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| Line 6 GearBox Gold Bundle with Toneport D.I. USB Recording Interface | 
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| Brand: Line 6
Category: Musical Instruments
List Price: $199.99
Buy New: $149.99
You Save: $50.00 (25%)
Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 4616
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 7.4 x 2.4
Whether you're recording or mixing your music, great tone is essential. With the new GearBox Plug-in, it's easier than ever to give your songs that professional, polished, high-end sound. Get instant access to models of an incredible selection of vintage and modern gear just the way you want it -- as a plug-in. With Line 6's exclusive ToneDirect monitoring, you can enjoy killer tone with near-zero latency -- you don't have to sacrifice killer feel, dynamics and responsiveness. With the GearBox P:
MPN: GEARBOXGOLD
Model: 99-074-0115
UPC: 614252003001
EAN: 0614252003001
ASIN: B000JKVLR2
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Gearbox Gold Bundle October 11, 2008
Excellent guitar sounds. Strange that a function such as the tuner is missing in the VST mode. Wish that in stand-alone mode my Presonus Firepod could be used as audio interface because the Toneport DI cannot convince me and produces crackles (yes, I am aware of adjusting latency time and buffers, but proves no real solution).
As to amps and cabs there is not much to be desired, they sound very convincing. The same applies to the effects although the configuration is not particularly flexible. And there are always things you miss like a multi-head tape machine such as a Meazzi in order to produce those wonderful "Shadows" echoes. (Yes, I confess, I am that old!)
But apart from a few niggles here and there I am very satisfied with this product. Especially for the current low price strongly recommended.
 awesome for what it does, but disappointing for what it doesn't April 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
i agree with the other reviewers - the sound is awesome. not "all" the presets are awesome, but there are plenty out there to start as templates to craft most any sound you can think of.
however...
to borrow a famous informercial's catch-phrase, if you want to "set it and forget it" then you're good to go. if you want to change your presets, be prepared to stop playing because this can't be done remotely (i.e. via midi). at least you can switch on/off all the various effects remotely.
also, you'll find this item more worthwhile if you're a guitar player. once again, bass players get lesser consideration from line 6.
it sounds great, relatively painless to use (at least in the limited ways it can be used), and i was able to get it for a great price. i'm enjoying it, but i wouldn't buy it again. rock on!
 Nuts not to get this for your guitar and computer February 2, 2008
If you are a guitarist and have a computer, you'd be crazy not to pick this up at the current price. Have you even priced one boutique pedal lately? There's no way you could afford to buy all the pedals and amps and effects modeled here. Even if you don't use them in your music you can find out what they do and how they sound. Great presets but they are all adjustable to allow you to find your own tone. If you really like a pedal, amp or effect, you can always go buy the real thing if you need the real sound. The gearbox allows you tweak and demo it to no end without angering the salesperson or other customers in the guitar shop.
The gearbox is simplicity itself for recording your guitar into your computer.
These units originally sold for much more. Get one now before they're gone.
On a practical note, be sure to plug the gearbox directly into the USB port on your computer and not to a hub. It will be noisy for sure if you do if it even works.
GearBox Rocks January 22, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is by far the best guitar fx plug-in ever created, seriously. I've used the Line 6 PodXT on several recording sessions and was ready to shell out for one + the extra model packs, but then came the GearBox Gold bundle and I was sold!
The Gold bundle contains every amp/cab/fx that Line 6 has ever modeled for guitar/bass and even includes a bunch of vocal preamps & fx. The fx chain could've been a bit more flexible by allowing us to freely move the stomps in the chain but that doesn't stop you from being creative and crafting awesome tones. The plug-in is very CPU efficient, I had 8 instances running in a Pro Tools session with the lowest latency setting on P4 3.2Ghz w/ 1GB DDR RAM and I could still squeeze in a couple more!
The presets are a good starting point but I suggest you get down and dirty with crafting your own tones. GearBox is compatible with tones created for other Line 6 products (e.g. GuitarPort, PodXT, Vetta II etc.) so head over to [...] and download away, there are a TON of great user submitted and Line 6 Artist presets.
The Gold DI is the little USB direct box that must be plugged in when using GearBox as it also functions as a dongle for the plug-in and the model packs. Although it isn't of much use in my home studio setup (I use my M-Audio 1814 to DI guitars) it comes in very handy when I jam or record ideas on my other computer. Yes you can run GearBox on any number of computers and the authorization is painless!
Finally, with this huge arsenal of great sounding guitar & bass amps/cabs/fx and the vocal preamps you have everything you need to get studio quality tones for just about any style of music. Line 6, Believe!
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