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Question for Guitarists (or guitar-recordists) [message #66055] Sun, 02 April 2006 11:10 Go to next message
Nil is currently offline  Nil
Messages: 245
Registered: March 2007
Senior Member
Been thinking about picking up a new guitar processor (or
perhaps even a new amp, just for some different tones & colors,
and MAN there's so much stuff out there! Haven't been shopping
for anything like this in awhile, so I was wondering if anyone
has any items of this nature that they've found they really
like?

Not looking for any wild & crazy EFX, necessarily, but if it
has that too, that's fine.

Any comments on:
**Line6 Tone Port UX2? I saw someone posted something about that
setup here a week or so ago... how's that working out?

**Any other Line6 stuff? I tried one of their Spider combo amps
a few months back, and it seemed OK for what it did.

**TC Electronics rackmount guitar processors?

**Any floormount multi-EFX thingies you're using that really
rock?

**Any new amps you've heard that blew you away?

Not really interested in the Variax or other guitar-modeling
stuff - I've got enough of a variety of guitars, it's just the
stuff to run them through that I'm interested in.

TIA!

Neil
Re: Question for Guitarists (or guitar-recordists) [message #66056 is a reply to message #66055] Sun, 02 April 2006 11:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
justcron is currently offline  justcron   UNITED STATES
Messages: 330
Registered: May 2006
Senior Member
Theres always been the Line6 vs SansAmp debate. They're both great tools..
if you can, get one of each. :) I love the SansAmp second only to actual
tubes.

"Neil" <IUOIU@OIU.com> wrote in message news:44301382$1@linux...
>
> Been thinking about picking up a new guitar processor (or
> perhaps even a new amp, just for some different tones & colors,
> and MAN there's so much stuff out there! Haven't been shopping
> for anything like this in awhile, so I was wondering if anyone
> has any items of this nature that they've found they really
> like?
>
> Not looking for any wild & crazy EFX, necessarily, but if it
> has that too, that's fine.
>
> Any comments on:
> **Line6 Tone Port UX2? I saw someone posted something about that
> setup here a week or so ago... how's that working out?
>
> **Any other Line6 stuff? I tried one of their Spider combo amps
> a few months back, and it seemed OK for what it did.
>
> **TC Electronics rackmount guitar processors?
>
> **Any floormount multi-EFX thingies you're using that really
> rock?
>
> **Any new amps you've heard that blew you away?
>
> Not really interested in the Variax or other guitar-modeling
> stuff - I've got enough of a variety of guitars, it's just the
> stuff to run them through that I'm interested in.
>
> TIA!
>
> Neil
>
Re: Question for Guitarists (or guitar-recordists) [message #66061 is a reply to message #66056] Sun, 02 April 2006 11:33 Go to previous messageGo to next message
John Macy is currently offline  John Macy
Messages: 242
Registered: April 2006
Senior Member
GuitarRig 2 is amazing. I work with a guitar player that likes his better
than his amps. There is a latency isue, though. Slight, but bothers some
players.

That said, it's pretty hard to beat a 65 Deluxe Reverb with some Robert Keeley
stomp boxes in front of it....



"justcron" <paris@hydrorecords.com> wrote:
>Theres always been the Line6 vs SansAmp debate. They're both great tools..

