Line 6 UX8 Recording 8 Tracks!

[DH4Hobbies]

There is about 10 of these units on ebay being sold as NOT WORKING, is this a bad sign? How will this perform with Cubase?

[NWOtheawakening]

Hi, do you know if is possible to connect 2 UX8 interfaces at the same time? or is there a way to make a serial connection between them? this is for a drum kit recording purposes.

[dongguitar]

thanks man that was alot of help

peace

Don G

[athloen64]

what i wanna do is:

play 7 diffrent tracks and send them single to 7 outputs

and use pod farm with 1 guitar for the 8th ouput.

is that possible?

[constructivereconcil]

OK, @ ~2.30 when you assign "mic" or "line" SPDIF, do you have 8 discrete source inputs, or are those "vitualized" where you split inputs to different tracks? In other words, can you record up to 8 distinct instrument and microphones? Some recording devices will allow 4 or even 8 tracks but only from a pair of discrete inputs. I know you have 8 inputs, but the question is whether they are forced through a master pair, the way a mixer would, or do you retain 8 distinct independent sources?

[morninggloryseed]

@constructivereconcil

This allows you to record 8 separate, discrete tracks at once. It has a virtual mixer in the interface so you can not only record 8 separate tracks, but it allows you flexible monitoring options.

Or just use a mixer board with it like I do.

[AMJMusic09]

how do you do this on Macbook Pro. I am so confused :(

[B600T4LTOWELIE]

@AMJMusic09 like you would any other usb audio interface. Connect the ux8 usb to your mac, install the drivers from the line 6 website for the ux8 and then change the input and output setting in system preferences and on the DAW (digital audio workstation), for example, Logic, ProTools etc..

[11AcesOfficial2013]

i just bought my own just a 2 days ago and when i first plugged in the guitar in on gearbox it makes a sorta killswitching noise like it stops the sound constantly.

what do you think is the matter with it?

[turkusista]

hey all!! anyone can help me out with choosing an interface i found Line 6 Toneport UX 8 and M-Audio FastTrack Ultra 8R they look similar to me. Witch one u recommend? thank u!!

[Hasjhus]

Hey! I have a question! What recording program are you using in this video??

Thanks!

- Djj91

[majormixer]

@Hasjhus I would like to what program was used also. Having a problem interfacingwith Cubase SX.

[Chivolici0us]

whats up dude!

i have a question... i have a toneport ux8 too but only sound in the leftside of my speakers... do you know what i'm doing wrong?

[intheblues]

@Chivolici0us sounds like one of the following.

a - your speaker isn't in the right jack / or it's faulty

b - you haven't got the right output source selected

c - you have your output source panned to one side - (open your control panel/line 6 set up.

[phillippe92]

or you have recorded a stereo track with a mono instrument ie guitar vocals :D

[HeavyontheRide]

Thanks for this video, my band just bought the line 6 ux8 and we're gonna be giving it a test run tommoro and i think this information is definately going to be useful! -Jordan

[miclain1995]

does this interface work with cubase 5? or is there something that works well with it?

[OfficialDrumsNdSkate]

does this work with mics that require phantom power?

[Guitar101Ramstein]

Thanks for the video, I have been looking everywhere to get a solid answer as to whether or not the UX8 will allow 8 inputs recorded to 8 individual tracks with no luck until I saw this video. I think I will be ordering one of these now so I can record a 7 mic set up of drums that isn't submixed to a stereo track or just 4 tracks like I have been doing all along with an m-audio 24/96 and mixers going digital and analog

[chiodos82]

can i use this with my mac and Logic?

[intheblues]

@chiodos82 I think so yes, it's mac compatible.

[AcidRAINBOWPro]

@intheblues yes you can...this works great with logic and somehow it's compatible even though i have express

[AcidRAINBOWPro]

@chiodos82 yes you can use it with logic, it should automatically sync all the programs together so you can use the output...i don't know though how i can get it to work though, so were both stuck there

[MrBigManka]

I have a 2009 Windows 7 Dell Laptop,

is the Lne 6 UX8 compatible with this?

