Line 6 headphones powered monitors - Manual (Page 132)

Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basic Features Guide
ToneDirect TM and your Line 6 Hardware as the preferred Audio
Interface/Sound Card
If you choose your Line 6 hardware as the preferred sound card for your audio setup, you get the
benefits of ToneDirect™ monitoring automatically when running the GearBox application for
tone control. This is standard operation when GearBox is acting as a tone front end for recording
or jamming.
PODxt/Live/Pro users: All Tone processing is performed internally on the PODxt device, saving
CPU resources and providing even better feel and responsiveness for recording!
ToneDirect
TM
Monitoring while recording with GearBox Plug-in
ToneDirect™ is a feature of the GearBox full application, not the GearBox Plug-in, so in
order for you to enjoy the feel and responsiveness provided by ToneDirect™, you’ll need to run
the GearBox application alongside the GearBox Plug-in. Keep in mind that these 2 applications
run independently of each other, so any tone settings you make in the GearBox application will
have to be matched in the Plug-in to provide the same results. You can achieve this by making
your settings in the GearBox application, saving the tone to your tones folder, and then recalling
that tone later when applying the GearBox Plug-in.
Using a 3
rd
-party Audio Interface with TonePort DI
If you use the GearBox Plug-in with a TonePort DI or a PODxt PRO, you’ll be able to monitor
your signal with ToneDirect by following these steps (illustrated on the graphic at the beginning
of this Guide):
• Connect the signal source to the input of your Line 6 Hardware.
• Connect the unprocessed dry output of the TonePort DI / PODxt PRO to your Audio
Interface. This will be the source you’re running the plug-in on.
• Disable Input Monitoring in your recording application, for the track you’re recording into.
• Connect the processed Analog Outs to your Audio Interface, or alternatively, to a mixer (if
you don’t want to connect them to the recording interface, or if your interface does not
support input monitoring)
• Launch the GearBox application and monitor the recorded signal thru the Analog Outputs
of your Line 6 Hardware, to get the benefits of ToneDirect™ monitoring
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