>if you can, get one of each. :) I love the SansAmp second only to actual

>tubes.
>
>"Neil" <IUOIU@OIU.com> wrote in message news:44301382$1@linux...
>>
>> Been thinking about picking up a new guitar processor (or
>> perhaps even a new amp, just for some different tones & colors,
>> and MAN there's so much stuff out there! Haven't been shopping
>> for anything like this in awhile, so I was wondering if anyone
>> has any items of this nature that they've found they really
>> like?
>>
>> Not looking for any wild & crazy EFX, necessarily, but if it
>> has that too, that's fine.
>>
>> Any comments on:
>> **Line6 Tone Port UX2? I saw someone posted something about that
>> setup here a week or so ago... how's that working out?
>>
>> **Any other Line6 stuff? I tried one of their Spider combo amps
>> a few months back, and it seemed OK for what it did.
>>
>> **TC Electronics rackmount guitar processors?
>>
>> **Any floormount multi-EFX thingies you're using that really
>> rock?
>>
>> **Any new amps you've heard that blew you away?
>>
>> Not really interested in the Variax or other guitar-modeling
>> stuff - I've got enough of a variety of guitars, it's just the
>> stuff to run them through that I'm interested in.
>>
>> TIA!
>>
>> Neil
>>
>
>
Re: Question for Guitarists (or guitar-recordists) [message #66063 is a reply to message #66061] Sun, 02 April 2006 11:31 Go to previous messageGo to next message
justcron is currently offline  justcron   UNITED STATES
Messages: 330
Registered: May 2006
Senior Member
NI makes some quality stuff accross the board. I should check that out.
"John Macy" <spamlessjohn@johnmacy.com> wrote in message
news:44301904$1@linux...
>
> GuitarRig 2 is amazing. I work with a guitar player that likes his better
> than his amps. There is a latency isue, though. Slight, but bothers some
> players.
>
> That said, it's pretty hard to beat a 65 Deluxe Reverb with some Robert
> Keeley
> stomp boxes in front of it....
>
>
>
> "justcron" <paris@hydrorecords.com> wrote:
>>Theres always been the Line6 vs SansAmp debate. They're both great
>>tools..
>
>>if you can, get one of each. :) I love the SansAmp second only to
>>actual
>
>>tubes.
>>
>>"Neil" <IUOIU@OIU.com> wrote in message news:44301382$1@linux...
>>>
>>> Been thinking about picking up a new guitar processor (or
>>> perhaps even a new amp, just for some different tones & colors,
>>> and MAN there's so much stuff out there! Haven't been shopping
>>> for anything like this in awhile, so I was wondering if anyone
>>> has any items of this nature that they've found they really
>>> like?
>>>
>>> Not looking for any wild & crazy EFX, necessarily, but if it
>>> has that too, that's fine.
>>>
>>> Any comments on:
>>> **Line6 Tone Port UX2? I saw someone posted something about that
>>> setup here a week or so ago... how's that working out?
>>>
>>> **Any other Line6 stuff? I tried one of their Spider combo amps
>>> a few months back, and it seemed OK for what it did.
>>>
>>> **TC Electronics rackmount guitar processors?
>>>
>>> **Any floormount multi-EFX thingies you're using that really
>>> rock?
>>>
>>> **Any new amps you've heard that blew you away?
>>>
>>> Not really interested in the Variax or other guitar-modeling
>>> stuff - I've got enough of a variety of guitars, it's just the
>>> stuff to run them through that I'm interested in.
>>>
>>> TIA!
>>>
>>> Neil
>>>
>>
>>
>
Re: Question for Guitarists (or guitar-recordists) [message #66070 is a reply to message #66061] Sun, 02 April 2006 12:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jamie K is currently offline  Jamie K   UNITED STATES
Messages: 1115
Registered: July 2006
Senior Member
Emulations: I've heard some decent sounds out of the PODXT Live floor
unit, used by another guitar player in one of my heavier bands. The
Digitech GNX4 rocks for me at shows plus it does looping, multitrack
recording and guitar FX. The guitar amp/cab emulator in Logic is capable
of some excellent tones, and the ability to change amp/cab models later
in the mixing process is really useful.

Analog: If you can find an ART Power Plant, it handles heavy metal palm
muting better than anything else I've used. My GK250ML amp has taken on
a new life driving a 2-12 cab - it really sings once you do some of the
internal adjustments. My old hotrodded blackface Bassman 50 is a great
benchmark for programming the new fangled stuff.

