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Line 6 GearBox 3.7 – GearBox with POD X3
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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 family 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.
The POD X3 Hardware Memory Window
GearBox also offers a new Hardware Memory window specifically for POD X3 family devices which
displays a local, in-memory, copy of the entire User Bank of Tones from your connected POD X3. This
window is the place for referencing and managing exactly what individual Tone presets are stored in
each User Bank of your POD X3 hardware, as well as for creating and restoring backup “Bundles” of
your POD X3’s Tones! The Hardware Memory window provides a nice, large screen where you can
see the contents of each User Bank location, and copy or move Tones between Tone slots, or even
drag and drop Tone presets to and from your computer! You can launch/close the Hardware Memory
window from within the GearBox View menu.
Upon launch of the GearBox application, the Hardware Memory is opened and its “Get All” function
is automatically performed. This loads all the data from your POD X3 User Folder into the respective
Banks and Channels into your computer’s local memory, displaying them in the window. From this
point when working with the Hardware Memory window, the data you see listed in each Bank in
the window are what you are actually working with in your computer’s local memory (or in the “edit