog to know which are Line 6 hardware ins and which are from the other device since Live does not show the individual device names Next click the Output Config button in the Preferences dialog to similarly activate the multiple outputs Click on all non active output devices to make them available as playback outputs in Live Click OK when done Note The Ableton Live Lite 5 version has a restriction that allows only one stereo output to be used at a time To be
77. i Enforce Mac PC Compaibility 412 dB Cancel Type in a name for your session and click Save If you prefer to use the 48 kHz Sample Rate then you can choose these here in the Pro Tools dialog but you will need to also go back to the Line 6 Hardware Control Console dialog and set these values to match Matching sample rates are required with a digital connection Page 63 egy Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Create a new Pro Tools LE track for recording Edit AudioSuite MIDI Movie Of New Session Fa N Open Session dak 57e Session TEW In the File menu select New Save Session do 5 Save Session As Tracks Save Session Copy In Revert to Saved Send Session Via DigiDelivery Bounce to DISK New Tracks f gt Teme fLalarrae Tea ele ap Wroup sSerecte gl Irag k 5 ob ky ee ee Stet gy n a mE RE L AP Duplicate Selected Tracks dg De 7 New Tracks Create 1 new Stereo B Audio Track EB in Samples i Cancel Choose how many Choose Mono or Stereo for Click the Create Tracks to create your audio track format button At the top left of the Edit Window click the View selector and enable the I O View u I O View Inserts View Sends View Track Color All None Page 64 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide If the track you want to record into is Stereo click on the track s Inpu
78. iew Sends view w Track Color All Mone If the track you want to record into is Stereo click on the track s Input button and choose Interface gt Mic Line 1 2 Stereo Lauvai El Be Gl aveto voice audioz S ME hicie 1 2 Or if the track you want to record into is Mono click on the track s Input button and choose Mic Line Mono to capture the LEFT signal or choose Mic Line 2 Mono to capture the RIGHT signal Page 132 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide no input o interface gt Mic Line 1 Mono gt Mic Line 7 Mono k Click the Arm button for E perea Keep the track s Mute the track to arm it for a S button set to un muted to recording per TE i oe iyn monitor your o Auto TonePort GearBox signal input signal level The track meters will now measure the Line 6 device GearBox When receiving a S PDIF input the Mbox will only allow the signal to be monitored through the Pro Tools LE software The track s volume control will adjust the monitor signal coming from your Hardware Gearbox allowing you to balance your listening levels independently of your recording level The Pro Tools LE software monitoring is also subject to latency which is affected by your Pro Tools LE Hardware Buffer settings see your Mbox documentation for more information regarding latency and monitoring Note to Digi 002 users when
79. iguration both the Reason project playback and your Mic Instrument GearBox tones are heard through your speakers and sent to all your device s outputs This allows you to connect any of the outputs to any external device such as a tape recorder mixer P A system etc to record or amplify this stereo output signal Using your Line 6 Hardware with Reason 3 in a ReWire setup The Propellerhead ReWire technology allows the Reason modules outputs to be directly routed into any ReWire Host application Using ReWire the Host application can send MIDI tracks to Reason s synth modules and Reason then sends audio playback directly into the ReWire Host which is mixed with the audio of the Host application When Reason is configured as a ReWire Slave in this manner it is controlled by the Host application and does not utilize a sound card connection itself Therefore if you want to use your Line 6 hardware as the sound card device in a ReWire setup like this it is necessary for you to choose it as the audio device for the ReWire Host application Using Reason 3 with Ableton Live Lite 5 as a ReWire Host The included Ableton Live Lite 5 software is capable of functioning as a ReWire Host application The following steps show you how to set your Line 6 hardware as the audio device for the Ableton Live Lite 5 software and then configure Live to connect with Reason as a ReWire Slave device This allows you to do audio recording an
80. in application menu Options gt Preferences Select the Audio tab Preferences Audio Device Erie TPs No Audio Input Audio Device Sarata Cd erore LS Select ASIO as the Input Buffer Size 1A k l Driver Type Input Latency 170 0 ms 8192 Samples It is highly recommended to use the ASIO Driver Type for your Line 6 device for the best performance If you want to use the MME DirectX Driver Type please refer to the MME DirectX Driver section Page 100 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Select your Line 6 ASIO audio device Select the preferred Sample Rate 44 100 is a good choice for most projects Click the Input Config button to set Inputs For TonePort devices Click on the 3 amp 4 mono and the 3 4 stereo Input buttons to activate them if you will want to record from TonePort UX1 UX2 Sends 3 and 4 into Live Note Sends 3 and 4 are not available on GuitarPort and PODxt devices Click on the OK button to return to the Preferences dialog Page 101 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Select the Defaults tab Select 24as the Bit Depth Click the X button to exit the Preferences dialog Setting up an audio track to record from your Line 6 Hardware in Ableton Live Now that your TonePort hardware is set up you are ready to start working in a new Live Set Open or create a new Live Set and make the following settings Click the Sessi
81. ine a Reason project with that of another ReWire capable audio software and use your Line 6 device in this setup as well Configure your Mac to use Line 6 TonePort GuitarPort or PODxt as your audio device Be sure to connect the USB cable from your Line 6 device into your computer s USB port and then proceed with the following steps First launch the GearBox application and then go to the Help menu to launch the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices dialog Select the GearBox Help menu Open Help a6 Online Support amp Setup Info Choose Hardware amp Driver Settings Open Tutorial Track Update amp Configure with Line 6 Monkey _ Hardware amp Driver Settings p v GearBox For instructions on configuring the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices options for your device please refer to the Recording amp Driver section in the GearBox_Help pdf that was installed with GearBox Once configured return here and continue with the following settings Page 74 ag Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Configuring Reason 3 to use the Line 6 Core Audio driver Launch Reason and make the following settings eee File Edit About Reason Select the Reason Preferences k dh menu and choose PE gt Preferences Hide Reason H Hide Others X H Show All Quit Reason AQ e aon Preferences Select the Audio Page Master Tune 40Hz 0 Cent 8 Choose your Line 6 hardware as your audio car
82. ing Select the Input Channel 1 2 will record from Sends 1 amp 2 as a Stereo file 3 4 will record from Sends 3 amp 4 as a Stereo file 1 2 3 or 4 will record from the respective Send as a Mono file Note Sends 3 4 are not available on GuitarPort and PODxt devices Click on the Arm switch to arm the track for recording Click the Arrangement View selector to switch to the Arrangement View display Click the Global Record Button to prepare the Live Set for recording Page 97 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Click the Play Button to start recording Using the MME DirectX Driver Type As mentioned on page 2 it is recommended to select the ASIO driver type with your Line 6 hardware since it provides lower latency performance and for TonePort UX1 UX2 the ability to access an additional set of stereo Record Sends within your audio applications The MME DirectX driver type can be selected in Ableton Live as an alternative Go to the GearBox Help menu and select Hardware and Driver Settings to launch the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices dialog 3 Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices o AmE Driver Version 2 5 9 12 Select your Line 6 Device tineeBevice Line 6 TonePot Ux2 BS cay ne Audio Driver Format Driver operating at 44100 Hz 24 bit Default Sample Rate sai00 Hz Default Bit Depth A510 Settings 4510 Client none Default Buffer Size
