My guitar experience is not very seasoned, only 2 years, but I play a ton and am very dedicated. I have been playing piano for 6 years and record a lot with my synth and mac. Currently I am saving up for a tube amp, but they are very expensive (hence the good tone) and so for now I am practicing through this. For 100 dollars it is the best deal I have ever made.
The best PC audio interface for the price.Įase of Use: The TonePort UX1 is probably the cheapest, most economically efficient way to practice at home, try new sounds, and record your riffs.
For the Home Recording enthusiast on a tight budget, it can kill 3 or 4 birds with one stone! God bless and Rock On!!! Read full review Not as good as the URS or Waves - but, extremely close to the URS. I've compared the L6 mic pres to both URS and Waves and they are very good. These are also good for Vocals(w/an XLR input). If mine fried out or got stolen, I would buy another immediately!!!! However, these are for RECORDING!!! They are NOT an effects pedal. This advice is for home set ups - big timers run monitors in every possible routing they can plug. The UX1 is more midrangy and not as pristine for playback monitoring. The difference is like listening to your overall mix thru Celestions vs. But, on playback you may want to monitor it thru your computers sound card. Use the direct moitoring for recording(the only latency advantage is if you are recording along side a sequencer of some kind. L6 has the best amp modeling out there!!! Some older computers may have issues, but it runs fine on both Win 7 and Vista. You've just got to know tone and what truly makes it. I literally get as good of a recorded sound on my Sonar w/ the L6 that I get with my real Fender and Marshall. I've got a Berhringer Mic 200 with a Gold Lion 12ax7. I also recommend a tube preamp to plug your guitar into and then run into the UX1. This is a totally different sound(like the difference between cheap speaker and quality ones). I take and run my L6 into my computer's sound card(Realtek) by going from the headphone out(of the L6) into the computer(line in) and monitor it thru my computer's sound card(with my monitors coming from the line out/headphone jack.
It's killer for a guitar sound, but monitoring your overall mix thru the speaker jacks of the L6 are kind of crappy. In conclusion the only thing I don't like about it is the sound card it comes with. The POD farm 2.0 saves us recording freaks the has sle of running it thru a mic pre or such plugin, because POD 2.0 has put there mic pres in line with the guitar -(this can be a vast improvement in your guitar sound quality. However, don't use the presets - go in to the basic amp modes and create your own. I have very awesome (real)amp set ups, but the L6 gets the same sounds with more consistence and less hassle. It is an interface and it gives excellent guitar tracks on my Sonar.
NOTE!!!: A lot of the reviews I've read about this unit seems to be based on people who don't seem to really know how to use it. Nevertheless,The first UX1 I got was malfunctioning badly, but there were no return hassles and I am so glad I got another and ot let that stop me from getting another. I also own Amplitude 3 and Guitar Rig4 and the L6 blows both away(Sound modeling-wise). UX1 is a recording interface and not a guitar amp pedal