Cheers,
-Jamie
http://www.JamieKrutz.com


John Macy wrote:
> GuitarRig 2 is amazing. I work with a guitar player that likes his better
> than his amps. There is a latency isue, though. Slight, but bothers some
> players.
>
> That said, it's pretty hard to beat a 65 Deluxe Reverb with some Robert Keeley
> stomp boxes in front of it....
>
>
>
> "justcron" <paris@hydrorecords.com> wrote:
>> Theres always been the Line6 vs SansAmp debate. They're both great tools..
>
>> if you can, get one of each. :) I love the SansAmp second only to actual
>
>> tubes.
>>
>> "Neil" <IUOIU@OIU.com> wrote in message news:44301382$1@linux...
>>> Been thinking about picking up a new guitar processor (or
>>> perhaps even a new amp, just for some different tones & colors,
>>> and MAN there's so much stuff out there! Haven't been shopping
>>> for anything like this in awhile, so I was wondering if anyone
>>> has any items of this nature that they've found they really
>>> like?
>>>
>>> Not looking for any wild & crazy EFX, necessarily, but if it
>>> has that too, that's fine.
>>>
>>> Any comments on:
>>> **Line6 Tone Port UX2? I saw someone posted something about that
>>> setup here a week or so ago... how's that working out?
>>>
>>> **Any other Line6 stuff? I tried one of their Spider combo amps
>>> a few months back, and it seemed OK for what it did.
>>>
>>> **TC Electronics rackmount guitar processors?
>>>
>>> **Any floormount multi-EFX thingies you're using that really
>>> rock?
>>>
>>> **Any new amps you've heard that blew you away?
>>>
>>> Not really interested in the Variax or other guitar-modeling
>>> stuff - I've got enough of a variety of guitars, it's just the
>>> stuff to run them through that I'm interested in.
>>>
>>> TIA!
>>>
>>> Neil
>>>
>>
>
Re: Question for Guitarists (or guitar-recordists) [message #66071 is a reply to message #66055] Sun, 02 April 2006 13:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
dc[4] is currently offline  dc[4]
Messages: 62
Registered: September 2005
Member
There is so much great stuff out there now. We live in the best of
times for guitar gear.

2 recent amps I've gotten that I love:

THD Univalve. Absolutely sparkling clean sounds with as many
different tones as you have tubes laying around. You can put a
bunch of different output tubes in it without rebiasing as well as
a variety of front end tubes. In the rock channel it is designed
to get the "small amp on meltdown" tone that was used in so many
of our favorite records, and I find it to be the toothiest, gutsiest
OD sound I know of. (I also use a Barber TonePress in front, which
is a parallel compressor that lets you one of our favorite studio
tricks, live.) Absolutely rockin' tones and only 15 watts so you can
get a huge sound without going deaf.

No downside at all since the price is 919.00 on the Fiend and it is
available for less than that on eBay. You will need a speaker
cabinet.

http://www.thdelectronics.com/products/univalve.htm


The other amp I love is Mark Sampson's new Star amps. I have
a Blues Star, but its tones are way more versatile than just blues.

There is a review of it on my guitar blog:

http://dcguitarjournal.blogspot.com/2006/02/star-amplifiers- blues-star.html

only negative is that it is not at all cheap.


DC
Re: Question for Guitarists (or guitar-recordists) [message #66075 is a reply to message #66055] Sun, 02 April 2006 15:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Bill Lorentzen is currently offline  Bill Lorentzen   UNITED STATES
Messages: 140
Registered: June 2005
Senior Member
I use the Vox ToneLab into the effect return of a Mesa Boogie Satellite amp.
I use this rig exclusively now and I am quite satisfied.

Bill

"Neil" <IUOIU@OIU.com> wrote in message news:44301382$1@linux...
>
> Been thinking about picking up a new guitar processor (or
> perhaps even a new amp, just for some different tones & colors,
> and MAN there's so much stuff out there! Haven't been shopping
> for anything like this in awhile, so I was wondering if anyone
> has any items of this nature that they've found they really
> like?
>
> Not looking for any wild & crazy EFX, necessarily, but if it
> has that too, that's fine.
>
> Any comments on:
> **Line6 Tone Port UX2? I saw someone posted something about that
> setup here a week or so ago... how's that working out?
>
> **Any other Line6 stuff? I tried one of their Spider combo amps
> a few months back, and it seemed OK for what it did.
>
> **TC Electronics rackmount guitar processors?
>
> **Any floormount multi-EFX thingies you're using that really
> rock?
>
> **Any new amps you've heard that blew you away?
>
> Not really interested in the Variax or other guitar-modeling
> stuff - I've got enough of a variety of guitars, it's just the
> stuff to run them through that I'm interested in.
>
> TIA!
>
> Neil
>
Re: Question for Guitarists (or guitar-recordists) [message #66093 is a reply to message #66055] Sun, 02 April 2006 22:11 Go to previous messageGo to next message
excelav is currently offline  excelav   
Messages: 2130
Registered: July 2005
Location: Metro Detroit
Senior Member
Hey Neil! You might want to check out the Waves GTR system. Check out the
video on there web sit, or get them to send you the DVD video demo.