83. is limited to only 44 1 kHz or 48 kHz and selecting other sample rates may cause the Steinberg application s record and playback operations to behave incorrectly We are currently investigating a remedy to this issue Note that this problem is limited to only these applications on Mac and only with these devices TonePort Ux1 and UX2 devices function correctly with these Steinberg applications Setting up an audio track to record from your Line 6 Device deag Audio MIDI Scores Pool Transport To create a new audio track go to Add Track the Project menu and choose Add Duplicate Track EX Chan net Remove Selected Tracks ea tate Track gt Audio Remove Empty Tracks Group Channel Track Folding pg MIDI Marker Fool P Play Order Markers ae Mi Ruler Tempo Track dT Video Browser B Beat Calculator Multiple Set Timecode at Cursor Notepad Project Setup 5 Auto Fades Settings Add Audio Track Choose Mono or Stereo for your stereo B Configuration N oe desired recording track type e h egy Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide The Cubase Audio track settings can be accessed easily in the Inspector pane at the left of the Project window Match the settings shown here Armed for recording Input Monitoring OFF Record from your desired Line 6 device Input Bus TonePort 1 2 5t TonePort St Out Playback out to your Line 6 device Output Bus Note that the
84. iver the Devices Eea MIDI A ASIO Direct Full Duplex Driver pane o AMIDI Inputs ASIO Multimedia Driver 4510 TonePort Uae N E7 Transport Time Display A video eae Video Player 1 ASIO Multimedia Driver T Inputs coo VST Outputs cow VST System Link Then select your Line 6 hardware as the Master ASIO Driver w ee ee li Select Switch if you are prompted to select another driver Then click OK to exit the Cubase Device Setup dialog Page 150 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Configuring Cubase SE SX SL 3 to use ASIO Line 6 Inputs and Outputs Proceed with the following steps to establish TonePort s Sends as Inputs for Cubase Devices Window t1 Help Ableton Live MIDI Device Manager MMC Master wee gt i Go to the Cubase Devices menu and choose VST ve Connections Plug in Information Reason Time Display YST Connections F4 YST Instruments Fii WT Performance Fiz Video F lt VST Connections Inputs tema io Choose the Inputs tab HE Al AddBus Peet M Se Bus Name Speakers Audio Device Device Fort In this window you Can El Stereo In 1 2 Stereo ASID TonePot UXT create an input Bus for eE Left E as ee coe Fight Pend each possible Stereo and Stereo In 3 4 Stereo ASIO TonePort UXT Mono Send combination ae aaa sore a Send coming from your Line 6 Sl Mono In 1 Mono ASIO TonePot UXT Device The Bus Name can Send 9
85. le if you want to record a performance using an instrument and a mic that are plugged into TonePort s Guitar Bass and Mic inputs you likely want to use separate Guitar Amp and Mic Preamp tones To edit the separate tone settings use two buttons that appear at the left of the Tones menu both tones remain audible regardless which tone is displayed Two tone buttons appear when a Dual Tone Input Source is in use File Edit View Help binst amp Mic _ Taped yum REDUCER Note TonePortDI PODxt and GuitarPort only have one physical input and therefore can only operate in Single Tone mode Setting up Record Sends in GearBox GearBox offers controls for the Pan and Record for what is routed to the Record Sends You can think of these Sends as virtual outputs that are internally routed to both your recording software and to the Line 6 device s hardware outs Your GearBox Tones are automatically routed to these Sends and you use these Send controls to configure the stereo placement recording level sent to your audio software and monitoring level respectively As mentioned in the earlier TonePort sections TonePort devices offer an additional Send 3 4 and GearBox will also display an additional set of Send controls for them when a TonePort is in use Page 3 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide The Monitor Volume E nal ee EO r knob CUTE D MUTE LINE GUT
86. lect your Line 6 device as the Audio Output This will immediately launch a prompt asking if you want to change the audio driver Change audio driver Do you really want to change the audio driver This operation could take a minute Click the Yes button to change the audio driver Once the driver initialization process completes choose your Line 6 device as the Audio Input 600 Audios mip D E General Audio MIDI Export Advanced Audio Output TonePort UX1 Audio Input Built in Audio TonePort UX1 Optimize for waximum nL E N r LENI IE ee tracks Change audio driver Do you really want to change the audio driver This Once again if prompted operation could take a minute s i Click Yes to change the audio driver Click the close button at the top left of the Audio MIDI dialog once all these settings are complete Page 44 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Setting up an audio track to record from your Line 6 device in GarageBand Now that your Line 6 hardware is set up you are ready to start working in a new project Open or create a new song project and make the following settings Jicta Control Window Hide Track Mixer Select the GarageBand Track menu and Show Track Info choose New Track Hide Master Track New Track is Delete Track ae Duplicate Track aD New Basic Track HN New Track Select the Real Instrument button Software Instrument
87. n LR o MEN cour Click on the Add Bus button Select Stereo or Mono Click OK in the Add Input Bus window Page 82 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Click on the Bus Name to edit it if desired O 2 9 VST Connections Inpu Click on the individual Outputs Group FX Exter Device Port entries for each Bus channel E All Presets ES ES Sc to set them to the Bus Name ___ Speakers Audio Device Device Port desired Send _ Stereo In Stereo TonePort UX2 RA R o Left ENERE 1 TonePort UX2 E een TT Do You can repeat these Nar Connectan steps to create a Bus for each Send from 1 TonePort UX2 1 your Line 6 device 2 TonePort UX2 2 3 TonePort UX2 3 4 TonePort UX 4 For more information on creating and configuring Inputs please check the Cubase SE SX SL 3 documentation Setting up an Output Bus is much the same process Click the Outputs page 8080 VST Connections Outputs Inputs Group Fx External If a Stereo Bus does not yet exist mE All Presets a BE for your Line 6 hae z Audio Device then Y d TonePortUX2 Stereo Out stereo a TonePort u UX o E use the Add Bus E cS a option to create a ee ee eee _ 2 TonePort UX 2 Stereo Bus following the same steps listed above Exit the VST Connections dialog when the Input and Output Buses are configured Page 83 Egr Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Reco
88. n your Cubase software Once you set up Buses here they will always be available for all your Cubase Projects Page 81 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide ane VST Connections Inputs Choose the Inputs page Outputs Groupi FX Externa BEAN Presets E Here you can create an AE can u ee input Bus for each TonePort ux2 possible Stereo and cE Left 1 TonePort UX2 1 Mono Send ck Right 2 TonePort UX2 2 combination coming Y TonePort 3 4 Stereo In Stereo TonePort UX2 f Li 6 J Left 3 TonePort UX2 3 rom your Line cE Right 4 TonePort UX2 4 hardware The Bus Y TonePortl Mono In Mono TonePort UX2 Name can also be cE Mono 1 TonePort UX 1 f Y TonePort2 Mono In TonePort UX edited for each JE Mono 2 TonePort UX2 2 Mono TonePort UX2 All Buses listed on Y TonePort3s Mono In dE Mono 3 TonePort UX 3 thi aT Y TonePort4 Mono In Mono TonePort Ux2 IS p age wl appear _4TonePot UX24 0 as Inputs within Not Connected i Cubase when choosing the recording input for an audio 1 TonePort UX 1 2 TonePort UX2 2 3 TonePort UX2 3 track 4 TonePort UX2 4 p eee If no Buses yet exist in this list that use your l F mps Outputs TonePort audio device then you must create at least one Bus Presets M are earn a T OAT A hi aT i E AES POEP N GEOI a ae _ Speakers Audio Device D PT F Eha Add Input Bus EXE coniguratio
