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Guitarists Dreams Can Come True! Part 1 – Line 6 StageScape M20d Review
As a guitarist, I’m not usually too bothered by mixers or PA gear, but when the Line 6 Dream Stage was released it really caught my eye. My initial reaction was that the price point of the mixer was a little too high for my needs, but when you actually sit down with one even for a short time, you really start to understand how much it can do for you and why it’s well worth every penny of the £1449 it currently sells for online in the UK.
NAMM 2013: Line 6 Expands Functionality of DT-series Amps and POD® HD-series Multi-effects with Free Firmware Updates
DT-series amps and POD HD-series multi-effects now offer guitarists more tones, features and flexibility than ever before
ANAHEIM, Calif.—January 24, 2012—Line 6, Inc. (NAMM room 212A), is pleased to announce the availability of two firmware updates that dramatically increase the functionality of DT-series amps and POD® HD-series multi-effect processors. These free updates feature new HD tones, more configuration options and unprecedented flexibility.
V2.0 Firmware for DT-series amps
Co-designed by Line 6 and tube-amp guru Reinhold Bogner, DT-series amplifiers combine reconfigurable analog topologies with Line 6 technology to provide boutique feel and sonic versatility. Firmware v2.0 introduces the following features:
- 30 HD preamps (increased from 4) give guitarists the ability to create unique amp tones by pairing any preamp with any combination of dynamic topologies—including negative feedback loop, operating class, power tube mode, and more—within Reinhold Bogner’s reconfigurable tube power amp
- Musicians can load a DT amp with up to eight unique voicings (four on channel A, plus four on channel B), providing a wide array of tones for performance and recording
- Each voicing can be configured with a choice of 12 reverbs, all of which feature unique parameter settings
- Reverb spillover allows the reverb to finish its decay when switching between Channel A and Channel B
- Each amp model can have its own unique 12AX7 boost setting*
Delayed Reaction – Line 6 DL4 vs TC Electronic Flashback X4 Shootout
Delays are often sworn about and can on occasion be the cause of a monumentus pain in the ass. I am of course describing delays to us going about our daily lives. Be it traffic jams, late public transport, or our children throwing up all over themselves and us, moments before we are due to leave for work. But not all delays are bad.
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…
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No Time to SLOw Down – Line 6 Free Update Includes Soldano SLO Amp Models
Free v2.1 Firmware Update for POD® HD500, POD HD Pro and POD HD Multi-effects Now Available
Available immediately for download at line6.com, the free v2.1 firmware update for POD® HD500, POD HD Pro and POD HD provides five new HD amps—bringing the total HD amp count to 30—as well as revolutionary performance options.
The v2.1 update features three stunning new HD amps based on* the distinctive clean, crunch and overdrive tones of the Soldano® SLO100, one of the most coveted premium amps of the modern era. Two custom-designed originals, Line 6 Doom and Line 6 Epic, round out the POD family’s selection of high-gain amps.**
Dream Big for Your Dream Rig
Save Big on Your Dream Rig
Line 6 Promo Offers $500 Savings on the Best-Sounding, Most Advanced Guitar System Ever
RUGBY, UK, 8TH October 2012—Line 6 UK Ltd. is pleased to announce the “Save Big on Your Dream Rig” promotion. The Line 6® Dream Rig integrates a James Tyler® Variax® guitar, DT-series amp, and POD® HD500 or HD Pro multi-effect into the world’s best-sounding, most advanced guitar system. Customers can save £325 on the entire system, or up to £125 on select components.*
From 1st October – 31st December 2012, customers visiting participating Authorized Line 6 retailers will receive £100 instant savings on DT-series amplifiers and £125 instant savings on James Tyler Variax guitars
Big Dreams for Less
Save Big on Your Dream Stage
Line 6 Promo Offers Up to £1,125 savings on the Latest Live Sound Gear
RUGBY, UK – 8th October 2012—Line 6, Inc. is pleased to announce the “Save Big on Your Dream Stage” promo, which offers significant savings on groundbreaking StageSource™ and StageScape™ M20d live sound products. From 8th October–31st December 31, 2012, customers can save £100 per StageSource loudspeaker (limited to 10 loudspeakers per person).
In addition to the instant rebate, Line 6 is also offering customers who purchase and register the Dream Stage the opportunity to claim an additional £125 via a mail in rebate. Customers who purchase a complete system could save £1,125 (10 speaker plus one M20d). Terms and conditions apply.
Line 6 POD Studio Interfaces Now Include Propellerhead Reason Limited
From 1st September 2012, new Line 6 POD Studio GX, UX1, UX2 and KB37 owners can get Reason Limited for free (If yours came with the older Reason Adapted, you can upgrade for free via the following link).
Check out the full details of this deal on the Line 6 Website
For full details of what Reason Limited is, check out the Propellerhead Website.
Line 6 Mobile POD – Mobile In demo track
Following on from my review of the Line 6 Mobile In and Mobile POD earlier in the year, I’ve recorded a short demo track showing how well the Mobile In audio interface for iPhone/iPad works, and how good the amp simulations in Mobile POD sound.
For this demonstration I used the Brit Hi-Gain amp model (Which I think is inspired by a Marshall JCM800. I added delay and reverb using POD Farm 2.5 as a plug-in within my recording software, as I wanted some stereo delay and reverb (neither of which are included in Mobile POD at the moment). Hopefully more FX will be released soon though, as it’s certainly benefitted from the recent update where you can play from your iTunes library directly in Mobile POD now! Which now makes it my favourite home rehearsal tool, as well as something I always keep in my gigbag when I’m gigging, just in case I need a quick and easy backup rig!
Check out the demo at http://www.soundclick.com/rowbisdemos
Check out my review of the Mobile In interface and Mobile POD app: http://rowbinet.co.uk/2012/01/04/line-6-mobile-in-mobile-pod-meat-potatoes-no-gravy-needed/
For more information about Mobile In and Mobile POD see http://line6.com/mobilein/
Meambobbo’s POD HD500 Tone Guide
Meambobbo is a regular on the Line 6 User Community, and is particularly knowledgeable and helpful in the POD HD section of the Line 6 User Community.
Recently he has prepared a very interesting and in-depth guide covering the wide-ranging and all-encompassing topic of guitar tone. But if you’re pushed for time the contents page at the beginning will help you narrow down to the section you are after to get some good general advice on what parts of you and your rig make up your guitar tone or what part of your POD HD setup needs some more work to improve your tone.
Powering Your Pedals – What’s To Know???
If you struggle to understand which power adapter you need for your pedals, then check out this article over on Beavis Audio: http://www.beavisaudio.com/techpages/PoweringPedals/index.htm