http://www.waves.com/content.asp?id=1684

Waves has an April special, 20% off on GTR 2.0

http://www.waves.com/


reports:

http://namm.harmony-central.com/WNAMM06/Content/Waves/PR/GTR -2.0.html

Video reports:

http://sonicstate.com/news/shownews.cfm?newsid=2632

Video link from July 05 is 6 down
http://namm.harmony-central.com/General/headlines.html?manuf acturer=Waves


James

"Neil" <IUOIU@OIU.com> wrote:
>
>Been thinking about picking up a new guitar processor (or
>perhaps even a new amp, just for some different tones & colors,
>and MAN there's so much stuff out there! Haven't been shopping
>for anything like this in awhile, so I was wondering if anyone
>has any items of this nature that they've found they really
>like?
>
>Not looking for any wild & crazy EFX, necessarily, but if it
>has that too, that's fine.
>
>Any comments on:
>**Line6 Tone Port UX2? I saw someone posted something about that
>setup here a week or so ago... how's that working out?
>
>**Any other Line6 stuff? I tried one of their Spider combo amps
>a few months back, and it seemed OK for what it did.
>
>**TC Electronics rackmount guitar processors?
>
>**Any floormount multi-EFX thingies you're using that really
>rock?
>
>**Any new amps you've heard that blew you away?
>
>Not really interested in the Variax or other guitar-modeling
>stuff - I've got enough of a variety of guitars, it's just the
>stuff to run them through that I'm interested in.
>
>TIA!
>
>Neil
>
Re: Question for Guitarists (or guitar-recordists) [message #66110 is a reply to message #66055] Mon, 03 April 2006 08:39 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Mark McDermott is currently offline  Mark McDermott   
Messages: 204
Registered: February 2006
Location: Portland, OR
Senior Member
Hi Neil,

That was probably my post you were referring to re: the Line6 Toneport UX2.

Well, I'm happy to say that I spent quite a bit of time on Saturday with
it and am extremely happy with the product. I'll also admit that I was a
VERY early adopter of POD and my live rig is a PODxt through an Atomic Reactor
18-watt tube amplifier.

The TP UX2 is a great deal for the money. At $199 you're really getting a
lot for your money. Only downside is that it requires a fairly fast host
computer (PC or Mac) as, unlike the POD family, the Toneport relies on the
computer's CPU for all of it's processing. From what I can tell, the TP is
simply a box with some I/O ports, A/D & D/A, a couple of meters and knobs.
I ran my guitars straight into the UX2 and out of the S/PDIF connection into
a MEC and the sound coming out of my Mackie 824s and Sony 7506s was awesome.

There are also a number (4) of tone packs that you can purchase from Line6
that add amp, speaker, and effects emulations. I'll probably buy them this
week as a friend who's running a PODxt Live has them and says thay're awesome.
(Even though he's a dyed-in-the-wool PT guy I still trust him!).

I haven't tried the mic preamp or LA2A emulations yet. Hopefully, I'll find
some time this week to check those out.

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Hope this helps!

