Line 6 3.7 User Manual
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Line 6 GearBox 3.7 – Driver Panel & Recording
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*Note that TonePort and GuitarPort devices also offer ToneDirect™ Monitoring, which is a
separate audio path with its own Buffer setting. This allows you to keep the above ASIO Buffer Size
at a “safer”, higher value, yet still benefit from low latency monitoring of your input signal while
recording. Similarly, POD devices offer a USB audio buffer which provides an independent, direct
monitor signal with its own buffer adjustment as well. More info on ToneDirect monitoring can be
7 – Bit Depth: The ASIO bit depth in use. Note this field is only active when in use by an ASIO
application. It is recommended to use the 24-bit option here as well as the 24-bit option within your
ASIO recording software. (If your ASIO audio software only supports or is set to 16-bit, then it is
recommended to set your Line 6 hardware’s Bit Depth setting here also to 16-bit to match).
8 – Sample Rate Converter Active indicator: TonePort & GuitarPort devices support 44.1 and 48 kHz
sample rates natively, and also support 88.2 and 96 kHz sample rates by way of an internal sample rate
converter. This indicator lights up to show you when this converter is active, which can be any time
your ASIO software is requesting a different sample rate than what your device “natively” supports.
TonePort UX8 supports 44.1, 48, 88.2 and 96 kHz sample rates natively, meaning that these sample
rates are not converted.
9 – Driver Operation indicator:
TonePort & GuitarPort devices - Displays what sample rate and bit depth the current device is
operating at (or with no text if not in use).
10 – Lock Driver Format: When checked, this forces the Line 6 audio driver to operate at the Sample
Rate and Bit Depth settings entered in the two fields below (as opposed to following the sample rate
requested by a Windows audio application).
Note – This checkbox will remain grayed-out while the current Line 6 device is in use by the
GearBox application and/or any 3rd party audio application. To access the Force Driver Format
feature, you will need to exit GearBox as well as any audio software that might be using the currently
selected Line 6 device as its audio device. This checkbox will then be selectable.
Windows Vista users... you won’t see these options in this portion of the dialog since these driver
format options are handled by Vista itself. You will instead see a Sound Control Panel button:
Pressing this button will (not surprisingly) launch the Vista Control Panel’s Sound dialog. Here in the
Playback tab you can designate your Line 6 USB device as the “Default” audio device if you want all
your Vista programs such as Win Media Player, Flash Player, iTunes, Internet video players, etc., to
send their playback to it. However, if you are going to set your Line 6 device as the default, it is a good