89. ne 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide J Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices Select your Line 6 device you are Driver Version 2 9 0 5 Line 6 Device Line 6 TonePort Ux ka g ESN 1295722 using with GearBox Audio Click OK to exit the dialog Driver Format 4510 Settings Driver operating at 44100 Hz 24 bit ASIO Client none Default Buffer Size 512 Ww Default Sample Rate 44100 Default Bit Depth Default Bit Depth 4 P 24 bit ka Lock Format A Sample Rate Converter Now launch Pro Tools LE and create a new Session Edit 4udioSuite MIDI Movie Operations Setups To start a new session in Pro Tools LE choose New Session EFH k Ctrl C New Session from the File menu Open Session Name the session Folders Save ir 9 ProToolsLE Sessions e E Pro Tools LE Demo Save as type Pro Tools Session pts al Choose 44 1 kHz or E eee AS kHz Audio File Type Bit Depth Otesi 140 Settings 24 Bit Choose 24 Bit Fader Gain nhorce Mac PC Compatibility 6 dB Type in a File name and O 12 B click the Save button Page 125 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Set up a new Pro Tools LE track for recording Event AudioSuite Opt Ctrl ShiFk h Duplicate Alk ShiFk 6 Go to the Track menu and select Make Inactive New Delete Input Only Monitoring Alt K Scroll to Track hrl Alt F reo New Tracks a ca
90. ne Sina ale Teneo Ud ale Rad 0 0 dB A firea nonie j Left ASIO TonePort U1 Send 34 Master Right 4510 TonePort Ux1 Send 3 4 Stereo 4510 TonePort U1 Send 3 4 Page 121 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Note that the Left and Right labeled ASIO Send 1 2 options will record from either the Line 6 Device Send 1 or Send 2 respectively These Left and Right labeled inputs will record a mono file The Stereo labeled options will record from your Line 6 hardware s Send 1 amp 2 or Send 3 amp 4 and will record a stereo file Note Sends 3 4 are not available on GuitarPort and PODxt devices ER SONAR1 Track Stereo AST y BES Soom ass ail C Fs Mone willl 00 da amp i a Stereo 4510 TonePort Ux1 i 79 7 Hz 0 0dB OF O Master File Edit Process View Insert Transport Go Track Tools Options window Help DES Eee 4 04 161 00 00 09 03 Click on the audio track s Arm button to arm the track for recording Leave Input Echo off since you will be monitoring your input thru your Line 6 hardware for lowest latency The track Input Meter will reflect the input level Now press the main transport KOGE al H DBSEBH E BEIEBLABeSES oo By Record SONAR1 Track button and 0 0 ig an E ka Si aeee Audio M S R gt C01 ka C PR Mone aitlil 00 dB amp imn Stereo ASIO TonePort UE t O Master v
91. ng take Connecting the S PDIF Digital Output from TonePort UX2 GearBox to an external digital device TonePort UX2 and PODxt Pro devices also include a S PDIF digital output which allows you to connect to digital devices such as a DAT recorder Minidisk another sound card or most any device that offers a S PDIF format digital input PODxt Pro also includes an AES EBU digital out which can be used to connect to hardware that offers this type of digital input as well Connecting digitally is the preferred method to connect to external devices since it does not require the added digital to analog to digital signal conversion process as required with using analog outs Digital clock settings When connecting to a digital device in this manner one device needs to sync to the digital clock of the other and preferably both should also operate at the same sample rate To configure this correctly you ll need to look for a clock setting on the digital device you are connecting to and set it to External or S PDIF so that it follows the digital clock of your TonePort rather than its own internal clock If you are connecting to the S PDIF input of another sound card this can be either a hardware switch on the unit or an option found in the software control panel for the device As an example when connecting TonePort UX2 digitally to a Digidesign Mbox for recording in Pro Tools LE you access the Mbox clock settings within the P
92. o Bus does not yet 7 exist for your ASIO Line 6 SEA Adee dia E Ba Audio Device as shown ETES peros Pon here then use the Add Bus eer aT tonsa 1 Output 1 option to create a Stereo sear SF 2 Output 2 Bus following the same steps listed above Exit the VST Connections dialog by clicking on the X button when settings are completed Preparing a Cubase SE SX SL 3 Project for recording Now that the Line 6 hardware is set up you are ready to start working in a Cubase Project Check your Cubase Project s Sample Rate and Bit Resolution these are displayed at the bottom left of the Cubase Project window Rec 44100 Hz 24 Bit Max 92h 70min 44 100 Hz Sample Rate and 24 Bit are good recording settings for most Projects but if you have specific requirements these can be changed Page 152 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Project Audio MIDI Scores Pool Add Track b Remove Selected Tracks Remove Empty Tracks Show Used Automation Hide All Automation Pool Ctrl P Markers Ctrl M Tempa Track Ctrl T Browser Ctrl B Select the Cubase Project Beat Calculator Set Timecode at Cursor menu and choose Project Notepad Setup Project Setup h ShiFk 5 Auto Fades Settings Project Setup Bars Beats D Display Format 00 00 00 Display Offset Choose different Sample Rate S i i and Bit Resolution in these pop ups if desired 44 400 kHz H Sample Fa
93. o Producer again for the ASIO setting to take affect Once the SONAR 5 Studio Producer application is launched again Options Window Help Return to the Sonar Options MIDI Devices a menu and choose Audio to Audio launch the Audio Options Audio TUNE dialog once again Project Global Colors Page 120 re 4 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Select the Drivers tab General Advanced Drivers Enable all Line 6 device Sends Click on a diver to enable or disable it Also enable the Output Driver Output Drivers Select the General tab and match all settings as shown in this example Playback Timing Master 1 ASIC P hi Choose a different Sample Rate Adie Giver Bk Depth i if your Projects require it Stereo Panning Law al otherwise 44100 1S a good choice Choose 24 as the File Bit Depth gt Se EEE Be sure to click the dialog s OK Buffers in Playback Queue 2 F button when done Buller Size fm 5 8 msec Fast Safe Effective latency at 44kHz stereo 5 8 msec Now that your Line 6 hardware is set up open or create a new SONAR Project and make the following settings to start recording Click on the Input I 0 0 Y Selector at the left TE Car of the audio track Stereo ASIO TonePort U1 hlaster and choose the 4510 TonePort U1 2 in 1 out Left ASIC TonePort U1 Send 1 2 preferred Send ooid CIF Mo
94. on SBER Session Chr Close Session Ctrl Shift 4 Save Session Ctrl S Save Session 4s s EA SAA Name the session Save Session Copy In Revert to Saved Folders Save in ProToolsLE Sessions OQ a Ee E Pro Tools LE Demo Send Session via DigiDelivery Bounce to Disk Save as type Pro Tools Session pts Choose 44 1 kHz session Parameters Audio Pr pE Sample Aate Bit Depth BW WAM ve 441kHz w 16 Bit 44 1 kHz 0 Seung 49 kH 24 Bit Choose 24 Bit Sabah w Fader Gain Enforce Mac PC Compatibility 6 dB Type in a File name O 12 dB and click Save If you prefer to use the 48 kHz Sample Rate then you can choose these here in the Pro Tools dialog but you will need to also go back to the Line 6 Audio MIDI devices dialog and set the Locked Default Sample Rate and Bit Rate settings to match the ones selected in this Pro Tools LE dialog Page 131 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Event 4udioSuite Opt Chrl ShiFk l Duplicate Alt S i Go to the Track menu and select New Make Inactive Delete Input Only Monitoring Alt K Scroll to Track trl Aalt F reo New Tracks ESEERE I Choose how many Choose Mono or Stereo for Click the Create Tracks to create your audio track format button rd My Session uma At the top left of the Edit Window click the View selector and enable the I O View Comments Wiem 4 Inserts w
