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36 Replies Last post: Nov 9, 2009 7:07 PM by d3drocks   Go to original post 1 2 3 Previous Next
amx05462 Iknowathingortwo 1,287 posts since
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15. Oct 16, 2009 4:08 AM in response to: sloppyfingers
Re: Drivers for Vista

on the  first yellow  screen  that comes up   click on continue  on  the  next screen  the  large  white one   click on add   then you will get the  small white one   ive moved it to the  side in the  attatched  photo   theres a  tiny box  toard  the bottom  that says  off line  mode   click on that  and you should be in.  leave it to the  programmers  to make  things  difficult.  took me a  few  trys  to figure  this  out too

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sloppyfingers   12 posts since
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16. Oct 16, 2009 5:23 AM in response to: amx05462
Re: Drivers for Vista

Kewl..Got it to work in Offline mode! thanks.

Now i can get familiar with the program before my guitar comes in..I guess I will have the option of either loading the pres-sets on the pod, or the variax itself?

amx05462 Iknowathingortwo 1,287 posts since
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17. Oct 16, 2009 6:42 AM in response to: sloppyfingers
Re: Drivers for Vista

i dont know  that you can load them to the pod  workbench is  for  the  variax  only.  remember the  pod is  just a connection   in this  case

sloppyfingers   12 posts since
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18. Oct 16, 2009 3:44 PM in response to: amx05462
Re: Drivers for Vista

okay thanks again for all your info and help!

d3drocks   66 posts since
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19. Oct 26, 2009 1:17 PM in response to: jedibandit1
Re: Drivers for Vista

if you dont have one of the pod live setups, your out of luck, and line6 couldnt care less about helping you, because your on 64 bit.

amx05462 Iknowathingortwo 1,287 posts since
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20. Oct 26, 2009 1:27 PM in response to: d3drocks
Re: Drivers for Vista

yes  id  like  to chime in on that  because  that does seem to be  the  case. kinda  makes you wonder  what they wont  care  about  in the  future  doesnt it ? have  youseen  the  new  apple  commercial  where  the  windows  guy  goes   back in time  through the  versions  and  says  you wont  have  the  trouble  with  this  like  last time.   i think  line  6  could  do a  commercial  that  says " after  weve  got  your  money...............  addyour  own  ending  .  mine  would  be    then  tough luck.  

 

           any ideas?

amx05462 Iknowathingortwo 1,287 posts since
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21. Oct 26, 2009 1:34 PM in response to: amx05462
Re: Drivers for Vista

remember  the  seinfeld   episode  with  the  soup nazi.  that would  be  a  great commercial.  need  a  driver   too bad  NO DRIVER FOR YOU!!!!

 

come  back  ten year

 

   or  how bout   a guy  with a  banner  behind him   that says  you havent  kissed  our  a#$@S   enough yet   . then he  can explane  why   theres  no support  for  64  bit   workbench.

 

    he  would  probably say  " to tell the  truth  we  just want  to sell you  something ...........   more  expensive"

 

  just my thoughts  on the  subject  at the  moment.

 

                   anyone  else  have  any  thoughts  on this ?

 

 

  i think  lewis  black  should  be  doing  this  commercial

japais   1 posts since
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22. Oct 26, 2009 2:21 PM in response to: jedibandit1
Re: Drivers for Vista

I have got a 600 and use it Workbench, Pod x3 live on a vista 64-bit laptop without any problems.

amx05462 Iknowathingortwo 1,287 posts since
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23. Oct 26, 2009 2:26 PM in response to: japais
Re: Drivers for Vista

if your  using it  through the  pod  you wouldnt   theres  64  bit  drivers  for  the  pod.

sloppyfingers   12 posts since
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24. Oct 26, 2009 3:42 PM in response to: amx05462
Re: Drivers for Vista

yup just got the digi  cable this weekend, and the work bench communicating to the variax is working fine thanks in part to myself having the Pod live xt already..I feel for anyone that has vista and just bought the interface though..Line6 should address this problem.

amx05462 Iknowathingortwo 1,287 posts since
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25. Oct 26, 2009 3:53 PM in response to: sloppyfingers
Re: Drivers for Vista

well ive been  chasing them  for  some time now  and it goes  back to the  old forum   and add  the  fact  that they have  outright  said  they have  no plans  to do a  thing  about it........ well i take  that as  a  hearty f$#k  y#u on there  part.  but  thats   just me .

 

 

    like ive  already said  what wont  work in the  future   . will they  have  this attitude still?

WrexTheDragon   8 posts since
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26. Nov 7, 2009 8:47 AM in response to: amx05462
Re: Drivers for Vista

It's not just you who is annoyed by Line6's attitude to their customers.

They lost a sale for a Variax Acoustic 700 and amp by me because of their poor support.

It is a shame they have such a poor reputation.

 

 

amx05462 Iknowathingortwo 1,287 posts since
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27. Nov 7, 2009 10:49 AM in response to: WrexTheDragon
Re: Drivers for Vista

maybe so but  there  aparently  happy  with  the  ammount  of  business  that  there  doing ... even  in  this  recession.

sloppyfingers   12 posts since
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28. Nov 8, 2009 5:07 AM in response to: jedibandit1
Re: Drivers for Vista

Okay. it's been a few weeks now, and although I can access workbench through my pod xt live, I'm finding it a freakin' pain to haul it out, just so I can change/load tunings on my variax..I have the guitar port for home use, and the xt is just for when I go out jamming, and is normally put away.

Had Line6 simply addressed their driver issue, they would of got another sale off me because I would of purchased the hardware interface still.

Whether they care or not, they are really hurting themselves sales wise.

Another bone of contention is the fact that they un-apologetically don't make lefies on the variaxes..I lucked out finding a used 500 variax online, but I  would of bought an acoustic down the road. But that is for another topic.

amx05462 Iknowathingortwo 1,287 posts since
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29. Nov 8, 2009 7:25 AM in response to: sloppyfingers
Re: Drivers for Vista

your  right  but   in your case  you already  have  the  other  stuff  they  want  to sell  so the  workbench  hardware   is  the  extra   in  your  case  but  in  most cases  thats  the  start   and  then the next step  is a pod  or xt.

 

  as far as a  lefty acoustic.  i guess  they dont  feel  theres   enough  of  a  market   to be  worth  there   making  them.  the  variax  is  a  neche  guitar .  if  it  sold  like  a  strat  or a  les  paul.  they  wouldnt  be looking  to go to the  variax 2.  thats  not  to  take  away  from it though    and  yeah  i know  james  taylor  and  jo blow  from  idaho play one. but  the  bottom  line  is  its  foe  a certain group.  that is  the group  that would  like  to have  a  rack of  electrics  another  rack of  acoustics  and  a rack of  this  that and  the  other  but  that guy  works  for  a  living  so the  closest  he  gonna  get  is  a  variax.

 

                                   this   isnt  to say  its  not  a  nice  guitar  ...it is .  but you have to ask  yourself   given  the  choice  and  the   money  would  you  buy the  variax.  or would  you  buy the  real  thing.  its  really  the  same  question   with all the  big  names as well.  why  buy a  epiphone  when  you can  have  a  gibson.  why  have  a  mexican  strat  when  you can  have  an  american  standard   and  so  on.

 

  so  in  my opinion    what  arent  they  making  a  lefty....   because  as  it is   you dont  see  a  variax  of  any kind  in  most  guitar  stores.   and  leftys  as  a rule  of  any kind  tend  to sit  on the  shelf. or  rack. so  having  tryed  it  ( ive  seen  a  few oldr  ones)  they dont  consider  it  to be  worth  the  expense   of tooling  up  to cut  the  bodies  and  necks   and  reverse  the  electronics.

 

ewre  there  acoustics  not  cutaway  it  would  be a  simple  job  to reverse  everything.  same  with  the  cut  on the  electric  body  were  it cut  like  an sg   instead  of  a  strat.  then   reversing  it  would  be  simple.

 

  change   out the  nut   and flip the ribbon   wire  in the  bridge  for the  electrics.  you have  a lefty  acoustic.  on the  hard  body ones    put  in  a lefty  trem   flip the  ribbon  wire  and  put the  controls  on the  other  side.

 

  an  easy  enough transplant  into  a  lefty  body .

 

   they  want  to be a dominant  guitar  maker  with  the  next one...  thats  probably  why   it will be  a  while  before  you see it .  they  brought  in  rich  renkin   and  hes  probablu  going  to  be  doing some  head  butting  to get things  on the  right  track....

 

sorry   for being  a  bit  long  winded.

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