Mark

"Neil" <IUOIU@OIU.com> wrote:
>
>Been thinking about picking up a new guitar processor (or
>perhaps even a new amp, just for some different tones & colors,
>and MAN there's so much stuff out there! Haven't been shopping
>for anything like this in awhile, so I was wondering if anyone
>has any items of this nature that they've found they really
>like?
>
>Not looking for any wild & crazy EFX, necessarily, but if it
>has that too, that's fine.
>
>Any comments on:
>**Line6 Tone Port UX2? I saw someone posted something about that
>setup here a week or so ago... how's that working out?
>
>**Any other Line6 stuff? I tried one of their Spider combo amps
>a few months back, and it seemed OK for what it did.
>
>**TC Electronics rackmount guitar processors?
>
>**Any floormount multi-EFX thingies you're using that really
>rock?
>
>**Any new amps you've heard that blew you away?
>
>Not really interested in the Variax or other guitar-modeling
>stuff - I've got enough of a variety of guitars, it's just the
>stuff to run them through that I'm interested in.
>
>TIA!
>
>Neil
>
Re: Question for Guitarists (or guitar-recordists) [message #66112 is a reply to message #66110] Mon, 03 April 2006 20:54 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Neil is currently offline  Neil
Messages: 1645
Registered: April 2006
Senior Member
OK, thanks Mark, and thanks to all who responded!

Neil

"Mark McDermott" <mark@stateofwail.com> wrote:
>
>Hi Neil,
>
>That was probably my post you were referring to re: the Line6 Toneport UX2.
>
>Well, I'm happy to say that I spent quite a bit of time on Saturday with
>it and am extremely happy with the product. I'll also admit that I was a
>VERY early adopter of POD and my live rig is a PODxt through an Atomic Reactor
>18-watt tube amplifier.
>
>The TP UX2 is a great deal for the money. At $199 you're really getting
a
>lot for your money. Only downside is that it requires a fairly fast host
>computer (PC or Mac) as, unlike the POD family, the Toneport relies on the
>computer's CPU for all of it's processing. From what I can tell, the TP
is
>simply a box with some I/O ports, A/D & D/A, a couple of meters and knobs.
>I ran my guitars straight into the UX2 and out of the S/PDIF connection
into
>a MEC and the sound coming out of my Mackie 824s and Sony 7506s was awesome.
>
>There are also a number (4) of tone packs that you can purchase from Line6
>that add amp, speaker, and effects emulations. I'll probably buy them this
>week as a friend who's running a PODxt Live has them and says thay're awesome.
>(Even though he's a dyed-in-the-wool PT guy I still trust him!).
>
>I haven't tried the mic preamp or LA2A emulations yet. Hopefully, I'll find
>some time this week to check those out.
>
>Please contact me if you have any questions.
>
>Hope this helps!
>
>Mark
>
>"Neil" <IUOIU@OIU.com> wrote:
>>
>>Been thinking about picking up a new guitar processor (or
>>perhaps even a new amp, just for some different tones & colors,
>>and MAN there's so much stuff out there! Haven't been shopping
>>for anything like this in awhile, so I was wondering if anyone
>>has any items of this nature that they've found they really
>>like?
>>
>>Not looking for any wild & crazy EFX, necessarily, but if it
>>has that too, that's fine.
>>
>>Any comments on:
>>**Line6 Tone Port UX2? I saw someone posted something about that
>>setup here a week or so ago... how's that working out?
>>
>>**Any other Line6 stuff? I tried one of their Spider combo amps
>>a few months back, and it seemed OK for what it did.
>>
>>**TC Electronics rackmount guitar processors?
>>
>>**Any floormount multi-EFX thingies you're using that really
>>rock?
>>
>>**Any new amps you've heard that blew you away?
>>
>>Not really interested in the Variax or other guitar-modeling
>>stuff - I've got enough of a variety of guitars, it's just the
>>stuff to run them through that I'm interested in.
>>
>>TIA!
>>
>>Neil
>>
>
Re: Question for Guitarists (or guitar-recordists) [message #66122 is a reply to message #66112] Tue, 04 April 2006 16:08 Go to previous messageGo to next message
zmora is currently offline  zmora
Messages: 88
Registered: August 2005
Member
http://dynatube.creamware.com/ exelent