95. on View Selector to switch to the Session View Page 102 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide The In Out settings group displayed Click the Show Hide In Out Selector to display this group of settings in the Mixer Click the Monitor Off button for the Audio Track you wish to record Page 103 age Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Select Ext In as the Audio From setting Select the Input Channel 1 2 will record Sends 1 amp 2 as a Stereo file 3 4 will record Sends 3 amp 4 as a Stereo file 1 2 3 or 4 will record from the respective Send as a Mono file Note Sends 3 and 4 are not available on GuitarPort and PODxt devices Click on the Arm switch to arm the track for recording Click the Arrangement View selector to switch to the Arrangement View display Click the Global Record Button to prepare the Live Set for recording Page 104 Click the Play Button to start recording Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Using the MME DirectX Driver Type As mentioned on page 2 it is recommended to select the ASIO driver type with Line 6 audio devices since it provides lower latency performance and for TonePort UX1 UX2 the ability to access an additional set of stereo Record Sends in your audio applications The MME DirectX driver type can be selected in Ableton Live as an alternative Go to the GearBox Help menu and select Hardware and Driver
96. ording controls go to the Options menu gt Properties and choose the Recording option E Volume Control Options Help Properties Advanced antrals Exit Properties Mixer device ine 6 TonePort UX2 Adjust volume for Playback Options Help Recording Balance Page 13 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Configuration as an Aggregate Device Mac only Combine TonePort with other Core Audio devices using the Mac OS X Aggregate Device feature Apple OS X Tiger 10 4 x allows you to configure two or more Core Audio sound card devices into one Aggregate Device As the name suggests this makes it possible to combine multiple connected audio devices allowing audio applications to utilize all inputs and outputs as one virtual Core Audio device The Aggregate Device feature also provides the ability to sync the devices and resample if needed to allow them to work together with your audio applications This can be quite useful if you have another Core Audio sound card and want to use your Line 6 hardware along with it to provide additional inputs for recording or additional outputs for sending multiple playback or monitoring mixes In this section we ll be showing you how to create a simple Aggregate Device using your Line 6 hardware and a Built in Audio device The steps are similar for combining Line 6 hardware with other models of audio devices as long as they offer a Core Audio driver that s
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98. ow hide the GearBox UI screen Enable Bypass the Plug in Click this button to show hide the GearBox Plug in parameters embedded in Live s UI This X Y graphic display allows you to control 2 plug in parameters in real time Please refer to Ableton Live s help documentation for more info Page 29 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Automating GearBox Plug in parameters with Ableton Live 5 Ableton Live 5 can automate any number of GearBox Plug in parameters As an example let s suppose you want to increase the delay mix level in a particular section of the guitar track you re applying the GearBox Plug in to You ll need to create an envelope for that parameter following these steps Go to the Device Chooser The section where you want and select GearBox Plug in to hear more Delay 0S Select Delay Mix in the Control Chooser This line represents the envelope for the Delay Mix parameter You can drag this line up and down increasing decreasing the mix level as you do so Page 30 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide You can create Breakpoints by double clicking the envelope line Create as many breakpoints as needed then drag them with your mouse to manipulate the envelope as follows Double click on the envelope to create a breakpoint The number displayed is the value of the GearBox Plug in Delay Mix at that point 23 1 Audio The section where yo
99. p pdf that was installed with GearBox Once configured return here and continue with the following settings Configuring FL Studio 6 to use the Line 6 ASIO driver Launch FL Studio 6 and make the following settings OPTIONS TOOLS HELP System MIDT settings F10 Audio settings General settings File settings Project Project info Fil Project general settings MIDI Enable MIDI remote control Enable MICI output Enable MIDI master syne Switches Typing keyboard to piano Metronome Recording precount Start on input Blend recorded notes Step edit Loop record Auto scrolling Ctrl T Ctrl M Ctrl F Ctrl I Ctrl B ctrl E Select the Options menu and choose Audio Settings Page 135 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Select the sample rate for your project here DirectSound devices 44100 Hz is a good value for most projects PESEE 44100 Select your ASIO Line 7 6 Device from the b Output menu ASIO TonePort Ux Close the dialog when done 4500 TonePort Use E oO Setting up an audio clip to record from your Line 6 device in FL Studio 6 Open a new project in FL Studio 6 and follow these steps VIEW OPTIONS TOOLS HELP Windows Go to the View menu and select Mixer Browser Page 136 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Mixer Insert 1 z e e e netay POST Mixer Insert 4 Send 1 Send 2 Send 1 Send 2 Send 3 Send 4
100. r both these audio devices which will create an Aggregate Device with a total of 6 inputs and 4 outputs Click on the Use boxes for both Structure Audio Devices to activate them a Click your device s Use box first aa a pn wd ni ae to make it the first device in the k A Built in Audio 2 jz AB list VERY IMPORTANT ALWAYS SET YOUR LINE 6 HARDWARE TO BE THE Keep the Resample checkboxes unchecked CLOCK FOR YOUR unless necessary see below AGGREGATE DEVICE When creating an Aggregate Device only one audio device can be designated as the Clock This means that this device acts as the master and all other devices follow its digital clock thus keeping all your audio in sync Even though the Aggregate Device dialog allows you to set any individual Audio Device as the Clock be sure that your Line 6 hardware is set as the clock as shown in the previous figure to ensure proper sync The Aggregate Device Resample function When combining audio devices the sample rates must match to allow them to be used together But if you run into sync problems when using some devices together or in the case where you need to choose a sample rate not supported by all audio devices you Page 16 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide can check the Resample checkbox for the device This instructs the Aggregator to automatically perform a sample rate conversion to allow the audio devices to sync Note TonePort
101. r current Sequence This track type also determines which Line 6 device s Record Sends become available to choose from as the track s input Mono or Stereo To create a Stereo track go to the Project menu and choose Add Track gt Stereo Audio Track Studio Setup Windows Help Project Add Similar Tracks S Ada Similar racks 35 Mona Audio track Duplicate Tracks AD Stereo Audio Track Delete Tracks sanoind gt Modify Conductor Track b Aux Track Age A Track Groups COG instrament Track x b Modify Track Groups gt Master Fader Track 36M Lonan aor First click on the Sequence button to display your tracks as we re showing them here TETAS ae SEA Es Ser F Tracks Sequence Drum We now need to set the track s Output and Input to use your Line 6 hardware Click on the Output selector None J Built in Audio 1 2 Stereo Select New Stereo Bundle and New Stereo Bundle TonePort UN2 Main Out 1 2 p choose your Line 6 device as New Aux Track Via New Stereo Bundle gt bus l 2 z the Output for this track l bus 3 4 bus 5 6 bus 7 8 bus 9 10 bus 11 12 hirz Page 69 Now click the Input selector for the track Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Audio 1 Soundbites l Main Gut 1 2 o Buti Audo 1 2 n Select New Stereo Bundle and you will see your stereo inputs to choose from We ll select Record Send 1 2 for this tr
