Line 6 TonePort UX2, TonePort UX8, TonePort KB37 Setup Guide

Version 3.5

MiDi setup GuiDe for

toneport uX2, uX8 & KB37

Mac® OS X, Windows® XP® & Windows® Vista

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Revision B - 01/02/2008

taBle of Contents

TonePort Footswitch & Expression Pedals ............................................1•1

TonePort KB37 Controller Layout .........................................................2•1

MIDI Control Configuration ...................................................................3•1

Default MIDI Control Settings ...................................................................................... 3•1

Re-mapping Control Messages ....................................................................................... 3•2

MIDI Controller Message Types ................................................................................... 3•3

Assigning GearBox Functions to TonePort UX2/UX8/KB37 Controllers .................... 3•4

Controlling GearBox Functions via MIDI SysEx ..........................................................3•5

TonePort Controllers and Ableton Live™ - Line 6 Edition .... 4•1

Setting up MIDI Control Manually in Ableton Live 5 Line 6 Edition ......................... 4•2

TonePort Controllers and 3rd Party Applications ................................5•1

Propellerhead Reason™ .................................................................................................5•1

Apple GarageBand™ ...................................................................................................... 5•3

Apple Logic™ ................................................................................................................ 5•4

MOTU Digital Performer™ .......................................................................................... 5•5

Additional Online Resources ..................................................................6•1

TonePort UX2, UX8 & KB37 Footswitch & Expression Pedals

toneport footswitCh & eXpression peDals

TonePort UX2, UX8 and KB37 devices all include special jacks for connecting footswitch pedals
which offer remote toggle switching of various functions. The two Footswitch jacks on the rear panel
of these TonePorts provide remote control of GearBox operations or functions within the included
Ableton Live Lite™ 5 and other audio software. Additionally, TonePort UX8 and KB37 each have an
Expression pedal jack. You can connect a pedal such as the Line 6 EX-1 Expression Pedal here and
assign it to remotely control one of the many GearBox parameters in real-time, such as wah, delay mix,
chorus rate, etc. Or, you can configure the expression pedal to operate a parameter in your recording
software!

Tip – You will want to first connect your footswitches & pedals to these TonePort jacks before
connecting the USB cable to your computer. If you already have a USB cable connecting TonePort to
your computer, exit any software that is using TonePort, mute your speakers, and then disconnect your
USB cable.

TonePort UX2

Connect up to two footswitch pedals
into these Footswitch 1 & 2 jacks

TonePort UX8

Connect up to two footswitch pedals
into these Footswitch 1 & 2 jacks

Connect an expression pedal to the
Expression jack

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TonePort UX2, UX8 & KB37 Footswitch & Expression Pedals

TonePort KB37

Connect an expression pedal
to the Expression jack

Connect up to two footswitch pedals
into these Footswitch 1 & 2 jacks

For information on how to map the footswitches and expression pedal to control GearBox or other
software parameters, please see the MIDI Control Configuration chapter.

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TonePort KB37 MIDI Controller Layout

toneport KB37 Controller layout

In addition to the Footswitch and Expression jacks on the back, TonePort KB37 offers a whole set of
knobs, switches and even transport buttons that can be used to control GearBox or parameters in your
other software. These knobs and buttons are referred to as MIDI Controllers since they send MIDI
events out the unit’s USB MIDI Out port, allowing remote control of parameters in real-time. These
KB37 knobs and buttons are named as follows:

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

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16 17 18 19

1 Octave Up 11 Transport - Rewind

2 Octave Down 12 Transport - Forward

3 Pitch Bend Wheel 13 Transport - Stop

4 Modulation Wheel 14 Transport - Play

5 Sound Select (Previous) 15 Transport - Record

6 Sound Select (Next) 16 Button 1

7 Knob 1 17 Button 2

8 Knob 2 18 Button 3

9 Knob 3 19 Button 4

10 Knob 4

For information on how to map these MIDI Controllers to GearBox or other software parameters,
please see the following MIDI Control Configuration chapter.

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MIDI Control Configuration

MiDi Control ConfiGuration

Default MIDI Control Settings

TonePort UX2, UX8 & KB37 ship with a default set of MIDI Control Messages assigned to their
controllers as shown in the handy table below. Note that by default, TonePort sends out two different
sets of messages to control Gearbox and other MIDI software. You can optionally select to send out
only the GearBox data, or only the MIDI CC Control data by choosing the different Controller
Mapping presets in the Line 6 Audio-MIDI Devices dialog:

As you can also see in the Controller Mapping menu, there are several other presets for MIDI software
applications as well - see the following sections for details regarding these 3rd party applications.

Default MIDI Control Assignments

TonePort Model Controller Name GearBox Parameter MIDI Control Message

KB37 Modulation wheel Tweak

KB37 Sound Select (Previous) Next Tone Preset Patch increment -1

KB37 Sound Select (Next) Previous Tone Preset Patch increment +1

KB37 Knob 1 Amp – Drive CC 73 (Attack Time)

KB37 Knob 2 Amp – Bass CC 75 (Decay Time)

KB37 Knob 3 Amp – Middle CC 72 (Release Time)

KB37 Knob 4 Amp – Treble CC 91 (Effects 1 Depth)

KB37 Button 1 Stomp – toggle on/off CC 65 (Portamento)

KB37 Button 2 Mod – toggle on/off CC 127 (Poly On)

KB37 Button 3 Delay – toggle on/off CC 126 (Mono On)

KB37 Button 4 Reverb – toggle on/off CC 123 (All Notes Off)

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