LINE6 guitarportXT Details
GuitarPort® XT introduces the powerful new GearBox™ software platform to GuitarPort. GuitarPort XT now delivers 18 classic and modern guitar amp and cab models, and over 20 must-have studio and stompbox effects plus a whole lot more…
* GearBox 2.0 will be a FREE download for all current GuitarPort owners.
* Macintosh® support! GuitarPort hardware supports Windows® and OS X – even the Intel® based Mac®.
* GuitarPort now has access to the GearBox platform with even more amps and effects.
* Bass Expansion Model Pack support.
* Oh yeah, did we mention it’s MAC® COMPATIBLE!!
New amp models based on*:
Marshall® 1974X (18W Reissue)
Orange® AD30TC
New effects models based on*:
Sans Amp Bass Driver
Maestro® Bass Brassmaster
Arbiter® Cry Baby
Sub Octaves (synth effect)
Welcome to GuitarPort®, the total guitar experience from Line 6®. GuitarPort gives you everything you need at your fingertips to get the most out of your guitar, from jamming along to your favorite songs to building your soloing skills, or just playing for fun. With 16 classic guitar amplifier models and 19 stompbox and studio effects that work, sound & feel like the originals, you’ll sound great while doing it all.
• 16 amp and cabinet models based on POD® XT
• 19 must-have Stompbox and Studio effects
• Effects can be routed Pre- or Post- Amp
• MP3, WAV and Audio CD playback
• Looping and real-time half-speed without changing pitch
• 24-bit converters & 32-bit processing
• Line level and headphone outputs
• Ideal guitar front end for other recording software
• Metronome for practicing
• Built-in chromatic tuner
• Includes preset tone library
Just connect the shiny red GuitarPort hardware to your Windows PC with the included USB cable and connect GuitarPort's stereo output to multimedia speakers, headphones or your stereo. Then fire up the GuitarPort software, plug in your guitar and you're ready to jam!
GuitarPort Online
Each week thousands of guitarists connect to GuitarPort Online to download and play along with the latest and greatest tracks, lessons and licks. A subscription* to GuitarPort Online provides unlimited access to hundreds of tracks and lessons - covering the greatest guitarists of all time.
From blues legends to metal shredders...jazz virtuosos to country pickers... GuitarPort Online allows you to play with the best and learn from the best.
GuitarPort ® features classic stompbox effects like delay, chorus, tremolo, flanger, reverb and more. Tweak to your heart's content, save as many variations as you want, or choose from our extensive library of ready to rock tones. From models based on* classic stompboxes like the Fuzz Face, Tube Screamer ® , Phase 90, and Uni-Vibe, GuitarPort is like having a whole rack system and custom pedal board living inside your computer.
GuitarPort also offers the ability to change the signal path of the effects for every tone. The reverbs, modulation effects, and delays can be routed either in front of the amp (pre) or after (post), so that chorus can be either a stompbox or a rack unit, depending on what you need.
Amps & Cabs
Line 6 ® invented digital modeling guitar amps and is the magic behind the guitar tones used on countless platinum albums.
Now, Line 6 brings that acclaimed tone technology from the greatest recording studios in the world to your desktop. GuitarPort's meticulously crafted recreations of a dream collection of 16 classic and modern guitar amplifiers coupled with two dozen cabinet options easily capture the range of tone found on the best guitar tracks ever recorded.
You can mix and match POD ® XT -quality amp and cab models based on* Marshall ® , Fender ® , Mesa/Boogie ® , Vox ® , Roland ® , Soldano and more, with controls laid out for a guitarist and not some computer geek. And the sound? The same dead-on classic tones used by hundreds of thousands of Line 6 users every day.
To put your great guitar tone to use, GuitarPort ® gives you an easy to use audio player that lets you jam along with MP3s, WAV files, or any audio CD in your personal collection. You can rip tracks, scan through the audio, jump to any point, loop sections, and even slow to half speed without changing pitch for careful study of your favorite lick.
The loop control lets you select any section of music and, well, loop it! Just hit the Loop button on the transport bar, grab the orange handles to set your locate points, and you'll hear the loop instantly.
