Which Toneport?

[sunvalleylaw]

Yes, the versions from Line6 and M-Audio are the same, except for the lessons and setup help for each device. I figured how to merge those together. It has the same limitations. I don't really want to spring for almost $400 or so to get a full version of Live - just like I'm on a budget for my guitars - the same budget is ruling over the entire Music area of my life. Reaper seems fine to me at $50 for a non-commercial license - especially when Justin gets around to adding AU support to Reaper. Garageband covers much of the same ground, but has it's own limits - but it is very, very easy to use. If I was going to get a commercial DAW, Apple's Logic Express looks like a good bet for me - YMMV.

One of the reasons I showed all of the software was that many commercial reviews of gear tell you how well the device worked with the included software, may mention the limits and indicate that it might/should work with other software. So I though that I should show what worked for me. :AOK:

Thanks the kind words :beer:

And showing off the home studio/practice space seems like a good idea. :bravo:

Gil

Thanks Gil! This is all very interesting to me as I want to start messing around with combining recordings from my guitar and from the keyboard my wife and second son received for Christmas. It has so many great sounds in it, and it would be fun to try to do some Dark Side of the Moon Floyd like stuff with all the funky footsteps, screams, clocks, jet planes, etc. in it, along with the great synth samples. It connects via USB instead of midi, so I can bypass the Toneport and to straight to the computer, and save the Toneport for guitars. I am not likely to start doing that right away, but am interested in learning all I can. Great review and info. :AOK:

 

[Justaguyin_nc]

I finally have something bad to say about Toneports.
Actually, I don't think its the Toneports fault..but..

Wanting everything you buy to work together I recently bought a mixer.

Using toneport GX into the Mixer then back to computer for recording
I kinda figured there might be a latency issue. Which there is.
But, I thought well, I have this laptop.. I will just run toneport from that
computer into the mixer then output to other computer..
Nope..still have latency issue... which is very strange seeing thru regular
headphones all works just fine..and without latency till it goes into mixer than computer or another computer even? what am I missing here?

Anyone have these problems..or better yet..a solution?
Or is it time to buy an POD-XT?
(Strange how there is always reasons to buy more stuff)

 

[jasongins]

Hey Justa...

What exactly are you trying to accomplish in recording the output from the headphone jack of the toneport? Are you trying to record the guitarport online backing tracks so you can play them outside of the gearbox software?? Line6 doesn't want us doing that....:nono: I've been trying to concoct a way doing that myself. I think the latency comes in waiting for your second computer to take the signal in from your toneport jack or your mixer, and then play it back through its own speakers.

It's ok with me for you to get a PodXT...or X3...or X3 Live. You don't need to justify it, at least not to me :beer:

 

[Justaguyin_nc]

well, the latency is with either another computer or same computer to another/second soundcard..

Yep from the headphone/line out..
Just seems strange.. running a backing into any recording software and using toneport as another track is fine.. great actually.. even outputing to the stereo.. But trying toneport thru a mixer and everything else.. welp.. even to stereo.. or the mixers headphones.. or same computer or even from another computer to computer.... latency .. big time..


I just wanted to add the toneport as one of the inputs to the mixer..

thanks for the agreement on getting a POD-XT if needed..

 

[Rabies]

Being as Toneports are on sale right now, I may have to pick up another. I've missed my UX1 ever since I sold it to a certain forumite quite some time back...oke: