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curious what the mW is on the UX8 headphone amp. 

its very very good and the best interface HA Ive heard....not an outboard. 

I use 250 ohm headphones, but its made for 150-600ohm I read, again really well done.

but curious on mW spec.

hmm?

Maybe fixed it or is using invisible fonts?

very interesting.

I have one UX8 not working, well, kind of not working.

I have two UX8's that are working fine.

hmmm...30 minutes? I doubt I can do it that fast.  Thanks for the excellent detailed post though!

Wow, they did so well with software and the interface business is doing well?

CEO decision or the Profits just not worth keeping it going?

The UX8 was killed off but an awesome piece. I compared it to several other brands.  

The Line 6 UX2 was able to work well, add outboard preamps to Line In and a perfect 2 track unit.  Again all the PODFARM Guitar sims and Preamp Sims, amazing deal.

Line 6 supports all the old Legacy stuff really well though and my units work fine on Windows 10 and I still use Line 6 Monkey and the Gearbox/PodFarm.

Maybe just not enough business cash$$?   Definitely not the Products fault. A great product.  ...but even Neuman stopped making the tube U47. So death of another great products is probably all business and accounting related.

RIP.....  UX2 got me into this computer recording!

11yrs and the UX8 is still going, however 2 issues...but no easy fix.

One issue is the INstrument inputs, some notice a "surge sound" as a bass note or guitar note decays in volume, there is a "crossover" volume change thats due to a 

capacitor needing replaced. I dont use this so not a big deal to me. This forum mentioned its the capacitors between the low and high level circuit?

Second issue - Its lost one preamp of the 8 qty....# 2 channel lost most its gain, it has slight distortion but very low output.

The other 7 channels work great so ...for 11yrs not bad.

Over 11yrs I put it up against several other interfaces and none were any better and most were not as good in functions such as the Professional Headphone Amp, and the software with the Line 6 with near zero latency is fantastic as good as any other. I do 24/44.1 but 24/48 works great...96k never used. 

Can this UX8 stuff be repaired.... reasonably priced? 

I have POD FARM 2.59 now and Gearbox and its all working and good on Windows 10.

I did a dry in with parrell 9&10 FX realtime....per the wave it was like 1ms....totally impressed with this old UX8.

One thing the Gearbox had was a very cool "learn" function to remove noise, PodFarm 2 has a global noise gate instead.

Single coil guitar noise is the problem.

Ive been waiting for a 1176 compressor so one can do the ALL IN distortion and get the grunge vocal tones.

the preamps kick azz and zat makes evreezing very goot.... so now pleaze send your Line6 congressman a request for a 1176 type compressor.

thanks pleez thanks.

its best with some 30ohm range headphones and should be fine. most headphones are 30ohm or so.

all the power comes from USB which is 500ma. we have multi users recording thorugh it so bought a used $25 behringer headphone 4 amp rack.

using 150,250,600ohm the volu9me will drop considerably.

I noticed the LA2A uses makeup GAIN and the crunch squeeze knob is therefore needing a hot input to sound like the real LA2A.

After a friend posted a youtube, I caught that on the hardware its a Input Gain....so this overdrives more.

When I went and added a Mic PreAmp in PodFarm, cranked it up and then "squeezed the PodFarm/LA2A" it started sounding like the real one. Very cool......

but its not mentioned well, so thought I would post this.

I used a Mic>Vinatge UK (Neve 1073) cranked almost max, no eq> LA2A with Threshold about max and Gain at 0db....sounds really good. 

just fyi...

probably WIndows Updates. 

a lot of software things might be running in the background, I would start by removing Windows 10 Driver Updates.

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/stop-windows-10-from-automatically-updating-your-pc/

then I would disconnect the internet, and turn off all Ad Blockers and Virusware. disable any other soundcards seen in Device Manager.

also try a new USB cable and port if problem is still seen.

then start PodFarm settings setup , first in the UX software and then with the DAW.

24/44.1 should be a good setting.  Default buffers.......

when I had freezes it was almost always my computer and WIndows/Virusware.

Im impressed if theres a fix, mine are probably getting to that age too but no problems yet. I bought two because I liked the UX8 so much.

$125....I saw a third for $119 and almost bought it but thought this is nuts...lol

I had a clipping noise on the pad button, dirty or whatever. I wonder if a person takes this out of the "loop" (jumper it) if it would quit switching hi/lo? or solder a resistor in the circuit to lock it in to HI or LOW and not this auto-switching thing.

maybe a Line6 Expert will chime in.....

I called Line 6 once, or emailed them? but either way the problem was resolved.

Ive never had it since and have swapped other units and never had the problem again. Sorry Im not sure, but I had the License issue cleared up by Line 6 for free....and I was a owner of a Used unit.

I recommend after you fix this to turn off WIndows 10 driver updates......I know you cant turn off WIndow 10 Updates, but you CAN turn off WIndow 10 Driver Updates and that will stop that crap...

this has happened to me on other interfaces, the dreaded Windows USB driver Updates or Firewire Updates....what they do is a Generic Driver Update for the masses of people like video games or cameras etc...and it can screw up your audio connections.

