Line 6 Variax Workbench Overview
Line6 Variax WorkbenchEditor
With Variax® WorkbenchGäó, you can select from a complete list of guitar bodies, pickups and placement, tone and volume controls, and tweak until you've come up with a guitar that is truly unique. With Workbench, it's like having all the greatest pickups, controls, and bodies of the greatest guitar collection, all at your instant disposal.
This combination USB interface and software package allows you to see and hear the physical changes to your custom guitar in real time. Ever wonder what a single-coil pickup would sound like on a hollowbody tuned a whole octave down? Probably not. That's because it wasn't a reality... until now.
Librarian
One of the main reasons for bringing different guitars is not only the pickup and sound, but the tuning. WorkbenchGäó allows you to not only make your own guitars, but you can select a custom tuning to go along with it. Now your T-model setting can be in Open G, your Spank model can be tuned a half-step down, and your Lester model can go to Drop D.
You can make as many guitars as you want using Workbench's Librarian (below). Keep track of your custom guitars, store them on your computer's hard drive, email them to friends, or just make a CD-ROM backup so you can load your guitars into any Variax® you use! Workbench allows you to fill each slot on the Variax Model knob AND five-way switch with your custom guitar collection.
Specifications
Works with Variax® 300, 500 or 700
Compatible with any Windows® PCs or Mac® OSX computers
Allows you to completely customize any or all of the sounds on the Variax model knob and five-way selector
Create custom or alternate tunings for any electric guitar you construct
Easily create, store, share and back-up thousands of guitar models using the librarian feature
Workbench's detailed graphics allow you to see and hear the guitars you create in real time
Includes custom RJ-45 cable, USB cable and hardware interface
Interface is powered through USB connection and small enough to throw in your guitar's gig bag (if not your pocket)
Computer System Requirements:
You will need to have a Variax® JTV, 300, 500 or 700 guitar and a Windows XP® or Windows 2000-equipped PC with at least a Pentium® III 500 MHz or better processor, one available USB port, and 256MB or more of RAM. Apple Macintosh® users need to have OS X 10.3 or higher and a G4 or G5 running @ 400 MHz or faster. You will also need an amplifier available to plug the Variax output (1/4" audio cable) into for monitoring.
Hardware
Using the special RJ-45 connector, you can go "inside" and create custom guitar models. Using the included custom digital Variax® cable and converter box, you can now USB into any Windows® or Mac® OSX computer and edit the guitar entirely on screen. Now you can SEE exactly what you're playing!
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- FAQ
- What is Line 6® Workbench™?
- -The Variax® Workbench™ is a combination USB computer interface hardware and application software package that gives Variax 300, 500 and 700 owners the tools to easily create and store custom guitar models. The Workbench comes with the hardware interface, application software plus both the USB cable and RJ-45 cable needed to connect to a Windows® PC or Mac® OSX computer.
- -Users can select from a list of guitar bodies, pickups and other parameters to design guitar models that are truly their own. Once completed, model patches can be stored in the included Tone Locker as well as downloaded into the guitar to any of the 60 available model selector bank positions.
- What guitar bodies are available?
- -All guitar bodies present in the current Variax 300, 500 and 700 electric guitars are present in the Variax Workbench:
- T-Model Custom
- T-Model
- T-Model F Hole
- Spank
- Lester Flametop
- Lester Custom Goldtop
- Lester Custom
- Special Junior
- Special Special
- Special FB
- R-Billy G-Brand
- R-Billy Sparkletop
- Chime FullCircle
- Chime FullCircle-12
- Semi Blues
- Semi Pokerface
- Jazz Seventy Five
- Jazz Super Four
- Acoustic Dreadtop
- Acoustic Dreadtop-12
- Acoustic Parlor
- Acoustic Jumbo-12
- Acoustic Jumbo
- Resonator Biscuit Bridge
- Electric Sitar
- Masonite Plank
- Lester's Banjo
- Tricone Resonator
- What pickups are available?
- -The Variax Workbench includes the following pickup models:
- T-Model Bridge
- T-Model Neck
- Spank Single Coil
- Lester Neck
- Lester Bridge
- Semi Humbucker Neck
- Semi Humbucker Bridge
- Jazz Neck
- Jazz Bridge
- Special 90
- Junior 90
- Special Mini
- Semi 90
- R-billy Tron
- R-billy Sonic
- Chime Toaster
- Reso Lipgloss
- What do I need to make it work?
- -You will need to have a Variax 300, 500 or 700 guitar and a Windows XP®, Windows ME®, 2000 or 98SE PC with at least a Pentium® II 400 MHz or better processor, at minimum of one available USB port and 128MB or more of RAM. Mac® users need to have OS X 10.2 or higher and at least a G4 with 400 MHz or better. You will also need an amplifier available to plug the 1/4" audio cable into to hear the results of customization.
- Do I need the workbench hardware if I have a Vetta™ II or PODxt Live™?
- -No. A software only version will be available at a later date for Vetta II and PODxt Live owners.