Musician's Friend had a great review on the new GuitarPort Riff Tracker from Line 6. Next time I have some extra cash (extra? yeah, right) I plan on picking up the Line 6 Riff Tracker.

"Line 6 has done what dozens of others have failed miserably at—they've created a computer-based recording system that's dead easy to use. Based around the GuitarPort and a brilliant software drum machine with patches of live drumming, it makes recording your musical inspirations with digital clarity as easy as a single mouse click.

I'm a Luddite—that's somebody who's basically at odds with new technology. Granted, I'm not a technophobe on the order of, say, my mother—for whom email is just this side of quantum physics. But I've been repeatedly frustrated by digital recording systems that are so complex I run out of determination before I manage to actually record something.
 
Line 6's RiffTracker has ended all that. I loaded the RiffWorks software onto my computer (which came off, amazingly, without a hitch). I plugged in the GuitarPort and my guitar, opened RiffWorks, and was faced with a screen featuring—among other things—a prominent record button with a large red dot. I clicked that button and instantly heard a very cool drum groove. I began to play along. "

Read full review at Musician's Friend - Hands-On Product Reviews: Line 6 GuitarPort RiffTracker

09-19-05

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