Line 6 headphones powered monitors Headphones User Manual


 
Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basic Features Guide
TONEDIRECT MONITORING
A unique feature of your Line 6 hardware is ToneDirect
TM
Monitoring, which is a separate audio
path that allows you to monitor the incoming signal with the lowest possible latency, for
uncompromised feel and responsiveness when recording or jamming.
Plus, this lets you to set the audio buffer size in your recording application at a large value for
efficient use of your computer, yet still enjoy extreme low latency monitoring while recording.
On Windows systems, the ToneDirect™ audio path has its own buffer adjustment while on Mac,
no adjustments are needed.
ToneDirect™
Monitoring
buffer size slider (Windows®):
TonePort & GuitarPort devices The Line 6 ToneDirect™ Monitoring audio path has its own
buffer to allow you to keep your ASIO Buffer Size at a high value, for more solid performance
and more efficient performance of your ASIO software. The initial default is one tick to the right
of “Extra Small” as shown. Raise this slider if you are getting any dropouts in your monitor
signal.
PODxt devices utilize a USB audio buffer (rather than ToneDirect™ Monitoring) which
provides an independent, direct monitor signal with its own buffer adjustment. When a
PODxt/Live/Pro is selected as the Line 6 device in this dialog, the ToneDirect™ Monitoring
section of the dialog is replaced by a PODxt-specific “USB Audio Streaming” buffer slider:
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