Line 6 TonePort DI-Gold

-What characteristics have motivated your choice?
Its small size (relative to the UX2) but especially impressive amp!
78 guitar amp type, 24 type of guitar speakers from the POD XT PRO / Vetta II
22 bass amp type, 22 type bass speaker from the POD XT Pro Bass
6 type of preamp
and 80 type of effect
what makes a whole lot of his ...
This case has no XLR jack for the microphone, so no phantom power, I did not need a microphone jack.
There are behind 2 analog outputs for speakers
1 DI OUT
headphone jack
and a USB 2.0 biensur ...

-What is your config (Motherboard / CPU / Ram / Disk ,...)?
Initially I use a laptop with a dual core 1.79 GHz and 2GB of memory and 250 GB internal hard drive (5400 mt).
Now I use a desktop PC with a dual core 3.16GHz and 4GB of memory, Asus P5Q motherboard and 500GB hard drive (7200 mt).
The software does not take a lot of memory compared to Cubase, it works nickel

-For what purpose?
For good model that sounds good in my little home studio

"With what instruments or systems (console, preamp, DTD ...) you are using and how connections? ...
Primarily for recording guitar and bass, as stated above, I did not need a microphone.
Guitar line on the map, it is plug in USB 2.0 has no problem of latency from the moment you set up well paramettres of this sound card, released on 2 yamaha MSP5

UTILIZATION

-Drivers are stable?
Whether XP pro or Vista 64, I've never had a problem of drivers, Line 6 Monkey does its job at this level the

-What software do you use most often?
Gearbox with Pod or farm, I use Cubase Studio 4.
there is always the solution used gear box or in the pod farm insert effect in Cubase, but I never used this method too ...
This DI-gold is however a more comfortable using gear box,
Contrary to what UX2 DI-gold went up to 32-bit recording, I personally made my sessions in 24-bit and everything is nickel.

-How many tracks do you manage to record / playback simultaneously? ...
I recorded 3 gearbox with simultaneously track ... I have not had a problem at this level
POD Farm and sub I already managed six simultaneous tracks
-Are they often updated?
At a time yes he had a lot of updating between gearbox, Line 6 Pod Farm and monkey, but it's been a time that theres no update.

-What latency you get?
Cubase Studio 4 arrive precisely at 15 ms and 30 ms came out, and believe me not at all mean latency (ASIO 4 All required)


GETTING STARTED

-The installation is done it without problems?
You just follow the instructions properly and there is no problem installing any software and it's good

The general configuration is easy?
the only concern is to find a good sound among all the possibilities ...
The advantage of this DI-Gold is that it has all taken from a Vetta II
(Mesa solo & dual Uberschall & Bogner XTC, 5150, Diezel VH4 and Herbert, orange, Marschall ......)
It has all the sound you just found on packs to buy that little upgraded its UX2
once we had a good mix is ​​just send the pate!

-Have you encountered any incompatibilities?
no.

-The manual is clear and sufficient? ...
the manual is on the CD software installation or even from being installed gearbox was automatically pdf with all the explanations ... I've never used this manual

OVERALL OPINION

-For how long have you been using it?
It's been a year that I use

-Did you try many other models before getting this one?
I had the UX2, but I wanted all his line 6 could do that, and instead of buying packs I thought it would be better now to buy the DI-gold because he above all has been done to run all the Line 6 sounds right?
and AC UX2 difference is that bit 32-bit managed j'usqu'a

"What thing do you like most/least about it?
Most would biensur the impressive number of amp model if there is no happiness is that we do not know how to use it ... especially as the POD Farm may run the dual tone ...
When at least, is the lack of connectivity on the front, making Mircro etc. ....

-What is your opinion about the value for the price?
ben is on only 499 € price ca nine public Parré dear, I got it to 399 € and I am told that it's worth it, even if there is no great possibility in conection ...

-Knowing what you know now, would you make the same choice? ...
bin with the experience, I think I would take RME or something then I settled for a simalteur amp as a POD x3
In any case I would stay on the line 6 AC simulation is clear

I invite you still listen to the sounds that I had with this case and Gearbox (pod farm was not yet released when I made her sound)

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