102. rd 1 2 Instrument unprocessed Record 3 4 4510 only Instrument unprocessed Click OK to exit the dialog Control Panel Version 0 01 0d Apply Once the above settings are made you can launch GearBox and use it to dial in your Tone settings you want to use Now launch the Pro Tools LE application and set it up to receive the S PDIF Digital Input Setups Display Windows sulla Go to the Pro Tools LE EEE Setups menu and choose Disk Allocation E Hardware Setup Peripherals L O Setup MICI Studio Setup Preferences Hardware Setup Choose S PDIF as the Input eubbel als ee Mbox Ch 1 2 Input Source Source he en Analog The Clock setting will automatically also change to S PDIF keep this setting for recording since this syncs the alle Mbox to TonePort s clock a Sample Rate 44 1 kHz Click OK when done Page 130 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Note that when receiving S PDIF input the Source amp Source 2 Gain knobs do not adjust the digital signal level To adjust the recording level use the GearBox software s Volume and Out To Hardware level controls You will now see the spdif light illuminated on the front of the Mbox indicating it is in S PDIF digital input mode Create a new Pro Tools LE Session mie Edit SudioSuite MIDI Movie Operations Setups P NEEE Go to the File menu and choose New Sessi
103. rding Setup Guide Preparing a Cubase SE SX SL 3 Project for recording Now that the Line 6 hardware is set up you are ready to start working in a Cubase Project Check your Cubase Project s Sample Rate and Bit Resolution these are displayed at the bottom left of the Cubase Project window 44 100 Hz Sample Rate and 24 Bit are good recording settings for most Projects but if you have specific requirements these can be changed Project Audio MIDI Score Add Track Duplicate Track Remove Selected Tracks Remove Empty Tracks Track Folding gt Pool ep Markers M Tempo Track T Select the Cubase Project Browser B menu and choose Project Beat Calculator Setup Set Timecode at Cursor Notepad Project Setup k Auto Fades Settings Page 84 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Project Setup MERE Siart PRURNIRNE Length Frame Rate Display Format URE Display Offset o B Rar Offset Sample Rate Choose different Sample Rate and Bit Resolution in these pop ups 1f desired Record Format Click the OK button to exit RA AETA the dialog EM Stereo Pan Law Cancel An issue has been discovered that appears to be unique to only Steinberg Cubase SE SL SX and Nuendo 3 x Mac versions when using Line 6 PODxt or GuitarPort devices driver version 3 0 When accessing these devices for Recording or Playback sample rate support
104. rdware Setup Hardware Setup p Playback Engine Disk Allocation Peripherals I O Setup Edit MIDI Studio Setup Preferences Hardware Setup Choose S PDIF as the Input MBox Source a _ Ch 1 2 Input Source a eg Analog G 57PDiF The Clock setting will automatically also change to S PDIF keep this setting for recording since this syncs the Clock Source Mbox to your Line 6 device s mo A clock Sample Rate 44 1 kHz Click OK when done Note that when receiving S PDIF input the Source 1 amp Source 2 Gain knobs do not adjust the digital signal level To adjust the recording level use the GearBox software s output level controls You will now see the spdif light illuminated on the front of the Mbox indicating it is in S PDIF digital input mode Page 62 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Create a new Pro Tools LE Session File Edit AudioSuite Go to the File menu and choose New Session To start a new session in Pro Tools LE choose New Session from the File menu New Session h OOA New Session Name the session Where ProToolsLESessions Choose your Save As My Session Sample Rate here Session Parameters Audio File Type Sample Rate Bit Dept BWF WAV 44 1kHz T 16 Bit I O Settings 24 Bit Stereo Mix Fader Gain 7 Choose 24 bit C 6 dB M
105. ro Tools Hardware Setup dialog Page 5 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Hardware Se tup Peripherals MBox Mbox Ch 1 2 Input Source Setting the Digidesign Mbox to D Analog follow the TonePort S PDIF clock and receive S PDIF digital input for recording Mbox 1 Clock Source S PDIF TA Sample Rate 41 1 kHz Gw Sample rate Since TonePort UX2 is acting as the master clock device in this scenario you should also manually set the desired sample rate for TonePort so that the sample rate matches the one set on the external device This is done in the Format options within the Audio MIDI Setup dialog You will want to choose 44100 Hz or 48000 Hz Audio Input Audio Output Record Send 1 2 p H Spure 2ch 32bit Format Ad 100 0Hz 2ch 32bit For PODxt Pro you need to access the Sample Rate setting on the PODxt hardware itself Press the I O amp Dig Select button on the front panel of PODxt Pro to bring these settings up on its display Setting output levels for the S PDIF output The S PDIF output of TonePort UX2 and PODxt always receives the same GearBox audio content as is heard at the Analog Out and Headphone out with the exception that any audio coming into the TonePort s Monitor In jack is not routed to the S PDIF output When devices are connected digitally typically the receiving device does not include a level control to adjust
106. rt devices use the L amp R RCA Line Out jacks on the back Page 123 Lina GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Plug the other end of the left audio cable into the Mbox Source 1 input and the right audio cable into the Mbox Source 2 input From your device Right Analog Out O EB i 7 a ieee L From your device Left Analog Out _ te gt gt You will still use the Mbox Line Outputs or Headphone Output to hear playback of all Pro Tools LE audio The Line 6 Hardware GearBox audio will now be mixed with the Pro Tools LE audio as well Therefore if you are using headphones you ll want to plug them into the Mbox headphone jack to hear everything To headphones To right speaker To left speaker ep Next before you launch Pro Tools LE make sure that your PC is configured properly for your Line 6 hardware Connect the USB cable from your Line 6 device into your computer s USB port and then proceed with the following steps Configure your Line 6 TonePort GuitarPort or PODxt as your GearBox audio device First launch the GearBox application and then go to the Help menu to launch the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices dialog EEE EE Open Help Select the GearBox Help menu Online Support amp Setup Info Open Tutorial Track Update amp Configure with Line 6 Monkey mee Hardware amp Driver Settings Choose Hardware amp Driver Settings 4bouk Gearbox Page 124 Li
107. s RiffWorks 2 lets you import export and manipulate your riffs all kinds of ways For more information please refer to your RiffWorks Help documentation Page 91 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide WINDOWS APPLICATIONS WITH GEARBOX Ableton Live Lite 5 Line 6 Edition Setup Windows Attention Ableton Live Lite 5 Line 6 Edition users Ableton offers a Live Lite version 5 Line 6 Edition on as a free update for your version To get it launch your Live Lite 5 Line 6 Edition version and choose Check for Updates from the Help menu Download and install the latest update version following the instructions provided on the Ableton site Lesson 1 Making Music With Live Lesson 2 Editing Arrangements Lesson 3 MIDI Instruments and Effects Lesson 4 Creating Drum Patterns With Live Lesson 5 Recording and Automation Lesson 6 Mix and Remix Lesson 7 Hands On Control Operator Lesson 1 Introducing Operator Operator Lesson 2 Creating a Bass Patch Operator Lesson 3 Creating Drum Sounds Operator Lesson 4 Creating Lead Sounds Operator Lesson 5 Creating Pad Sounds Operator Lesson 6 Creating Rhythmic Textures Lesson 14 Recording with Live and TonePort Read the Live Manual Visit ableton com Join the User Forum Get Support Check For Updates h Get the Live 5 Upgrade About Live Be sure to connect the USB cable from your Line 6 device into your computer s USB port and then proc