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/stop-windows-10-from-automatically-updating-your-pc/

you should get a decent sound just plugging in without any podfarm/gearboxx stuff.

1. get the bass plugged in

2. deselect AMPS.....get the volume right, tone....if ok proceed, if not look at cables, guitar itself etc..

3. if sound is ok, then select the instrument in for the bass and go through the bass amps....if you dont like those, maybe just try the Dynamics like the LA2A and a Noise Gate etc.....  if you cant get a good sound there maybe try a regular guitar amp, get creative.

if you cant find a tone somethings probably really wrong with your monitoring chain?

you shouldnt need anything but the UX unit to get a good bass sound.

yuou ask....How do you get a good bass sound?

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1. plug the bass into instrument input 1 with a good guitar cable, have all guitar knobs on full blast (not a speaker cable only use a instrument cable)

2. open PodFarm and select instrument 1 in the L6 software and select BASS AMPS

3. find a choice amp

4. add the LA2A in front of the BASS AMP....maybe Gate if needed for my single coil pickup noise

Tweak to pleasure then SAVE AS...." bass amp" and its there.

iTs a good idea to get the pc offline from the internet when recording. what can happen is clicks and pops as the CPU does other functions while recording. fyi....

but yes the windows security stuff can be shut off easily once you disconnect from the internet.

good job getting the word out bohemianviper!

are you sure the Block apps and Virus ware is off while loading this up?

I have everything working on a very old unit and no issues. also kill the old onboard sound card only have the UX working/enabled.

just guessing, good luck

Try muting the Windows sound mixer panel inputs. Sometimes the Windows audio will be playing a clean version also and you need to shutdown the computers soundcard, in other words, and only have the UX as your sound card. Try that....you can always re-enable it if needed.

The LA2A is great but is it possible to toss in a 1176 in the Vocal Chain?

mmm...that would be very good

i might try a usb cable and there could be some dry-air in your studio causing ESD shocks, espeically in the winter seasons its dry.

I dont know about the pumping gate effect. 

just an update from a UX8 fan. Im still using mine and its great. Windows 10 working and all preceding that.

the POD Farm and Gearbox rival the Apollo UAD with 1/10 the cost. Excellent product....24/96 is more than needed.

SPDIF In/Out, USB 2.0 that works with my USB 3.0 port. Never a problem.

highly recommended. the little borther UX2 is fun too, I have one of those but the UX8 is in the Apogee/Apollo level.

I have had to change both at times when using PODFARM and GEARBOX, not sure why but on mine GEARBOX overrides and needs to be changed....but sometimes its both.

I need to dump GearBox but I like it too!!!

whens L6 going to do a 1176 series?

make sure the virus ware and adblock stuff is off, thats a common issue. worht a try?

when in trouble reboot, reboot, reboot....windows loves rebooting.

I just bought another UX8 from GC for $159. Said ti was in mint condition but it isnt in the box and doesnt have any software.

I can try to download the Pod Farm 2 Platinum pack or use it in place of my other UX8. (yes I already have one)

The reason I bought another is as a spare and the damn price was $159!!!!

For me this thing is as good as a Apollo DUO....hell its better!!!! this is UX 8....

The onboard gear is great and doesnt cost so much like UAD(Apollo) sofwtare. 

Reading around theres nothing great that happens once you compare the two. when one costs $150 the other >$1000 with taxes and you get 2 or 3 UAD things, preamp and a compressor.....the Pod Farm you get hundreds and the Mic PReAmps + LA2A etc...

I bought the first one because I read a wizard of mine, Todd Rundgren, did an entire album with this unit and no outboard gear except his U87.

Album ARENA. 

I come here now and then as a UX8 owner and always wonder why L6 dumped it? When Home Recording was so huge.

I also wonder why this new-used one I picked up today has stiffer pots and seems a little better built? 

DId the UX8 go through some changes from 2008 to 2011?

I would go to CNET and read about turning off Windows Driver Updates. That might help.

Also if you have a port USB, plug straight to the pc USB.

3rd I might try a new cable with some ferrite noise block on it (square block on the USB cable you see on some USB cables)

Windows 10 has one major flaw and that is you can NOT turn off the updates....however, you can turn off Driver Updates.

Also if you unplug from the internet etc that will stop WIndows 10 updates....but not many of us do that.

I'm on a USB 3.0 port. 

The software is all done through Line 6 Monkey. 

I just updated all the drivers last weekend, or the Monkey did...

Maybe you can try a new cable if that doesnt work. When I downloaded the Free Windows 10 Im not sure what it downloaded.

I was worried but had read good things.

Another note I did with Windows 10 is turn off Driver Update.....Windows updates all the time but you can deselect the drivers from being updated which I recommend. It took me awhile but wasnt too hard and Im not very good with software, but I did it.

You can Google around Windows 10 stop updating drivers.....

https://www.cnet.com/how-to/stop-windows-10-from-automatically-updating-your-pc/