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Part of GearBox
Can run with any Plug-In Bundles.
TonePort, GuitarPort Can be added to any
or PODXT. GearBox supported
hardware.
IMPORTANT: USB REQUIRED:
Connect Speakers or Line 6 hardware
Headphones to Line 6 must be connected
hardware, not directly via USB to use
to computer. GearBox Plug-In.
Line 6 hardware must also be connected via USB.
Optional ToneDirect™ Monitoring:
computer
For no-compromise feel & responsiveness during
recording, you can send unprocessed audio to
your recording progra
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Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basic Features Guide LINE 6 GEARBOX 3.1 – BASIC FEATURES GUIDE Table of Contents Activation...................................................................................................................................................................4 Before using GearBox............................................................................................................................................5 System Requirements and Installation...........
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Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basic Features Guide ACTIVATION Some features of GearBox require “activation” using Line 6 Monkey and your Internet connection. Activation turns these features on in your GearBox-compatible hardware, so they can operate in the GearBox stand-alone application and Plug-in. “Monkey, you say?” – get the skinny on Line 6 Monkey in the next chapter. Detailed information on activating GearBox Plug-In can be found here. Model Packs that you purchase from www.line6.c
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Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basic Features Guide BEFORE USING GEARBOX OK, you’ve got your guitar, a computer and a head full of songs and cool licks, so how do you get this all going? You’re just a few steps away from turning your computer into a serious Tone, jamming and recording machine. First, here is some valuable information to ensure you have all the latest and greatest updates…. System Requirements and Installation If you need to check the system requirements or some assistance with
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Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basic Features Guide Searching this Guide’s Contents To make it easier to “look for stuff” in this guide, please use the search features of Adobe Reader® (Windows®) or Preview® (Mac®). Here’s how: Windows®: Look for the Search button on the File Toolbar. To display this Toolbar, go to View>Toolbars>File. Clicking the Search button will open a pane on the right side of the screen. Mac®: The Search field is at the top of the Drawer, which you can open by
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Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basic Features Guide COMPATIBILITY CHECK To check your Mac® or Windows® computer system to see if it meets the requirements to run GearBox, launch Line 6 Monkey and go to the Compatibility tab: Just click the Run Check button and Monkey will check your system and list a report of all items in the window, letting you know if they pass the minimum requirements needed for GearBox. For a complete list of GearBox system requirements, please see the GearB
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Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basic Features Guide GEARBOX (FULL PROGRAM) BASICS The GearBox software is your new Tone Control Central. It gives you visual control, makes it easy to create, edit and save your Tones, includes plenty of great presets, and connects you directly to our exclusive online Tone Library of thousands of professionally programmed Tones. GearBox can run alongside your favorite recording software, letting you easily control every detail of your sound right from your comput
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Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basic Features Guide The above screen shows GearBox running with a TonePort device in use. There are some differences when connected to a GuitarPort or PODxt device - look for the mentions of device-specific controls and behaviors in the descriptions below. Some of the unique GuitarPort and PODxt controls and behaviors are also called out in following sections. All descriptions that follow are the same for Windows® or Mac®, unless otherwise noted. 1 - Source Sel
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Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basic Features Guide Note – GearBox will not display this Mute button when PODxt is the source device. • Pan slider - Pans your source input left or right. This affects the signal that is routed to BOTH your Record Send 1-2 and the Monitor path. Double click on the slider to set it to dead center. For TonePort devices - When using a single Tone Source, these control the Record Send 1-2 Monitor signal path. Send 3-4 has its own set of Monitor controls (accessible i
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Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basic Features Guide switching the effect itself On/Off. Note that you can use your left or right mouse button to do this. • Clicking the bottom portion of the stomp box will toggle the effect On and Off. 13 - Send 1-2 VU Meters: TonePort & GuitarPort - These show the level sent to your recording program tracks that are receiving Send 1-2. If the little indicator at the bottom of each meter lights red, turn down the RECORD knob and/or turn off the +18 butt
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Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basic Features Guide 17 - Effects Control display: This panel displays the controls for the selected effect (see # 11 & 12 and #18 for how to choose to show an effect’s controls). For TonePort this can also show the Record Send 3-4 controls. 18 - Effect menu: Offers selection for which effect’s controls are shown in the Effects Control display area. 19 - Info Bar: Text appears in this bar relating to what your mouse cursor is currently hovering over. Thi
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Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basic Features Guide Note – GearBox will not display the Hum Reducer options when a PODxt is the source device. GearBox with TonePort and GuitarPort Using GearBox with a TonePort or GuitarPort device gives you access to multiple Record Sends, and with a TonePort UX1/UX2/KB37, you get Dual-Tone operation, bringing out the most out of GearBox! Note: TonePort DI and GuitarPort can only run in Single-Tone configuration. Record Send 3-4 GearBox will display
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Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basic Features Guide Please note that the pre/post setting of Record Send 3-4 is not saved within the Tone Preset. Note – if your audio application is configured to use the TonePort WDM driver (on Windows®), you will only be able to access Send 1-2 in the recording software, and it will carry both GearBox Send 1-2 and 3-4 signal paths, pre-mixed into Send 1-2. Monitoring a GearBox-processed tone while recording “Dry” With GearBox Send 3-4, you can send a
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Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basic Features Guide Dual-Tone operation (TonePort UX1/UX2/KB37) These TonePort devices are unique in that they give you not one, but two independent Tone paths! This feature allows you to process two completely independent Tones for two separate inputs at the same time, such as your guitar plus a microphone, and allows your recording software to record each in its own separate track. The “Dual-Tone” inputs are the ones in the Source Select menu that hav
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Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basic Features Guide The Send 1-2 controls are shown for Tone 1, and Send 3-4 controls are shown for Tone 2 Operating GearBox in Dual-Tone mode can require some major processing power from your computer (not surprisingly, twice as much as a single Tone!). Each effect that is powered “on” will use some processing power – effects that are “off” do not use processing power. MIDI Control When using GearBox with TonePort and GuitarPort devices, GearBox offers
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Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basic Features Guide TonePort UX2/KB37 Controllers Unique to TonePort UX2 and KB37 are two Footswitch jacks on the hardware which provide remote control of GearBox functions. Additionally, TonePort KB37 features an expression pedal jack and a number of knobs, wheels and buttons which can be configured to control various MIDI parameters, rd GearBox and 3 -party application functions. KB 37 ships with a default set of functions assigned to its controllers, which y
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Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basic Features Guide To re-map the functions of any of these controllers, go to Edit>Preferences and follow these steps: Select the Hardware tab Click here to display the Line 6 Audio-MIDI Device control panel Select the MIDI tab Click here to recall any Preset or Default Mappings … … Or click here to create a Custom MIDI Mapping Page 18
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Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basic Features Guide This column populates with all re-assignable controll ers Name and Save your Custom for your device (TonePort KB37 shown here) Mapping as a Preset Choose which GearBox function Choose the Type of Control, which Click Apply, then (if any) to assign to controllers CC/Action it will perform, and the OK when done Switch Mode for your controllers Note - For a complete list of GearBox MIDI - parameter assignments, and more
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Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basic Features Guide GearBox with PODxt One difference between PODxt and TonePort or GuitarPort devices is that PODxt’s have their own onboard DSP processing and Memory. You can think of GearBox as a computer “user interface” for what is running on your PODxt device. Because of this hardware architecture, you’ll see a few differences here for GearBox controls with PODxt as compared to TonePort or GuitarPort. It also means that the processing horsepower used to app
