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hexalto
Published on 11/07/06 at 08:15
Best value:
Excellent
If you need a sound card all in one, it's probably the right choice. This card provides a capable sound card ASIO (almost) properly manage the recording guitars and bass and vocals.
The ability to connect a condenser microphone (the presence of the 48v power supply) was a key point for me, the Guitar Port - the same manufacturer - which I had previously not allowing this kind of connection.
PC Config: Athlon 2GHz, 1.5GB ram, 200GB disk. As the standard.
Connected to the output to monitors Samson Resolv 40A.
The connection is complete (still missing the MIDI in / out / thru) and the meters in front are friendly (but show a certain inertia).
UTILIZATION
Installation is a breeze. Note that there may be conflicts of USB, but it is not unique to the Line6 UX2 but the motherboard or the OS most of the time.
The manual is almost non-existent. Besides it will be going very well.
GETTING STARTED
The drivers are stable and regularly updated (via Line6 Monkey) but requires an Internet connection on the PC on which the UX2 is installed. Latency is average. With a buffer to 256 we get 10ms input latency and 15ms output. Sufficient for recording in real time.
I regularly use from 15 to 20 tracks simultaneously without any real problem. It becomes complicated when there are many VST and / or VSTi. 5 tracks beyond the direct effects monitoring in CubaseSX - if only one uses VST (i) a small amount of memory - becomes a problem and must juggle the "freeze".
Guitar simulation side, I stay on familiar ground (eg user GuitarPort). At first, the sounds appear to be excellent. In fact, the presets are inmixables. Too many effects kills the effect. The distortions are correct, but lower than other products (NI GuitarRig2 for example). Adding packages (paid on the Line6 site) compensates somewhat weak simulations delivered basis. For bass, that's okay too, but do not expect to hear the "baoum" who spin the guts with the simulation of the Ampeg. Amplification of the voice side, I am a bit skeptical. On paper, some pre-amps border on the legend, in practice it is less spectacular. Perhaps this is due to the microphones used ...
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for about 6 months. The advantages are many: all in one, good build quality, scalable ... but want to do everything, do everything you end up moderately. Simulations (amp / speakers / effects) guitars and basses are decent but not stunning (over time) and pre-amps are cheap votes.
That said, less than 200 €, it's already a miracle to have it all in a small black box and red and there is very little equivalent products on the market. For smaller budgets, like me and you can be, it remains the best quality / price ratio.
The ability to connect a condenser microphone (the presence of the 48v power supply) was a key point for me, the Guitar Port - the same manufacturer - which I had previously not allowing this kind of connection.
PC Config: Athlon 2GHz, 1.5GB ram, 200GB disk. As the standard.
Connected to the output to monitors Samson Resolv 40A.
The connection is complete (still missing the MIDI in / out / thru) and the meters in front are friendly (but show a certain inertia).
UTILIZATION
Installation is a breeze. Note that there may be conflicts of USB, but it is not unique to the Line6 UX2 but the motherboard or the OS most of the time.
The manual is almost non-existent. Besides it will be going very well.
GETTING STARTED
The drivers are stable and regularly updated (via Line6 Monkey) but requires an Internet connection on the PC on which the UX2 is installed. Latency is average. With a buffer to 256 we get 10ms input latency and 15ms output. Sufficient for recording in real time.
I regularly use from 15 to 20 tracks simultaneously without any real problem. It becomes complicated when there are many VST and / or VSTi. 5 tracks beyond the direct effects monitoring in CubaseSX - if only one uses VST (i) a small amount of memory - becomes a problem and must juggle the "freeze".
Guitar simulation side, I stay on familiar ground (eg user GuitarPort). At first, the sounds appear to be excellent. In fact, the presets are inmixables. Too many effects kills the effect. The distortions are correct, but lower than other products (NI GuitarRig2 for example). Adding packages (paid on the Line6 site) compensates somewhat weak simulations delivered basis. For bass, that's okay too, but do not expect to hear the "baoum" who spin the guts with the simulation of the Ampeg. Amplification of the voice side, I am a bit skeptical. On paper, some pre-amps border on the legend, in practice it is less spectacular. Perhaps this is due to the microphones used ...
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for about 6 months. The advantages are many: all in one, good build quality, scalable ... but want to do everything, do everything you end up moderately. Simulations (amp / speakers / effects) guitars and basses are decent but not stunning (over time) and pre-amps are cheap votes.
That said, less than 200 €, it's already a miracle to have it all in a small black box and red and there is very little equivalent products on the market. For smaller budgets, like me and you can be, it remains the best quality / price ratio.