Line 6 3.7 - Manual (Page 153)

Line 6 GearBox 3.7 – Model Gallery
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Console
Here’s our model inspired by solid state console mic pre designs, delivering flat frequency response that
is very clean and without the additional personality that the other Preamp Models provide. This is a
great choice when you want to capture quality audio without adding color, as you might want to do
when recording line level instruments like keyboards.
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Effects
Delay
Delay Effects create echoes by repeating a delayed version of the signal that feeds them. The FEEDBACK
knob on Delay control panels determine how many repeats you’ll hear. TIME determines how late the
echo will be versus the input signal, and allows Tap Tempo. A short delay time and low feedback
setting will give you a classic “slap back” delay. Longer delay times give you a distinctly separate echo,
and higher feedback settings increase the number of echoes. There’s always a MIX control, and each
of the Models has a few other controls as well....
Analog Delay w/Modulation
The Analog Delay w/ Modulation model is based on* the
Electro-Harmonix® Deluxe Memory Man which is a pedal
that uses the “bucket brigade” electronics of other analog
echoes, and adds a chorus circuit to boot. This adjustable
chorus is applied to the echoes only, leaving the direct sound
unaffected. The Memory Man, with its warm, distorted tone
and swimming echoes, became an important tool for many
guitarists, and was an essential part of the guitar sounds for
the first U2 album. Part of the Deluxe in Deluxe Memory Man
was the increased delay time of 500 milliseconds. Analog w/
Mod emulates that classic Memory Man tone with the added
advantage of 2 seconds of delay time. The mod speed and
depth controls set up the chorus on the delays.
* ELECTRO-HARMONIX® is a trademark of New Sensor Corp. and is in no way associated or affiliated
with Line 6. These product names, descriptions and images are provided for the sole purpose of identifying
the specific products that were studied during Line 6’s sound model development.
Tube Echo
The classic 1963 Maestro EP-1 was the first of a series of “Echoplex” designs
distributed by the company, and made by Harris-Teller in Chicago. As
touted in a Maestro advertisement, the Echoplex’s “...special effects range
all the way from a controlled high speed reverberation to a full, throbbing
echo”! The main feature of the Echoplex design is a special cartridge of
looped 1/4-inch audio tape that wraps past separate record and playback
heads. The position of the playback head can be moved to adjust the
delay time from 60 to 650 milliseconds. Tube Echo is based on* the classic
Echoplex tone with the extra advantage of up to 2 seconds of delay time.
DRIVE lets you dial up some tube warmth like the original and FLUTTER
(short for wow and flutter) adds that unique sound of a slipping, dirty tape
capstan!