Great tones, great variety. Most of the models and signature patches are quite accurate. Sounds absolutely fabulous when plugged out through my Marshall practice amp. Ultra-low latency and very responsive controls on the models gives you the feel of using real-life stompboxes/amps alright.

Can play only 2 instruments at a time (mic/guitar or guitar/synth), which is kinda of a let down. Can play/record max at 16-bit/44.1kHz. No phantom power for condenser mics. But if you're the kind who mostly 'plays guitar and sings', this is more than optimal. Pod farm 2 is mind-blowing; Ableton Lite & Riffworks - not so (but who uses them anyways...)

The whole register-and-update-to-Pod-Farm-2 thingy via Line6 Monkey takes some time and is a bit annoying (wonder why it doesn't ship with Pod Farm 2 anyways!)..but once done, it's just plug and play, which is pretty awesome.

Looks a bit plasticy, but at that price are you really expecting something with a metal chasis? I would rather say I like it because of that - it's really light, small and can be easily carried around. Tones and recordings, if tweaked a little bit according to your gear set-up, can sound real pro-quality - that's all that I needed, at least. It more than lives up to its promise, I'd say.

You are getting to toy around with gear worth thousands of dollars and play/record sounds which might be impossible to bring out in the real world because of your budget, *and*, even if for nothing else, you are getting a nice USB interface with qulaity ASIO drivers giving incredibly low latency - at this price, it's a helluva bargain!

No manuals with the pack (u gotta donwload the pdfs from their site, but the arrangement is not very intuitive) and Line 6 online support is quite slow. I seriously hope you don't end up getting a defective unit.

Oh yes it's a *must* for any recroding guitarist (on a budget) who's serious about his/her tone...the tones are freaking sexy!

Progressive, Jazz

Its a very flexible tool sound wise, i use it for all my homerecording and it is quite easy to spend lot of time just experimenting with all the possibilities. I can get tone for any type of music with ease just using the presets or if i want to its possible to create almost any kind of tone with all the options available.

Product contains the discs, device itself and usb-cable.. all you need to get started. no additional cables are included so you need to have cables to attach to external monitor and guitar and whatever other accessories you might plan to use with the device.

This is very easy method for recording guitar, bass and vocals.. its basically plug and play.. tiny bit of setting up is required but after that is just simply couldnt be easier!

Overall build quality is very good.. it does feel a bit "toyish" but certainly you dont get the feeling that it could break or start malfunctioning any time soon.

For the money that it costs, you get flexible audio interface to satisfy the needs for high quality recording, and on top excellent set of software.. what more could you ask for?

I havent had any reason to contact the original company, everything has been smooth and i have no issues.

ITs just not very "sexy" looking, like i mentioned earlier it comes out as bit toyish build and material.. but for the practicality its to me unbeaten.

Hobbyist

Metal

15 years playing a variety of instruments, 10 years writing

Metal, Rock, Nu-Metal

Ive been playing guitar for about 16 years. Bands in the past and Military and UAVs these days.

All things Metal. Good Metal. All the guitar gods... Also some acoustic stuff from candyrat.

Played at home and in clubs for 40 years

Rock and metal

This thing works great on windows XP but on vista or windows 7 its useless. i love the idea behind this thing and i got some really good recordings out of it. pod farm is amazing!! and riffworks is really cool too. but line 6 have yet to work out problems with the drivers so you get constant, very loud bursts of white noise, which will deafen you if you record with headphones and could even damage your speakers. get this thing to work and its a dream! but if not don't expect any help from line 6 you wont get any useful information. just go on the line 6 website and look at the pages and pages of complaints on the forums if you don't believe me.

the features of the software are unbelievable. pod farm is my favourite toy by far, the sounds you can get are better than anything you could ever get from a cheap amp and microphone. the range of sounds is great too. however, if you buy this version it only works with a line 6 interface. you can get it as a vst plug-in which i think will work with any DI.

very user friendly software if you can get the interface to work properly.

interface feels quite flimsy. doesn't feel like it would last a life time.

be very careful!! make sure this works with your computer before buying!

I had thins on my old laptop first running windows xp. I then got a new laptop with vista, the UX1 kept producing this horrible noise. was told windows 7 would be better. got it. had the same problems. I emailed line 6 a number of times complaining, got all the necessary drivers etc. but nothing worked. it was only by reading through the forums on the line 6 website I found that another user had discovered that all AMD Turion x2 processors are completely incompatible with line 6 usb interfaces. line 6 failed to tell me about this despite having sent them a full list of specifications for my pc. so line 6 could have told me about this from day 1 but instead the had be buy a new high quality usb cable, reinstall all the drivers and software that come with this product and it was a complete wast of time!!

