Toneport UX8

Posted on Feb 04, 2008 11:45 am
CptTripps
Czar of Turd Polish
Member Since: Jun 20, 2006

Hey all,

I was wondering if anyone has checked this thing out or played with one.

I was very impressed with many of the features and only found two negatives so far of which one I would hope Line6 is working on.

Some of the key features I like is the "Tone Direct". It seems to bypass your recording software yet send a processed signal back to the Mains (1-2) for monitoring. Supposedly with minimal latency as it addresses the fact that when we send processed signals through our recording software there is usually a heavy dealy that makes it improbable.

I also like the fact that there are two headphones outs with their own volume controls and are seperate from the master volume controls. Oh, there is also a mute button (on the interface itself) for the master volume, nice indeed.

The downside, no linking of two UX8's and no optical cable. In the faq they say the "do not support this feature at this time". I would hope they plan on adding the ability to link them, but with no optical I see no way yet (don't believe SPDIF has the bandwidth and as of now I would send 8 tracks from layla as a stereo signal through spdif just so I may capture the live feel and then later redo guitars\vox).

So yeah, the input outputs are plentifull for an 8 channel system, the tone direct monitoring would really be beneficial when tracking (singers always perform better compressed imho). If you only want 8 tracks I guess this is a godsend for $500, but I am leary of jumping on this train without the ability to add an extra 8 channels later on.

One question for you UX2 owners, how much of a PC do you think I would need to record 8 channels WITH compression (maybe some modeled pre's also) for when tracking drums?

Some specs..... and a link....
line6.com/toneportux8/index.html

Analog Input

Mic:

8x XLR rear panel balanced inputs with mic preamps
8x front panel trim knobs
8x 75 Hz low-cut filter switches
8x -20 dB pad switches
+48 V phantom power

Instrument:
2x 1/4-inch front panel High-Z inputs
2x -10dB pad switches

Line:
8x 1/4-inch rear panel unbalanced line level inputs

Analog Output
8x 1/4-inch rear panel balanced +4 dBu line outputs
Analog main volume knob and mute switch

Headphone Output
2x 1/4-inch stereo headphone outputs
2x front panel trim knobs
Impedance: 50 Ω

Digital Input/Output
S/PDIF stereo I/O
RCA type connectors
24 bit operation, up to 96 kHz

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