108. s and recording from TonePort UX2 s digital S PDIF output Note that it is not necessary to have both your Line 6 hardware and Mbox units connected to the same PC You can alternatively have your Line 6 and Digidesign hardware on separate computers as well since the two devices are indeed operating individually Be sure to connect the USB cable from TonePort into your computer s USB port and then proceed with the following steps Recording from your Line 6 hardware s Analog Outputs Connect the analog outputs from your device TonePort UX1 shown here to the Digidesign Mbox Using two 4 to 4 shielded TS or TRS audio cables plug each into the Analog Outs of your device Page 55 Eee Re Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Plug the other end of the left audio cable into the Mbox Source 1 input and the right audio cable into the Mbox Source 2 input From your device Right Analog Out From your device Left Analog Out You will still use the Mbox Line Outputs or Headphone Output to hear playback of all Pro Tools LE audio The Line 6 Hardware GearBox audio will now be mixed with the Pro Tools LE audio as well Therefore if you are using headphones you ll want to plug them into the Mbox headphone jack to hear everything To headphones To right speaker To left speaker Next before you launch Pro Tools LE make sure that your Mac is configured properly for your Line 6 hardware
109. s application compatibility Choose 24 as the Bit Depth Select the close button to exit the Preferences dialog when all settings are complete Setting up an audio track to record from your Line 6 hardware in Ableton Live Now that your hardware is set up you are ready to start working in a new Live Set Open or create a new Live Set and make the following settings Click the Session View Selector to switch to the Session View Page 40 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide The In Out settings group Click the Show Hide In Out Selector to display this group of settings in the Mixer Click the Monitor Off button for the Audio Track you wish to record into Select Ext In as the Audio From setting Page 41 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Select the Input Channel 1 2 will record from Sends 1 amp 2 as a Stereo file 3 4 will record from Sends 3 amp 4 as a Stereo file 1 2 3 or 4 will record from the respective Send as a Mono file Note Sends 3 4 are not available on GuitarPort and PODxt family products Click on the Arm switch to arm the track for recording Click the Arrangement View selector to switch to the Arrangement View display Click the Global Record Button to prepare the Live Set for recording Click the Play Button to start recording Page 42 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Apple GarageBand 3 Setup
110. struments Fli VST Performance F12 Video F8 Show Panel Device Setup Go to the Cubase Devices menu and select Device Setup Page 80 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Device Setup Select VST een Se Audiobay faunas Master ASIO Driver within the E moi Sa Input Latency 13 243 ms Devices All MIDI Inputs J e EMEA Total utput Latency 15 692 ms pane __ MIDI System W Release ASIO Driver in Background CE Transport __ Time Display gt Direct Monitoring a Video SH Video Player es Audio Buffer Size m VS Audiobay TonePort UX2 VST Inputs C Expert WST Outputs VST System Link Then select your Line 6 hardware as the Master ASIO Driver Select Switch if you are prompted to select another driver Do you want to select another MASTER ASIO driver Then click OK to exit the Cubase Device Setup dialog Cancel Configuring Cubase SE SX SL 3 to use your Line 6 device Inputs and Outputs Proceed with the following steps to establish your hardware s Sends as Inputs for Cubase Devices Window 1 Hell Ableton Live MIDI Device Manager MMC Master Mixer F3 sete Go to the Cubase Devices menu and choose VST Plug in Information Connections Reason Time Display VST Connections VST Instruments F11 VST Performance Fl Video F8 Show Panel Device Setup The following screen shows a useful configuration that you can match i
111. t PRO S PDIF Digital Output Connect the S PDIF output to the Digidesign Mbox Using a 75 Ohm coaxial S PDIF cable plug one end into the S PDIF Digital Out of your device Page 60 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Plug the other end of the S PDIF cable into the Mbox S PDIF In To right speaker To headphones 4 You will still use the Mbox Line Outputs or Headphone Output to hear playback of all Pro Tools LE audio The Line 6 Hardware GearBox audio will now be mixed with the Pro Tools LE audio if you use the Pro Tools software monitoring function See the later section regarding monitoring for more on this PODxt PRO users A Connect the S PDIF output on the rear panel of your device to the S PDIF input on Mbox Make sure the S PDIF out is enabled in the PODxt PRO DHAT ARE YOU CONNEcTING TO Global Output Menu STUDIO Refer to your PODxt Pilot s handbook DIRECT DEST Sia DICOUT for more info Next before you launch Pro Tools LE make sure that your Mac is configured properly for your Line 6 hardware as explained Recording amp Driver section in the GearBox_Help pdf that was installed with GearBox Once configured return here and continue with the following settings Page 61 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Now launch the Pro Tools LE application and set it up to receive the S PDIF Digital Input mi st tnt Go to the Pro Tools LE Setups menu and choose Ha
112. t button and choose Interface gt Mic Line 1 2 Stereo waveform P Mojce dyn ine 1 2 Stereo Or if the track you want to record into is Mono click on the track s Input button and choose Mic Line Mono to capture the LEFT signal or choose Mic Line 2 Mono to capture the RIGHT signal no input interface Click the Arm button for the track to arm it for recording Keep the track s Mute button set to un muted to monitor your TonePort GearBox signal MicvLine 1 2 The track meters will now measure the Line 6 device GearBox input signal level When receiving a S PDIF input the Mbox will only allow the signal to be monitored through the Pro Tools LE software The track s volume control will adjust the monitor signal coming from your Hardware Gearbox allowing you to balance your listening levels independently of your recording level The Pro Tools LE software monitoring is also subject to latency which is affected by your Pro Tools LE Hardware Buffer settings see your Mbox documentation for more information regarding latency and monitoring Note to Digi 002 users when using the Digi 002 hardware with Pro Tools LE an additional Low Latency Monitoring option is available in the Pro Tools LE Operations menu It is best to activate this option to hear your input monitoring signal with the lowest latency when recording see your Digi 002 Pro
113. t less than full Page 8 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Hardware Choose Energy Saver in the System Lal Vr Preferences dialog CDs amp DVDs Displays En ergy Saver 6 60o Energy Sawer Choose Power Adapter a Settings for Power Adapter F Optimization Custom Hd Your energy settings are optimized for high performance Current battery charge 99 Fut the computer to sleep when it is inactive for l 1 min 15 min Lhr 3 h N Neve r Put the display to sleep when the computer is inactive for ws l l l l l 1 min LS min Lhr 3hrs Never Put the hard disk s to sleep when possible Hide Details Schedule A TE Click the lock to prevent further changes Set the top slider all the way to Never so that the computer is not allowed to enter sleep mode You can also select Battery if you have a laptop and repeat all the steps in this section but you may want your settings to conserve battery power or may not use the machine for audio work when running on battery Page 9 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Go to the Options page Wake Options Wake when the modem detects a ring MI Wake for Ethernet network administrator access Other Options W Automatically reduce the brightness of the display before display sleep _ Restart automatically after a power failure i Show battery status in the menu bar Processor Performance
