Line 6 3.7 - Manual (Page 23)

Line 6 GearBox 3.7 – Using Your Line 6 Hardware
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GuitarPort
Instrument input - your electric guitar or bass, plug it into this input using a standard 1/4-inch TS
instrument cable. This inputs the signal into GearBox where you can choose your Tone and route the
processed signal both to your audio software and out the GuitarPort outputs.
Analog Line Outs – connect to your
powered speakers or mixer
Connect your stereo headphones
Connect USB cable from here to your
computer
Monitor In – connect a line level, stereo
output (from your stereo, MP3 player,
etc).
Analog Line Outs - These Left and Right RCA jacks output all audio signals; the audio from your
audio software on the computer, and anything plugged into any the Instrument or Monitor inputs.
So, these are what you want to connect to your monitoring system when using GuitarPort as your
computer’s sound card. Use shielded RCA to RCA tipped cables to connect directly to your powered
speakers, mixer or power amp setup. Note that you can also use the headphone jack on GuitarPort if
you want to use headphones for monitoring.
Headphones - If you want to listen to the audio using stereo headphones, then plug them into this
1/8-inch stereo jack. This Headphone jack outputs the same signal fed to the Analog Line Outs; the
audio from your audio software on the computer, as well as anything plugged into the Instrument or
Line inputs.
Monitor In - If you want to hear the signal from a line level source mixed with all the other audio
coming from your computer, but do not want this audio recorded, then plug the source in here. Note
that this is a stereo jack, so you should use a stereo 1/8-inch tipped stereo audio cable for this connection.
You’ll hear any audio coming into this jack via the Analog Line Outs and Phones, but it won’t go to
GuitarPort’s Record Send 1-2.
USB - This is where you connect the supplied USB cable to GuitarPort, with the other end going
to your computer’s USB 1.1 or 2.0 port. Note that you should always connect to a separate USB
controller channel from other USB audio or MIDI interfaces to provide GuitarPort with the full USB
bandwidth. GuitarPort also gets its power from this USB connection, so it should not be plugged into a
non-powered USB hub, or operated on the same USB controller channel with un-powered devices. It
is also recommended to connect directly into a USB port on your computer and not into a USB hub.