With tracks that you've downloaded from GuitarPort ® Online (membership optional), the loop handles can even "snap" to the song sections like verse, chorus, solo, etc. When you're trying to learn a tricky guitar part, the Half Speed button is your friend. Click on it once and GuitarPort slows the track to half speed without changing pitch. Now you can catch every one of those notes and nail the part! Once you've got it down, turn off Half Speed and you're back to full speed, ready to jam on the new part you've learned.
Developing your technique is no longer a monotonous affair with GuitarPort's programmable metronome. In addition to standard click, it also offers a selection of kick, snare, and hi hat samples that let you construct your own drum patterns in phrases up to eight bars long. Using the slider control to set phrase length, you can easily build a practice groove in straight 4/4, or more complex odd-meter patterns, and the tempo dial spins your beats-per-minute setting anywhere from a ridiculously slow 15 BPM to an out-of-this-world prestissimo of 300!
Other useful tools that come standard with GuitarPort include an on-board digital tuner and an intelligent hum reducer for taming the noise produced by a guitar's magnetic pickups.
Each week thousands of guitarists connect to GuitarPort® Online to download and play along with the latest and greatest tracks, lessons and licks. A subscription to GuitarPort Online provides unlimited access to hundreds of tracks and lessons - covering the greatest guitarists of all time.
From blues legends to metal shredders...jazz virtuosos to country pickers... GuitarPort Online allows you to play with the best and learn from the best.
The best part of all? If you own a GuitarPort you can join today and try it for free. Click here to learn more.
Computer System Requirements
The basic requirement for GuitarPort ® is a PC with Windows XP ® , Windows 98SE, Windows ME or Windows 2000 installed, plus a Pentium ® III 500 MHz or better processor (Cyrix and K6 processors will not work with GuitarPort), and at least one available USB port (USB cable included). 128MB RAM is recommended. The PC must also satisfy these technogeek requirements: USB 1.1 and AGP Graphics; PC must be "legacy free" no ISA cards and all peripherals operating in DMA mode. GuitarPort can work with other Windows audio applications that support ASIO, DirectSound or MME. GuitarPort requires DirectX 8a and Internet Explorer 6 or better and both are included on the GuitarPort CD-ROM. When using GuitarPort hardware, any USB hub used must have its own separate power supply connection rather than receiving power from the computer only via USB.
Audio System Requirements
In order to listen to GuitarPort, you will also need powered multimedia speakers for use with your computer, or a stereo system with audio inputs, or headphones. GuitarPort includes stereo mini (eighth-inch) and stereo RCA outputs for interfacing to music and sound equipment. Plus, of course, you're going to need an electric guitar.
Internet Connection Highly Recommended
If you want to access the optional GuitarPort Online features, you will need an Internet connection, with Internet access provided by an Internet Service Provider.
LINE6 guitarportXT FAQ
What is GuitarPort?
GuitarPort® is an entirely new musical experience designed for all electric guitar players. It brings Line 6®'s revolutionary POD® XT-based guitar amp and effects modeling technology to your personal computer for an amazingly low price. Select from sixteen classic amp models, connect up any speaker cabinet model you want, throw on some stompbox or studio effects (like models based on * the Tube Screamer®, Uni-Vibe, and Echoplex®) and play. GuitarPort's modeling gives you the tone of an amazing arsenal of amps and effects, perfectly mic’ed in a great studio, all within your computer.
Along with a huge range of killer tones, GuitarPort incorporates an audio player that allows you to jam along with CDs and MP3s, loop any section you choose, and even slow down songs without changing pitch. Other features include a built-in guitar tuner, a noise gate, and an intelligent hum reducer that "learns" the hum of your particular setup.
GuitarPort is also the portal to a world of guitar experience through the internet, with our optional GuitarPort Online service (more on that later!).
How does it work?
GuitarPort is a unique combination of hardware and software that work together to become the ultimate guitar experience on a computer. Setup is simple: Plug your guitar into the GuitarPort, plug the GuitarPort into your PC's USB port, plug the GuitarPort into some speakers or headphones, and you're ready to rock. The GuitarPort gets its power from your computer's USB port, so there's no additional power cord or wall wart.