[intheblues]

@MrBigManka if it meets the specs of course

[DrLouMusic]

I bought one of these to hook to an imac 27...in any case, no matter what I do... I plug a microphone into this unit, and it doesn't register the signal...any ideas?

[nayr105]

@DrLouMusic is it a condenser mic? you may need phantom power

[intheblues]

@nayr105 yes u do need phantom power unless they have a battery slot on the microphone.

[JayArpeggios]

Im planing on getting this so I can record with a signal chain like this

Guitar -> Axe-fx ultra (2 channels out) -> UX8 (recording 2 different channels) -> (ux8 is usb into computer?) -> DAW (cubase 5.1) on window 7

I also want the ux8 to output to monitors while recording... I assume I plug this UX8 into my computer using USB and thats how it passes the audio data right?? All of this will work yea?

[intheblues]

@tonemeister3 are you serious man? What is the title and description of this video. It's crystal clear lol

[rgmelvin]

Thanx a lot...that really helps...I think that should apply for the UX 2

[intheblues]

@rgmelvin UX2 can only do two channels at a time, but yes.

[nellings6]

I really want to get this for the amount of amps it has so I can use it for both practice and recording. Im not exactly rich enough to just go buy a Peavey 5150 and with this I could basically have that and more right?  Im just trying to get something where for when I do covers (ex: Parkway Drive, AILD etc..) I don't also have to use my webcam to record anymore from my amp across the room and I could also have a better tone since I wont have to be using settings from a line 6 amp

[intheblues]

@nellings6 with headphones you can use it to jam or line it out to an amp but it has to be connected to a computer for it to work.

[SERGIOGOMESbtr]

the record for the 8 XLR and two guitar all along?

only or even the 8 XLR?

[intheblues]

@SERGIOGOMESbtr you can do a maximum of 8 inputs with mics OR 2 max guitars at a time. (i think) You can also do 6 mics and 2 guitars as well.

[ruslanio]

You forgot to say it's USB 2.0, which is awesome.

[Stifledsubmission]

how are the preamps on this thing? You dont need to use the line 6 software for the interface to work right? I plan to use it with logic studio 8 and from time to time use the pod farm for certain tones.

[intheblues]

@Stifledsubmission they are great man, i am fussy with audio and this interface does a great job.

[SkullKing278]

So just to make it clear...The ux8 comes with the software on the video?

[intheblues]

@SkullKing278 not the recording software but the drivers and the tone port software (gearbox) yes it does.

[sonofrock97]

it has 2 instrument inputs and 8 line inputs so if you had a lead guitar rhythm guitar and bass could you plug one of them in a line?

[Fear3001]

Would it be possible to record 3 guitars and a bass it's just my band needs something and we want 1 pod and not 4

[petergriffin720]

I am new to the UX8. How would you go about the post production VST plug in you mentioned in your description?

[intheblues]

@petergriffin720 Register your program online and get a code. ;) 

[jackomuzik]

I tried asking Line 6 the same question, but they haven't answered me yet: could you use the Line 6 for live mixing? (ex: a demo/show) Let's say I have a beat I made on my computer flowing to the UX8 via the USB. Sound ouput would come out of mains 1 and 2 right? Then I have 2 mics hooked to XLR jacks mic1, and mic2. Could I then get a mixed signal coming out of mains 1 and 2 (vocals + beat)? I don't want to have to buy a mixer when I could just use my UX8 ya know.

[intheblues]

@jackomuzik You "could" use it yes, it has stereo outputs or line outputs on the back. BUT it's harder to monitor and you'd need a computer attached for it to operate so i guess the real answer is "no" :) hope this helps. if you are patching it through a pa for recording its fine but i tried it once and it can become a mess.

[guitar62751]

hi Shane,

Very good demo, mate. 10 stars !

Looks like a sturdy sounding unit.

I bet Line 6 posts this on their site too

just like Behringer did with your pedals.

Stu

[intheblues]

this is the most common question i get asked (like 2-5 questions a week) so I am hoping this video can help people who aren't tech savvy! :)