Its a real shame about this. its really cool, just the interface is rubbish. buy guitar rig instead, it actually works!

active musician

everything

Professional musician, guitar, singing

Jazz, pop,rock,funk

Home recording...guitar fender strac....playing guitar since 14yrs

Rock...Indie,,

I find that all guitar models have their own strengths. Line 6 has a very "creamy" tone. not harsh and with the right amount of compression you can acheive a very TUBE like tone. I also work with guitar rig, and Eleven. So as mentioned I can A/B stuff to hear the units strengths in comparison to the others.

I like the ability to record direct tones as well "wet processed tones" very useful.

Very, having the GUI layout make it easy and fun to mix and match components.

Would like to see a metal version of the UX series units.. not a big plastic parts fan. sorry.

I was very impressed with the price.. for the $150.00 you get a whole lot of tones.. maybe thats why its plastic.. :)

dosen't matter.. sound comes first.

Recording Engineer, Teacher

every thing

This comes with Pod Farm 2.5 for free. Amp sims won't be as good as the real thing, but there are some really good models included. If you take the time to tweak your tone you can get some really awesome sounds. Definitely not bad for a free add on.

You can only run a guitar/mic at the same time, but for most people that's not a problem. If you need more inputs then buy a mixer with the inputs you need. I only record/play one thing at a time, so I this works perfect for me. The usb latency is amazing. Hands down the best I've used for usb recording. You can also run the Pod Farm standalone and practice through headphones. Or if you use the Asio-UX1 as your sound drivers then you could play a song and practice to it. This is great for learning cover songs.

Just plug and play. You'll have to install the Line 6 Monkey, but it handles all your updates and downloads. I use Reaper to record and it's a breeze laying down tracks. Just set the UX1 as your sound driver and you'll be able to hear what you're recording plus the other tracks or click.

It is plastic, but it's made to sit on a desk. Just don't throw it at a wall or beat it with a hammer. When i take mine with me, I just put it in a back pack with my laptop and cables. So I'm not worried about it breaking. The knobs and inputs all seem sturdy. And it is very light which I like a lot.

For the price it can't be beat. I've been using it to record and as a "practice amp." It's small and can go wherever I go. You don't get all the out of the box features as you would from a mixer. But unless you need that this is great. Plus getting Pod Farm 2.5 for free is awesome. I wish they would've included the Platinum version, but the Standard is still pretty good.

Have not had to deal with any support yet, which is a good thing.

The low latency was a big selling factor for me. I've done some recording where the latency has just been brutal and makes it difficult. You honestly can't tell there's any at all with this. Having Pod Farm is great. I haven't used Ableton or Riff Works, but you can't complain when they're free.

8 years. I play guitar and bass. Used to play in live bands, but now I'm doing more recording on my own.

Rock/Metal/Acoustic

I would Characterize the sound of unit I have as being very realistic and having tonal qualities very much like a real tube amp mic'd depending on the guitar used. There are some sounds that are better than others, but overall, you guys have nailed most of them However, there could be more mics to choose from. I think that the guitar would sound just fine by itself as well. Different settings change the sound, which is a good thing. If there was just one tone for every amp, it would get very boring. I use this mainly with Pro Tools 9.0.

The only thing I use are the plugins. That is all that is really needed with the system I have the way I am using it. The only thing I wish is that I could store the license on my ILOK key and only use the plugins.

This product would not be one I would use on the road as far as live performances.

In my opinion, this product is worth every penny, maybe more.

Have not had any issues with this product.

The software itself is nice. The hardware could use a facelift. This is an indispensable addition to my studio.

Recording Engineer and Musician

Everything...let me mic it

I had bought many recording interfaces previous to this and was releived when I finally got one of these! Zero latency and an amazing range of amps and effects.

I love the fact that you can split the sound and route through 2 sets of amps and effects, this gives you really professional sounding recordings.

Easy to install and a small learning curve, really is plug and play no MIT degree required.

would have prefered a slightly more robust finish, but it is light and therefore portable and I guess pretty durable.

Definitely a no brainer worth the money and although priced for hobbyists really gives professional results. Definitely not a toy but VERY fun anyway

support is mostly canned but I didnt really need any.

I have it already but, I would buy again, in fact am considering buying the UX2 its bigger brother

Active Musician

Rock, Blues, Country