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'Inspiration insurance' from Line 6

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BackTrack records audio by default at the CD standard of 16-bit/44.1kHz but other audio quality options are available from a software utility that enables you to set up exactly how BackTrack will handle audio events – you can set the level that will trigger automatic audio capture, set it up to discard events under a certain length and set the amount of silence that would indicate when audio should be split into separate events.

Once you have set BackTrack up to your requirements you can just turn it on and forget about it, secure in the knowledge that you will be recording everything you play.

BackTrack is without doubt a brilliant idea. Line 6 calls it 'inspiration insurance' and it is not wrong – with one of these in your signal chain you will never lose anything you may come up with on guitar.

If you compose acoustically with guitar and voice, the BackTrack + Mic is the solution, but the less expensive BackTrack is worth every penny if you just want to plug-in.