From the software, you select and control every aspect of your tone, your audio player, and GuitarPort Online. If you've got more than one computer, you can install the software on each of them and then just plug the GuitarPort's USB cable into whichever one you want to use.
How does it sound?
In a word, unbelievable! Line 6® invented modeling guitar amps six years ago, and we've never stopped perfecting this technology. Line 6's modeling amps and POD® direct guitar recording devices have been used on countless hit recordings and by hundreds of thousands of guitarists the world over. The evolution of this modeling legacy is all brought to GuitarPort. And despite its price, GuitarPort doesn't compromise on audio quality. Studio-grade 24-bit converters are used, and all of the PODXT-based DSP is 32-bit floating point. GuitarPort includes carefully crafted models based on classic and modern amps plus a few of our own.
Amp Models:
Line 6 Chemical X
Line 6 Insane
Line 6 Piezacoustic 2
Line 6 Spinal Puppet
Line 6 Treadplate
1953 Small Tweed (based on* "wide panel" Fender® Deluxe®)
1958 Tweed B-Man (based on* Fender® Bassman®)
1964 Blackface 'Lux (based on* Fender® Deluxe Reverb®)
1967 Class A-30 Top Boost (based on* Vox® AC-30)
1968 Plexi Lead (based on* Marshall® Super Lead)
1968 Plexi Jump Lead (based on* Marshall® Super Lead with "jumped" channels)
1987 Jazz Clean (based on* Roland® JC-120)
1990 Brit J-800 (based on* Marshall® JCM-800)
1993 Solo 100 Head (based on* Soldano SLO-100)
2001 Treadplate (based on* Mesa/Boogie® Dual Rectifier®)
Tube Instrument Preamp
Effects Models based on*:
Fuzz Face
Big Muff® Pi
Tube Screamer®
ProCo Rat
Vetta Comp
Line 6 Sine Chorus
CE-1 Chorus Ensemble
Line 6 Flanger
MXR® Phase 90
Uni-Vibe
Opto Tremolo (based on* 1965 Fender® Deluxe Reverb®)
Leslie® 145
Deluxe Memory Man
EP-1 Tube Echoplex®
Line 6 Digital Delay
Standard Spring Reverb
Brite Room Reverb
Medium Hall Reverb
Cavernous Reverb
Slap Plate Reverb
Wah (based on* the Vox® Wah)
Volume (Pre- or Post-Amp Routing options)
Urei LA-2A® Compressor
Noise Gate
4 band semi-parametric EQ
GuitarPort also has our newest-generation A.I.R. II cabinet/microphone modeling which allows you to choose from 4 different classic mic models and even adjust the position of the mic and how much of the room you hear. GuitarPort's ability to mix and match speaker cabinets and mics will help you find the vibe that you're looking for.
What's the big black knob for?
It's a good old-fashioned volume control.
What kind of computer and software is required?
GuitarPort will run on most USB-equipped desktop and laptop PCs that run Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows ME or Windows 98 SE (Second Edition). Here are some additional minimum hardware requirements:
Intel Pentium® III 500MHz
AGP video card with 800x600
16-bit graphics
128MB RAM
40MB hard disk space
One available USB port, or a powered USB hub
GuitarPort also requires DirectX and Internet Explorer software, both of which are included on the install CD.
What about Macintosh?
a Macintosh® version is not available at this time.
What recording software can I use with GuitarPort?
If you're looking for an easy way to record your musical ideas with GuitarPort, check out GuitarPort Riff Tracker. It’s everything you need to record guitar, including the exclusive InstantDrummerTM
How much does GuitarPort cost?
The US suggested retail price is $139.99.
Where can I get one?
At all the best music stores and online music retailers (which also happen to be Line 6 dealers!). Check our dealer locator for your nearest dealer.
What is GuitarPort Online?
GuitarPort Online is a revolutionary service that provides a growing library of backing tracks for jamming or practice, playing tools such as matching amps with tracks, new patches, artist and gear info, playing tips, tablature, music news, user forums, a personal "tone locker," and more. It's offered only by Line 6, and is exclusively for GuitarPort owners.
