IK Multimedia AmpliTube Fender Amplifier and FX Modeling Software (Mac and Windows)

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Tracking bass or guitar? This amp-modeling plugin turns your DAW into a vintage amp collection with 12 legendary Fender amps, 9 microphones, and more.

AmpliTube Fender is the first and only official guitar/bass Amp and FX software suite made by IK Multimedia in cooperation with legendary music icon Fender Musical Instruments Corporation.

With a collection of 45 pieces of gear collected from the most sought after classic and modern Fender amps (including the '65 Twin Reverb, '57 Deluxe, '59 Bassman LTD, '64 Vibroverb Custom, Super-Sonic, Metalhead and many more), cabinets, stomp boxes and rack effects, AmpliTube Fender sets the standard for software amplifiers.

From guitar to bass, from Country to Blues and Rock, Punk to Metal, whatever style you play, AmpliTube Fender is the only amp suite that gives you the world's most influential guitar and bass tones right on your desktop.

Features

- Standalone and plug-in software for all platforms
- 12 of the most influential guitar amps of all time
- 12 original matching cabinets
- 9 microphones
- 6 signature classic stomp effects
- 6 rack effects
- Incredible tonal flexibility: mix and match amps, cabinets, mics and more
- Sound-certified and approved by the tone gurus at Fender
- 5 separate modules: Tuner, configurable Stomp pedal board, Amp head, Cabinet+Mic and Rack Effects
- 2 fully configurable rigs with up to 32 simultaneous effects
- Digital Tuner
- Standalone and VST/AU/RTAS plug-in
- Includes SpeedTrainer and RiffWorks T4 Recording Software
- Can be expanded with any "Powered by AmpliTube" models using AmpliTube X-GEAR
- Can be controlled live with StompIO, StealthPedal read more and any traditional MIDI controller
- Hundreds of presets included with more that can be downloaded online
- Powered by AmpliTube with exclusive DSM (Dynamic Saturation Modeling) and VRM (Volumetric Response Modeling)

In the development of AmpliTube Fender, IK Multimedia has taken an unprecedented approach to raise the bar of modeling accuracy in order to nail every sonic nuance of the included legendary Fender gear. Every step in the development process has been constantly supervised and sound-certified, step-by-step, by the tone gurus at Fender to ensure that the same quality process of real gear tone-testing has been strictly followed in the realization of AmpliTube Fender.

Never before have you been able to get this close to the real thing on your desktop.

Intuitive interface - Enhanced DSP engine

AmpliTube Fender interface presents a complete replica of included amps, effects and related controls that is immediately familiar to any guitarist. Every parameter adjustment is never more than 2 clicks away, making even the most complex guitar tone fast to set-up and edit.

The interface is supported by leading DSP modeling, which improves upon the already award winning sound of AmpliTube 2 to set the standard of realism. AmpliTube Fender uses ultra-accurate modeling technologies developed by IK engineers with years of research in circuitry modeling: in addition to IK's classic DSM or "Dynamic-Saturation Modeling" the VRM (Volumetric Response Modeling) technology has been developed to nail down even the finest sonic detail.

5 separate modules on 2 separate guitar rigs

Like AmpliTube 2, AmpliTube Fender includes 5 individual components, with Tuner, Stomp pedal board, Amp Head, Cabinet + Mic, and Rack effects on 2 separate guitar rigs with 8 different series/parallel configurations. Up to 12 simultaneous stomp-boxes, 2 Amp Heads, 2 Cabinets with 2 Mics and 8 Rack effects can be configured and used simultaneously.

The massive number of resulting combinations allows for flexibility that's a dream for any guitar player: two separate paths, each with a complete setup to be played simultaneously, or the incredible power to be able to double the available stomps amps cabinets and racks effects in one monstrous rig.

Standalone version with SpeedTrainer

The standalone version of AmpliTube Fender sports the same features of the plug-in plus includes SpeedTrainer: an integrated audio player that gives you separate pitch and speed controls for learning any of your favorite riffs by slowing tempos of guitar solos without changing the pitch. SpeedTrainer allows you to drag any WAV or MP3 from your hard disk (even iTunes files!) and set loop points easily for playing over and tracking your songs. An included metronome (set by BPM or Tap) is also very useful for the studying and practicing guitarist.

AmpliTube X-GEAR and StompIO seamless integration

AmpliTube Fender also includes AmpliTube X-GEAR so it can be integrated with all current and future "Powered by AmpliTube" products within a single interface. X-GEAR provides full mixing and matching of over 200 award-winning gear models, and adds full MIDI and StompIO control for live usage. When used with AmpliTube X-GEAR, all the models from AmpliTube Fender can be read together with AmpliTube 2, AmpliTube Jimi Hendrix, AmpliTube Metal and Ampeg SVX, to build the ultimate mega-rig of award-winning gear models and truly custom guitar and bass tones.

By utilizing AmpliTube X-GEAR, AmpliTube Fender can instantly be controlled live via StompIO or StealthPedal for the ultimate tone rig, with no special set-up.

StompIO turns your computer into the most advanced, high-end floor multi-FX system, with 10 floor-board switches, 6 knobs, 2 large displays and up to 6 external switches/expression pedals, and no need to connect a monitor, mouse or keyboard.

