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Line 6 GearBox 3.1 – Basic Features Guide
All GearBox's Delay and Mod Effects (except for Rotary Drum + Horn) allow you to set their
time/speed two ways. One way is to turn their speed or time knob. The other way is to choose a
tempo.
You choose a tempo one of two ways. You can type into the TEMPO field shown for these
effects. Or you can select a note value from the button to the left of their FX TEMPO display,
then click a few times on the TAP button to set tempo to match the tempo of the music you're
working on.
The most common use of tap tempo is to set the note value to a quarter note (as shown above),
tap along with the song you're recording, and enjoy GearBox's Delay and/or Mod Effect as it
pulses in quarter note time to match your song. You can also choose other notes values — U2's
guitarist, The Edge, is fond of using dotted-eighth note delays.
GearBox uses one tempo for both the Mod and Delay effects, so when you set it with one, it will
also be used by the other. Choose (OFF) from the button to the left of the tempo display if you'd
like Delay or Mod to ignore the tempo. Mod and Delay can have different note values, so for
instance your delays could be dotted-eighth notes while your tremolo pulses along in quarter note
time.
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What is a Tone?
A Tone is a saved setting for all controls that affect the processed sound applied to TonePort
inputs.
Tones stored on your computer are accessed from the Tones menu at the top left of the GearBox
window. Some Basic Tones and a folder of Preset Tones are available in this menu. The menu
also has a User folder ready to store any new Tones that you save.
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What are Tone Changes (on GuitarPort Online Tracks)?
The small numbers shown at the bottom of some Tracks are the Tone Changes included in some
Tracks available from GuitarPort Online. When Tone Changes are available, the Auto-Select
button lets you choose to use them, or turn this feature off.
Only selected GuitarPort Online tracks include Tone Changes. You'll most likely see these
included in Tracks where the guitarist used significantly different equipment or settings to
achieve a variety of sounds on the recording. When these Tracks are created, Line 6 creates
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