User Manual

Line 6 GearBox 3.6 – GearBox with POD X3
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The Online Tone Library
Note that the Tone presets in the Library are Single Tone preset types, therefore a Tone Library Tone
will always load into Tone 1 in GearBox, and leave any settings in Tone 2 undisturbed. You can of
course tweak the Tone just like any other once it is loaded, and save it to your computer using the File
menu options (see the previous section). A Tone loaded from the Tone Library is actually only loaded
into the edit buffer and not immediately written to the on-board POD X3 hardware memory - to do
this you can use the GearBox Hardware Memory window’s “Put” function.
Tone Translations - Opening Tones Created with Non-POD X3 Devices
You are certainly not limited to opening only Tone preset files that were created by others using
different Line 6 hardware such as from the Online Tone Library as described above, GuitarPort
Online or the Line 6 Custom Tone site. Since there are some fundamental differences between Line 6
hardware, some Tone elements may be slightly different or “translated” to work on your X3 device. A
few guidelines are as follows:
POD X3 supports opening Tone presets files created with...
Any GearBox-connected Line 6 hardware -This includes all TonePort, GuitarPort, PODxt
and of course POD X3 devices.
Any POD 2.0 device. Some models may be translated upon loading these Tone presets into
your POD X3.
When loading into POD X3 a Tone preset created with PODxt that includes a Bass Amp model,
the Bass Amp D.I. and Blend parameters will be removed. When a Tone preset that includes
a Bass Amp model is loaded on PODxt, these parameters will be set to default values (Blend
Volume and Delay set to Off/Minimum).
Dual Tone preset files created with POD X3 can only be opened by POD X3 & POD X3 Live
devices. POD X3-created Single Tone files can be opened in GearBox with any TonePort,
GuitarPort or PODxt device connected. Note that if the other device does not have the all
optional Add-On Model Packs then some of the amp and/or effects models might be substituted.
(See the Model List for each device’s standard Model Set).
All Tone preset files created with non-POD X3 devices will be Single Tone types and typically
loaded into Tone 1 when using a Load button (such as from the Online Tone library). If you load
the file from your computer’s hard disk using the GearBox File > Open commands, the behaviors
will be as described in the previous File Menu Commands section.
POD X3 does not support loading Tone preset files that were created with any Bass PODxt device,
Vetta or Flextone amplifier. Likewise, these products do not support loading Tones created by
POD X3.
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