Spider Remote

Line 6

About this app

Spider Remote is a graphical editor and device management app for use with Line 6 Spider V guitar amplifiers.

Connect to a Spider V via a USB OTG cable to browse, download, edit and save your guitar tones. 


An active connection to a Spider V amp is not required to browse and edit tones, and can be saved in the user's account.

Attention! Not all Android devices are capable of supporting USB Host mode, which is required for Spider V Remote to control the amplifier. If in doubt, third party utility apps such as “USB Host Diagnostics” can be used in order to determine USB Host mode capabilities.

KEY FEATURES

• Take command of your Spider –all 70+ amps, 104 effects, 20 speaker cabinets using 8 simultaneous guitar effects

• Remotely control Spider V device parameters
• Search thousands of user-created tones online in the Tones tab

• Share and rate tones in the cloud
• Store unlimited tones in the cloud
• Share tones via Twitter and Facebook from within Spider Remote

Ratings and reviews

Initially, my Spider V 20 didn't even get recognized by this app after plugging it in with an OTG adapter. After doing a lot of research I had to go to the line 6 website and download the line6 updater. After installing that on my computer I plugged my amp into the computer and updated the firmware. After this was all done, I plugged my phone into the amp, and now the amp is being recognized. Yay! So if you're having trouble, do this FIRST and you should be good to go.

The app makes it easy to find and customize guitar tones for your Line 6 amp. It gives a better indication of what is going on than the amp's limited digital screen can. You need a USB 2.0 Type B to connect from the amp to the USB type of your phone (my Samsung S9 uses Type C). The app's interface is a bit dated and uses old design conventions, but it still gets the job done. Would love to see this with a fresh updated UI.

The concept of the app is great, the execution not so much. I'm not sure why they chose a USB-B connection, which is one of the lesser used ones. Would be way more enjoyable if they used Bluetooth and had a wireless connection. The apps built in help is lacking. Even trying to browse the cloud tones you get an "invalid token" error without explanation of what's being missed. The cloud search interface defaults to blank so you have no idea if there's anything there. Needs revisions badly.

What's new

Fixed crashes and connection issues on Android 12+.