"Neil" <IOI@OIU.com> wrote:
>
>OK, thanks Mark, and thanks to all who responded!
>
>Neil
>
>"Mark McDermott" <mark@stateofwail.com> wrote:
>>
>>Hi Neil,
>>
>>That was probably my post you were referring to re: the Line6 Toneport
UX2.
>>
>>Well, I'm happy to say that I spent quite a bit of time on Saturday with
>>it and am extremely happy with the product. I'll also admit that I was
a
>>VERY early adopter of POD and my live rig is a PODxt through an Atomic
Reactor
>>18-watt tube amplifier.
>>
>>The TP UX2 is a great deal for the money. At $199 you're really getting
>a
>>lot for your money. Only downside is that it requires a fairly fast host
>>computer (PC or Mac) as, unlike the POD family, the Toneport relies on
the
>>computer's CPU for all of it's processing. From what I can tell, the TP
>is
>>simply a box with some I/O ports, A/D & D/A, a couple of meters and knobs.
>>I ran my guitars straight into the UX2 and out of the S/PDIF connection
>into
>>a MEC and the sound coming out of my Mackie 824s and Sony 7506s was awesome.
>>
>>There are also a number (4) of tone packs that you can purchase from Line6
>>that add amp, speaker, and effects emulations. I'll probably buy them this
>>week as a friend who's running a PODxt Live has them and says thay're awesome.
>>(Even though he's a dyed-in-the-wool PT guy I still trust him!).
>>
>>I haven't tried the mic preamp or LA2A emulations yet. Hopefully, I'll
find
>>some time this week to check those out.
>>
>>Please contact me if you have any questions.
>>
>>Hope this helps!
>>
>>Mark
>>
>>"Neil" <IUOIU@OIU.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>Been thinking about picking up a new guitar processor (or
>>>perhaps even a new amp, just for some different tones & colors,
>>>and MAN there's so much stuff out there! Haven't been shopping
>>>for anything like this in awhile, so I was wondering if anyone
>>>has any items of this nature that they've found they really
>>>like?
>>>
>>>Not looking for any wild & crazy EFX, necessarily, but if it
>>>has that too, that's fine.
>>>
>>>Any comments on:
>>>**Line6 Tone Port UX2? I saw someone posted something about that
>>>setup here a week or so ago... how's that working out?
>>>
>>>**Any other Line6 stuff? I tried one of their Spider combo amps
>>>a few months back, and it seemed OK for what it did.
>>>
>>>**TC Electronics rackmount guitar processors?
>>>
>>>**Any floormount multi-EFX thingies you're using that really
>>>rock?
>>>
>>>**Any new amps you've heard that blew you away?
>>>
>>>Not really interested in the Variax or other guitar-modeling
>>>stuff - I've got enough of a variety of guitars, it's just the
>>>stuff to run them through that I'm interested in.
>>>
>>>TIA!
>>>
>>>Neil
>>>
>>
>
Re: Question for Guitarists (or guitar-recordists) [message #66149 is a reply to message #66112] Wed, 05 April 2006 05:37 Go to previous messageGo to next message
pauln[2] is currently offline  pauln[2]
Messages: 28
Registered: September 2007
Junior Member
Hey Neil, I've tried to stay with the all (or most) fx in one box route
to keep noise down. The only stomp boxes I use are a cry baby, dual RAT,
and a line6 delay (the green one, getting ready to replace it with a Yamaha
UD Stomp I recently purchased though (thanks Don for the tip :)). I tried
quite a few rack units and a couple of years ago decided to go with a Lexicon
G2 even though it is out of production. There are quite a few really nice
sounding effects and the unit does not degrade the sound like some of the
cheaper floorboard units do or like having a million stomp boxes does. And,
this is the only unit I have ever used that sounds exactly the same by-passed
as it does with no effects enabled. I've seen easier user interfaces but
I've been really happy with it overall. I play live a lot and the one thing
that this unit does that sold me on it, that no other stomp box or rack unit
I could find would do, is the ability to tap in (via the pedal board) the
tempo for the tremolo effect. They are still pretty pricy, but so far, I
haven't found anything that tops it for versatility, programmability, and
quality for playing live. Hey, Steve Morse uses one too! :) I'll be curious
as to what you wind up getting though.

