AmpliTube Explained

What do you do when you need the sound of a dimed-out Marshall amp at 2 AM with a sleeping baby in the next room? Easy! You fire up AmpliTube, put on some headphones, and lay down some tracks! In this extensive video course, studio guru Gary Hiebner takes you on an exploratory journey through IK Multimedia's AmpliTube, complete with plenty of audio demonstrations and pro tips along the way. You'll learn all about setting up various types of rigs, including amp selection, effects (pedal and rack), routing options (such as stereo rigs and dual-amp setups), cabinet and microphone selection, room simulations, and more! If you haven't worked with AmpliTube yet, you'll likely be floored by not only the sound quality but also the flexibility and impressive features. Gary will be your guide in getting up and running quickly! These videos are for new AmpliTube users.

Videos

• Introduction (01:33) - Gary introduces what is going to be covered in this video series on AmpliTube and briefly discusses what it can do.

• Standalone vs Plug-in Format (02:35) - Learn the difference between launching AmpliTube as a Standalone application and as a plugin in a DAW and see what features are excluded in the plugin format.

• Setting Up Your Audio Device (02:41) - In this video, we show you how to setup your audio device correctly, including the inputs, outputs, and setting the buffer size.

• Using the Tuner (05:39) - Discover where to find the tuner, how to enable it, and how to check if your strings are sharp or flat. You'll also see the micro view of the tuner as well as an advanced section that gives you extra features.

• Exploring the Amps (11:43) - Here we take a look at the various amp heads available in AmpliTube, including Clean, Crunch, Hi Gain, and Bass Amp heads. Gary demonstrates how to switch and change amp heads in the setup.Here we take a look at the various amp heads available in AmpliTube, including Clean, Crunch, Hi Gain, and Bass Amp heads. Gary demonstrates how to switch and change amp heads in the setup.

• Speaker Cabinets (06:43) - Explore the Speaker Cabinet section and learn how to select different types of speakers and how this changes the tone and sound.

• Switching Speakers (03:45) - You can further enhance your sound by switching out the speakers in your speaker cabinet and changing the mic placement on to the different speakers.

• Changing Mic Positions (08:50) - This video goes into more detail on the microphones, including selecting different types of microphones, changing their positions, and using the mixer to blend them. Gary also shows you the VIR modeling technology and how you can use this to fine tune the mic placement.

• Adding in a Room (03:44) - You can also add room microphones into your setup so you can impart the sound of the room into your guitar tone. Gary shows you how to add this microphone and change to different types of emulated room spaces.

• Impulse Responses (08:30) - Discover how you can add your own impulse responses and use them in the AmpliTube amp environment. Gary also shows you how you can see the frequency response of the IR and edit it with the filters built into the IR section.

• Stompboxes (09:36) - Explore the many stomp box effects you can add to your signal chain. First, Gary demonstrates adding effects in front of the amp and then elsewhere in the signal chain.

• FX Loop (08:17) - In this video, Gary shows how to use the FX Loop and explains how it differs from placing pedals before the amp.

• Rack FX (05:13) - Explore the various rack effects available, the number of rack effects you can use, and the difference between the Rack Effects and Master Effects sections in the signal chain.

• Dual Amp Setups (06:49) - Discover how you can add a second amp into your signal chain and learn the different types of configurations you can use in this type of setup. We even demonstrate a three-amp setup in the signal chain.

• Parallel Amp Setups (04:44) - This video goes over a parallel setup, in which you have two different signal chains that are summed together in the mixer.

• Presets (16:55) - Here, Gary shows you how to browse the presets folder and how to use filters to create better searches. He also opens up some presets and explains their signal chain routing.

• Collections (06:15) - Gary dives deeper into the presets and highlights some of the presets under the various collections, many of which have unique amps and effects.

• ToneNet (05:52) - ToneNet is a user sharing community where you can share the AmpliTube presets you've created with other users and download other user-created presets. Gary shows how to access the ToneNet library from within AmpliTube and then how to download presets to your library.

• ToneX Amps (07:29) - Learn how you can load up ToneX amp presets that have been captured right into your AmpliTube signal chain.

• ToneX Pedals (03:48) - In this video, Gary shows you how you can add ToneX captured pedals into your AmpliTube signal chain as well.

• Diving Deeper into the Mixer (07:19) - Here we expand on how the Mixer works, where the volume faders for each speaker cabinet are located, and how you can include a DI signal into the guitar chain.

• Recorder (10:22) - Discover what the Recorder mode is and how you can use it to record or import eight audio tracks. Plus, you have the added advantage of pitch-shifting the audio up or down in the Recorder mode.

• Looper (06:06) - Next, we move to the Looper mode and show you how to record parts, play back, and overwrite those new parts.

• Live Mode (02:21) - This is a mode you can use with the iRig Stomp I/O hardware unit. But you can also use it to switch between presets, which Gary shows you how to do.

• Using MIDI To Control AmpliTube (08:36) - See how to assign parameters to external MIDI devices so that you can control them externally. You'll also learn how to map parameters in your DAW and automate these parameters.

• Clean Preset (09:29) - In this video, we start looking at how to build up a clean tone. Gary shows you what stomp boxes, amps, speakers, loop effects, and post processing effects he uses in his chain for a clean tone.

• Crunch Preset (08:58) - Here, we take it a step further and build up a crunch preset, demonstrating what effects and amps can be used to get this type of tone.

• Lead Solo Preset (06:41) - Discover how to build a lead solo tone and the signal chain and effects that are used to create it. Also check out some tips to make it work with light music all the way through to high-gain music styles.

• Modern Metal Preset (09:43) - In this video, we explore what types of effects, amps, and speaker configurations you can use for a modern metal type of tone and show you how you can build up a dual-amp, modern metal preset.

• Bass Preset (06:52) - Finally, we see how to build up a bass tone by combining a classic bass amp with a DI signal and processing on each chain.