What's in AmpliTube Fender

In the development of AmpliTube Fender, IK Multimedia has taken an unprecedented approach to once again raise the bar in modeling accuracy in order to nail down even the finest sonic nuances of every piece of the included legendary Fender gear.

The entire development process has been thoroughly supervised and sound-certified, step-by-step, by the tone gurus at Fender to ensure that the same quality process of real gear tone-testing was followed strictly in the realization of AmpliTube Fender.

IK's exclusive technologies like DSM have been used extensively and pushed to the limit, and technologies have been developed to achieve unprecedented sonic results in realism of guitar and bass gear models.

This historical cooperation has produced the most authentic recreation to date of the world's most influential guitar and bass tones, right on your desktop.

All-stage-design in the modeling of both Amps and Effects. No compromises have been made for developing the Fender models included in AmpliTube Fender. Every stage of each of the included amps and effects has been modeled separately, leaving no room to approximation to achieve a truly hyper-realistic sound. Proprietary technology like IK's DSM (Dynamic Saturation Modeling) has been pushed to the limit to raise the standard once again in recreating the included models.

Ultra-precise amp response down to the finest detail. The amps have been painstakingly studied, analyzed and reproduced with a maniacal attention to the very deepest detail: from the true potentiometers curves to the characteristic amp behavior at all sound levels. Having the sound of the real things on your desktop doesn't get any closer than this.

Precisely matched reverb models. Each amp sports its unique on-board reverb model that has been modeled separately in order to closely mirror how the original corresponding amp sounds.

Rotary speaker technology: VRM. To accurately emulate the Fender Vibratone we have been challenged to develop a unique technology we dubbed VRM (Volumetric Response Modeling) that for the first time is able to physically emulate the real sound of a rotary speaker as it has never done before in software.

Tailored to Fender guitar and bass. During all testing we have ensured that AmpliTube Fender gives you the best tone when used with Fender guitars and basses so its default response works perfectly out of the box when used with models like Stratocaster, Telecaster, Precision Bass, etc...
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System Requirements
Power PC based Macintosh:
- Minimal: dual 1 GHz G4 processor, 1GB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
- Suggested: dual 2 GHz G5 processor, 2 GB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
- Supported Plug-in formats: AU, VST, RTAS.

Intel based Macintosh:
- Minimal: 1.5 GHz Intel processor, 1 GB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.4 or later.
- Suggested: 2.3 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, 2 GB of RAM, Mac OS X 10.4.4 or later.
- Supported Plug-in formats: AU, VST, RTAS.

Windows:
- Minimal: Pentium 4 / Athlon XP processor, 1 GB of RAM, Windows XP / Vista or later.
- Suggested: 2.33 GHz Intel Core Duo processor, 2 GB of RAM, Windows XP / Vista or later.
- Supported Plug-in formats: VST, RTAS.

Models
12 Amplifiers
-'59 Bassman LTD
-'65 Twin Reverb
-'57 Deluxe
-'65 Deluxe Reverb
-'64 Vibroverb Custom
- Vibro-King Custom
- Champion 600
- Super-Sonic
- MH-500 Metalhead
- Pro Junior
- Bassman 300
- TBP-1 Bass Preamp

12 Cabinets
-'59 Bassman 4x10" Open Back
-'65 Twin Reverb 2x12" Open Back
-'57 Deluxe 1x12" Open Back
-'65 Deluxe Reverb 1x12" Open Back
-'64 Vibroverb 1x15" Open Back
- Super-Sonic 1x12" Open Back
- Vibro-King 3x10" Open Back
- Pro Junior 1x10" Open Back
- Champion 600 1x6" Open Back
- MH-412SL 4x12" Closed Back
- Vibratone 1x10" Rotary Speaker
- 810 PRO 8x10" Front Ported

6 Stomp Effects
- Fender Blender
- Fender Phaser
- Fender Fuzz Wah
- Fender '63 Reverb
- Fender Tape Echo
- Fender Volume

6 Rack Effects
- Fender Pitch Shift
- Fender Tape Echo
- Fender Sine Flange
- Fender Triangle Chorus
- Fender Wah
- Fender Compressor

9 Microphones
- Groove Tubes VELO-8
- Groove Tubes MD1b-FET
- Condenser 87
- Condenser 84
- Condenser 414
- Dynamic 57
- Dynamic 421
- Dynamic 441
- Ribbon 160

Digital Tuner

Included software:
- RiffWorks T4 recording software
- AmpliTube X-GEAR

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Web: https://www.ikmultimedia.com/contact-support/

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (5 ratings)
Submitted September 15, 2012 by Michael Rivard in Seattle, WA

"Musical !"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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Had this for a year, it was unusable out of the box, the latency was too great and the guitar could not be played. After discovering the external USB audiobox had latency settings for ASIO driver and USB, Amplitube Fender is now awesome software with no problems at all. I use mainly the Fender Bassman Amp and can hardly believe it, the sound is spectacular. The output speakers used resemble famous boombox design (Berhinger C5A) with cheap sub from department store. I could not be more happy with what it does.

Musical Background:

beginner

Musical Style:

doing lessons.
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