114. t to all your device s outputs This also allows you to connect any of the outputs to an external device such as a tape recorder mixer P A system etc to record or amplify this stereo output signal Using your Line 6 Hardware with Reason 3 in a ReWire setup The Propellerhead ReWire technology allows the Reason modules outputs to be directly routed into any ReWire Host application Using ReWire the Host application can send MIDI tracks to Reason s synth modules and Reason then sends audio playback directly into the ReWire Host which is mixed with the audio of the Host application When Reason is configured as a ReWire Slave in this manner it is controlled by the Host application and does not utilize a sound card connection itself Page 76 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Therefore if you want to use your Line 6 hardware as your sound card device in a ReWire setup like this it is necessary for you to choose your device as the audio card for the ReWire Host application Using Reason with Ableton Live Lite 5 as a ReWire Host The included Ableton Live Lite 5 software is capable of functioning as a ReWire Host application The following steps show you how to set TonePort as the audio device for the Ableton Live Lite 5 software and then configure Live to connect with Reason as a ReWire Slave device This allows you to do audio recording and playback with Ableton Live allowing Reason s output to be
115. te H Record Format Click the OK button to exit the dialog To create a new audio track go to the Project menu and choose Add Track gt Audio File Edit Project Audio MIDI Add Track Audio Remove Selected Tracks Fx Channel Remove Empty Tracks Folder Show Used Automation Group Channel Hide All Automation MIDI Marker Play Order Ruler Video Fool Ctrl P Markers Ctrl M Tempo Track Ctrl T Browser ctrl E Beat Calculator Multiple Set Timecode at Cursor Notepad Project Setup ShiFk 5 Auto Fades Settings Page 153 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Add Audio Track Stereo Choose Mono or Stereo for your desired recording track type w Stereo LACS Po Sl The Cubase Audio track settings can be accessed easily in the Inspector pane at the left of the Project window Match the settings shown here Armed for recording Input Monitoring OFF Record from your desired ASIO TonePort Input Bus Stereo In 112 ha Playback out to your configured ASIO TonePort Output Bus Stereo Out Inserts Equalizers Equalizer Curve Sends Note that the track meters in Cubase will not measure the input signal unless the Input Monitoring feature is on You Channel Mogi can refer to the Send meters in the GearBox software as your signal level reference User Panel ip Touch Fader 100 ms gt THE Now j
116. that running all these programs at one time can require some hefty usage of your computers processor RAM and disk access especially as you add more tracks synth modules and real time effects Your actual performance will depend on the specifications of your computer Page 79 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Steinberg Cubase SE SX SL 3 Setup Mac Configure your Mac to use Line 6 TonePort GuitarPort or PODxt as your audio device Be sure to connect the USB cable from your Line 6 device into your computer s USB port and then proceed with the following steps First launch the GearBox application and then go to the Help menu to launch the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices dialog Open Help ac Online Support amp Setup Info Open Tutorial Track Update amp Configure with Line 6 Monkey _ Select the GearBox Help menu Choose Hardware amp Driver Settings For instructions on configuring the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices options for your device please refer to the Recording amp Driver section in the GearBox_Help pdf that was installed with GearBox Once configured return here and continue with the following settings Configuring Cubase SE SX SL 3 to use the Line 6 Core Audio driver Launch Cubase and make the following settings Window 1 Hell Ableton Live MIDI Device Manager MMC Master Mixer F3 Mixer 2 Mixer 3 Plug in Information Reason Time Display VST Connections F4 VST In
117. the input signal straight from your Line 6 hardware with the lowest possible latency In order to fully utilize this feature you must turn on hardware monitoring in RiffWorks as shown below Keep in mind that you won t hear any of RiffWorks plug in effects if you monitor the input thru your Line 6 device Please refer to your RiffWorks documentation for more info on plug ins Click here to enable Hardware Monitoring You are now ready to lay down some nasty riffs Recording a Riff from your Line 6 Hardware into RiffWorks 2 0 Open a new RiffWorks Session and follow these steps F ee es e Enter the name for your riff x J gt L J here Intro Verse Chorus j 5 k oe ele RIFF NAME iN Choose the tempo Choose the length in bars of your riff TEMPO BPM i Choose the Time Signature of LENGTH BARS your riff SIGNATURE Choose whether your want the Lead In count to be the LEAD IN metronome a drummer or nothing at all Once all parameters above are set click the Record Button and start recording Page 147 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide takeO01 soo EFFECTS MUTE oe 939990000 PUN anae e 3 2 VUT Ge ji Hi ine Cy DELETE The riff you just recorded will appear in the Riff recorder window as Take 001 You can record several takes of the same riff which will appear underneath this one IMPORT CRE
118. track meters in Cubase will not measure the input signal unless the Input Monitoring feature is on You can refer to the Send meters in the GearBox software as your signal level reference 5a l 10 Ooo 08 760 GLICK Tempo SYNE i V7 KI lt lt gt gt gt 0 TER Record PP Page 86 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide RiffWorks 2 Line 6 Edition Setup Mac Configure your Mac to use Line 6 TonePort GuitarPort or PODxt as your audio device Be sure to connect the USB cable from your Line 6 device into your computer s USB port and then proceed with the following steps First launch the GearBox application and then go to the Help menu to launch the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices dialog Le Select the GearBox Help menu Open Help a6 Online Support amp Setup Info Open Tutorial Track Choose Hardware amp Driver Settings Update amp Configure with Line 6 Monkey __ Hardware amp Driver Settings v GearBox For instructions on configuring the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices options for your device please refer to the Recording amp Driver section in the GearBox_Help pdf that was installed with GearBox Once configured return here and continue with the following settings Configuring RiffWorks to use the Line 6 CoreAudio driver Launch RiffWorks and make the following settings In the main RiffWorks screen select Audio Setup in the bottom right area Pa
119. tself to ReWire Slave Mode You can check this mode in the Reason Hardware Interface module s Audio Out section Reason 3 detects when an available ReWire Master is running and sets itself to Slave mode CHANNEL Eom CHANNEL 5 ET REWIRE AUDIO CAAD Te herdwe s interface Now in Ableton Live you can simply access the Output menu of any MIDI track to set it to send its MIDI to any of the Reason synth modules In any of Live s MIDI tracks choose Reason as the MIDI To output and then click on the Output Channel selector to choose any Reason module Hardware interlace 1 Melody Automation To receive the audio output from Reason set the Input of any of Live s audio tracks to receive the audio from any of Reason s outputs Reason of In any of Live s Audio tracks choose Reason as do the Audio From input and then click on the Input Channel selector to choose any Reason output channels jj 3 4 Channel 3 Channel 4 j 5 6 Channel 5 Channel 6 jj 7 8 Channel 7 Channel amp jj 9 10 Channel 9 Channel 10 j 11 12 Channel 11 Channel 12 jj 13 14 Channel 13 Channel 14 15 16 Channel 15 Channel 16 17 18 Channel 17 Channel 18 jj 19 20 Channel 19 Channel 20 jj 21 22 Channel 21 Channel 22 Hi 23 94 hannal 29 hone ta E Note that the 1 2 Mix Mix R channel receives the full Reason project audio mix Page 143 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup
120. u want to hear more Delay 7 Audio Create as many breakpoints as needed then drag them with your mouse to manipulate your envelope Upon playback the Delay Mix will ramp up from 23 to 38 and will remain there for the remainder of the section You can create any number of envelopes to control as many GearBox Plug in parameters as needed Ableton Live 5 also features a Draw Mode tool which literally allows you to draw the parameter envelope right over the track For more information please refer to your Ableton Live 5 help documentation Page 31 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide MACINTOSH APPLICATIONS WITH GEARBOX Ableton Live Lite 5 Line 6 Edition Setup Mac Configure your Mac to use your Line 6 TonePort GuitarPort or PODxt as your audio device Be sure to connect the USB cable from your Line 6 device into your computer s USB port and then proceed with the following steps First launch the GearBox application and then go to the Help menu to launch the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices dialog Help Open Help a6 Online Support amp Setup Info Select the GearBox Help menu Open Tutorial Track Choose Hardware amp Driver Settings Update amp Configure with Line 6 Monkey _ Hardware amp Driver Settings p v GearBox For instructions on configuring the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices options for your device please refer to the Recording amp Driver section in th
121. uctions on configuring the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices options for your device please refer to the Recording amp Driver section in the GearBox_Help pdf that was installed with GearBox Once configured return here and continue with the following settings Configuring RiffWorks to use the Line 6 ASIO driver Launch RiffWorks and make the following settings In the main RiffWorks screen select Audio Setup in the bottom right area eae Bb dJ g 1 P Page 145 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide ASIO Setup ASIO Device E F Select your Line 6 device Output Channel Output 1 Cutpuk 2 Latency Input 651 samples Output 1302 samples Total 44 2857 ms ASIO Technology by Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH Open ASIO Control Panel Click OK when finished You can then select the recording input s To record a Mono source turn off the Stereo light and click on the input dropdown Select your input from Send 1 4 Note Sends 3 4 are not available on GuitarPort and PODxt family products To record a Stereo source turn on the Stereo light and click on the input dropdown Page 146 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Select your stereo input from sends 1 amp 2 or 3 amp 4 Note Sends 3 4 are not available on GuitarPort and PODxt family products A word on Input Monitoring Your Gearbox software features ToneDirect Monitoring which allows you to listen to
122. upports this OS X feature Note Combining 2 Line 6 USB hardware devices to build an Aggregate Device is not supported It is also not advised to hot swap unplug the USB cable from one USB audio device and plug it into another Line 6 devices while in use by GearBox or other audio software Be sure to connect the USB cable from your Line 6 hardware into your computer s USB port and then proceed with the following steps Creating an Aggregate Device All the required settings you need to make to create an Aggregate device are made within the Aggregate Device Editor window which is found in the Audio MIDI Setup dialog Launch the GearBox software and go to the Help menu to launch the Audio MIDI Setup Open Help ob Go to the GearBox Help menu and choose Hardware amp Driver Settings This will bring up a control panel window Update amp Configure with Line 6 Monkey Hardware amp Driver Settings v GearBox Page 14 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices ee Q Driver Version 2 1 8 Line 6 Device TonePort UX2 GS Select Run Audio ear aus MIDI Setup General audio settings should be configured using the Audio MIDI Setup application that is part of the operating system sce ina ai Sample Rate Converter Acitve Input Source Select Instrument HH Record 1 2 GearBo
123. urround sound via multiple speakers this would also be a feature that you would lose by making your Line 6 device your preferred audio device On board synth sounds Some sound cards also have synthesizer chips onboard that will receive MIDI content and play audio directly out of the card These sounds might also not be available to you if using your Line 6 device as the Windows default device since your speakers will be connected to your Line 6 device If your sound card has one of these synthesizer chips one solution is to connect the audio output from your other sound card to the Monitor In jack on the back of your Line 6 device Windows System Alert sounds It can actually be quite annoying to have all those Windows system alert sounds blaring at high volume through your Line 6 device when you are trying to focus on more musical endeavors Fortunately you can independently turn off these system sounds and still keep your Line 6 device as your Windows default playback device Click on your Start button and go to Settings gt Control Panel gt Sounds and Audio Devices gt Sounds tab For the Sounds Scheme setting choose No Sounds Click OK to exit the dialog Accelerated 3D audio Computer games may also set themselves to use the Windows default device and some can have multi channel or specific accelerated 3D audio playback requirements Page 11 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide your Line 6 device does not support
124. ust click the Transport z oig Record button and start al m s Me p recording 30 3 Page 154
125. vice signal with the output of your Mbox This allows you to hear the Line 6 device signal with no added latency from Pro Tools LE In this configuration you should Mute your Pro Tools LE track while recording to silence its software monitoring signal Start recording Taprtctet a il Movtine 12 fs 0 AE aca 12 pa p on o ato reas __ Page 134 Now click the transport Record button to place Pro Tools LE into record mode then press the Play button to start recording Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Image Line Fruity Loops FL Studio 6 Setup Windows This section will show you how to setup your Line 6 hardware and GearBox for recording in FL Studio 6 Be sure to connect the USB cable from your Line 6 device into your computer s USB port and then proceed with the following steps Configure your PC to use your Line 6 TonePort GuitarPort or PODxt as your audio device First launch the GearBox application and then go to the Help menu to launch the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices dialog Open Help Online Support amp Setup Info Open Tutorial Track Update amp Configure with Line 6 Monkey o Hardware amp Driver Settings 4bouk GearBox Select the GearBox Help menu Choose Hardware amp Driver Settings For instructions on configuring the Line 6 Audio MIDI Devices options for your device please refer to the Recording amp Driver section in the GearBox_Hel
126. x Tone Record 3 4 GearBox Tone semi processed Audio MIDI Setu In the Audio MIDI p Setup dialog choose the y Devices MIDI Devices H Audio Devices page TonePort UX2 be Default Output TonePort Corns Picket oe te MIDI Window Help Go to the Audio menu Open Aggregate Device Editor and choose Open Aggregate Device Editor As soon as you click the Add button a device will be created for you to configure listing all of your individual connected Core Audio devices within the Structure pane You can also edit the name for this Aggregate Device in the top pane if you like Page 15 Line 6 GearBox 3 0 Recording Setup Guide Aggregate Devices In Out Aggregate Device Click on the button to create Add and remove aggregate devices on your computer a New Aggregate Device k Structure Clock Use Audio Device In Out Resample Built in Audio 2 2 C TonePort UX 4 2 All detected Core Audio devices 2 0 are listed in the Structure pane Note that the numbers of In and Out ports are listed for each device In the Aggregate Device Editor you can click the Add button to create as many Aggregate Devices as you like and each can be configured to use the individual audio devices you choose None of the individual audio devices are activated until you check the Use box to the left We re going to click the Use buttons fo

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