[Harp-L] Re: Harp-L Digest, Vol 56, Issue 63

[Richard Hunter <turtlehill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

JOe G wrote:
>hi all,         i have been watching the letters on home recording and 
>have recently purchased a line 6 pro- tone recording and modeling 
>interface/ tone port ux2 at a popular internet site.  i had no problem 
>hooking it up and getting my harp playing into the headsets,,,,but i 
>thought i could record on my computer with this thing and after a bunch of 
>updates and other downloads, i still can't figure out if i have to hookup
>my cassette recorder to this thing or buy a cd recorder even though i have 
>excellent software on my computer to do this, i do have vista on my 
>computer and found out through forums it wouldn't work....  then i found
a 
>sun program that helps to get around the 64 bit issue, and will be seeing 
>if that works later today, so anyway i am no pro either as a player or as 
>a person who just wants to dabble with recording, but it has been pretty 
>frustrating  and i am still trying to figure out why i can't just push a
>button and play into the mike and record a
>  track....computer challenged in ...landisville pa     thanks   joe g

Joe,

I use a UX2 and it works fine with Windows XP.  I don't know where you got the idea that the UX2 doesn't work with Vista, or what forums you visited.  The Line6 website offers a download for Vista drivers for the UX2 at this URL:

http://line6.com/software/index.html

I suggest that you look at the Line6 hardware forum for more advice on how to set the UX2 up with your system.  If you haven't read the manual from start to finish yet for both the UX2 and whatever recording software you're using, I recommend that you do that too.  Finally, if there's a forum for your recording software, I recommend that you ask some questions there about how you get the software to recognize your UX2.

It's pretty clear that you are new to computer recording, and it's not as easy as punchng a button on a cassette recorder.  If you can't spend the time to figure it out, get something simpler, like one of the dedicated multi-track digital recorders from Fostex, Boss, Tascam, or Zoom, or even a Zoom H4, if your recording needs are very simple (like all you need is a live stereo recording).  That's a device that works with a single button push.

Regards, Richard Hunter
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