Got any good suggestions for amps? I currently use a single Fender Hotrod
(40w) but I'm looking to go to an A/B set up. Not really happy with the clean
channel on that Fender but I do like it's distorted channel. Someone here
a while back suggested Carr Amps http://www.carramps.com/. They're really
expensive but I liked the sounds I was hearing from the demo clips on their
web site. Good luck with your search.

"Neil" <IOI@OIU.com> wrote:
>
>OK, thanks Mark, and thanks to all who responded!
>
>Neil
>
>"Mark McDermott" <mark@stateofwail.com> wrote:
>>
>>Hi Neil,
>>
>>That was probably my post you were referring to re: the Line6 Toneport
UX2.
>>
>>Well, I'm happy to say that I spent quite a bit of time on Saturday with
>>it and am extremely happy with the product. I'll also admit that I was
a
>>VERY early adopter of POD and my live rig is a PODxt through an Atomic
Reactor
>>18-watt tube amplifier.
>>
>>The TP UX2 is a great deal for the money. At $199 you're really getting
>a
>>lot for your money. Only downside is that it requires a fairly fast host
>>computer (PC or Mac) as, unlike the POD family, the Toneport relies on
the
>>computer's CPU for all of it's processing. From what I can tell, the TP
>is
>>simply a box with some I/O ports, A/D & D/A, a couple of meters and knobs.
>>I ran my guitars straight into the UX2 and out of the S/PDIF connection
>into
>>a MEC and the sound coming out of my Mackie 824s and Sony 7506s was awesome.
>>
>>There are also a number (4) of tone packs that you can purchase from Line6
>>that add amp, speaker, and effects emulations. I'll probably buy them this
>>week as a friend who's running a PODxt Live has them and says thay're awesome.
>>(Even though he's a dyed-in-the-wool PT guy I still trust him!).
>>
>>I haven't tried the mic preamp or LA2A emulations yet. Hopefully, I'll
find
>>some time this week to check those out.
>>
>>Please contact me if you have any questions.
>>
>>Hope this helps!
>>
>>Mark
>>
>>"Neil" <IUOIU@OIU.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>Been thinking about picking up a new guitar processor (or
>>>perhaps even a new amp, just for some different tones & colors,
>>>and MAN there's so much stuff out there! Haven't been shopping
>>>for anything like this in awhile, so I was wondering if anyone
>>>has any items of this nature that they've found they really
>>>like?
>>>
>>>Not looking for any wild & crazy EFX, necessarily, but if it
>>>has that too, that's fine.
>>>
>>>Any comments on:
>>>**Line6 Tone Port UX2? I saw someone posted something about that
>>>setup here a week or so ago... how's that working out?
>>>
>>>**Any other Line6 stuff? I tried one of their Spider combo amps
>>>a few months back, and it seemed OK for what it did.
>>>
>>>**TC Electronics rackmount guitar processors?
>>>
>>>**Any floormount multi-EFX thingies you're using that really
>>>rock?
>>>
>>>**Any new amps you've heard that blew you away?
>>>
>>>Not really interested in the Variax or other guitar-modeling
>>>stuff - I've got enough of a variety of guitars, it's just the
>>>stuff to run them through that I'm interested in.
>>>
>>>TIA!
>>>
>>>Neil
>>>
>>
>
Re: Question for Guitarists (or guitar-recordists) [message #66157 is a reply to message #66055] Wed, 05 April 2006 08:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
jef knight[1] is currently offline  jef knight[1]   CANADA
Messages: 201
Registered: October 2005
Senior Member
Hey there,

I got a Rocktron Prophesy for xmas and I gotta tell ya, this thing
Totally Kicks Butt. I've had a lot of amps and processors go through
here, but this one is a keeper.

It's not all soft and mushy like the Pod or other such devices and it
has the beauty of a tube amp w/o the nastiness of tubes vis-a-vis manuf
inconsistancies, thermal fatigue etc. I've got it going through an
Alesis RA300 power amp (I still can't shake myself of that amp, it's
pretty guitary...wouldn't use it for anything important ; ) into a
Marshall Cab that's loaded with a pair of G-12's and a pair of Vintage
30's. The Rocktron is a tad pricey but highly recomended.

