teddiehl

I don't want to sound like a complainer but... I finally got all the pieces for the PA: MD20, two L3t's and the L3s. My wife got me an iPad mini for my birthday a few days ago, so I'm almost there... all I need is some kinda dongle or something... so I google a bit and run across this thread. Are you kidding me? No, don't start with your rationalization and snooty condescension . The "fix" being described is half assed and clumsy. A router (requiring a wall wart) connected to an Ethernet cable connected to an adapter connected to the mixer? Do you people gig? This thing is supposed to streamline the setup. I can see it now, I'm rushing to get everything mic'd and plugged in, powered up, ready to go and... wait... okay gotta find a safe place next to this rugged road ready mixer to place this home office router and plug in its wall wart and check the Ethernet cable and adapter are long enough to reach, can't have them where the bassists beer gets knocked onto them. How many setups and tear downs will this extra chain of wires survive? Gonna neatly coil them up each time, huh? Right. I actually was a bit Leary of just the dongle in the USB slot, there cantilevered out near other connections where it might be bump and break off. You put so much thought into the design of this thing. It's gorgeous! And the finishing touch is a steaming pile of band aides (no pun intended). I'm not angry, just annoyed, disappointed. I've been "with" line 6 for a long time now. I owned the first amplifier they made, the Axsys before it became the AX2 (1996 I think, maybe 1997), at which time I bought the upgrade package: a chip, a big black sticker for the front and new knobs to convert my amp. I've owned flextones, two or three kinds of kidney bean pods, and at least three effects modelers (delay, modulation, distortion) units. I've got two James Tyler variax guitars, the DT25, and just upgraded my POD HD500 with a POD HD500X. I've also bought a bunch of the other doodads and gadgets for computer connection. All I'm saying is me and Line 6 have been in a long and complicated relationship. One thing I expect from them is a designers mentality: don't just half lollipop it to make it work, complete the lollipop, make it make sense, design it "right", figure out the little things. Rant over.