Comments on: Variax Workbench Software

By: anke347

anke347 — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:08:52 +0000

Once again ..
Is new “updated” Workbench will work on today MacbookPro without java issues etc..

By: Now_and_Then

Now_and_Then — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:23:35 +0000

Will the Workbench software and USB interface that come with the Tyler Variax also work with the other Variax guitars, in particular with my Variax 700 Acoustic?

By: sparkyERTW

sparkyERTW — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:14:39 +0000

“Variax Workbench is an indispensible tool for many power-users of first-generation Variax guitars. Coming soon, these power-users will post their Workbench secrets so you can get their tones!”

You mean the people who have been yelling at you for well over a year that your software support is lacking? Who have been hounding for you to release a 64-bit driver? Who have complained about the requirement for an outdated of Java instead of bringing it up to speed? Who gave you $100 only to discover the interface/software wouldn’t work on their operating system? Who have volunteered to spend their own time writing the software for you if you’d only give them the necessary information needed to do so, met with deafening silence? Those people?

Nice to see how you really view your early adopters without whom this Tyler series would never exist. Anything else we can do for you?

By: shadowdog_69

shadowdog_69 — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:26:24 +0000

I am considering purchasing the 59. I have never used a variax before, so am unfamiliar with Workbench etc. But here is my question. I do an acoustic show now that requires me to split my set base on the tuning of my guitar, Half-step down for first (Eb), One and a half down for second (Db). I see the 59 has the half step down and the 89 has the 1.5 down as “defaults” on the alt-tune. Also above it says that if i select Standard I can use any tunings I set up in Workbench.

My question is, can I use workbench to change the tunings for the other Alt-Tune selections. I will never us about half of them, so would rather beable to customize one of those. If I understand the models correct, if I had to say tune a 12-string 2 different ways for 2 differnt songs that are not available on the alt-tune, that would “burn up” 2 model banks? Hope that makes sense.

By: toddeastman

toddeastman — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:43:42 +0000

When may we see a 5-string Variax bass again? !!!

By: mdmayfield

mdmayfield — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:46:27 +0000

Nevermind! A poster on the Line 6 forum showed that this screenshot was taken from a very old version of Workbench.

By: mdmayfield

mdmayfield — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 02:35:06 +0000

Thanks Rich. But the screenshot does not match the old Workbench – look in the gray panel where the pickup settings are made, right in the middle. There is a single “Phase In/Out” switch, and NO “Series/Parallel” switch, like there is in the current Workbench.

Is there an explanation for this? Has the control been moved to another tab?

By: Line6Renken

Line6Renken — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:41:50 +0000

Workbench is unchanged for the James Tyler Variax. We added just a pull down menu item for backing up and restoring your alternate tunings from the alt tune knob.

Yes, it will work with all OSs.

By: omegalpha

omegalpha — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 04:26:50 +0000

Will it work on Mac OS 10.6 ?

By: mdmayfield

mdmayfield — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 03:42:29 +0000

I don’t see a Series/Parallel selector on that screenshot for how the virtual pickups are wired with each other. It is in the current version of Workbench – I trust you’re not taking that feature out?