It also has some nice effects and a simple harmonizer (non-scalar)
which, while not the best idea, is still usefull for a couple of things.
It also has eq per channel / pre dist / post dist/ and global, which
give a ton of control over how that dist sounds, and it's a fabulous
dist. The clean is also beautiful to the max but clean seems to be
easier to accomplish in most gear.

jef



Neil wrote:

>Been thinking about picking up a new guitar processor (or
>perhaps even a new amp, just for some different tones & colors,
>and MAN there's so much stuff out there! Haven't been shopping
>for anything like this in awhile, so I was wondering if anyone
>has any items of this nature that they've found they really
>like?
>
>Not looking for any wild & crazy EFX, necessarily, but if it
>has that too, that's fine.
>
>Any comments on:
>**Line6 Tone Port UX2? I saw someone posted something about that
>setup here a week or so ago... how's that working out?
>
>**Any other Line6 stuff? I tried one of their Spider combo amps
>a few months back, and it seemed OK for what it did.
>
>**TC Electronics rackmount guitar processors?
>
>**Any floormount multi-EFX thingies you're using that really
>rock?
>
>**Any new amps you've heard that blew you away?
>
>Not really interested in the Variax or other guitar-modeling
>stuff - I've got enough of a variety of guitars, it's just the
>stuff to run them through that I'm interested in.
>
>TIA!
>
>Neil
>
>
>
Re: Question for Guitarists (or guitar-recordists) [message #66426 is a reply to message #66055] Sun, 09 April 2006 21:03 Go to previous message
Wayne Carson is currently offline  Wayne Carson   UNITED STATES
Messages: 86
Registered: June 2007
Member
Neil,

I'm like M McDermott. I use Line6 PODxtLive and Atomic Reactor 1-12'
(18watt) for most of my playing live. I play the Nevada casino lounge gig
thing. The Reactor will only get so loud until it begins to break up if
using a thick Les Paul sound through a Fender or Vox clean channel. A
single 12' can only go so far. When I need more clean loudness, I use a
second Reactor amp for true stereo and plenty of loud clean full sound. And
it can fill a room pretty good but I still bleed into the PA.

I think it's the combo of the POD and the special tuned Reactor amp with 3
tubes that warm up the digital sound. I also spent a good two weeks
tweaking the POD. Since I play everything from country to rock to disco to
reggae to R&B and some very lite jazz I also purchased the Line6 Variax 700
amber so that I'd have multiple guitars to choose from. The Variax is
adequate to good playability, but I like that I can push a patch on the
PODxtLive and it'll select the guitar and amp combo I want via the digital
cable from Line6 (another $34.00 or so). I've got some cash invested in
this arrangement but I've been told by many that the sounds I've created
come close to authentic, ie, Les Paul's, tele's and strats from vintage
years and acoustics. However, selecting the right POD amp patch and deeply
editing the setting is important to mimic the genre being played. I
primarily use 4 banks of 4 patches each. Bank 17 is my acoustic bank with
no amps. Bank 18 is my Les Paul bank with Marshall, Vox, Line6 Clean and
Tweed amps with varying cabinets types. Bank 19 is my strat bank with a
Sweet Home Alabama amp/gtr patch, a Pink Floyd patch and a SRV patch for
example. Bank 20 is my tele bank with a clean bright country twang and a
Keith Urban patch. Bank 21 is special stuff.

I do like the effects included with the PODxtLive. The wah is almost a cry
baby, the flanges . . . well they flange, the sine chorus is smooth and
silky, the classic distortion is like an old, old round stomp pedal I used
to own, the delays are easy to manage, especially live, where I can tap the
time just as the song kicks off, the reverbs . . . a lot of choices,
phasers, rotary, tremolos and on and on.

I use the USB on the POD for settings tweaking. I use the analog L/R out
using studio mode sent to my mackie and into Paris for recording so I can't
comment on USB recording and any latency isssues.

Sorry it's late. I've been out of town.
Sincerely,
Wayne
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