What do I get as a member of GuitarPort Online?
As a member of GuitarPort Online, you gain unlimited access to an extensive library of amazingly produced audio tracks. Recorded with some of the best musicians in the world (in the best studios around the world), these tracks represent some of the greatest guitar songs of all time. These tracks are available with and without the guitar part, and can automatically set your guitar tone to the right sound for each song. There's even tablature or lead sheets for lots of the tracks available on screen and song maps that let you loop the chorus, bridge, solo, etc.
For more musical inspiration, there are hundreds of grooves and loops in lots of styles that are great to jam over. Real tracks of great drummers and bass players ready to back you up whenever the mood strikes you.
How do the online tracks sound?
With GuitarPort Online, the songs you hear are the original artist recordings (plus remixes without guitar if the multi-tracks are available), or meticulously crafted recreations. How meticulous? How about Stevie Ray Vaughan songs freshly recorded with Double Trouble in Austin, Texas? Or some Jimi Hendrix tracks recorded in New York with original Band of Gypsies members Billy Cox and Buddy Miles, and Eddie Kramer himself at the board? And the list goes on. Many incredible musicians have contributed their talents in order to make GuitarPort Online an amazing musical experience. Robben Ford, Gregg Bissonette, Tony Franklin, Brent Mason, Steve Vai, Carmine Appice, Jay Graydon, Rudy Sarzo, Leland Sklar, Roscoe Beck, Tom Brechtlein and Simon Philips are some of the amazing talents that recorded the tracks you get to play along with on GuitarPort Online. With tracks ranging from Chet Atkins to Iron Maiden, Chuck Berry to Korn, GuitarPort Online offers a great guitar experience for players of every skill level and every musical style. In addition, the range of lessons, many provided by the actual artists like Sum 41, Spacey-T from Fishbone, Eric Johnson, and Godsmack, will bring you from beginner to advanced.
In order to maintain the high quality of these audio productions, copies of the tracks are downloaded and stored on your computer's hard disk. This way, the quality is not limited by your internet connection speed. Once downloaded, the tunes can be instantly selected for play whether you are connected online or not, for as long as you are a member of GuitarPort Online.
Do I need an internet connection?
In order to access the optional GuitarPort Online service, you need to have an internet connection and an ISP (Internet Service Provider) for your computer. Any connection speed will do, but of course, the faster the better. You can also use all of the capabilities of GuitarPort, as well as jam along with any GuitarPort Online Tunes that have been downloaded, while not connected to the Internet.
What does GuitarPort Online cost?
GuitarPort Online membership is only to GuitarPort, POD® XT, POD® XT Pro, POD® XT Live and GuitarPort RiffTracker owners, and costs just $7.99 per month (billed to your credit card). You can cancel your membership at any time. You can also join again at any time to get back all of the GuitarPort Online tracks and services without any penalty.
Do I have to become a member of GuitarPort Online?
No. Even without GuitarPort Online, GuitarPort is an incredibly affordable way to have top-notch Line 6 amp modeling, effects, and a 24-bit USB audio interface for recording. Not to mention the built-in tuner and noise gate, plus, the ability to jam with CDs and MP3s, loop sections, and slow tracks down without changing pitch. And if you change your mind, you can join in on GuitarPort Online whenever you're ready.
What comes in the box?
GuitarPort comes with its snazzy red USB hardware interface, a USB cable, 1/8" to 1/8" stereo audio cable**, and the installation CD. The installation CD includes GuitarPort's software, 80 preset tones, plus tutorial and help files. It also includes current versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer and DirectX software.
** The 1/8" audio cable allows you to connect the output from your computer's sound card to GuitarPort's stereo in, so you only need one set of speakers to hear everything coming out of your computer.
* All product names used in this webpage are trademarks of their respective owners, which are in no way associated or affiliated with Line 6. These trademarks of other manufacturers are used solely to identify the products of those manufacturers whose tones and sounds were studied during Line 6’s sound model development.
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