INTRODUCTION: FLEXTONE! MEET THE FLEXTONE....
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The resulting Amp and Cab Models are the foundation of the Flextone guitar
amp. Now, then. Here are a couple of things we want to be crystal clear on:
1. The Line 6 modeling process is a 100% digital software-based technology
exclusive to Line 6.
2. Line 6 Modeling is not sampling, nor is it solid state; no special guitar,
pickup, or cabling is needed.
THERE’S MAGIC IN THE A.I.R.
When you’re ready to do some recording, Flextone delivers its modeling tones
through another innovation: Line 6's A.I.R. direct recording output. The A.I.R.
(acoustically integrated recording) technology is the result of intensive research
and careful study of the tonal characteristics produced by the interaction of
amplifiers, cabinets, speakers, microphones and the recording room during the
recording process.
The direct output of many preamps, amplifiers and direct box-style amp
replacements available today offer some limited form of cabinet simulation or
speaker emulation. Those that happen to be more than simple high end roll offs
have little or no control options. These cabinet simulations cannot reproduce the
markedly different tones of different cabinets which arise from the choice of
speakers, wood, and other design elements. They also fail to reproduce the
significant tonal contribution of microphone selection and placement, and do
nothing to reproduce the subtle ambience of the recording space.
The result is the familiar dissatisfaction with direct recording products – even
those that deliver a reasonably usable basic tone fail to reproduce the “life” of the
guitar sound, and destroy the proper feel in the process. It is as if your guitar strings
became heavier and less responsive, like they just went up a couple of gauges when
you plugged into your direct box. And your sound lost its life.
Flextone’s combination of Amp Models and A.I.R. technology provides superior
direct tones by recreating all the elements contributing to a great recorded guitar
sound, and giving you that tone with the same feel as playing through a real amp
and speaker cabinet:
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