Line 6 VARIAX-WORKBENCH
Variax Customizing USB Interface/Software

VARIAX-WORKBENCH

With Variax® Workbench™, you can select from a complete list of guitar bodies, pickups and placement, tone and volume controls, and tweak until you've come up with a guitar that is truly unique. With Workbench, it's like having all the greatest pickups, controls, and bodies of the greatest guitar collection, all at your instant disposal.

This combination USB interface and software package for Variax Electric family guitars allows you to see and hear the physical changes to your custom guitar in real time. Ever wonder what a single-coil pickup would sound like on a hollowbody tuned a whole octave down? Probably not. That's because it wasn't a reality… until now.

One of the main reasons for bringing different guitars is not only the pickup and sound, but the tuning. Workbench™ allows you to not only make your own guitars, but you can select a custom tuning to go along with it. Now your T-model setting can be in Open G, your Spank model can be tuned a half-step down, and your Lester model can go to Drop D.

You can make as many guitars as you want using Workbench's Librarian (below). Keep track of your custom guitars, store them on your computer's hard drive, email them to friends, or just make a CD-ROM backup so you can load your guitars into any Variax® you use! Workbench allows you to fill each slot on the Variax Model knob AND five-way switch with your custom guitar collection.

Using the special RJ-45 connector, you can go "inside" and create custom guitar models. Using the included custom digital Variax® cable and converter box, you can now USB into any Windows® or Mac® OSX computer and edit the guitar entirely on screen. Now you can SEE exactly what you're playing!

Features

• Works with Variax® 300, 500, 600 or 700
• Compatible with any Windows® PCs or Mac® OSX computers
• Allows you to completely customize any or all of the sounds on the Variax model knob and five-way selector
• Create custom or alternate tunings for any electric guitar you construct
• Easily create, store, share and back-up thousands of guitar models using the librarian feature
• Workbench’s detailed graphics allow you to see and hear the guitars you create in real time
• Includes custom RJ-45 cable, USB cable and hardware interface
• Interface is powered through USB connection and small enough to throw in your guitar’s gig bag (if not your pocket)

Computer System Requirements
You will need to have a Variax® Electric 300, 500, 600 or 700 guitar and a Windows XP® or Windows 2000-equipped PC with at least a Pentium® III 500 MHz or better processor, one available USB port, and 256MB or more of RAM. Apple Macintosh® users need to have OS X 10.3 or higher and a G4 or G5 running @ 400 MHz or faster. You will also need an amplifier available to plug the Variax output (1/4" audio cable) into for monitoring.

Our Part #  VARIAX-WORKBENCH